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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦

@bobmakichuk.bsky.social

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Edmonton guy in Ottawa. Also a hack guitarist, reformed journalist, and GC head of comms. Views expressed in posts are mine.

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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦 @bobmakichuk.bsky.social · Nov 18

Making the pivot from the dirty bird. Bear with me while I boot up this feed. Appreciate follows as I reconstitute ten years in the other place and revel in some sanity here.
You can always catch the more professional side of my life over on Li. @BobMakichuk

a cartoon of snoopy and woodstock saying welcome home !!

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13h

A rat ran across the table at Al Jazeera during a broadcast 🐀 😬

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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦 @bobmakichuk.bsky.social · 11m

The baby Mark Carney side-eye is the chef's kiss.

Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · 2d

“She’s a low IQ individual.” — Trump vents Dem grievances to PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦

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Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · 2d

“She’s a low IQ individual.” — Trump vents Dem grievances to PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 6h

thousands of british columbia baseball fans considering breaking their u.s. boycott next week

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Ian Geordie Clark @ian-geordie-clark.bsky.social · 5h

Recorded and released at a time when the UK charts were dominated by nice, ‘safe’ music. Imagine how this song shook things up!

A brilliant, iconic song that still feels powerful 49 years later.
🎯👌⚡️🔥
#SexPistols #punk #musicsky

youtu.be/cBojbjoMttI?...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Tamara Keel, but spooky @tamslick.bsky.social · 1h

The utter inability of legacy news media to be able to deal with being straight-up lied to is one of the primary drivers of this mess.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 2d

Matt 'Guitar' Murphy '63. 🎶'Murphy's Boogie' #bluesmusic

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 9h

49 years ago today
The Sex Pistols recorded their first single, "Anarchy in the U.K." It would be a smash, despite being banned by the BBC.

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Jamie Reid and Sophie Richmond - Sex Pistols Bulletin for Anarchy in the UK!

#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 12h

The Small Faces (with PP Arnold) ~ Tin Soldier
(Live on French TV, March 2 1968 - dubbed)
#SmallFaces #SteveMarriott #MusicSky

This is so great, Marriott was the epitome of what a Rock Star should be. I saw him many times, he was always on, and always amazing.

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Small Faces - Tin Soldier (good quality)

YouTube video by xJayWalkerx

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11h

Donald Trump just got a COVID booster at Walter Reed, per the White House physician.

Let’s be clear this is the same guy who downplayed the virus, mocked masks, and turned lifesaving vaccines into a political wedge that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 11h

Aerosmith's Joe Perry once unfortunately had to sell his 1959 Gibson Les Paul during his 1982 divorce.
Later, he found the guitar was owned by Slash.
At Joe's 50th birthday party, Slash gave him the guitar as a gift.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 12h

It's really sad how people struggling to free or defend their countries, like Zelensky and this woman, have to repeatedly debase themselves in front of this man because there is no longer any responsible leader of the Free World.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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WJB @wjbphoto.bsky.social · 12h

#NoNegativeVibes ✌🏼

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🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 17h

I love the editorials from the Winnipeg Free Press. #canadasky #cdnpoli

Editorial from the October 10, 2025 e-edition of the Winnipeg Free Press. To make the article even larger and easier to read, open it in a new tab of your browser. The text will not distort even with resizing.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone has a case for being thrown out of NATO, it’s the member that has actually threatened to violate the territorial sovereignty of two of its fellow member-states… 😬

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 1d

Trump floats expelling Spain from NATO

"Maybe you should throw them out of NATO, frankly," the US president said.

dlvr.it

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 18h

Today's announcement on the CRA moving closer to the option of auto-filing is a great excuse to post one of my all-time favourite shorts.

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 18h

Look at these cowardly masked thugs.

I am baffled that anyone visits the US these days if they don't have to.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Bob Makichuk 🇨🇦 @bobmakichuk.bsky.social · 18h

It started with the size of the crowd at Trump's first inauguration and has only spiraled downward since.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 4d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 1d

🇨🇦Canadians looking south can’t be smug: we’ve got lots of neo-Nazis too.
And they come in all shapes and sizes: just look at the KuKluxKonvoy that was allowed to terrorise our capital city for weeks on end.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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photoblair.bsky.social @photoblair.bsky.social · 1d

NOT BAY.

#Toronto #Subway #Photography

The Bellair Street exit to Bay Station in Toronto beside an outlet for Deciem cosmetics which cheekily signed their storefront NOT BAY using the same font as the TTC.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

On the left is how the White House reacted to the Nobel Peace Prize announcement.

On the right is what President Trump posted about Maria Corina Machado back in January, just two weeks before nominations closed for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

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President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives.
He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.
The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado and President-elect Gonzalez are peacefully expressing the voices and the WILL of the Venezuelan people with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating against the regime. The great Venezuelan American community in the United States overwhelmingly support a free Venezuela, and strongly supported me. These freedom fighters should not be harmed, and MUST stay SAFE and ALIVE!
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Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social · 1d

Good Morning From The Drummer, My Friends.

Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Official Music Video)

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