Ph.d. in Political Science. Retired academic, now a Professor Emeritus. Ottawa, Canada.https://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3muayvtazvk2gMe, reading Wikipedia entry on late musician Stan Rogers: "This entry may contain irrelevant references to popular culture" Also Wikipedia: please send $ to help us stay as we are!" Me: not a fucking chance, if you think popular culture in 1970s Nova Scotia is irrelevant Honestly, THESE PEOPLE29 Aug 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3muayvtazvk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mu3llotqc22jOn a late summer day, there is nothing quite like sitting with one's arse wedged between a clothes hanger and an e-book reader on an otherwise uncluttered queen size bed27 Aug 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3llotqc22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtzk6iqkek2zIt's-a-suburban-cookie-cutter-development-what-the-hell-do-you-expect-Woody-Guthrie? Avenue [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzk6iqkek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtuk47pwq22lMom, you're bourgeois Me: OK Mom, can I set aside yr lemon/thyme infused chicken thighs and rosemary roast potatoes for my lunch tomorrow Me: Ok Mom, you're a bit too hard on American extreme Marxists Me: Ok Mom, is there more of your homemade saag paneer or Me: idk but help yourself to sourdough25 Aug 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuk47pwq22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mts4ra2ujs2uGuys, the trolls who demean people with a higher education got lost trying to find X, and ended up here on Bluesky. Poor souls. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mts4ra2ujs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtpjpo47os2bYou can show your support for Canadians by not asking a question to Canadians and then closing comments to them. We aren't a charity case, @clarajeffery.bsky.social . Travel here because we aren't a shitty country with a shitty government. Any further rhetorical questions? [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpjpo47os2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtovrrclok22When your neighbours hear that the popular progressive MPP is visiting the local Farmers' Market today https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/f2/74/y4VG3LKX.gif?hh=278&ww=498&mp4=8w5rTFCjXcxeBar1xX&webm=v7T267CeOetuTH6xzSy22 Aug 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtovrrclok22https://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtmv6l4ql22fTypical Friday evening for married empty-nesters Me: dinner's ready. Trout and fresh veg! Spouse: awesome, thx Me: something something about economics Spouse: that is not completely accurate Me: Excuuuuuse me! Spouse: mumble mumble about politics Me: that is not accurate Spouse: oof Me: Ok Ted Lasso21 Aug 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmv6l4ql22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtlzkl7r5c2hUnpopular opinion: people should refrain from yelling their heads off in a public library, even when not on a silent floor Including people leading tours of said library Thank you for your attention to this matter21 Aug 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlzkl7r5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mthww6pq4s2nDrop a WESTERN HERO [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthww6pq4s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mthmvuzfp22zStill thinking about this. People don't know the classic authors, many people think socialism means Marx, Lenin and lining up for toilet paper in Soviet Union. Also, it would really annoy the neighbourhood Karen down the street [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthmvuzfp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mthmodoqp22zReading Montesquieu today, as one does. Me: Dude has some interesting, sensible ideas about democracy. I'll just skip ahead to what he says about slavery... (10 minutes later) Me: Damn it https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/08/03/WApMy9aR.gif?hh=498&ww=280&mp4=e31ZXUjx8Rcz7v&webm=dI0hPcyPMp2xAoqn19 Aug 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthmodoqp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mth7janbgk2fThis is the way [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth7janbgk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtfb346tx22fThere is an urgent need for a Little Free Pinko Library. With all the classics written by progressives or left liberals. Your John Dewey, your John Rawls, Mary Wollstonecraft, Carole Pateman etc. I might have to start one18 Aug 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfb346tx22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtfan7kr4k2fThey denounced eugenics, which attributed poverty to weak character or "bad stock," saying that the evidence disproved those theories They said we can eliminate poverty with good policies, laws and collective bargaining. We could have social insurance and tax the rich Imagine that [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfan7kr4k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtfa7vrkbs2fToday I read Beatrice and Sidney Webb's book on destitution (1911) in which they exhaustively documented the fact that many of the problems of poor people were the result of the fact that they were SICK, due to illnesses preventable by clean air, adequate sanitation, affordable food, and ventilation18 Aug 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfa7vrkbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtf4ctrlfs2kAny math nerds out there who can recommend some apps for fun math games?18 Aug 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf4ctrlfs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtef6ktcws2uOK, what kind of AI s**t is this? In connection with some repairs, someone just called me on my cell phone, asked for Andrea, and then insisted that my phone number belongs to someone named Maureen. I've had my cell phone number since 1999, PLEASE DON'T GIVE MY CAR TO MAUREEN18 Aug 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtef6ktcws2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mtbua5of3s2eGood morning, Ottawa. Bonjour,Ottawa.17 Aug 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbua5of3s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mt7ib4jhnc2eShoutout to the very dapper dogs out this morning on Elgin Street. The collies! The Shih Tzus! I'm not going home until I see a few corgis. Mutts also deeply appreciated16 Aug 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7ib4jhnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mt33bb7ep226HARD PASS [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt33bb7ep226https://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mt32upe2nk26Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm peanut butter hidden in a Rice Krispy square. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt32upe2nk26https://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mt2ebyfctk26What fresh hell is this? No, Apple Music, I don't want to know what music people around me are listening to. They're listening to s**t. I invested in these noise-cancelling headphones for a reason, ya know14 Aug 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2ebyfctk26https://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3msweayz4js26I told my 21-year old son that I wanted to show him a significant cultural artifact from the 1980s, and I put on Van Halen's "Jump" from the Youtube He suddenly remembered that he had to go somewhere Understandable, but it's fun for my new mini trampoline13 Aug 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msweayz4js26https://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mstmnsqv7c2kI've been writing a lot about democracy this year and the process often feels like this https://static.klipy.com/ii/a8ada81afc59159ea5c8927feffa2e31/cf/0b/CBBkhYS3cRM2d.gif?hh=359&ww=480&mp4=QiEctaa06rWGuU&webm=emvEMxrvEji3oy6oa11 Aug 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstmnsqv7c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3msqdf365ss2nIt took 18 months to get off the Republican fundraising email list, now I'm getting emails from Democrats🙄. Republican emails were like: click this button to keep Little Woke Red Riding Hood out of libraries and stay in the Platinum Elite! Democrats are like: plz to have $ to win the election, thx!10 Aug 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqdf365ss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3msjoaqwlms2eSpouse: how shall we celebrate upcoming 25th anniversary Me: why don't you look into it and come up with some ideas Spouse: What! We should plan it together! Me: Look into it, or I will find some hair-brained scheme where we will drive to some shithole to do earnest arts and crafts Spouse: on it07 Aug 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjoaqwlms2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3msjl4fdnpc2wI just had baklava for the first time in my life, due to severe nut allergies. I found some baklava that only had walnuts, which I can eat Omg. It's all over for me now. I'm obsessed. What is this heavenly substance?07 Aug 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjl4fdnpc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andreachandler.bsky.social/post/3mseizpw2ls22BUZZ OFF I'M WATCHING TED LASSO Late converts are always the most fanatical05 Aug 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:ptovspysocoovexpdp53invn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseizpw2ls22