On Truth and Reconciliation day - as a Dad to an Indigenous girl - I say to residential school deniers: stop with your sophistry about graves. Stop. Thousands of Indigenous kids were taken from their parents and terribly abused. That's the truth. So, reconcile. #cdnpoli

Is it just me, or does this Bob Dylan painting include a self-portrait in the figure at left? In any case, I prefer this work to the painting he used on the cover of the 1970 Self Portrait album.

Hegseth is a fool. Women are in combat roles throughout the Ukrainian army, and they do not have to match the men in physical strength to be effective.

RIP Jane Goodall. Thank you for your contributions to science & the natural world.

It’s important to note that the ADL is a non-partisan group and has called out antisemitism and extremism all over the spectrum. As a non-Jewish ally, I have used their resources as reference. I think the FBI is making a bad mistake. Cc: 🎗️🏳️‍🌈 Dr. Hershl Berman 🏳️‍🌈🎗️ Selina Robinson

Today is Yom Kippur, a sacred day for the #Jewish ppl. I am saddened by the attack at a Manchester shul today. I hope our politicians in 🇨🇦 take more actions to ensure safety. I will reach out to Jewish friends this evening (post-fast); I encourage everyone to stand as allies

Hamas is a terrorist organization that wants to harm Jews (and others- including some Palestinians). Something is wrong when ppl express sympathy or support for them.

I’m currently reading Judith Kalman’s memoir of the Oskar Gröning trial. It is well-written and includes significant background on her family and life before the trial. Judith Kalman

Throwback Thursday: I took a picture of this tram in central Zurich in June 2018.

I hope that Doug Ford , the Ontario AG, and law enforcement in Toronto will make arrests and press charges related to C-51 of the criminal code (glorification of terrorism).

I hope the moment we have been waiting for is close at hand: release the hostages, end the war, rebuild Gaza without Hamas.

The Police released Synchronicity in 1983: it was their most successful LP in terms of sales and (I think) artistic achievement. I heard “King of Pain” often on the radio growing up: this breakup song embraces harmonic complexity & vivid imagery. youtu.be/tFN5DveQH0o?si…

Thanksgiving is just over a week away. I am so grateful for the people who have helped me along the way in life: family, friends, and others.

In 2009 I took this picture of one of the Olympic Mountains in WA from the road between Victoria and Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island. Digital photography has improved since then; the natural world has not (glaciers threatened by climate change).

This weekend I’m reading Stephen Greenblatt’s new biography of Christopher Marlowe. We are all lucky not to be living in Elizabethan-era England!

It’s been a quiet, restful, and cool Saturday for me in Vancouver.

I had the 1-piece halibut and chips small plate for lunch at Cockney Kings in New Westminster. It’s a perfect (for me) Sunday lunch!

I took this picture from Metrotown Station today. The weather in the #Vancouver area has been stellar.