Kelly B
@kellyblack.ca
Public history. Museums. PhD. Tidal pool explorer. Vancouver Island - Coast Salish territories. Newsletter: buttondown.com/leftcoastdispatch he/him kellyblack.ca
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Trans Day of Remembrance is reminder that trans and gender nonconforming people are still being murdered at higher rates, with the majority of victims being Black trans women
What is Trans Day of Remembrance? | Xtra Magazine
Trans Day of Remembrance is a time to honour lost lives—and a stark reminder of how much work there is to be done
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Trans Day of Remembrance is reminder that trans and gender nonconforming people are still being murdered at higher rates, with the majority of victims being Black trans women
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Today Victoria council will hear a presentation from VicPD on their draft $90 million budget. Nothing is final today, so keep writing to council and telling them to reject VicPD's proposed 14% budget increase, including hiring 25 more officers. www.victoria.ca/city-governm... #yyj #DefundVicPD
Council & Committee Meetings | City of Victoria
www.victoria.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today Victoria council will hear a presentation from VicPD on their draft $90 million budget. Nothing is final today, so keep writing to council and telling them to reject VicPD's proposed 14% budget increase, including hiring 25 more officers. www.victoria.ca/city-governm... #yyj #DefundVicPD
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B.C.’s forests minister says logging practices have improved since the 1950s. But clear-cutting remains common and it's something experts are worried about, @sobittersosweet.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-m... #bcpoli
Is clear-cutting a thing of the past in B.C. forests? | The Narwhal
Research shows clear-cutting increases the risk of floods and wildfires. B.C.’s Forests ministry says it’s ‘a viable and appropriate’ way to log
thenarwhal.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
B.C.’s forests minister says logging practices have improved since the 1950s. But clear-cutting remains common and it's something experts are worried about, @sobittersosweet.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-m... #bcpoli
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Read it to the end.
My latest Left Coast Dispatch reflects on one of my most memorable public history efforts. The “Top 10” list of inspiring Canadians contained no women - so I suggested Dr. Frances Kelsey. What happened next? Read on! buttondown.com/leftcoastdis...
Inspiring Public History
The Top 10 list of Inspiring Canadians contained no women, so I set out to correct that.
buttondown.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Read it to the end.
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My latest Left Coast Dispatch reflects on one of my most memorable public history efforts. The “Top 10” list of inspiring Canadians contained no women - so I suggested Dr. Frances Kelsey. What happened next? Read on! buttondown.com/leftcoastdis...
Inspiring Public History
The Top 10 list of Inspiring Canadians contained no women, so I set out to correct that.
buttondown.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My latest Left Coast Dispatch reflects on one of my most memorable public history efforts. The “Top 10” list of inspiring Canadians contained no women - so I suggested Dr. Frances Kelsey. What happened next? Read on! buttondown.com/leftcoastdis...
My latest Left Coast Dispatch reflects on one of my most memorable public history efforts. The “Top 10” list of inspiring Canadians contained no women - so I suggested Dr. Frances Kelsey. What happened next? Read on! buttondown.com/leftcoastdis...
Inspiring Public History
The Top 10 list of Inspiring Canadians contained no women, so I set out to correct that.
buttondown.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My latest Left Coast Dispatch reflects on one of my most memorable public history efforts. The “Top 10” list of inspiring Canadians contained no women - so I suggested Dr. Frances Kelsey. What happened next? Read on! buttondown.com/leftcoastdis...
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Happy Douglas Day to those who celebrate! First marked in the 1920s and officialized by the Douglas Day Act, 1959 (at 9 words, BC's shortest provincial statute), in 2025 the day marks 167 years since the proclamation of the colony. If nets are your thing, party like Century Sam! #cdnhist #bchist
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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This is pretty intense foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/11/t...
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is pretty intense foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/11/t...
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The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
Come on a journey with me…alllllll the way back to 2014…. buttondown.com/leftcoastdis... #bcHist #CdnHist #PublicHistory
Inspiring Public History
The Top 10 list of Inspiring Canadians contained no women, so I set out to correct that.
buttondown.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Come on a journey with me…alllllll the way back to 2014…. buttondown.com/leftcoastdis... #bcHist #CdnHist #PublicHistory
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welcome to the club, wolves
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
welcome to the club, wolves
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Good use of a tank.
An American tank rolls over a Nazi banner laid out in the street after its crew helped take the town of Lembach, spring 1945.
U.S. Signal Corps—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
An American tank rolls over a Nazi banner laid out in the street after its crew helped take the town of Lembach, spring 1945.
U.S. Signal Corps—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Good use of a tank.
An American tank rolls over a Nazi banner laid out in the street after its crew helped take the town of Lembach, spring 1945.
U.S. Signal Corps—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
An American tank rolls over a Nazi banner laid out in the street after its crew helped take the town of Lembach, spring 1945.
U.S. Signal Corps—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
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Could a symbol of fossil-fuel history become the foundation for a sustainable future? ⛏️
Cumberland, B.C. and UVic’s ACET team are exploring how abandoned mine shafts could become a modern, low-carbon energy source for the village.
news.uvic.ca/2025/clean-e...
Cumberland, B.C. and UVic’s ACET team are exploring how abandoned mine shafts could become a modern, low-carbon energy source for the village.
news.uvic.ca/2025/clean-e...
Clean energy found in old coal mines - UVic News
Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of tonnes of coal were exported
news.uvic.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Could a symbol of fossil-fuel history become the foundation for a sustainable future? ⛏️
Cumberland, B.C. and UVic’s ACET team are exploring how abandoned mine shafts could become a modern, low-carbon energy source for the village.
news.uvic.ca/2025/clean-e...
Cumberland, B.C. and UVic’s ACET team are exploring how abandoned mine shafts could become a modern, low-carbon energy source for the village.
news.uvic.ca/2025/clean-e...
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ICYMI: Analysis by @policyalternatives.ca has suggested much of the savings could come from letting many Trudeau-era programs expire, including short-term funding for disaster responses and improving access to health care. #Budget2025 www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Why it will take months to get details on Mark Carney’s plans to cut $58.2 billion in federal spending
But more than a week after the prime minister revealed his highly-anticipated first budget, questions remain about what exactly the sacrifices will be and how they will come to fruition
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
ICYMI: Analysis by @policyalternatives.ca has suggested much of the savings could come from letting many Trudeau-era programs expire, including short-term funding for disaster responses and improving access to health care. #Budget2025 www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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canadians should read this.
"At the end of September the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), to which all working Canadians outside Quebec are subscribed, held $8 billion of Nvidia stock as its largest single equity holding. In fact, its eight largest stock holdings were all AI stocks."
"At the end of September the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), to which all working Canadians outside Quebec are subscribed, held $8 billion of Nvidia stock as its largest single equity holding. In fact, its eight largest stock holdings were all AI stocks."
While Canadian politicians are still caught up in their AI love affair, panic is rippling through the industry.
Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians.
breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...
Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians.
breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...
The AI bubble may be about to burst. Mark Carney must not bail out its Tech Barons ⋆ The Breach
While billionaires bet against the hyped up multi-trillion-dollar AI market, Canada’s government is doubling down
breachmedia.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
canadians should read this.
"At the end of September the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), to which all working Canadians outside Quebec are subscribed, held $8 billion of Nvidia stock as its largest single equity holding. In fact, its eight largest stock holdings were all AI stocks."
"At the end of September the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), to which all working Canadians outside Quebec are subscribed, held $8 billion of Nvidia stock as its largest single equity holding. In fact, its eight largest stock holdings were all AI stocks."
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Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
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Latest episode of Sandy and Nora is out! We have the conversation that Canada needs to be having: what is with this obsession with war? War is bad, actually.
sandyandnora.com/episode-350-...
sandyandnora.com/episode-350-...
Episode 350 – Actually, war is bad.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora take a hard look at war and remind listeners that it is very, very bad.
sandyandnora.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Latest episode of Sandy and Nora is out! We have the conversation that Canada needs to be having: what is with this obsession with war? War is bad, actually.
sandyandnora.com/episode-350-...
sandyandnora.com/episode-350-...
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The Liberals have had every opportunity to stop arming a genocide. They persist in this.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Liberals have had every opportunity to stop arming a genocide. They persist in this.
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In direct contradiction to our government’s many claims that Canadian military exports are not being used in this genocide, this report exposes shipments of vital components of both Israel’s fighter jets and the bombs they are still dropping on Gaza
armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In direct contradiction to our government’s many claims that Canadian military exports are not being used in this genocide, this report exposes shipments of vital components of both Israel’s fighter jets and the bombs they are still dropping on Gaza
armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
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Made it to the front page of CBC!!
www.cbc.ca/arts/skyligh...
www.cbc.ca/arts/skyligh...
The true story of Canada's largest art heist | CBC Arts
In September of 1972, three masked men broke in to Montreal's Musée des beaux arts via a skylight, stealing millions of dollars worth of paintings and artifacts. The case has never been solved.
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Made it to the front page of CBC!!
www.cbc.ca/arts/skyligh...
www.cbc.ca/arts/skyligh...
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Tanner, our rescued bobcat, had a blast with some special enrichment! 🐾 Keepers filled a green Kong with owl feathers and loosely buried it in his habitat. He not only dug it out but also rolled around in the feathers! 🪶
📹: Keeper Francis
📹: Keeper Francis
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Tanner, our rescued bobcat, had a blast with some special enrichment! 🐾 Keepers filled a green Kong with owl feathers and loosely buried it in his habitat. He not only dug it out but also rolled around in the feathers! 🪶
📹: Keeper Francis
📹: Keeper Francis
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“At $73 billion in direct impact on the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.” www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Comment: Investing in Canada's cultural sector is crucial to 'elbows up'
At $73 billion in direct impact to the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.
www.timescolonist.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“At $73 billion in direct impact on the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.” www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
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VicPD wants to hire 25 more cops. Our libraries are closed on Sundays. We can learn a lot about the priorities of those we elect when we start to look a little closer. #DefundVicPD and support true community safety! Send an email today: DefundVicPD.org #yyj
Here we can see VicPD has more officers per capita than 82% of U.S. police departments, for cities with over 100,000 people. 100,000 people is a cut-off Statistics Canada uses when reporting on police data, so I've replicated that here for comparison.
![Yellow background with black font. VicPD has more officers per capita than 82% of U.S. police departments. More than: [List of hundreds of U.S. jurisdictions]
Sources: Statistics Canada, "Police personnel and selected crime statistics, municipal police services," 2023.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Employees Data, 2023. Cities with population over 100,000.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2ojtemkdgeywq2ua6fx7gcu/bafkreiayimcb3dce2g5ykyuhjqoppu3ncrwwchus4nylve7ry5gyvqsncu@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
VicPD wants to hire 25 more cops. Our libraries are closed on Sundays. We can learn a lot about the priorities of those we elect when we start to look a little closer. #DefundVicPD and support true community safety! Send an email today: DefundVicPD.org #yyj