And the way this bit of #trumpism is playing out in the long term throughout the world. Let's call it WWIII. Soften up the citizenry with bombs and lies. Conduct subterfuge and distraction. Claim that we must defeat our enemies. Say that we alone are the chosen people.

awesome

There is peace here.

actually the distortion of my head since #trumpism

The Clayton/Ossoff exchange yesterday was another telling feature of the terror of our times. Thanks @hcrichardson.bsky.social for filling in the gaps. #journalism July 16, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Word on the street is that this will be A Happening! If you can't wiggle out of your regular task for a chance to beam, bond, or bound in Irving Park, Mr.P. will make a brief stop at Munro's Books before he has to return to the ferry. Joy is contagious.😍🤩🤗

What the world needs now is love, sweet love.🎶 What Canada needs is an effective opposition. Go get 'em Mr.L.🫡 @ndp.ca @fairvote.ca

My son asked if I had read Value(s), a book by @mark-carney.bsky.social –– I've got it now from my village library branch. He's says I'll understand his game plan better, after reading. I'm hoping my library is still around on the return date.🤯

Is this more conflict in Gaza?

4:08 lightning⚡ in Victoria?

Art strengthens us, saves us, encourages us, makes us human. Art is Love.

Do folks still do flash mobs? Bring your hearts, bring your moves, bring instruments of joy. News Flash💥 Recent Order of Canada recipient (& someone I like to call the Dancing Philosopher) will be at Irving Park this Friday July17th at 1pm. #victoriaarts #YYJ Gurdeep Pandher would love to meet you.

“My focus is on the people whose lives have been turned upside down by this news. The people of British Columbia stand with you during this difficult time.” says @rparmarbc.bsky.social –– tell us how? #taxtherich

As a youth, I once held a dying bird in the palm of my hand. It was then I realized how fragile life can be.

Good stuff. Denying something isn't an opinion when the facts are clear. #truthmatters and it's time we recognized it.

@royinori.bsky.social has just blown me away with her Swarm story in @thewalrus.ca. I'm doing some summer catch-up reading & Ms.R. has filled in some gaps in my memory of this inexplicable crime story from T.O.😲 I moved to Victoria in 2008 & folks were still talking about the R.Virk case.

Some folk think it's the only qualification they need.

Right on!

This brilliant cartoon Re: Age Requirements opens the door to vote eligibility for youth.

"like" a lunatic?

"The NFU encourages the FPT governments to define food sovereignty as “the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.” www.nfu.ca/the-national...

Puppet master – meet Cartoon master @deadder.bsky.social Arm's length open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

cool, or should I say hot, map🤯 I agree Ms.H.

#cartoonist David Parkins is unknown to me. Worth watching!

@brandimorin.bsky.social tells it like it is. When the Wildfires Rage, Who Gets to Breathe First? open.substack.com/pub/indigeno...

And when WWIII comes to us we'll be ready. And then nothing will matter anyway because we'll all be hiding in basements conserving candles. (I want to be a @thebeaverton.com journalist). 😵‍💫 ps Mr.C. – news networks build economies too🧐

"The comedians were historians. They weren’t just making up stories about their lives, but they were connecting them to this larger history." #journalism is important. That's why I read this magazine.

I didn't know this and yet this very morning I woke with one of her songs in my head. What's going on?

Phenomenal Unforgivable Unmistakable Climate change Seek shelter Ms.B.😷

oh dear!

beauty!

A tsunami, metaphorically Rising data, energy sapping Requires future planning Higher ground possibility Come together all municipalities!🫡

yep

I wake pretty much every morning with a song line in my head (what am I a crystal radio or something?). 🎶I learned my lesson, it left a scar Now I see how you really are🎶 In the context of #trumpism I'm wishful thinking I guess. I give you, the incomparable Ms.R.🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bj_...

A fitting observance. Thanks @deadder.bsky.social RIP Pat Oliphant open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

"Last year, 57 percent of Americans placed a bet on a gambling platform, but only 2 percent read to a child on a given day. What a strange reality in a world where access to information is at an unprecedented level." Respect! @charlieangus104.bsky.social My Summer open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Re: Stain Didn't The Donald once say that he'd heard injecting Lysol would wash away the covid virus? #trumpism is a virus.

who says there's no such thing as a cosmic (comic?) consciousness

Fabulous!

Ace #journalist Mr.R. doesn't post often on his 🦋account @withfilesfrom.bsky.social –– likely because he's busy tracking stories that should be getting more exposure, like this one. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/ott...

I related to this feature in my @timescolonist.bsky.social. "Most spiritual traditions involve pilgrimages — historically seen as arduous, often adventurous journeys into uncertainty." Being an #atheist & #humanist I have a renewed context to walk-on. www.timescolonist.com/blogs/spirit...

At a recent gathering of @bcgreens.bsky.social, I got my first chance to meet @emilylowan.bsky.social to wish her a happy anniversary (1 year as party leader).🎉 It was great to see many folks supporting good causes. For example I didn't know about this group called RUSH –– rock on! whatstherush.ca

yes please –– #ICE is evil.

Cartoonists give us a window.

Yes 'solidarity'–– also a cringe-worthy duplication of previous wartime posturing. I've made a list of similar comparisons (at least in my mind) to previous wars. I've enough data to conclude that we're experiencing WWIII, yet few call it that. My advice: Seek shelter. Resist. Help your neighbour.

Don't forget to Practise eh? www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmXB... Re: Practise open.substack.com/pub/mrrobert...

This essay is a box of chocolates. Scrap 24 Sussex Drive. Canada Can Do Better open.substack.com/pub/canaduh/...

I caught up with this case and the sensitive trauma work of Dr. Gabor Maté through this awesome documentary. Talking about evil is hard, but necessary if we are to bring light to the darkness. #metoo www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ho...

I can hardly wait to see this dancing philosopher once again. 🤩 He's humble and his secular message has boosted my soul in these trying times of political upheaval. Come out and be positive! @jbnavictoria.bsky.social substack.com/@gurdeeppand...

I'll use this portal to provide news that Gurdeep Pandher is visiting Irving Park at 1pm this Friday July 17th. He'll be dancing bhangra & signing his magazine. If Mr.P. is unknown to you read below & then come join the celebration. All are welcome.🎉 gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/governor-g...