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Christine E 🇨🇦
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political junkie/believer in science
2x guillain-barré survivor
big fan of critical thinking
all original photography-mine
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Northern Flicker feeding their fledgling for: #WoodpeckerWednesday #birds #photography #nature #VancouverIsland
Northern Flicker Woodpecker perched on power line feeding their fledgling.
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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foggy evening
#photography #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #bigbaretree
Black silhouette of a large, many branched deciduous tree, bare of leaves. White & misty fog in background.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Goldstream Provincial Park
#photography #landscape #waterfall #rainforest #VancouverIsland #WestCoastKin
A narrow waterfall stream cascading down a rock face. Green foliage and ferns in foreground, with a moss covered branch horizontally crossing in front of the waterfall.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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From today, Trump has reportedly asked Paramount for “Rush Hour 4”, to be directed by Ratner.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
"Rush Hour 4" is in development with Paramount as its distributor, Variety reported, noting "Rush Hour" trilogy director Brett Ratner, whose directing career was sunk by #MeToo allegations, will direct the new installment.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Nov 24/25
Sunrise - sharpened, otherwise unedited.
#sunrise #photography #VancouverIsland #WestCoastKin
Sunrise in bright glowing palette of yellow, oranges, and smoky mauve. Black silhouette of a large cedar tree in foreground.
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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It was indeed! Great shot! 🙂
Orange/red sunset with silhouettes of trees in foreground.
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Nov 23/25 Sunset
(no edits - she was stunning!)
#photography #sunset #WestCoastKin #yyj
Stunning electric red/orange sunset with telephone pole with crossbars & trees in foreground in black silhouette.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Juvenile crow for today’s #birdonawire theme. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin
Juvenile crow getting his balance on a utility wire. The wire is black & twisted. The crow has one wing extended behind it as he grips the wire. Green foliage in the background.
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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No idea how accurate this is..🤷‍♀️
www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-dona...
Trump's Net Worth Jumps After Nasdaq Listing The data we used to create this graphic can be found in the table below. As of April 1, 2024, Trump's net worth was measured at $5.7 billion. Note that Forbes updates this value regularly. Year Net Worth ($B) 2014 3.9 2015 4.1 2016 4.5 2017 3.5 2018 3.1 2019 3.1 2020 2.1 2021 2.4 2022 3.0 2023 2.5 2024 (As of April 1) 5.7
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Japanese Garden in November
#photography #landscape #gardens #WestCoastKin #VancouverIsland
Photo image of view of a Japanese Garden with lily pond in foreground, surrounded by trees & shrubs in shades of rust & green. A crosshatch pergola is silhouetted in black at top of image, an open wooden fence at bottom.
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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The “Junior Baking Show” is also excellent if you are able to find it. Some of these very talented kids could give the adult contestants a run for their money 🧑‍🍳 .
JUNIOR BAKING SHOW A spinoff of The Great British Baking Show, this show features children aged 9-13 battling to win the prize. They are given recipes to bake and also asked to use their own original...
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Also…
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/v...
Olivia Nuzzi joins Vanity Fair as West Coast Editor. In this new role, she will be editing stories across platforms and topic areas, with a focus on events, industries, and culture of the Pacific region, as well as writing for the magazine. From 2017 to 2024, she was the Washington correspondent for New York.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Perched Peacock
#photography #birds #nature #WestCoastKin
Photo of a peacock perched atop a fence post. His head is turned to face the camera lens. He has a beautiful royal blue head & neck, large green & blue tail feathers, & a fringe of tail feathers hanging down. Deciduous tree greenery in background.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Mirror image Dark-eyed Juncos
#photography #birds #nature #WestCoastKin
Two Dark-eyed Juncos side by side on top of a concrete wall eating seed. Their posture is such that they look like mirror images. Bright green grass in background.
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Silver Salish Sea View
November 10/25
#photography #SalishSea #SeaView #VancouverIsland #WestCoastKin
Abstract/sketchy silver clouds over the Salish Sea. Dark silhouettes of lawn, large fir tree, with sun lighting up the clouds.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Chestnut-backed chickadee
#photography #birds #nature
Chestnut backed chickadee perched on bare willow branch.
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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dark-eyed junco
#photography #birds #nature
Dark-eyed Junco, perched on bare branch, green and yellow leaves in background.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Yup. From an interview with Howard Stern.

www.indy100.com/news/donald-...
“So what happens is, this guy falls off right on his face, hits his head, and I thought he died. And you know what I did? I said, 'Oh my God, that's disgusting,' and I turned away. I couldn't, you know, he was right in front of me and I turned away. I didn't want to touch him... he's bleeding all over the place, I felt terrible. You know, beautiful marble floor, didn't look like it. It changed colour. Became very red.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Prince Phillip’s mother’s family name was Mountbatten - his father’s family name was Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg.
metro.co.uk/2021/04/09/w...
One of the sacrifices Prince Philip had to make before he married Queen Elizabeth Il in 1947 was changing his surname, amid concerns over his foreign roots. He changed his family name from the German Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg to Mountbatten - an anglicised version of his mother's surname, Battenberg. Philip, named Philippos upon his birth on the island of Corfu, also renounced his own royal titles as prince of Greece and Denmark.
October 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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red sky in morning…
#photography #sunrise
Orange hued sunrise on horizon with black silhouettes of nearly bare deciduous trees in foreground.
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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StandUp2Cancer ceased its Canadian operation last year.
While obviously a good cause, it is an American foundation. Could the performance not have been saved for a game in LA, & promotion of the Canadian Cancer Society’s work be promoted instead?
standuptocancer.ca STAND UP TO CANCER StandUpToCancer.ca STAND UP TO CANCER CANADA After years of advancing cancer research and raising awareness in Canada, Stand Up To Cancer Canada (SU2C Canada) will wind down its operations as of December 31, 2024, and will no longer accept donations. While our operations in Canada are concluding, Stand Up To Cancer remains steadfast in its mission to raise…
October 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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New rule takes effect December 26/25
CBC NEWS Sections v Business U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports New rule introduced on Friday will make it mandatory for Canadians to take part Sophia Harris • CBC News • Posted: Oct 26, 2025 1:00 AM PDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago
October 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Rule changed on Friday re:photographing Canadians.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Now, CBP is expanding the program with the goal of collecting images of departing passengers at all international U.S. airports. The agency also plans to take photos of travellers when they enter and exit the country at all sea ports, and in vehicle lanes at land borders.
October 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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It was coined to make the distinction between the “early” boomers & those of us who came later (I’m nearly X myself). Huge discrepancies in our experiences.
None of us have control over the circumstances of our birth. What we can control however, is the kind of person we choose to be. ✌️
Generation Jones is the generation or social cohort between the baby boomers and Generation X. The term was coined in 1999 by American cultural commentator Jonathan Pontell, who has argued that the term refers to a distinct generation born from 1954 to 1965.
October 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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🇨🇦 in the house…🙂
Jake Latimer Age: 36 Hometown: Regina, Saskatchewan Current city: St. Albert, Alberta Job: Correctional officer
September 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM