Ooh, that was fun! I didn’t get photos while we worked, but folks from the neighbourhood + beyond came out today for the second part of our boulevard beautification project. Today we moved 8 yards of soil into place + laid out + planted lots of native plants. #nanaimo #vancouverisland #nativeplants

Menswear guy throwing typographical shade. 🔥

Only two more days! I’m figuring out how to laminate my planting plan as it might be a bit drizzly. Tools and gloves provided. Come by this Saturday Nov 15 from 10-12 on Needham at Haliburton! #nanaimo #nanaimobc #vancouverisland #nativeplants #pollinatorgarden

Fun community project coming up this Saturday! We’re adding soil and planting a variety of native plants and shrubs to our neighbourhood boulevard. Come connect with the community and get your hands dirty (or use gloves provided!). #nanaimo #nanaimobc #vancouverisland

I missed the detail that Mark Carney ditched the luxury tax on private jets, yachts, and vehicles over $100,000 in the budget, though I also can’t say I’m surprised. The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.

Little cutie!

You failed to mention that Indigenous people are shouldering 20% of your austerity budget cuts. This is #apartheid in Canada. Following in your father's footsteps, as predicted.

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Happy Halloween!

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

Hello! The Narwhal is looking to talk to people in Canada who regularly send money home to Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti or the Bahamas and might increase it in the wake of Melissa. I am at [email protected] 💚

Canadian COVID Forecast Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025 BRITISH COLUMBIA VERY HIGH [decreasing] About 1 of every 131 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 7.6 x higher -Long COVID: 6.1 x higher -Hospitalizations: 12.1 x higher -Deaths: 11.7 x higher

Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.

STOP Bill C12! Please sign and share to protect our migrant neighbours and stop mass deportation: migrantrights.ca/take-action/...

Art!

💥Tame as a Kitten💥 #art

Kitty and puppy are BFFs 🐱 🐶

Can’t get enough of this neighbourhood cat who blesses us with her presence every few days. Her eyes are an incredible green-blue colour and she seems fairly young. She’s skittish, playful and looks for pets and scritches from time to time.

I didn’t know how to best respond to many of the Qs but my basic vibe was fuck Gen Ai, it’s out of hand + big tech has too much influence on govt. Protect artists! Provide public ed on how damaging Gen Ai can be to mental health! Fund things that actually matter! Tax the shit out of corporations!

Apparently the process this fall is even more restricted + looks like walk-ins are not allowed. Of course it’s weeks too late - we’re already in a wave. The vaccination program should have started in Aug to protect kids in schools + be layered with cleaning the air via HEPA + ventilation. #bcpoli

The 6 Canadians travelling on The Conscience with the flotilla to Gaza must be immediately released. These brave Canadians have been abducted illegally from international waters by Israeli forces.

Can’t come soon enough!

URGENT: Israel has kidnapped over 400 participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. They were carrying humanitarian aid for starving families in Gaza. Send an email to Carney and your MP calling for their release and to impose sanctions on Israel: leadnow.ca/campaigns/fl...

🇨🇦 CANADIANS: Sign this House of Commons petition to withdraw bill C-2! The bill is bad, the petition is quick and easy. Thank you, @jennykwan.bsky.social 👉 ✒️ www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 13 - Sep 26, 2025 Severe: NL, PEI, SK Very high: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, North, NS, ON High: QC Moderate: none About 1 in 81 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Welp, I made it well into 2025 without getting covid, but my luck ran out. Thankful for being multi-vaxed, having access to otc meds, friends who drop off supplies, + ample sick days thru work. Wish access to anti-virals was possible in BC, as well as govt campaigns for clean air + masking. #covid

Sorry, this event is POSTPONED. I’ll post with a new date once confirmed or check the NALT website.

Nanaimo! Part 2 of our boulevard native plant + pollinator project happens this Sat, Sept 20. We’ll clear weeds, lay down cardboard + add a bunch of new soil. This event + other event info: nalt.bc.ca/events-calen... Plants go in at our Sat Nov 15 work party! #nanaimo #nanaimobc #snuneymuxw

This talk looks great! Ecological Maximalism hosted by Terremoto. Zoom link at their IG www.instagram.com/terremoto_la... Or here: us02web.zoom.us/j/8389390108... TM have been outspoken about landscape worker rights + the impacts of ICE raids on workers. terremoto.la/land-and-labor

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I'm looking for stories about how AI is killing creative work, and I'd love to hear from you—artists, writers, illustrators, actors, designers, editors, voice actors and narrators—if your job or practice has been hit. This is going to be a big one. [email protected]

Here we go again while living through year 6 of the pandemic. 🫠 Back to school with Covid at high or very high levels across Canada. Would love to see clean air in schools to protect all the kiddos, teaching + school staff as well as their families at home.

See you tomorrow from 10am-12pm Nanaimo! Fun volunteer opportunity to help prep for a beautiful boulevard planting. #nanaimo #vanisle

i can’t remember who was talking about renaming the left-right spectrum to connectors-disconnectors how are you using your time, talent, and treasure to connect more to the people around you, to foster connection in your community? disconnection serves the fascists

Fun Nanaimo habitat and native plant project happening this weekend and through the fall. Join us this Saturday.

Nanaimo! We’re getting together to clear out a very overgrown boulevard. If you’re in town this long weekend, we’d love to see you. Tools provided! This fall we’ll be planting out hundreds of beautiful and pollinator-supporting native plants at this site. #nanaimo #vancouverisland #snuneymuxw

THIS.

Rates are up mid-island folks! Mask up, spend more time outdoors + distanced.

Terrible air quality in Nanaimo this morning. Good idea to wear a well-fitting respirator mask if you’re out in this. Hoping the forecasted rain tonight + tomorrow help suppress the Mt. Underwood + Wesley Ridge fires. AQI looks even worse in Parksville area. Solastalgia, much? 😭

The herons in the nearby estuary have decided to start taking pit stops along the shoreline route near us. They like this cropped off tree and another clump of full height Doug Firs nearby for a break. #nanaimo #snuneymuxw

Such a great (and likely underused) program here in Nanaimo. Fill your yard with trees! Green Thumb has a great selection of fruit trees as well as a few native trees like Shore Pine, Douglas Fir and Dogwood Xs like Eddie’s White Wonder.

I know everything is bad right now but if you're someone who appreciates textiles please consider donating to the Textile Museum of Canada. They are a very good museum and may not be able to reopen unless they hit their funding goal this month. textilemuseum.ca/join-support...

This is your sign to kill your lawn and plant native wildflower seeds!

Ghost Pipe and Rusty Patched Bumble Bee — The Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora), despite looking like a type of fungus, is actually a flowering plant that grows in damp areas of forests in North America.

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jun 28-Jul 11, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: ON MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 120 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public.

Absolutely stunning project in East Van! Site prep is so key for the success of any habitat or garden.

Love this! 🌈 🌹 Beautiful reminder to get some native roses growing in my yard.