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Middle of the night listening last night... lights off... volume down... 🎶😊🎶

A Brilliant Community Farm Rises from Brambles | The Tyee Sechelt imports almost all its food. This Indigenous-led effort wants to show a better approach can take root.

A Brilliant Community Farm Rises from Brambles via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...

For Pauline!

Getting my money's worth from Flo Sports 😎... after watching the 21 stages of the men's Tour de France, I'm topping it off with the 9 stages of the TDF Femmes 🚴‍♂️🚵‍♀️👍🏻

Allez allez Maeva Squibin!

Addressing Nanaimo's patchwork of bike lanes – The Discourse. Nanaimo’s ‘bike lane Barbie’ says the city is working to make cycling more accessible for everyone.

Nanaimo’s ‘bike lane Barbie’ says the city is working to make cycling more accessible for everyone.

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Puttanesca... 🤤
➡️ olive oil ☑️
➡️ chilli flakes ☑️
➡️ anchovies ☑️
➡️ garlic ☑️
➡️ tomato sauce ☑️
➡️ olives ☑️
➡️ capers ☑️
🤔 onions ☑️
🤔 canned tuna ☑️
➡️ pasta ☑️

Another unbelievable day for Pogi!

This guy!!!

It's Wednesday - time for your midweek market in #Nanaimo. 45 vendors await you today from 3 - 6 at Beban Park plus live music and food trucks.

#nanaimofarmersmarket

Quick summer supper with ingredients from @nanaimofarmersmkt.bsky.social... chicken pie from Pappy's Creton, romaine and red oak lettuces from Eat Well Farm, cherry tomatoes from Kilipi Road Farm, field cucumber from Best Fresh Solutions, and broad beans from Beggar's Farm. #BuyLocal!

YouTube video by J. Kenji López-Alt Twelve Rules for Better Burgers | Kenji's Cooking Show

Yup, it's homemade. I've been getting pointers from Kenji López-Alt.
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YouTube video by NPR Music Takács Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

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YouTube video by NPR Music Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Tiny Desk Concert

One two knock-outs for me on very recent NPR Tiny Desk concerts...

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I remember Dexter ☺️... great cat!

YouTube video by The Art of Sound by L-Acoustics The Art of Sound Ep 1 - Sound is Fundamental

Interesting series on sound in our lives... listening vs hearing... loud vs quiet sounds.

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Working on my hybrid Oklahama-style onion smash burger... pretty much all local 🇨🇦 ingredients 😎

YouTube video by Charlie Angus CHARLIE ANGUS CALLS OUT KRISTI NOEM OVER BORDER THREAT

Kristi Noem says the Canadian border is swamping the US with El Salvadorean gangs.
Kash Patel claims terrorists are based in Canada.
And a Canadian died in ICE Captivity.
South Park was a funny movie. It's a dismal regime.
Please watch my latest press conference.
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LNG Canada Phase 1 is preparing to export 14 Mt of fracked gas/year. Just fracking & processing this gas will add 4 Mt of CO₂ to BC’s emissions. Once burned abroad, that number jumps to 36 Mt—more than half of B.C.’s current emissions.

Read our media release: sierraclub.bc.ca/sierra-club-...

Latest @theguardian.com cartoon
#Gaza

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Mark Carney Is Turning His Back on Climate Action | The Tyee And Canada is losing a chance for leadership and sustained economic growth.

PM Mark Carney has described developing fossil fuel infrastructure as “pragmatic.”

But it’s unclear how a country grappling with abysmal air quality due to wildfires fuelled by global warming will benefit from further fossil fuel development. Deborah de Lange writes.

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Official Audio)

This one goes out to Donald and Bibi...

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The Globe and Mail

YouTube video by Hurray for the Riff Raff Hurray for the Riff Raff - PRECIOUS CARGO (Official Audio)

Great 2022 song about #I.C.E from Hurray For The Riff Raff...

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Netanyahu has suckered the United States into a dangerous war with Iran.
It is all about distracting us from the death camp that is Gaza.
Israel is committing mass crimes against humanity. The world has gone along for the ride and now we are seeing the dangerous results of unchecked criminality.

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pizza | A kitchen in Rome A delightful recipe from Testaccio market for a pizza with substance and that must-have chewiness

www.theguardian.com/food/2019/ma...

No need for a spendy pizza oven here! Our go-to pizza recipe by @rachelaliceroddy.bsky.social... this time, one with roast peppers and pepperoni, and the other with #nduja and roast potatoes and green peppers. Recipe link follows in Comment...

Naming the Arsonists Big Oil's war on the planet

Highly recommended read from @charlieangus104.bsky.social

Naming the Arsonists open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

U.S. military contractor to build pipeline across B.C. Bechtel, notorious for role in Iraq War, hired to oversee PRGT construction

U.S. military contractor preps B.C. pipeline build www.dogwoodbc.ca/news/us-mili...

RIP Alfred Brendel, one of my favourite pianists. Time for a little Haydn...

The richest 1% cause as much carbon pollution as 2/3 of the world’s population — not just through private jets, but by bankrolling fossil fuels.​

It’s time they paid their fair share. #MakeRichPollutersPay​

Join Hilda Nakabuye. Sign the petition: makerichpolluterspay.org/take-part/