I DIDN’T take any NSAIDs or painkillers today for the first time in more than three years. #chronicpain
Elliott Coates
@elliottcoates.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, musician, hockey coach, traveler, chronic pain; fan of birds, esoterica, Dada, beekeeping, Toronto sports. Canadian expat in VA. 2021 SAIC Writing Fellow. First poetry collection, “Day 3 of a 5 Day Headache” (2nd ed.) sold out.
"Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole." —Herman Melville, born today in 1819
How corrupt do you have to be for Sepp Blatter to think you’re corrupt??
TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social · 5d agoFormer FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticizes the proposed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors.
Find the five words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe. 1981 - buffalo wing - party monster - warm fuzzies - street cred - bashful bladder www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
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When was a word first used in print? You may be surprised! Choose a year, and we'll show you the words that come from that date.
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Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 6d agoFind the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
I’ve been up for 21 and a half hours and I deserve to go to bed.
My strong antipathy towards NYC grows with every passing minute that I am here. No matter how many times I’ve been here, I’ve always found it, umm, the worst.
Film you’ve watched more than six times. Hard mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, any Marvel, Disney or Ghibli.
Life Aquatic: Bill Murray as Steve Zissou with Crew
ALT: Life Aquatic: Bill Murray as Steve Zissou with Crew
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James Petruzzi@hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you’ve watched more than six times Hard Mode : No Star Trek, Star wars, LOTR, any Marvel, Disney or Ghibli
Can report that after a week and a half in Norway, more kids are wearing #10 Ødegaard jerseys than #9 Braut Haaland jerseys, by a ratio of 3 to 1. The kids love the captain. So obviously I bought myself an Ødegaard to make my nieces and nephew happy. #Norge #futbol #ødegaard #haaland
Norway row celebration
Alt: Norway row celebration led by Martin Ødegård.
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Places I’ve been: 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇷🇵🇷🇮🇪🏴🏴🏴🇮🇸🇳🇴🇳🇱🇩🇰🇩🇪🇫🇷🇧🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭🇮🇹🇰🇪🇷🇼 You?
I just watched a mouse climb up the backyard bird feeder pole and then try to leap onto the feeder. It fell.
I’ve felt the Ghost in our home, “the widow Mrs Elizabeth Wright,” twice this week. Eerie.
“LA MARSEILLAISE” DOES SLAP THO.
Elliott Coates@elliottcoates.bsky.social · 2mo ago“O CANADA” UNDEFEATED ANTHEM.
Saw this excellent turtle eating a mushroom in the woods this morning. Got little crumbly mushroom bits all ‘round its li’l mouth.
I can see it now: World Cup 2030, group N 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇫🇷 France 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇧🇮 Burundi (🇮🇹 Italy still fails to qualify for a 64-team group phase)
TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social · 3w agoThe 2026 #FIFAWorldCup expanded from a 32-team format to include 48 teams this year. Could we see a 64-team World Cup on the way in the future? 👀
BREAKING: Count Binface supports Norway over England. 🇳🇴⚽️
Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? “So.”
Benjamin C. Kinney@benjaminckinney.com · 4w agoFellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? (WIP #2): "You've forced me to be a truth-teller, so here's my truth: I regret nothing."
Happy Canada Day to those who celebrate. Which should be everyone.
Happy birthday 449th birthday to my favorite painter, Peter Paul Rubens…here’s the 19th c. copy of his self-portrait that my wife and I bought a few years ago.
Cannot recommend highly enough devoting at least ten to thirty minutes a day to some little hobby that pleases you with no expectations or need for it to go anywhere.
Matthews is retiring a Leaf. McKenna and Bieber are planning the parade. Let’s fucking go. #MapleLeafs #NHLDraft
GAVIN MCKENNA IS A LEAF 🍁 The Toronto Maple Leafs have selected Gavin McKenna with the first overall pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
