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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 3h

a few moments from over the Thompson at the confluence, along the seam of the two rivers meeting

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 3h

greetings from the centre of the universe
Tl’kemtsin/Lytton ofc

View up a dry mountainous valley where two big rivers join, the milky grey-green Fraser curving in from the top (north) and the clear dark green Thompson flowing from the right (east). Where the rivers meet, they flow together to the left (south) but the waters keep their own colour with a crisp seam between.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 2h

rivers don't choose their names, white men do
#landback

A digitally altered sign in stereotypical roadside heritage dark green and cream painted cast iron on a wooden post.
It's titled THE MYTH MAKERS and reads “David Thompson never saw the river system that now bears his name. Simon Fraser travelled his eponymous river just once, thinking it was the Columbia. In acts of hubris amd convenience, the two men named these rivers after each other, then left the west behind. Unsanctioned and hollow, this renaming erased millennia of Indigenous relationships with these waters and rewrote history for the settler conscience.”

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 2h

*Queen Elinor voice*

'I've had just about enough o' you, lass.'

Detail from a silhouette drawing in black ink of a squirrel clambering up part of a broken branch on the grass, the head of a hen just making it into the crop behind it.

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Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social · 1h

I was never going to guess that the blob in the sketch was a squirrel 😆

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Sam Hester @calgaryhester.bsky.social · 6h

Hey #yyc! If you can't get to the polls on election day, you can PICK UP a ballot from Elections Calgary anytime until Oct. 20, & bring it back. You have to request your ballot here:
sb.calgaryelections.ca
I wrote a comic about this for @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social. But I have some more thoughts. 1/7

A black & white comic strip on a bright green background telling the story of how I found out that I could pick up a ballot from Elections Calgary, so my mom could vote at her continuing care residence... but I was confused that this was called a "mail-in ballot." There is no mail involved!

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Sam Hester @calgaryhester.bsky.social · 5h

One more note. To pick up a ballot, you need a signed authorization from the person you're picking up for, saying that they're letting you pick up the ballot. & when you request the ballot online, you must give their address, to confirm they're on the voter list.
Ok, end of rant, happy voting! 7/7

Sam Hester @calgaryhester.bsky.social · 5h

You’d think that in an election that bodes extremely low turnout, Elections Calgary might want to... TELL PEOPLE it's possible to pick up a ballot? Anytime up until election day, at a fairly central location (1212 31 Ave NE)? Maybe folks could benefit from that info? Ok, my rant's almost done. 6/7

Sam Hester @calgaryhester.bsky.social · 5h

But here’s the weird part. On the Elections Calgary site, this helpful service is referred to as a "Mail-In Ballot," or “Special (Mail-in) Ballot package" (see my screenshots). How is anyone supposed to learn that a pick-up option is available? There's no mention of it! 5/7

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 14h

August 2026. Massive heatwaves kill 1000s of Americans, mostly low-income and elderly, because as a society we decided it was more important to be able to create pervy deepfake videos of the girl next door than to power air conditioners.

Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 15h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 13h

IMPORTANT: this installation IS supposed to be up thru December, ECN/ESA attendees you know what you have to do ily2online.com/exhibitions/...

Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 13h

By golly that’s Art

ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 2d

Portland art lovers and fans of unusual fish transportation MUST go see Sasha Fishman’s SHAD MODE at ILY2, there is a functional salmon cannon in the gallery with realistic weight hot pink rubber salmon you can chuck into it

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ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 2d

Portland art lovers and fans of unusual fish transportation MUST go see Sasha Fishman’s SHAD MODE at ILY2, there is a functional salmon cannon in the gallery with realistic weight hot pink rubber salmon you can chuck into it

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David Petersen @mouseguard.bsky.social · 13h

COMICS ALOUD! Noon This Sunday at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social I'll be with @derekkirkkim.bsky.social, Mark Buckingham, @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social, & Jeremy Bastian as we read aloud excerpts and short stories of our own comics while the images are projected for the audience.

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Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social · 13h

"Pardon me, ma'am, you have something stuck to your shoe... oh"

Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social · 13h

"All your favourite one-note pop culture mash-ups from Threadless T-shirts in the 2000s, now available as a video!"

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social · 14h

Enjoy the winter wonderland! 🚲❄️

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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 1d

Really nice compact pale blue form of Thelymitra ixioides (spotted sun orchid) in heathland, Genoa, VIC. Several of these plants with small flowers (very few spots) were growing together with more typical forms (larger/bluer/spotted flowers) nearby. Tip of my little finger here for scale #orchids

Really nice compact pale blue form of Thelymitra ixioides (spotted sun orchid) in heathland, Genoa, VIC - spring orchids 2025.

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Ghost @ghostlycorvid.bsky.social · 2d

Out here educating the nation's youth about the existence of the coolest bug in the world
🎨 @cochayuyocreations.bsky.social

Calla the trilobite beetle wearing orange flannel and a workshop apron

The same, but standing more to the side so the table is visible

A back view to show off all that gorgeous work Yuyo did

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 17h

Help Juno out!

venmo.com/u/junostump

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · Sep 13

Imagine me of all people criticizing an owl for not putting pants on. Who Do You Think You Are?!

A HYPOCRITE. That's who I am. 🪶

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 16h

Anything really does go in the desert 🪶

A burrowing owl standing on a rock with its legs fully showing. Could use some pants.

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Michelle @cloverjag.bsky.social · 16h

Possum wants to boop your nose.

Grey and white kitten reaches her paw towards the camera.

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17h

Entire villages are flooded, homes have floated away with people still inside them and entire communities are now displaced. If you have the means to help, please do so.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/w...

One killed, dozens rescued after storm slams western Alaska as search for missing continues | CNN

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help the more than 1,000 people displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore throug...

www.cnn.com

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17h

It may no longer be Indigenous Peoples' Day but this is when and where your support truly matters. We have several Native communities devastated by flooding, families have literally lost everything.

Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

A a teal flyer for the Western Alaska Disaster Relief with a QR code to donate. Text reads:

WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF

Alaska's Western coastal communities are experiencing devastating impacts from Typhoon Halong, with families displaced and villages facing severe flooding and loss.

ONLINE FUNDRAISER:
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate
online. All funds raised will go directly to
assisting communities.
QUYANA CAKNEQ - QUYANAQPAK - QAGAASAKUNG - TAIKUU
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MAHSÌ CHO - GUNALCHÈESH - HÀW’AA - THANK YOU

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 16h

it is disorienting when you lose someone who you navigate your life to, like a star blinking out of the night sky.
a life lived in fearlessness, she carved out space for so many of us.
an amazing woman.
check out this doc by some of my pals.

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

vimeo.com

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 2d

I've been remiss in celebrating #Auktober, so here are four delightful pics of the smollest one, the Least Auklet from Kiska Island, Alaska (where there are 1.2 million PAIRS in about 2 km sq).

Bonus early PhD Alex for scale.

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