Ian Patton
@pattoni.bsky.social
Vancouver, ex-Kootenay kid, married with children. Need to get outside more. he/him
Cool. Please make it two feet lower. I want a station wagon, not a bulldozer.
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Hey! The new Toyota Highlander is electric! #Highlander #ToyotaHighlander #ElectricVehicles
Hey! The new Toyota Highlander is electric! #Highlander #ToyotaHighlander #ElectricVehicles
2027 Toyota Highlander revealed: 5 things to know
After dwindling sales and discontinuing the base trim level, the Toyota Highlander returns as an all-new vehicle for 2027, and, spoiler alert, it’s electric only. This is the fourth all-electric vehic...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Cool. Please make it two feet lower. I want a station wagon, not a bulldozer.
Ok, one more cool thing, the Foresters' expansion into Canada in the 1870s was led by Oronhyatekha, a Mohawk physician and scholar who was the first known aboriginal scholar at Oxford. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oronhya...
Oronhyatekha - Wikipedia
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February 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Ok, one more cool thing, the Foresters' expansion into Canada in the 1870s was led by Oronhyatekha, a Mohawk physician and scholar who was the first known aboriginal scholar at Oxford. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oronhya...
Looking up the history I found that "Membership was originally gained by combat, first with quarterstaffs, then with swords and finally with cudgels, until initiation by combat was abandoned in 1843." That seems like a very odd initiation for a "friendly" society. 2/2
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Looking up the history I found that "Membership was originally gained by combat, first with quarterstaffs, then with swords and finally with cudgels, until initiation by combat was abandoned in 1843." That seems like a very odd initiation for a "friendly" society. 2/2
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
I guess it's the level when we can ignore a massive conspiracy of Pervs.
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I guess it's the level when we can ignore a massive conspiracy of Pervs.
Honestly just read the right hand side as "Perv Close"
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Honestly just read the right hand side as "Perv Close"
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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.
I think doing anything with chickens would raise the difficulty well above “normal.”
February 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I think doing anything with chickens would raise the difficulty well above “normal.”
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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.
To your first point it makes me think of some Gen Z Tik Tok poster that was shocked Gen X’ers drank from the hose and someone replied “It’s because we weren’t allowed in the house!”
February 10, 2026 at 9:24 PM
To your first point it makes me think of some Gen Z Tik Tok poster that was shocked Gen X’ers drank from the hose and someone replied “It’s because we weren’t allowed in the house!”
Also, there wasn’t anything to do at home once the Saturday morning cartoons were over. Now? Tons of stuff to do without leaving the house.
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Also, there wasn’t anything to do at home once the Saturday morning cartoons were over. Now? Tons of stuff to do without leaving the house.
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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
The first time I ever had my back go out on me was working on an archaeological dig. It’s tough work!
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The first time I ever had my back go out on me was working on an archaeological dig. It’s tough work!
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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.
it *is* such a great song, I mean.
February 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
it *is* such a great song, I mean.
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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...
Well, some of us had Slavic grandmothers - “today was horrible but at least it’s not as bad as tomorrow.”
February 7, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Well, some of us had Slavic grandmothers - “today was horrible but at least it’s not as bad as tomorrow.”
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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.”