Dave Tait
@davetait.bsky.social
Living in Ottawa, happy and content
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Pardon my suddenly watery eyes, but a long-time regular just stopped in with this.
He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.
"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."
📚❤️
He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.
"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."
📚❤️
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Pardon my suddenly watery eyes, but a long-time regular just stopped in with this.
He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.
"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."
📚❤️
He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.
"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."
📚❤️
The silence from other law enforcement professionals and their leaders, unions and associations continues to be deafening.
If they don't stand against reckless illegality, this is how they too will be seen. If they want the public to "back the blue," the blue had better step up and back the public.
If they don't stand against reckless illegality, this is how they too will be seen. If they want the public to "back the blue," the blue had better step up and back the public.
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The silence from other law enforcement professionals and their leaders, unions and associations continues to be deafening.
If they don't stand against reckless illegality, this is how they too will be seen. If they want the public to "back the blue," the blue had better step up and back the public.
If they don't stand against reckless illegality, this is how they too will be seen. If they want the public to "back the blue," the blue had better step up and back the public.
"...Americans increasingly see politics as combat and their fellow citizens as enemies. Too many believe that freedom means doing whatever you want, rather than accepting responsibility for one another. Some treat patriotic symbols as props rather than promises."
Some thoughts on Veterans’ Day and our nation . www.thebulwark.com/p/who-we-cho...
Who We Choose to Be: A Reflection on the Character of Veterans
A shared culture of service.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"...Americans increasingly see politics as combat and their fellow citizens as enemies. Too many believe that freedom means doing whatever you want, rather than accepting responsibility for one another. Some treat patriotic symbols as props rather than promises."
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"My great grandmother Rose
mother of Ashley gave her this sack when
she was sold at age 9 in South Carolina
it held a tattered dress 3 handfulls of
pecans a braid of Roses hair. Told her
It be filled with my Love always
she never saw her again
Ashley is my grandmother
Ruth Middleton
1921"
mother of Ashley gave her this sack when
she was sold at age 9 in South Carolina
it held a tattered dress 3 handfulls of
pecans a braid of Roses hair. Told her
It be filled with my Love always
she never saw her again
Ashley is my grandmother
Ruth Middleton
1921"
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"My great grandmother Rose
mother of Ashley gave her this sack when
she was sold at age 9 in South Carolina
it held a tattered dress 3 handfulls of
pecans a braid of Roses hair. Told her
It be filled with my Love always
she never saw her again
Ashley is my grandmother
Ruth Middleton
1921"
mother of Ashley gave her this sack when
she was sold at age 9 in South Carolina
it held a tattered dress 3 handfulls of
pecans a braid of Roses hair. Told her
It be filled with my Love always
she never saw her again
Ashley is my grandmother
Ruth Middleton
1921"
25th A
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
25th A
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One of my cousins, Isabella McGrath, had three sons who were killed in active service in World War Two. Robert (aged 23) and Dennis (25) perished a few months apart while serving with the RCAF, and James (20) was lost at sea while serving with the Royal Canadian Navy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
One of my cousins, Isabella McGrath, had three sons who were killed in active service in World War Two. Robert (aged 23) and Dennis (25) perished a few months apart while serving with the RCAF, and James (20) was lost at sea while serving with the Royal Canadian Navy.
' “From now on we’re going to be celebrating Victory Day for World War I, for World War II and frankly for everything else,” he declared.'
Trump and the U.S. he rules are welcome to celebrate whatever and however they want on Nov. 11; the rest of us will go on using this day to mourn.
Trump and the U.S. he rules are welcome to celebrate whatever and however they want on Nov. 11; the rest of us will go on using this day to mourn.
Trump Honors Fallen by Giving Veterans Day New Russian Name
The president announced at Arlington that he was renaming the holiday.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
' “From now on we’re going to be celebrating Victory Day for World War I, for World War II and frankly for everything else,” he declared.'
Trump and the U.S. he rules are welcome to celebrate whatever and however they want on Nov. 11; the rest of us will go on using this day to mourn.
Trump and the U.S. he rules are welcome to celebrate whatever and however they want on Nov. 11; the rest of us will go on using this day to mourn.
He's right: People long for the chance to bargain hard for something crucial and complicated that they barely understand against corporations staffed with specialists on how to earn the most while providing the least. Feeling like an entrepreneur is so much more satisfying than, say, feeling safe.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
He's right: People long for the chance to bargain hard for something crucial and complicated that they barely understand against corporations staffed with specialists on how to earn the most while providing the least. Feeling like an entrepreneur is so much more satisfying than, say, feeling safe.
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wow. WOW.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow. WOW.
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Lest we forget. The telegram received by my grandparents almost 82 years ago, informing them of the death of their 20 year old son.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Lest we forget. The telegram received by my grandparents almost 82 years ago, informing them of the death of their 20 year old son.
'...Allison read about the conflict in Europe with frustration.
“That's the way my dad was,” Paula Allison said. “He felt the world needed to resolve this issue and the United States was just sitting back and not doing anything, so he joined Canada to do it.” '
“That's the way my dad was,” Paula Allison said. “He felt the world needed to resolve this issue and the United States was just sitting back and not doing anything, so he joined Canada to do it.” '
How an American ‘deserter’ fought for Canada in WW II — and Canadians fought for him | CBC News
Millard (Tex) Allison’s family and old regiment are seeking to honour a man whose story, they say, illustrates how Canadians and Americans forged steadfast bonds in times of war — even if bonds today ...
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
'...Allison read about the conflict in Europe with frustration.
“That's the way my dad was,” Paula Allison said. “He felt the world needed to resolve this issue and the United States was just sitting back and not doing anything, so he joined Canada to do it.” '
“That's the way my dad was,” Paula Allison said. “He felt the world needed to resolve this issue and the United States was just sitting back and not doing anything, so he joined Canada to do it.” '
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www.thewhig.com/opinion/a-da...
My feature exit interview with Ambassador Bob Rae, Canada’s outgoing Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
‘A dangerous time in global affairs,’ Bob Rae says | The Kingston Whig Standard
My feature exit interview with Ambassador Bob Rae, Canada’s outgoing Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
‘A dangerous time in global affairs,’ Bob Rae says | The Kingston Whig Standard
‘A dangerous time in global affairs,’ Bob Rae says
For the past five years, Bob Rae has served as the ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations.
www.thewhig.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
www.thewhig.com/opinion/a-da...
My feature exit interview with Ambassador Bob Rae, Canada’s outgoing Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
‘A dangerous time in global affairs,’ Bob Rae says | The Kingston Whig Standard
My feature exit interview with Ambassador Bob Rae, Canada’s outgoing Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
‘A dangerous time in global affairs,’ Bob Rae says | The Kingston Whig Standard
This has a much clearer look at the amazing tying goal by Ottawa, as well as its equally amazing goalmouth stand in the 78th minute. Lots of other highlights. Incredible conditions, and both teams really rose to the challenge!
Atlético Ottawa’s ‘icicle kick’ lights up blizzard-hit Canadian Premier League final
David Rodríguez scored acrobatic equalizer and chipped winner in an iconic game in which play was stopped every 15 minutes for snow removal
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This has a much clearer look at the amazing tying goal by Ottawa, as well as its equally amazing goalmouth stand in the 78th minute. Lots of other highlights. Incredible conditions, and both teams really rose to the challenge!
"It is a known fact that if you need to evacuate, you evacuate to the elementary school," said Alaska state Sen. Löki Tobin, a Democrat and chair of the Senate Education Committee…
"Those are lifeboats," said Alaska's emergency management director, Bryan Fisher. "They're the last place of refuge."
"Those are lifeboats," said Alaska's emergency management director, Bryan Fisher. "They're the last place of refuge."
Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling. n.pr/47xJccH
Alaska's public schools can serve as emergency shelters. The buildings are in crisis
Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"It is a known fact that if you need to evacuate, you evacuate to the elementary school," said Alaska state Sen. Löki Tobin, a Democrat and chair of the Senate Education Committee…
"Those are lifeboats," said Alaska's emergency management director, Bryan Fisher. "They're the last place of refuge."
"Those are lifeboats," said Alaska's emergency management director, Bryan Fisher. "They're the last place of refuge."
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No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Doullens
Gerald Edward Moira
1918
Gerald Edward Moira
1918
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Doullens
Gerald Edward Moira
1918
Gerald Edward Moira
1918
A humiliation is something that's felt, and there's no real evidence they feel it. Disgrace, though, is perceived by those around the person who has disgraced themselves, whether or not that person is aware of the gravity of what they've done. It is a moral and intellectual disgrace.
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A humiliation is something that's felt, and there's no real evidence they feel it. Disgrace, though, is perceived by those around the person who has disgraced themselves, whether or not that person is aware of the gravity of what they've done. It is a moral and intellectual disgrace.
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“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"Last year, I drove through the Obrikom oil and gas field,…where I saw crude petroleum gushing furiously from a broken pipe and into a river. The sight of that blackened water was horrifying. That the pipeline wasn’t fixed for months was even more appalling."
My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa
In 1995, as one of the Ogoni Nine, he was hanged after protesting against Shell’s oil pollution. With education and a move towards renewable energy, we can honour his legacy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Last year, I drove through the Obrikom oil and gas field,…where I saw crude petroleum gushing furiously from a broken pipe and into a river. The sight of that blackened water was horrifying. That the pipeline wasn’t fixed for months was even more appalling."
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On this day in 1918, the Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia received a top-secret coded message from Europe stating that all fighting would cease on Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. The news leaked, and an impromptu parade and celebration was held in the community.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On this day in 1918, the Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia received a top-secret coded message from Europe stating that all fighting would cease on Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. The news leaked, and an impromptu parade and celebration was held in the community.
:-)
...and check out the goal (and conditions) in the next post.
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...and check out the goal (and conditions) in the next post.
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Atlético Ottawa top Cavalry FC in driving snowstorm to win 1st ever CPL title | CBC News
A pair of goals from David Rodriguez led Atlético Ottawa to a 2-1 win over Cavalry FC and their first ever North Star Cup on a snowy night in the nation's capital.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
:-)
...and check out the goal (and conditions) in the next post.
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...and check out the goal (and conditions) in the next post.
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On Remembrance Sunday, we’re back at that stage in history where Britain is helping protect Belgium against an aggressive foreign power…
UK military to help protect Belgium after drone incursions
Sir Richard Knighton, the UK military chief, says his Belgian counterpart asked for assistance this week in the form of UK personnel and equipment.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
On Remembrance Sunday, we’re back at that stage in history where Britain is helping protect Belgium against an aggressive foreign power…
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Infantry, Near Nijmegen, Holland
Alex Colville
1946
Alex Colville
1946
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Infantry, Near Nijmegen, Holland
Alex Colville
1946
Alex Colville
1946
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Georgina Pope served in both the Second Boer War and the First World War.
As a nurse, she ran military hospitals, helped thousands of soldiers and was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross.
This is her amazing story.
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As a nurse, she ran military hospitals, helped thousands of soldiers and was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross.
This is her amazing story.
🧵 1/8
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Georgina Pope served in both the Second Boer War and the First World War.
As a nurse, she ran military hospitals, helped thousands of soldiers and was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross.
This is her amazing story.
🧵 1/8
As a nurse, she ran military hospitals, helped thousands of soldiers and was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross.
This is her amazing story.
🧵 1/8
It's simple: They have the car's keys but not for long, so they're running it hard on low oil, hitting every curb they can, on their way to running it smack into a tree.
Their plan is to leave the family with no choice but to rely on rentals and Ubers supplied at high cost by their pals.
Their plan is to leave the family with no choice but to rely on rentals and Ubers supplied at high cost by their pals.
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's simple: They have the car's keys but not for long, so they're running it hard on low oil, hitting every curb they can, on their way to running it smack into a tree.
Their plan is to leave the family with no choice but to rely on rentals and Ubers supplied at high cost by their pals.
Their plan is to leave the family with no choice but to rely on rentals and Ubers supplied at high cost by their pals.
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The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause
Today I learned that the American Battle Monuments Commission has removed two memorial panels honoring Black World War II soldiers from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...