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Kelly B

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Public history. Museums. PhD. Tidal pool explorer. Vancouver Island - Coast Salish territories. Newsletter: buttondown.com/leftcoastdispatch he/him kellyblack.ca

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · Mar 26

'Do Archives Matter?'

My latest Left Coast Dispatch: buttondown.com/leftcoastdis... #yyj #BChist #CdnHist #BCpoli #archives

Do Archives Matter?

There has been much talk lately of defending BC and Canada. Canadian flags are flying in apartment windows and on lawns. There’s a giant maple leaf pinned to...

buttondown.com

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 2h

Let’s assess the threat environment on COVID:
- causes brain damage
- causes long covid
- causes heart damage
- increased risk of dementia

Shall i keep going?

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 1d

The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.

The privatization crisis at Canada Post

Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...

canadiandimension.com

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Standup comic John O'Donnell does a better job explaining NSPM-7 than basically all of major media:

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 20h

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 12h

I cant believe the 21st century is over already. I thought we had at least a couple more decades

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.

www.leeds.ac.uk

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 19h

All of the Israelis held by Hamas are called “hostages,” including the IDF soliders.

All the Palestinians released, though, are “prisoners,” including the many victims of Israel’s widespread arbitrary detention - meaning they are legally innocent, detained without charge or conviction.

Disgusting.

CBC headline reads: All living Israeli hostages freed, nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released

Trump in Egypt for world leaders' meeting following an address to Israel's parliament

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

what im saying in this thread is that because its a public health emergency, regional medical health officers can issue an order to police departments that they cannot seize unregulated drugs

and you should email your medical health officers and tell them that
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18h

Microplastics are released from plastic when exposed to heat, including leaching from tea bags into hot tea and plastic containers releasing nanoplastics when microwaved. While health effects are still unclear, minimizing heating plastic is a simple way to reduce exposure.

Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.

The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.

wapo.st

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 1d

Nice work!

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 1d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Sunday in Victoria and that means…libraries are closed! Sure would be nice to visit the library on this rainy day, but there seems to be no money to open the library all weekend.

Unless… #DefundVicPD #yyj

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Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada @abortionrightscan.bsky.social · 1d

Kelowna City Council has rubber-stamped another five years of permissive tax exemptions for church-owned lands and properties. The City pretends the exemptions boost social and cultural good when they're funding groups that publicly rally against reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.

The Turner Files: Is the City of Kelowna funding the anti-choice movement?

The Turner Files by Wilbur Turner

www.summerlandreview.com

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 1d

The truth about Israel as a euro-colonial entity is that they chose genocide and urbicide because they couldn’t conceive of living equally with Indigenous Palestinians that welcomed them as refugees.

So they dropped 9x more fire power on civilians than the American nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 1d

depressing morning reading about all the pretzel logic and out and out lies going into supporting expansion of Canada's oil and gas industry.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

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MacGruboooooo @loxy.bsky.social · 2d

Woof, I'm going through this survey and it's all "AI acceleration" rather than responsible use and growth.

Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 2d

Canadians – If you have some time this long weekend, fill out this godawful government survey on AI, which itself seems to have been written by AI trained exclusively on buzzword-laden LinkedIn posts.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 6d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

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Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 🍂🍁🍎 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 2d

Restore postal banking! Keep door to door delivery!

Canada Post is a public service - it's not there to make a profit. Let's see it start serving the public better by supporting
@cupwsttp.bsky.social and its proposals @mark-carney.bsky.social

The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 12d

Who stands to benefit from the gutting of Canada Post?

The billionaire class.

If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru OJa Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services. breachmedia.ca/canada-post-...

Canada Post faces two futures—a revitalized public service or a billionaire cash machine ⋆ The Breach

The Liberal government is dismantling Canada Post for the billionaire class, while ignoring bold proposals from postal workers to reinvent the public service

breachmedia.ca

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 2d

I'm sure this would be "digitally sovereign" much in the way all the grapes at Loblaws are "grown in Peru."

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 2d

lol

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 2d

I still talk to my supervisor. They came to visit me in the spring. Don’t talk to the department. Different job

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Bloody Mary (mirror entity, not cocktail) @marygillis.bsky.social · 3d

The only explanation for why assaulting people with a car has such insanely minor consequences is that the people who make our laws want to be able to assault people with their own cars.

CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 3d

Saanich Police say a driver was handed two tickets for hitting a pair of pedestrians in broad daylight before fleeing the scene.

Driver handed two tickets for hitting pedestrians in Saanich, fleeing the scene

Saanich Police say a driver was handed two tickets for hitting a pair of pedestrians in broad daylight before fleeing the scene.

cheknews.ca

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 3d

lol. Wowewow

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3d

Just added another stop on our tour: Nanaimo, BC! The event is free, but RSVPs are required and donations to Strong Towns Nanaimo are encouraged. You can also preorder a copy of Life After Cars with your RSVP. See you there!

www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-war-on...

The War On Cars: The Life After Cars

The hosts of The War on Cars podcast celebrate their new book, Life After Cars.

www.eventbrite.ca

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