National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Fernwood Dock hosted by the Penelakut Tribe and the Coastal Blood Singers. View the full photo series: christopherroy.com/2025/09/30/2...

Photography: Salt Spring Island Foundation gathering to celebrate the launch of the SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) Land Back Campaign with community elders and settler supporters. Consider donating to the campaign at ssifoundation.ca - Photography by Christopher Roy - Full photo series at christopherroy.com

2025 Indigenous Peoples Weekend: Beautiful gathering of culture and community with local Coast Salish, Hul’qumi’num and the SENĆOŦEN nations with Metis guests and settlers on Salt Spring Island. Photography by Christopher Roy. See the full photo series at​ christopherroy.com/photography

The @thetyee.ca's Weekender is now up! ☔️

On the cover: an excellent essay by @melwoods.me that helps us make sense of the social media shift taking place right now.

Working on this piece sparked a weird side quest to Understand Mark Zuckerberg (I may never). 🧵

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I've created a Bluesky Starter Pack of Canadian News Sources with a West Coast focus for news I read regularly if you want to easily follow them all. go.bsky.app/DCESnpk

Best part about Bluesky that I'm enjoying so far is the "Following" tab that lets me see just the things I'm following, which, unlike the mess that is META, we Canadians can also follow and read Canadian news sources as well. That alone is helping me get engaged with this app.

The world needs a less monstrous social platform. I’m not sure if this is it, but willing to try. Here’s a sunrise to get things started.