A happy dog enjoying a romp on a remote beach on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Martin L. Martens
@mlmartens@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06My activist insurgency account. Retired Professor, Dept of Management & Law, Vancouver Island University. Ground Search & Rescue (SAR) Team Lead, Medic, Tracker, and Instructor. Ski Patrol in the winter.
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A trumpter/mute hybrid swan is drinking water in an estuary (this is in my backyard). This swan is more than 20 years old and is the last of 3 brothers born on Hornby Island (Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada).
#birds 🪶
On southern Vancouver Island, there is a famous Douglas Fir Tree named "Lonely Doug". Common photos show a large tree standing in a clearcut. What these photos rarely show is that ther is another tall Douglas Fir in that clear cut, about 100m away. Lonely Doug isn't so lonely.
This tree trunk has quite the collection of polyspores. Turkey Tail? I'm not a fungus expert. The tree trunk shown in the photo is about a 7' section of a live alder.
It's still winter up in the mountains on northern Vancouver Island. A 4 days of heavy snowfall lead to a spectacular blue sky sunny weekend for backcountry skiing. In the center of the photo, 4 people can be seen traversing onto a cliff, high up on a snow-covered mountainside. The photo was taken from Mount Cain, looking east toward Kunnum Peak.
A happy #caturday afternoon nap.
A wildfire just started this afternoon, up in the mountains, 7km west of my home. Human caused. Currently listed as out of control at .5 hectares.
Eastern Fairy Slipper orchid. There were many scattered on a hillside above Kane Lake, in the Kane Valley, 24km east of Merritt, British Columbia.
#wildflowers #britishcolumbia
This looks interesting.
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A drone photo of the sea lions on the end of the Deep Bay spit. (photo by my neighbour)
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The unusual sight has made the news and there has been thousands of people showing up to see the sea lions. It's a rural area, with a one lane, dead end road to the spit beach. Traffic and noise from the tourist/gawkers has been far worse than the sea lions. Then there are the people who do not pay attention to regulations about approaching wildlife. The sea lions were all sleeping peacefully until she approached within 4 meters.
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The SCSAR K9 team located the subject pinned beneath several logs in a remote, steep area. The extraction was challenging due to the terrain, but through coordinated efforts, searchers were able to safely free and evacuate the subject. Members from Sunshine Coast RCMP were also on scene and assisted with the search and extraction, and later transported the SCSAR team back to Earls Cove. The patient was transported to hospital in Powell River by RCMP helicopter.
At best, corporate bullshit can sometimes seem harmless. At worst, it can disrupt organizational and employee effectiveness in numerous ways including obstructing clear communication, increasing employee disengagement, tarnishing a company's reputation, and exposing businesses to potential financial and legal risks.
Littrell, S. (2025). The Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale: Development, validation, and associations with workplace outcomes.
Another rising Canadian musician has a song for the current times.
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William Prince is very good as well, if you haven't heard of him.
https://youtu.be/yPGvW8XTzps?si=T-mKtGrztnv8VHZF
It was windy yesterday in my neighbourhood.
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Early this morning, Alberni Valley Rescue Squad was tasked to 5040 for an overdue hiker.
The individual had been hiking alone and reportedly experienced a wildlife encounter, which startled them and resulted in them losing their phone and becoming disoriented. They spent the night on the mountain and were successfully located this afternoon.
#BCSearchandRescue #VancouverIsland https://cheknews.ca/hiker-found-after-overnight-ordeal-on-5040-peak-rescue-squad-1318245/
In November 2024, IAC conducted an internal audit of its collection that tracked its operations from April 2019 to August 2024, which revealed that it could not locate 132 objects in its collection. CIRNAC has found 17 missing artworks, with an additional four flagged as possible duplicate entries in IAC’s database. The department is reportedly still looking for the missing works in regional federal government buildings.
This is interesting -
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a71254435/can-mushrooms-boost-brain-health/
TLDR: Eat at least four servings of oyster/shiitake mushrooms a week. Research shows improved cognitive function.
Cha, et al. A randomised controlled study to investigate the cognitive, mood, metabolic and anti-inflammatory effects of chronic oyster mushroom intervention in healthy older adults. Food Funct. 2026; 17 (12): 5621–5633. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5fo04951b