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Remembering Walter Koenig. youtu.be/s72fJb7a-s8?...

Walter Koenig how could I forget you played Alfred Bester on Babylon 5 & Crusade. Glad you live on through the characters you played. (September 14, 1936 - October 25, 2026)

Latin American Heritage Month 🇨🇦 youtu.be/_2SjyjoT4Q8?...

Alberto Guerrero: A prominent Chilean-born classical pianist and composer who taught iconic Canadian pianist Glenn Gould in Toronto. (photo of Alberto and Glenn 1947) #latinamericanheritagemonth 🇨🇦

William (Wilhelm) Hespeler was (1830–1921) a prominent businessman and immigration agent who helped settle thousands of German-speaking and Mennonite immigrants in Western Canada. He served as Speaker of the Manitoba Legislature & as honorary consul of Germany to Winnipeg. #GermanHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

This year’s theme is “Your Window to the World”, highlighting the essential role of audiovisual heritage in connecting and understanding societies across the world. It also draws attention to the urgent need to preserve fragile audiovisuals from decay & technological obsolescence.

Farewell Walter Koenig (Chekov). You are off to the final frontier! RIJ youtube.com/shorts/wtN1u...

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Keinan Abdi Warsame (Somali: Keynaan Cabdi Warsame), known professionally as K'naan (/ˈkeɪnɑːn/ KAY-nahn),] is a Somali-Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter and filmmaker. He rose to international fame after releasing the single "Wavin' Flag". He is proudly Muslim. #canadianislamicheritagemonth 🇨🇦

Actor Walter Koenig, best known for playing Ensign Pavel Chekov in the original "Star Trek" series, has died. (October 27, 2026) He was 90. His character, Pavel Chekov, in Star Trek has always been one of my favourites. RIJ Walter! Enjoy exploring the universe!

Agnes Macphail: The first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1921. Macphail was an advocate for the vulnerable. Her advocacy led to reforms in the penal system. She founded the Elizabeth Fry Society of Canada, for women involved in the justice system. #WomensHistoryMonth 🇨🇦

Rupert Raj is a trans person & a pioneering psychotherapist, author, and activist who founded early organizations and publications like FACT and Gender Review, shaping the modern Canadian trans rights movement. #2slgbtqiaplushistorymonth 🇨🇦

This day highlights human rights issues, bodily autonomy, and calls to end shame, secrecy, and non-consensual cosmetic surgeries on intersex children. To raise your awareness about Intersex individuals go to..... www.lgbthero.org.uk/what-is-inte...?

DISARMAMENT WEEK OCTOBER 24-30. youtu.be/nHlT4zPrPsM?...

DISARMAMENT WEEK OCTOBER 24-30. WHY Disarmament? It will prevent humanitarian Crises: Wars create massive refugee crises and destroy civilian infrastructure; disarmament tackles the root cause of this forced displacement. Disarmament will not be easy but we must try. ✌️ #DisarmamentWeek

"The earth turns, as it always does The street lights go out The foremost light returns How many snooze, unaware? That a miracle has occurred!" - David R Low October 26, 2026 7:58 a.m. (photos from 7;:29 to 7:45 a.m.)

The Moon, she appeared in her full glory for me at 22:05. In Celtic tradtion she is known as the Seed Fall Moon, representing the time when plant life drops its seeds back into the earth to rest, hide, and wait for spring. It is a time to honour ancestors, talk with departed relatives. BLESSED BE!

The full moon October 25 is the Hunter's Moon. It was cloudy here, so hard to catch my sister in the sky. Spiritually, she asks: "What is actually worth carrying into the next season of your life"? (photos by me)

I am proud of my German Heritage on my mother's side of the family. My maternal grandparents: John Siemens & Stella Siemens (nee Bose). My grandfather was born in Plum Coulee (1900) & my grandmother in Rosthern (1904). Their families can be traced back to Prussia (1790s). #GermanHeritageMonth is 🇨🇦

Alia Hogben (1937 – 2025) was a Canadian social worker and activist who served as the executive director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women. Hogben was involved with the Canadian Council of Muslim Women since its founding, initially serving as a board member. #canadianislamicheritagemonth 🇨🇦

My city! Cool!

Art is a fundamental human need that shapes our emotional well-being, cognitive development, cultural identity, and social connections. Simply put, suppression of art is a bad thing. Oppressive states restrict, censor, destroy, or penalize creative expression for control. (Some of my art)

DISARMAMENT WEEK Oct. 24-30. WHY should there be disarmament? The UN reported 21,480 women & 16,690 children killed in conflicts in 2023 - 2024 alone! Over 473 million children—nearly 19% of children — lived in conflict zones. THESE deaths are a strong argument for disarmament! #DisarmamentWeek 🇺🇳

Waxing Gibbous Moon rising in the east 18:12 to 18:20 on October 24, 2026. Sunset was 18:19. Hello Sister Moon! I got her brightness close to what it was. I was sitting looking out from my open back door. #waxinggibbiousmoon

Dr. Halia Mayela Valladares Montemayor is a Mexican-Canadian & President of Global Trading & Simon Fraser University Director. She has served as Vice-President of Casa Mexico Foundation, supporting cultural integration and initiatives for Mexicans in Canada. #latinamericanheritagemonth 🇨🇦

Frances Loring and Florence Wyle were life-long and artistic partners for over 50 years. #2slgbtqiaplushistorymonth 🇨🇦

Lucy Maud Montgomery ~ Anne of Green Gables #WomensHistoryMonth 🇨🇦 youtube.com/shorts/G1398...

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, is a famous Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. #WomensHistoryMonth 🇨🇦

DISARMAMENT WEEK 24-30 October - Why Disarmament?? $21.17 trillion (USD) spent on military last 11 years! $21.17 trillion is enough to completely eradicate global poverty, hunger, homelessness, and illiterate displacement multiple times over. THAT'S WHY!!!!! 🕊 #disarmamentweek

UNITED NATIONS DAY - 81st Anniversary. October 24

UNITED NATIONS DAY - 81st Anniversary! October 24 youtube.com/shorts/KEjvt...

On this UN Day I will say I appreciate the UN! May it continue for many years to come. However, the UN Security Council creates a fundamental inequality between member states through its permanent membership and exclusive veto power. The Security Council must change with no state having veto power!

Disarmament Week 24-30 October PEACE MANTRA

LIGHTS #germanheritagemonth youtu.be/OcYFl9bjnW0?...

"Lights" Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Her father (Eric Poxleitner) is of German and Austrian descent. She is a four-time Juno Award-winning synthpop/electropop singer, songwriter, and graphic novel author. #GermanHeritageMonth 🇨🇦

Rahim Jaffer is a Muslim-Canadian businessman and was a politician. He was the first Muslim MP elected to the House of Commons at 25 for Edmonton—Strathcona and served from 1997 to 2008. #canadianislamicheritagemonth 🇨🇦

This day is to raise awareness for the conservation and protection of the elusive snow leopard (Panthera uncia).

Disarmament Week 24-30 October #stopwar youtube.com/shorts/Nxfyg...

Please share about this important day!!! UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls on world leaders to end the fighting, which is “multiplying human suffering, driving prices higher, draining resources from development, and pushing an already unequal world further apart.” #stopwar

#behindalways youtu.be/ou7sUGMfpT0?...

Believe these words my friends!!! #bekindalways

nvisible Disabilities Week runs from Octobe 18 to 24, 2026. It's an opportunity to learn about and raise awareness of non-apparent disabilities, like those related to pain, mente health, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and more.

Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill OC, known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes". She was the world's first female aeronautical engineer and a pioneer in aircraft design during World War II. #WomensHistoryMonth 🇨🇦

My philosophy/ethics question for you: Are we/the world allowed to criticize the Israeli government/military? Please explain why or why not in the comments....

Capt. Rey García-Salas is a Guatemalan-born Canadian Armed Forces Captain who was named one of Canada’s most influential Hispanics for his extensive research documenting the historical contributions of Latino soldiers in WWI and WWII. #latinamericanheritagemonth 🇨🇦

#standwithukraine youtu.be/B14mq5ikTyQ?...

YES TRUE! #standwithukraine

Established in 1998 to support the roughly 1% of the global population who stutters. (80 million people) Give people who stutter the time and space to finish their thoughts without interruption, avoid finishing sentences for them, and share resources from the Stuttering Foundation.

The philosophical question from me today: Why are there so many beautiful beaches ⛱️ in the world? Your answer in comments please......

There are other international/world days on October 21. Look up info. on these if any interest you.