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Derek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 9h

People: “can you make genocide denial a crime?” Carney: “best I can do is make criticism of the Israeli government a crime”

Image of PM Mark carney, dressed in a suit, with a large white menorah’s behind him to the right. Caption reads “Canada now officially considers anti-Zionism a form of antisemitism”

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 9h

I nominated this building as a National Trust for Canada Endangered Place. It did not receive that dubious designation this year, but there’s always next year (since I am sure it will remain boarded up through 2027)

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 02/10/2026

28 Bastion Square update from this week: Chat, is it good when a heritage building is crumbling and boarded up? #yyj #bcHist #cdnHist @victoria.ca @susankimyyj.bsky.social

Colour photo. Extensive water damage in a building. It is literally peeling and crumbling

Colour photo. A large multi-storey building with the lower windows covered in plywood

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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 17h

Broughty Castle, standing guard over the mouth of the Firth of Tay at Broughty Ferry. A castle was first built here from 1454, though what you see today largely dates back to the 1490s. It saw military use as recently as World War Two. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland

Broughty Castle. The image shows a large tower house in the centre of the frame with the left part finished in reddish stone and the right in beige harling. Low walls and the interior of the castle are visible in the foreground and on the right, while to the left is lower-level grass leading down to the shore of a bay that has a town on its far side. The scene is in sunlight.

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 17h

Yes Ive been inside a few times. Very interesting - and haunted!

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stephanie wilson | windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · 23h

So egregiously backwards & short-sighted. Every person in this province subsidizes cars. Your municipal taxes pay for parking & roads whether you have a car or not. Your provincial taxes pay the health care costs from car-related pollution & crashes. Your federal taxes subsidize O&G companies.

Statement from David Eby

Metro Vancouver mayors have told us they need a sustainable funding path for Translink and there have been a number of options discussed as part of that work. We will come to a solution to support Translink, but the path to sustainable funding for that organization cannot be on the backs of drivers who are already struggling with the prices at the pump. A vehicle levy or road pricing are not options we would proceed with. That's the last thing people need at a time when Trump is driving up costs. The real cost to drivers would be the Conservative parties’ plans to double car insurance rates and make drivers pay more. People can't afford that.

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 22h

Yep it’s bad. That kind of water damage is bad. It’s demolition by neglect

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Dawn Smith @saffyre9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not a single member who represents workers, creators/copyright holders or consumers. "AI for All" indeed

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 03/10/2026

It’s like creating a gun safety council and putting the CEOs of major gun companies and people who invest in bullet manufacturing on the council.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How I plan to enter the weekend, with my feet in the air, on a tandem bicycle, enjoying the ride wearing a tiny crown ... #weekendsky

Queen Victoria on the bike with feet in the air

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 02/10/2026

3 months ago City staff were directed to find out about the status of this provincially owned heritage building. I hope there’s a report coming soon because from the outside it is looking very bad

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 02/10/2026

28 Bastion Square update from this week: Chat, is it good when a heritage building is crumbling and boarded up? #yyj #bcHist #cdnHist @victoria.ca @susankimyyj.bsky.social

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 02/10/2026

Im constantly shocked by the low wages museum workers receive in the UK. Regualrly in the 30-40k range. Is the cost of living really that low in the UK? (Not that things are better in Canada!)

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 02/10/2026

Boycott Divestment Sanctions

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 02/10/2026

Interesting. I recently went on a cemetery tour here in Victoria where people involved in local bath houses, swimming pools, and quack remedies were discussed. Bathing and finding health remedies is a fascinating party of history

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026

Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?

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Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News

A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NDP estimates the gas tax cut "will cost approximately $280 million through to April 2027" Details on the gouging safeguard below Unclear why the BC NDP government couldn't act on this any time in the past 6 years Instead, it's a campaign promise. Remember all the 2024 campaign promises? #bcpoli

Building on the model used in the four Atlantic provinces for decades, the BC NDP will introduce a “price guard” to regulate gasoline and diesel prices in BC. The BC NDP will empower the BCUC to set the maximum prices that retail stations in the province can charge consumers for gasoline and diesel.

This maximum price will be updated weekly with fluctuations in the benchmark price for crude oil. The maximum price will be determined by the benchmark price plus allocations the BCUC sets for refining and retailer margins (including a reasonable rate of return), transportation costs, federal and provincial taxes, and other factors. The BCUC will determine these allocations through regular reviews that allow the industry to demonstrate its actual costs. The maximum price will also vary by region to account for differences in distribution and storage, retailer operating costs, and taxes.

To prevent supply shortages, the BCUC will update and publish the maximum price more often than weekly if needed in response to sudden global market shocks or supply chain interruptions. The maximum price may also be adjusted to correct for past differences between expected and actual costs.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 01/10/2026

“Alberta government and the federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation would each own 45% of the pipeline, with … Pembina Pipeline Corporation owning a 10% stake through the construction phase.” Mark Carney said a new pipeline had to be privately financed, but now taxpayers are on the hook again.

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West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest | CBC News

The federal and Alberta governments have announced that a proposed pipeline carrying one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast has become the first project designated in the nati...

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 01/10/2026

Im also in a REIT. Just got my notice as well.

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 01/10/2026

Heck ya! What a get for the Greens.

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Walking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

National interest and such

A Walking Eagle News headline reads: pipelines only bad when Conservatives do it

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 01/10/2026

Yay! Me too re Island and likewise to you my friend. Family life IS wild :) Look forward to more updates on this app

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 01/10/2026

Haha i know! Hence the follow! All is well here considering **flails around pointing at the state of the world**

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 01/10/2026

Oof yeah that’s who I thought it was at first. That’s tough for SOB

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is the same place in November 2023.

Satellite image of an intact neighborhood in eastern Rafah on 24 November 2023

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026

Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.

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VHS Vault @vhsvault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ford-Sponsored Schindler's List Intermission NBC/WKYC 3 1997-02-23 : 74s

Screenshot from VHS tape, video frame at 74 seconds.

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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 30/09/2026

Just a reminder that you can have a PhD and also be an idiot

I'm a College Professor. Writing Isnt as Important as We Think.

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Derek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today is October 1st, Treaty Day in Mi’kma’ki. October 1st was designated in the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1752-53 as a day on which the Mi’kmaq and British would come together, receive gifts, and renew their friendship.

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 01/10/2026

Pretty awesome cloud cover last night down by the water. I dont know what these are called or the effects happening #yyj

Colour photo. Looking up at the clouds. They are across the sky, looking like cotton candy with layers of white, blue, dark grey and yellow.

Colour photo. Looking out over the ocean to some mountains. There are clouds and in the distance clouds that look like cresting waves

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 01/10/2026

Women in Gaza who lost their husbands in the genocide are caught between the need to work and the pain of leaving their children alone, susceptible to Israeli violence. According to the UN, these women now represent 1 in 4 households in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2026/09/in-g...

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Inside Gaza’s ‘widows camp,’ where women now support their families alone

Women in Gaza who lost their husbands in the genocide are caught between the need to work and the pain of leaving their children alone, susceptible to Israeli violence. According to the UN, these…

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