Ian Patton
@pattoni.bsky.social
Vancouver, ex-Kootenay kid, married with children. Need to get outside more. he/him
I have an old life insurance policy with Foresters Financial, a company that originated from a British "Friendly Society" called the "Ancient Order of Foresters." It was a mutual aid organization founded to help care for working class sick and indigent folks. 1/2
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I have an old life insurance policy with Foresters Financial, a company that originated from a British "Friendly Society" called the "Ancient Order of Foresters." It was a mutual aid organization founded to help care for working class sick and indigent folks. 1/2
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An image of a trans person (who lives on the other side of the country) is circulating online because of a bunch of far right accounts on social media are claiming it's the Tumbler mass shooter. This individual had nothing to do with it.
These kind of lies get innocent LGBTQ+ people hurt or killed
These kind of lies get innocent LGBTQ+ people hurt or killed
February 11, 2026 at 7:18 AM
An image of a trans person (who lives on the other side of the country) is circulating online because of a bunch of far right accounts on social media are claiming it's the Tumbler mass shooter. This individual had nothing to do with it.
These kind of lies get innocent LGBTQ+ people hurt or killed
These kind of lies get innocent LGBTQ+ people hurt or killed
Horrible news from Tumbler Ridge. My god 10 dead and 25 injured in a town of 3000.
February 11, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Horrible news from Tumbler Ridge. My god 10 dead and 25 injured in a town of 3000.
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You know who can also testify as to what was happening with Epstein and don’t need clemency?
His victims.
His victims.
February 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
You know who can also testify as to what was happening with Epstein and don’t need clemency?
His victims.
His victims.
Not an exaggeration. We would ride our 10 speeds into the forest outside of town and camp for the weekend, cooking on an old oven grate over an open fire. At 12 years old! Our parents let us do that! I can’t imagine my kids doing it now but they also live in a big city, not a small mountain town.
Absolute truth. We’d drop our books and disappear into the cornfield, or the pine forest, or the hardwood jungle in the creek bottom. Total HUCK FINN wild roaming savages.
It. Was. Wonderful.
It. Was. Wonderful.
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Not an exaggeration. We would ride our 10 speeds into the forest outside of town and camp for the weekend, cooking on an old oven grate over an open fire. At 12 years old! Our parents let us do that! I can’t imagine my kids doing it now but they also live in a big city, not a small mountain town.
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This is a whole thing
This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like
"I would have loved them to fix [the river] but there's nothing else they can do. You'd be a fool to think there isn't climate change ... The weather has changed, it's as simple as that," he said.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"I would have loved them to fix [the river] but there's nothing else they can do. You'd be a fool to think there isn't climate change ... The weather has changed, it's as simple as that," he said.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma
Forty-odd residents of Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl, south Wales, relieved by council buyout after years in fear of fast flooding
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This is a whole thing
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There are an absolutely huge number of people who take this drug.
CANADA: “According to Health Canada, two lots of MAR-Amlodipine 5 mg tablets are being recalled as some bottles may contain the wrong the drug.” www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic... - CTV News
#BloodPressure #Canada #CDNPoli #DrugRecall #Health #Recall
#BloodPressure #Canada #CDNPoli #DrugRecall #Health #Recall
Check your blood pressure medication after Health Canada announces recall
A blood pressure medication mix-up has led to a nationwide recall of MAR-Amlodipine tablets.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
There are an absolutely huge number of people who take this drug.
This spider found a great place to build its web.
February 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
This spider found a great place to build its web.
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The current fashion for leading a party or being talked about leading a party while vocally backing policies that are anathema to your voter base is truly bizarre.
February 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The current fashion for leading a party or being talked about leading a party while vocally backing policies that are anathema to your voter base is truly bizarre.
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I’m finding it painful to watch CBC platform mostly conservatives to gush praise at former Prime Minister Stephen Harper (they’re releasing his archival collection) with almost zero commentary about the awful things he did while in power & around the world since. The selective amnesia is nauseating.
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I’m finding it painful to watch CBC platform mostly conservatives to gush praise at former Prime Minister Stephen Harper (they’re releasing his archival collection) with almost zero commentary about the awful things he did while in power & around the world since. The selective amnesia is nauseating.
This such a great song, “Eye on the Bat” by Palehound. youtu.be/fsBfsB-OEP0?...
Palehound - Eye On The Bat
YouTube video by David Dean Burkhart
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February 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This such a great song, “Eye on the Bat” by Palehound. youtu.be/fsBfsB-OEP0?...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
I had to read Schmitt for a history course I took in the 90s and thought it was kind of weird that we were reading a Nazi jurist but for the last few years I’ve been, “Oh, that’s why we read that book.”
just idly remembering when i was assembling my dissertation for final submission in 2017 i was chided by one lovely professor at a conference, who felt my use of the phrase "the return of fascism" to describe the present moment was "alarmist"
February 7, 2026 at 5:13 AM
I had to read Schmitt for a history course I took in the 90s and thought it was kind of weird that we were reading a Nazi jurist but for the last few years I’ve been, “Oh, that’s why we read that book.”
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just idly remembering when i was assembling my dissertation for final submission in 2017 i was chided by one lovely professor at a conference, who felt my use of the phrase "the return of fascism" to describe the present moment was "alarmist"
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
just idly remembering when i was assembling my dissertation for final submission in 2017 i was chided by one lovely professor at a conference, who felt my use of the phrase "the return of fascism" to describe the present moment was "alarmist"
Ugh. My wife and kids have been sick with a cold all week. So far, I've managed to hold it off but tonight I feel it coming on strong, just in time for the weekend.
Stupid false consciousness of my immune system; it's working for the man.
Stupid false consciousness of my immune system; it's working for the man.
February 7, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Ugh. My wife and kids have been sick with a cold all week. So far, I've managed to hold it off but tonight I feel it coming on strong, just in time for the weekend.
Stupid false consciousness of my immune system; it's working for the man.
Stupid false consciousness of my immune system; it's working for the man.
Peter Mandelson sent a secret memo to all UK media via press regulator IPSO asking them not to "take photos or film, approach, or contact him via phone, email, or in-person." Scottish newspaper The National published the memo in full. Hilarious. I love the Scots. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Peter Mandelson sent a secret memo to all UK media via press regulator IPSO asking them not to "take photos or film, approach, or contact him via phone, email, or in-person." Scottish newspaper The National published the memo in full. Hilarious. I love the Scots. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
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This article interviews people who don't live next to a new multiplex, speculating about what the neighbours might think.
Did they try to talk to some actual neighbours?
Always "we're not against new housing, we just want incremental density" in theory not practice
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Did they try to talk to some actual neighbours?
Always "we're not against new housing, we just want incremental density" in theory not practice
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This article interviews people who don't live next to a new multiplex, speculating about what the neighbours might think.
Did they try to talk to some actual neighbours?
Always "we're not against new housing, we just want incremental density" in theory not practice
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Did they try to talk to some actual neighbours?
Always "we're not against new housing, we just want incremental density" in theory not practice
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
it's not just that Mamdani is charming af (he is), it's that he is normalizing the idea that children are full members of society that we all share a collective responsibility for
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The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
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Archives matter - but not to the Carney government. Canada has only ONE federal funding program for community archives, and they just killed it. Gone.
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Archives matter - but not to the Carney government. Canada has only ONE federal funding program for community archives, and they just killed it. Gone.
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
@wgreaves.bsky.social
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
I have enough trouble finding stuff *in* the freezer.
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I have enough trouble finding stuff *in* the freezer.
Please put him on Mt. Rushmore, then when he's gone they can carve a giant "WTF?" under his big ugly face.
February 6, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Please put him on Mt. Rushmore, then when he's gone they can carve a giant "WTF?" under his big ugly face.
I donate platelets every two weeks so I have no problem with needles but… no.
Reports that Olympic ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to improve performance on jumps have aroused controversy
These Olympic Athletes Are Reportedly Doing WHAT To Their Penises For A Competitive Edge?
The Olympics haven't officially begun, but a report that ski jumpers may be using penis injections before competition is already arousing controversy.
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I donate platelets every two weeks so I have no problem with needles but… no.
Colossal middle finger to any of the city workers who’ve been laid off thanks to ABC’s”zero means zero” decree.
Fireworks back at English Bay after Vancouver puts up $2 million vancouversun.com/news/firewor...
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Colossal middle finger to any of the city workers who’ve been laid off thanks to ABC’s”zero means zero” decree.