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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 3d

And the (hopefully unintentional) visual references to the Blade Runner master classes in movie storytelling only served to highlight that this perineum of a movie should not have been made in the first place. Studios just don’t know when to stop beating a dead light cycle. #honestreview

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 3d

I just saw Tron Ares. No spoilers. My review: it’s a visual masturbatory exercise of the colour red & an example of how Jared fucking Leto can make an incredibly over rendered CGI/AI universe and character look like a cardboard cutout that’s been left out in the rain in every scene he is in… #scifi

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 10d

Miss me, but let me go.
For this is a journey we all must take
And each must go alone.
It's all part of the Master's plan
A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know.
Laugh at all the things we used to do
Miss me, but let me go.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 10d

When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little, but not for long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that once we shared…

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 10d

On this 1st anniversary of my mom’s death, my dad and I visited a few of her favourite places, shared good memories, and recited the passage she had chosen as part of her memorial service.

Rest in peace mom….

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 11d

Bright star, dreamy cloudscape. #photography #blackandwhite

A black and white landscape photograph with the sun flaring through a number of cloud layers, and reflecting on the wavy ripples of Lake Ontario.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 12d

Apparently my new glasses are #ChesterApproved!!!

A photo of a cream coloured fluffy Sheepadoodle sitting on a chair, wearing a pair of glasses.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 14d

Advance!!!! Let’s go Blue Jays!!!

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 16d

One of my best experiences to date at Service Ontario to renew my drivers licence and health card. Making an appointment in advance really speeds things up. I was in and out in 15 min. Both cards renewed with a new photo taken and some pleasant chit chat with the rep.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 18d

Go Jays Go! @bluejays.com let’s do it!!! #TorontoBlueJays #Baseball #dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 18d

Sadly it almost all eventually will when however much has been spread on the roads and walkways of the city melt into the drains in the springtime.

James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 19d

That’s just one about 4 huge ridges/escarpments (I can’t think of a non-geographic term) of salt waiting for the coming season.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 19d

Salt Mountains. There City of Toronto’s stockpile of road salt by the lake. A very “Christo & Jeanne-Claude” vibe. #blackandwhite #photography

A black and white photograph of stockpiles of road salt that looks like mountains. The photo has significant horizontal separation between the concrete dock and the water in the canal, as well as the segments of covered, partially covered, and uncovered mounds of salt. The wrapping of the salt reminded me of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude wraps of landscapes and monuments around the world.

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Signal @signal.org · 20d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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NPR @npr.org · 20d

With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.

Kiss reality goodbye: AI-generated social media has arrived

With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 20d

Covering topics like #bias & lack of #diversity in data models, along with #regulatory & #governance requirements of the profession, they received a good intro to the appropriate use of AI tools & how to critically think about use cases & applications.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 20d

It was a pleasure guest lecturing at George Brown College in #Toronto this afternoon emphasizing the importance of the human connection for child & youth care workers in an age of easy access to #AI tools. It’s critical for 1st year student academic & professional development….

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 21d

He’s known to cosplay being a polar bear in the winter as well.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 22d

Chester celebrates the changing seasons with a chic Maple Leaf acting as an impromptu fascinator. He loves the cooler autumn temps so he can run and play ball without overheating. #Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

A photo of a fluffy white Sheepadoodle named Chester resting in a grassy field. He is smiling and has a red maple leaf on his forehead.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 22d

I find this incredibly problematic in a whole lot of ways. (Even as a dog owner would would be devastated at the loss of my pet.)

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22d

A new Search Party tool built into Ring’s Neighbors service will allow people to send out a local alert if their dog goes AWOL. Once it’s triggered, all nearby Ring devices will keep an eye out for the pup. nyti.ms/3IQ3iFo

A hand holds a smartphone showing the Ring 'Missing Pet' feature, displaying a photo of a missing dog named Curly and a split screen below with a view from a Ring camera. Headline: Amazon Announced An AI Tool to Help Find Your Lost Dog

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 22d

Rest in peace: Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 25d

Below//Above. Different perspective views of the city. #toronto #blackandwhite #photography

A black and white photo shot in Toronto of a downtown alley way. A man is standing with his back to almost us at the end of the alley looking at a haphazard pile of garbage. The alley is partly in shadow, with its entrance in the foreground framed by metal scaffolding, still bathed in the early evening light. A single traffic cone in the lower right of the frame stands out and casts a shadow across the sidewalk.

This is a black and white photo centred on the clock tower of Toronto’s Old City Hall. It is dwarfed by the surrounding buildings that line Bay Street. The modern office towers are linear and extend out of the frame creating a forced perspective.in the foreground, at the bottom of the frame a linear series of windows anchors the scene. The late summer light highlights the angles and textures of the urban canyon.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · Sep 19

Chester is ready for a great weekend! Hopefully you are too! #Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

A photo of a fluffy white Sheepadoodle sitting on a wooden boardwalk. It is dusk and the sky behind him has an orange sunset low in the sky as the blue above deepens into night. The relatively still water of the lake reflects the colours of the sunset and the scene is also bathed in the orange glow of the street lamps.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · Sep 19

Chester visits the Garden of the Gods tonight where he makes the Minotaur see red, tops his cousin Cerberus, and is serenaded by Pan. #Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

A night time photo of a fluffy cream coloured Sheepadoodle bathed in red light, happily sitting in front of a stature of a Minotaur.

A night time photo of a fluffy cream coloured Sheepadoodle happily sitting on top of a statue of the three headed Cerberus.

A night time photo of a fluffy cream coloured Sheepadoodl, happily sitting in front of a stature of the Greek god Pan.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · Sep 15

Hey everyone this account is NOT me please block and report “jamesanok.bsky.social” as a fake/impersonation account. Thank you.

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