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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · Nov 28

"If you only read one book about Macao, make it this delicious anthology. Donald Pittis and Susan J. Henders have trawled the libraries to compile more than 70 pieces of writing... The essential Macao omnibus." ☺️
macaonews.org/life/best-bo...

With World Book Day approaching, here are your 10 must-read volumes on Macao

These books on Macao have generated a vast corpus of literature, but don’t be daunted. Start with any one of these scintillating texts.

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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 1d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and I am once again asking for your financial support.

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 1d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and I hope this email finds you well.

Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and govern yourself accordingly.

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 1d

In 1956, Miles Davis recorded 4 albums to conclude his contract with Prestige Records before moving to Colombia -- Workin', Relaxin', Steamin' and Cookin'.
They could have been just throwaway sessions. Instead, they're amazingly good tracks...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShfN...

The Miles Davis Quintet - It Never Entered My Mind from 'Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

YouTube video by Miles Davis

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 2d

Poilievre won’t say how he’ll vote on the federal budget — but he’s happy to blame Liberals for the deficit 👀

CBC reminds us: the biggest deficit in Canadian history came under Harper, with Poilievre in cabinet.

🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli

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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 2d

Canada's real interest rate is again negative. Interest rate is 2.25. Inflation just rose to 2.4%. It doesn't work this way for most of us but if you borrow at the official rate to buy something that inflates, it is effectively free. If inflation persists, this is a buyer-friendly interest rate.

Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 2d

Love this. Sort of an inverse Occam's razor.

neurosciencenews.com/simple-expla...

Human Mind Prefers Simple Explanations Over Complex Truths - Neuroscience News

New research shows that people tend to prefer simple explanations even when complex ones are more accurate.

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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 5d

“There hasn’t been an American diplomat posted here in 100 years who has been as unlikeable, as obnoxious, as egotistical as Mr. Hoekstra. He is a third-rate bully who imagines that any of us who exist outside of the U.S. are inferior.”

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 5d

Washington, we have a serious problem: Your ambassador to Canada

The sooner Pete Hoekstra goes home to Trumpland, the better

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Frank McGillicuddy @frank-mcg.bsky.social · 6d

Shopify is now bigger than Royal Bank and the precedents aren’t good, says Scotia strategist (in market cap, not headcount)

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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 6d

Originally posted it last year with this.

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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 6d

(2024)

Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 6d

AGO Oct 25

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 7d

The McMichael Canadian Art gallery in Kleinburg has a gorgeous Indigenous art exhibit on right now until March 2026. A few pieces by Monkman, more than a few by Morrisseau, and many, many others including Inuit & Haida artists too. Plus, a beautiful short hike around the grounds await after the art.

A large and very bright colourful painting by Norval Morrisseau titled
SHAMAN AND DISCIPLES
1979
acrylic on canvas
Depicting three Indigenous people, a shaman in the centre with “disciples” on either side. There are birds and snakes interwoven in the scene too. Behind them is a mustard yellow backdrop, below them are large areas of teal, green and purple, and the rest of the colours are a range of bright colours in the full spectrum of the rainbow outlined in black making this a very powerful and vibrant piece, like most of his work is.

A smaller painting titled
MIDE CEREMONY
by Cree artist TOSHIM KAKEGAMIC
C. 1975
acrylic on board

Caramel brown background with three stylized animals and many colourful black outlined shapes with black dots or lines or other designs in them. The colour palette is mostly rustic and includes red, orange, yellow, brown, green and blue.

Caption reads: The Mide (pronounced mi-DAY) is an ongoing Anishinaabe tradition that engages with metaphysical and social concerns. The objective is to direct the spiritual development of individuals throughout life so that they can become attuned to the spiritual activity unfolding around them—in the physical world but also in human society and the world of non-human beings. In the Elizabethan world view humankind was percerved to be the pinnacle of creation. In the Anishinaabe world view, this is not the way we see things. We try to understand how not to do harm and to always be in good relations with the non-human beings and spiritual entities that are located both above and below us in the order of creation.

A modern piece by art collective
NATIVE ART DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONAL
AANZINAAGO (CAUGHT IN A
TRANSFORMATION) 01
2024
acrylic on canvas

Using very bright colours, the shapes are familiar and inspired by artists like Morrisseau with black outlines but stretched and warped. The colour palette is mostly deep yellow, orange, red, blue, white and green.

Founded in 2016, Native Art Department International (NADI) is a long-term collaborative project created by Maria Hupfield (b. 1975, Wasauksing First Nation, Martin clan, Anishinaabe) and Jason Lujan (b. 1971, Chiricahua Apache, Mexican). Through their use of bright colour and bold graphic shapes with thick black outlines, their work references the style of Norval Morrisseau and the Woodland School. However, here the forms are not legible, but instead appear distorted and warped. NADI often wryly comments on the expectations many Indigenous artists feel to make work that appeals to the often-narrow settler understanding of what Indigenous art is. This work offers a taste of familiarity but also subverts expectations.

A huge wall piece of a busy, detailed scene filled with many Indigenous, White and Black people, two horses and a green field with dark stormy clouds in the background by Cree artist
KENT MONKMAN
WEDDING AT SODOM
2017
acrylic on canvas

From the earliest days of his career, Kent Monkman has been a master of pastiche in many media, borrowing from the tropes of art history, including the landscape paintings of the Hudson River School, early cinema, and the nineteenth-century daguerreotypes of Indigenous touring performers in the popular Wild West shows. This painting is part of Monkman's ongoing reimagining of the history of North America. The artist's alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, rides in on horseback to deliver the arrow of desire to a hunky cowboy, while a gay marriage unfolds in the foreground
Monkman's Wedding at Sodom commemorates the early nineteenth-century "rendezvous" that took place in the American West in which settler and Indigenous merchants, ministers, traders, and fur trappers would meet to trade and mingle, sometimes for rowdy weeks on end. Monkman gives the rendezvous a two-spirited spin, suggesting that these gatherings offered many settler men liberation from the repressive confines of European gender and social roles.
A subtle note of tragedy is struck in the figure of the young Indigenous woman being carried off at right, an early victim of the smallpox epidemics that swept through Indigenous communities following contact with settlers.

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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 6d

Darwin tries but fails.

Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 6d

The undead walks once more. Celebrating the season.

Castanet.net @castanet.net · 6d

Zellers is set for another relaunch. Here's what the new owners have in store (Business)

Zellers is set for another relaunch. Here's what the new owners have in store - Canada News

Zellers is making a comeback — again.

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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 7d

Man with F-150 runs self over.

Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 7d

Man run over by his truck while trying to stop it from rolling into Nanaimo lake

The Ford F-150 was in the parking lot at Long Lake about 9 a.m. when its occupants discovered the reverse gear wasn’t working and tried to push it, but it got away from them, police said.

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Don Pittis @donpittis.bsky.social · 7d

Despite all his breeding Elon thinks he's The Mule.

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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 7d

Wind power has cut £104 billion from UK energy costs since 2010.⚡

We must make clear the shift to renewables isn’t just good for the planet - it’s a huge economic opportunity.

Continued investment in renewables will cut energy costs, create jobs and boost local economies.