@d-edwardc.bsky.social
Lover of books, art, music, film, theatre. Reader of history. Traveller. Explorer of old cemeteries. Tea enthusiast and advocate for a proper brew. Loving life on Vancouver Island but always happy visiting London. 🏳️🌈
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"There is no divide between Trump and me on the President's threat to annex Canada" - Keith Starmer toadying up to Trump. This was a total surprise to me, but apparently Starmer is a serial offender on this. Commentators ascribed it to abject cowardice: 'Starmer avoided rattling Trump's Cage'.
February 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"There is no divide between Trump and me on the President's threat to annex Canada" - Keith Starmer toadying up to Trump. This was a total surprise to me, but apparently Starmer is a serial offender on this. Commentators ascribed it to abject cowardice: 'Starmer avoided rattling Trump's Cage'.
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Keir Starmer is the new Neville Chamberlin.
February 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Keir Starmer is the new Neville Chamberlin.
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John Rustad spent weeks refusing to stand against tariffs. Then, when BC Conservatives could vote to condemn Trump's attacks on Canada’s sovereignty, five voted no. Meet the MLAs who wouldn’t stand up for Canada —share their names so everyone knows.
February 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
John Rustad spent weeks refusing to stand against tariffs. Then, when BC Conservatives could vote to condemn Trump's attacks on Canada’s sovereignty, five voted no. Meet the MLAs who wouldn’t stand up for Canada —share their names so everyone knows.
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Canadian media: Stop normalizing Trump’s 51st State propaganda
An editorial by @taylornoakes.bsky.social.
An editorial by @taylornoakes.bsky.social.
Canadian media: Stop normalizing Trump’s 51st State propaganda
Canadian media: Stop normalizing Trump’s 51st State propaganda.
cultmtl.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Canadian media: Stop normalizing Trump’s 51st State propaganda
An editorial by @taylornoakes.bsky.social.
An editorial by @taylornoakes.bsky.social.
Fun knowing all the songs in the top 20.
February 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Fun knowing all the songs in the top 20.
Trying out the tulip vase I bought in Amsterdam last autumn. I like the drama created by the swoop and curls. #tulips #flowers #springtime
February 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trying out the tulip vase I bought in Amsterdam last autumn. I like the drama created by the swoop and curls. #tulips #flowers #springtime
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Artist and photographer Jill Bliss who explores and documents the rain coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, creating nature-inspired work #womensart
February 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Artist and photographer Jill Bliss who explores and documents the rain coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, creating nature-inspired work #womensart
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Canadians, don't lecture Americans.
If you need to use their political environment as a warning, sure. Please don't talk as if we're some sort of paradise of tolerance. We have literal Nazis in our streets. We are teetering on the same edge.
Pretending we're not runs defence for our fascists.
If you need to use their political environment as a warning, sure. Please don't talk as if we're some sort of paradise of tolerance. We have literal Nazis in our streets. We are teetering on the same edge.
Pretending we're not runs defence for our fascists.
February 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Canadians, don't lecture Americans.
If you need to use their political environment as a warning, sure. Please don't talk as if we're some sort of paradise of tolerance. We have literal Nazis in our streets. We are teetering on the same edge.
Pretending we're not runs defence for our fascists.
If you need to use their political environment as a warning, sure. Please don't talk as if we're some sort of paradise of tolerance. We have literal Nazis in our streets. We are teetering on the same edge.
Pretending we're not runs defence for our fascists.
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The problem with the "Team Canada" approach was on full display last week in Washington.
Premiers were uncoordinated, unprepared and apparently even refused to accept support from the feds. The trip did more harm than good.
There is something to be learned from "Europe United".
Premiers were uncoordinated, unprepared and apparently even refused to accept support from the feds. The trip did more harm than good.
There is something to be learned from "Europe United".
What Canada can learn from the European Union about dealing with chaos and crises
What Canada can learn from the European Union about dealing with chaos and crises
As Canadians experience their very own ‘Zeitenwende’ — the end of an era — in the wake of Trump’s desire to absorb Canada into the U.S., Canadian leaders should learn from the EU.
theconversation.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The problem with the "Team Canada" approach was on full display last week in Washington.
Premiers were uncoordinated, unprepared and apparently even refused to accept support from the feds. The trip did more harm than good.
There is something to be learned from "Europe United".
Premiers were uncoordinated, unprepared and apparently even refused to accept support from the feds. The trip did more harm than good.
There is something to be learned from "Europe United".
Looking forward to sitting down and listening to this podcast thank you @thegentleauthor.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention.
cockneyyiddish.org
cockneyyiddish.org
The Cockney Yiddish Podcast
Stories of a forgotten London subculture
cockneyyiddish.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Looking forward to sitting down and listening to this podcast thank you @thegentleauthor.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention.
cockneyyiddish.org
cockneyyiddish.org
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And as Prime Minister, I will Deregulate the Safety, Defund the Services, Avoid the Media, Subsidize the Wealthy, Harness the Lightning, Welcome the US, Speak the Anglo-Saxon, Cancel the Diversity, Abandon the Commoners, Celebrate the Mediocrity, Crash the Economy, and keep blaming Trudeau.
February 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And as Prime Minister, I will Deregulate the Safety, Defund the Services, Avoid the Media, Subsidize the Wealthy, Harness the Lightning, Welcome the US, Speak the Anglo-Saxon, Cancel the Diversity, Abandon the Commoners, Celebrate the Mediocrity, Crash the Economy, and keep blaming Trudeau.
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Pierre Poilievre, wrong choice, wrong time.
February 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Pierre Poilievre, wrong choice, wrong time.
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Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good.
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
February 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good.
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17
Took a walk through Victoria’s Beacon Hill Park and just had to get a picture of that splash of red amidst the winter landscape.
February 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Took a walk through Victoria’s Beacon Hill Park and just had to get a picture of that splash of red amidst the winter landscape.
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Hey so while we are all "buy Canadian", let's not shame the people who buy whatever they can afford because food is expensive, m'kay?
February 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hey so while we are all "buy Canadian", let's not shame the people who buy whatever they can afford because food is expensive, m'kay?
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This portrait painted in 1892 by Edvard Munch has a second portrait hidden within it. On the bottom right of the sleeve he painted two figures embracing in the moonlight. The reason remains unknown. Thanks to The Observer for the source material. #munch #art #portraits
January 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This portrait painted in 1892 by Edvard Munch has a second portrait hidden within it. On the bottom right of the sleeve he painted two figures embracing in the moonlight. The reason remains unknown. Thanks to The Observer for the source material. #munch #art #portraits
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For all you Christy Clark fans out there... She is NOT a good replacement for Justin Trudeau. She was booted from the Premiership here in BC partly because she turned a blind eye to money laundering.
January 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
For all you Christy Clark fans out there... She is NOT a good replacement for Justin Trudeau. She was booted from the Premiership here in BC partly because she turned a blind eye to money laundering.
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Anti-LGBTQ+ activist who ambushed Justin Trudeau during family ski trip was subject to peace bond, banned from entering a local school
Emily Duggan, who filmed a video telling Trudeau to “get the f—k out of BC,” is a twice failed BC school trustee candidate
www.convoywatch.ca/p/anti-lgbtq...
Emily Duggan, who filmed a video telling Trudeau to “get the f—k out of BC,” is a twice failed BC school trustee candidate
www.convoywatch.ca/p/anti-lgbtq...
Anti-LGBTQ+ Activist Who Ambushed Justin Trudeau During Family Ski Trip was Subject to Peace Bond, Banned From Entering School
Emily Duggan, failed school board trustee candidate who runs 'Moms Against the Norm', filmed video telling Justin Trudeau to ‘get the f—k out of BC’
www.convoywatch.ca
December 29, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Anti-LGBTQ+ activist who ambushed Justin Trudeau during family ski trip was subject to peace bond, banned from entering a local school
Emily Duggan, who filmed a video telling Trudeau to “get the f—k out of BC,” is a twice failed BC school trustee candidate
www.convoywatch.ca/p/anti-lgbtq...
Emily Duggan, who filmed a video telling Trudeau to “get the f—k out of BC,” is a twice failed BC school trustee candidate
www.convoywatch.ca/p/anti-lgbtq...
Just came across these two lovelies. I feel like they were just about to duet to Endless Love. #birds #yyj #islandlife
December 28, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Just came across these two lovelies. I feel like they were just about to duet to Endless Love. #birds #yyj #islandlife