Dory Spencer
@doryart.bsky.social
Artist/Ceramics/ Haida Gwaii/Barcelona
#doryspencerceramics #porcelain #contemporarysculpture #ceramics #canadianceramics #haidagwaii #barcelona
#doryspencerceramics #porcelain #contemporarysculpture #ceramics #canadianceramics #haidagwaii #barcelona
We are surrounded - they live among us
“The court decision also said Tate was one of the founders of Vancouver’s Georgia Straight newspaper.”
“The court decision also said Tate was one of the founders of Vancouver’s Georgia Straight newspaper.”
B.C. man found with over 60,000 photos, 2,200 videos showing ‘violent sexual abuse’ of girls, court hears
B.C. man found with over 60,000 photos, 2,200 videos showing ‘violent sexual abuse’ of girls, court hears
An elderly B.C. man found with thousands of photos and videos showing the violent sexual abuse of young girls has been sentenced to two years less a day in jail, according to a recent court decision.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We are surrounded - they live among us
“The court decision also said Tate was one of the founders of Vancouver’s Georgia Straight newspaper.”
“The court decision also said Tate was one of the founders of Vancouver’s Georgia Straight newspaper.”
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Delta show home to get new life in remote B.C. First Nation
Delta show home to get new life in remote B.C. First Nation
A large show home in Delta slated for demolition will get a new lease on life after embarking on a journey north, up the B.C. coast, for a new beginning in Alert Bay on the ‘Na̱mg̱is First Nation.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Delta show home to get new life in remote B.C. First Nation
Frank Gehry’s Bilbao Guggenhiehm, Louise Bourgeois spider, Richard Serra metal sculptures. Oct/25
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Frank Gehry’s Bilbao Guggenhiehm, Louise Bourgeois spider, Richard Serra metal sculptures. Oct/25
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Update to my Clay Currents subscribers.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Update to my Clay Currents subscribers.
Here are the kinds of emails I send once (at most twice) a month: mailchi.mp/dcc8a98a97ef...
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The ministry said Tuesday that CPKC estimated that about 12,700 litres of aviation fuel had been released into the environment, but late Wednesday said a further 68,000 litres was estimated by the rail operator to have escaped a second carriage.
Communities shut water intake from B.C. lake after fuel spill reaches 80,000 litres
Communities shut water intake from B.C. lake after fuel spill reaches 80,000 litres
A local official says small communities on Kamloops Lake in British Columbia have been shutting down their intakes from the waterway after it was revealed that more than 80,000 litres of aviation fuel spilled on its shores in a train derailment last weekend.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The ministry said Tuesday that CPKC estimated that about 12,700 litres of aviation fuel had been released into the environment, but late Wednesday said a further 68,000 litres was estimated by the rail operator to have escaped a second carriage.
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Cool news about moss species on Haida Gwaii (islands off the coast of British Columbia, Canada), from the "Gwaii Haanas - Islands of Beauty" facebook site
November 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Cool news about moss species on Haida Gwaii (islands off the coast of British Columbia, Canada), from the "Gwaii Haanas - Islands of Beauty" facebook site
November 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Nov 10/25 Climate meet = below targets ( china increases coal/ US drops out/ record speed hurricanes/ species loss )
unfccc.int/cop30
unfccc.int/cop30
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November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Nov 10/25 Climate meet = below targets ( china increases coal/ US drops out/ record speed hurricanes/ species loss )
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unfccc.int/cop30
“Freedom was never a gift, it was a conquest by the entire Spanish society," the PM said, warning of a "constant and subtle" attempt to delegitimize democracy.
Sánchez concluded by saying that Spain's current democracy exists thanks to the efforts of "anonymous faces not found in history books."
Sánchez concluded by saying that Spain's current democracy exists thanks to the efforts of "anonymous faces not found in history books."
🪖 | Spain to grant citizenship to nearly 170 descendants of International Brigade fighters
PM Sánchez says it will be an "honor" to call the children of those who fought for the Republic during the Civil War "compatriots"
www.catalannews.com/politics/ite...
PM Sánchez says it will be an "honor" to call the children of those who fought for the Republic during the Civil War "compatriots"
www.catalannews.com/politics/ite...
Spain to grant citizenship to nearly 170 descendants of International Brigade fighters
PM Sánchez says it will be an "honor" to call the children of those who fought for the Republic during the Civil War "compatriots"
www.catalannews.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Freedom was never a gift, it was a conquest by the entire Spanish society," the PM said, warning of a "constant and subtle" attempt to delegitimize democracy.
Sánchez concluded by saying that Spain's current democracy exists thanks to the efforts of "anonymous faces not found in history books."
Sánchez concluded by saying that Spain's current democracy exists thanks to the efforts of "anonymous faces not found in history books."
Reposted by Dory Spencer
A detail from one of the earlier mural projects from the studio, War of the Blink (2005).
This story is about a fisherman who suspects a party of raiders is descending upon his island home...
#haidamanga #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #frames #narratives #workonpaper #watercolour #Ink #fromthestudio
This story is about a fisherman who suspects a party of raiders is descending upon his island home...
#haidamanga #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #frames #narratives #workonpaper #watercolour #Ink #fromthestudio
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A detail from one of the earlier mural projects from the studio, War of the Blink (2005).
This story is about a fisherman who suspects a party of raiders is descending upon his island home...
#haidamanga #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #frames #narratives #workonpaper #watercolour #Ink #fromthestudio
This story is about a fisherman who suspects a party of raiders is descending upon his island home...
#haidamanga #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #frames #narratives #workonpaper #watercolour #Ink #fromthestudio
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Once one government learns it can override your fundamental rights, every government learns it can too. That’s the danger of the Notwithstanding Clause. It teaches power to ignore accountability.
Draw the line. Defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
Draw the line. Defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
URGENT – Stop Alberta's government from overriding the Charter of Rights
Alberta Premier Smith plans to use the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
savethecharter.ca
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Once one government learns it can override your fundamental rights, every government learns it can too. That’s the danger of the Notwithstanding Clause. It teaches power to ignore accountability.
Draw the line. Defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
Draw the line. Defend the Charter.
savethecharter.ca
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Your right to speak, to worship, to live free — all protected by the Charter. But the Notwithstanding Clause is now being used in Alberta to make illegal laws “legal.”
This is a test of how far the government can go before Albertans push back.
Say no to overriding the Charter: savethecharter.ca
This is a test of how far the government can go before Albertans push back.
Say no to overriding the Charter: savethecharter.ca
URGENT – Stop Alberta's government from overriding the Charter of Rights
Alberta Premier Smith plans to use the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
savethecharter.ca
October 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Your right to speak, to worship, to live free — all protected by the Charter. But the Notwithstanding Clause is now being used in Alberta to make illegal laws “legal.”
This is a test of how far the government can go before Albertans push back.
Say no to overriding the Charter: savethecharter.ca
This is a test of how far the government can go before Albertans push back.
Say no to overriding the Charter: savethecharter.ca
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Why I became an artist. THE STAND, a film by Chris Auchter, captures the story of the 1985 Lyell Island #blockade by the #HaidaNation
Now available through the #NationalFilmBoard
buff.ly/8hZ5eHi
#thestand #documentary #vérité #cinema #viff #britishcolumbia #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #clearcut
Now available through the #NationalFilmBoard
buff.ly/8hZ5eHi
#thestand #documentary #vérité #cinema #viff #britishcolumbia #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #clearcut
The Stand
In the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people stood on a muddy logging road on Lyell Island—and refused to move. What followed was a landmark …
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October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Why I became an artist. THE STAND, a film by Chris Auchter, captures the story of the 1985 Lyell Island #blockade by the #HaidaNation
Now available through the #NationalFilmBoard
buff.ly/8hZ5eHi
#thestand #documentary #vérité #cinema #viff #britishcolumbia #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #clearcut
Now available through the #NationalFilmBoard
buff.ly/8hZ5eHi
#thestand #documentary #vérité #cinema #viff #britishcolumbia #michaelnicollyahgulanaas #clearcut
When you’ve lived by the sea, you meet the most incredible beings. The #joy takes your breath away. That feeling never disappears, and can be brought back in these little shapes of #porcelain #limoges
#dolphins #coastal #pacificnw
#jewels #seas
#canadianceramics
#doryspencerceramics
#dolphins #coastal #pacificnw
#jewels #seas
#canadianceramics
#doryspencerceramics
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
When you’ve lived by the sea, you meet the most incredible beings. The #joy takes your breath away. That feeling never disappears, and can be brought back in these little shapes of #porcelain #limoges
#dolphins #coastal #pacificnw
#jewels #seas
#canadianceramics
#doryspencerceramics
#dolphins #coastal #pacificnw
#jewels #seas
#canadianceramics
#doryspencerceramics
The Metlakatla claimed that project materials were out of date, the project’s gas production had no “dedicated buyer,” the global market faced a looming glut due to a surge in production, and that the project planned to utilize “unproven and untested” floating barge technology.
B.C. First Nations make legal challenges to huge Ksi Lisims LNG project
B.C. First Nations make legal challenges to huge Ksi Lisims LNG project
Two British Columbia First Nations are taking the federal government to court to quash a decision approving the Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Metlakatla claimed that project materials were out of date, the project’s gas production had no “dedicated buyer,” the global market faced a looming glut due to a surge in production, and that the project planned to utilize “unproven and untested” floating barge technology.
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Nisg̱a’a Nation is leading sophisticated salmon stewardship programs on Ḵ’alii-Aksim Lisims (Nass River). Using fishwheels and tools like radio telemetry, the Nisg̱a’a Fisheries and Wildlife Department tracks salmon migration, mortality, and population trends.
🔗 coastfunds.ca/stories/nisg...
🔗 coastfunds.ca/stories/nisg...
River Of Abundance: How Fishwheels Are Driving Nisg̱a’a Nation’s Salmon Stewardship
Along the Nass River, Nisg̱a’a Nation is using fishwheels annually to collect baseline data on salmon populations, helping to ensure food security and economic prosperity for their citizens.
coastfunds.ca
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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We are about to head into the stratosphere of debt to drive energy and military might. If we are going into more debt than initially planned, lets give communities the military to train in the wildfire trenches alongside the people who pay taxes in this land
Firefighters, wildfire survivors and climate advocates are calling on the government to provide more long-term funding for firefighters, rural communities and Indigenous land guardians — and block new fossil fuel projects.
Rural volunteers struggle to fight wildfires with broken tools and little training
Firefighters, wildfire survivors and climate advocates are calling on the government to provide more long-term funding for firefighters, rural communities and Indigenous land guardians — and block new...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We are about to head into the stratosphere of debt to drive energy and military might. If we are going into more debt than initially planned, lets give communities the military to train in the wildfire trenches alongside the people who pay taxes in this land
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No matter how the BC government tries to spin it, this LNG export project is 100% owned by US companies, will be built in Korea, and represents a 30-megaton carbon bomb that threatens the health and livelihoods of local residents.
@jervaler.bsky.social is currently touring Northwest BC, including sections of the PRGT pipeline route.
Yesterday, Ksi Lisims LNG, the terminus of the pipeline, received its environmental assessment certificate. Here's MLA Valeriote's reaction to that news:
#bcpoli #prgt
Yesterday, Ksi Lisims LNG, the terminus of the pipeline, received its environmental assessment certificate. Here's MLA Valeriote's reaction to that news:
#bcpoli #prgt
Ksi Lisims LNG is a “carbon bomb,” says BC Greens interim leader - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2025 KISPIOX, BC — BC Greens interim leader Jeremy Valeriote has issued the following statement on the Ksi Lisims LNG project: “No matter how the BC government tr...
bcgreencaucus.ca
September 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
No matter how the BC government tries to spin it, this LNG export project is 100% owned by US companies, will be built in Korea, and represents a 30-megaton carbon bomb that threatens the health and livelihoods of local residents.
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"World’s tropical forests are getting younger and that’s a major problem for the climate -- 140 million tons of above-ground carbon are lost per year because old-growth forests are being replaced by younger stands." 🌍 www.zmescience.com/ecology/worl...
World’s Tropical Forests are Getting Younger And That's Actually a Major Problem for the Climate
New research quantifying the global impact of forest age transitions found that 140 million tons of aboveground carbon are lost per year because of old-growth forests being replaced by younger stands.
www.zmescience.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"World’s tropical forests are getting younger and that’s a major problem for the climate -- 140 million tons of above-ground carbon are lost per year because old-growth forests are being replaced by younger stands." 🌍 www.zmescience.com/ecology/worl...
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
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Vancouver Writers Festival returns for 38th year with special guest Margaret Atwood
Vancouver Writers Festival returns for 38th year with special guest Margaret Atwood
The Vancouver Writers Festival is set to return for its 38th year, bringing a number of notable names to Granville Island later this month.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Vancouver Writers Festival returns for 38th year with special guest Margaret Atwood
“Long-term monitoring, such as censuses, is our best weapon against the shifting baseline syndrome. Without collective memory, we risk normalizing an already impoverished world," concludes Galewski.
If conservationists work from a compromised baseline, our notions of abundance, scarcity, and ecological wellbeing will keep getting defined downward:
"The researchers show that using the 1970s as a baseline tends to normalize an already severely degraded state."
phys.org/news/2025-10...
"The researchers show that using the 1970s as a baseline tends to normalize an already severely degraded state."
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Bird conservation threatened by shifting baseline syndrome
New research shows that populations of dozens of waterbird and seabird species have been declining for much longer than previously thought in Europe. The article "Shifting the baseline for waterbird a...
phys.org
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
“Long-term monitoring, such as censuses, is our best weapon against the shifting baseline syndrome. Without collective memory, we risk normalizing an already impoverished world," concludes Galewski.
Inside this Pact, The Great Reset, monitizing nature on the market in the name of sustainability, biodiversity, and of course trades in industry for carbon offsets ( greed ) In the works awhile, just signed/ agreed by UN. Includ Canada🇨🇦 sociable.co/government-a...
UN Member States Agreed to Digital ID with 'Pact for the Future' Adoption
With the adoption of the "Pact for the Future" at the UN Summit of the Future in September 2024, member states committed, in a non-binding way, to rollout digital ID schemes as part of a wider plan fo...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Inside this Pact, The Great Reset, monitizing nature on the market in the name of sustainability, biodiversity, and of course trades in industry for carbon offsets ( greed ) In the works awhile, just signed/ agreed by UN. Includ Canada🇨🇦 sociable.co/government-a...