Notices by PhoenixSerenity (msquebanh@mastodon.sdf.org)

#Nature reclaiming, all over this old #FordTruck with a #canoe atop. It's covered in mosses,lichens,ferns, berry plants & located on private property in #EastSooke. You walk past this nature covered truck, on your way to sweat lodge space.

#VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW

Please invest a bit of time to read the link I posted. You will understand much better, once you've read it all. Thank you for those who will put in the reading & developing more understanding efforts 🙏

Sheng Xue, a #PENCanada #Writer #InExile & a member of the International #Chinese PEN Centre, recalls what it was like to be on the ground when #Tiananmen #massacre unfolded.

In this piece, originally published in May 1990, translated by J. Fon. in May 2014, Xue #chronicles the events leading up to June 4th & their immediate #aftermath.

https://pencanada.ca/blog/remembering-tiananmen-25-years-later

#AsianMastodon #May35 #ChineseCensorship #China #ChinesePeople #TootSEA #CitizensRevolt #StudentsUprising

@ramin_hal9001 Maybe they should read more about how even the Greeks, the ones who created the essential 4 pillars of democracy, weren't able to avoid corruption & capitalism. Democracy was never actually practiced, in its true form, with all 4 pillars intact - in our entire human society history.

I'm an anarcho-socialist.
Democracy sounds great on paper. I haven't seen/been part of any true democracy in my entire life. I've been part of pseudo democracy for most of my life - where at least one(or more) of the essential pillars of democracy were destroyed. I've never been able to participate in true democracy because it's impossible with our current 2-party-swinging-same-colonial-doors farce-full election systems. Many folks scream to protect democracy that wasn't actually ever existent.

When my #bananas get too ripe - I fry them up in coconut oil & eat with vanilla ice cream. I make fried bananas in a few different ways. This is the easiest/fastest version.

Asher also got his first few licks of ice cream today - he doesn't get much human foods at all(not good for his cat belly).

#Food #fruit #AsianMastodon #FriedBananas #CaturdayEveryday

I've submitted my paid work leave time needed request. I seriously need it approved. To take place 2 weeks after my last duties to client. I need this time off or else I'm gonna seriously lose my shit, at work. I don't want that. I need my request for additional time off, to be honoured.

@BeAware I know but it is mostly white folks & you are not fucking helping much. What the fuck have YOU done, except be a racist - it's not just white ppl. Coward!

I'm quite disturbed by many white folks, using very graphic imagery & completely disconnected from what we war survivors faced & posting those stolen images with zero CW.

PLEASE, DO BETTER! STOP TRAUMA PORN.

Today is a difficult day. It is the anniversary of #Tiananmen. I am crying a lot today.

#AsianMastodon

My entire existence is a threat to bigots. Winning. By merely staying alive & not shutting up.

Patch of #nasturtiums attracts many beneficial insects & pollinators.
Fab companion plant for your #EdibleGarden or ornamental garden. Leaves & flowers are #edible.
Grown from mixed, tapped 2022 seeds.

#FoodPlants #FoodSecurity #GrowFood #bloomscrolling #plants #Gardening #GrownFromSeed #Zone8 #Saanich #YYJ #perennials #VictoriaBC #PollinatorGarden #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #EdibleGardening #PlantsYouCanEat #blooms #flowers #gardens #florespondence #FrugalGardening

#MonochromeMonday

#Tseshaht #FirstNation #TotemPole
2020.
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#PortAlberni #IndigenousArt #TotemsOfBC #NativeArt #AlberniValley #VancouverIsland #WoodCarving #PacificNorthwest #Nuuchahnulthaht #VanIsle #PNW #photography #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #RoadTripMemories #TurtleIsland #FirstPeoples

@samhainnight I'm unable to stop fighting against injustices by government & evil industries! It's a life long duty. I feel the need to always take actions.

Still waiting for BC Hydro to charge me for trespassing & take me to court - so I can get their lack of environmental cleanup & their ongoing pollution of Jordan River watershed, on public records & get more public accountability. Been waiting since 2021.

I only commit acts of trespassing onto government sites & ecocidal industry sites to collect evidence of their environmental crimes that they hide from the public. I inform them that I trespassed & ask to be charged.

I don't need advice from folks with far less activism experiences than me. I've been fighting government, ecocidal industry & cops/corporate mercenaries for over 30 yrs here. I can't be anonymous here because my longtime history in direct actions & the fact it's really easy to identify me, even if I wear face coverings - because I have distinct limp & well known on island for activism. I don't care about being identified. We all reach a point where that shit is lower priority than the causes.

More of my #roses have bloomed 🌹

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGarden #WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #VictoriaBC #Gardening #Zone8 #YYJ #Spring #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #PinkRoses #RedRose #FragrantFriday

Walking through #GarryOak #meadows & wetland marshes are to the right. Small #footpath to stroll. Still some purple #camas out.

En route home & will be uploading more photos, shortly. We had the whole park to ourselves - only wildlife sharing spaces today 😊

#QuicksBottom #Wsanec #SaanichParks #WalkInThePark #GetOutside #Nature #VancouverIsland #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NatureTrail

#PacificBlackberry aka #TrailingBlackberry
#Yellow #Avens
#CreepingButtercup
#RobertsGeranium

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #Saanich #VictoriaBC #QuicksBottom #YYJ #Spring #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #SaanichParks #Nature #FlowersIdentification #PlantIdentification #botany #NatureLovers

Tall field #daisies - slow dancing in wind, with raven calls in background.

#nature #SaanichParks #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #GetOutside #NatureWalk #YYJ #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #Wsanec #PNW #bloomscrolling