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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁

@shanikom.bsky.social

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Former news-photographer: CP PoY Award 1990. 'Loud-mouth broad’ since 1986. She/her. 📸 Photos mine unless stated. #NoFliter mostly. 📷 Canadian 🇨🇦 Finnish heritage 🇫🇮 #TBI 🧠🤕 [email protected] & [email protected]

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Parentball @parentball.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone misunderstood Deep Thought. He didn’t say the answer was 42. He said it was “For tea, two.” That’s the answer to life, the universe, and everything

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deshaunweinstein.bsky.social @deshaunweinstein.bsky.social · 11h

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Michael Girard, CA, PAA-NCGR @michaelmgirard.bsky.social · 11h

Needs to be repeated: "Anyone who gets COVID-19 can get long COVID."

Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 13h

🎯PSA by @nychealthy.bsky.social on Twitter (why not post it here on bsky too?):

"Anyone who gets COVID-19 can get long COVID. However, some people have a higher chance of getting long COVID than others because they are at greater risk...
Learn more: nyc.gov/longcovid

OP: x.com/nycHealthy/s...

Anyone who gets COVID-19 can get long COVID. However, some people have a higher chance of getting long COVID than others because they are at greater risk of getting COVID-19 in the first place or having more severe illness.

Learn more: http://nyc.gov/longcovid

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Pareidolia @pareidolia.bsky.social · 1d

Sad to only be out on special occasions.

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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 1d

#Photography #Nature #Mammals #Landscape
canadiangeographic.ca/articles/ann...

Announcing the winners of the 2025 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year competition

Canadian Geographic is pleased to honour 17 photographers for their outstanding images of Canadian wildlife

canadiangeographic.ca

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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 1d

#StreetPhotography #Photography www.boredpanda.com/winners-pure...

Pure Street Photography Awards 2025: 50 Photos Capturing Life’s Most Honest Moments

The Pure Street Photography Awards 2025 celebrate the beauty of everyday life captured in its most authentic moments.

www.boredpanda.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).

Participate in our Clean Air Study | sapphires

humanenvironments.org

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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 1d

Will photographer Jim Watson lose his White House pass over this? Might be worth it!

Low angle photo on Presidebt Trump, wall decor behind him aligned to look like he has devil's horns.

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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 1d

So they'll take more hostages after the exchange... peace plan this is not.

🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, yeah, that is scary!
It's pretty close to the real thing, yup.

🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 2d

Curious, how did the AI version of you get generated? ...was the source still photos or a video?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Jaymie Heilman @jaymieh.bsky.social · 6d

"I think it's wrong to have the highest rate of funding for private schools in a province where we have the lowest rate of funding for public schools." #ableg #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 4d

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 4d

The iPhone … YouTube … and bike share! Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI has been named among the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine. cultmtl.com/2025/10/bixi...

BIXI named among top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine

TIME magazine has released a list of the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years, and Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI is on it.

cultmtl.com

🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks!

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 4d

to be fair to Trump, the White House feed from Portland was accidentally mapped to the yule-log channel on the executive tv remote, hence the confusion

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 5d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social · 12d

Sgùrr na Strì, the 'peak of strife' #IsleofSkye #Scotland #Highlands www.damianshields.com

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Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social · 7d

Autumn light over Loch Clair #Scotland #WesterRoss #Kinlochewe #Highlands www.damianshields.com

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 4d

One year ago today, a spectacular aurora display graced the night sky across much of the globe. This was my view in *Oklahoma.* What a beautiful world we are fortunate to live on. #photography

Pink, green, and orange aurora pillars with a SAR arc and moon-lit clouds over relatively still waters of a large lake.

The andromeda galaxy between a red SAR arc and the Milky Way.

Numerous pinkish aurora pillars with a bluish-purple sky and spotty clouds over relatively still waters of a large lake.

Pink, green, and orange aurora pillars with a bluish-purple sky over relatively still waters of a large lake.

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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 5d

Terrific!!

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 5d

Problems with pharma don't mean that quackery works.

Problems in aircraft design don’t mean that magic carpets can actually fly.

- Ben Goldacre

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Mickeyfoon @mickeyfoon.bsky.social · 5d

Steven Miller is the actual president for all intents & purposes.
Trump is a dementia-riddled figurehead.

a man with long hair and a beard is looking at another man

Alt: Evil Wormtongue whispers in the debilitated King Of Rohan's ear.

media.tenor.com

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 5d

Photos from today's walk at the Seattle Japanese Garden (thread). I was quite taken with these red leaves, dangling by a bit of spiderweb in a way that made them look like they were falling.

#photography #PNW #autumn #FallColors #nature #red #31DaysOfHalloween #SeattleJapaneseGarden

Closeup of half a dozen red maple leaves, suspended mid-air by (near-invisible) spider web threads in a vertical line such that it looks almost like a composite image of a leaf tumbling down from the tree, twirling as it falls. Dark greenery blurry in the background.

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Albert Ibars @albert-ibars.bsky.social · 5d

Dia de pluja. Aigua a dojo.
#Fotografia #Monochrome #ClassicMono #HumansOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

Pluja intensa a Camprodon. Es veu la porta d'un hotel amb gent que mira com plou a bots i barrals i un home caminant sota un paraigües enfilant un carrer desert.

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