AngelaW
@blueorange.bsky.social
Blue and orange are my fave colour combination and not going to let an evil man ruin that, too. Environmental science, justice, policy, research, GIS, remote sensing, conflict resolution, cultural agility. BSC < SFU 2015
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Looked at googlemaps for this location. Looks like this summer, image taken July 2025, the tree was leaning towards the house *and* one of the two major limbs of it had been chopped off sometime back. If it were me, I'd be thinking of suing the City.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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December 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Looked at googlemaps for this location. Looks like this summer, image taken July 2025, the tree was leaning towards the house *and* one of the two major limbs of it had been chopped off sometime back. If it were me, I'd be thinking of suing the City.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I'm astounded at the lengths people will go to, to have kids. I've never had to think about my decision much, not to have them. This story takes the cake. www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/29/1...
Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that’s over 30 years old
The embryos were created in 1994, while the expectant father was still a toddler, and donated via a Christian “embryo adoption” agency.
www.technologyreview.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm astounded at the lengths people will go to, to have kids. I've never had to think about my decision much, not to have them. This story takes the cake. www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/29/1...
Fascinating discussion with someone who read *all* the Epstein emails, which took 4-5 days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Eb...
Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around Epstein
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Fascinating discussion with someone who read *all* the Epstein emails, which took 4-5 days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Eb...
Diagnosis for cancer in Emerg? I wish. All I got was crickets. Had to diagnose myself from Health Gateway reports. Emerg just wasted my time and didn't even listen to what I told them, based on the worthless notes they took. archive.is/l2CB0
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November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Diagnosis for cancer in Emerg? I wish. All I got was crickets. Had to diagnose myself from Health Gateway reports. Emerg just wasted my time and didn't even listen to what I told them, based on the worthless notes they took. archive.is/l2CB0
TLDR: the media is not covering what's happening in the USA and what its federal government is doing. And I guess - fascism - it's not *quite* unprecedented, ie they should remember history. I'm astounded to see "how did it happen" unfolding IRL now. :( www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Unbelievable stupidities.
How the press can rise to the moment.
www.cjr.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
TLDR: the media is not covering what's happening in the USA and what its federal government is doing. And I guess - fascism - it's not *quite* unprecedented, ie they should remember history. I'm astounded to see "how did it happen" unfolding IRL now. :( www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Shocked but not surprised? www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/02/1...
Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered.
Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process.
www.technologyreview.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Shocked but not surprised? www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/02/1...
So much irony.
www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
Horror as Holocaust memorial vandalised with 'Free Gaza' graffiti
Israel's top diplomat Gideon Sa'ar says the country must 'wake up' after the memorial was vandalised.
www.express.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
So much irony.
www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...
This needs to end, already. Get Russia out of there. www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/e...
Russia’s summer offensive is turning into an escalating crisis for Ukraine | CNN
The silent, moonless black is broken only by the whirr above of a Russian drone.
www.cnn.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This needs to end, already. Get Russia out of there. www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/e...
Well, I had a really beautiful musical day today, so I'm finishing off by again reading the obituary of one of my fave musicians, Ahmed Alshaiba - check out his Ya Rayah or Despacito on YT if you're curious. Gorgeous.
archive.is/B8SmI
archive.is/B8SmI
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June 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Well, I had a really beautiful musical day today, so I'm finishing off by again reading the obituary of one of my fave musicians, Ahmed Alshaiba - check out his Ya Rayah or Despacito on YT if you're curious. Gorgeous.
archive.is/B8SmI
archive.is/B8SmI
An amazing read. I remember asking a Syrian language exchange partner about the situation in his country. He said it was too complicated to explain. Yeah, to a naive Canadian like me, yes. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its aftermath
At 18, Mustafa was told his only way out of prison was to join the regime forces. After 14 years, his past as one of Assad’s fighters could get him killed
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
An amazing read. I remember asking a Syrian language exchange partner about the situation in his country. He said it was too complicated to explain. Yeah, to a naive Canadian like me, yes. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
Or maybe sooner if we're lucky. But I am not a lucky person. theonion.com/when-youre-f...
June 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Or maybe sooner if we're lucky. But I am not a lucky person. theonion.com/when-youre-f...
So much of this is true outside of prison, too. Social reality is "constructed" or as we non-fancy people say - fake.
prisonwriters.com/lessons-lear...
prisonwriters.com/lessons-lear...
39 Lessons learned in prison | Prison Writers
Dorothy Maraglino, serving a life sentence in California, shares a long list of lessons learned in prison. The people in the position to help the most have the power to hurt the most. "I'm sorry" shou...
prisonwriters.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
So much of this is true outside of prison, too. Social reality is "constructed" or as we non-fancy people say - fake.
prisonwriters.com/lessons-lear...
prisonwriters.com/lessons-lear...
Some silliness I cooked up: Sound x a trillion = colour
June 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Some silliness I cooked up: Sound x a trillion = colour
My American friend, who has lived in Canada 50 years cuz she married a Canadian guy, just applied for Canadian citizenship. She had said she would never immigrate. Well, thanks the orange fascist, she changed her mind. Good call, I'd say. But I'm very surprised by this today!
June 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My American friend, who has lived in Canada 50 years cuz she married a Canadian guy, just applied for Canadian citizenship. She had said she would never immigrate. Well, thanks the orange fascist, she changed her mind. Good call, I'd say. But I'm very surprised by this today!
Reposted by AngelaW
Glory to Ukraine!
they just totally fucked up a ton of Russian bombers 💪
they just totally fucked up a ton of Russian bombers 💪
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June 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Glory to Ukraine!
they just totally fucked up a ton of Russian bombers 💪
they just totally fucked up a ton of Russian bombers 💪
Well, today is Fats Waller's bday! A good day to be practising piano, just like every other day. Too bad he didn't live longer, but I guess when you party double-time, that's what happens.
May 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Well, today is Fats Waller's bday! A good day to be practising piano, just like every other day. Too bad he didn't live longer, but I guess when you party double-time, that's what happens.
I guess if I had a blog it'd be called "This ain't new." But this is timely, the Pope Song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkOH...
Tim Minchin - The Pope Song
YouTube video by Disturbiasm
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May 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I guess if I had a blog it'd be called "This ain't new." But this is timely, the Pope Song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkOH...
Wow, having read this more carefully, it's deeply insightful, I feel. As someone who could never make sense of gender, had I gone George Sand I would not have been able to have the experiences she had. I wouldn't have had the social imagination. Gonna check the book out.
As a kid who seriously considered pulling a George Sand, I find this (2006) new-to-me article fascinating - a good read.
www.theguardian.com/world/2006/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2006/m...
Double agent
Norah Vincent spent 18 months disguised as a man. She relives the boys nights out, the bad dates - and what happened when she ended up in bed with another woman.
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wow, having read this more carefully, it's deeply insightful, I feel. As someone who could never make sense of gender, had I gone George Sand I would not have been able to have the experiences she had. I wouldn't have had the social imagination. Gonna check the book out.
Well, some things in Bali haven't changed since the 80s. Still black rice pudding for breakfast, the arak experience, but now they've created a walking trail for tourism - I loved walking the rice paddies back in the day. A real favourite thing
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
What it's like to hike the Astungkara Way in Bali
A new hike through the rice paddies and forested interior of Bali offers a meaningful way to experience Indonesia’s ‘Island of the Gods’, without the crowds.
www.nationalgeographic.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Well, some things in Bali haven't changed since the 80s. Still black rice pudding for breakfast, the arak experience, but now they've created a walking trail for tourism - I loved walking the rice paddies back in the day. A real favourite thing
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
As a kid who seriously considered pulling a George Sand, I find this (2006) new-to-me article fascinating - a good read.
www.theguardian.com/world/2006/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2006/m...
Double agent
Norah Vincent spent 18 months disguised as a man. She relives the boys nights out, the bad dates - and what happened when she ended up in bed with another woman.
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As a kid who seriously considered pulling a George Sand, I find this (2006) new-to-me article fascinating - a good read.
www.theguardian.com/world/2006/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2006/m...
A jazz take on Chopin and a "waltz" in 4/4. And virtuoso performances. And the amazing Josh Walsh, too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgf0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgf0...
Why Chopin's Waltz Sounds AMAZING as Jazz (ft. Luca Sestak)
YouTube video by Josh Walsh
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May 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A jazz take on Chopin and a "waltz" in 4/4. And virtuoso performances. And the amazing Josh Walsh, too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgf0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgf0...
Global sperm production is down, plummeting. Unfortunately, that is a sign of generally worsened health, not too surprising in this world. On the bright side, maybe it'll make a dent in overpopulation. Many people feel they do not have enough, and yet tend to deny overpopulation. archive.is/VriND
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May 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Global sperm production is down, plummeting. Unfortunately, that is a sign of generally worsened health, not too surprising in this world. On the bright side, maybe it'll make a dent in overpopulation. Many people feel they do not have enough, and yet tend to deny overpopulation. archive.is/VriND
"While women make up 70 percent of cases of Alzheimer’s disease and 65 percent of cases of depression, only about half of one percent of brain-imaging research is related to women." #dementia #brain-imaging #women #research
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archive.is/EJi5c
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May 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"While women make up 70 percent of cases of Alzheimer’s disease and 65 percent of cases of depression, only about half of one percent of brain-imaging research is related to women." #dementia #brain-imaging #women #research
archive.is/EJi5c
archive.is/EJi5c