James Kitson
@jrkitson.bsky.social
🇨🇦 retired minister, musician, still eager to learn stuff
Todays mini lesson:
A murder of crows
A pod of dolphins
A troop of monkeys
A trip of goats
A tiding of magpies
A lounge of lizards
An administration of monsters
A murder of crows
A pod of dolphins
A troop of monkeys
A trip of goats
A tiding of magpies
A lounge of lizards
An administration of monsters
December 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Todays mini lesson:
A murder of crows
A pod of dolphins
A troop of monkeys
A trip of goats
A tiding of magpies
A lounge of lizards
An administration of monsters
A murder of crows
A pod of dolphins
A troop of monkeys
A trip of goats
A tiding of magpies
A lounge of lizards
An administration of monsters
GK Chesterton: “Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.” Translate to persons, especially ‘dear leaders’ and rulers who demand to be adored because of their presumed greatness.
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
GK Chesterton: “Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.” Translate to persons, especially ‘dear leaders’ and rulers who demand to be adored because of their presumed greatness.
And you never know who you might need protection from.
globalnews.ca/video/115701...
globalnews.ca/video/115701...
Canada to strengthen Arctic military communications | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Canada to strengthen Arctic military communications Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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December 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And you never know who you might need protection from.
globalnews.ca/video/115701...
globalnews.ca/video/115701...
Well, good day and welcome, eh. Each gets a red and white toque and a ceremonial pack of hockey equipment tape.
www.cicnews.com/2025/12/thes...
www.cicnews.com/2025/12/thes...
These five famous Americans will become Canadian citizens, thanks to a new citizenship law
Some famous Americans— including Madonna and Hillary Clinton—will be considered Canadian citizens under a new law. On November 20, Bill C-3: An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025) was passed by th...
www.cicnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Well, good day and welcome, eh. Each gets a red and white toque and a ceremonial pack of hockey equipment tape.
www.cicnews.com/2025/12/thes...
www.cicnews.com/2025/12/thes...
The subject of new and mind-bending study on the nature of human consciousness.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...
Analysis: Trump said he was ‘sharper than I was 25 years ago.’ Then he spent an hour appearing to doze off – again | CNN Politics
At the start of a Cabinet meeting just after noon ET on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his seemingly obligatory reference to “Sleepy Joe” Biden.
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The subject of new and mind-bending study on the nature of human consciousness.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...
We might want to pay attention. If I read this right, it all comes down to a battle—with huge Netflix just one part—between Warner Brothers and Paramount to be master of the world’s screens, and therefore more powerful than any mere dictator.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Netflix-Warner Bros: Five takeaways from the blockbuster deal
It might seem like a simple merger deal, but it's got all the ingredients of a Hollywood drama.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We might want to pay attention. If I read this right, it all comes down to a battle—with huge Netflix just one part—between Warner Brothers and Paramount to be master of the world’s screens, and therefore more powerful than any mere dictator.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A most welcome, if overdue, move.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection returning to Canada today
First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders are set to gather at Montreal’s airport Saturday to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A most welcome, if overdue, move.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
I have always wanted to believe that incidents of people ignoring someone in need are not representative of the instinct and impulse we have sacrificially to come to the aid of others.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Cyclone Ditwah: Flood catastrophe awakens volunteerism in Sri Lanka
Fishing boats deliver relief supplies to flooded suburbs as community kitchens churn out food aid.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I have always wanted to believe that incidents of people ignoring someone in need are not representative of the instinct and impulse we have sacrificially to come to the aid of others.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
(with YouTube link)
Rough times? Smooth going here for 3 minutes, 35 seconds while it might be anticipated what’s better to come.
youtu.be/04HELDYgHyc?...
Rough times? Smooth going here for 3 minutes, 35 seconds while it might be anticipated what’s better to come.
youtu.be/04HELDYgHyc?...
Far from Done
YouTube video by James Robert Kitson - Topic
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
(with YouTube link)
Rough times? Smooth going here for 3 minutes, 35 seconds while it might be anticipated what’s better to come.
youtu.be/04HELDYgHyc?...
Rough times? Smooth going here for 3 minutes, 35 seconds while it might be anticipated what’s better to come.
youtu.be/04HELDYgHyc?...
No doubt we (or at least I) can use a reminder not to take anything for granted. Also, do your kids know how to use a landline phone? Do you still have one (I don’t)? Know where there is one?
www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
www.huffpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
No doubt we (or at least I) can use a reminder not to take anything for granted. Also, do your kids know how to use a landline phone? Do you still have one (I don’t)? Know where there is one?
www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
Putin is a predator. Predators do not negotiate. Power responds to power. That’s the only hope. But even that will only work by somehow negating the confused, conflicted and morally compromised realty of the participation of the current U.S. administration.
www.ft.com/content/ab4d...
www.ft.com/content/ab4d...
Steve Witkoff to meet Ukrainian officials after fruitless talks with Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump’s special envoy to brief Kyiv’s chief negotiators on Kremlin meeting
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Putin is a predator. Predators do not negotiate. Power responds to power. That’s the only hope. But even that will only work by somehow negating the confused, conflicted and morally compromised realty of the participation of the current U.S. administration.
www.ft.com/content/ab4d...
www.ft.com/content/ab4d...
I am pleased that in these here parts we honour people for their accomplishments if they have honourable character.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/w...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/w...
Canadians react after Gretzky photographed golfing with Trump
Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky is once again facing scrutiny after being photographed alongside U.S. President Donald Trump.
toronto.citynews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I am pleased that in these here parts we honour people for their accomplishments if they have honourable character.
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/w...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/w...
The Guinness people should be alerted to the possibility of a world record for the number versions (explanations, narratives, drunken rationalizations?) offered for a single violation of international law, with a note to the International Criminal Court.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
US defence chief says he did not see survivors before follow-up boat strike
US Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth defends controversial second strike on alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea.
www.aljazeera.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Guinness people should be alerted to the possibility of a world record for the number versions (explanations, narratives, drunken rationalizations?) offered for a single violation of international law, with a note to the International Criminal Court.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
I have tried to say of bad conduct, “That’s not me.” Nice try. It’s all me. So we need a core set of values that helps us be, mostly, one healthy being. Same for a nation. Core set of values: necessary. Usually called a constitution. When one person’s power supersedes that, the nation is done.
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I have tried to say of bad conduct, “That’s not me.” Nice try. It’s all me. So we need a core set of values that helps us be, mostly, one healthy being. Same for a nation. Core set of values: necessary. Usually called a constitution. When one person’s power supersedes that, the nation is done.
Do animals think? I’ve heard it asked. While I’m not certain about this, there is a human animal that clearly does not think. It just responds to circumstances according to the one goal of getting and keeping power. Ethical thinking is a distraction from that one Thing. They need to be caged.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Do animals think? I’ve heard it asked. While I’m not certain about this, there is a human animal that clearly does not think. It just responds to circumstances according to the one goal of getting and keeping power. Ethical thinking is a distraction from that one Thing. They need to be caged.
(For YouTube link)
A bit of retro vibe to play against just waiting for things to be different.
youtu.be/IrHxAf36t-w?...
A bit of retro vibe to play against just waiting for things to be different.
youtu.be/IrHxAf36t-w?...
Lost the Wait
YouTube video by James Robert Kitson - Topic
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
(For YouTube link)
A bit of retro vibe to play against just waiting for things to be different.
youtu.be/IrHxAf36t-w?...
A bit of retro vibe to play against just waiting for things to be different.
youtu.be/IrHxAf36t-w?...
There are places on this planet where one can stand and be in awe of the history of the place. What places are there now that are candidates for future generations to be in awe—in a positive way—of what we humans will have done with our own time and place?
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
There are places on this planet where one can stand and be in awe of the history of the place. What places are there now that are candidates for future generations to be in awe—in a positive way—of what we humans will have done with our own time and place?
A bit of retro vibe to play against just waiting for things to be different.
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
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Lost the Wait
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December 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A bit of retro vibe to play against just waiting for things to be different.
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/album/2QokK1...
@listigeplaylists.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/album/2QokK1...
Honestly, most of us all-too-human humans will regale any coffee drinking soon-to-be-former friend with all the deets about our latest medical (mis)adventure. Is DJT so inhuman in *every* way that he doesn’t know the most basic detail of an MRI?
apnews.com/article/dona...
apnews.com/article/dona...
Trump says he'll release MRI results but doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
President Donald Trump says he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. During an exchange with reporters as Trump traveled back to Washington from Florida on Sunday, he sai...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Honestly, most of us all-too-human humans will regale any coffee drinking soon-to-be-former friend with all the deets about our latest medical (mis)adventure. Is DJT so inhuman in *every* way that he doesn’t know the most basic detail of an MRI?
apnews.com/article/dona...
apnews.com/article/dona...
Reposted by James Kitson
There are dimensions within dimensions to the ugliness of DJT. His treatment of women is one. Also screaming ugly is his mangling and marring of the home belonging to the American people that is entrusted to him to live and work in. The man personifies ugly.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
Trump calls female reporter "ugly" after insulting another as "piggy"
President Trump attacked a New York Times reporter as "third rate" and "ugly, both inside and out."
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November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
There are dimensions within dimensions to the ugliness of DJT. His treatment of women is one. Also screaming ugly is his mangling and marring of the home belonging to the American people that is entrusted to him to live and work in. The man personifies ugly.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
There are terrible people doing terrible things. It is required of us to identify and challenge such. And yet, I am compelled to recognize that the most important charge I have is to change myself.
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
There are terrible people doing terrible things. It is required of us to identify and challenge such. And yet, I am compelled to recognize that the most important charge I have is to change myself.
These Ukraine soldiers know the reality. Ceding anything to Russia is an atrocity against Ukraine, the signal to begin plans against the Baltics, and the likely start of a broader European war.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'No one will support it': Ukraine's soldiers react to US peace plan
Ukrainian soldiers at the front are angry, defiant and resigned after US plan became public.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
These Ukraine soldiers know the reality. Ceding anything to Russia is an atrocity against Ukraine, the signal to begin plans against the Baltics, and the likely start of a broader European war.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...