Personal account. If an opinion strays in here, it's simply mine. In Montréal, mostly. 🇨🇦 Experience Reason Compassionhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mu32ysh43c2yLes États-Unis et le Canada se positionnent pour reprendre les négociations commerciales. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hAgrGBevEyS9xYXD63HPdg-650-80.jpg.webp27 Aug 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu32ysh43c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mto67klrfc2cTrump tried to pull another Brennus last night, putting his sword on the scales at the last hour to extract more concessions from Canada. He sees himself as a plundering warlord who can do whatever he wants. Canada said no and walked away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vae_victis#/media/File:Brennus_and_Sulpicius_(illustration).jpg22 Aug 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto67klrfc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mpgexrl3mk24Higher life expectancy in Canada BUT 5-10 years lower in health regions with a high proportion of indigenous Canadians due to decades of appaling treatment and continuing neglect by authorities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_provinces_and_territories_by_life_expectancy [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgexrl3mk24https://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mmr2ynpza22gThere had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to 20 grams a week. And only yesterday it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to 20 grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that after only 24 hours? Yes, they swallowed it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmr2ynpza22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mmgtvteakk2oI bet @mhayday.bsky.social is somehow marking 1979's Joe Clark election win today. Looking forward to his upcoming bio of the man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Canadian_federal_election22 May 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgtvteakk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mlekbqc3j22hSo the same people who *know* the U.S. government has corpses of aliens and is reverse-engineering their tech are supposed to get excited with the release of grainy low-rez video showing blobs and lights in the sky? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/pentagon-ufo-files08 May 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlekbqc3j22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mibxwwne2c2pDay traders are among the most gullible humans alive. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/29/stock-market-today-live-updates.html30 Mar 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibxwwne2c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mhyopm6jws2l"I licked the knife and I got more jam from the jar with it. You know why? Because I'm President of the United States and because of the fact that I'm President of the United States, I licked and dipped." [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyopm6jws2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mhyo3by77c2lSomewhat worried by this Triskeles arm tattoo (with radiating light beams) displayed by subway attendant in the Montreal Métro. Am I overreacting? @philofwrite.bsky.social, @arccollective.bsky.social, @dancollen.bsky.social, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social26 Mar 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyo3by77c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mglll6qc4s2wYou must sacrifice so that I may profit.09 Mar 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglll6qc4s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mfuppczbek22Fantastic to go live with a new web app after nine months of development and it just *works*. Love working with #IT and Comms to take our work at the next level. https://media.tenor.com/tzARWzlCGGEAAAAC/back-to-the-future-marty-mcfly.gif?hh=324&ww=49827 Feb 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfuppczbek22https://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mdvjbizxkk2r"YOU CAN’T BLAME JOURNALISTS and academics for trying to ascribe a single, rational theory to the president’s foreign policy. (...) We’re not trained to treat “batshit crazy” as an actual worldview." [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Feb 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvjbizxkk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mdgwsgke5s2pVance and Rubio are planning to go to Italy with ICE agents as bodyguards. ICE is truly the regime's political police. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/italy-ice-security-role-winter-olympics27 Jan 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgwsgke5s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3md4l4dk5cc2cIf nothing else, Canadian PM Mark Carney got people to google Thucydides...23 Jan 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3md4l4dk5cc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mcqb562r7k2jLearned today about the 1958 Battle of Hayes Pond, where Lumbees kicked some KKK butts in North Carolina. N.C. Representative Charles Graham tells the tale in this 2022 ad. Inspiring, with everything that's going on. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/charles-graham-for-congress-hayes-pond-campaign-2021/2021/10/05/ec983458-d536-4c3a-818d-7e55c7ecc263_video.html18 Jan 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcqb562r7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mc6udzqzwk2yFascinating. U.S. Border Boss explaining his agents are going to murder more people. Don't go to the United States. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6udzqzwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mc5zf5nl422dAh! Tagging @ourfakehistory.bsky.social on this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jan 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5zf5nl422dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3mavpxjqyqk2bA look back with @maargentino.com's book on QAnon before plunging into 2026. Q isn't posting anymore but the movement sure changed the landscape.26 Dec 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mavpxjqyqk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3maeerjr4ks2jThe Chains, with apologies to Fleetwood Mac Listen to the wind blow Watch the snow fall Pushing through a snowbank Damn the sleet Damn the ice And if You need to get out now We might never see you again I can almost hear you yelling “I forgot my tire chains” https://www.timescolonist.com/alberta-news/winter-storm-hits-prairies-closing-schools-and-universities-in-winnipeg-1164235719 Dec 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3maeerjr4ks2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rcantin.bsky.social/post/3maceiubjt22lBoring name. They missed an opportunity to call it "The Overton Window" as a wink to The View. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:kf3klk5gsmkmojz74why7pzd/app.bsky.feed.post/3maceiubjt22l