Sidney Coles PhD, PhD
@westernwriter
Journo, writer, lover of stories that end abruptly. Find me at Ricochet Media, Canada’s National Observer, Capital Daily, Women’s Media Centre and Watershed Sentinel.
When you can grow lettuce that isn’t lethal, we’ll figure out how to properly rake a boreal first that is nearly the size of of Europe. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
The feeling you get when Canadian astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield does a spontaneous countdown at the top of your interview with him.
Dallas Rd and the Crows. #birds #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin
I have the privilege of interviewing Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield next week? What would you like me to ask him? #space #spacewalk
People got smoked out at the fireworks display in Washington DC yesterday. After about five minutes, it became difficult for people to breathe or even see around Lady Bird Johnson park. The air quality became so bad people tried to leave but found the way out gridlocked. Total failure. #July4th
My latest on glacier melt and how we can protect what’s under the ice for The Watershed Sentinel. #glaciers #climatechange #mining
Utter chaos and shenanigans at the drag baseball game in Victoria. #Pride
@katiepolglase.bsky.social interview with Daniel Siad for CNN is a master class. I’ve never seen anyone sweat like he does under her repeated questioning about Siad’s personal responsibility for sending Epstein girls even after he knew who the man was. If only more reporters were like her. #Epstein
Outdoor dojo. Demonstration day in Vancouver, 2024 #classicmono #eastcoastkin #blackandwhitephotography #japaneseculture
Watching the opening of the Obama Presidential Center is a poignant reminder of what normal and decency used to look like in leadership. “Eight years in the crucible and not once did he melt.” How powerful it is to realize how fragile and yet enduring democracy in the U.S. is. Hold fast to it.
The Cactus Towers (Kaktus Towers) in Copenhagen were designed by the renowned Danish architectural firm BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), founded by architect Bjarke Ingels. They’re contentious. Not everyone loves them.
This is Gus. One part Charlie Chaplin, two parts Scarface. #dogs
Wilson Canyon on the Yukon River just outside of Whitehorse gets me, every time. #rivers #landscapephotography
If, amidst the roiling battery of the “world’s thunder,” you need a nest and place to rest may I suggest you read the exquisite Book of Birds by @robgmcfarlane.bluesky.social and illustrator Jackie Morris. A field guide against forgetting the fleeting safety of the feathered of our shared world. 🪺
Suzanne Simard writes extensively about how Canadian forests, once carbon sinks are becoming carbon bombs due to clear cut practices using heavy feller bunchers in “When the Forest Breathes.”
Mont Blanc, 2022 #landscapephotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin
The arrival of the canoes at the Peace and Unity Summit, Prince Rupert, 2024 #Indigenous #BritishColumbia
The world's richest men “have clearly left the world of consequences behind," Noah Hawley writes. "Their actions are only ever judged by themselves." However, they didn’t simply step off the road of accountability alone. They were exempted, empowered and enabled by systems that reward the rich.
Sundown at Summit Park in Victoria. #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #photography #sunsets
Make this make sense. The Supreme Court kicked the last leg out from under the protection of minority voting rights and this is what is trending today on BlueSky. It’s like y’all just want to entertain yourselves into the kind of fascism some countries take decades to climb out from under. #VRA