Kelly B

@kellyblack

Public history. Museums. PhD. Tidal pool explorer. Vancouver Island - Coast Salish territories. Opinions mine etc. Newsletter: buttondown.com/leftcoastdispatch he/him kellyblack.ca

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Kelly B@kellyblack· 25d

And they say there’s no algorithm here

Kelly B@kellyblack· 26d

Drake meme. First panel has Mark Carney’s face in place of Drake’s, he puts his hand up at orcas. Second panel has Carney’s face and he is smiling and pointing at wildfire

Kelly B@kellyblack· 27d

Here, enjoy an orca in the Salish Sea.

Kelly B@kellyblack· Jul 10

Hey Alex. I’m Kelly. Me too.

Kelly B@kellyblack· Jul 3

Reminds me of this Gary Larson cartoon

A cartoon from Farside by Gary Larson. A man stands looking out the window at sunrise. There is a piano behind him with sheet music. There is a balled up piece of paper on the piano keys and a pen by the sheet music. The hand written lyrics read “jeepers creepers where’d you get those …” and the. A bunch of words are crossed out including “eyeballs” “retinas” and “tear ducts”

Kelly B@kellyblack· Jul 2

Sorry, Vancouver Island, the world needs our oil. You get it, it’s cool. Don’t worry about it.

Screenshot of a news headline: “Island districts ratchet up water restrictions as drought concerns rise”

Kelly B@kellyblack· Jun 28

Probably my most niche book #bcHist

Book cover. “Boilermakers in British Columbia” by Robert Macintosh. The cover shows an orange topo map of the province

Kelly B@kellyblack· Jun 23

Highly specific return to sender instructions

Colour photo of an envelope. In handwriting across the top it reads, “Moved 17 years ago”

Kelly B@kellyblack· Jun 20

Rolled over 6,000kms on my bike today. 6,000kms not in a car. Feels good!

Kelly B@kellyblack· Jun 17

Strange. I visited cbc.ca/news on my desktop and it pulls up a landing page from 2013…

Photo of a the cbc news page. The “breaking news” is about a chemical weapons deal for Syria being reached by the US and Russia. Another story is about Senator Pamela Wallin having to repay $100k in expenses.

Kelly B@kellyblack· May 23

Hey Victoria folks - if you're looking for something free and interesting to do today, check out Fort Macaulay Day. Fort Macaulay was part of the coast defence system that protected Esquimalt and Victoria harbours #yyj www.esquimalt.ca/community-ev...

black and white photo of white military tents in a large field. NA-40384, BC Archives.

Kelly B@kellyblack· May 16

Fawning over my new work friends

Colour photo. A deer fawn and its mother on a paved road

Kelly B@kellyblack· May 14

Still there. Took this last week from the E&N rail trail. The building to the right is also a reproduction of a Fort Victoria building

Colour landscape photo of a bastion (fortification) and another wooden building with a roofline that looks like a pointy tilly hat. The sky is blue with clouds and there are cars parked in the foreground. The photo is dark because of the bright sun at the top left of the image

Kelly B@kellyblack· May 7

Rising up Back on the street

Colour photo. Looking up at an entirely blue sky. On the left, the cornice of a building; in the middle a red building crane, on the right a white globed lamp post which is a well known element of the Victoria urban landscape

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 29

ok who did this

A graphic of a stop sign. Below the word “Stop” is the word “Harper” but it is scribbled out and “Carney” is written below

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 29

Dale Miller, the editor, works for an “AI” company…

Screenshot of text. “I am the Director of App Innovation and AI at Charter Telecom. In this role I lead and direct the go-to-market strategy for Charter’s AI…”

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 26

Here, have some orchids

Colour photo. Two pink orchards (Calypso bulbosa) growing on the forest floor, these orchids are in focus and there is another in the distance out of focus. Sunlight streams in from the top of the frame

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 25

Get your teeth into the job

Photo of a Second world war propaganda poster from Canada. A beaver is chopping down a tree with Hit ler in it. The text reads “Get your teeth into the job”

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 25

*extremely Flaming Lips voice*

Colour photo of a Second World War poster for Canada Victory Bonds. “Do you realize…that a saving of 56 cents pee day buys $100 in Victory Bonds in 6 months…”

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 20

Quick time out for flowers (purple camas)

A purple flower. In the background green grass, blue sky, and some mountains

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 13

Screenshot of a NY Times article: “Someone Has to Be Happy. Why Not Lauren Sánchez Bezos?

As half of an unfathomably powerful couple, mrs Sanchez Bezos seems to have influences the uber-rich to stop apologizing and start enjoying themselves.

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 12

Mayor Herbert Anscomb and Sir Arthur Currie at tree planting ceremony in Mayor's Grove, Beacon Hill Park. City of Victoria Archives, M10237.

Black and white photo. Two men dressed in suits stand in front of a pile of dirt and a small tree. There are other people standing around in the background.

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 8

He tried to warn us

A depiction of Jesus burned into toast but it’s that abomination-of a-conservation-job-Jesus

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 1

For example, you could have used this well-known painting by William Hind found in the BC Archives.

A painting of a prospector panning for gold

Kelly B@kellyblack· Apr 1

Hey @royalbcmuseum.bsky.social - why are you using an AI generated image when you have a wealth of digitized images and paintings from the gold rush that you could use?

Screenshot. What looks to be an AI generated image of people panning for gold above a description of an “online learning” event about the 1858 gold rush

Kelly B@kellyblack· Mar 31

The herring have arrived!

Kelly B@kellyblack· Mar 31

Spotted this St. Paul landmark in a Victoria thrift store. Did not buy but took this pic fpr @chrissteller.bsky.social

A photo of a framed drawing of Alexander Ramsay House in St Paul Minnesota

Kelly B@kellyblack· Mar 27

Please enjoy these shooting star flowers.

A few pink or purple shooting star flowers against a green background. The sun is shining on the flowers

Kelly B@kellyblack· Mar 24

Nanaimo woman fined $1,000 in senior’s monster truck parking lot death globalnews.ca/news/1174246...

Simpson’s “That’s a paddlin’” meme. Murder someone with your truck? That’s a paddlin’

Kelly B@kellyblack· Mar 23

Ye Olde Powerhouse