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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d

vancouver planning in the 21st century is developers and the city patting themselves on the back for a sustainable mixed-used community that pays homage to the industrial past while using modern best practices where a two bedroom condo costs a million dollars and there are no schools

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d

cool, awesome, inspiring, just one question where are the schools or buses or community centres

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 2d

I'd somehow missed this petition!! Maybe you did too

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 2d

CANADIANS!! The official petition started by a member of Parliament to fight back against payment processors' censorship of legal content is only open for a few more days. Make sure you've signed it: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 2d

Combining direct lighting - as Mark the Evangelist is demonstrating by using the illuminating dove - is great for targeted tasks and emphasizing details at your desk, while indirect lighting - see the open window - creates a warm and inviting environment. Bonus: your cat will like it. #catcontent

Mark the Evangelist working at a desk, and his lion is present. The lightning dove is flying above him. This image is also part of the 1530 bible print: https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0011/bsb00113027/images/index.html?fip=193.174.98.30&seite=89&pdfseitex=

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Chevy Ray @chevyray.dev · 2d

look at my dog who likes to make and keep eye contact

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 3d

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR

And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this:

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · 4d

The holidays are coming up, if you're thinking about shopping small businesses for gifts, it's a great time to start that ^^ Especially for us in Canada, with Canada Post returning to rotating strikes, there may be delays.
Here's a pack of Canadian Small Businesses!
go.bsky.app/L7b8pdr

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aivi @aiviwave.com · 7d

it's that time of year!

we have an amazing crew of writers, artists, and staff for our 2025 festival. it's going to be a crazy art project ✨

Infloresce Records @infloresce.com · 7d

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

🌸🔬🎶

SNOWDROP FESTIVAL 2025

We're hosting our 4th annual festival on Dec 13—celebrating the music made by the digital fusion community & adjacent scenes in 2025. All are welcome to participate!

Submission form & rules:
infloresce.com/snowdrop-festival-2025-submission-form

Snowdrop Festival 2025—Submission Form

Snowdrop Festival is back! Infloresce Records is hosting a virtual concert on December 13, showcasing 4 hours of music made in 2025. We can't wait to celebrate everyone's amazing art made in the last...

infloresce.com

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 5d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 9d

the words every girl wants to hear

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 10d

that's not a very nice way to refer to London museums

Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 11d

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
www.popsci.com/environment/...

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

www.popsci.com

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 10d

lol if you think you can terraform mars if you cant even terraform earth

Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 10d

one of the best ways to get riled up about environmentalism is to read about terraforming. the logistics, the challenges, the constraints. shit is HARD. nope me outta that. and here we already got a humdinger of a starting situation and we're just... giving up??? for billionaires?? the f...?

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 10d

Oct 15 Iron Dog Books, Waterfront Theater, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC Canada 6/11

irondogbooks.com/events/32161...

Book Launch: Queen Demon by Martha Wells | Iron Dog Books

Indigenous-owned bookshop serving metro Vancouver

irondogbooks.com

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Ben Nicholas ⚪️ Looking for work! @belgianboolean.bsky.social · 12d

Spaces and Places

belgianbooleancg.com/projects/nYR...

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Dec 8

Seasonal greetings for both the #bookhistory and #digitalhistory folks: a keyboard waffle iron. 🗃️

A waffle iron that forms keyboard waffles.

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alexa @pachyperfect.bsky.social · 12d

It's Kill the Music Friday everyone ! store.steampowered.com/app/3093050/...

Save 30% on Kill The Music on Steam

Kill The Music is a Rhythm Action Roguelite about defeating hordes of enemies with musical instruments.

store.steampowered.com

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Ben Nicholas ⚪️ Looking for work! @belgianboolean.bsky.social · 12d

Hey folks! I’m a concept artist with over 10 years of experience looking for my next opportunity! Whether it be full time or freelance, teams big or small, I’d love to help on your project

belgianbooleancg.com

You can also support me with tips to help pay bills

ko-fi.com/belgianboolean

Cheers!

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 13d

I've been waiting all year to repost this 🎃

A pumpkin patch in a variety of shapes and colours, some with carved faces with different expressions. Between the pumpkins are black and white cats, crows, frogs, bushes, twigs and mushrooms.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 13d

Hard to blame the Democrats for the shutdown when you're in charge of all 3 branches of government, plus the Supreme Court.

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 14d

let the gourd times roll

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 14d

Finally a Large Language Model I can get behind

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 14d

i’m not on threads but i did come across these posts about the Canada Post strike from someone on there that i felt worth sharing… mostly because i wanted to make a similar thread on this but haven’t had a chance to do the price comparisons. 1/

threads post from user angelolexie

Welcome to my Canada Post crash-out.
Letters are urgent business.
Canada Post offers 2-4 day delivery for letters.
Bank cards, drivers licenses, voting cards, medical appointments, cancer biopsy results, abnormal cervical screenings, blood tests, jury duty, court dates, university transcripts, parking tickets, passports, and legal documents are all mailed through Canada Post.
Letters are not flyers.
They are not Burger King coupons.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 14d

why is it legal to take out a loan in order to buy a company and have _the company_ be the one responsible for repaying that loan anyway

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Indie! @indiealpa.ca · 15d

So many cool games were at Vancouver Game Garden....

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 15d

1. Both PFBs open today aka National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. As always, all profits from the day's sales benefit a few Indigenous-led organizations close to us: Native Education College; Vancouver Aboriginal Child & Family Services Society; and the Urban Native Youth Association.

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Natali 🌻 @natikatz.bsky.social · 16d

can't believe I forgot to post pics from our booth! a little late now lol but here's a couple we got during setup

Skye at the Vancouver Game Garden booth for Flowerdrops!

Close-up on our hand painted "Thanks for Playing" sign

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