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Archaeologist. Finding stories.
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Robert Reich
4 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... Winslowâs journal provides an eyewitness account of the 1755 Deportation of the Acadians.
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Canada wonât become the 51st US state â but could it join the EU?
Donald Trumpâs 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
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The poor house cemetery on Halifax's Spring Garden Road. Time for a rethink and - at long last - commemoration.
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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
10 months ago
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Attn. sci-fi enthusiasts, linguists, anthropologists, and the curious:
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R.E.M.
10 months ago
âThe second albumââToday marks the anniversary of Reckoningâs UK release: April 9, 1984. Which track is your go-to from the bandâs sophomore release?
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Katie Ingram
11 months 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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11 months ago
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Tim Onion
11 months 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
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Adam Parkhomenko
11 months ago
One of the best photos I have seen in response to âwhy donât you wear a suitâ
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« Ătoiles alignĂ©es » pour une circonscription de ChĂ©ticamp
Six ans aprĂšs avoir Ă©tĂ© ignorĂ© lors dâun redĂ©coupage de la carte Ă©lectorale de la Nouvelle-Ăcosse, lâespoir d'une circonscription acadienne protĂ©gĂ©e est ravivĂ©.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2146751/circonscription-acadienne-cheticamp-prochaines-etapes
11 months ago
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Nova Scotia Museum
12 months 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.
12 months 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.
12 months ago
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Steven Beschloss
12 months 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 Singaporeâand circumvent Trumpâs 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 Trumpâs threat to abandon Ukraine added urgency to plans to fund security or reconstruction with the roughly $300 billion owned by Russiaâs central bank.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/business/russia-assets-ukraine-trump.html
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The Guardian
12 months ago
âIâm selling the Nazi mobileâ: Tesla owners offload cars after Muskâs fascist-style salutes
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âIâm selling the Nazi mobileâ: Tesla owners offload cars after Muskâs fascist-style salutes
Tesla once appeared the future of vehicles. Then Muskâs salutes and support at Trumpâs inauguration left owners feeling âsaddled with a symbol of hateâ
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
12 months ago
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isnât 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.
12 months ago
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Been working on some new maps over the weekend.
12 months 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
about 1 year ago
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Tim Bousquet
about 1 year ago
Halifaxâs weak-kneed hand-wringing about whether to leave X is embarrassing
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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
about 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
about 1 year ago
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University of Oxford
about 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 âŹïž
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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.
about 1 year ago
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David Frum
about 1 year ago
Short-term pain for long-term isolation and decline!
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Bluesky
about 1 year ago
this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!
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Savage.
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about 1 year ago
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George Conway âïžđșđž
about 1 year ago
Keep up the good work, guys.
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James OâBrien
about 1 year ago
Perfect.
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Mark Cuban
about 1 year ago
Itâs amazing to me that politicians donât 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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about 1 year ago
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Halifax ReTales
about 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
about 1 year ago
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Overcharging customers 4% to 11% on meat is really going to add up. Apology accepted?
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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
about 1 year ago
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Have nog, will travel. Happy New Year to all.
about 1 year ago
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An excellent book!
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about 1 year ago
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#Halifax
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#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
about 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
about 1 year ago
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More on the Halifax Memory Maps Project (with more to come)
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Halifax Memory Maps research offers a new look at cityâs heritage | SMU News and Events
A new study by researchers in the Department of Anthropology at Saint Maryâs 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
about 1 year ago
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Does anybody else out there find bookstores inspiring? Blackwell's, Oxford.
about 1 year ago
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We love old maps. Especially oddballs like this one. Frankland, Nova Scotia, in 1735?
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Erin Reed
about 1 year ago
Kat Tenbarge interviewed me about the migration to Bluesky among journalists. It's easy to see why it's happening. It's easier to find news, harder to spread disinfo, trolls don't drown out the good content, and links are not deprioritized. It's a breath of fresh air for journalism to thrive in.
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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/bluesky-x-becomes-social-media-rcna181685
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Good advice, especially about the winter tires. Lives depend on those four little patches of rubber touching the pavement. Invest accordingly!
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about 1 year ago
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NSM Archaeology
about 1 year ago
Some boldly coloured, sponge-decorated ceramics (mid 1800s) from an incoming collection excavated in North End Halifax. Someone was setting a festive table!
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A conversation about built heritage in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada:
youtu.be/IH2mxmnd-WI
The project website, with interactive maps:
www.mapsofmemory.com
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https://youtu.be/IH2mxmnd-WI
about 1 year ago
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Mornings as they were. LaHave River, Nova Scotia.
about 1 year ago
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