Catherine in Chester
@chestercat.bsky.social
Nova Scotia. I think I see some familiar faces here...still preoccupied with Springsteen, life, the universe and everything. Feminism. Health both public and reproductive. Covid ain't over.
The responses in this thread.... @chaviva.bsky.social
my spouse and my children think i’m a sad nerd for letting my enjoyment of the novel i’m reading, set in 1789, be ruined by anachronisms such as its protagonist using “access” as a verb, the first known instance of which appeared in 1953. i don’t disagree with them.
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The responses in this thread.... @chaviva.bsky.social
In today's Halifax adventures. There is no crowd at the Dulux Paint store (AND a 50 percent off for CAA members) . #BuyCanadian
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In today's Halifax adventures. There is no crowd at the Dulux Paint store (AND a 50 percent off for CAA members) . #BuyCanadian
Reposted by Catherine in Chester
I really hope the scientists out on Sable Island enjoy the emergency alerts for the Enfield area.
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I really hope the scientists out on Sable Island enjoy the emergency alerts for the Enfield area.
So the Mister is getting emergency alerts about some guy with a gun in Enfield, on his phone. I am not. We are in a car in Lunenburg County.
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
So the Mister is getting emergency alerts about some guy with a gun in Enfield, on his phone. I am not. We are in a car in Lunenburg County.
Well d'oh...these visitors were here without a parking lot filled with tour busses of cruise ship passengers. Look at the picture? There is nobody there
Peggys Cove tourists baffled by 'overrated' label for 'bucket-list' site
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Peggys Cove tourists baffled by 'overrated' label for 'bucket-list' site
Tourists visiting Peggys Cove on a dreary Friday morning weren't buying the notion that the scenic destination was one of Canada's most overrated tourist attractions.
www.saltwire.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Well d'oh...these visitors were here without a parking lot filled with tour busses of cruise ship passengers. Look at the picture? There is nobody there
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
The Hold Steady
Carole Pope & Rough Trade
Pinetop Perkins
Robert Charlebois
Bruce Springsteen
The Hold Steady
Carole Pope & Rough Trade
Pinetop Perkins
Robert Charlebois
Bruce Springsteen
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Dropkick Murphys
Elvis Costello
Foo Fighters
Circle Jerks
NOFX
Dropkick Murphys
Elvis Costello
Foo Fighters
Circle Jerks
NOFX
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
The Hold Steady
Carole Pope & Rough Trade
Pinetop Perkins
Robert Charlebois
Bruce Springsteen
The Hold Steady
Carole Pope & Rough Trade
Pinetop Perkins
Robert Charlebois
Bruce Springsteen
Reposted by Catherine in Chester
Why the Halifax Examiner published a month-long series on ‘AI’
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Why the Halifax Examiner published a month-long series on 'AI' - Halifax Examiner
Countering all this takes independent and scrappy news publications that remain true to the values of holding the powerful to account.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why the Halifax Examiner published a month-long series on ‘AI’
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
I got excited for a bit seeing the yellow cab of the truck., thinking it was one of lunenburg county's Gerhardt ones, butvand resharing for @royalflusher.bsky.social just the same
Tree for Boston has arrived! 🎄
Every year, Nova Scotia gifts Boston a tree in gratitude of our support after the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
This 54 year tradition was extra special this year as @mayorwu.boston.gov helped cut down the tree in Nova Scotia.
Join us Dec 5: boston.gov/holiday-lights
Every year, Nova Scotia gifts Boston a tree in gratitude of our support after the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
This 54 year tradition was extra special this year as @mayorwu.boston.gov helped cut down the tree in Nova Scotia.
Join us Dec 5: boston.gov/holiday-lights
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I got excited for a bit seeing the yellow cab of the truck., thinking it was one of lunenburg county's Gerhardt ones, butvand resharing for @royalflusher.bsky.social just the same
Did everyone else know the Sarajevo Times were here?
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Did everyone else know the Sarajevo Times were here?
@royalflusher.bsky.social important news!
Brazil authorizes world's first single-dose dengue vaccine https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/brazil-approves-worlds-first-single-dose-dengue-vaccine/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
@royalflusher.bsky.social important news!
Reposted by Catherine in Chester
perfect example of what I mean when I say "Canada is fucking weird", this pineapple taught me french
vraiment
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
perfect example of what I mean when I say "Canada is fucking weird", this pineapple taught me french
Did anyone else except for our family watch this one? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_It...
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Did anyone else except for our family watch this one? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_It...
I totally agree, it is a good book to read. And a good book to give.
How To Restore a Timeline is a holiday story about violence and memory. It takes place on a special variant of December 27, 2006—one that never ends, overlapping and consuming all time that dares come after.
And I hear it makes a great gift, available everywhere you buy books.
And I hear it makes a great gift, available everywhere you buy books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I totally agree, it is a good book to read. And a good book to give.
Has everyone who saw Hot Frosty, seen this already ? youtu.be/7rfA-YQ9Jl8?...
Maybe This Christmas | All Episodes
YouTube video by maybellinenewyork
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Has everyone who saw Hot Frosty, seen this already ? youtu.be/7rfA-YQ9Jl8?...
There seem to be ostrich supporters driving through Halifax this morning?! What the heck?
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There seem to be ostrich supporters driving through Halifax this morning?! What the heck?
So New Glasglow, Halifax and now Timmins, and who knows what other communities are trying to push the homeless further to rhe margins?
www.timminstoday.com/local-news/a...
www.timminstoday.com/local-news/a...
'A lot of hot air': Community skeptical of shelter relocation plans
www.timminstoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So New Glasglow, Halifax and now Timmins, and who knows what other communities are trying to push the homeless further to rhe margins?
www.timminstoday.com/local-news/a...
www.timminstoday.com/local-news/a...
Sheesh people, now I have to mute the word lamprey?
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Sheesh people, now I have to mute the word lamprey?
@arcadia215.bsky.social you hafta read this essay.
Last week, we saw Clash by Night (1952) at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social as part of their Noirvember series, so this week I reviewed it, analyzing the opposing portrayals of masculinity in the film by way of ethnic stereotypes it embraces.
And I concluded that Jerry is the realest one. 10/10 guy
And I concluded that Jerry is the realest one. 10/10 guy
The Worst Guy You've Ever Met vs. The Realest – Black and White and Read All Over
A Race & Ethnicity Approach to Clash by Night (1952)
blackwhiteandread.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@arcadia215.bsky.social you hafta read this essay.
I was going through assorted streaming offerings to build our December watch list, and good grief there is a lot dreck available if i only use "Christmas" as a search word, (Trancers doesn't even show up) This book would explain why.
Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy, my new book exploring how Hollywood manipulated the Christmas holiday for socially conservative ends, is the perfect Christmas gift for film and history lovers, or the perfect Thanksgiving bomb to lob into conversation. Have at it!
Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy|Hardcover
Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for ...
www.barnesandnoble.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I was going through assorted streaming offerings to build our December watch list, and good grief there is a lot dreck available if i only use "Christmas" as a search word, (Trancers doesn't even show up) This book would explain why.
This, pocket friends, is how to do a promotion... get a phrase from a BlueJays broadcaster, make tshirts with proceeds to the local oncology dept, and when you ship out of province, include a brochure, sticker and pin. Well done City of Timmins. #HitItAllTheWayToTimmins
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This, pocket friends, is how to do a promotion... get a phrase from a BlueJays broadcaster, make tshirts with proceeds to the local oncology dept, and when you ship out of province, include a brochure, sticker and pin. Well done City of Timmins. #HitItAllTheWayToTimmins
Oooh this looks divine, I want someone to make this and tell us about it please.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Oooh this looks divine, I want someone to make this and tell us about it please.
Pretty sure the Halifax Examiner crew @suzannerent.bsky.social @philmoscovitch.bsky.social @timbousquet.bsky.social and @dentremy.bsky.social would have seen this already... but in case you missed it.
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Pretty sure the Halifax Examiner crew @suzannerent.bsky.social @philmoscovitch.bsky.social @timbousquet.bsky.social and @dentremy.bsky.social would have seen this already... but in case you missed it.
I dont know who needs to know but the Mahone Bay Tim Hortons has NO tea today.
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I dont know who needs to know but the Mahone Bay Tim Hortons has NO tea today.
Seriously, friends, these folk could use some more love, i can't believe they only have 8 followers.
Tree Island Steel was pleased to participate in CME’s Western Lean Transformation Conference. This exclusive event offered a powerful platform to connect with Lean practitioners, decision-makers and manufacturing leaders.
#treeislandsteel
#treeislandsteel
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Seriously, friends, these folk could use some more love, i can't believe they only have 8 followers.