@eritskes.bsky.social
Writer, editor, taker of pictures. Dad of four.
Living on Unceded Quw'utsun lands (Vancouver Island).
Living on Unceded Quw'utsun lands (Vancouver Island).
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Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.
Israeli drone strike kills two in Gaza as ceasefire violations mount
Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.
Local Duncan MMA gym owner attending a neo-nazi event this summer.... 👀
3/ We got photos of all of them and got to work finding their names. CBC verified our identifications and added two. By bringing in the CBC, we were able to reach a much larger audience to talk about the threat of white nationalism in Canada.
Read CBC's reporting here:
Read CBC's reporting here:
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Local Duncan MMA gym owner attending a neo-nazi event this summer.... 👀
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
And Canada is intently focused on moving closer to American models rather than European ones.... #cdnpoli
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
And Canada is intently focused on moving closer to American models rather than European ones.... #cdnpoli
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For people who are interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe, we have a new resource that aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.
Read it here:
Read it here:
Loving and Protecting Us — Interrupting Criminalization
A resource for people interested in and working to develop abolitionist crisis response rooted in transformative justice. This offering aims to help demystify a few things about how we develop, think ...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
For people who are interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe, we have a new resource that aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.
Read it here:
Read it here:
Got a couple days away in beautiful Sooke. So many beautiful places to experience on the Island.
#vancouverisland #experiencevancouverisland
#vancouverisland #experiencevancouverisland
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Got a couple days away in beautiful Sooke. So many beautiful places to experience on the Island.
#vancouverisland #experiencevancouverisland
#vancouverisland #experiencevancouverisland
I obviously don't know them all, but with his shameless and endless fan-boying for the police and Bitcoin, Sim has to be a top candidate for worst mayor in Canada?
Here's my interview and podcast with Ken Sim on the 2026 Vancouver budget, a breakdown of the cuts and increases, and what he says to people who think he gives the VPD a blank cheque.
'I'm proud of this one': Mayor Ken Sim talks budget with $50 million more for police amid property tax freeze | CBC News
In his final budget before facing voters next October, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is presenting a property tax freeze, and $50 million more for police, balanced by major cuts to arts, culture, community ...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I obviously don't know them all, but with his shameless and endless fan-boying for the police and Bitcoin, Sim has to be a top candidate for worst mayor in Canada?
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“Nothing has improved in Gaza… Medicine is still blocked. Even food has not changed.
“We hear about a truce, but we feel no safety or relief.”
Gaza residents talk to our Hasan Jaber in Bureij refugee camp
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
“We hear about a truce, but we feel no safety or relief.”
Gaza residents talk to our Hasan Jaber in Bureij refugee camp
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
‘Truce is just a name’: Israel has killed more than 220 Gazans since start of ceasefire, Palestinians say
Next phase of peace plan not moving forward, with remains of seven Israeli hostages still unaccounted for
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Nothing has improved in Gaza… Medicine is still blocked. Even food has not changed.
“We hear about a truce, but we feel no safety or relief.”
Gaza residents talk to our Hasan Jaber in Bureij refugee camp
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
“We hear about a truce, but we feel no safety or relief.”
Gaza residents talk to our Hasan Jaber in Bureij refugee camp
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Wait, hold up, Zohran is the son of THAT Mamdani?!?! How am I just hearing about this now???
For real, dude's got some serious vibes and knows how to work the internet. Hope he can get some of the work done too, definitely going to be watching how it all plays out.
For real, dude's got some serious vibes and knows how to work the internet. Hope he can get some of the work done too, definitely going to be watching how it all plays out.
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Wait, hold up, Zohran is the son of THAT Mamdani?!?! How am I just hearing about this now???
For real, dude's got some serious vibes and knows how to work the internet. Hope he can get some of the work done too, definitely going to be watching how it all plays out.
For real, dude's got some serious vibes and knows how to work the internet. Hope he can get some of the work done too, definitely going to be watching how it all plays out.
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
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O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
Beautiful fall sunrise, from the other morning.
The silver lining on having a new puppy is I'm up earlier more often... 😂
#photography #cowichanvalley
The silver lining on having a new puppy is I'm up earlier more often... 😂
#photography #cowichanvalley
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Beautiful fall sunrise, from the other morning.
The silver lining on having a new puppy is I'm up earlier more often... 😂
#photography #cowichanvalley
The silver lining on having a new puppy is I'm up earlier more often... 😂
#photography #cowichanvalley
The Quw'utsun are not wrong....
The Quw'utsun Nation says public comments by British Columbia Premier David Eby and other politicians about its groundbreaking Aboriginal title case in Richmond, B.C., are "at best, misleading, and at worst, deliberately inflammatory."
cheknews.ca/first-nation...
cheknews.ca/first-nation...
First Nation calls B.C. Premier Eby's comments 'deliberately inflammatory'
The Quw'utsun Nation says public comments about its groundbreaking Aboriginal title case in Richmond, B.C., are "at best, misleading, and at worst, deliberately inflammatory."
cheknews.ca
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Quw'utsun are not wrong....
And the BC government is set to try and give LESS benefits to nurses in the next negotiation....
They need to be concerned with how to RETAIN nurses (as well as recruiting), to create a healthy health care system.
#bcpoli #bcnu
They need to be concerned with how to RETAIN nurses (as well as recruiting), to create a healthy health care system.
#bcpoli #bcnu
Canadian nursing job vacancies triple in five-year span: MEI report
Canadian nursing job vacancies triple in five-year span: MEI report
Canadian nurses are leaving the profession in droves with job vacancies tripling within a five-year period, according to a new report from the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI).
www.ctvnews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I would like Mark Carney to look at the Massachusetts millionaire tax, it's success, and personally tell our millionaires that they are going to have to suffer a little bit for the greater good of Canada........
#seriously #cdnpoli
#seriously #cdnpoli
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I would like Mark Carney to look at the Massachusetts millionaire tax, it's success, and personally tell our millionaires that they are going to have to suffer a little bit for the greater good of Canada........
#seriously #cdnpoli
#seriously #cdnpoli
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This year's Best American Food and Travel Writing collection was published yesterday, and I'm very proud that this @kaelanisays.bsky.social story from @phillymag.com's September 2024 issue was included. Thanks to Bryant Terry and series editor @jayasaxena.com for seeing the power of this work.
Meet the Foragers Changing the Way Philly Eats
Demand for wild ingredients on restaurant menus is booming, fueling a resurgence in the art of wildcrafting.
www.phillymag.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This year's Best American Food and Travel Writing collection was published yesterday, and I'm very proud that this @kaelanisays.bsky.social story from @phillymag.com's September 2024 issue was included. Thanks to Bryant Terry and series editor @jayasaxena.com for seeing the power of this work.
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
If you're not terrified of what's happening in the US, you're not paying attention....
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you're not terrified of what's happening in the US, you're not paying attention....
It's chili season again, and I am making a pot today.
And, looking back at it, I still really love my essay/recipe/process for making a big pot of chili.
Check it out if you're interested in making your own pot of chili!
#foodsky #cooking #recipe
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And, looking back at it, I still really love my essay/recipe/process for making a big pot of chili.
Check it out if you're interested in making your own pot of chili!
#foodsky #cooking #recipe
anisetozaatar.com/2023/11/28/h...
How to Make a Pot of Chili
I grew up with a Dutch grandfather who was a cattle farmer on the Alberta prairies. Every meal that I can remember eating at his house was beef, potatoes, and vegetables (often roasted or boiled fa…
anisetozaatar.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's chili season again, and I am making a pot today.
And, looking back at it, I still really love my essay/recipe/process for making a big pot of chili.
Check it out if you're interested in making your own pot of chili!
#foodsky #cooking #recipe
anisetozaatar.com/2023/11/28/h...
And, looking back at it, I still really love my essay/recipe/process for making a big pot of chili.
Check it out if you're interested in making your own pot of chili!
#foodsky #cooking #recipe
anisetozaatar.com/2023/11/28/h...
Hoooo leeee shit
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Hoooo leeee shit
A place to start for those who would like to learn more about the Cowichan Tribes decision and its implications.
#cowichantribes
youtu.be/-VxnZB5OhXQ?...
#cowichantribes
youtu.be/-VxnZB5OhXQ?...
Implications from the Cowichan Tribes decision
YouTube video by Union of BC Municipalities
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October 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A place to start for those who would like to learn more about the Cowichan Tribes decision and its implications.
#cowichantribes
youtu.be/-VxnZB5OhXQ?...
#cowichantribes
youtu.be/-VxnZB5OhXQ?...
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"every Palestinian—and everyone serious about winning freedom for Palestine— knows that the ceasefire is simply a respite, and an unstable one at that."
🔥🔥 There are no ceasefires on stolen land 🔥🔥
spectrejournal.com/there-are-no...
🔥🔥 There are no ceasefires on stolen land 🔥🔥
spectrejournal.com/there-are-no...
There Are No Ceasefires on Stolen Land – Spectre Journal
Tithi Bhattacharya challenges recent criticisms of the Palestinian solidarity movement from Eric Blanc, Bashir Abu-Manneh, and Hoda Mitwally, arguing that our movement need not embrace Liberal Zionism...
spectrejournal.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"every Palestinian—and everyone serious about winning freedom for Palestine— knows that the ceasefire is simply a respite, and an unstable one at that."
🔥🔥 There are no ceasefires on stolen land 🔥🔥
spectrejournal.com/there-are-no...
🔥🔥 There are no ceasefires on stolen land 🔥🔥
spectrejournal.com/there-are-no...
“We are financing war criminality through our charitable system”
#canada #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#canada #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian charities complicit in helping fund Israeli settlement movement in West Bank, critics say | CBC News
Tax deductible donations made by Canadians to groups that financially support West Bank settlements that are illegal under international law are continuing in the face of escalating attacks on Palesti...
www.cbc.ca
October 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“We are financing war criminality through our charitable system”
#canada #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#canada #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...