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Elliott Coates

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Writer, photographer, musician, hockey coach, traveler, chronic pain; fan of birds, esoteric books, Dada, Toronto sports. Canadian expat in VA. 2021 SAIC Writing Fellow. First poetry collection, “Day 3 of a 5 Day Headache” sold out, two editions!

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Canada vs Czechia score, 5-0 Canada, with a picture of Connor McDavid and Nate MacKinnon

Canada vs Czechia score, 5-0 Canada, with a picture of Connor McDavid and Nate MacKinnon

Excellent result. 5-0 for the good guys. 🇨🇦
#olympics #menshockey #teamcanada

12.02.2026 18:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thoughts and prayers.

12.02.2026 18:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Evergreen post. Hate Marner.

12.02.2026 17:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More porcupines eating flowers content for the sake of our collective well-being.

11.02.2026 15:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Black for mourning the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC.

Black for mourning the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC.

Tumbler Ridge. 🇨🇦

11.02.2026 14:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Three inconclusive doctor’s appts yesterday, to see why I almost died, but survived last night without incident. #chronicpain

11.02.2026 13:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I almost died last night! Like genuinely, actually almost died! Air stopped going from the outside of my body to the inside of my body! These exclamation points are not exclamation points of joy or wonderment, they are exclamation points of medical mystery and terror!

10.02.2026 20:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Virginia, cardinal, yes, always at our feeder!

10.02.2026 20:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A sign in overgrown nature that says "no ice skating".

A sign in overgrown nature that says "no ice skating".

Okay.

09.02.2026 20:36 — 👍 168    🔁 20    💬 9    📌 2
I’ve done 69 consecutive days of Norwegian lessons on Duolingo.

I’ve done 69 consecutive days of Norwegian lessons on Duolingo.

Hell yeah dude! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
🇳🇴🇫🇷🇩🇪

09.02.2026 13:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More Green Day f-bombs on national TV, pls.

08.02.2026 23:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Most Manitoba post ever.

08.02.2026 22:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Maus” was written by my wife’s Uncle Art. It’s the story of her family, and it’s very meaningful to know that people are still reading it. ♥️

07.02.2026 13:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Snow calling on a tree and street lamp.

Snow calling on a tree and street lamp.

Ahh, more snow, I see. Good, good.

06.02.2026 23:47 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Elliott standing in front of a Civil War cannon at Malvern Hill Battlefield park, near Richmond, VA.

Elliott standing in front of a Civil War cannon at Malvern Hill Battlefield park, near Richmond, VA.

Man, one thing about Virginia, we are lousy with cannons.

06.02.2026 02:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

1 vote for Doof Wagon.

05.02.2026 14:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

More mud for the mud gods!

05.02.2026 14:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I had to do a significant amount of googling to figure out what this even meant, and now I’m 100% with you. Fuck those eggs.

05.02.2026 14:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Somebody really worked on this headline. Hat’s off.

05.02.2026 12:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The only words I know in Japanese are (embarrassingly) sushi words and sumo words. And “sumimasen,” the most important word to know as a clumsy idiot 6’3” white guy in a highly ceremonial culture.

05.02.2026 12:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Degree of difficulty 10/10! Very impressed!

05.02.2026 12:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Which language 🇨🇦? Quelle langue 🇫🇷? Welche Sprache 🇩🇪? Hvilket språk 🇳🇴?

05.02.2026 12:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Honorable mention: Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure.

04.02.2026 20:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Literally any song by the Goo Goo Dolls. I’d rather have a televised colonoscopy than listen to “Iris”.

04.02.2026 16:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Snowy backyard, shed, Canadian flag.

Snowy backyard, shed, Canadian flag.

Oh good. More snow.

04.02.2026 14:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I fail to see how this is a crime. Especially in Florida. Utah? Maybe. But Florida? Come on.

04.02.2026 04:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

27-21-9
Even the cats are asleep. I’m the only mammal awake to watch the end of this one. Oh well, it’s late, Leafs win, let’s all go to bed.
#LeafsForever

04.02.2026 04:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Elliott wears a silly hat.

Elliott wears a silly hat.

Important news: unexpectedly very good appointment with my surgeon today, and, unconnected, I received this hat.

04.02.2026 00:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

26-21-9
Good morning, the Maple Leafs won last night while we were all asleep.
#LeafsForever

03.02.2026 12:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This makes me sad. JAKE published my book and I love them. 😕♥️

03.02.2026 03:55 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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