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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 21h

Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult.

But not impossible.

Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · 1d

November 3. #MondayArt "Shadows of Trees #4" (2011) charcoal on newspaper, 22 in, x 30 in. #AbstractArt

A large tree centred on a distressed sheet of newspaper. The tree has been created in charcoal through a reduction process in which the newspaper sheet is covered in charcoal and then the unwanted areas are removed through erasure.

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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 2d

Fact for today: Canada has climbed from 4th to 2nd in the latest international reputation rankings. The US has dropped dramatically, from 30th to 48th among the 60 top economies. Switzerland ranks first, Russia last. The rankings are often a factor in country investment decisions.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · 8d

October 27. #MondayArt "Window (Blue)" (2002) acrylic on board, 40 in, x 30 in. #AbstractArt

A Romanesque-style window with two interior arches, one above the other. The arches and the entire window framed roughly in yellow. The interior of the arches is predominately blue.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · 15d

October 20. #MondayArt "Galloping Elevator" (2006) bronze, 12 in. high #AbstractArt

A skewed skeleton of a grain elevator in bronze. It appears to be moving on stylized hooves.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · 22d

October 13. #MondayArt "Unbleached Intersection #1" (2018) mixed media on canvas, 30 in. x 24 in. #AbstractArt

A motley collection of coloured papers, newspaper strips, and paint on a background of unbleached titanium acrylic paint. There is an asymmetrical intersection of newspaper underlying everything, hence the title of the work.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · 24d

Intrepid!

Sèafra @woodward.ca · 24d

Daily Dolly.

Dolly the brindle pitbull looks out at the ocean while on the beach.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · 29d

October 6. #MondayArt "Drapery study" (2000) charcoal and conte on paper, 22 in. x 26 in. #AbstractArt

A cloth has been draped over two stools of differing heights. The drawing is in white conte and black charcoal on dark paper.

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Maggie In RD AB @maggieinrdab.bsky.social · Oct 5

Just do it!

Marty Chan @martychan.bsky.social · Oct 5

You have three weeks to sign the Forever Canadian petition which is a message to Danielle Smith that Albertans don't want to separate. Volunteers are set up in many communities across the province. Use your voice (or in this case, pen) if you believe in unity! #Alberta

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Oct 2

See Beethoven’s Entire 9th Symphony Visualized in Colorful Animations

While reporting on the Eurovision Song Contest, the New Yorker's Anthony Lane 'asked a man named Seppo, from the seven-hundred-strong Eurovision Fan Club of Norway, what he loved about Eurovision.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · Sep 29

September 29. #MondayArt "Globe2Go" (2012) mixed media on canvas, 12 in. x 16 in. #AbstractArt

A torn newspaper obituary page on the left-hand side of the canvas; a torn piece of wallpaper on the right-hand side overlaid by an irregular shape created by four pieces of masking tape.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · Sep 22

September 22. #MondayArt "Hammerhead" (2001) monoprint, 9 in. x 12 in. #AbstractArt

Black and yellow ink smeared across the paper. A distinct hammer-like image in the upper half. Black outlines around much of the smeared ink.

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FishFeast (Jon) @fishfeast.bsky.social · Sep 16

This is great. The power of scary librarians.

C.A. Petrov @capetrov.bsky.social · Sep 16

Also great! "That's why I think we should fund libraries more. It's not just because they're a great resource, it's because I don't wanna know what librarians will do if we don't give them a place to go."

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · Sep 16

"Distant Field" (2009) acrylic on canvas, 24 in. x 20 in.

Upper three-quarters of the canvas is a deep blue sky. The lower quarter is a field of mottled yellows and browns.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · Sep 15

September 15. #MondayArt "Elevator" (2011) charcoal on paper, 17 in. x 14 in. #AbstractArt

A stylized/abstracted grain elevator outlined in charcoal that has been smeared to give a ghostly image.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · Sep 13

An Edward Hopper painting come to life! Beautiful photo!

Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · Sep 13

Edmonton friends, check out Nuestra, if you haven’t yet! It’s part coffee shop, part bar and fully delightful.

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Horrifying Paintings of Francis Bacon

Mention Francis Bacon, and you sometimes have to clarify which one you mean: the twentieth-century painter, or the seventeenth-century philosopher? Despite how much time separated their lives, the two...

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · Sep 8

September 8. #MondayArt "Prairie Wind" (2006) acrylicon canvas, 18 in. x 36 in. #AbstractArt

A faint horizon line divides the canvas in two equal halves. The darker bottom half (mottled browns, yellows, and oranges); the upper half lighter greens and yellows with a deep red but faint mist to the right of the canvas.

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paulboultbee.bsky.social @paulboultbee.bsky.social · Sep 6

I don't know if I should be chuffed or not, but I am on the list! A badge of honour?

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.