@leighroy63.bsky.social
retired Canadian keep busy with painting, stitching, creating. Hiking, camping and full-time anxiety mitigation
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Such music in this sonnet
The last line circles to the first & reminds me of the Ukrainian woman who gave seed packets to Russian soldiers so wildflowers will grow where they die
Remember today the courage that's needed to stand against those better armed
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#seamusheaneysunday
The last line circles to the first & reminds me of the Ukrainian woman who gave seed packets to Russian soldiers so wildflowers will grow where they die
Remember today the courage that's needed to stand against those better armed
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#seamusheaneysunday
January 25, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Such music in this sonnet
The last line circles to the first & reminds me of the Ukrainian woman who gave seed packets to Russian soldiers so wildflowers will grow where they die
Remember today the courage that's needed to stand against those better armed
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#seamusheaneysunday
The last line circles to the first & reminds me of the Ukrainian woman who gave seed packets to Russian soldiers so wildflowers will grow where they die
Remember today the courage that's needed to stand against those better armed
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#seamusheaneysunday
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🍁 Maclean’s special issue, The Year Ahead: 2026, features your favourite ice cream alongside B.C. wine, locally grown winter strawberries, and Indigenous cuisine.
Read the article 👉 link in bio
#macleans #canada #madeincanada #foodtrends
Read the article 👉 link in bio
#macleans #canada #madeincanada #foodtrends
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🍁 Maclean’s special issue, The Year Ahead: 2026, features your favourite ice cream alongside B.C. wine, locally grown winter strawberries, and Indigenous cuisine.
Read the article 👉 link in bio
#macleans #canada #madeincanada #foodtrends
Read the article 👉 link in bio
#macleans #canada #madeincanada #foodtrends
Thought for the day: Never piss off a Canadian. (Look at World War I and World War II for examples.)
January 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Or DJT
If you’re going to kidnap a dictator why wouldn’t you start with Putin?
Make sense?
Make sense?
January 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Or DJT
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Winter Evening in Holland (1895)
🎨 Hermann Ottomar Herzog
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Winter Evening in Holland (1895)
🎨 Hermann Ottomar Herzog
January 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
January 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Fifa medals everyone!
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Fifa medals everyone!
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
Alberta Legislature protest vs cutting funding to disabled in favour of paying old rich cronies
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Alberta Legislature protest vs cutting funding to disabled in favour of paying old rich cronies
One of my fave birds
September 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One of my fave birds
And the horrors continue.
September 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
And the horrors continue.
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PEG - Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, a group formed by women for stitching and swearing #WomensArt
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
PEG - Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, a group formed by women for stitching and swearing #WomensArt
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Thought for the Day: Don’t be silent when other people’s rights are taken away—yours will be next.
August 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thought for the Day: Don’t be silent when other people’s rights are taken away—yours will be next.
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Since the beginning of the year, the number of Canadians travelling to the United States has dropped steadily every month. Keep it up. #BoycottTheUSA
August 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Since the beginning of the year, the number of Canadians travelling to the United States has dropped steadily every month. Keep it up. #BoycottTheUSA
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Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.
July 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Starmer is thinking what we are thinking and what most of the world is thinking.
bsky.app
June 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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☮️✊✌🏼💙🌊🐕🦺
June 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
☮️✊✌🏼💙🌊🐕🦺