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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 1d

Gazette Scam Alert:

Recycling is just a big con, trying to save precious resources. Don’t be fooled.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 1d

Boy, that takes us back.

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Robert Randall @robertwrandall.bsky.social · 1d

Or for the older residents, your Volvo 200 Series.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 1d

Gazette Factoid:
In Oak Bay, ‘walking distance’ is defined as the distance to your Lexus.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 2d

Just your occasional reminder that the Oak Bay Gazette is not a real newspaper.
It’s a parody account. All in good fun.
(Protected by the parody laws.)
For real news check out and support @timescolonist.bluesky.social

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 2d

Allen Key inflation. A term first coined by famous Swedish economist Erik Lindahl. 🤣

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Chilliwack Daily Chronicle @chillychronicle.bsky.social · 2d

Allen Key inflation is bad for the economy.

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Charlene Kotze, MD @drckotze.bsky.social · 2d

Never liked that Norwegian Ikea stuff. Give me Swedish knockoffs any day!

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday, October 10th.
Apparently White House officials have told the committee that unless ‘you-know-who’ receives the award, Norway won’t be allowed to sell any more IKEA in the US.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 3d

Subscribe to the Gazette and help us celebrate Newstober.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 3d

Gazette Factoid:
The record for the largest deficit ever overcome to win in an MLB game is 12 runs, which has happened three times in American and National League history (in 1911, 1925, and 2001).

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Steve Burgess @steveburgess53.bsky.social · 3d

Unbelievable. At this rate the #Jays better worry about ICE raids when they head to New York.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 3d

Our sports editor is running around all excited about a ‘Grand Slam’.
We didn’t even know it was tennis season.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 4d

Here in Oak Bay we’ve heard your complaints and we’re going to try and reduce the guilding.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 4d

Oak Bay: where teenagers will often tenderly ask their beloved grandparents “Now that you’re too old to drive, can I have your car?”

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@bcferrys @bcferrys.bsky.social · 5d

For Halloween, the MV Queen of Sidney has finally found a Fighting Temeraire costume!

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 5d

Oh boy. The latest edition is out. At least two weeks worth of solid material!

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 6d

In Oak Bay we support independent coffee shops.
Because they offer something the big chains don’t.
Extra mayo.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 6d

Just a reminder that much of the lobster sold in Oak Bay comes from the rich lobster farms near Clover Point.
Buy Local!

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 7d

Gazette Factoid:
Washington State Law RCW 47.60.826 requires Washington shipbuilders must receive preferential treatment when bidding on the construction of new state ferries.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 7d

Our Senescence Editor has bad news for this guy.

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 22d

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?

The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?

www.newscientist.com

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 7d

It’s unusual for someone to come right out and tell you they’re a coward.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 8d

It’s the first day of the month. Don’t forget to say ‘Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit’ for good luck.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 8d

Oak Bay is a small town. Only 18 thousand residents.
Developers don’t have to spend a lot here to “grease the wheels”.
And we pass those savings on to you.

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Oak Bay Gazette @oakbaygazette.bsky.social · 8d

Wind warning ended.
That was fast.

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