Marc Kitteringham
@mwkitteringham.bsky.social
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Nerdy Books
Radical Decomposition
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Nerdy Books
Radical Decomposition
@nardwuarserviette.bsky.social Follows me on LinkedIn
Opinions are mine and mine alone
As B.C.’s toxic drug crisis nears the 10-year mark, it’s difficult to find someone in the province who hasn’t been affected in some way.
In this series, The Comox Valley aims to show that people who use drugs deserve respect. Addiction does not discriminate, and drug use can touch anyone.
In this series, The Comox Valley aims to show that people who use drugs deserve respect. Addiction does not discriminate, and drug use can touch anyone.
Comox Valley mom shares story of drug use and recovery
'I look at my kid and wonder what he would do if I did go back' — Ali Embree
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As B.C.’s toxic drug crisis nears the 10-year mark, it’s difficult to find someone in the province who hasn’t been affected in some way.
In this series, The Comox Valley aims to show that people who use drugs deserve respect. Addiction does not discriminate, and drug use can touch anyone.
In this series, The Comox Valley aims to show that people who use drugs deserve respect. Addiction does not discriminate, and drug use can touch anyone.
It's my birthday, and it's also the day we get the keys to our first home. I honestly have no idea how it's going to feel, but I'm excited to get my life started up again. Moving takes everything out of you, and I'm ready to focus on living again.
I wrote about it here
I wrote about it here
How it feels to buy a house
Finally, after five landlords, three evictions and a 63 per cent increase in rent in five years, we were able to do it
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's my birthday, and it's also the day we get the keys to our first home. I honestly have no idea how it's going to feel, but I'm excited to get my life started up again. Moving takes everything out of you, and I'm ready to focus on living again.
I wrote about it here
I wrote about it here
Looks like it's time to read this one again soon. Over the years I've written down every place I've read this #book, it's definitely the most-travelled of all of my books. I'd put it in my top books of all time, just for sheer nostalgia factor. It doesn't travel as much anymore, bit worn out.
March 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Looks like it's time to read this one again soon. Over the years I've written down every place I've read this #book, it's definitely the most-travelled of all of my books. I'd put it in my top books of all time, just for sheer nostalgia factor. It doesn't travel as much anymore, bit worn out.
Another one from the stack. I'd say Dr. Gonzo is one of the reasons I became a journalist. My actual work of writing about bus route changes is a bit different, but the man was steadfastly against any kind of abuse of power, and that's an idea I can get behind. #buythetickettaketheride
March 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Another one from the stack. I'd say Dr. Gonzo is one of the reasons I became a journalist. My actual work of writing about bus route changes is a bit different, but the man was steadfastly against any kind of abuse of power, and that's an idea I can get behind. #buythetickettaketheride
Continuing the exploration of my #coololdpaperbacks, this book was left at my house that one time my dad picked up some hitchhikers and we gave them a couch to crash on for the night. They were travelling on, and one of them left this in our rec room.
March 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Continuing the exploration of my #coololdpaperbacks, this book was left at my house that one time my dad picked up some hitchhikers and we gave them a couch to crash on for the night. They were travelling on, and one of them left this in our rec room.
Today on #coolbooksIhave, this rad #paperback edition of The Dispossessed by Le Guin.
I first read the version that looks like a Windows Desktop.
While a #book shan’t be judged by its cover, this is a much better cover.
Also very pertinent book in these trying times. Give it a read!
I first read the version that looks like a Windows Desktop.
While a #book shan’t be judged by its cover, this is a much better cover.
Also very pertinent book in these trying times. Give it a read!
February 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today on #coolbooksIhave, this rad #paperback edition of The Dispossessed by Le Guin.
I first read the version that looks like a Windows Desktop.
While a #book shan’t be judged by its cover, this is a much better cover.
Also very pertinent book in these trying times. Give it a read!
I first read the version that looks like a Windows Desktop.
While a #book shan’t be judged by its cover, this is a much better cover.
Also very pertinent book in these trying times. Give it a read!
I’m moving, so it’s a good time to show off some of the vintage #paperbacks I’ve collected. Starting with this box set of The Lord of the Rings. Love these older #books
February 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’m moving, so it’s a good time to show off some of the vintage #paperbacks I’ve collected. Starting with this box set of The Lord of the Rings. Love these older #books
The quest to thrift all of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy in this edition continues! Vintage #scifi covers just hit different.
🟥 = ☑️
🟩 = ☑️
🟦 = ❔
🟥 = ☑️
🟩 = ☑️
🟦 = ❔
February 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The quest to thrift all of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy in this edition continues! Vintage #scifi covers just hit different.
🟥 = ☑️
🟩 = ☑️
🟦 = ❔
🟥 = ☑️
🟩 = ☑️
🟦 = ❔
Reposted by Marc Kitteringham
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Reposted by Marc Kitteringham
It's hard to understate how valuable the Local Journalism Initiative has been to Canadian newsrooms and the rural communities they cover. If/when Poilievre scraps it, entire regions will become news deserts.
Bracing for Poilievre
Canada’s likely next prime minister threatens to gut the country’s press.
www.cjr.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's hard to understate how valuable the Local Journalism Initiative has been to Canadian newsrooms and the rural communities they cover. If/when Poilievre scraps it, entire regions will become news deserts.
Apparently ChatGPT is down? Good thing I never learned how to use it and instead find joy in actually using my brain to do my thinking, writing and creating, and don't need robits to interpret my emails for me.
Gonna go #write part of my novel on paper.
Gonna go #write part of my novel on paper.
January 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Apparently ChatGPT is down? Good thing I never learned how to use it and instead find joy in actually using my brain to do my thinking, writing and creating, and don't need robits to interpret my emails for me.
Gonna go #write part of my novel on paper.
Gonna go #write part of my novel on paper.
Getting new #fiction ideas down with pen and paper this morning. Science fiction about broken tech promises, the hollowing out of the world, depression and love.
It'll probably make me sad to write, but so far it's kind of a lovely story.
It'll probably make me sad to write, but so far it's kind of a lovely story.
January 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Getting new #fiction ideas down with pen and paper this morning. Science fiction about broken tech promises, the hollowing out of the world, depression and love.
It'll probably make me sad to write, but so far it's kind of a lovely story.
It'll probably make me sad to write, but so far it's kind of a lovely story.
Wrote this in 2021 and stand by it. Corporations will never have people's best interests at heart, and the end game has always been what we're seeing now.
www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/face...
www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/face...
Facebook: what happens when a company has more power than countries do
Best way to limit Facebook’s power is choosing not to use it
www.campbellrivermirror.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Wrote this in 2021 and stand by it. Corporations will never have people's best interests at heart, and the end game has always been what we're seeing now.
www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/face...
www.campbellrivermirror.com/opinion/face...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-asb...
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. All ... these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of ... authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege."
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. All ... these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of ... authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege."
Andor | Karis Nemik’s Manifesto | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-asb...
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. All ... these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of ... authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege."
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. All ... these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of ... authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege."
"We don't want to use in front of people," Roth added. "We don't want to use in front of children, we don't want to use in front of nurses. But we also don't want to have to hide away, because that's when we die."
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/local-news/w...
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/local-news/w...
'We're all terrified to come to the hospital' — Comox Valley recovering drug user
Doctors set up unsanctioned overdose prevention site at Comox Valley hospital
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"We don't want to use in front of people," Roth added. "We don't want to use in front of children, we don't want to use in front of nurses. But we also don't want to have to hide away, because that's when we die."
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/local-news/w...
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/local-news/w...
Reposted by Marc Kitteringham
Journalist Anas Al-Sharif removes his helmet and announces a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. His voice steady as his fellow Palestinians lift him into the air in celebration. For 15 months, the Al-Jazeera correspondent has reported on the genocide of his people in Gaza.
January 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Journalist Anas Al-Sharif removes his helmet and announces a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. His voice steady as his fellow Palestinians lift him into the air in celebration. For 15 months, the Al-Jazeera correspondent has reported on the genocide of his people in Gaza.
We need to watch our language around cars, bikes and crashes
"The issue I have, besides the fact that people riding bikes are getting hit and killed by people driving cars and everything that goes along with that, is how we talk about these incidents."
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/we-n...
"The issue I have, besides the fact that people riding bikes are getting hit and killed by people driving cars and everything that goes along with that, is how we talk about these incidents."
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/we-n...
We need to watch our language around cars, bikes and crashes
Those involved in crashes are human people, not just the vehicles they choose
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We need to watch our language around cars, bikes and crashes
"The issue I have, besides the fact that people riding bikes are getting hit and killed by people driving cars and everything that goes along with that, is how we talk about these incidents."
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/we-n...
"The issue I have, besides the fact that people riding bikes are getting hit and killed by people driving cars and everything that goes along with that, is how we talk about these incidents."
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/we-n...
One of the things I like to do as the year comes to a close is look back at the #books I’ve been reading over the past year, and how those choices have affected the way I look at the world.
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/thre...
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/thre...
Three books, plus a few more, I read in 2024
This year I had morbid fascinations, and sought refuge in comfort
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM
One of the things I like to do as the year comes to a close is look back at the #books I’ve been reading over the past year, and how those choices have affected the way I look at the world.
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/thre...
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/thre...
Reposted by Marc Kitteringham
One of my favorite parts of Ministry for the Future was the abolition of the billionaires. Just to be that rich makes you an enemy of democracy. Wrote early this year:
December 18, 2024 at 12:29 AM
One of my favorite parts of Ministry for the Future was the abolition of the billionaires. Just to be that rich makes you an enemy of democracy. Wrote early this year:
The last (for now) in the transportation series. Talking about folks with mobility issues, and a list of resources, including @strongtowns.org, @thewaroncars.bsky.social, @climatetown.bsky.social, @modacitylife.com, @urbanistagenda.bsky.social and more.
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/opin...
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/opin...
Opinion: Removing barriers to transportation
How we can make transportation more accessible
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:26 PM
The last (for now) in the transportation series. Talking about folks with mobility issues, and a list of resources, including @strongtowns.org, @thewaroncars.bsky.social, @climatetown.bsky.social, @modacitylife.com, @urbanistagenda.bsky.social and more.
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/opin...
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/opinion/opin...
A cool @bsky.app feature would be to be able to unfollow a starter pack that I've followed. Especially one that didn't turn out to be what I thought it was.
December 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM
A cool @bsky.app feature would be to be able to unfollow a starter pack that I've followed. Especially one that didn't turn out to be what I thought it was.
And just like that, got the first #rejection of this round of #querying.
Just the way it goes. Good thing I got a long list of #litagents to go through.
On to the next one.
Just the way it goes. Good thing I got a long list of #litagents to go through.
On to the next one.
December 11, 2024 at 6:47 PM
And just like that, got the first #rejection of this round of #querying.
Just the way it goes. Good thing I got a long list of #litagents to go through.
On to the next one.
Just the way it goes. Good thing I got a long list of #litagents to go through.
On to the next one.
December 10, 2024 at 9:32 PM