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@pacificbarnacle.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 ♑️ Archivist, Scots-Irish settler born on Lekwungen Territory, auntie, step-mum, cat-mum, guerrilla gardener, @BigBarnacle's partner in adventure✈️ ☮️🥾

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest now being screened in the Scottish Highlands!!
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 29/09/2026
LNG Canada has green-lit an expansion at its liquefaction and export facility in Kitimat, B.C. The plan is to double production at the LNG plant, bringing more gas, infrastructure and emissions to B.C.’s North Coast.
thenarwhal.ca
LNG Canada’s massive expansion is a go. Here’s what it means
The proposed second phase would double LNG Canada’s export capacity, bringing more gas, infrastructure and emissions to B.C.’s North Coast
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"stereophonic equipment only" #Vinyl #ListeningStation #UVicLibraries #StevieWonder
Photo of the Stevie Wonder album "Songs in the Key of Life"
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 28/09/2026
i did a little Climate Week postmortem on data centers: co2 emissions are far & away the most alarming part of the buildout. but there hasn't been much of a reckoning beyond climate spaces kind of wondering when it'll enter the larger convo, if at all, and what that may look like
wired.com
The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet
Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ impact on the atmosphere.
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Classic #Madonna
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Madonna - Express Yourself (Live at the MTV Awards 1989)
YouTube video by Madonna
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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Right to protect: Elder leads fight to save Goldstream Park, a former W̱SÁNEĆ fishing village
To the W̱SÁNEĆ people, SELE₭TEȽ is protected by a treaty that clearly states they retain the rights to their village sites and to hunt and fish on those lands.
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#moonlight for #BlueSkyArtShow, theme #Light
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You Are Good @youaregood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Super quick reminder to review and recommend your favorite shows! Post reviews on podcasting apps. Rate and comment. Post about the shows when people look for recommendations. Text your friends about favorite episodes. This really goes a super long way, now more than ever.
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Kelly G Harms @bigbarnacle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A brief glimpse of sun after a day of rain on #ForestFriday @uvic.ca #BowkerCreek #BowkerCreekWatershed #UrbanForests
View of mixed forest in Bowker Creek watershed, University Of VictoriaClose view of moss growing on tree trunk in Bowker Creek watershed, University Of VictoriaView of Oregon Grape bushes in Bowker Creek watershed, University Of VictoriaView of mixed forest in Bowker Creek watershed, University Of Victoria
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@theconversation.com #UVic #watersupply #BCdrought #ClimateEmergency #Planning
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How to tackle persistent drought: Lessons from British Columbia
Playing out year over year, the chaotic cycle of drought crises has become a familiar experience for British Columbians.
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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From NASA Sunrise, sunset 🏜️ To mark Curiosity’s 5,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, the rover’s team created this postcard. It combines two panoramas, with blue colors representing images taken in the morning, & yellow colors for the images taken at dusk Details & downloads go.nasa.gov/4hbZBag
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Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars - NASA Science
While parked at a sand ridge nicknamed “Chocolatal,” NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A light brown bunny leaps from a white sofa, suspended midair with paws extended.
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Observed: untitled (Library Prawn - small) #yyj #UVic #ObjetDArt
Pink knitted prawn, seen at the campus used bookstore. Described on price tag as "library prawn – small"
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Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Okay, I started a newsletter where I riff on psychosexuality and give advice. I am sorry. Please subscribe.
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Psychosexuality... Today? Weekly? Whatever.
So anyway... I have been putting off making a podcast called Psychosexuality Today for a long, long time. At first this was largely due to the seemingly out of reach promise of the title Psychosexuali...
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Jeanie Finlay @jeaniefinlay.com · 05/09/2026
My film @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social about the brilliant @yrfatfriend.bsky.social is streaming now!
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 10/09/2026
Former and current staff at Ontario’s Ministry of Environment tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social that Bill 5, and the death of the Endangered Species Act, left them powerless in protecting at-risk species. “We were essentially silenced.”
thenarwhal.ca
Inside Ontario’s endangered species office after Bill 5 | The Narwhal
‘We were essentially silenced’: current and former Ministry of Environment officials say they were powerless after Doug Ford killed the Endangered Species Act
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/09/2026
"You do not want to acknowledge that we exist, but we are real, and we have the power to dictate the apple economy. How else would you explain the presence of Red Delicious at every grocer across the nation, despite their disgusting flavor and penchant for bruising?" buff.ly/BC0ovw0
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We Are the People Who Buy Red Delicious Apples
“We are the silent majority, the undervalued and underrepresented, the stoic and strong. We are the people who buy Red Delicious apples, and we are done livi...
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Recommended reading #ClimateChange #Hope #StopFossilFuels
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Observed ... #telecombox #art #yyj @bigbarnacle.bsky.social
Winged female torso sketch, in fuchsia ink, over black and white archival photo wrap on telecom box; trees with turning leaves in background
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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The TRON soundtrack was written by a trans woman (Wendy Carlos) on a synth designed by a trans person (Saros/Charlie Kellner).
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🌊 Amazing video of 6 🫍 Orca near the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada 🇨🇦 Patricia Bay as @oceannetworks.ca demobilizes from #ONCAbyss on Sunday. Video with permission of colleague Forrest Trenaman
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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Overshoot explained: 5 things to understand about a world beyond 1.5°C
Exceeding 1.5°C must not mean abandoning the goal. UNEP explains five things to know about climate overshoot and the choices that will shape what happens next.
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Meanwhile... www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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For the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC News
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the...
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Kelly G Harms @bigbarnacle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Multiple views of Mount St. Angela heritage building on Burdett Avenue. #heritagebuildings #architecture
Close view of main entrance of Mount St. Angela View of main entrance of Mount St. Angela with dramatic clouds above Front 3/4 view of Mount St. Angela  heritage building
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#FrenchBeach #VancouverIsland #BCParks: #sunset #forest #BananaSlug @bigbarnacle.bsky.social
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Kelly G Harms @bigbarnacle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Late evening drive to #CloverPoint with @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social to enjoy the #FullMoon
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/08/2026
Tim Curry could connect with fans because he “seemed able to do anything and do it with a kind of liberated abandon,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. He reflects on the life and career of the actor, who died at 80:
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The Absolute Pleasure of Tim Curry
His magic lay in his ability to be outrageous without being self-conscious.
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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Thank you for all the incredible work you've done for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. You will be missed. Rest in peace, barbara findlay 💙 In 2020, barbara had a conversation with Evan Taylor as part of the Trans Activism Oral History Project: tiny.cc/zs89101 #uvic #trans #transactivism #2slgbtq
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You Are Good @youaregood.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thanks for everything, Dolly. ❤️ Dolly being Dolly on Carson in 1977
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We are masters in our own home.
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Schadenfreude @fleurdela.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
😺 #FalseScottishLegends #HashtagGame #TheEducationalist
man opening sporran to reveal a kitten

text: Traditionally, the Scots used the Sporran to carry their war kittens
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 22/08/2026
Simpsons Bill Clinton saying Quebec has the bomb
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Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Meet the new Chair in Transgender Studies, Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson, at this casual social event! Light refreshments provided 🥤 🍟 All UVic & community folks welcome We will be seated on the patio 🧣🧤 BRING LAYERS!🧣🧤 #uvic #trans #transgender #yyjevents #yyj #transstudies
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 18/08/2026
By 2030, BC Hydro was supposed to be using only clean or renewable sources to generate electricity. But the utility just bought a natural gas plant, leading some experts to question whether the province's emission reduction ambitions are disconnected from reality.
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BC Hydro just bought a gas power plant | The Narwhal
B.C. committed to generating only clean energy by 2030. Despite emissions reductions in mind because of wildfires, it bought a gas plant on Vancouver Island
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 20/08/2026
Carl Olsen wakes early every Tuesday and heads to B.C.'s Goldstream Park, where he stands beside the Malahat highway and protests a planned road expansion that would harm crucial salmon habitat. The 78-year-old Tsartlip Elder isn't just defending the fish. He's also defending W̱SÁNEĆ treaty rights.
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An Elder’s fight to protect Goldstream Park in B.C. | The Narwhal
The Malahat highway expansion could affect at-risk species and remove over 700 trees. Carl Olsen is holding B.C. to account
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Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Mama shows babies that the dog is nothing to fear. 😍🥹🐾
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#sunset #summer @ Sahaima / Chinese Cemetery / Harling Point #YYJ #SalishSea @bigbarnacle.bsky.social
Light orange sunset in the distance with dry grass headlands in the foreground 
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Cat on the farm
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The golden hour ... #BlueSkyArtShow #Earth #GarryOak #PNW @bigbarnacle.bsky.social
Gary Oak tree secure at the side of an inlet path at sunset bathed in golden light
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Observed in #yyj #untitled #highheeledshoe #stuffy #graffiti
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 12/08/2026
When an Alberta creek ran dry, farmers rang alarm bells about how much water fracking companies are drawing from the Prairies' most significant source of groundwater — and who's keeping tabs on it all. @drewanderson.bsky.social reports. 📸 @amberbracken.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/alberta-cent...
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Alberta landowners fight fracking’s water use | The Narwhal
Landowners near Rimbey, Alta., are ringing alarm bells about oil and gas companies using billions of litres of fresh water for fracking
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Kelly G Harms @bigbarnacle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Glorious evening, bike ride with my sweetie @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social #cycling #bikepaths #RossBay #SalishSea
View of two very happy cyclists with Ross Bay in background Wide angle view of Ross Bay at sunset
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Kate Lingley 龍梅若 @klingley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Buddhism in the wild (photo by Jerry Feldman, Target Honolulu)
View of an end-cap display at Target, with a sign above it saying “Must have!” The shelves are empty.
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Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hey, I am making a thing about my bad experience with my scary former landlord. Do you have a landlord story you'd be willing to share in audio format? Send me a voice memo? alexsteed at gmail.
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Would you give this river otter CPR? An Alert Bay man did www.timescolonist.com/local-news/a...
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Would you give this river otter CPR? An Alert Bay man did
Well-versed in first aid, Gordon Mellish treated the unconscious river otter pup like a baby or small child, covering the animal’s nose and placing his mouth over its mouth.
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The Cats of Istanbul @thecatsofistanbul.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Ayka ❤️ | A Playful Lovely Kitten 🐈‍⬛ #cat #cats #catsofbluesky #catpics #catlover #Blueskyねこ部 #caturday #nature #kittens #catsofistanbul #photography #catsky #istanbul #kitten #streetphoto #streetphotography #photographersofbluesky #naturephotography
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Looking forward to September... #EmilyStJohnMandel www.emilymandel.com/exit-party
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Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
A breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party and a woman searches for answers.
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🍁LJW @pacificbarnacle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Beautiful afternoon at #SwanLakeNatureSanctuary #Sannich #wetlands #Birds #nature #GarryOak #Trees @bigbarnacle.bsky.social
Garry Oak tree in foreground with urban wetlands in distance
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The Bishop @ceas10.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Big Show Tonight An Alpha Capricornid meteor streaking across the Milky Way Great week to get outside and take in the Milky Way plus two different meteor showers #Nature #Photography #Scape #Photo #WitchSky #BlueSky #NightSky #NightScape #Night
Milky Way looking south. Alpha Capricornid meteor putting in an appearance 10:10 pm Central Illinois 30 second exposure

Taken 08/02/2026 - Galaxy S24 Ultra
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