Author*, Explorer, Thinker Peaceful Protester Cheerleader of Good Causes *find me elsewhere – https://catchmydrift.blog/ – https://mrrobertthompson.substack.com/.
summer wind surprise found yearly in elder's eyes candy filled pockets
Susan (Morhar) Andrews#HaikuSaturday the sweetness of summer-- grandpa's chewy caramels Please add a version if you feel like it. If you want your version posted with the other versions please include the hashtag #VersionsHaikuSaturday
"But as society itself became more secular, and fewer children were exposed to the Bible at home, education suffered a major loss." @crof.bsky.social presents a reasoned argument. I believe secularization might save humanity. A Case for Teaching the Bible thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
A Case for Teaching the Bible in Public School | The TyeeStudents could benefit from reading excerpts as literature, not doctrine.thetyee.caI describe the weather today to my 97 year old special mom as having a summer wind. She said, "Oh Steve Lawrence."🥰 So not being a fickle friend🎶 I played her this version. She moved her shoulders while finishing her lunch while dreaming of who knows where, or when. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWmA...
Steve Lawrence - Summer WindYouTube video by Laufkoetterwww.youtube.comSad I missed this event. I'm going to have to hang with this dedicated group of advocates for our planet.
Climate Justice VictoriaWe celebrated our small win, and remembered all the people across Canada who are displaced from their homes by the extreme wildfires (which are becoming more frequent along with heatwaves due to fossil fuel burning). #yyj #cdnpoli #bcpoli #bcwildfire
I'm going divergent with #TGIFlevidrome today because of my earlier post. You will find that one contronym is a #levidrome. Use this clue to help discover the reverse pair: *A plant starts from this & I hope students won't get any of these grades this school year.
Robert MJ ThompsonA perfect day includes learning something new. Today I discovered contronyms. I was writing something about the old fashioned word 'cleave' as in the wedding vow of cleaving to your mate. In that context it means to hold fast but then I thought divorce (or worse) when you cleave the union. 🧐
#TGIF This weekend used to be 'civic' and I wonder if that term still applies. If you never took civics in high school, then at least to your neighbours be civil. 🥰🤪 Re: Hero open.substack.com/pub/mrrobert...
Re: Herofrom the catchmydrift.blog archivesopen.substack.comDefining myself as a cinephile makes me humbled and a tad ashamed when I catch up with a missed film. How could Super 8 have slipped past my attention? Such a beauty!!🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTGa...
SUPER 8 (2011) | Theatrical Trailer | AmblinYouTube video by Amblin Entertainmentwww.youtube.comat least someone is showing some balls
MeidasTouchUEFA nations will not participate in FIFA events until the investment deal is scrapped
From one writer who gives me hope with each word she writes. "To hope to grow rich, to keep one’s health, to recover from illness... is thus to mark oneself out as fortune’s prey, for we have no control over wealth, over health, or over renown." The Unhoped-For open.substack.com/pub/museguid...
The Unhoped-ForWhy the ancients warned against hope, and why we might hold on to it anywayopen.substack.com@brandimorin.bsky.social blows another whistle here. I agree that threats posed aren't just from #trumpism but taking the lead in world dominion aspirations are many evil #corporations doing real harm. Canada Just Cleared the Way to Bulldoze the Amazon for Gold open.substack.com/pub/indigeno...
Canada Just Cleared the Way to Bulldoze the Amazon for GoldA Toronto-listed miner just beat an Indigenous lawsuit on a technicality — days after Ottawa gutted its own corporate watchdog.open.substack.comI'd like to jump in on Ms.T.'s creativity with another warning sign: 'The current occupant is waging WWIII' thanks @anntelnaes.bsky.social 🤩🫡 Trump orders signs outside of American History Museum open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Trump orders signs outside of American History MuseumTrump attacks the Smithsonian for not portraying history the way he sees itopen.substack.comStill, artistically speaking, it's a beautiful bridge. #artheals
Catherine McKenna“Today, trucks will roll, cars will cross, and governments will begin collecting tolls. But the bridge will remain a monument to a broken bond that may take decades to fix—and may never be fully repaired.” Well worth reading @davidmoscrop.com’s excellent piece.
If #trumpism succeeds then the US Constitution will be irrelevant.
Mrs. Betty Bowers“Iran is a country run by religious extremists, y’all!!!”
Donors belong to a wonderful club. May your first 'pinning' be less traumatic than you imagine Ms.B. – Welcome to Blood Gifters Autonomous!😍 www.blood.ca/en
Canadian Blood ServicesExperience what you get when you give. Join Canada's Lifeline today.www.blood.caClare BlackwoodI am donating blood for the first time today, and being someone who is extremely afraid of needles I have decided that the solution to this is to purchase so many numbing cream/patches that in about an hour I won't even be able to feel my own feelings anymore
The James Bay Beacon is such a cool newspaper. I just discovered this delightful video prepared by one of the volunteers, Bob Arkell. @jbnavictoria.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/kwsyA...
Our Coast GuardYouTube video by James Bay Beaconwww.youtube.comI've been feeling a bit like an overlooked organism today, how about you? Alien What? open.substack.com/pub/mrrobert...
Alien What?from the Just Because collection (2002-2006)open.substack.comThis is Monday's discussion topic with my 97 year old special mom. thanks @crof.bsky.social Cory Doctorow Predicts the AI Bubble Will Burst via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
Cory Doctorow Predicts the AI Bubble Will Burst | The TyeeThe writer sees a shaky future for a technology that has many of us in a lather.thetyee.ca