KPG
@kpalmergordon.bsky.social
Author/Writer, time/heart between Aotearoa & BC, settler on land of Coast Salish peoples who have thrived upon them since time immemorial, I do other things too: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-gordon-36633472/
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Trump 2025 is very much like Chairman Mao 1976, as described in Doonesbury:
March 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Trump 2025 is very much like Chairman Mao 1976, as described in Doonesbury:
In BC governments are increasing support for nutritious school lunches that respect cultural diversity and dietary needs. The benefits are clear. In NZ, the current coalition government is doing exactly the opposite. The consequences are also clear. @stuff.co.nz www.canada.ca/en/employmen...
Healthy meals for kids, savings for families in British Columbia - Canada.ca
School food programs make life easier. They provide healthy meals to kids throughout the school year. They save working families hundreds of dollars in grocery bills. They also support local economies...
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March 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In BC governments are increasing support for nutritious school lunches that respect cultural diversity and dietary needs. The benefits are clear. In NZ, the current coalition government is doing exactly the opposite. The consequences are also clear. @stuff.co.nz www.canada.ca/en/employmen...
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With all of these recent felt #earthquakes, many people are asking "does this mean the big one is coming?". These earthquakes are not connected - some are shallow, some deep, all are on different faults and even different tectonic plates. They are far from the locked subduction fault. So no...
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March 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
With all of these recent felt #earthquakes, many people are asking "does this mean the big one is coming?". These earthquakes are not connected - some are shallow, some deep, all are on different faults and even different tectonic plates. They are far from the locked subduction fault. So no...
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"The #ComoxValley Point in Time #homelessness count is taking place this Friday. ...Volunteers and service providers survey individuals facing housing instability to collect data on #demographics, #health, and #housing needs" #VancouverIsland #BC #Canada www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/local-news/c...
Comox Valley Point in Time Homelessness count takes place Friday, March 7
Count helps identify the need for housing and gaps in services in community
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"The #ComoxValley Point in Time #homelessness count is taking place this Friday. ...Volunteers and service providers survey individuals facing housing instability to collect data on #demographics, #health, and #housing needs" #VancouverIsland #BC #Canada www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/local-news/c...
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Find me at Words on the Water in Campbell River next week! I’ll have a Friday evening panel, a Saturday morning reading/Q&A, and Saturday Evening Literary Cabaret in addition to a couple of high school visits! #CrushedWildMint
www.wordsonthewater.ca
www.wordsonthewater.ca
Words on the Water
Campbell Rivers Writers's Festival, where contemporary writers and readers meet in a beautiful west coast setting.
www.wordsonthewater.ca
March 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Find me at Words on the Water in Campbell River next week! I’ll have a Friday evening panel, a Saturday morning reading/Q&A, and Saturday Evening Literary Cabaret in addition to a couple of high school visits! #CrushedWildMint
www.wordsonthewater.ca
www.wordsonthewater.ca
Canada's southern border is 8,891km. The average width of a human is 75cm. Linked arm to arm, it would take 11,854,667 of us to cover the border from east coast to west. There are more than 40 million Canadians. What a great show of solidarity that would make, eh. Eh? We'd be visible from space....
February 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Canada's southern border is 8,891km. The average width of a human is 75cm. Linked arm to arm, it would take 11,854,667 of us to cover the border from east coast to west. There are more than 40 million Canadians. What a great show of solidarity that would make, eh. Eh? We'd be visible from space....
Our wonderful Tante Olivette! www.lereveil.com/actualites/6...
Elle célèbre ses 102 ans et publiera bientôt son 4e livre
Olivette Larouche est une centenaire hors du commun. La dame, qui est native de Roberval, mais demeure maintenant à Chicoutimi, vient de célébrer ses 102 ans et publiera bientôt son 4e livre
www.lereveil.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Our wonderful Tante Olivette! www.lereveil.com/actualites/6...
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Some very good advice here
“Reading Indigenous children’s literature has taught my family about struggle, solidarity and the hard work of growing up.”
What do you read your kids, asks @harrisonmooney.bsky.social?
What do you read your kids, asks @harrisonmooney.bsky.social?
What Do You Read to Your Kids? | The Tyee
Reading Indigenous children’s literature has taught my family about struggle, solidarity and the hard work of growing up.
thetyee.ca
February 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Some very good advice here
It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Denali. Nothing and no one can change that.
January 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Denali. Nothing and no one can change that.
Watching Taranaki Maunga 3rd reading livestreaming - so sad not to be there. www.facebook.com/TeKorimako/v...
#LIVE | PŌWHIRI
🏔️ Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua
—> Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill
Sky Stadium, Wellington | By Te Korimako o Taranaki | Facebook
#LIVE | PŌWHIRI
🏔️ Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua
—> Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill
Sky Stadium, Wellington
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January 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Watching Taranaki Maunga 3rd reading livestreaming - so sad not to be there. www.facebook.com/TeKorimako/v...
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Nuučaanuł ancestors practiced land care, protecting and growing Indigenous biological wealth over thousands of years. We have a responsibility to care for the next generations of future life, including next seasons insects, birds, bears and salmon.
“Land Use Plan?….Longterm Land Care Instead!”
“Land Use Plan?….Longterm Land Care Instead!”
January 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Nuučaanuł ancestors practiced land care, protecting and growing Indigenous biological wealth over thousands of years. We have a responsibility to care for the next generations of future life, including next seasons insects, birds, bears and salmon.
“Land Use Plan?….Longterm Land Care Instead!”
“Land Use Plan?….Longterm Land Care Instead!”
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. #766: Writing is a community. Participate in it if you can. Engage with other writers. Lift them up, and they’ll do the same. Try to go it alone, or treat other writers as rivals, and you’re more likely to sink than swim.
January 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #766: Writing is a community. Participate in it if you can. Engage with other writers. Lift them up, and they’ll do the same. Try to go it alone, or treat other writers as rivals, and you’re more likely to sink than swim.
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Your organization may have gaps in your policies around the copying and sharing of published content. Our licence can help you fill them. Learn more here: accessforbusiness.ca/biotech-phar...
January 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Your organization may have gaps in your policies around the copying and sharing of published content. Our licence can help you fill them. Learn more here: accessforbusiness.ca/biotech-phar...
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The likely result is trashed landscapes, coupled with unmet housing need and soaring rents. Had the government set out to destroy people’s faith in democracy and hand the next election to the far right, it could scarcely be doing a better job.
January 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The likely result is trashed landscapes, coupled with unmet housing need and soaring rents. Had the government set out to destroy people’s faith in democracy and hand the next election to the far right, it could scarcely be doing a better job.
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The fundamental problem is that Starmer's government just won't confront powerful economic interests. So it tries to fudge the issue: we'll let housing continue to be used for investment, second homes, AirBnBs etc, we'll let rents keep rising, but if we build loads, something's bound to change!
January 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The fundamental problem is that Starmer's government just won't confront powerful economic interests. So it tries to fudge the issue: we'll let housing continue to be used for investment, second homes, AirBnBs etc, we'll let rents keep rising, but if we build loads, something's bound to change!
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Labour's simplemindedness will be its downfall - and ours. You can't build and bulldoze your way out of the housing crisis. Unless you also change the system, you'll still leave millions without decent homes. My column today explains why.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market | George Monbiot
Private developers offer politicians a simple solution for bulldozing through this crisis – build more. But it won’t work, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Labour's simplemindedness will be its downfall - and ours. You can't build and bulldoze your way out of the housing crisis. Unless you also change the system, you'll still leave millions without decent homes. My column today explains why.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"The default position in our economy is homelessness. When you come of age, if you fail to work, fail to qualify for any government program, and fail to receive sufficient gifts of wealth from your family or anyone else, you will be destitute."
Universal basic income is a new default. No one <$UBI.
Universal basic income is a new default. No one <$UBI.
The Freedom From Want and Basic Income - Karl Widerquist
AUTHOR'S NOTE: this is an early draft of a section in a book I'm working on. I'm interested in any helpful feedback. - Karl Widerquist, Al Najada Hotel Apartments, January 24, 2025 In 1941, Franklin D...
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January 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"The default position in our economy is homelessness. When you come of age, if you fail to work, fail to qualify for any government program, and fail to receive sufficient gifts of wealth from your family or anyone else, you will be destitute."
Universal basic income is a new default. No one <$UBI.
Universal basic income is a new default. No one <$UBI.
Good morning everyone! Be strong, be upright, hold fast to your anchors of truth, kindness, compassion and integrity. We can overcome anything together, from the ground up.
January 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Good morning everyone! Be strong, be upright, hold fast to your anchors of truth, kindness, compassion and integrity. We can overcome anything together, from the ground up.
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Bill Wilson was one of the most significant First Nation leaders of his time. I am deeply saddened to learn of his passing. His profound impact on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia and Canada will live on for generations. (1/2)
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Bill Wilson, father of former cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, dies
Wilson helped get Indigenous title to land and treaty rights enshrined in the Constitution.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Bill Wilson was one of the most significant First Nation leaders of his time. I am deeply saddened to learn of his passing. His profound impact on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples of British Columbia and Canada will live on for generations. (1/2)
vancouversun.com/news/bill-wi...
vancouversun.com/news/bill-wi...
New Zealand needs to bring legislation to ban the import of slave-labour produced products back to the table urgently: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
Beloved company in forced labour controversy
One of NZ’s most trusted brands accused of importing product tainted with forced labour.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New Zealand needs to bring legislation to ban the import of slave-labour produced products back to the table urgently: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.