Mark
@maplesystemsroad.bsky.social
Genealogy nerd, archaeology enthusiast, adoptee, and proud union member from unceded sḵwx̱wú7mesh, sel̓íl̓witulh, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territories (he/they)
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
if you dress the part, you can go dig around construction sites looking for cool old things. this whiskey bottle is only from 1956, but hopefully older things come up as the pit gets excavated deeper
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
if you dress the part, you can go dig around construction sites looking for cool old things. this whiskey bottle is only from 1956, but hopefully older things come up as the pit gets excavated deeper
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💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
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I will not violate TOS.
I will not violate TOS.
I will not violate TOS.
I will not violate TOS.
I will not violate TOS.
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I will not violate TOS.
I will not violate TOS.
I will not violate TOS.
I will not violate TOS.
I will not violate TOS.
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My perhaps not very important take is that English Canada needs a language board similar to the OQLF to standardize Canadian English. I'm sick of looking up the "right way to spell something" and being told "its X in the US and Y in the UK so ehh figure it out"
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My perhaps not very important take is that English Canada needs a language board similar to the OQLF to standardize Canadian English. I'm sick of looking up the "right way to spell something" and being told "its X in the US and Y in the UK so ehh figure it out"
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I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
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What happens in Alberta will have implications for public sector labour relations across the country. The right to strike and bargain collectively are rendered meaningless if they can’t be exercised.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#canlab #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#canlab #cdnpoli
Unions in a bind as governments increasingly use arcane pieces of the law to quash strikes
Trend has undermined workers’ leverage in the collective bargaining process, unions and experts say
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
What happens in Alberta will have implications for public sector labour relations across the country. The right to strike and bargain collectively are rendered meaningless if they can’t be exercised.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#canlab #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#canlab #cdnpoli
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I think the proliferation of online betting apps and ads for them is a danger to society and requires much tighter regulation
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I think the proliferation of online betting apps and ads for them is a danger to society and requires much tighter regulation
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Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Your ability to eat should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
Your ability to get healthcare should not depend on your productivity
Your ability to get housing should not depend on your productivity
Saying “be more productive!” To those who are struggling devalues human life.
It aids fascism.
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Gil McGowan isn’t playing:
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Gil McGowan isn’t playing:
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mr president sir they made a commercial and the noid is back. hes telling us to avoid tariffs sir
October 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
mr president sir they made a commercial and the noid is back. hes telling us to avoid tariffs sir
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Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.
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This slow pivot towards a sort of budding global fascism has been wild and deeply unsettling to watch in real time
Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal. n.pr/4hlukkV
5 things to know about Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister
Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal.
n.pr
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
This slow pivot towards a sort of budding global fascism has been wild and deeply unsettling to watch in real time
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Here's a little history of notable general strikes: 1/x 🧵
Why is May 1 Workers' Day?
On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.
Why is May 1 Workers' Day?
On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Here's a little history of notable general strikes: 1/x 🧵
Why is May 1 Workers' Day?
On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.
Why is May 1 Workers' Day?
On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.
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We have built a world where people have to drive/feel they have to drive no matter their fitness to do so. This is a disservice to the drivers and every single person on the road with them, and it’s systemic.
October 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We have built a world where people have to drive/feel they have to drive no matter their fitness to do so. This is a disservice to the drivers and every single person on the road with them, and it’s systemic.
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'Artistic treasure': Squamish Nation history wins City of Vancouver book award
'Artistic treasure': Squamish Nation history wins City of Vancouver book award
‘Tiná7 Cht Ti Temíxw: We Come From This Land’ dives into the Squamish people’s history from ancient times to present day, put together by a large research team of elders, historians and archeologists
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October 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
'Artistic treasure': Squamish Nation history wins City of Vancouver book award
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Below is a collection of many other people of Italian heritage worthy of attention — people who have played an active role in the struggle for labor rights, gay and lesbian rights, human rights, and civil rights.
#TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/it...
#TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/it...
Italian Americans Who Fought for Justice
Profile. Brief bios of people of Italian heritage who were committed to social justice.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Below is a collection of many other people of Italian heritage worthy of attention — people who have played an active role in the struggle for labor rights, gay and lesbian rights, human rights, and civil rights.
#TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/it...
#TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/it...
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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...
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
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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...
www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-war-on...
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"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and ‘70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israel’s war on Palestine, and Atlanta’s Cop City."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/police...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/police...
Police Departments Surveilled Activists in the 1960s and 70s — and Erased The Records
"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and ‘70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israel’s war on Palestine, and At...
www.teenvogue.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and ‘70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israel’s war on Palestine, and Atlanta’s Cop City."
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/police...
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/police...
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The other two thirds were miseducated by state propaganda.
It will be the majority after another generation dies off.
It will be the majority after another generation dies off.
About one in three Canadians say country belongs to Indigenous people.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
About one in three Canadians say country belongs to Indigenous people: poll
As people across the country gather for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new poll suggests Canadians are divided about whether the country belongs primarily to Indigenous Peoples.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The other two thirds were miseducated by state propaganda.
It will be the majority after another generation dies off.
It will be the majority after another generation dies off.
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Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system.
It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.
yesterday I was diagnosed with level one autism spectrum disorder. there are few (if any) resources for the late diagnosed, but I'm still very happy that I went through this process
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
yesterday I was diagnosed with level one autism spectrum disorder. there are few (if any) resources for the late diagnosed, but I'm still very happy that I went through this process
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"The solution to pedestrian deaths isn't "defensive walking," as NPR says, but investment in public transit. Don't give us advice on how best to play Frogger on roads full of texting drivers, give us buses that give those drivers a safer place to text."
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
www.jalopnik.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The solution to pedestrian deaths isn't "defensive walking," as NPR says, but investment in public transit. Don't give us advice on how best to play Frogger on roads full of texting drivers, give us buses that give those drivers a safer place to text."
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
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please read this story today from @moiradonovan.bsky.social, with incredible photos by Darren Calabrese, which considers the physical history of the residential school system and survivors' efforts to ensure this history is never forgotten
The last federally run residential school closed in 1997, but traces of the system are everywhere on the land. How to commemorate the dark, painful history of these places? Across Canada, survivors are taking the lead: thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...
What should happen to residential school sites? | The Narwhal
Across Canada, Indigenous communities are deciding how to commemorate these residential school histories on the land
thenarwhal.ca
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
please read this story today from @moiradonovan.bsky.social, with incredible photos by Darren Calabrese, which considers the physical history of the residential school system and survivors' efforts to ensure this history is never forgotten