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Marv Beatty
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Earth's escape velocity = 11.27 km/s, so get used to being here. I take between 5-8 K photos per year. Some are even good!
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He/Him
This is my sister, Sheri-Lynn Bissonnette. If you know anything at all, please contact me here or the RCMP.

This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.

cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...

#kamloops #missing
Kamloops RCMP searching for missing 57-year-old woman
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for help in locating a missing 57-year-old woman, who hasn't been see...
cfjctoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Dang I love me some winter!!!
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
One of two cascades at Flatbed Falls (Tumbler Ridge, B.C.) for #WaterfallWednesday. Low water allowed me to walk right out above it ... while staying dry.

#photography #waterfall
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Episode 37 of the ongoing #Kilauea eruption began a couple of hours ago, for those who like watching!

www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Enjoyed a drive to Wells today. Less snow than I've seen in some years, but still very pretty.
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
For the life of me, I don't understand why these sales are allowed to continue when Canada is being threatened with annexation.

cheknews.ca/u-s-group-th...

#cdnpoli
U.S. group that owns Mount Washington buys SilverStar Mountain Resort in B.C.
The U.S. group behind Mount Washington Alpine Resort – Pacific Group Resorts (PGR) – has purchased another mountain resort in B.C.
cheknews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Some afternoon sun backlighting cottonwoods along the Merced River...I ducked behind the pine tree to avoid lens flare...
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
People who steal from others are the worst. Don’t fall for this “BC Hydro” scam.

There’s a warning about increased scam activity on the BC Hydro website.
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
soon
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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The Carney government does seem to be particularly prone to actions that are premised on the idea that its authority, once declared, instantly becomes 100% effective.

It's a very "I am the boss" mentality; one often susceptible to being caught surprisised by other actors' soft and not-soft power.
Leaving BC and First Nations out of talks about a pipeline is a great way to slow any hypothetical future project.

The inevitable risk of "streamlining" processes is that vital steps are skipped, leading to bad, often unsustainable decisions.
Canadian federalism 2025. Disorganized and unbound as can be.

www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Looks like @mark-carney.bsky.social isn't who I thought he was. Oil spills are all on you, sir.

I thought he understood climate change and why we're running out of road to keep kicking the fossil fuel can down.

I probably should become a member of the Green Party soon.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Bondi is only a symptom of the rot, but she needs to be impeached for lying to the court more than once. Trump will never fire her.

#DOJ
Today at 4 pm ET, watch @nkorpett.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social and James Pearce a judge dismissing the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed to served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Lawfare Live: Judge Dismisses Indictments Against James Comey and Letita James
YouTube video by Lawfare
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'd like to listen, but Amazon owns Audible. No, thank you.
BLACK COFFEE AND ICE WATER is available for download NOW on Audible! A fresh hour of brand-new comedy. One of the loosest, rawest albums I’ve ever done and I am beyond proud of it!
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This focus-stack worked well, but I need to pay more attention to the edges. I didn't notice the bottom left fern creeps out of the frame. 🤨

#ferns #photography
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A shot from September. This was supposed to be a crisp, focus-stacked image, but I goofed the settings and the shots won't blend together, so I'm just sharing the one with the most focus on the shrooms.

#nature #fungi #mushrooms
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I just found four full books of cheques.

I haven't written a cheque in at least four years.

www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2023/09/a-ch...
A checkup on cheques
With the continuing rise of e-transfers and electronic payments, people have been predicting the death of the humble cheque for decades. But it hasn’t happened yet.
www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Happy Caturday 🐾
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #small.

There's a moss-covered, gravel roof over an entrance to my apartment building, and this little fungi has found a home there.

I wish I had a ladder so I could shoot this properly versus hand-held through my apartment window.
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Urth is selling this very cool filter for 60% off ... and I'm trying to convince my brain I do not need it.

ca.urth.co/collections/...
CPL + ND64 Filter Plus
Urth ND64 + CPL Polarizing Lens Filters Plus+ cut polarized light and 6 f-stops of light for motion blur and depth of field effects. Free Shipping.
ca.urth.co
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I just watched a bunch of trailers for movies being released in 2026, and think this is the one that looks the most interesting:

www.imdb.com/title/tt1341...
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) ⭐ 7.8 | Animation, Action, Adventure
2h 14m
www.imdb.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
A few things that caught my eye lately. The leaves are focus-stacked.

#photography
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I have another one from tonight. 🙂

#sunset
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Goodnight from the Cariboo.

#sunset
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM