Jesse Doerksen

YouTube video by BC History Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal in the Early 1960s

Check out this dockumentary:

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Virginia Woolf’s Consciousness of Reality In her diary, the author of “Mrs. Dalloway” left behind the most truthful record of what a writer’s life is actually like.

In her diary, Virginia Woolf left behind the most truthful record of what a writer’s life is actually like.

What Asian America Meant to Corky Lee A new anthology by Chinatown’s omnipresent documentarian, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life.

An anthology by Corky Lee, who captured half a century of shifting identities, activism, and daily life in New York’s Chinatown, collects hundreds of pictures that Lee shot from the early 1970s to the end of his life.

Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.

The proper response to someone who makes the demand that a sign like this be taken down is “what the fuck is wrong with you?”

I wasn't supposed to be anything ...and I'm still not, so it's a win win!

shout out to all the writers and artists who take forever to finish something. I get it, bro. I take a long time too. but your worth as a writer/artist isn't built upon production. so just keep striding it out. keep taking those steps. we each have our own race track. we'll get to the finish line

Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.

“It’s one thing for me to talk about oligarchy as an abstraction,” Bernie Sanders told Evan Osnos. “Trump has made it clear. He has said it loudly and clearly: we are a government of billionaires.”

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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.

Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.

Starved in Jail Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.

Barry Lyndon is brilliant. I love that Kubrick used Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7 lenses in order to shoot in candlelight.

Kubrick was quite the legend.
If you haven't already, you should check out his entire catalogue from the early days until the end. You can skip Eyes Wide Shut though... haha

Carney, "We are going to build twice as many homes as previously per year!"

Okay... but will you make them more affordable?
What about the supporting infrastructure?

Building more for the sake of appeasing policies of endless growth just plays into the interests of developers and investor classes.

Well, that was an interesting election.

Kind of what I had expected, but kind of not...

Kudos to Jagmeet Singh on a solid career and good luck in the future to spending more time with his young family. Although I didn't agree with all of his policies, he did achieve tangible results for Canadians.

Darude - Sandstorm

So You Want to Be a Dissident? A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.

More people who never aspired to be activists but oppose the new order are finding that they must traverse a labyrinth of novel choices, calculations, and personal risks. Here’s a practical guide to help.

Starved in Jail Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle ITHACA, NY—As nearly a dozen prospective students were forced into the back of a car with tinted windows, a Cornell University campus tour reportedly ended Tuesday inside an unmarked Immigration and C...

College Campus Tour Ends Inside Unmarked ICE Vehicle

Formal portrait of a man in a beautiful suit c. 1850.

In the 1830s, 40s, & 50s, Charles Lenox Remond was an abolitionist & women’s rights advocate who spoke out widely against discrimination. His politically active, entrepreneurial family lived in Massachusetts. His maternal grandfather was a Black Revolutionary War veteran; his dad was from Curaçao.

The SEC is the only agency that could get to the bottom of who did these trades — and they would have to want to know.

Excited to take part in TIOL-3, albeit remotely, to present our co-authored paper "Blurring the Boundary between Heresy and Orthodoxy: Foreign Travellers’ Accounts on Everyday Religiosity in 19th Century Istanbul" with @eosayin.bsky.social www.travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar

Three identical glasses of water in a row; how you see it “depends on when you last checked the news.”

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Greg Nussbaum. #NewYorkerCartoons

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A polka-dot nudibranch.This is a type of sea-slug, not a #fish.Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine mollusks known for their incredible colors and patterns

Is Poe.

Le mew, le purr...

Check out our new publication (it’s open access):

Rik J. Janssen and S. Berk Metin, “19th Century Ottoman Archery Records Among Leiden Miscellanea,” 𝐾𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓: 𝐸-𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 3, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 40–53.

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We'll be featuring @tinaadcock.bsky.social's new book on the site on June 3rd!

We're stoked!

It's #FunFactFriday! Did you know that it is thought that Bowhead Whales are the oldest lived mammals on Earth, reaching up to 200 years in age?

This extended life span may be influenced by the cold waters where they live🥶
#WhaleTales #Bowhead

That is super exciting! Congratulations!