Philomena Hanson
@philomenahanson.bsky.social
Retired publisher of theatre, opera, concert programmes in Victoria, BC. Love the arts. Passionate about family, literature, travel, sports, and politics.
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A time-lapse of sunlight lighting up a snowy mountain peak
This phenomenon is called alpenglow 🧡🧡🧡
This phenomenon is called alpenglow 🧡🧡🧡
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A time-lapse of sunlight lighting up a snowy mountain peak
This phenomenon is called alpenglow 🧡🧡🧡
This phenomenon is called alpenglow 🧡🧡🧡
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Russia violates:
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Russia violates:
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
UN Charter
Nuclear NPT
Helsinki Accords
Belovezha Accords
Paris Charter
Budapest Memo
Black Sea Fleet Treaty
Ukr-Ru Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Azov Sea & Kerch Strait
Karkiv pact
Etc
But Russia we will sign a legal document that we won't attack EU...
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Garcia: First, let’s be very honest about what’s happening. This is a White House cover-up. They are now involved in an illegal cover-up of the Epstein files. They’re defying Congress. They’re defying their own base. They’re lying to the American people.
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Garcia: First, let’s be very honest about what’s happening. This is a White House cover-up. They are now involved in an illegal cover-up of the Epstein files. They’re defying Congress. They’re defying their own base. They’re lying to the American people.
Love being in southern Mexico during humpback migration season! Daily joy!
Feliz Navidad!!
Feliz Navidad!!
A joyful humpback calf showing his breaching skills while mother just gliding sideways 🐋☺️💙😎
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Love being in southern Mexico during humpback migration season! Daily joy!
Feliz Navidad!!
Feliz Navidad!!
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haven't seen it? here you go, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER bsky.app/profile/bubb...
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
haven't seen it? here you go, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER bsky.app/profile/bubb...
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You know you have good friends in Canada when they *immediately* text you about the accidentally posted 60 Minutes segment
December 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You know you have good friends in Canada when they *immediately* text you about the accidentally posted 60 Minutes segment
Seems appropriate!
My phone keeps autocorrecting it to Barf Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Seems appropriate!
Sweet! Linda Duncan bought our Rossdale house in 1978 when we moved to Victoria!
So grateful for Linda Duncan’s endorsement. Linda has an incredible record of principled leadership, and she’s the one who encouraged me to step forward and run. I truly wouldn’t be in politics without her support and belief in me. Honoured to have her by my side.
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sweet! Linda Duncan bought our Rossdale house in 1978 when we moved to Victoria!
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“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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What a lovely tribute. 👏👏👏💙☺️
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
What a lovely tribute. 👏👏👏💙☺️
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The breathtaking spectacle of colossal waves crashing against the cliffs of Inis Meáin, Ireland 💚💙💚
December 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The breathtaking spectacle of colossal waves crashing against the cliffs of Inis Meáin, Ireland 💚💙💚
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This so amazing!!! As if we didn’t already love Rick Steves enough. ❤️
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
🧵 1 of 9
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December 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This so amazing!!! As if we didn’t already love Rick Steves enough. ❤️
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This is stunning. Blanche is claiming, with a straight face, that the only federal prison where a convicted sex offender can adequately be protected from other inmates just so happens to be a minimum security prison that gives her puppy playdates.
Truly preposterous.
Truly preposterous.
WELKER: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved just days after you interviewed her?
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is stunning. Blanche is claiming, with a straight face, that the only federal prison where a convicted sex offender can adequately be protected from other inmates just so happens to be a minimum security prison that gives her puppy playdates.
Truly preposterous.
Truly preposterous.
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We have to make sure that in the United States of America you very much do have to apologize for saying shit like this.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
We have to make sure that in the United States of America you very much do have to apologize for saying shit like this.
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Here’s one reason why Trump’s doctors keep giving him cognitive tests. 🤣🤣
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here’s one reason why Trump’s doctors keep giving him cognitive tests. 🤣🤣
Brilliant #HumpbackWhale teamwork!
Currently in southern Mexico & observing daily. Viewing from a distance the migration of these massive beasts as they swim south for breeding, nutrition, natural sustenance… & even perhaps, like me, a holiday! The breaching activity is joyful & soul-enriching!
Currently in southern Mexico & observing daily. Viewing from a distance the migration of these massive beasts as they swim south for breeding, nutrition, natural sustenance… & even perhaps, like me, a holiday! The breaching activity is joyful & soul-enriching!
Humpback whales working together to corral fish in a spiral net of bubbles, using vocal signals to coordinate. This amazing behavior is learned, not instinctual; not all humpback pods know how to bubble net feed.☺️😎💙
📽: Richard Sidey
📽: Richard Sidey
December 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Brilliant #HumpbackWhale teamwork!
Currently in southern Mexico & observing daily. Viewing from a distance the migration of these massive beasts as they swim south for breeding, nutrition, natural sustenance… & even perhaps, like me, a holiday! The breaching activity is joyful & soul-enriching!
Currently in southern Mexico & observing daily. Viewing from a distance the migration of these massive beasts as they swim south for breeding, nutrition, natural sustenance… & even perhaps, like me, a holiday! The breaching activity is joyful & soul-enriching!
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Majestic view of the Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx.⚜️💙⚜️😎⚜️💙⚜️
December 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Majestic view of the Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx.⚜️💙⚜️😎⚜️💙⚜️
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Well now we know why Lisa Murkowski the Republican Senator from Alaska voted to not release the Epstein files previously when she was the deciding vote! Murkowski has ties to Ghislaine Maxwell & her husband & even attended a forum of theirs. It’s all about Money,Greed & Power! 🤬
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Well now we know why Lisa Murkowski the Republican Senator from Alaska voted to not release the Epstein files previously when she was the deciding vote! Murkowski has ties to Ghislaine Maxwell & her husband & even attended a forum of theirs. It’s all about Money,Greed & Power! 🤬
What an uplifting story!
Bravo Cedar Hill Middle School in Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC!
The love of music, often just introduced to students in our schools, is a significant element to education for our youth, community… ultimately a thriving world. Thanks @mikedevlin for this article. #sing
Bravo Cedar Hill Middle School in Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC!
The love of music, often just introduced to students in our schools, is a significant element to education for our youth, community… ultimately a thriving world. Thanks @mikedevlin for this article. #sing
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What an uplifting story!
Bravo Cedar Hill Middle School in Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC!
The love of music, often just introduced to students in our schools, is a significant element to education for our youth, community… ultimately a thriving world. Thanks @mikedevlin for this article. #sing
Bravo Cedar Hill Middle School in Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC!
The love of music, often just introduced to students in our schools, is a significant element to education for our youth, community… ultimately a thriving world. Thanks @mikedevlin for this article. #sing
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Natasha, by Toshio Hosokawa, is streaming for free on OperaVision’s YouTube channel and from their website: www.operavision.eu. It is stunning. #newopera #brandnewopera #operavision
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December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Natasha, by Toshio Hosokawa, is streaming for free on OperaVision’s YouTube channel and from their website: www.operavision.eu. It is stunning. #newopera #brandnewopera #operavision
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Trump has now conducted 28 boat strikes, killing over 100 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump has now conducted 28 boat strikes, killing over 100 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Wish the Duke would come back from New York! #MissScarletPBS
Good to see Moses back on #MissScarletPBS with his foine self 😍 #WhatsPoppin
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Wish the Duke would come back from New York! #MissScarletPBS
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😂😩
December 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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