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Vijamsonic
@jbmvijamsonic.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Just about the only thing I will drag here from there other site
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Digital painting of fireweed, my favourite flower for day 3 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
December 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Digital painting of fireweed, my favourite flower for day 3 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
So amazing. 😍
December 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
So amazing. 😍
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Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
GTFOH
Edmonton police are starting to test AXON facial recognition technology on body cameras starting tomorrow for about a month. More to come. #yeg
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
GTFOH
Best thing on social media right now is #ArtAdventCalendar
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Best thing on social media right now is #ArtAdventCalendar
"...all the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes..."
It's Tom Waits time.
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"...all the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes..."
Hate that Elf
Hey since it's December now if you have an elf on the shelf in your house you're a cop and a bad parent
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Hate that Elf
It's Tom Waits time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's Tom Waits time.
The whole house smells like cloves, cinnamon, all spice, ginger, and butter!
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The whole house smells like cloves, cinnamon, all spice, ginger, and butter!
Could we at least build stuff we need: high speed rail, wind and solar x 10, public housing, low carbon public transit options, etc.
We will be our own best customer — and build big with Canadian workers, Canadian technology, and Canadian materials.
November 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Could we at least build stuff we need: high speed rail, wind and solar x 10, public housing, low carbon public transit options, etc.
My partner is selling cosmetics for $5 on Facebook marketplace and people are asking her to deliver it. 😂 WTF?
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My partner is selling cosmetics for $5 on Facebook marketplace and people are asking her to deliver it. 😂 WTF?
My insides are still grouchy.
Food poisoning. Fucking fuck.
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My insides are still grouchy.
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Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
Food poisoning. Fucking fuck.
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Food poisoning. Fucking fuck.
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"At a time where our health system is collapsing, our public schools are a disaster and we’re facing ecological catastrophe, the CAQ (and the PQ) understands well that if they whip up enough racist sentiment, the population might forgive them for doing nothing about the real issues we all face."
Quebec's new secularism bill expands the scope of who the government officially hates
Today, the Coalition Avenir Québec is introducing, An Act respecting the reinforcement of laicity in Québec (the name is better in French, surely).
noraloreto.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"At a time where our health system is collapsing, our public schools are a disaster and we’re facing ecological catastrophe, the CAQ (and the PQ) understands well that if they whip up enough racist sentiment, the population might forgive them for doing nothing about the real issues we all face."
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I could probably survive if I never ate another bagel ever.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I could probably survive if I never ate another bagel ever.
If you live in Queen Alex and ordered Hanjan but it never arrived…its at my place.
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
If you live in Queen Alex and ordered Hanjan but it never arrived…its at my place.
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Hello #YEG! Fattoush, a wonderful Mediterranean cafe on Whyte Ave, faces hardship after a destructive robbery. Randa used all her savings to open this summer. She makes the best baklava I’ve *ever* had. Their prepared foods are fantastic. Please consider donating or sharing the link. Thank you!
Donate to Help Randa Reopen Fattoush After Robbery, organized by Franziska Wolf
I’m setting this up for Randa, the owner of Fattoush, an incredible Mediterran… Franziska Wolf needs your support for Help Randa Reopen Fattoush After Robbery
www.gofundme.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hello #YEG! Fattoush, a wonderful Mediterranean cafe on Whyte Ave, faces hardship after a destructive robbery. Randa used all her savings to open this summer. She makes the best baklava I’ve *ever* had. Their prepared foods are fantastic. Please consider donating or sharing the link. Thank you!
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Katie Sandwina or Brumbach (1884 – 1952) was an Austrian American circus strongwoman.
In 1902 she defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City.
In 1902 she defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City.
August 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Katie Sandwina or Brumbach (1884 – 1952) was an Austrian American circus strongwoman.
In 1902 she defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City.
In 1902 she defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City.
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Just like UBI & Medicare for All would be much better uses of taxpayer dollars.
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Just like UBI & Medicare for All would be much better uses of taxpayer dollars.
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Osage dancer and prima ballerina Maria Tallchief was photographed by renown photographer Milton H. Greene (1922-1985) in a dance studio in New York in 1952. Greene, probably best known for his series of photographs of Marilyn Monroe, as well as his features on Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Audrey 1/2
August 29, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Osage dancer and prima ballerina Maria Tallchief was photographed by renown photographer Milton H. Greene (1922-1985) in a dance studio in New York in 1952. Greene, probably best known for his series of photographs of Marilyn Monroe, as well as his features on Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Audrey 1/2
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This is definitely the most scrutinizable outcome of the Mamndani-Trump meeting.
Ok, but if he starts growing a beard, we’re all gonna get free healthcare, guys.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is definitely the most scrutinizable outcome of the Mamndani-Trump meeting.