Gas Prices - What The Actual News?

Coming in the Harbour, Saint John, N.B.
Lucius O'Brien
1896

Circle of Life
Christian Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.

Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."

#AIslop #refuseresist

Ginger Ale and Tomato Sandwich No. 1
Mary Pratt
1999

Pacific Ocean
Arthur Lismer
1961

‘Mass Death on This Scale Is Incomprehensible’ | The Tyee Overdose deaths are trending down, but BC is still in the thick of a crisis. Here’s what the data tells us.

‘Mass Death on This Scale Is Incomprehensible’ -- Overdose deaths are trending down, but BC is still in the thick of a crisis. Here’s what the data tells us, by @michellegamage.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/03... via @thetyee.ca

From the canoe, evening mist. #kootenaylakebc #Canada

The Russians understand that elections are a critical part of their 21st C geopolitical & military strategy, even if the West is naive enough to see elxns as somehow distinct from 'all that.'

Latest attacks in Lebanon leave nearly 400 dead as two Israeli soldiers killed

Maybe the most impressive headline distortionism I've ever seen

A Strategic Learning Deficit: Western Military Institutions Ignored Ukraine War Lessons. The Big Five, 8 March edition My weekly update on war and strategic competition. This week, ignoring Ukraine war lessons hurts, battlefield and long-range strike, PLA operations in the Pacific and my Big 5 reading recommendations.

From one of 2 brilliant military analysts I follow: This week “Ukrainian ground forces demonstrated a quiet resurgence while continuing to hold the line against the Russian offensive machine. Long range strike forces executed one of the most operationally significant maritime strikes of the war.”

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz."

—Bill McKibben

Ready for the Journey
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1983

Spring Clean Up: Your Dog Remembers Every One

One Day Soon
-
distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

The Night Watcher
Matthew Wong
2018

If you were investing in the future would you like to spend a billion or more dollars a day on a war for oil or would you like to spend that money to rapidly reduce your dependence on oil?

Now we get to see both of those approaches in real time.

Primordial Land (South Side of Devon Island, NWT, Over Lancaster Sound)
Alan C. Collier
n.d.

Dial G for Robinson 11: Double Indemnity I used to have a copy of Double Indemnity around here somewhere.

open.substack.com/pub/hotdogco...

North Shore, Lake Superior
Lawren Harris
1926

Sisters
Valerie Palmer
2000

Regardless of the wisdom of war in Iran, Chicago archbishop reminds us of the harm to our own humanity when we revel in the suffering of others.

Arrived Too Early
William Kurelek
1974

Lovely preview for Library of Brothel today in Toronto Star invoking literary mischief & comparing her to Djuna Barnes
We like mischief & Djuna in this family ❤️ thank you so much!

SaskPower solar panels + battery with diesel back-up power a 20-household community in north Saskatchewan.
Over a year, ~80% of power will be solar. In the first 6 (spring/summer) months of operation there were no outages & the generators weren’t used at all.

Iqalutsiavak (Beautiful Fish)
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
2005

MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is calling for better mental health support and resources for people who apply for medical assistance in dying, in response to the case of a

MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner. Report details case of a 91-year-old Montreal-area man who died by suicide last year shortly after his MAID request was refused, by Morgan Lowrie www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/maid-... via @cdnpress.bsky.social

Moonlit Landscape Toward Infinity
Cavan Atkin
1935

Strangers coming together at sunset. #Tofino #PacificOcean #Canada #peace

SCTV - SKIP BITTMAN: What happened? - “Insight” (by General Life Insurance) YouTube video by TVOR - The Voice of Reason

Some personal news: I was on CBC Radio this morning talking about the long-awaited arrival of SCTV to streaming services and you'd best believe I mentioned the name "Skip Bittman", was not going to throw away my shot

youtu.be/gLlIvROIWPI?...