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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 1h

... the stuff about the race, but we soon had to give it up; and we went into the new house and prepared it for the frolic. We took out the brick oven, and a damnation of a job it was: the lime was so dry and dusty that it near choked us. However we accomplished the business completely. /2

Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 1h

#JamesBarryDiary 12Commenced to rain this morning and continued the whole blessed day, and it still continues, but not just a very heavy rain. Raised the water some. The ground is very well soaked now, at any rate. Cunningham in the mills; and building McKay and myself commenced to rig up ... /1

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 4h

Hurricane (no. 5) that reached Nova Scotia dated 10 October 1875 - but it was downgraded to cyclone. Hurricane 6, a few days later: "Early October 16, the storm made landfall near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h), shortly before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone

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Christy Kelly-Bisson @garlicbreath644.bsky.social · 8d

“The people will stay here like the stars are stuck in the sky; they are not going to move as they shouldn’t, because our treaties say so. We should be unhindered, we should be unmolested and free to roam in our territories and our homelands” - Michelle Paul
#Mikmaki #Unimaki #NSpoli #LandBack

Mi'kmaw land protectors vow to stand their ground as Nova Scotia law passes

Nova Scotia has passed the Protecting Nova Scotians Act which allows police to move in and remove land protectors from Hunters Mountain.

www.aptnnews.ca

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 1d

The damage done so far as heard from is on this brook: the Beatty’s bridge; Ritchie's bridge and Gordon’s bridge clean swept away. Samuel McDonald, at Lippincott’s, his damn and the bank gave away about 60 feet wide of the rock. 3/

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 1d

... even my spouts on the road three feet above the wasteway height. There was also a tremendous wind at the end of the rain – somewhere between 1:00 and 3:00. Mr. [Wm?] Cunningham came here today to work in the grist mill. 2/

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 1d

#JamesBarryDiary 11/10/1875 Oh! What a fearful rain there was last night and, consequently, the most tremendous freshet that ever came, accepting Old Noah's big flood. It knocked down my bridge at the mill door, and a lot of the wall overflowing and sweeping away everything movable ... 1/

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Rutgers History Department @ruhistorydept.bsky.social · 10d

Check out this Q&A with Rutgers History prof Jack Bouchard about his forthcoming book, “Terra Nova: Food, Water, and Work in an Early Atlantic World” (@yalepress, 2025) #Rutgers

history.rutgers.edu/news-events/...

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 2d

#JamesBarryDiary 10/10/1875 Raining most of the day, but not very heavy most of the time. Raised the water a considerable. Very few moving about today. All well. God be praised for this and all other mercies bestow it upon us, as the Grace Sayers say. Amen.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 2d

What’s happening in Nova Scotia?

Mi’kmaq land protectors have held their ground for over a month. But a new law could change everything.

APTN’s Angel Moore reports from Hunters Mountain and Veldon Coburn explains what’s at stake for Indigenous rights.

Listen to the latest APTN News InFocus:

InFocus: On the ground in Unama'ki: Land protectors sound alarm over Indigenous rights in Canada

On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens looks at a new law in Nova Scotia that could threaten Mi’kmaq treaty rights. Land protectors at Hunters Mountain in Unama’ki have preve...

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Noovo Info @noovo.info · 2d

Le plus grand requin blanc de l'Atlantique refait surface près des côtes canadiennes. 🦈
www.noovo.info/nouvelle/le-...

Le plus grand requin blanc de l'Atlantique refait surface près des côtes canadiennes

Un grand requin blanc adulte de près de 14 pieds, le plus grand mâle jamais marqué dans l'océan Atlantique, a été enregistré la semaine dernière dans les zones septentrionales du golfe du Saint-Lauren...

www.noovo.info

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 3d

#JamesBarryDiary 9/10/1875 1875 Beautiful day; sunny and nice and calm. I was fearful busy about the mill and kiln today. I ground 2 grists of Oats and 2 of Barley and 1 of Buckwheat and ground 12 Bushels of wheat, and dried 2 grist's of Oats; and now I am writing this about one hour after dark.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 3d

"The decision of what trees to plant on streets was a response to utility poles, and regulations managing utility poles were a response to street trees." - @mfeagan.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...

#envhist #urbanhistory #energyhistory

Electric Trees: The Constructed Nature of Utility Poles and Street Trees

Telephone poles and street trees overlapped in nineteenth-century cities, contested between aesthetics, technology, and regulation, blurring natural and built environments.

niche-canada.org

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 3d

(would need to replace lake with sea, but I hear you!)

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 3d

I think we are going to need help here. From fellow Nova Scotians. From people who want to protect a natural environment provincial park from development. I welcome your help and your voice. This an update to the thread. We are only a small community. These are international billionaires.

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 3d

See, @stillots1.bsky.social, this goes back to our earlier discussion of butter tarts: as a Nova Scotia boy, the idea of a “butter tart festival” is something from another, quite strange and exotic, world.

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 3d

What will the AI data centre boom mean for Canada? | The Narwhal

Sprawling AI data centres, like Kevin O’Leary’s plans for Wonder Valley in Alberta, are hungry for land, water and power

thenarwhal.ca

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 4d

Cancel your Netflix - the drama's all here!!

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 4d

#JamesBarryDiary 8/10/1875 Rain heavy last night towards the morning. Double water this morning. I ground a pile today and ride a lot also. It was a little sunny, betimes close and warm. All pretty well. God be praised. Amen.

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 4d

Seeking editors for the revised edition

Cover of of A.R. M. Lower's book, Colony to Nation, modified by adding "To Colony" to the title.

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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social · 4d

SUPER EARLY MORNING CAN'T SLEEP MAINE HISTORY POST:
I have a really cool bit of history for you today. 10/8/1841 Members of 17 different trade groups carried banners in a parade put on by the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association in Portland, Maine.
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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 5d

#JamesBarryDiary 7/10/1875 Dark and threatening rain, but unfortunately there is no none to do [sic] any good. Awful busy in the mill and kiln. Can only do half a day's work or so. Annabella went up to the damned Rogers Hill – Hell. Amen.

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 5d

I'd not noticed the eyes before! Franquelin's maps are filled with wonderful details. Detail from: Chignitou nommé depuis par les Francois Beau Bassin, Jean-Baptiste Franquelin, 1686.

@gallicabnf.bsky.social

Map cartouche with text "Chignitou nommé depuis par les Francois Beau Bassin", at the scrolling centre of which two eyes look back at the reader.

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 5d

It was [will be!] a "great frolic", but events in the next week will change its focus.

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Daniel Samson @ruralcolonialns.bsky.social · 6d

#JamesBarryDiary 6/10/1875 Rained a little last night but it made no perceptible improvements in the streams. Dark most all day. I was extremely busy about the mill and kiln. I ground 20 bushels of buckwheat and 55 bushels of oats. Annabella here still. I am going to have a frolic next week. Amen

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