Gavin B
@ghostflaneur.bsky.social
Leabharlannaí
Ireland, Canada, Etc.
MLIS and migraines
Ireland, Canada, Etc.
MLIS and migraines
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Remembering Tracey Harley Archer, a driver with the 14th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery service. He shipped out to France in August 1917 and survived a shot to the head the following year. Archer moved to Vancouver from Regina in 1937 and died at age 86: evelazarus.com/remembrance-... #ww1
Remembrance Day: Tracey Harley Archer
Tracey Harley Archer survived the sinking of the Empress of Ireland in 1914 and two years later, enlisted in WW1.
evelazarus.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Remembering Tracey Harley Archer, a driver with the 14th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery service. He shipped out to France in August 1917 and survived a shot to the head the following year. Archer moved to Vancouver from Regina in 1937 and died at age 86: evelazarus.com/remembrance-... #ww1
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This makes me mad. My brother wasn’t articulate. My brother wasn’t cute. My brother’s illness was complex. His treatment expensive.
His story wasn’t marketable.
Crowd funding, and media pressure should have no place in medical treatment.
FIX THE SYSTEM.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/k...
His story wasn’t marketable.
Crowd funding, and media pressure should have no place in medical treatment.
FIX THE SYSTEM.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/k...
Kelowna mother will have lifesaving surgery
On Monday, Lindsay Richholt received the news that her lifesaving surgery for a liver transplant has been confirmed.
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This makes me mad. My brother wasn’t articulate. My brother wasn’t cute. My brother’s illness was complex. His treatment expensive.
His story wasn’t marketable.
Crowd funding, and media pressure should have no place in medical treatment.
FIX THE SYSTEM.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/k...
His story wasn’t marketable.
Crowd funding, and media pressure should have no place in medical treatment.
FIX THE SYSTEM.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/10/k...
Reading this is the moment I just cough-snorted-laughed-cried.
It's when it suddenly and loudly ceases to be 1,400 tonnes of explosives that it'll be on the news.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reading this is the moment I just cough-snorted-laughed-cried.
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Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Their political philosophy hinges on a vision of white supremacy in which people who aren’t white are here at the privilege of white people, which they can revoke at any time, which they expect to be received with gratitude.
Remake the 1960s Casino Royale?
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Remake the 1960s Casino Royale?
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I present to you the greatest show about the Romans trying to invade Ireland filmed in New Zealand. There are some Brad Pitt levels of accent work displayed.
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
Roar (1997) - S01E01 - Pilot - Full Episode - 4K HD AI Remaster
YouTube video by Owen Davies
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I present to you the greatest show about the Romans trying to invade Ireland filmed in New Zealand. There are some Brad Pitt levels of accent work displayed.
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
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I'm local enough to the Montgomery (and yes there's probably people in Faversham who would be furious to lose our largest explosion in Kent record to Sheppey) that a primary school teacher used the Montgomery to introduce the concept of existational dread to a bunch of six year olds.
The last annual review concluded the SS Richard Montgomery was perfectly safe!
And as a demonstration of exactly how safe it is it also banned aircraft from flying anywhere near it in case, y'know, the wreck spontaneously makes itself a lot safer in a manner incompatible with continued aviation...
And as a demonstration of exactly how safe it is it also banned aircraft from flying anywhere near it in case, y'know, the wreck spontaneously makes itself a lot safer in a manner incompatible with continued aviation...
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm local enough to the Montgomery (and yes there's probably people in Faversham who would be furious to lose our largest explosion in Kent record to Sheppey) that a primary school teacher used the Montgomery to introduce the concept of existational dread to a bunch of six year olds.
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
Must say, though, that the bike infrastructure between Gladstone and Harbour Ave along Main Street (in the east) and between Garden and Lloyd along W1st (in the west) is ugly, dangerous and poorly maintained. (The Spirit Trail sort of appears and disappears along that axis)
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Must say, though, that the bike infrastructure between Gladstone and Harbour Ave along Main Street (in the east) and between Garden and Lloyd along W1st (in the west) is ugly, dangerous and poorly maintained. (The Spirit Trail sort of appears and disappears along that axis)
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Reminds me of watching football growing up when you had many brutally snowy games in the winter on TV, orange ball is when you know things get serious
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Reminds me of watching football growing up when you had many brutally snowy games in the winter on TV, orange ball is when you know things get serious
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lol
Perfect 👍🏼
Perfect 👍🏼
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
lol
Perfect 👍🏼
Perfect 👍🏼
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"Anti antifa zines" is a thing i just read and that's enough social media for tonight
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"Anti antifa zines" is a thing i just read and that's enough social media for tonight
Had a slightly too intimate an encounter with an SUV earlier: he seems to have decided to randomly grab something from a strip mall while stuck in traffic and swung right and right through the cycle lane and into me.
I'm fine and more importantly the bike is fine. But still.
I'm fine and more importantly the bike is fine. But still.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Had a slightly too intimate an encounter with an SUV earlier: he seems to have decided to randomly grab something from a strip mall while stuck in traffic and swung right and right through the cycle lane and into me.
I'm fine and more importantly the bike is fine. But still.
I'm fine and more importantly the bike is fine. But still.
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The paradox is neatly encapsulated by the thought experiment 'what if Ronnie Drew had ever covered I Touch Myself, by Divinyls'
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The paradox is neatly encapsulated by the thought experiment 'what if Ronnie Drew had ever covered I Touch Myself, by Divinyls'
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This is precisely the sort of journalism we need much more of. The Pacific North West -Vancouver has traditionally, historically and clearly currently had a serious problem with white chauvinist nationalism, often hidden within “wellness and outdoor culture.” For those of us familiar it’s palpable!
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is precisely the sort of journalism we need much more of. The Pacific North West -Vancouver has traditionally, historically and clearly currently had a serious problem with white chauvinist nationalism, often hidden within “wellness and outdoor culture.” For those of us familiar it’s palpable!
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Fascists tried to have a conference in Vancouver. It was infiltrated. Now, they’ve been identified.
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
🧵👇
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fascists tried to have a conference in Vancouver. It was infiltrated. Now, they’ve been identified.
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You should hire me to help you communicate your research to the public because I love doing that and I daresay I'm not bad at it, either.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You should hire me to help you communicate your research to the public because I love doing that and I daresay I'm not bad at it, either.
King and Conqueror
Game of Thrones (and that second Vikings spin off) done right, without all the feckin' zombies.
You're William the Bastard! But the family are really bleedin' annoying.
Game of Thrones (and that second Vikings spin off) done right, without all the feckin' zombies.
You're William the Bastard! But the family are really bleedin' annoying.
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
King and Conqueror
Game of Thrones (and that second Vikings spin off) done right, without all the feckin' zombies.
You're William the Bastard! But the family are really bleedin' annoying.
Game of Thrones (and that second Vikings spin off) done right, without all the feckin' zombies.
You're William the Bastard! But the family are really bleedin' annoying.
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scene report Vancouver
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
scene report Vancouver
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5 things to do for sanity and self preservation this week
1. Purge your kids' toys now. Someone might need a low-cost gift
2. Try a new hairstyle you can do yourself
3. Plan a book swap with your family
4. Get some cough drops and epsom salts. It's wintry bath time.
5. Play a full album w/ no skips
1. Purge your kids' toys now. Someone might need a low-cost gift
2. Try a new hairstyle you can do yourself
3. Plan a book swap with your family
4. Get some cough drops and epsom salts. It's wintry bath time.
5. Play a full album w/ no skips
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
5 things to do for sanity and self preservation this week
1. Purge your kids' toys now. Someone might need a low-cost gift
2. Try a new hairstyle you can do yourself
3. Plan a book swap with your family
4. Get some cough drops and epsom salts. It's wintry bath time.
5. Play a full album w/ no skips
1. Purge your kids' toys now. Someone might need a low-cost gift
2. Try a new hairstyle you can do yourself
3. Plan a book swap with your family
4. Get some cough drops and epsom salts. It's wintry bath time.
5. Play a full album w/ no skips
have the old Queen of the Damned film on in the background.
Pretty (very pretty) cast, but this is the most TV-movie looking stuff known to mankind.
Pretty (very pretty) cast, but this is the most TV-movie looking stuff known to mankind.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
have the old Queen of the Damned film on in the background.
Pretty (very pretty) cast, but this is the most TV-movie looking stuff known to mankind.
Pretty (very pretty) cast, but this is the most TV-movie looking stuff known to mankind.
So, uh, lemme see
London-Irish, Hackney - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus.
Pakistani folk, Leeds - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus
Ancient Anglo-Saxon Peasant, Bromley - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus.
What am I missing here?
London-Irish, Hackney - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus.
Pakistani folk, Leeds - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus
Ancient Anglo-Saxon Peasant, Bromley - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus.
What am I missing here?
Babe wake up the anti-immigrant fash are now angling to deport the Irish
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So, uh, lemme see
London-Irish, Hackney - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus.
Pakistani folk, Leeds - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus
Ancient Anglo-Saxon Peasant, Bromley - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus.
What am I missing here?
London-Irish, Hackney - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus.
Pakistani folk, Leeds - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus
Ancient Anglo-Saxon Peasant, Bromley - drink tea, eat chips, complain about the bus.
What am I missing here?
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next up: insufficiently reverential Liverpudlians
Babe wake up the anti-immigrant fash are now angling to deport the Irish
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
next up: insufficiently reverential Liverpudlians