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Kelly B
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Public history. Museums. PhD. Tidal pool explorer. Vancouver Island - Coast Salish territories. Newsletter: buttondown.com/leftcoastdispatch he/him kellyblack.ca
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Grandpa Simpson meme. The text reads “We had sliced potatoes in our shoes, which was the style at the time”
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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If your business does not have a change table in a washroom you’re failing at one measure of accessibility. They’re a one time cost of about $250-400. It’s easy.
Screenshot of a “Chek Point Poll” asking, “Should BC restaurants be required to have baby change tables, Yes/No”
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The court house is the central feature of Victoria’s Bastion Square. It has been closed for a decade.
Screenshot from Google Maps. The Old Court House highlighted in red within the context of Bastion Square, highlighted in yellow, showing that the building is the primary feature of the square
October 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Any time is a good time to visit an island in the Salish Sea
Colour photo. Looking down a dock on the ocean. Sand and dune grass on one side with a small sandy beach on the other. Beyond, mountains and an overcast sky
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Thrift store find. IYKYK
Colour photo. The cover of a vinyl record. A man’s face on a black background. The record is titled “Relax with Reveen.”
October 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Between the moon and the sunset it was a beautiful evening in Victoria. Free Palestine.
Colour photo. Dusk, looking out over the ocean toward low lying mountains in the distance. The sky is shades of blue and orange. A flock of birds flies through the middle of the frame
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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sup
Colour phoro. A small small white mushroom with a thin umbrella-like cap growing among dead leaves and gravel.
October 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Get outside
Colour photo. A view up an inlet with mountains and trees in the background. Blue sky with bands of clouds above
September 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Falldown - As predicted by the great forestry scholar Pat Marchak in 1999. Quick, someone tell @rparmarbc.bsky.social davidsuzuki.org/science-lear... #bcpoli
Screenshot of the blurb for the report “Falldown: Forest Policy in BC.” It reads: “In this report, Patricia Marchak demonstrates that current forestry management is not only destroying the timber base, on which a healthy forest industry depends, but is contributing to a host of other problems. Forest companies are losing money, workers in the industry are being laid off, and forest-dependent communities are in a state of economic crisis. Without a new commitment to conservation, these problems will continue. (Executive summary only)”
September 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Canada recognizes Palestinian state. A fine performance by Canada ArmsEmbargoNow.ca
A list of ways that Canada is complicit is Gaza genocide from Just Peace Advocates. It reads: The Canadian government has clearly ‘manifestly failed to take all measures to prevent genocide which were within its power, and which might have contributed to preventing the genocide.’ Instead, Canada has done the opposite and continued to tangibly support Israel and its genocide in Gaza, including through: 1. Continuing to export weapons to Israel (directly and through the United States); 2. Providing military support through the Canada-Israel Strategic Partnership (CISP); 3. Sending Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM), including troops from Joint Task Force 2, to Israel on October 29, 2023; 4. Allowing the recruitment of Canadian volunteers to the Israeli military (which also violates the Foreign Enlistment Act); 5. According charitable status and/or qualified donnee status to organizations that support Israel’s military; 6. Maintaining the Canada Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) despite it bolstering the Israeli economy which is relevant to Israel’s genocide in Gaza; 7. Providing financial support to companies that support the Israeli military through federal pension plans (CPPIB and CDPQ); and 8. Refusing to impose any sanctions on Israel or its military and refusing to impose a two-way arms embargo.
September 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Sometimes work takes me to other museums. Yay! #yyj
Colour photo. The view out a small circular window. Outside is the wing of the Hawaii Mars airplane that was converted to a water bomber at the BC Aviation Museum. The picture is taken from inside that plane.
September 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Take a moment to look around. Beautiful things are still happening.
Colour photo. A tuft white and grey of bird feathers hanging from the dried blossoms of an ocean spray plant
September 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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“Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is.”
Colour photo. A gravestone. There is a Yoda doll placed in between a gap in the stone and the sun lights up his hair like a halo
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Timeline cleanse 🐵🌸
Colour photo. A pink Lewis’ Monkey flower growing in between some rocks
September 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Meme with Tobias ans Lindsay from the tv show Arrested Development. Panel 1: LIBERALS. Many governments have tried to reduce spending and promise better services. Panel 2: Well did it work for those people? Panel 3: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might. But… Panel 4: …But it might work for us
September 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Here, have a picture of some cute deer bums
Colour photo. Two black tail deer on a rocky shoreline
September 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I rolled over 5000kms on the bike today. Hell ya, brother.
Colour photo. A graffiti wall along the railway tracks. There is a fresh tag of Hulk Hogan with angel wings
September 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Another one of Victoria’s heritage sandwiches
Colour photo. The front and rear facades of a brick building. In between in empty with a view of the blue sky and white clouds
September 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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That’ll fix it.
Screenshot of a Bsky skeet by CHEK News that reads: “A forum being held at the University of Victoria this week will bring together members of Canada's Senate and high-powered CEOs from across the country.” The title of the hyper link reads “Victoria Forum aims to find solutions to build a better future.”
August 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Washington We’re Watching You

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Album cover. City In the Sky by the Staples Singers who are pictured.
August 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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My Mom is reading the kid “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch and if you know that book you’ll understand why my eyes are a little watery right now
Cover of the book Love You Forever by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Sheila McGraw. The cover is an illustration of a small kid causing havoc in a bathroom
August 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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If a tree falls in a cemetery….
The limb/trunk of a very large pine tree laying broken in a cemetery. Caution tape surrounds the fall.
August 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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My friend Tim is giving this cool queer history tour in Ross Bay Cemetery this Sunday, #yyj #BChist
Screent shot of text that reads: “July 20 | Detecting Queer Lives In 19th and early 20th century Victoria, few homosexual people were known, since most kept their sexual orientation hidden and outwardly conformed to societal norms. In trying to detect queer lives from that time, we have varying kinds and strengths of evidence of their existence. Some queer and possibly queer individuals are buried at Ross Bay Cemetery, while others have connections to family members and associates who are. Tim Fitzthum, transcriber of Peter O’Reilly’s diaries, will share this new perspective. * The tour begins at 2pm We meet at the entrance gate on Fairfield Road at Stannard Avenue Cost is $2 for OCS members or $5 for non-members; cash or e-transfer
July 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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How do you like your tariffs? Easy, medium, or hard?
Screenshot of the Chek News poll that asks “how would you rate Prime Minister Carney’s approach to Trump’s tariffs? Too hard, too soft, just right”
July 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Like a scene from one of those Hallmark movies they film in Victoria, I arrived at the rose garden last night by bike. But instead of a recently moved to the city single woman looking for her lost dog, i found the place all to myself. 👃🏻🌹
Colour photo. A large lightly purple rose Colour photo. A rose garden with many different coloured roses and a large oak tree. Blue sky above
July 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM