macphear🇨🇦
@macphear.bsky.social
Books, running, music YYC/PEI he/him
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September 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Harry Sanders was a true mensch who brought Calgary's history to life. I wrote in The Sprawl about what he meant to the city.
Remembering the life and work of Harry Sanders | The Sprawl
He made Calgary history come alive.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
September 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Harry Sanders was a true mensch who brought Calgary's history to life. I wrote in The Sprawl about what he meant to the city.
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I don't know *why* this was a 9/11 tribute but it's still my favorite (insane) 9/11 tribute.
Raul Esparza went on that stage and was like "oh no, I am going to MAKE you understand that this is a song about an insanely toxic sexual relationship and how it destroys you. Anyway #NeverForget"
Raul Esparza went on that stage and was like "oh no, I am going to MAKE you understand that this is a song about an insanely toxic sexual relationship and how it destroys you. Anyway #NeverForget"
*perks up* oh are we doing Hallelujah discourse again? Well I'm here to piss everyone off by reminding them that Raul Esparza has the definitive cover performance, and for some reason it was performed at the ten year anniversary of 9/11 concert
youtu.be/lYKkOBqqD4w?...
youtu.be/lYKkOBqqD4w?...
Raúl Esparza's Emotional "Hallelujah" | The Kennedy Center
YouTube video by The Kennedy Center
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I don't know *why* this was a 9/11 tribute but it's still my favorite (insane) 9/11 tribute.
Raul Esparza went on that stage and was like "oh no, I am going to MAKE you understand that this is a song about an insanely toxic sexual relationship and how it destroys you. Anyway #NeverForget"
Raul Esparza went on that stage and was like "oh no, I am going to MAKE you understand that this is a song about an insanely toxic sexual relationship and how it destroys you. Anyway #NeverForget"
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Dystopian joke:
A prisoner goes to the jail's library to borrow a book.
The librarian says:
"We don't have this book, but we have its author".
A prisoner goes to the jail's library to borrow a book.
The librarian says:
"We don't have this book, but we have its author".
September 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Dystopian joke:
A prisoner goes to the jail's library to borrow a book.
The librarian says:
"We don't have this book, but we have its author".
A prisoner goes to the jail's library to borrow a book.
The librarian says:
"We don't have this book, but we have its author".
August reads. Halfway through Booker longlist. My favourites so far are John of John and Black Bag.
September 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
August reads. Halfway through Booker longlist. My favourites so far are John of John and Black Bag.
Same
Not even one of them. This might be my proudest day ever.
**Looks at wife
This is my second proudest day ever.
**Looks at wife
This is my second proudest day ever.
6. I feel this is too many, and I will try to do better in the future
August 31, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Same
10 Canadian acts I’ve see live:
Feist
Blue Rodeo
Spirit of the West
The Tragically Hip
Ron Sexsmith
Great Lake Swimmers
The Weakerthans
Leonard Cohen
Sloan
Stars
Feist
Blue Rodeo
Spirit of the West
The Tragically Hip
Ron Sexsmith
Great Lake Swimmers
The Weakerthans
Leonard Cohen
Sloan
Stars
10 Canadian acts I've seen live:
Fefe Dobson
Barenaked Ladies
Amanda Marshall
Great Big Sea
Jann Arden
Lawrence Gowan
Brad Roberts
Alan Frew
Chantal Kreviazuk
Tara MacLean
Fefe Dobson
Barenaked Ladies
Amanda Marshall
Great Big Sea
Jann Arden
Lawrence Gowan
Brad Roberts
Alan Frew
Chantal Kreviazuk
Tara MacLean
10 Canadian acts I've seen live:
July Talk
Hey Rosetta!
Arcade Fire
Burton Cummings
Sloan
City and Colour
Tegan and Sara
Our Lady Peace
Barenaked Ladies
Ben Caplan
July Talk
Hey Rosetta!
Arcade Fire
Burton Cummings
Sloan
City and Colour
Tegan and Sara
Our Lady Peace
Barenaked Ladies
Ben Caplan
August 31, 2026 at 2:10 AM
10 Canadian acts I’ve see live:
Feist
Blue Rodeo
Spirit of the West
The Tragically Hip
Ron Sexsmith
Great Lake Swimmers
The Weakerthans
Leonard Cohen
Sloan
Stars
Feist
Blue Rodeo
Spirit of the West
The Tragically Hip
Ron Sexsmith
Great Lake Swimmers
The Weakerthans
Leonard Cohen
Sloan
Stars
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I want to go back in time to, say, 2012, to tell people that Blue Rodeo's Hasn't Hit Me Yet would become a nationalist anthem after President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario.
August 30, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I want to go back in time to, say, 2012, to tell people that Blue Rodeo's Hasn't Hit Me Yet would become a nationalist anthem after President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario.
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"Their hydronyms" is a legitimately funny punchline.
August 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
"Their hydronyms" is a legitimately funny punchline.
Charlotte’s Web. Still love it. Selflessness, duty, creativity, luck. A truly subversive book that fooled the conservative society i grew up in.
In honor of Dolly and her commitment to getting books to kids, tell me about a book you read as a child that changed your life.
I’ll start: so many, but tonight maybe I’ll say A WRINKLE IN TIME, a book that taught me anger wasn’t wrong.
I’ll start: so many, but tonight maybe I’ll say A WRINKLE IN TIME, a book that taught me anger wasn’t wrong.
August 26, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Charlotte’s Web. Still love it. Selflessness, duty, creativity, luck. A truly subversive book that fooled the conservative society i grew up in.
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Hard to imagine a more perfect recipe for boosting Canadian nationalism than a trade war with the Americans escalating on the same weekend everyone is reminiscing about the Tragically Hip's last show.
If TSN re-aired Game 8 of the '72 Summit Series, we'd probably fall into a patriotic sugar coma.
If TSN re-aired Game 8 of the '72 Summit Series, we'd probably fall into a patriotic sugar coma.
August 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Hard to imagine a more perfect recipe for boosting Canadian nationalism than a trade war with the Americans escalating on the same weekend everyone is reminiscing about the Tragically Hip's last show.
If TSN re-aired Game 8 of the '72 Summit Series, we'd probably fall into a patriotic sugar coma.
If TSN re-aired Game 8 of the '72 Summit Series, we'd probably fall into a patriotic sugar coma.
This is the phone from which I read your posts
August 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This is the phone from which I read your posts
Strictly Canadian version.
People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song.
Let me out
People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song.
Let me out
Strictly Canadian Version
People: you can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song
Me: all by myself
People: you can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song
Me: all by myself
Strictly Canadian version.
People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song.
Me: They're getting prepared to haul a car out of the river
People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song.
Me: They're getting prepared to haul a car out of the river
August 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Strictly Canadian version.
People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song.
Let me out
People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song.
Let me out
Quite impressed with the running you can now do mostly on pathways in my hometown.
August 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Quite impressed with the running you can now do mostly on pathways in my hometown.
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You could get mad about dead senator discourse *or* you could enjoy this video of sea lions who have retaken an island with a decommissioned lighthouse off the coast of Oregon and now use the staircase as a giant slide.
July 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
You could get mad about dead senator discourse *or* you could enjoy this video of sea lions who have retaken an island with a decommissioned lighthouse off the coast of Oregon and now use the staircase as a giant slide.
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Roughly, there’s ~$800 billion in taxpayer-funded education sitting outside the province that paid for it. With Alberta and B.C. the largest beneficiaries.
My latest for @TheHubCanada on the largest financial transfer nobody talks about: thehub.ca/2026/07/02/... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
My latest for @TheHubCanada on the largest financial transfer nobody talks about: thehub.ca/2026/07/02/... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
The biggest financial transfer in Canada that nobody talks about
Why Alberta and B.C. are Canada’s biggest brain drain beneficiaries
thehub.ca
July 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Roughly, there’s ~$800 billion in taxpayer-funded education sitting outside the province that paid for it. With Alberta and B.C. the largest beneficiaries.
My latest for @TheHubCanada on the largest financial transfer nobody talks about: thehub.ca/2026/07/02/... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
My latest for @TheHubCanada on the largest financial transfer nobody talks about: thehub.ca/2026/07/02/... #cdnecon #cdnpoli
1. Literary novels
2. Indie artists on vinyl
3. Hazy IPAs
4. Running by water (river, lake, sea)
5. Canada 🇨🇦
2. Indie artists on vinyl
3. Hazy IPAs
4. Running by water (river, lake, sea)
5. Canada 🇨🇦
Tell me 5 random things that you love (not people/pets)
1. Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island
2. The smell, feel, and immersion of reading a book
3. Smelling the ocean in the air (ached for it living in ON)
4. Interactions with / being with wildlife
5. A campfire as the sky blazes with a sunset
1. Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island
2. The smell, feel, and immersion of reading a book
3. Smelling the ocean in the air (ached for it living in ON)
4. Interactions with / being with wildlife
5. A campfire as the sky blazes with a sunset
Tell me 5 random things that you love (not people/pets)
1. The ocean (both rough & stormy or eerily calm)
2. Smell of freshly cut lumber
3. Crawling into a warm bed when you're chilled
4. Breakfast platters
5. When you find a pen that writes SO GOOD
1. The ocean (both rough & stormy or eerily calm)
2. Smell of freshly cut lumber
3. Crawling into a warm bed when you're chilled
4. Breakfast platters
5. When you find a pen that writes SO GOOD
June 21, 2026 at 10:26 PM
1. Literary novels
2. Indie artists on vinyl
3. Hazy IPAs
4. Running by water (river, lake, sea)
5. Canada 🇨🇦
2. Indie artists on vinyl
3. Hazy IPAs
4. Running by water (river, lake, sea)
5. Canada 🇨🇦
Green 3 logo U2 Popmart concert t-shirt. Saw them 29 years ago Edmonton. Still fits me. It’s my go to St Patrick’s day outfit.
Question I've never seen on here and I keep forgetting to ask:
What the oldest tshirt you own?
What the oldest tshirt you own?
June 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Green 3 logo U2 Popmart concert t-shirt. Saw them 29 years ago Edmonton. Still fits me. It’s my go to St Patrick’s day outfit.
Beautiful day for the Calgary Half Marathon. My 67th full or half marathon.
May 24, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Beautiful day for the Calgary Half Marathon. My 67th full or half marathon.
Still a great song RIP
Farewell to Rob Base, whose "It Takes Two" sounds like the greatest single ever whenever it's playing.
Rob Base, ‘It Takes Two’ Rapper, Dies at 59
Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock and best known for the hit 'It Takes Two,' has died. He was 59.
variety.com
May 23, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Still a great song RIP
Gosh what an amazing day to be on the island.
May 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Gosh what an amazing day to be on the island.