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Me, at 22 #pei #charlottetown #Provincetown #me #latergram

Low-resolution as it is, I think that this photo's flaws does a great job, if inadvertently, of exposing who I was at that time (September 2002) and in the years before. (I took this photo from my archived personal website, here.

I had only come out to myself in February of that year. That only came out at the end of a long process of very careful development that I did not recognize at the time. Me at 20 was 60 pounds heavier than me as of this picture (30 pounds heavier than I am now). I was hiding, from myself, from others within my carapace of flesh, to an extent that I was literally not capable of understanding.

There are certainly things that I wish I had done better; hindsight exists. Still: That me at 20 did as good a job as he could of surviving, and deserves credit for that. Me at 40 would not have existed without his efforts. I'm grateful for how I survived me at 20; I'm grateful to have been able to become me at 40.

Charlie Stross at Antipope shares an essay he recently presented on artificial intelligence and its challenges for us.

P. Kerim Friedman writes at {anthro}dendum about the birth of the tea ceremony in the Taiwan of the 1970s.

Anthropology net reports on a cave painting nearly 44 thousand years old in Indonesia depicting a hunting story.

Architectuul looks at some temporary community gardens in London.

Bad Astronomy reports on the weird history of asteroid Ryugu.

The Buzz talks about the most popular titles borrowed from the Toronto Public Library in 2019.

Caitlin Kelly talks at the Broadside Blog about her particular love of radio.

Centauri Dreams talks about the role of amateur astronomers in searching for exoplanets, starting with LHS 1140 b.

John Quiggin at Crooked Timber looks at what is behind the rhetoric of "virtue signalling".

Dangerous Minds shares concert performance from Nirvana filmed the night before the release of Nevermind.

Bruce Dorminey notes new evidence that, even before the Chixculub impact, the late Cretaceous Earth was staggering under environmental pressures.

Myron Strong at the Everyday Sociology Blog writes about how people of African descent in the US deal with the legacies of slavery in higher education.

Far Outliers reports on the plans in 1945 for an invasion of Japan by the US.

L.M. Sacasas at The Frailest Thing gathers together a collection of the author's best writings there.

Gizmodo notes the immensity of the supermassive black hole, some 40 billion solar masses, at the heart of galaxy Holm 15A 700 million light-years away.

Russell Arben Fox at In Media Res writes about the issue of how Wichita is to organize its civic politics.

io9 argues that the 2010s were a decade where the culture of the spoiler became key.

The Island Review points readers to the podcast Mother's Blood, Sister's Songs, an exploration of the links between Ireland and Iceland.

Joe. My. God. reports on the claim of the lawyer of the killer of a mob boss that the QAnon conspiracy inspired his actions. This strikes me as terribly dangerous.

JSTOR Daily looks at a study examining scholarly retractions.

Language Hat shares an amusing cartoon illustrating the relationships of the dialects of Arabic.

Language Log lists ten top new words in the Japanese language.

Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the dissipation of American diplomacy by Trump.

The LRB Blog looks at the many problems in Sparta, Greece, with accommodating refugees, for everyone concerned.

Marginal Revolution links to a paper suggesting the decline of the one-child policy in China has diminished child trafficking, among other crimes.

Sean Marshall, looking at transit in Brampton, argues that transit users need more protection from road traffic.

Russell Darnley shares excerpts from essays he wrote about the involvement of Australia in the Vietnam War.

Peter Watts talks about his recent visit to a con in Sofia, Bulgaria, and about the apocalypse, here.

The NYR Daily looks at the corporatization of the funeral industry, here.

Diane Duane writes, from her own personal history with Star Trek, about how one can be a writer who ends up writing for a media franchise.

Jim Belshaw at Personal Reflections considers the job of tasting, and rating, different cuts of lamb.

The Planetary Society Blog looks at a nondescript observatory in the Mojave desert of California that maps the asteroids of the solar system.

Roads and Kingdoms interviews Eduardo Chavarin about, among other things, Tijuana.

Drew Rowsome loves the SpongeBob musical.

Peter Rukavina announces that Charlottetown has its first public fast charger for electric vehicles.

The Russian Demographics Blog considers the impact of space medicine, here.

The Signal reports on how the Library of Congress is making its internet archives more readily available, here.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel considers how the incredibly isolated galaxy MCG+01-02-015 will decay almost to nothing over almost uncountable eons.

Strange Company reports on the trial and execution of Christopher Slaughterford for murder. Was there even a crime?

Strange Maps shares a Coudenhove-Kalergi map imagining the division of the world into five superstates.

Understanding Society considers entertainment as a valuable thing, here.

Denis Colombi at Une heure de peine announces his new book, Où va l'argent des pauvres?

John Scalzi at Whatever looks at how some mailed bread triggered a security alert, here.

Window on Eurasia reports on the massive amount of remittances sent to Tajikistan by migrant workers, here.

Arnold Zwicky notes a bizarre no-penguins sign for sale on Amazon.

The Prince Edward Island National Park, unsurprisingly, was devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Global News reports.

The Mi'kmaq community of Lennox Island lost large amounts of frozen lobster after Hurricane Dorian. CBC PEI reports.

Peter Rukavina has mapped the busiest and sleeping roads on PEI, here.

Growth in ridership on Trius Transit in Charlottetown continues to outpace expectations, CBC PEI reports.

The work that the Charlottetown suburb of Cornwall is doing, diverting the Trans-Canada Highway to build a Main Street, is authentically exciting urbanism. CBC PEI reports.

The federal and provincial governments on PEI are investing millions in Charlottetown transit, substantially in vehicles. Global News reports.
Kevin Yarr at CBC PEI reports on how housing prices in Charlottetown are rising to worryingly high levels, here.

The Founders' Hall food market in Charlottetown looks interesting. CBC PEI reports.

Establishing a national park reserve on the Hog Island Sandhills off northwestern PEI sounds like a good idea to me. CBC PEI reports.

CBC PEI reports on how what was intended to be a light-hearted joke on the chalkboard of Terre Rouge in Charlottetown ended up striking a media frenzy.

In a guest opinion at The Guardian, Stephen DeGrace makes the argument for PEI to vote for a mixed-member proportional electoral system at the end of April.

14 thousand voters, 13% of the electorate, cast votes in the advance polling on PEI. CBC PEI reports.

CBC PEI reports that the Sikh holiday of Vaisakhi was widely celebrated by the Island's growing Sikh community.

The Guardian notes the creation by Charlottetown of a registry of secondary and garden suites, the better to grapple with the housing crisis.

Peter Rukavina links to Harry Holman's blog post explaining why there is a cannon lodged in the sidewalk at Queen and Grafton.

The Guardian reports on the confidence of PEI Green Party leader Peter Bevan-Baker that the April election on PEI is for his party to win.

This guide to the wild orchids of PEI sounds very useful. CBC reports.

I wish the team at PEI comics group Sandstone Comics the best as they prepare their issues of original material. CBC reports.

The costs of anti-HIV drug regimen PrEP are now being covered on PEI for members of at-risk groups. CBC reports.

The Guardian features an interview with 80-year-old Charlottetown cobbler David Currie about his life and his career six decades long.

On Prince Edward Island, footprints of the ancient pre-dinosaur predator Bathygnathus borealis have been found. Global News reports.

VICE notes how the extreme shortage of rental housing on PEI is placing heavy pressure on the vulnerable.

Out of Maritime solidarity, Charlottetown supports the bid of Halifax to finally host a CFL football team. Global News reports.

CBC Prince Edward Island reports on a recent poll suggesting Islanders would overwhelmingly like the fees associated with crossing the fixed link to be radically reduced to abolished altogether.

Prince Edward Island is again preparing to hold a referendum on electoral reform, shifting from first-past-the-post to proportional representation. Global News reports.

Peter Rukavina shares some photos and a sketch from the Tryon River Bridge on the Island.

CBC Prince Edward Island notes that immigration retention rates on PEI, while low, are rising, perhaps showing the formation of durable immigrant communities.

The Guardian of Charlottetown shares the story of a tenant facing eviction after he complained to his landlord about an illegally large rent increase.

An elderly man on the Island has been reunited with his cats after his senior's housing unit forbade him from taking his pets with him, CBC PEI reports.

CBC Prince Edward Island reports on the state of the extensive renovations of Province House, with new materials being sourced and secrets discovered.

Peter Rukavina shares a photo of Province House in Charlottetown now hidden by its exoskeleton for much-needed repairs.

CBC PEI reports on the bid of the PEI Film Society to take over City Cinema, the only independent cinema in Charlottetown.

CBC PEI reports on the work of Joseph Glass to document the Jewish history of Prince Edward Island.

Skinners Pond is among the locations being studied for new wind energy plants, CBC notes.

Will the Confederation Bridge fabrication yards at Borden-Carleton be turned into a solar farm, as the PCs propose? CBC goes into detail.

The Guardian reports on how Charlottetown police have asked a tipster with information on the murder of Byron Carr to come forward.

Peter Rukavina reports on the astounding lack of timely coverage of the Charlottetown mayoral election by the Guardian.

Global News reports on how the small town of Wellington, in the Région Evangeline, found itself without a mayor. Have things since changed?

CBC PEI reports on how, faced with very difficult conditions for potato harvesting, some lucky farmers have helped their colleagues with their crops.

Have the high prices for legal marijuana reported by CBC PEI since come down?

The Buzz shared a list of recommended books, from the Toronto Public Library, looking back at the First World War.

CBC Montreal describes how the Belgian city of Mons greeted the inheritors of their Canadian liberators.

CBC reports on how the grief of one Newfoundland family at the loss of a son in the First World War spelled the doom of the entire community of Three Arms.

CBC Montreal describes how the city of Montréal greeted news of the armistice back in 1918.

Crooked Timber notes the centenary of the armistice that ended the First World War. Have we forgotten the lessons, or did we ever learn them?

L.M. Sacasas at The Frailest Thing notes how the mechanization of the First World War set it apart from other conflicts, inspiring (for instance) Tolkien.

Global News reports on the nearly one million Muslims who served as soldiers in the First World War.

The Guardian reports on how Islander Leo Cheverie went to France to pay respects to his two great-uncles, killed in the First World War.

Lawyers, Guns and Money reports on Henry Gunther, the American who was the very last casualty of the First World War.

The Russian Demographics Blog shares a map showing the casualty rates of different European combatants in the First World War.

Adrian Phillips at Spacing Toronto uses Remembrance Day as a frame to examine monuments both permanent and temporary in Toronto.

Katie Daubs at the Toronto Star reports on the fake news that caused Toronto to prematurely celebrate the end of the First World War.

Window on Eurasia notes how many key elements of the modern world, from borders to ideologies, were created by the First World War.

Peter Rukavina argues that the ease with which Charlottetown's airport can be reached by bus and by bike should be emphasized more.

CBC profiles Iranian immigrant Aman Sedighi, now a successful farm owner.

The PEI Cannabis Store is finishing up training its staff for its locations in Charlottetown, Montague, and Summerside, but O'Leary in the west of the Island lags. CBC reports.

The Guardian quotes multiple business owners on PEI saying that the temporary worker program needs to be fixed to deal with their worker shortages.

This editorial in The Guardian of Charlottetown makes the point that, with the lowest weekly earnings of any Canadian province, PEI needs to improve its wages if it is to avoid losing more people to out-migration.

The Buddhist community of Prince Edward Island, CBC PEI reports, runs a sanctuary for horses that gives dozens a chance to live out their lives in peace.

Russell Wangersky at The Guardian notes how utterly foolish the anti-immigration policies of Maxime Bernier would be for an Atlantic Canada that desperately needs people to come.

This CBC feature on the marine life of "Pogey Beach", the PEI North Shore's Tracadie Beach, is a visual delight.

CBC PEI reports on the rescue of two people off of the south shore's uninhabited St. Peters Island, an island I've seen only from above.

From October 2016, I have a blog post sharing the photos I took of St. Peter's Island from above in a flight that summer, gathering together some links about that place.

This Peter Rukavina blog post looking at the merits of the two outdoor pianos of Charlottetown is a delight.

The Guardian reports that polling reveals the three leading parties of Prince Edward Island--the Liberals, the NDP, and the Greens--are too close to call.

CBC's As It Happens reports on the confusion caused readers by the fact that, one day, the Journal-Pioneer of Summerside had no obituaries.

More international students studying at UPEI have stayed and found jobs locally on the Island, CBC reports.

Vacation rentals seem to be cutting significantly into the stock of housing in Charlottetown. CBC reports.

The small community of Victoria-by-the-Sea has apparently passed effective legislation to discourage vacation rentals and encourage year-round settlement in its housing stock. CBC reports.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes how data from Gaia may have at last nailed down the precise distance of Polaris from the Earth, at some 447 light years (more or less).

Centauri Dreams notes the extraordinarily strong magnetic field of SIMP J01365663+0933473, a super-Jovian massing the equivalent of 12 Jupiters a mere 20 light-years away.

D-Brief notes how the carbon fibre heat shield of the Parker Solar Probe will prevent this probe from burning up.

Hornet Stories notes the bizarre controversy in LGBT twitter about out actor Ruby Rose playing Batwoman Kate Kane. I, for one, can't wait to see what she brings to the role!

io9 shares a touching interview with Ruby Rose talking about her childhood experiences with the Batman family and with bats and her happiness at being a role model as Kate Kane.

Joe. My. God. links to an audio version of the Cher version of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)", and it is glorious.

Language Log shares photos of text in a Chinese restaurant in New York City that combines Chinese characters with the ampersand.

Peter Rukavina shares stories about a tunnel that may once have connected 124-126 Sydney Street in Charlottetown, then home to the cloistered Sisters of the Precious Blood and now home to Gahan House, to the St. Dunstan's Basilica.

Arnold Zwicky continues his meditations on Montréal, concentrating on the works of Claude Cormier which include the 18 boules de gai in Monréal as well as the lovely HTO Park in Toronto.

Guardian Cities reports on how prices for land in Ontario are propelling a Mennonite migration to Prince Edward Island.

Peter Rukavina takes a look at the regularity, or not, of the street grids of major Island communities.

Civil wedding ceremonies on PEI are starting to outnumber religious ones. CBC reports.

A heritage log cabin in Charlottetown, dating back to the mid-19th century, is being torn down by its owner for wanting of funding to help preserve it. CBC reports.

Construction of the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society's headquarters, in the eastern PEI community of Heatherdale, is being slowed down by construction and other issues. CBC reports.

Can Charlottetown support a gay bar? A LGBTQ-oriented place might indeed do better than a nightclub, but even with students and tourists could the city support one? CBC reports.

The City of Charlottetown needs to do better on creating affordable housing. The perfect is, after all, the enemy of the good. CBC reports.
The West Prince community of Tignish seems to be doing as good a job as it can of remaining a dynamic community, at least according to this CBC article.

The Guardian reports on the opening of a Filipino store in Bloomfield, oriented towards the growing Filipino community in that part of the Island.

The Cavendish Musical Festival is apparently going well, with a minimum of unexpected issues. (Has anyone reading this ever been there? What is it like?) CBC reports.

CBC PEI reports on the intensity of the heat wave hitting PEI. Frankly, Ontario-like temperatures on the Island were always rare in the past.

A bid by indigenous groups on PEI to lay claim to the Mill River golf course on treaty grounds has been dismissed in court. Global News has it.

The sheer volume of props accumulated over time by the Confederation Centre of the Arts theatre is noteworthy, if perhaps unsurprising. CBC reports.

A black character, Sebastian Lacroix, is being introduced to the new Anne of Green Gables TV show. This is good: Anyone who read Black Islanders by Hornby must know about the black community in Charlottetown's The Bog that, until now, was hidden. Global News reports.

Julie Payette reports that the Confederation Bridge linking the Island to the mainland is, in fact, visible from the International Space Station. CBC has it.

CBC reports how the Mi'kmaq flag now flies high, and permanently, above the campus of UPEI. Well done!

An eastern PEI shipbuilder is creating an old-style wooden boat using traditional methods. CBC reports.

The division of PEI into two zones for employment insurance purposes, between greater Charlottetown and the rest of the Island, can be unfair to people in Charlottetown. It also reflects real economic divisions in the province. CBC reports.

When Atlantic Canada's summers become as hot as Ontario's thanks to global warming, I wonder what Ontario's will be like? Global News reports.

A recent conference in Charlottetown featured long-standing Island activists Jim Culbert and Nola Etkin, explaining their queer lives in the province. The Guardian reports.

The death late last month of poet laureate John Smith has left the Island bereft. He was a wonderful man, and is much missed. The Guardian reports.

47 acres of land have been bought near Brudenell, PEI, for a Buddhist nuns' monastery. Buddhism is getting deep roots on the Island, I see. The Guardian reports.

The Filipino tradition of touring churches on Easter Monday has been transplanted to the Island. CBC reports.

Kevin Yarr reports on the extensive upgrades that Charlottetown's Province House will need, even after the current emergency repairs are finished, over at CBC.

The Green Party is strengthening its growing roots in Atlantic Canada by appointing Island-born Jo-Ann Roberts as a deputy leader. CBC reports.

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[PHOTO] Me at 22 (#meat20)
[BLOG] Some Friday links
[ISL] Five #PEI links: National Park, Lennox Island, traffic, Charlottetown mass transit, Cornwall
[ISL] Five #PEI links: transit, housing, Founders' Hall, Hog Island Sandhills, Terre Rouge
[ISL] Five #PEI links: MMP, election, Vaisakhi, apartments, cannonry
[ISL] Five #PEI links: PEI Greens, orchids, Sandstone Comics, PrEP, David Currie
[ISL] Five #PEI links: Bathygnathus borealis, real estate, CFL, bridge fees, politics
[ISL] Three #PEI links: Tryon, immigration, real estate, cats, Province House
[ISL] Five #PEI links: Province House, City Cinema, Joseph Glass &Jews, wind energy, Borden-Carleton
[ISL] Five #PEI links; Byron Carr, The Guardian, Wellington, potatoes, marijuana
[NEWS] Thirteen more links about the First World War (#ww1)
[ISL] Five PEI links: Charlottetown airport, Aman Sedighi, PEI Cannabis Store, workers, wages
[ISL] Six #PEI links: Buddhism and horses, Bernier and immigration, Pogey Beach, St. Peter's Island
[ISL] Five Prince Edward Island notes: polling, obituaries, UPEI, Charlottetown, Victoria-by-the-Sea
[BLOG] Some Friday links
[ISL] Five PEI links: Mennonites, street grids, marriage, Charlottetown, Heatherdale
[ISL] Five Island links: gay bar, Charlottetown housing, Tignish, Filipino Bloomfield, Cavendish
[ISL] Five PEI links: Heat wave, Mill River, theatre props, Black Islanders, Confederation Bridge
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Entries tagged with charlottetown

[PHOTO] Me at 22 (#meat20)

[BLOG] Some Friday links

[ISL] Five #PEI links: National Park, Lennox Island, traffic, Charlottetown mass transit, Cornwall

[ISL] Five #PEI links: transit, housing, Founders' Hall, Hog Island Sandhills, Terre Rouge

[ISL] Five #PEI links: MMP, election, Vaisakhi, apartments, cannonry

[ISL] Five #PEI links: PEI Greens, orchids, Sandstone Comics, PrEP, David Currie

[ISL] Five #PEI links: Bathygnathus borealis, real estate, CFL, bridge fees, politics

[ISL] Three #PEI links: Tryon, immigration, real estate, cats, Province House

[ISL] Five #PEI links: Province House, City Cinema, Joseph Glass &Jews, wind energy, Borden-Carleton

[ISL] Five #PEI links; Byron Carr, The Guardian, Wellington, potatoes, marijuana

[NEWS] Thirteen more links about the First World War (#ww1)

[ISL] Five PEI links: Charlottetown airport, Aman Sedighi, PEI Cannabis Store, workers, wages

[ISL] Six #PEI links: Buddhism and horses, Bernier and immigration, Pogey Beach, St. Peter's Island

[ISL] Five Prince Edward Island notes: polling, obituaries, UPEI, Charlottetown, Victoria-by-the-Sea

[BLOG] Some Friday links

[ISL] Five PEI links: Mennonites, street grids, marriage, Charlottetown, Heatherdale

[ISL] Five Island links: gay bar, Charlottetown housing, Tignish, Filipino Bloomfield, Cavendish

[ISL] Five PEI links: Heat wave, Mill River, theatre props, Black Islanders, Confederation Bridge

[ISL] Five Island links: Mi'kmaq UPEI, old-style boats, economic split, global warming, LGBTQ

[ISL] Five Island links: John Smith, Buddhism, Easter Monday FIlipino tour, Province House, Greens