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Sean Barrette
@firstguitarsauthor.bsky.social
Author. Heartstrings - First Guitars. Get it at www.firstguitars.ca. Available on Amazon. He/Him. LGBTQIA+ dad. ADHDer. Neurospicy family. Bleeding heart making no fucking apologies for it.
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hey, y'all. If you're a #guitar fan, or a #classicrock fan, this is the show for you!

Rik Emmett of Triumph fame, up close and interactive.

A very intimate venue, for $100 (approx) per ticket. You won't get a better seat, anywhere.
March 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.

This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
February 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The words we heard from the main actors of the AfD rally about “Great Germany” and “the need to forget German guilt for Nazi crimes” sounded all too familiar and ominous. Especially only hours before the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
January 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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BREAKING! 🔥🔥🔥He said it.
Pierre Poilievre says he only knows 2 genders, man and woman.
Refuses to disagree with Donald Trump. It's at the 6 minute mark if you want to avoid the rest of his bullshit.
#cdnpoli #peipoli #onpoli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cdh...
Poilievre talks dealing with tariffs, Trump's gender comments and Canada's "weak" government
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Steve Earle turned 70 yesterday. 16 years separate us, and I was about 16 when I first saw him on MuchMusic.

You know the feeling when a songwriter puts their hand on your heart and says, "I know you. This is yours."?

He did that with "Someday", and has been my favourite songwriter since.

1/3
January 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Never mind a cone. This cat's being hailed as the next John Cougar.

@johnmellencamp.bsky.social
#catsofbluesky #GuitarsofBluesky #authors #books #firstguitars #cats #funny
January 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Gift article - interesting read, smart informed guy. And he's not talking about leader failure: human failure to be accountable for what is clearly happening
Opinion | You Don’t Get Disasters Like the Palisades Fire Without Human Failure (Gift Article)
Can a city lose an entire neighborhood now and simply shuffle on, dragging the local memory like a ghost limb?
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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January 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Where are all the cats at? Bring them to me. LOL.

@bskyofcats.bsky.social @cats.bsky.social @bodegacats.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
December 1, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Butch Boucher passed away Saturday. Butch and Dad played together and were in their 6th decade of friendship.

He gave my kid Evan a sweet deal on a #Tele so he could start out with a good #guitar. That's Evan's story in Heartstrings, page 120. Butch's is on page 14. #Telecasters!

Thanks, Butch.
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 AM
I haven't heard anyone say #Christmas is in danger. And while I am a "local" artist, I'm an independent #author. I'm sure the Canada Post strike will be settled soon, so if you want to order a copy of my book, Heartstrings - First #Guitars, through the website, please do so.

www.firstguitars.ca
November 19, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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Also, since I read your second book, I went ahead and bought the ebook of Heartstrings. What a sweet subject!
November 19, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.

Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Okay. I read somewhere that there are two kinds of people - those whose favourite band is @wussymusic.bsky.social, and those who haven't heard them. I was in the latter camp until a couple of days ago. Holy shit,my friends, I am in the former camp right now. #music #wussy
November 16, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Now to figure out how this thing works. Hope you will join me.
As long as it is nothing but Blue Skies. Also i will be playing NYC City Winery March 14 opening for Steve Earle. Join me there too !
November 16, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Follow Lara's page. You'll be glad you did. #fullmoon #autism #neurodivergence #neurokin
Full moon madness. Am I right?
In other news, this place is a breath of fresh air. Like a beacon for the resistance.
November 15, 2024 at 5:35 PM
It's Heartstrings - First Guitars' 1st BDAY! The lbook about "guitar players and their stories of the #guitars that made them" has 280 stories about the guitars that lit them up, including some of the most legendary names in #music.

(This kid is STILL THIS EXCITED about it!)
www.firstguitars.ca
November 15, 2024 at 5:33 PM
This sounds like a story that belongs in Heartstrings - First Guitars. Does anyone on this platform know Joe Perry? LOL.

I'm serious, though. Brad Whitford, too. Come on, folks.

#Guitars #guitarsky #guitarists #Gibson #lespaul #authors @aerosmith.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 3:42 PM