Peggy Blair
@peggyblair.bsky.social
Ottawa realtor, retired lawyer, mystery author, small publisher, level 6 boxer, doctorate in Indigenous law, Have a TV-watching dog. www.reboundpress.com!
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Peggy Blair
@peggyblair.bsky.social
· Feb 24
"Grieve not nor speak of me with tears
But laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there
Please do not let the thought of me be sad
For I am loving you just as I always have."
But laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there
Please do not let the thought of me be sad
For I am loving you just as I always have."
Here's another one: Pathways is going nowhere unless that pipeline is built. So all the gushing I heard yesterday about how Alberta will be a leader in carbon capture is moot: the consensus is that there is no private proponent for this pipeline and it will never be built.
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Here's another one: Pathways is going nowhere unless that pipeline is built. So all the gushing I heard yesterday about how Alberta will be a leader in carbon capture is moot: the consensus is that there is no private proponent for this pipeline and it will never be built.
Here's one of the issues with an MOU that wasn't signed by BC: Alberta and Canada agree that BC will lead consultations with First Nations in BC ("engagement"). Nothing like agreeing a third party will do something it hasn't agreed to do and wasn't consulted about.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Here's one of the issues with an MOU that wasn't signed by BC: Alberta and Canada agree that BC will lead consultations with First Nations in BC ("engagement"). Nothing like agreeing a third party will do something it hasn't agreed to do and wasn't consulted about.
Fabulous book review of THE BONE-FINDER: still in stock, but not for long (I only have 15 copies left)! Order from reboundpress.com! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fabulous book review of THE BONE-FINDER: still in stock, but not for long (I only have 15 copies left)! Order from reboundpress.com! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
Warm winter *boots*! My kingdom for an edit button!!!
Yes, there will be some snow tomorrow: all the more reason to stop by Mansfield's Shoes in Manotick for cozy socks/slippers and warm winter books AND BOOKS to curl up with in front of the fire! I'll be there to sell and sign books in one of my last author events of the year!
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Warm winter *boots*! My kingdom for an edit button!!!
Reposted by Peggy Blair
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
Thinking of my dad who as a rear gunner sunk a U-Boat in WW II. He said the crew threw down life preservers to the drowning men even though they knew they would be unlikely to survive. During an actual war.
#PeteHegseth
#PeteHegseth
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thinking of my dad who as a rear gunner sunk a U-Boat in WW II. He said the crew threw down life preservers to the drowning men even though they knew they would be unlikely to survive. During an actual war.
#PeteHegseth
#PeteHegseth
Yes, there will be some snow tomorrow: all the more reason to stop by Mansfield's Shoes in Manotick for cozy socks/slippers and warm winter books AND BOOKS to curl up with in front of the fire! I'll be there to sell and sign books in one of my last author events of the year!
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Yes, there will be some snow tomorrow: all the more reason to stop by Mansfield's Shoes in Manotick for cozy socks/slippers and warm winter books AND BOOKS to curl up with in front of the fire! I'll be there to sell and sign books in one of my last author events of the year!
ReBound Press uses ChitChats Select (with tracking) for book orders: here are the deadlines if you want an order received before Christmas. Order from reboundpress.com and remember, we'll even gift wrap your order for free at your request!
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
ReBound Press uses ChitChats Select (with tracking) for book orders: here are the deadlines if you want an order received before Christmas. Order from reboundpress.com and remember, we'll even gift wrap your order for free at your request!
Another reason not to shop Amazon.
Amazon’s top ten books on First Nations includes 2 residential school denialist books, and 1 book by Thomas King.
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Another reason not to shop Amazon.
Reposted by Peggy Blair
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Reposted by Peggy Blair
Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov't over mines in far northwest
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov't over 'nation-building' mining projects in far northwest | CBC News
Representatives of the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission say they should be included in consultations on major mine projects near the B.C.-Alaska border because they will impact the...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov't over mines in far northwest
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I love the Sons of Anarchy but I have to say this whole season about the Irish chapter doesn't work for me. There are too many subplots.
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I love the Sons of Anarchy but I have to say this whole season about the Irish chapter doesn't work for me. There are too many subplots.
I went to high school with Jimmy Hart!
“It’s the expressions and representations of our people; who we are, where we come from and what we are about.”
James Hart’s Monumental Art | The Tyee
The Haida artist’s exceptional work, family life and resonant voice shines brightly in a new book.
thetyee.ca
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I went to high school with Jimmy Hart!
Contrary to a federal judge's order.
There is no rule of law in the United States.
There is no rule of law in the United States.
Sickening — “Massachusetts college student (Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19 year-old business major at Babson College) deported to Honduras after attempting to fly to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving…” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Contrary to a federal judge's order.
There is no rule of law in the United States.
There is no rule of law in the United States.
This comment, and the way First Nations were not consulted about the MOU this week, are the kinds of issues I raise as part of the plot of my latest book, THE BONE-FINDER, except it's a lithium mine in Northern Ontario ....
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This comment, and the way First Nations were not consulted about the MOU this week, are the kinds of issues I raise as part of the plot of my latest book, THE BONE-FINDER, except it's a lithium mine in Northern Ontario ....
I have about 15 copies left! Order from reboundpress.com! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars)
The Bone-Finder is Peggy Blair’s finest novel to date—and that is saying something, as all her previous works are first-class. In this book, Charlie Pike steps fully into the spotlight. Now a detec…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I have about 15 copies left! Order from reboundpress.com! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
OMG - this is incredible news!!!! Congratulations Waub!!!!!!
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
OMG - this is incredible news!!!! Congratulations Waub!!!!!!
Just three days left if you're in the Ottawa area to order a book from reboundpress.com and have your name entered in a draw for one of these fabulous $ 150 book-themed gift baskets stuffed full of goodies! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/u...
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just three days left if you're in the Ottawa area to order a book from reboundpress.com and have your name entered in a draw for one of these fabulous $ 150 book-themed gift baskets stuffed full of goodies! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/u...
Reposted by Peggy Blair
So maybe we killed victims instead of just drug traffickers?
I guess we'll never know.
I guess we'll never know.
6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So maybe we killed victims instead of just drug traffickers?
I guess we'll never know.
I guess we'll never know.
Nothing like being mansplained on Twitter about the duty to consult with Aboriginal peoples ....
(I'm considered an expert.)
(I'm considered an expert.)
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Nothing like being mansplained on Twitter about the duty to consult with Aboriginal peoples ....
(I'm considered an expert.)
(I'm considered an expert.)
Reposted by Peggy Blair
APTN News will have live coverage of the Assembly of First Nations’ Special Chiefs Assembly starting on Dec. 2.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
APTN News will have live coverage of the Assembly of First Nations’ Special Chiefs Assembly starting on Dec. 2.
Direct quote from BMO Capital Markets managing director. So he's okay with plowing through the habitat of endangered species and digging up graveyards?
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Direct quote from BMO Capital Markets managing director. So he's okay with plowing through the habitat of endangered species and digging up graveyards?
Looking forward to curling up in front of the fire tonight and tomorrow with these two books. I got to know Wayne Ng and Katie Tallo at last Sunday's Crime for Christmas event and I'm looking forward to reading their work! I think Phoebe approves of these purchases! Shop Local!
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Looking forward to curling up in front of the fire tonight and tomorrow with these two books. I got to know Wayne Ng and Katie Tallo at last Sunday's Crime for Christmas event and I'm looking forward to reading their work! I think Phoebe approves of these purchases! Shop Local!
I will be curling up in front of the fire tonight and tomorrow with these two books by Wayne Ng and Katie Tallo. I think Phoebe approves!
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I will be curling up in front of the fire tonight and tomorrow with these two books by Wayne Ng and Katie Tallo. I think Phoebe approves!
Reposted by Peggy Blair
Whoa. It’s called “zoom” - quite a way to respond to the Coastal First Nations request for a meeting especially when he refused to meet them before the MOU that directly affects them was announced - while doing over 50 meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists.
HODGSON: It's called Zoom. I think that's what we're using.
COCHRANE: I understand. But I'm also not a Coastal First Nation Chief.
COCHRANE: I understand. But I'm also not a Coastal First Nation Chief.
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Whoa. It’s called “zoom” - quite a way to respond to the Coastal First Nations request for a meeting especially when he refused to meet them before the MOU that directly affects them was announced - while doing over 50 meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists.