Daniel Samson
@ruralcolonialns.bsky.social
historian of rural colonial Nova Scotia, father, partner, lives in Niagara, works on Nova Scotia, breaths in PEI
https://danieljosephsamson.com/
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#JamesBarryDiary 29/11/1875 Soft day but it snowed some last night. There was a considerable of a blow and snow near night but soft from the west accompanied with snow, a little only. Cunningham attending mill & kiln and myself in the Bookbindery. Commenced Dr William Fraser’s Books, from N. Glasgow
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 29/11/1875 Soft day but it snowed some last night. There was a considerable of a blow and snow near night but soft from the west accompanied with snow, a little only. Cunningham attending mill & kiln and myself in the Bookbindery. Commenced Dr William Fraser’s Books, from N. Glasgow
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It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
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Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's finally here. A history of the Nova Scotia lobster fishery.
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
Morton is truly an historian's historian, and from the installments I've seen, the book is going to have riches of social history, politics, economics, and even some marine biology.
share.google/J3GYgjTkjV9I...
So, just innocently searching online for what time the Xmas market closes tonight, and came across some clearly targeted advertising!
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
So, just innocently searching online for what time the Xmas market closes tonight, and came across some clearly targeted advertising!
#JamesBarryDiary 28/11/1875 Froze hard last night and freezing pretty well all this day. Very little snow on the ground; all turned to ice, nearly. Very slippery going indeed. No one here to day went to preaching – scarcely a person moving. All hands busy reading – different things.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 28/11/1875 Froze hard last night and freezing pretty well all this day. Very little snow on the ground; all turned to ice, nearly. Very slippery going indeed. No one here to day went to preaching – scarcely a person moving. All hands busy reading – different things.
Ha! I’m too old:
70s Cheap Trick/Kiss (Halifax)
80s New Order (Montreal)
90s PJ Harvey (Toronto)
00s Nick Cave &the Bad Seeds (Toronto)
10s The National (Hamilton)
…
70s Cheap Trick/Kiss (Halifax)
80s New Order (Montreal)
90s PJ Harvey (Toronto)
00s Nick Cave &the Bad Seeds (Toronto)
10s The National (Hamilton)
…
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Stan Rogers
Jully Black
McGarrigle Sisters
Bruce Cockburn
Rolling Stones
Stan Rogers
Jully Black
McGarrigle Sisters
Bruce Cockburn
Rolling Stones
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Fugazi
Beastie Boys
7 Seconds
Circle Jerks
NOMEANSNO
(I wish this was longer than 5)
Fugazi
Beastie Boys
7 Seconds
Circle Jerks
NOMEANSNO
(I wish this was longer than 5)
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ha! I’m too old:
70s Cheap Trick/Kiss (Halifax)
80s New Order (Montreal)
90s PJ Harvey (Toronto)
00s Nick Cave &the Bad Seeds (Toronto)
10s The National (Hamilton)
…
70s Cheap Trick/Kiss (Halifax)
80s New Order (Montreal)
90s PJ Harvey (Toronto)
00s Nick Cave &the Bad Seeds (Toronto)
10s The National (Hamilton)
…
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«history of environmental racism in NS: relocation of community of Membertou, construction of a dump in Shelburne near predominantly African NS community, pollution of Boat Harbour by pulp mill near Pictou Landing First Nation, razing of Africville in Halifax to make way for MacKay Bridge...»
"The 30-page draft was delivered to the provincial government in February 2024. But since last spring, multiple cabinet ministers have declined to detail its content, say whether it would be made public or confirm if they’d even read it". #environmentalracism #NovaScotia
Report calls on N.S. to apologize to Mi’kmaw, Black communities for environmental racism | CBC News
A report by a provincially legislated panel on environmental racism contains 14 recommendations — including a call for a formal apology by the Nova Scotia government — and suggests reparations should ...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
«history of environmental racism in NS: relocation of community of Membertou, construction of a dump in Shelburne near predominantly African NS community, pollution of Boat Harbour by pulp mill near Pictou Landing First Nation, razing of Africville in Halifax to make way for MacKay Bridge...»
#JamesBarryDiary 27/11/1875 Rained last night this day was soft all through. Freezing a little in the evening. I went to Pictou today with Geo. McLeod. Got some type from McLean and paid him $5 and he owed me $2.50 cts before. Cunningham here all day and here tonight. I gave him $5.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 27/11/1875 Rained last night this day was soft all through. Freezing a little in the evening. I went to Pictou today with Geo. McLeod. Got some type from McLean and paid him $5 and he owed me $2.50 cts before. Cunningham here all day and here tonight. I gave him $5.
My new favourite (German) wine
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My new favourite (German) wine
"The 30-page draft was delivered to the provincial government in February 2024. But since last spring, multiple cabinet ministers have declined to detail its content, say whether it would be made public or confirm if they’d even read it". #environmentalracism #NovaScotia
Report calls on N.S. to apologize to Mi’kmaw, Black communities for environmental racism | CBC News
A report by a provincially legislated panel on environmental racism contains 14 recommendations — including a call for a formal apology by the Nova Scotia government — and suggests reparations should ...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"The 30-page draft was delivered to the provincial government in February 2024. But since last spring, multiple cabinet ministers have declined to detail its content, say whether it would be made public or confirm if they’d even read it". #environmentalracism #NovaScotia
#JamesBarryDiary 26/11/1875 Pretty cold last night, but this day was calm. Good sleighing now all the way to Pictou, they say. I finished my Carpenter work upstairs nearly, got the place all cleared out and my bed put in the north room. The library is in the South room. I am some better period Amen.
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 26/11/1875 Pretty cold last night, but this day was calm. Good sleighing now all the way to Pictou, they say. I finished my Carpenter work upstairs nearly, got the place all cleared out and my bed put in the north room. The library is in the South room. I am some better period Amen.
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Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
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Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
It was a "dream come true" for Baraa, 23, when he learned that he'd been accepted into the Master of
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November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
@davidgordonkoch.bsky.social @nbmediacoop.bsky.social
nbmediacoop.org/2025/11/26/s...
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Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past?
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for the his...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past?
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
#JamesBarryDiary 25/11/1875 A real wintery looking day; snowing a little most of the time and freezing hard. Cunningham attending the mill and kiln. I was busy all day ceiling my bed-room upstairs in the new house. As much Oats coming in as we can do on both kilns, but most of the grists are small.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 25/11/1875 A real wintery looking day; snowing a little most of the time and freezing hard. Cunningham attending the mill and kiln. I was busy all day ceiling my bed-room upstairs in the new house. As much Oats coming in as we can do on both kilns, but most of the grists are small.
#JamesBarryDiary 24/11/1875 Snowed from the east last night and soft today. Snowed 4 or 5 inches. I was grinding part of the day. F. Cunningham came down this morning but worked on ¾ of a day – late when he came. I put the Canadien saw in the mill today – filed it up yesterday. Annabella here yet.
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 24/11/1875 Snowed from the east last night and soft today. Snowed 4 or 5 inches. I was grinding part of the day. F. Cunningham came down this morning but worked on ¾ of a day – late when he came. I put the Canadien saw in the mill today – filed it up yesterday. Annabella here yet.
25 years ago, another callow young(ish) historian was interviewed a few weeks apart at UNB and UPEI. I lost to Bill Parenteau and Ed. For a week I hated Ed (whom I'd never met) and Bill (one of my best friends). I'm here today to remind everyone, esp myself, that the selection committees were right.
On the blog, Prince Edward Island historian Ed MacDonald shares some thoughts on the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference: acadiensis.wordpress...
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
25 years ago, another callow young(ish) historian was interviewed a few weeks apart at UNB and UPEI. I lost to Bill Parenteau and Ed. For a week I hated Ed (whom I'd never met) and Bill (one of my best friends). I'm here today to remind everyone, esp myself, that the selection committees were right.
Even without the USA, the G20 comes up short: "The spectre of hunger ... still haunts even fertile lands, and it has many causes, including climate change, conflict, the persistence of rain-fed subsistence farming in much of Africa and other developing regions, and the linked fate of poverty".
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Even without the USA, the G20 comes up short: "The spectre of hunger ... still haunts even fertile lands, and it has many causes, including climate change, conflict, the persistence of rain-fed subsistence farming in much of Africa and other developing regions, and the linked fate of poverty".
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I love this intro of a petition frm Acadians to British fancies in 1755. Acadians should use it in our submission of grievances to current fancies:
“Permit us, if you please, Sir, to make known the annoying circumstances in which we are placed, to the prejudice of the tranquility we ought to enjoy”
“Permit us, if you please, Sir, to make known the annoying circumstances in which we are placed, to the prejudice of the tranquility we ought to enjoy”
«From the moment they left the coast of Nova Scotia, the Acadians had made every effort to return. Even those who escaped to Qc did not find that society to their liking... the reports sent by Qc missionaries to the Archbishop of Qc in the late 1780s characterize the Acadians as stubborn,
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I love this intro of a petition frm Acadians to British fancies in 1755. Acadians should use it in our submission of grievances to current fancies:
“Permit us, if you please, Sir, to make known the annoying circumstances in which we are placed, to the prejudice of the tranquility we ought to enjoy”
“Permit us, if you please, Sir, to make known the annoying circumstances in which we are placed, to the prejudice of the tranquility we ought to enjoy”
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#OTD Nov. 22nd, 1852, Dennis Hill of Camden, Kent County, Ontario wrote to Egerton Ryerson, Chief Superintendent of Education in Canada West decrying school segregation. Hill was one of many 19th century Black Ontarians who used various means--letters, petitions, the courts--to protest segregation.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#OTD Nov. 22nd, 1852, Dennis Hill of Camden, Kent County, Ontario wrote to Egerton Ryerson, Chief Superintendent of Education in Canada West decrying school segregation. Hill was one of many 19th century Black Ontarians who used various means--letters, petitions, the courts--to protest segregation.
#JamesBarryDiary 23/11/1875 The coldest night last that came this fall and was a pretty wintery day, altho’ clean and clear and nice enough for winter. I was very busy in the mill and kiln all day. The two kilns going – no help. Plenty of water. I am not clear of the cold yet!!
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 23/11/1875 The coldest night last that came this fall and was a pretty wintery day, altho’ clean and clear and nice enough for winter. I was very busy in the mill and kiln all day. The two kilns going – no help. Plenty of water. I am not clear of the cold yet!!
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«From the moment they left the coast of Nova Scotia, the Acadians had made every effort to return. Even those who escaped to Qc did not find that society to their liking... the reports sent by Qc missionaries to the Archbishop of Qc in the late 1780s characterize the Acadians as stubborn,
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
«From the moment they left the coast of Nova Scotia, the Acadians had made every effort to return. Even those who escaped to Qc did not find that society to their liking... the reports sent by Qc missionaries to the Archbishop of Qc in the late 1780s characterize the Acadians as stubborn,
Certainly aspects of the new papacy have given hope, but I fear this needs a *lot* more. The two jokers on the left seem to believe they belong to a true church and this guy is some kind of anti-pope that ICE can take care of.
Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church | Simon Tisdall
Inequality, immigration and civil rights are the battlegrounds on which the church, and some other Christian denominations, are fighting, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Certainly aspects of the new papacy have given hope, but I fear this needs a *lot* more. The two jokers on the left seem to believe they belong to a true church and this guy is some kind of anti-pope that ICE can take care of.
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Tehran is a thousand year old city of 9 million, with a metropolitan area of 15 million. And it is quite possibly about to not be viable, its population fleeing drought.
Politicians talk about climate change and disasters in future tense, but the disasters are here, now, and they are terrifying.
Politicians talk about climate change and disasters in future tense, but the disasters are here, now, and they are terrifying.
“What once sounded unthinkable is now being said openly: Tehran is not viable; and evacuation orders are imminent.
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
Makran or Bust: Tehran's water crisis gets worse
Ten days ago I wrote that Tehran was approaching a point where warnings, pressure cuts and appeals to save water would no longer be enough.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Tehran is a thousand year old city of 9 million, with a metropolitan area of 15 million. And it is quite possibly about to not be viable, its population fleeing drought.
Politicians talk about climate change and disasters in future tense, but the disasters are here, now, and they are terrifying.
Politicians talk about climate change and disasters in future tense, but the disasters are here, now, and they are terrifying.
#JamesBarryDiary 22/11/1875 A very wintery looking and feeling day indeed, although it was sunny a good part of the time. Snowed a little last night. I was busy drying and grinding all day. No one about but myself, and I am not near clear from the cold yet. John Heron brought me 9 bushels coal.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#JamesBarryDiary 22/11/1875 A very wintery looking and feeling day indeed, although it was sunny a good part of the time. Snowed a little last night. I was busy drying and grinding all day. No one about but myself, and I am not near clear from the cold yet. John Heron brought me 9 bushels coal.
