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Valley of the Ghosts
@silveryslocan.bsky.social
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In 1895, in the remote West Kootenays of British Columbia, a narrow gauge railway was built to reach the richest silver mines in the world. By 1910 rampant development destroyed almost everything, a story still very relevant today. Click pics, read ALTs.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 10d
US President Ronald Reagan promotes free trade and condemns protectionism and tariffs. November 26, 1988.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1T...
President Reagan's Radio Address on Canadian Elections and Free Trade on November 26, 1988
YouTube video by Reagan Library
www.youtube.com
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silveryslocan.bsky.social
Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 13h
Terrible UPS MD-11 crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport late today. There is witness video from ground during the event.
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: At least 3 fatalities, 11 injuries reported after a UPS plane crashes near the Louisville airport | CNN
A UPS MD-11 plane crashed shortly after take-off near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to preliminary information, a source says.
www.cnn.com
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silveryslocan.bsky.social
Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 17h
Let's keep the bairns fed. The children if you're not in the bloody brilliant north of England.
elainecolliar.bsky.social Elainecolliar (Still Yes) @elainecolliar.bsky.social · 1d
5 times a week I collect excess food from a local supermarket and help distribute it to my community.

THIS is how we collaborate to keeps bairns fed when they fall through the cracks.

Nice selection tonight & even some flowers to lift a few wee mammies hearts.

We cannot live by bread alone!
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silveryslocan.bsky.social
Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 17h
Really didn't mean that to be condescending. The very last thing I would intend.
And anyone into Canadian railways is alright by me.
Cheers!
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silveryslocan.bsky.social
Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 17h
Respect. Me too. Apologies.
Just encouragement. :-)
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silveryslocan.bsky.social
Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 17h
You can also do blind posts, where you click Quote but add no comments. This still gives the algorithm some meat to gain more exposure.

Like you, I'm not trying hard to gain followers. I originally joined to find some people interested in trains. But I do like to nudge exposure on the good stuff.
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silveryslocan.bsky.social
Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 17h
So here's how the algorithms work.
Likes are an encouragement to the poster. They are good.
Reposts add algorithm awareness of the post, and will increase exposure.
Quotes add great attention from the algorithm. Add a comment on a post this way to help gain exposure to your post.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 18h
I'm so impressed with what you Brits are doing on steam preservation. This is the way.

Toronto does not yet understand or appreciate its railway heritage. An incredible city, it is too busy growing.

A tiny piece has been preserved, but it is marginal in being self-sustaining. Rwy's since 1854.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 18h
Thanks!
Now get out there, spread the words, and fight.
This is existential.
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CanadianRy 🇨🇦 @canadianry.bsky.social · 18h
Holy SHIT! "American Arsenal of Demorcracy, the United Stasis of America" ? Now that is an apt, and perfectly scathing description.
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fosfene.bsky.social @fosfene.bsky.social · Sep 9
Please consider donating to Ukraine. They are fighting for their survival against an invading army that outnumber them. They deserve and need our help. 💙💛🇺🇦
u24.gov.ua
UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
u24.gov.ua
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silveryslocan.bsky.social
Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 18h
Russian infrastructure starts to realise a predicament.
freizeitgestaltung.bsky.social Segi Fella @freizeitgestaltung.bsky.social · 18h
Russian General Leonid Ivašov drops a bombshell: "Strategic defeat will lead to the collapse of Russia." "Putin's fiasco with Ukraine has already isolated Moscow." "UN troops are supporting Kyiv." "Profits" like Pokrovsko? That doesn't matter. Corruption permeates the military.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 18h
Blessed Romania just provided Ukraine with older Dutch F-16's suitable for training.

So where is our revered American Arsenal of Demorcracy, the United Stasis of America?

A few thousand stored-in-the-desert A-10's would make excellent Shahed hunters. Make it so, whatever's left of true America.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 18h
Russia has been using the 9M729 cruise missile (NATO name SSC-8 Screwdriver) against Ukraine. This missile was a factor in the US determination of russia being in breach of the INF Treaty regarding nuclear launch capability.
Russia’s Treaty-Busting Screwdriver Cruise Missile Used Against Ukraine: Officials
The accounts suggest the controversial 9M729 cruise missile has been used dozens of times since August. The accounts suggest the controversial 9M729 cruise missile has been used dozens of times since ...
www.twz.com
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 1d
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 20h
Close-up visit with Ukraine's new "Sting" anti-Shahed drone, and those deploying it.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 23h
For anyone needing a bit of steam railway fix, here's a terrific account of Toronto resident and railway museum volunteer Stephen Gardiner's recent trip to the UK for the "Giants of New-Build Steam" event. The Brits are building new steam locos for preservation. The footplate ride YT vid is great!
UK Vacation 2025 Number 2 – 1: Giants of Steam!
Yeah, I know, its a bit of a humble brag to be writing about my second vacation to England in under three months having been over at the start of August for Oasis and The Greatest Gathering. This s…
sjgardiner.wordpress.com
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 1d
Captivating and haunting music from Daughters of Donbas, written for the tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of missing Ukrainian children abducted and forcibly taken to russia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQ2...
Daughters of Donbas (feat. Marichka) - 4.5.0. (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Daughters of Donbas
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 1d
"Mad Max" Scherzer chats with the first base umpire in Game 7. One of my favourite images from this World Series.
(source: Toronto Star blogsters)
Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer points with his right hand and shouts from the mound, with a packed blurred crowd in the background over third base.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 4d
The US Administration is now using food as a weapon against the Democrats with SNAP defunding. Stalin also used food as a weapon.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 4d
6th game 1993 - Go Jays !

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source: Bob Rae on the other place.
Signed baseball scorecard, in the collection of former Ontario Premier Bob Rae.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 4d
Image of angry Blue Jay looking straight at viewer, wearing a witch's hat. source: Birding Port St. Joe on FB.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 5d
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻

Enter if you dare...🚪
A black background decorated with gold illustrations of branches, stars, swords, ravens, and tiny ghost shapes. In the centre, bold text reads: “BIRDS BUT THEY GET SPOOKIER EACH TIME.” Two ravens perch on bare branches at the bottom, with candles glowing beside them.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 4d
Stalin also used food as a weapon.
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 4d
Charlie Angus outlines the real legacy of Ronald Reagan:

"Ronald Reagan was another gas lighter. He claimed he would “Make America Great Again” when, in fact, his real focus was stripping away the protections of working Americans and paving the way for the oligarchs, dark money, MAGA, and Trump."
charlieangus104.bsky.social Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 5d
My latest on Trump, Reagan and the World Series. Ronald Reagan's war on the American dream made the ascendancy of Donald Trump possible.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-meltdo...
The Meltdown and the Master
Trump, Reagan and How 40 Years of “Freedom” Fuelled the Age of MAGA
charlieangus.substack.com
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Valley of the Ghosts @silveryslocan.bsky.social · 5d
America, present day.