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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton

@aiabx.bsky.social

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“This is not a time to be dismayed. This is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for.” - Henry Rollins  #astronomy #cycling #boardgames #stratocaster #film  he/him/vax/mask  Toronto/Toronno/Trawna 🇨🇦 also at [email protected]

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · Nov 15

Block, block, block and block. Block at will. Block with extreme prejudice.
Also, they're called skeets.
This is all of my Elder Wisdom.

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 2h

Tom Waits. Maybe Elvis Costello.

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 5h

And the Jays knock off Trump’s favourite team!

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 5h

I do. I’m pulling my hair out instead.

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 7h

Joe Carter makes up for some of it

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 8h

I was a big fan until Time Enough For Love, and then everything made me say ewww. As I got older, I became more aware of what was problematic in the books I did like.

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve always said “Trawna” but I salute the diversity of our fair city

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 9h

Leadbelly is on my extended list under his real name, Huddie Ledbetter

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 10h

I'm sure there's context that I'm missing, because that just sounds like nonsense to me.

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 10h

That's an impeccable list, but 20 is too short, otherwise you miss
Bessie Smith
Big Mama Thornton
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Elmore James
Howlin' Wolf
Huddie Ledbetter
John Lee Hooker
Mississippi John Hurt
Muddy Waters
Lightnin' Hopkins
and so on

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 11h

Hit them in the vanity, where they're weakest.

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 11h

A violation of Canadian sovereignity

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 12h

That was an eye-opening film for me.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 18h

The older I get, the more I become Bert

bert from sesame street is reading a book with a bird on it .

Alt: bert from sesame street is reading a book with a bird on it .

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 1d

Mac and cheese from a box. But the fancy stuff with the "white cheddar" powdered cheese food.
Sadly, off the table as long as the boycott of American products goes on (until your president shuts the fuck up about the 51st state)

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 1d

Do you mean “pervert” in a good way or bad way?

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 1d

George Carlin might have had the influence to change minds in the audience, but (I like to believe) he wouldn't have taken their blood money in the first place. Ansari is no George Carlin.

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 1d

I've been hit (albeit on a motorcycle) and the relief at having all your limbs still attached is so great that you feel guilty for inconveniencing the person who hit you and making them feel bad.

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry I can't join you this year. Smite and spare not!

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 1d

What was that grinding noise from inside my skull?

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 1d

You want a kid to join the lineup to fall down the stairs?

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 2d

How much do you cost?

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 2d

Not available in Canada. I swear we deserve a discounted price up here.

Andy "Free Łink" Beaton @aiabx.bsky.social · 2d

ooo, clever.