Jonathan Fowler
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Archaeologist. Finding stories.
about 1 month ago
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We're mapping Halifax's Old Burying Ground this week with
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@smuarts.bsky.social
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www.facebook.com/archaeologya...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/mappin...
2 months ago
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Trevor J. Adams
3 months ago
The dedicated folks from the Nova Scotia Heritage Schooner Rescue Society work hard to preserve and share the province's seafaring history. I'm pleased to write about them in the next issue of Saltscapes. Find the magazine on newsstands in early May or subscribe now.
www.saltscapes.com/subscriptions
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An observation in three chats.
4 months ago
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Discussing the Fundy Dykelands All welcome, details here:
eventscalendar.smu.ca/smuhalifax/d...
4 months ago
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Robert Reich
8 months ago
The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
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Our newest book is now available! John Winslow was one of the most significant American military leaders of the generations before George Washington. But instead of creating a country, he destroyed one... Winslow’s journal provides an eyewitness account of the 1755 Deportation of the Acadians.
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Let's talk.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
Donald Trump’s extraordinary threats have angered Canadians and Europeans, and the idea of a new kind of transatlantic alliance is gaining traction
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/canada-wont-become-the-51st-us-state-but-could-it-join-the-eu?CMP=share_btn_url
about 1 year ago
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The poor house cemetery on Halifax's Spring Garden Road. Time for a rethink and - at long last - commemoration.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Halifax starting plan for Memorial Library site that will honour forgotten burial ground | CBC News
Municipal staff have said removing the building and creating a park is the best option for an area with a burial ground that has never been properly acknowledged.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-starting-plan-for-memorial-library-site-that-will-honour-forgotten-burial-ground-1.7510082
about 1 year ago
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Attn. sci-fi enthusiasts, linguists, anthropologists, and the curious:
about 1 year ago
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R.E.M.
about 1 year ago
“The second album”—Today marks the anniversary of Reckoning’s UK release: April 9, 1984. Which track is your go-to from the band’s sophomore release?
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Katie Ingram
about 1 year ago
A cover means we are one step closer! The Undesirables will be out this Fall! :) Cover image credit to
@cove17.bsky.social
and cover design by Gail LeBlanc.
@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social
#halifax
#halifaxhistory
#nonfiction
#canlit
#prisonhistory
#novascotia
#novascotiahistory
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Can't wait to read it.
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over 1 year ago
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Tim Onion
over 1 year ago
I've always wanted a car with a roof that flies off for no reason, but doors that don't come off while you're burning alive inside it. My dreams have come true.
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History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vK6fALsenmw&si=XOBRqHXM3nRWD8nJ
over 1 year ago
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Adam Parkhomenko
over 1 year ago
One of the best photos I have seen in response to “why don’t you wear a suit”
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« Étoiles alignées » pour une circonscription de Chéticamp
Six ans après avoir été ignoré lors d’un redécoupage de la carte électorale de la Nouvelle-Écosse, l’espoir d'une circonscription acadienne protégée est ravivé.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2146751/circonscription-acadienne-cheticamp-prochaines-etapes
over 1 year ago
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Nova Scotia Museum
over 1 year ago
Pjila'si - Now open at the Museum of Natural History. Pjila'si, meaning "welcome" in Mi'kmaw, is not just a gallery. It's an interactive space that celebrates Mi'kmaw culture. It brings to life the knowledge, skills, and adaptability of the Mi'kmaw people throughout history and to this day.
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Nothing to see here. Buy local.
over 1 year ago
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Netflix cancelled, Amazon cancelled, Audible cancelled, X axed. As a substitute, I will happily purchase, stare at, and listen to, a bag of Maritime-grown potatoes.
over 1 year ago
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Steven Beschloss
over 1 year ago
A sliver of good news: About $250 billion of the roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian assets are not in American banks. This money could be released to Ukraine by the European Union, Canada, Britain, Australia, Japan and Singapore—and circumvent Trump’s betrayal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/b...
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Is It Time to Transfer Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine? Calls Grow Louder.
President Trump’s threat to abandon Ukraine added urgency to plans to fund security or reconstruction with the roughly $300 billion owned by Russia’s central bank.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/business/russia-assets-ukraine-trump.html
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The Guardian
over 1 year ago
‘I’m selling the Nazi mobile’: Tesla owners offload cars after Musk’s fascist-style salutes
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‘I’m selling the Nazi mobile’: Tesla owners offload cars after Musk’s fascist-style salutes
Tesla once appeared the future of vehicles. Then Musk’s salutes and support at Trump’s inauguration left owners feeling ‘saddled with a symbol of hate’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/mar/02/tesla-owners-selling-musk?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1740945968
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Tristan Snell
over 1 year ago
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
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Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, on ice.
over 1 year ago
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Been working on some new maps over the weekend.
over 1 year ago
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Great story:
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More than a century after her last painting, Africville artist gets first solo exhibition | CBC News
Edith MacDonald-Brown painted between the ages of 12 and 27. A new exhibit at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax features nine of her 13 known works. The gallery's director hopes the exhibit le...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/edith-macdonald-brown-africville-paintings-1.7459645
over 1 year ago
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Tim Bousquet
over 1 year ago
Halifax’s weak-kneed hand-wringing about whether to leave X is embarrassing
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Morning File by me
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Halifax's weak-kneed hand-wringing about whether to leave X is embarrassing - Halifax Examiner
The threat is real. The threat is plain. We're not talking about some parlour disagreement about subsection 3, clause 4 of the unsightly premises bylaw; we're talking about the violent takeover of Can...
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/halifaxs-weak-kneed-hand-wringing-about-whether-to-leave-x-is-embarrassing/
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Tim Bousquet
over 1 year ago
On Saturday morning, the
@halifaxexaminer.ca
will publish the first of an enormous series I've been working on for six months. This is probably the most intensely researched work I've ever done. It also is the first time I've been truly happy about writing in many years.
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Our Geographical Thinking podcast with ESRI Canada just dropped. A conversation about mapping built heritage in one of Canada's oldest cities. Give it a listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Bringing History to Life with GIS
Podcast Episode · Geographical Thinking from Esri Canada · 02/06/2025 · 39m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bringing-history-to-life-with-gis/id1540357358?i=1000689635868
over 1 year ago
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University of Oxford
over 1 year ago
The
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
and the Vesuvius Challenge have announced a historic breakthrough in the endeavour to decipher text preserved on papyrus scrolls from the ancient site of Herculaneum. More info ⬇️
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Inside of Herculaneum scroll seen for the first time in almost 2,000
The Bodleian Libraries and the Vesuvius Challenge have announced a historic breakthrough in the endeavour to decipher text preserved on papyrus scrolls from the ancient site of Herculaneum.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02-07-inside-herculaneum-scroll-seen-first-time-almost-2000-years
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They went for the good stuff.
over 1 year ago
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David Frum
over 1 year ago
Short-term pain for long-term isolation and decline!
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Bluesky
over 1 year ago
this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!
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over 1 year ago
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
over 1 year ago
Keep up the good work, guys.
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James O’Brien
over 1 year ago
Perfect.
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Mark Cuban
over 1 year ago
It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on
@bsky.app
and to engage with constituents here THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be. You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion. Which is more powerful?
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I think we've found a new verb tense: the "Dylan oblique."
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over 1 year ago
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Halifax ReTales
over 1 year ago
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Palisades Fire visualization and accounting with remote sensing:
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Palisades Fire January, 2025 damage visualizer
A satellite imagery visualizer for the damage from the Palisades fire in Los Angeles as of January 10th, 2025.
https://satelliteimagerydemostg.z5.web.core.windows.net/damage-assessment/los_angeles_palisades_fire_1_10_2025.html
over 1 year ago
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Overcharging customers 4% to 11% on meat is really going to add up. Apology accepted?
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat | CBC News
The problem of grocers selling underweighted meat and overcharging customers is prevalent and ongoing, a CBC News investigation has found.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/grocers-customers-meat-underweight-1.7405639?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar
over 1 year ago
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Have nog, will travel. Happy New Year to all.
over 1 year ago
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An excellent book!
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over 1 year ago
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#Halifax
,
#NovaScotia
is changing rapidly. We have to act fast to preserve the best of our architectural inheritance before it disappears forever. An update from the Halifax Memory Maps Project:
www.mapsofmemory.com
youtu.be/YNNp0W_Ltzs
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Built Heritage Attrition in Halifax, Nova Scotia
YouTube video by Northeast Archaeological Research
https://youtu.be/YNNp0W_Ltzs
over 1 year ago
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This could be a very big development for Halifax heritage. I can think of no reason for secrecy here other than a desire to investigate the material for proper identification before communicating results.
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Pieces of Halifax Explosion ship have been found but it's not clear if the public will see them | CBC News
Pieces of one of the ships torn apart by the Halifax Explosion were found earlier this year and one family member of someone who was blinded by the explosion wants more transparency from the Nova Scot...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/questions-being-raised-what-will-happen-to-newly-found-pieces-halifax-explosion-ship-1.7414099
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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More on the Halifax Memory Maps Project (with more to come)
news.smu.ca/news/2024/12...
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Halifax Memory Maps research offers a new look at city’s heritage | SMU News and Events
A new study by researchers in the Department of Anthropology at Saint Mary’s University has found that 87 per cent of Halifax buildings that were standing in 1878 have since been demolished. The first...
https://news.smu.ca/news/2024/12/11/halifax-memory-maps-research-offers-a-new-look-at-citys-heritage
over 1 year ago
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Does anybody else out there find bookstores inspiring? Blackwell's, Oxford.
over 1 year ago
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We love old maps. Especially oddballs like this one. Frankland, Nova Scotia, in 1735?
over 1 year ago
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