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Anine Vonkeman
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off-grid design for museums and consultants; living a big dream on a small island in unceded Coast Salish territory. Oh, and #woodenpuppetmaker

she/her, ally 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦
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strategywoman.bsky.social
The other day, I visited an exhibition that left me speechless.
It shows women who lost their sons and husbands in the war.

I’m sharing part of it with a poem that played during the video.
I added English subtitles. For you.

Please watch. And share. So others can see too.
August 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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charlieangus104.bsky.social
This.
May 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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strategywoman.bsky.social
I invite you to the top of
Bell Tower of Dormition Cathedral.
It is a different video version from the one you may have seen in the Life Behind the Lines Letter.

I want everyone to experience beautiful Kyiv and understand what we fight for.
April 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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celeste.lgbt
On a related note, this happened at an earlier rally yesterday in Saskatoon (in case you’re wondering):
Teri Michelle (via Facebook.) So if you were thinking of voting for the Conservative Party... ••• I went to Polievre's rally in Saskatoon this evening. I wanted to hear him speak and I had questions. I was there with a friend. We stood near the back of the warehouse because it was crowded and very loud. I was wearing a trans rights t-shirt. As Polievre was being introduced, a man came up to us and asked us to leave. We asked why. We hadn't done anything, we were there to listen, like everyone else. He said it's private property and we were trespassing. I said we signed up to be there. He said we needed to leave. I said why, we haven't done anything. He said if we don't leave we'll be arrested. Then he grabbed my arm. I wrenched it away. He went to grab it again and I avoided him. Then the cops grabbed me and marched me out. Once we got outside we asked if we were being arrested. They said we were trespassing and this was private property. Each of my arms were held by a different cop. I said if you guys let go of me I'll leave. They said "you're resisting" and handcuffed me. Four cops marched me to the street and went through my pockets. (They did a very poor job because I did have my ID in my pocket but they did not find it.) They said they needed my name. I said no. They said if I didn't give them my name l'd be arrested. I said I didn't do anything. They said I was trespassing. I gave them my name and they confirmed my identity in their database. Then they uncuffed me and said if I came back to the rally I'd be arrested. So that's your tax dollars hard at work folks. Cops handcuffing people to march them out of rallies for... not cheering? Wearing a pro-trans shirt? Standing at the back because it was very loud? Wanting to ask our political leaders some questions? Polievre says Canada for Everybody, but he means only for people just like him.
April 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Abolish ICE.
A three-panel political cartoon by Gritty20202, titled "Gritty is the Way," compares historical and contemporary events. Each panel features an authority figure saying, "I'm just following orders." The first panel, labeled "1830s American West," shows a U.S. soldier in a cavalry uniform with a Native American man in traditional clothing looking distressed. The second panel, labeled "1940s Nazi Germany," depicts a Nazi officer with a prisoner in a striped concentration camp uniform. The third panel, labeled "Present-Day USA," shows an ICE officer in a tactical vest with a distressed woman and child clinging to each other.
April 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1matchfire.bsky.social
A little bit of important levity. And, importantly, #TheCatCameBack
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Apr 6
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
Bridget with The Beatles on Abbey Road. Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic. Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse). The Cat With The Pearl Earring.
April 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
1matchfire.bsky.social
So, about #liberationday… (🙄) am I the only one wondering if the army of goons on standby will be part of the “festivities”?
April 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
1matchfire.bsky.social
Very powerful article about speaking up now, in what feels like a state of emergency, even in Canada. 🩵🤍🩷

www.royalroads.ca/news/preside...

#transdayofvisibility #transrightsarehumanrights
www.royalroads.ca
April 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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leftistlawyer.com
Let's do a thread for Palestinians who need support. If you are Palestinian, please drop your fundraiser links below!

Followers, please share, and if you have a little extra, please consider donating!
March 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
1matchfire.bsky.social
Stop the genocide Israel!! Human shields are humans, not collateral. Aid for Palestinians, not bombs!
March 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
1matchfire.bsky.social
Sobering interview on the effects of COVID on the body; worse with each infection. Nature’s way of keeping global population numbers in check?
March 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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mkryyj.bsky.social
Abso-effing-lutely Brilliant!.
Aylmer – The Canadian Soup youtu.be/Tfq_Syd9_Ik?... via @YouTube
Aylmer – The Canadian Soup
YouTube video by Aylmer Foods Canada
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March 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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daxaeterna.ink
"I want to keep boycotting Amazon, but I also want to support indie authors. How do I do that?"

Many indie authors have their books on Barnes & Noble & Kobo! There are also places like Smashwords & Campfire that are almost all indie books! Itchio now has a THRIVING LGBTQ Indie Book Scene.
March 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
1matchfire.bsky.social
Wait, what?! For a second there I thought this was another stupid executive order from that asshole in the White House… but why am I surprised, really? Those damn orcas are in the way of the resource shipping lanes, after all. /s #eyeroll #ffs
March 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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mattbors.bsky.social
From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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luciecatnip.bsky.social
Netanyahu and his cabinet need to be in jail for their war crimes and the West must cut off aid for this continual genocide.

www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/m...
Israel to cut Gaza electricity immediately, energy minister says | CNN
Israel will cut the flow of electricity in the Gaza Strip immediately, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said in a statement Sunday.
www.cnn.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
1matchfire.bsky.social
Photo of the interior of a White spotted rose anemone, by Sara Ellison on Snorkellers of BC (Facebook)

#InternationalWomensDay
The interior of a White spotted rose anemone, showing an irregular pattern of small white dots on a bright red donut-like circle that extends past the picture borders, with pink tentacles of various sizes looking like teeth lining the hole, and what looks to be two bright red uvula at the back of the hole. The inside of the anemone is shiny and dark orange.
March 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
1matchfire.bsky.social
Raging Grannies are the best! I’m not a granny, but I rage with them. #InternationalWomensDay
museumofvan.bsky.social Museum of Vancouver @museumofvan.bsky.social · Mar 8
Happy International Women’s Day! Meet the Raging Grannies:
March 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Just a quick reminder, if Russia ceased firing there would be a cease fire
March 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
1matchfire.bsky.social
Brilliant, get yours now from Peace By Chocolate.
92g Elbows Up Bar
Ingredients: Milk chocolate (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavour), Filling (Vegetable oil [palm and/or sunflower and/or rapeseed], nonfat dry milk...
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March 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
1matchfire.bsky.social
The Jeff Douglas is back💥
March 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
1matchfire.bsky.social
A+ for timing!

#RESIST
museumsassociation.org Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · Mar 5
Our manifesto for learning and engagement is a call for museums to play a central role in civil renewal and social change to address the challenges of our time.

Five years on from the launch, we're delighted to publish a new suite of case studies on each of the manifesto's themes 📝
Learning And Engagement - Campaigns - Museums Association
www.museumsassociation.org
March 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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quillmatiq.com
Trudeau did more for Americans today than any Democrat who sat in that room in silence tonight
March 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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bindiatthebeach.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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thenarwhal.ca
On World Wildlife Day, a leading Canadian scientist says cutting ‘red tape’ and doubling down on resource extraction won’t help wildlife — or humans. #WorldWildlifeDay VIA @wcscanada.bsky.social
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-worl...
World Wildlife Day sparks call for bolder approach | The Narwhal
A leading Canadian scientist says cutting ‘red tape’ and doubling down on extractive resource development won’t help wildlife — or humans
thenarwhal.ca
March 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM