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Secwépemc woman living in & moving through Salish Lands | Geography | Genealogy | Poetry | Plants | Toponymy | Neurosavoury CoyoteDreams & CoyoteRain elsewhere http://coyoterain.redbubble.com https://ko-fi.com/midniterain

A simple black, white, pink, and red line-drawing cartoon of a human-appearing being with excessively large, flat teeth and bulging red eyes holding a tiny, affectionate cat in their trembling hands, meant to portray "cuteness aggression" Attributed artist: @POISE_21
A photo of a flowering volunteer patch of Claytonia perfoliata (Miner's Lettuce) that were left to grow as a ground cover over winter. They will die back soon as the weather warms in the Pacific Northwest.
A screenshot of an unsolicited direct message from a self-defense business, "Victoria Professional Self Defence," responding to a comment on their ad regarding paid self-defense courses for women. The semi-serious comment was about how they should have a class where they charge men to learn how not to be r@pists and use that money to find free self-defense classes for women. Instead of acknowledging the continued inequity of making women pay for the harms caused by men and how deliberately profiting off of the news of the "rapist academy" is ironically despicable, they decided to (I ironically) send an unsolicited direct message to a woman, mansplaining how businesses and capitalism works.
A screenshot of a post by James L. Sutter, joking about leaving things for the pollinators. Text of post: James L. Sutter @jameslsutter *gestures to my unmown yard* "I'm choosing to let my yard grow wild, to help the pollinators." *waves at a stack of dirty dishes* "This, too, is for the pollinators." *trips over a pile of dirty laundry* "Pollinators."
A text-heavy screenshot of a post by residential school denialist Dallas Brodie, commenting on a Global BC news article about the Sinixt People being granted a role in a legal fight over a Kootenay mine. Brodie states that it's "nonsense" that a "foreign Indian Band has more rights in B.C. than regular British Columbians," when over 80% of the Sinixt People's traditional territory is in the land now claimed by British Columbia and many Sinixt people are also British Columbians. While Brodie says they were declared extinct by Canada in 1956, Brodie also notes they were "re-recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2021," which begs the question of how Brodie came to the conclusion the Sinixt are "foreign."
A portrait-oriented photo of a blue plastic wheel barrow (foreground) and a large raised weathered wood garden bed (background), both filled with hand sifted soil.
A screenshot of a post by Peter Boghossian, quoting Tweets by Frances Widdowson. Widdowson called out specific University of Victoria Indigenous faculty and staff (Robina Thomas, Tracy Underwood, Darcy Lindberg, Carey Newman, Jeff Corntassel, and Ry Moran, and Mique'l Dangeli) over the shutting down of a planned Residential School denialism event by Widdowson regarding the 215 unmarked graves found through ground-penetrating radar on the former Kamloops Indian Residential School grounds. Boghossian offers $1000 to people to find "definitive proof of plagiarism" in the dissertations of the Indigenous individuals Widdowson calls out.
A screenshot of a turquoise and teal digital poster for the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund. A QR code directs people to a website (https://alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=14833) to donate to the fund. People can contact Michelle DeWitt (BCSF) at 907-545-6052, Megan Cacciola (ACF) at 907-249-6617, or Lilah Walker (Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation) at 907-729-5651 or lcwalker@anthc.org.
Photo of a dark stage, lit up with blue and peach-toned spotlights, with stylized white linework artwork of Shane Koyczan's face, with his beard as tentacles breaking a ship in half, with hearts falling out of the broken hull.
A screenshot of an interactive map from the British Columbia Wildfire Dashboard app for June 9th, 2025, showing multiple new wildfires, especially in the northeastern part of the province, with 3 Fires of Note.
A screenshot of a post by Kukpi7 (Chief) Rhonda Phillips on LinkedIn, calling on all First Nations, allies, and supporters to stand with Xatsūll First Nation on June 24 to 27, 2025 in Vancouver, as they challenge the Province of British Columbia's decision to bypass an environmental assessment for the Mount Polley mine expansion. Mount Polley Mine's tailings impoundment failed catastrophically in 2014 and sent tailings into Quesnel Lake, a salmon spawning ground and culturally important Secwépemc place. Chief Phillips states that choosing to conduct a proper environmental assessment would have cost far less than fighting the First Nation in court.
Screenshot of CTV News article title "Controversial candidate Aaron Gunn wins seat for Conservatives in B.C." published on April 29, 2025 at 12:49AM
A screenshot from a Black Press Media article, published on April 28th, 2025, the evening of the Canadian Federal Election, confirming Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn will be elected.
An edit of the "Disaster Girl" meme that shows the Hudson's Bay Company as the burning house, and Indigenous people as the smirking girl giving side-eye.
A screenshot from the Volcanoes and Earthquakes app, showing the location and magnitude of an earthquake that occured at 5:02am PST, just east of Victoria, British Columbia (indicated with a red circle). The earthquake was felt in Victoria, British Columbia.
A screenshot from Terrible Maps, showing the effects of commonly used map projections on a black and white sketch of a human head. Upper left: globular Upper right: Orthographic Lower left: Stereographic Lower right: Mercator
A screenshot of the Moderation sub-menu in your Bluesky Account Settings, that's accessible at the top left corner of your Home screen. If you go to "Muted words and tags" under the "Moderation tools" tab within the sub-menu, you can add words and hashtags that you want to mute, so you won't see them on your feed.
A screenshot of the Accessibility sub-menu in your Bluesky Account Settings, accessible at the top left corner of your Home screen. In the sub-menu, it allows you to require ALT text before posting media such as photos, as an easy way to ensure your posts are accessible to everyone.
A screenshot of a sponsored ad from Wayfair, showing a "Native American Indigenous Wigwam Shelter Cardboard Standup," on sale for up to 70% off.
Photo of 3 pairs of hand-painted wood feather earrings (with hypoallergenic silver-plated surgical steel hooks), on simple recycled cardstock packaging.
A screenshot from VibrantVictoria, of a false-colour wind and air temperature model, showing moderate to strong wind speeds (represented by orange and red) over southern Vancouver Island and the west coast of North America. The caption above explains that Environment Canada is warning of back to back storms over Christmas. Though snow is unlikely near coastal areas people should be prepared for potential power outages.
Compilation of screenshots showing 4 different varieties of portable recovery traction boards, designed to assist stuck vehicles. Boards are placed snugly in front or behind wheels (if reversing) of vehicle that is stuck in mud or snow, to provide a stable surface and traction for tires to grip on to.
A screenshot from the Windy.com app, of a false-colour wind model (in km/h), showing a weather cyclone building off the west coast of North America, on Friday, December 13th.
A screenshot from Amazing Maps, showing a grey and white map of the world, with red lines representing distance in kilometers, with the actual distance displayed in red above the line. The longer red line on the right side is overlaid on top of the representation of Russia reads 6400km. The shorter red line is overlaid on top of the representation of Africa reads 7200km.
A screenshot of the "Why Are You Booing Me? I'm Right" meme from The Eric Andre Show, watermarked by @arnelltf. The caption above the meme reads, "When Microsoft Word puts a red squiggly line under my Indigenous language:"
A meme made up of two panels of screenshots of Angela scaring Dwight from "The Office." Top panel: the text imposed over Dwight reads "me, dissociating in the kitchen," the text imposed over Angela, who is sneaking up behind Dwight, reads "toaster" Bottom panel: The text imposed over a startled Dwight reads "*screams.* The text imposed over Angela, who is looking at Dwight, reads *pops*
A screenshot of an all-text meme titled "Brain fog" (author unknown). The text reads: Me: Toast seems like a safe meal. I'll put in some toast. Me: *Puts in bread* Me: *Stands next to the toaster for a solid two minutes* Me: What am I doing here? Toast: *Pops* Me: *Screams*
A screenshot from the Windy.com app, of a false-colour wind model (km/h), showing a cyclone weather system off the west coast of North America, paused at 12:00pm PST. This is the second large Pacific storm system this week.
Photograph taken by post author, at Chu Chua in the winter, of a snow-covered grassland and marsh, with deciduous trees and red scrub brush. A cloud-covered mountain is in the background. This is why our old village at Chu Chua was named Tseqwtsqwélqw or "red tree" village (otherwise spelled Tcoqtceqwa'llk, ciqʷceqʷélqʷ, Tsuk-tsuk-kwalk).
A picture of a charging sea lion, turned into a meme about sealioning. The top caption reads: "COME BACK" The bottom caption reads: "IWISH TO ENGAGE IN RATIONAL DISCOURSE
A screenshot from VibrantVictoria (not on Bluesky) showing a map of power outages (in red) on southern Vancouver Island. The caption above explains that 30,000 BC Hydro customers are still without power following the storm on Tuesday.
A screenshot from an AccuWeather article describing multiple storms on the west coast of North America. Pictured is a satellite image of a bomb cyclone over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. The caption underneath reads: "This image was captured on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, and shows the Pacific (left) and the western United States (right). A swirl of clouds over the Pacific was indicative of a bomb cyclone and its eye that was gradually losing wind intensity. A new storm will form and become a bomb cyclone later this week."
Multiple screenshots spliced together into one image of a false-colour wind model (km/hr) from the Windy.com app for a period of time between November 21st and 22nd, showing two storm systems off the west coast of North America
Multiple screenshots spliced together into one image, showing a false-colour wind model from the Windy.com app for a period of time between November 21st and 22nd, showing two storm systems off the west coast of North America
A screenshot from VibrantVictoria (not on Bluesky) showing a picture of a ferry with the sun reflecting on the water. The caption above explains that there are no BC Ferries sailings until 11am today, as sailings were cancelled due to wind.
A screenshot from the Windy.com app showing a false-colour wind model (in km/hr) of another storm system approaching the west coast of North America by Friday (November 22) morning.
A screenshot from Amazing Maps (not on Bluesky), showing a simplified world map, centered on Europe. Land is shown in green and water is shown in blue. A translucent orange polygon is overlaid on top of the map, representing a 5,000km buffer around Paris. Yellow 5,000km scale lines inside the polygon further show how the Mercator Map distorts the size, location, and shape of continents.
A screenshot of the Feeds sub-menu in Bluesky Settings, where you can find feeds that can pin to your Home screen by scrolling down to Discover New Feeds and searching topics of interest. The "+" button beside a Feed pins that Feed to your Home screen for easy access.
A screenshot of Bluesky Settings menu, showing the Moderation sub-menu and moderation tools, such as viewing all accounts you have muted or blocked.
Satellite imagery of the current bomb cyclone off the west coast of North America, with political borders shown in white.
A screenshot from VibrantVictoria (not on Bluesky) showing a map of central and southern Vancouver Island with red and white No Entry icons on 4 highway routes. The caption above explains there are closures on highways 4, 14, 18, and 28 due to downed trees, powerlines, and dangerous driving conditions. The post warns people to avoid unnecessary travel tonight.
A screenshot of the BC Hydro website showing current power outages, as of 8:19pm PST, across the province. Among other regions, Vancouver Island, North has 99,813 customers without power and Vancouver Island, South has 50, 414 customers without power, for a total of 150,227 Island customers affected by the storm, so far.
A screenshot of the BC Hydro website showing current power outages, as of 7:53pm PST, across the province. Among other regions, Vancouver Island, North has 90,676 customers without power and Vancouver Island, South has 44,173 customers without power, for a total of 134, 849 Island customers affected by the storm.
A screenshot of an updated post from Vancouver Island Buzz. It explains that over 122,000 BC Hydro customers are without power, as of 7:45pm PST, up from 80,000 customers without power at 6:58pm.
A screenshot of an updated post from VibrantVictoria (not on Bluesky) showing a map of power outages on southern Vancouver Island. The caption above shows the original post has been updated from 26,000 customers without power to 32,000 customers or 147 outages, in the last half hour.
A screenshot from the Windy.com app, showing the current situation (at 7:00pm PST) of a bomb cyclone off the west coast of North America. A cross-shaped cursor is centered over the tail of the cyclone off the coast of Vancouver Island. The wind speed at that location is 96 km/hr.
A Screenshot from VibrantVictoria (not on Bluesky) showing a map of southern Vancouver Island indicating, in red, power outages. The caption above explains that 26,000 hydro customers are without power across 94 outages on the south Island so far, and that travel on Vancouver Island's three primary highways is cut off because of closures due to fallen trees.
A screenshot from VibrantVictoria (not on Bluesky) showing a map of central and southern Vancouver Island with red and white No Entry icons on 3 highway routes. The caption above explains there are closures on highways 4, 14, and 28 due to fallen trees and warns people to drive carefully.
A screenshot of the Moderation sub-menu in Bluesky Settings, showing how to add muted words and tags. At the bottom are examples, including some problematic Indigenous men that this user doesn't want to engage with.
A black and white rough sketch comic of two anthropomorphized boxes facing each other. The box on the left, with a neutral expression, says "do not break down." The box on the right, looking worn down, says "I'm trying."
Rough black & white sketch comic of two anthropomorphized boxes facing each other. The box on the left, with a neutral expression says "do not break down." The box on the right, in rough shape, says "I'm trying."
A photo of a sunset, taken on the SE shore of Simpcwetkwe (the North Thompson River) at Chu Chua, in 2017. Multi-coloured clouds reflect on the water and hills and mountains can be seen on the other side of the river valley.
A photo of a sunset, taken on the SE shore of Simpcwetkwe (the North Thompson River) at Chu Chua, in 2017. Multi-coloured clouds reflect on the water and hills and mountains can be seen on the other side of the river valley.
Screenshot of pinned feeds, showing an "Upstream failure" error.
A screenshot from Reddit that shows steps to take if you have an "invalid handle" error on BlueSky. Reddit user "withspaces" says that changing their handle to a "default handle" ("username.bsky.social") in the Settings menu then back to their custom one fixed the issue for them.
Picture of person wearing a crow mask and a frilly feathered cape, with a dark grey, black and green background that looks like spooky tree branches. Caption reads, "Happy Hallowe'en" in cursive.
A photo of men trying to wrangle a hippopotamus on the edge of a body of water. One man has fallen into the water while another man appears to be reaching down to help him, while the hippopotamus lunges towards them. A white-coloured caption at the top left corner of the image reads, "GIVE ME ALL YOUR MARBLES"
A short poem by MidniteRain (from December 13, 2023) that reads: I feel like beadwork, with loose beads spilled across the floor. I'm running low on thread and my needle is dull. If there ever was a pattern it's long gone now. But maybe when it's all done, it won't really matter what it was supposed to look like.
A photo of four pairs of hand-painted feather-shaped earrings and one hand-painted narrow drop-shaped earrings, made of wood and hypoallergenic findings. Three pairs are landscapes and two pairs are native fireweed plants.