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msquebanh

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Family Caregiver.
Eco/Social Justice Activist. Disability Advocate. Decolonizer. Accessibility Consultant. Eldercare Liason.
Teochew Chinese. War & Polio Survivor.
Neurodivergent. Nature lover. Cat lover. Photographer. Avid gardener. Water & forest protector. Moss toucher. Tree hugger. Bird watcher. GenX. Anti-capitalist.
Vancouver Island, BC.

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kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Another really good graphic nonfiction book I've read recently, and recommend, is WE HEREBY REFUSE, regarding the Japanese-Americans forced into internment camps in WWII.

The story addresses a common victim-blaming response to the plight of others: "Why didn't they fight back?" It's almost always the wrong question, even though indeed, they did fight back. Victim-blaming is a pernicious permission structure, allowing us not to care about terrible events that happen to other people.

This is a story rarely heard. It needs to be heard, especially as some leaders are openly advocating for detention camps for those who look like they "might be here illegally."

msquebanh ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Most Japanese Americans & Asians (in US & outside of it) called them concentration camps - not internment camps. Colonial, racist governments called them internment camps in US & Canada but that's a dishonest word for them. Internment camps are for military personnel. Japanese & Asians(anyone who looked Japanese) were rounded up & imprisoned in colonial concentration camps. Many died in them.

juergen_hubert , to folklore
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There is a cursed palace in a valley near Altenau that will belong to anyone who can capture it.

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tales-of-altenau-70141414

Part 2 of German folk tale "The Palace in the Gerlachsbach Valley". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!

msquebanh ,
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@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore Future goals! Maybe in my next lifetime.

msquebanh ,
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@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore Somewhere to banish billionaires to!

dilmandila , to blackmastodon
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Author copies arrived of this bulky anthology of African ghost stories. Now I can say that my story was published in the same book as the legend, Amos Tutuola!

@bookstodon @blackmastodon

msquebanh ,
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@dilmandila @bookstodon @blackmastodon That looks like an interesting book of short stories!
What online vendors do you recommend getting some copies from?

msquebanh ,
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@dilmandila @bookstodon @blackmastodon I signed up for email alert 👍

msquebanh , to random
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@thepoliticalcat @TheConversationUS @histodons That's a pity. Ignorance can lead to unintentional abusive actions. I'm glad that ppl intervened.

msquebanh , to random
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@thepoliticalcat @TheConversationUS @histodons That's abusive. Poor guy.

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon
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I recommend purchasing used books from the library, especially if they sell donated books, and not just library discards. I picked up all of these for a cool five bucks.
@bookstodon

msquebanh ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon I often buy used books from local libraries.

msquebanh ,
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@cpm @kimlockhartga @bookstodon I also run my little free community library in front of my home. I put new books donated & gently used books I'm finished reading in there. I also put in CDs & DVDs in it. Lots of ppl visit it & take/donate books/multimedia.

I'm starting a arts/crafts/non-perishable food free community sharing box too. I have to repaint an old donated newspaper box for that one 😊

msquebanh ,
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@cpm @kimlockhartga @bookstodon There's a whole bunch of people owned/run little free libraries in every community here 😊 Mine has dinosaurs, Baby Yoda & gargoyle guardians atop & decorated with environmental stickers.
https://victoriaplacemaking.ca/little-free-libraries

msquebanh ,
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@kimlockhartga @cpm @bookstodon I haven't had much problems with humidity ruining books. I have a wood/glass latching door on my LFL.

msquebanh ,
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@kimlockhartga @cpm @bookstodon This is what my LFL looks like 😊
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@msquebanh/110455121641925160

msquebanh ,
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@kimlockhartga @cpm @bookstodon Thanks! Kids/adults who visit love it & also like that I planted several foods in front gardens that I encourage visitors to pick & take home to eat.

I am adding some more decorations to my LFL this Fall & some seasonal stuff near Halloween & at Winter Solstice time.

msquebanh , to random
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Anyone with more on this private medical clinic in that I was alerted about today?
Alerted by a friend who was told by her family physician that if she wanted to remain a patient that she needs to pay $1500 first.
That sounds illegal & in violation of federal health act.

Can anyone in BC please tell me more about legalities of this??

Image from Perpetual Healthcare in Victoria. Pop-up window says they are accepting private pay patients & to click to fill out intake form.

msquebanh OP ,
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@chris

msquebanh OP ,
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@chris I thought that was kinda illegal, when she started telling me about her/her husband's horrific & what they felt as blackmail billing.

They weren't expecting to be hit like that. She's been going to walk-ins since being told to pay $1500 to remain a patient. I'm trying to help her get a new family doc ATM. Both her & her husband are elderly & need a family doctor who will help them manage their health.

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