Peter RL
@lakep52.bsky.social
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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needs some copper in its diet.
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
needs some copper in its diet.
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Four years ago, Portland did something almost no other city has: made it legal to live in a backyard home on wheels.
Today at @sightline.org, @citizen-cate.bsky.social has three stories of the consequences. www.sightline.org/2025/09/11/h...
Today at @sightline.org, @citizen-cate.bsky.social has three stories of the consequences. www.sightline.org/2025/09/11/h...
Homes on Wheels Are Filling a Big Gap in Portland | Sightline Institute
Three personal stories show how these small, affordable, flexible homes provide big solutions for families.
www.sightline.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Four years ago, Portland did something almost no other city has: made it legal to live in a backyard home on wheels.
Today at @sightline.org, @citizen-cate.bsky.social has three stories of the consequences. www.sightline.org/2025/09/11/h...
Today at @sightline.org, @citizen-cate.bsky.social has three stories of the consequences. www.sightline.org/2025/09/11/h...
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Physicians, nurses, and First Nations leaders challenged BC and federal governments to prove LNG is safe for health before approving more projects, during press conferences today in Vancouver and Smithers.
September 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Physicians, nurses, and First Nations leaders challenged BC and federal governments to prove LNG is safe for health before approving more projects, during press conferences today in Vancouver and Smithers.
The video with this is quite moving.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Norwegian hiker's family retraces his last steps with First Nation communities who supported him | CBC News
The grieving family of a Norwegian hiker who was found dead along the banks of the Hayes River are being welcomed by First Nations communities, embracing the family just as they took in their son when...
www.cbc.ca
September 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The video with this is quite moving.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
INteresting!
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How beavers could help fight wildfires | CBC News
New research out of the western U.S. suggests dams and ponds built by beavers can slow floods, store water and even create green firebreaks in wildfire-prone landscapes.
www.cbc.ca
September 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
INteresting!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
August 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
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“MAGA and their Conservative collaborators are the biggest threat to Canada right now. The MAGA cancer has been growing within Canada for years, aided by a Conservative Party whose ideology is dominated by American-funded libertarian think tanks that traffic in disinformation.” @taylornoakes.com
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“MAGA and their Conservative collaborators are the biggest threat to Canada right now. The MAGA cancer has been growing within Canada for years, aided by a Conservative Party whose ideology is dominated by American-funded libertarian think tanks that traffic in disinformation.” @taylornoakes.com
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Bonsai Garden, tree-vase and giant bowl. #limogesporcelain #porcelainsculpture #canadianceramics #doryspencerceramics #treevase
August 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Bonsai Garden, tree-vase and giant bowl. #limogesporcelain #porcelainsculpture #canadianceramics #doryspencerceramics #treevase
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precisely!
I'll keep saying it. In light of the decision in "Cycle Toronto v Ontario" plus Alberta and Nova Scotia pursuing magical thinking and stroking a culture war, it's time for PM Carney and Transpo Minister Freeland to tell the provinces to stay in their lane:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
August 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
precisely!
Simikar to the (now Canadian) Gazan Obstetrician who's daughters and home in Gaza were blown up by an Israeli tank back in 2009.
His book, "I Shall Not Hate" is worth a read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
His book, "I Shall Not Hate" is worth a read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m one of many Palestinian doctors in Israel. We’re being persecuted – but we won’t abandon our oath | Lina Qasem-Hassan
We’ve promised to provide equal care to all. Now we’re being punished for speaking out against the killing of medics and patients in Gaza, says Palestinian doctor Lina Qasem-Hassan
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Simikar to the (now Canadian) Gazan Obstetrician who's daughters and home in Gaza were blown up by an Israeli tank back in 2009.
His book, "I Shall Not Hate" is worth a read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
His book, "I Shall Not Hate" is worth a read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stumbled across this photo taken on my wait in Pr Rupert for ferry in Dec 1991 on actual move to Haida Gwaii. A now long time friend was working on that ferry....and had just bought a car like mine. Asked a question about it. Remember, D?
July 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Stumbled across this photo taken on my wait in Pr Rupert for ferry in Dec 1991 on actual move to Haida Gwaii. A now long time friend was working on that ferry....and had just bought a car like mine. Asked a question about it. Remember, D?
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Public money should go toward cleaner, healthier energy, not fracked gas. As the doctors write: “Governments that obfuscate the relationship between public health and LNG are gambling with residents’ lives.”
Let’s stop the gamble.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Let’s stop the gamble.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Opinion: Frontline communities at serious health risks from LNG, growing body of scientific research shows
Frontline communities at serious health risks from LNG, growing body of scientific research shows
vancouversun.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Public money should go toward cleaner, healthier energy, not fracked gas. As the doctors write: “Governments that obfuscate the relationship between public health and LNG are gambling with residents’ lives.”
Let’s stop the gamble.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Let’s stop the gamble.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
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⚡A united call from 100+ groups across Canada — from Indigenous, climate, grassroots and labour groups: Prime Minister Mark Carney, build a renewable-powered east-west electricity grid. We need a grid that connects people, protects the climate and respects communities. dsfdn.org/FullLetterToPM
July 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
⚡A united call from 100+ groups across Canada — from Indigenous, climate, grassroots and labour groups: Prime Minister Mark Carney, build a renewable-powered east-west electricity grid. We need a grid that connects people, protects the climate and respects communities. dsfdn.org/FullLetterToPM
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🌍👨⚕️ This Plastic Free July, physicians are sounding the alarm.
“Our bodies have become repositories for the petrochemical industry's profitable products and waste stream.”
📖 Read Dr. Donald Cole’s reflections on the 'Plastic People' film and panel discussion: https://loom.ly/CknqEXY
“Our bodies have become repositories for the petrochemical industry's profitable products and waste stream.”
📖 Read Dr. Donald Cole’s reflections on the 'Plastic People' film and panel discussion: https://loom.ly/CknqEXY
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🌍👨⚕️ This Plastic Free July, physicians are sounding the alarm.
“Our bodies have become repositories for the petrochemical industry's profitable products and waste stream.”
📖 Read Dr. Donald Cole’s reflections on the 'Plastic People' film and panel discussion: https://loom.ly/CknqEXY
“Our bodies have become repositories for the petrochemical industry's profitable products and waste stream.”
📖 Read Dr. Donald Cole’s reflections on the 'Plastic People' film and panel discussion: https://loom.ly/CknqEXY
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“Advanced recycling” is a marketing trick:
🔍 Most of the plastic processed ends up as fuel, not new plastic.
⚠️ They pollute more than they recycle.
♻️ And they’re being used to delay real solutions to the plastics crisis.
📄 Link to the report: https://loom.ly/sBvzexI
#PlasticFreeJuly
🔍 Most of the plastic processed ends up as fuel, not new plastic.
⚠️ They pollute more than they recycle.
♻️ And they’re being used to delay real solutions to the plastics crisis.
📄 Link to the report: https://loom.ly/sBvzexI
#PlasticFreeJuly
July 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Advanced recycling” is a marketing trick:
🔍 Most of the plastic processed ends up as fuel, not new plastic.
⚠️ They pollute more than they recycle.
♻️ And they’re being used to delay real solutions to the plastics crisis.
📄 Link to the report: https://loom.ly/sBvzexI
#PlasticFreeJuly
🔍 Most of the plastic processed ends up as fuel, not new plastic.
⚠️ They pollute more than they recycle.
♻️ And they’re being used to delay real solutions to the plastics crisis.
📄 Link to the report: https://loom.ly/sBvzexI
#PlasticFreeJuly
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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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Everyone’s mad that we backed down on the tech tax. But here’s why this might be the smartest move we’ve made.
June 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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this is on page 5 and there's a profile of Usha Vance on page 1, which really tells you how fucked the media's priorities are
June 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
this is on page 5 and there's a profile of Usha Vance on page 1, which really tells you how fucked the media's priorities are