Cowichan Lake was a mood today.

Recognizing and honouring our Indigenous community that have served our country. 🪶 #LestWeForget #NationalIndigenousVeteransDay #Thankyou

Guys, I've been holding my hand up for a high-five since yesterday. Don't leave me hanging!

The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs. I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well. maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...

A SLAPP suit without merit, I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

please don't cut flights out of new york how are those 1 million losers supposed to leave here

Very honoured to have received four Canadian Podcast Award nominations! Best Society and Culture Best Production Best Host Best Documentary Fellow podcasters, I would very much appreciate votes! Voting ends Nov. 22 👇 canpodawards.ca/vote

Many of my bird shots are from my backyard, here’s a wet Goldfinch at a feeder, and a Goldfinch with a sunflower seed in it’s mouth from our garden #BirdoftheDay #lunchtime #BOTD #EastCoastKin

Alt-texted pics get a repost from me! #UseAlttext

open.substack.com/pub/yetwater... Come join me on Substack! #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Writing #Poet

I don't know where else to share this: Jeff Buckley's album "Grace" is heartbreaking and perfect. I will die on this hill. #JeffBuckley #Music #GreatMusic #GoodMusic

An abandoned shopping outpost along old Route 66 in Arizona - #route66 #nostalgia #abandoned

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Rosemarie gets a repost for the beautiful pic, but more because of the alt-text. Why are so few photographers adding alt-text? #UseAltText

On the ballot today: -NYC: Mayor -Minneapolis: Mayor -VA: Governor, Lt. Governor, AG, and state House -NJ: Governor -PA: State Supreme Court -GA: Public Service Commission -TX: TX-18 U.S. House -CA: Prop 50 This is a reminder of how crucial it is to vote up AND down the ballot.

for all the healers

We need to bring back the word torquin' #GenX

Sunrise in #YYJ #Photography

I would love it if you joined me on Substack - always free to hang out with me. #Poetry #Writing #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/yetwater...

Doctors in Montreal can now prescribe tickets to the orchestra: www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

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On Oct 21, I wrote to the Minister of Fisheries & Oceans urging the return of the Ghost Gear Fund—cut in Budget 2024 despite proven success cleaning marine debris & creating local jobs. Canadians deserve leadership on ocean protection. Our planet deserves no less. Sign petiton here: bit.ly/47yGXVo

Want to get up to speed on the basics of proportional representation? Join us for a webinar on Sunday November 2 at 7 PM Eastern. Special guest: Dennis Pilon, Professor at York University and a Canadian electoral reform expert. REGISTER HERE: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In Greater Victoria, residents made 3.5 million visits to libraries in 2024. Yet, provincial funding for libraries has remained unchanged for 15 years. #DefundVicPD and fund our libraries - We dont need new money! www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm... #yyj

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Shoutout to yellow rumps for giving me something to look at during migration when I can’t find other birds. #🪶 #birding #nature #animals #wildlifephotography #birds

@savethecbc.bsky.social Maybe if we did a reboot like this? #Canada #CBC

Life glows brightest when it has touched the dark… #ArtInNature #BloomOnPurpose #photography #nature

#BlueskyMonday #BlueskyMountain Sierra Nevada mountain range from Walley's Hot Springs, Genoa, Nevada. #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography #SierraNevada

Fall colors last weekend along the Buffalo National River, along the Buffalo National River in the Ozark Mountains.

Reposting with Alt-text:

substack.com/@jasonpargin... I love this. So clear on why more choices equals a sense of persecution by folks who don't want more choices.

Hey Ontario. Please pay attention to this. It's fucking terrifying. As a renter I rely on rent control in order to, you know, LIVE, and this threatens to take it away from me and most people I know. Write to your MPP. Call Ford's office. I don't even know what to think right now. Fuck Ford, man.

A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines - they could help fight cancer. Cancer patients who received mRNA vaccines before immunotherapy lived dramatically longer—median survival nearly doubled for advanced lung cancer www.science.org/content/arti...

Quebec’s pension manager has seen its renewable assets perform twice as well as the oil component of the MSCI ACWI energy index over the last five years. 📈 🔗 Read more: www.businesstimes.com.sg/wealth/wealt...

This makes so much sense.

They say you should wait 2 hours after getting up before drinking coffee, but here's the thing: no.

From me to you.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

nwmd.social/s/copylink/4... Help support Canada's music industry - sign the petition!

Random photo of the day. Skyward. #photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #travel #airports #up #ceilings #architecture #Washington

Time to give Linux another go. Any suggestions? #linux

Making bread is humbling. #bread #baking

Fall in Victoria is full of little pleasures! #yyj

NEW: The Maple has identified 49 Canadians who have served in the Israeli military since October 7, 2023. www.readthemaple.com/these-49-can... #FreePalestine #Canada

Every once in a while I feel it's my neighborly duty to remind you of what is IMO the BEST music app you can possibly get. It's called "Radio Garden." Organized by some Scandinavians, it gives you ONE source location for just about every single digital radio station ON THE PLANET. For FREE. yw

British Columbians want #ProportionalRepresentation! Let’s create a more inclusive, collaborative political culture in BC! @davidebybc.bsky.social #ElectoralReform #YYJPoli @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social @bcgreencaucus.bsky.social @fairvote.ca @lanapopham.bsky.social