Blast from the past.
Going through some old links and found this, the time I was called "a very fringe group" in the newspaper and was defended by the mayor of Lethbridge... 😂
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
Act like a clown, you're going to have people laugh at you... 🤡
tldr;
Aaron Gunn is a white supremacist clown that should be made fun of whenever possible.
#bcpoli
The classic ploy of each politician that makes their hay by sowing division and hate through racism and 'identity politics' when they are called out for this:
"No way, you're the one who is using identity politics now!"
Just take the L and move on champ!
#aarongunn #bcpoli
All the blossoms are bursting across the Valley.
#cowichanvalley #photography
Its pretty wild how inaccessible youth sports can get as they get older and into the higher levels. I know we all love a good story about a single mom who worked three jobs so their kid could play hockey but wouldn't it be great if more kids could play and easily access the benefits of sport?
We are living through the most villainous timeline, with the dumbest villains imaginable, while simultaneously realizing that too many people can't be bothered to give a sh*t.
Cowichan Bay estuary with my littlest one.
#cowichanvalley
The first part is a little unclear: I mean, *the legitimization of schools and hospitals as targets in Gaza and Iran*
The legitimate targeting of schools and hospitals in Gaza and Iran are connected to how the US already sees schools and hospitals at home: as targets, places to strip to the studs for profit, for those who are not fully human, as battle zones and not safe zones.
"I just need you to recognize that this shit is killing you, too, however much more softly, you stupid motherfucker, you know?"
Fred Moten, on 'help' and coalitions with those who have privilege
In the first two months of 2026, the United States has attacked two countries and removed (or killed) their leaders with no repercussions. This should be deeply concerning to everyone.
I love baseball but not entirely sure how you celebrate the WBC & the US hosting a team from a country they're aiding simultaneously conduct a genocide & an illegal war, a a team from a country they've invaded and captured it's leader, and a team from a country they're blockading into starvation....
Carney: Canada supports the United States…
Canada: no, we fucking do not.
Just saw something described as made with a "First Nations vibe"....
WTF is a First Nations vibe?!
(wrong answers only) 😂
"I know it won't be long 'til we're outta the woods//Never know when things could turn around for good//'Cause even in the hard times, even on the dark nights//I keep the lights on." #NikoMoon
Keep the light on, friends. You got this.
📍Davis Lagoon, Saltair
I think all the defections say not only how bad of a leader PP is, but also something about how Conservative Carney is......
#cdnpoli
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Israel killed at least 12 Palestinians in airstrikes across Gaza yesterday.
“We’ve been living under a truce for months and they’ve still targeted us. Israel operates on this principle – saying one thing and doing another.”
"Lives were lost. Families were shattered. A small community is now carrying a soul-crushing grief... Yet almost immediately, the tragedy was pulled into the public domain and repackaged... to advance ideological positions and turn suffering into rage farming."
clearwatertimes.com/2026/02/11/r...
“Right now the focus should be on supporting the community in mourning, not weaponizing this event as hate against a vulnerable group at large.”
I hate profoundly that articles like this need to be written when, like Mel says, the focus should be on community. But thank you Mel for writing ❤️
Tara Armstrong is the worst of us.
"Feeling safe" is a personal perception, based on real or imagined threats.
That so many are feeling unsafe is as much a result of those around us stoking fear to fuel their agenda, as it is about real threats.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
For real.
Struggle is not the goal.
It’s the method.
To get free.
Too many people imagine struggle is the goal, so any acts of worldbuilding that prefigure freedom are dismissed as incidental, as distractions.
This is also relevant to the upcoming #WBC which includes an Israeli baseball team....
#MLB
Sings, "Nuff people say they can't believe/Israel, they have a genocide theme"
Shq'apthut (Gathering Place), a gateway designed by Penalakut artist Maynard Johnny in #Chemainus.
#cowichanvalley
Eating a Costco hot dog is the most American of eating experiences.
Since I moved to the Cowichan Valley, I think a lot about Nick Estes' work around US border towns, towns bordering reservations, and how these lay bare settler colonialism and anti-Indigenous racism, where it might be more covert elsewhere.
