Dustin Beckner
dustinbeckner.bsky.social
Dustin Beckner
@dustinbeckner.bsky.social
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Cherry’s Big Wish is almost three! Working on my second picture book Susy Snippets.

#kidlit #picturebooks #mermaids #fairies #canada #canadianauthor
February 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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THAT'S WHAT I HATE ABOUT THESE BILLIONAIRES MAN.

THEY KEEP GETTING RICHER, AND I STAY THE SAME WAGE
December 7, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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40% of the mass of everything transported by a ship in 2023 was a fossil fuel.

That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
UW study finds leading cause of whale deaths
New research shows that the top threat to whales around the globe has changed. But it wouldn't take much to reduce the risk, researchers say.
www.seattletimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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CANADIAN Version of this series would have been boring. Man gets cancer... Man goes to Dr. because they have universal healthcare. The End.
December 8, 2024 at 9:13 AM
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The Greater Victoria School District’s board of education accepted nebulous survey results that backed their position on police liaison officers and discounted all the findings that didn’t.
Les Leyne: School board's supercilious condescension is what prompted minister's warning
The Greater Victoria School District’s board of education accepted nebulous survey results that backed their position on police liaison officers and discounted all the findings that didn’t.
dlvr.it
December 7, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Did you know the 1981 Canada Post worker strike is why access to longer parental leave became standard across Canada?

definingmomentscanada.ca/all-for-9/hi...
The 1981 CUPW Strike and the Fight for Parental Rights – Defining Moments Canada
Note on Terminology The terms “maternity leave” and “women” are used in this article and reflect the historical context of language used at the time of the 1981 CUPW strike
definingmomentscanada.ca
November 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM