I bought the physical record online and the guys sent me a really kind email. The vinyl arrived today with a nice little note! Support art you love if you can, especially if it's made by indie artists.
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Just Some Guy (not actually named Joe). Autistic with assorted brain scrambles. Burnt out writer and local witch. Last seen by European whalers in Baffin Bay awaiting good conditions to enter the Arctic labyrinth. TRANS RIGHTS and Free Palestine. they/she
![From Wikipedia:
On June 11, 1925, the as many as 2,000 miners marched on the local power plant at Waterford Lake in an attempt to seize control of it. They were met by company police. 56. When the company police opened fire on the workers. three were injured and coal miner William Davis was killed. 57] The miners then rushed the police, forcing them to retreat. The miners seized control of the power plant, with the cooperation of the 30 power plant workers. The miners also began "liberating" company stores in the coalfields and distributing goods. What became known as the Battle of Waterford Lake
ended when 2000 Canadian army soldiers dispersed the miners and restored BESCO's control. 58]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3zujij5p2hl2ebibhomwshfo/bafkreibh34x36fcqcuthfmxsvut3ywus37kl5yf5ygwqarijn6wrilobtm)
![From Wikipedia:
William Davis (miner)
William Davis (June 3, 1887 - June 11, 1925) was a coal miner from Cape Breton Island. He was born in Gloucestershire, England and killed by a police officer during a union labour action in New Waterford, Nova Scotia.l'] His name is well-remembered in Nova Scotia due to the annual
observance of William Davis Miners' Memorial Day in recognition of Davis and also of all miners killed in the province's coal mines.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3zujij5p2hl2ebibhomwshfo/bafkreigs47lweaatgngtqygvtupjmuc5epcf7cuptgvaxxnqsopzsdu3gy)
