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Nicolas Demers

@figureoutthesea.ca

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Web developer, gay, atheist, humanist, feminist, geek. Love volleyball, sci-fi, photography, birbs. He/him. Vancouver, BC "Either we'll figure out the sea, or we'll keep finding beautiful places." https://linktr.ee/npdemers

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · May 10

I've got a photography store where I post mostly photos of birds, but also some landscapes and cityscapes and whatnot.

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A male Tree Swallow is resting on a wooden post, his blues all shiny and iridescent

A male House Finch is up in a tree surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and blue sky. He is holding a blossom in his beak

A male Wood Duck is vocalising, and his shiny mullet is moving

View of Vancouver West End towers from Burrard Bridge. The sun is going down, and clouds are a bit orangeish

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 57m

#BIrdOfTheDay theme: #colourful

It doesn't get much more colourful than Wood Ducks, with their red accents and green / blue / purple iridescence!

And, here's a photo of a European Goldfinch I took in Vienna in 2023. They're so much more extra than American Goldfinches!

#photography #birds

A closeup of a male Wood Duck head, mullet gloriously flaring and iridescing all shades of green and purplr

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 9h

the whole article could have just been ten pages of “Brilliant Things Eleanor O’Brien Said,” and some gold was left on the cutting room floor, but this is such a banger of a closer and it’s so very much the theme of today

"I want people to know that what's happening in Portland - the creativity, the irreverence, the refusal to be intimidated - that's replicable," she says. "Every city has artists. Every community has weirdos. We just need to find each other and start creating the alternative story. The revolution doesn't have to look like a protest.
Make it weird. When they tell you to cover up, shut up, and comply, the most radical thing you can do is be visible, speak truth, and take up space. With joy. Tap into your creativity. Art isn't a luxury in times like these - it's survival."

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 8h

That second part is true, but Europeans really do have a hell of a time conceptualising how huge the US and Canada are and how isolated large chunks of it are. Evidence: talking to some locals in our trips. It's perfectly understandable! But it makes some conversations very weird.

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Speaking as a Canadian we're well aware of how ginormous our country is... But we mostly think east-to-west. I think 98% of our population lives within 200km of the US border. There's so much land in the north that's near-empty (of people) and often forgotten

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 17h

bureau-of-state-ecology on tumblr: "If you try fucking w/ gender and it just confirms that you are in fact Cis, that still gives you like an upgrade because now you're approaching your sense of self with Intent™."

velvet-gardens: "What was it Dolly Parton said? "Find out Who you are, then do it on purpose." "

journish: "I hate that the "just a phase" thing makes us so afraid Of trying new things. Go through phases! Discover yourself! Change every day! It's okay if something doesn't last forever. It makes me so angry that other people want to invalidate others' experiences just because they decided it wasn't for them in the end."

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 13h

#BirdOfTheDay #Black

We've got a handsome crow that didn't mind me getting close, an even handsomer raven looking for bugs in a log, and a Red-winged Blackbird with only one volume setting

#photography #birds

An adult male Red-winged Blackbird singing loudly up on a bare branch, against a solid blue sky

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 17d

As always: spreading the word about the shop and buying cool stuff both helps financially and does wonders for my self image! I hope to one day be able to survive purely on sales of art and apparel.

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A digital artwork featuring a house being presented to the viewer on a hand, with a lake scene with a rowboat in the background. There are a lot of glitchy patterns in the details. The image is bordered in black, and signed in the lower right corner by SK. These prints are limited edition, and priced accordingly.

T-rex silhouetted against a pentagram backdrop, looking sick af.

A guy in a wizard hat, in silhouette, a wine bottle molly ready to launch. Under him in Fantasy lettering: "I cast Fireball." The image is in black and white, except for the flame of the molotov. On a yellow shirt.

"Can Stop, Will Stop," captioning a resigned looking black and white line art mouse. On a hoodie.

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 1d

trying to scrape through the last few days til payday. All kindnesses and alms receive trans blessings and the favour of Cybele.

The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 2d

I make very little dollary doos and live in a very expensive city. If I’ve ever made you laugh or think and you can spare a few dollars, please consider tipping!

Paypal and Interac are both

sincerelynataliereed

at

gmail

❤️❤️❤️

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 2d

Wish you were here ⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊

The Milky Way above a mountain lake. There’s light reflected on the water with large boulders. Two pines are silhouetted.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Séance and Spooky Spood-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 1d

Big-headed fly sex. Real acrobatic stuff

#BugSex

Two tiny stripy grey and brown flies mating Dipteran Style in mid air, and their heads are extremely large for their body and are composed seemingly entirely of red compound eyes

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 1d

filthy-rat on tumblr: "stop putting touchscreens in cars and get to the features people actually want: oscillating vent fans, visors that move automatically to block the sun, and the ability to fire red koopa shells at people who change lanes without using their turn signal"

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 1d

Great Blue Heron, blue hour

#BirdOfTheDay #Urban #photography #birds

A Great Blue Heron on a post in the foreground, at sunset. In the background is a marina with lights and boats

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

“And then it came, the realization that—at least in my mind—79 years old was so young for a famous rich white woman in America like Diane Keaton and that 78 years old was practically a miracle for a black trans woman like Miss Major.”

Diane Keaton, Miss Major, D'Angelo...

Who gets to live a "long" life in America?

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 2d

I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.

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Rev & aBOOelite Héctor Octavio [con acento] loves you @mexicanity.bsky.social · 2d

Best use of Fuck/Marry/Kill

A sign from the window display from what appears to be a bookstore. A black panel with white lettering shows the following message:
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AI.

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 3d

It's possible I'm overthinking this 😁

Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 3d

Hmmm is this like one of those memes where you choose between $10M and going back to age 10 but with all current knowledge and memories ?

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 3d

On the doctors: shit's chronic, ligament damage, gonna take a lot of patience and care to get better. On the phone: FOUND IT! On the sauna: passed because I had to go and pay the mechanic. Tomorrow septic tank ($) and still insurance for GF ($$$.)

Still need 290 URGENTLY.

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 3d

I call this piece, "Narcissus Seeing His #Reflection"

-- Piper Spit, Burnaby Lake, Feb 1 2025

#BirdOfTheDay #photography #birds

An American Coot on a log, bending way down over the shallow water and seemingly fascinated by its reflection

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Andrew @andrewcyberkop.bsky.social · 6d

If you buy an NFT of a stock in OpenAI you should have to wear a big bell like a goat for the rest of your life.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 7d

The crash is going to be brutal when it comes.

Robinhood says "it might offer "tokenized" equity in OpenAI. By "tokenized," Business Insider reports, Robinhood means "blockchain-enabled representations of securities like stocks." In reality, they have no connection to OpenAI equity whatsoever."

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 4d

Amazing! That's a follow!

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 4d

This fall I have enjoyed many golden moments with northern wildlife. #birds #mammals
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern FLicker, Red Fox, Ring-necked Ducks

A yellow-rumped warbler perches on a wild rose plant with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A northern flicker perches on a wolf willow plant with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A red fox stands amid grasses with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A small flock of ring-necked ducks swim on a calm wetland that reflects golden leaves.

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 4d

#BirdOfTheDay theme: Long Necks

Here is the resident American Bittern at ƛ̓éxətəm (Tlahutum) Regional Park. April 7, 2024

1) Neck retracted
2) Neck extended

#photography #birds

An American Bittern surrounded by tall grasses, all compact with its neck retracted

An American Bittern surrounded by tall grasses, stretched out with its neck extended

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · 5d

Having read Les Misérables, you fortunately don't need any footnotes. Victor Hugo goes into excruciating detail on the background stuff, from an in-depth analysis of the Battle of Waterloo, to the history of Paris' sewer system, to the post-Restoration political climate and discourse.