L Haslett
@gclhaslett.bsky.social
Chief Beach Daiquirist of the FNFF. Ï like music, dogs, energy storage & the outdoors. 🇨🇦 u330ppm #2,234,854
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L Haslett
@gclhaslett.bsky.social
· Jan 13
“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today”
2010-2025
2010-2025
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November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Reposted by L Haslett
You can like or dislike fireworks, enjoy the post-show exodus from downtown or abhor the crowds, but the Celebration of Light is probably the biggest event that celebrates Vancouver's Vancouverness.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely | CBC News
Organizers of a public fireworks festival, which has brought millions of people to Vancouver's English Bay over the past three decades, says it can’t go ahead without long-term government and private-...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You can like or dislike fireworks, enjoy the post-show exodus from downtown or abhor the crowds, but the Celebration of Light is probably the biggest event that celebrates Vancouver's Vancouverness.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Reposted by L Haslett
some time ago, German journalist (M. Lanz) was told by a friend in the US:
”sex doesn’t sell that much anymore. we have a new thing now, we discovered hatred”
it generates more emotion, which leads to engaging with the content longer, which in the end leads to what current internet is about: payout
”sex doesn’t sell that much anymore. we have a new thing now, we discovered hatred”
it generates more emotion, which leads to engaging with the content longer, which in the end leads to what current internet is about: payout
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
some time ago, German journalist (M. Lanz) was told by a friend in the US:
”sex doesn’t sell that much anymore. we have a new thing now, we discovered hatred”
it generates more emotion, which leads to engaging with the content longer, which in the end leads to what current internet is about: payout
”sex doesn’t sell that much anymore. we have a new thing now, we discovered hatred”
it generates more emotion, which leads to engaging with the content longer, which in the end leads to what current internet is about: payout
Reposted by L Haslett
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I do miss the old Indian food restaurant that was in the Tinseltown food fair. Fantastic owners and some very tasty fare. 10+ years gone now, I believe the owner retired.
#games #cats #cafe
#games #cats #cafe
plugging the board game store in tinseltown, my favourite and most cursed mall across the street from my home
honestly the mall could be 90% empty but as long as it, the cat cafe, bali thai and the movie theatre are still running i'll keep stanning
honestly the mall could be 90% empty but as long as it, the cat cafe, bali thai and the movie theatre are still running i'll keep stanning
For the cozy wanderer who enjoys quiet evenings, warm fireplaces, and occasionally saving the world before bedtime. Preferably with snacks.
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Gotta love those wolves!
#wolf #wolves #canada #britishcolumbia #wilderness
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
#wolf #wolves #canada #britishcolumbia #wilderness
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
B.C. wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first possible tool use by species
Researchers have captured video footage of wild wolves in British Columbia pulling crab traps out of the sea by their lines to eat the bait inside, in the first evidence of possible tool use by the an...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Gotta love those wolves!
#wolf #wolves #canada #britishcolumbia #wilderness
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
#wolf #wolves #canada #britishcolumbia #wilderness
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Crime: Man steals bus with passengers on board.
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Man arrested after Ontario transit bus stolen with passengers on board, police say | Globalnews.ca
Hamilton police say a suspect is facing charges after a transit bus was stolen with passengers on board when the driver had exited for a short break.
globalnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Canada’s latest Toonie commemorates the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Canada’s latest Toonie commemorates the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
Designed by BC’s Mary-Ann Liu the artist who sculpted the Tomb’s bronze relief elements 25 years ago.
www.mint.ca/en/blog/2025...
#Canada
Kids nowadays! A few more like him, and civilization has a good chance. #heist #Louvre #style #Fedora #FedoraMan
MAJOR UPDATE: apnews.com/article/louv...
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Kids nowadays! A few more like him, and civilization has a good chance. #heist #Louvre #style #Fedora #FedoraMan
Reposted by L Haslett
MAJOR UPDATE: apnews.com/article/louv...
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
MAJOR UPDATE: apnews.com/article/louv...
It's much better in BC (at least the Lower Mainland): to be more efficient, everyone forgets how to drive *before* the first snowfall.
#Canada #snow #driving
#Canada #snow #driving
Once again millions of Canadians literally forget how to drive after first snowfall
Once again millions of Canadians literally forget how to drive after first snowfall
OTTAWA – Ministry of Transportation offices across Canada are once again finding themselves overrun with what has become a familiar sight each winter, as hundreds of thousands of Canadians must restar...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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As a long-time marmot fan, this grabbed my attention.
#marmots #backcountry #britishcolumbia #cemetery #hiking
#marmots #backcountry #britishcolumbia #cemetery #hiking
STORY: Merritt loved its marmots. Then they were accused of robbing graves at the city's cemetery.
My latest on rodents, dog-trampling deer, and park-defiling geese: thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My latest on rodents, dog-trampling deer, and park-defiling geese: thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
When Marmots Haunt Your Cemetery, What to Do? | The Tyee
From coyote urine to deer birth control, BC towns are forsaking wildlife culls for other fixes.
thetyee.ca
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
As a long-time marmot fan, this grabbed my attention.
#marmots #backcountry #britishcolumbia #cemetery #hiking
#marmots #backcountry #britishcolumbia #cemetery #hiking
Reposted by L Haslett
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
I thought LA wasn’t a walkable city…
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
October 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
October 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Seems likely that this trend will benefit Europe, Canada and Asia in the long term.
#education #research #university
#education #research #university
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Seems likely that this trend will benefit Europe, Canada and Asia in the long term.
#education #research #university
#education #research #university
“There’s nothing more Canadian than the hockey game being interrupted to celebrate the Blue Jays heading to the World Series”
#Canada
#BlueJays
#WorldSeries
#Canada
#BlueJays
#WorldSeries
October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Closely examining this to find the intrepid Lupin hiding in plain sight 👀
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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The cybertruck is a massive men's rights win. Finally a car that she won't take in the divorce.
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The cybertruck is a massive men's rights win. Finally a car that she won't take in the divorce.
I had already drawn the line at pumpkin spice beer. But pumpkin spice hummus? Really?
Photo by me, at a local store.
#thanksgiving #halloween #pumpkin #pumpkinspice #notAI
Photo by me, at a local store.
#thanksgiving #halloween #pumpkin #pumpkinspice #notAI
October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I had already drawn the line at pumpkin spice beer. But pumpkin spice hummus? Really?
Photo by me, at a local store.
#thanksgiving #halloween #pumpkin #pumpkinspice #notAI
Photo by me, at a local store.
#thanksgiving #halloween #pumpkin #pumpkinspice #notAI