The Associated Press @AP BREAKING: Health officials say more than 12,300 Palestinian minors have been killed in Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza

do they mean... children?

How an Unscheduled, Last Minute Performance of “Fast Car” Shot Tracy Chapman to Stardom in 1988

www.openculture.com/2024/02/how-...

Thank you

I assume I'm going to have to work at it It is my default And good luck to you too

Truer words not spoken today

-actively recovering from being hard on myself

we went from "stop eating avocados" to "stop eating"

love looking at this hidden gem of a creek in the heart of vancouver 🥰

it’s called “false” because it’s such a hole in the wall but real ones know

"Your future is a horror story written by your crimes," is such an absolute A+ literary line that you'd be forgiven for forgetting it comes from the Muppets.

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate or acknowledge any aspect of it, 😊.

2023's busiest day by far. Not going home til 11pm or later - special orders still to process; daily sales to record - but very grateful to everyone who showed up today in the teeth of the recession with good humor and a seemingly insatiable appetite for books.

Vaughn Palmer: David Eby lobs Vancouver's park board future back into Ken Sim's lap Opinion: Among other requirements, province requires city to consult First Nations, something an ABC councillor had termed 'frivolous.'

Hey Premier Dave, stop looking as if you're taking Ken Sim seriously, even if you too are a patsy for real estate money & are pursuing the same Poilievre-esque policies on housing as the Chip Wilson-backed Sim is.

On some level, Dave, you know Ken Sim is the Rishi Sunak of mayors.
#vanpoli #bcpoli

Everyone SAYS they’re against Nazis, but then it turns out they’re really bad at identifying Nazis who aren’t in Nazi uniforms and speaking with German accents facing off against Marvel superheroes.

Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Lake Erie has so many moods. I never get tired of watching our sky and water here.

This photo was taken during an overnight houseboat cruise on the backwaters of Kerala, India. The tour was based out of Alappuzha. Rice paddies are in the background. Quite relaxing. @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social folks might like to post artistic photos to this #ArtAdventCalendar.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3
A self portrait.
#Photography

#ArtAdventCalendar day 3, fire sky, taken late November

Day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar

Slow shutter speed photo of a caddisfly flying in the rain. The caddisfly appears to be a chain of caddis arching up to the right and the rain drops are lines. a few drops were captured hitting the flying caddis and bouncing off creating dotted arches.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3

Faerie in the Rain

#Inverts #Insects #becurious

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, “Peaceful Seaside” 8”x8” oil on gessobord (2022). #art #bsnm

Day 3. #ArtAdventCalendar
I painted this 8”x8” sometime back in 2022, and I love remembering the calm, almost meditative feeling I had while I was creating that hazy, atmospheric horizon with my brushes… and then the sand and grass textures on the shore with a palette knife.

Peaceful Seaside, oil.

Looking forward to it!

Guidelines • Art can be almost anything. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography, digital. If you think it’s art and it beautifies the timeline then post it. No NFTs or AI art please. • It’s a very good idea to post title, year, medium used & size • PLEASE USE ALT TEXT. • It does not matter if you “posted it last year”. Social media is ephemeral. Post it again. • You don’t need to be a “professional” artist, whatever that means. You don’t need to have sold art, been in a gallery or anything. If you make art at any experience level and want to show it off and make others happy, this is the event. You might be surprised at the feedback. • Art must be original and it must be yours or from a family member… with permission. (except for sharing of course) We don’t want to see posts from Van Gogh, however nice they may be. • Art does NOT have to be seasonal. It can be pretty much any subject, but please keep it family friendly-ish • Please don’t cross post with just links to other platforms ie: post a link to your Facebook post on Twitter. Most links to other social media sites don’t show with images at all and if they do they are usually thumbnails. • While it’s great if a sale comes from this, please do not post prices or use BUY NOW kinds of posts. We are bombarded with hard sell at this time of year and that’s not what this is about. This is not meant to be a sales pitch. However last year I know of at least 10 artists who sold work. You can post links to your website if you like. • Please share posts and follow participating artists. This is both an exercise to build a following of art lovers and to build a supportive community of fellow artists. If you like someone else’s work, let them know! • As “organizer” I do my best to share all art during the month but if I miss a post, please don’t take it as an insult or commentary on your work. There are -a lot- of posts and I may miss a few, especially with multiple platforms involved. Note that I won’t share posts that contain prices or buy now content. • Post on your preferred platform daily with the hashtag #ArtAdventCalendar There is no specified time to post. It’s a world wide event so time you post isn’t that important. • Don’t worry if you miss a day or two. Post even if you only have 1 thing to show off that makes the timeline brighter. • While the event dates are the 1st to the 24th, feel free to continue to post until the end of the month if you like. Quite a few did last year.

#ArtAdventCalendar Starts Dec. 1

So close I can already taste the art (or something)
Here's a quick overview.
Full details and history > https://earthskyart.ca/artadventcalendar

"Police said she shot herself, but her body also showed signs of strangulation, according to the department’s death investigation report. Kirk’s body was found at a home on the property of former city mayor Clement Richards Sr., the same property where Norton was found strangled two years later."

Really enjoying the steady pit-a-pat of water through Main Street's ceiling but fortunately the buckets remaining from the LAST floods were close at hand & easy to manoeuvre into place. 2023 continues on brand.

in Iceland: The exact spot where the American and Eurasian tectonic plates almost meet. It's believed to be the only place in the world where 2 continents can be touched at the same time. 💙

Most definitely on my bucket list!

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready ...

I absolutely loved Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology. SO worth a read. Do yourself a favor and pick it up. (Also: I am immensely proud of Phoenix Boudreau: thier story in this is incredible.) app.thestorygraph.com/books/c56351... 💙📚

Kenya's school floggings: The children suffering from a hidden epidemic BBC Africa Eye investigates an increase in severe and sometimes deadly beatings at Kenyan schools.

Kenya's school floggings: The children suffering from a hidden epidemic

Postcard: ‘Cree Indians, Regina, Sask.’ Postcard dated 1909. As yet, community and context have to be identified. The lack of context is typical of these extractive, turn-of-the-century Indian postcards.

Photo: Unknown | © Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan