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Peter Cook
@doodlepeter.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 Illustrator/science writer-cartoonist/once-and-future-comics author. Father of a young man with cerebral palsy. Toronto, Canada. Portfolio site: illustrationist.ca Mastodon: DoodlePeter@ohai.social
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paulisci.bsky.social
1998
BASEBALL: Game lasts forever --The Salisbury Post, 24 Aug 1998
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
Another successful Halloween. Son dressed and face-painted as Jinu of KPop Demon Hunters, with Derpy (accompanied by Sussy) serving as the delivery exit for the candy tube. Lots of fun hearing kids (and parents) call out the tiger by name, a couple even getting their photos taken with it.
Several steps lead up to a narrow front porch. A 90cm tall blue cartoon tiger sits on the second step. The cat has glowing yellow eyes and a black tube protruding from its mouth and a 3-eyed bird on its head. The cat has a long wavy tail up to a table with a painted tiled rooftop facade where a black-hatted purple-faced man sits with a bowl of candy. A man sits with a bowl of candy, wearing black paper facsimile of a Korean gat hat, in black robes, with a purple face and dark purple jagged stripes across it. A blue cartoon tiger with glowing yellow eyes and odd extra teeth and a black tube protruding from its mouth sits on a porch step. A cartoon black and gray bird with three vertically stacked eyes sits on the head of a blue tiger with glowing yellow eyes.
November 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
September 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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jaimealyse.bsky.social
Shit @rusty.todayintabs.com nailed it www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to...
July 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
No cheating: post your Lock Screen.
Miniature Australian Shepherd with a Blue Merle pattern and one blue and one brown eye stands stoically in the snow. The time reads 10:44 and various icons such as WiFi, cellular, battery and flashlight are featured above and below.
July 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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dadrummond.art
Before #InsectWeek passes me by (working on an arachnid 😅) here’s a bug—a true bug, water boatman (Corixidae)—I made in bronze and silver, articulated to show that, surprisingly, these swimmers are good fliers! 1/2 #SciArt
A water boatman sculpture, streamlined and closed up, in my hand. It’s made of bronze with sterling silver eyes and wings (hidden here). A water boatman sculpture, elytra open and legs spread, in my hand. It’s made of bronze with sterling silver eyes and wings.
June 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
"Daddy what did you do in the Meme Wars?"
"Mostly entertaining the tropes"
June 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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annleckie.com
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.

Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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maris.bsky.social
oh no you guys, not the robots
NYT headline: Elon Musk Warns Rare Earth Magnet Shortage May Delay Tesla's Robots China's halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Teslas plans to manufacture Optimus robots.
April 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Happy Easter
Scene is WAITROSE CUSTOMER SERVICES DESK. Behind it is a staff member, whose name we will soon learn is BECKY. She is dealing with a customer, for now out of shot, while talking to her manager on the phone. BECKY [on phone]:  Yeah, hiya... 2 BECKY: Yes I have a customer here who wants to complain about the Easter eggs. 3 BECKY [putting hand over receiver while addressing the customer stood at the desk in front of her]: Sorry what was your name again? 4 [Pull back to show the customer is a very tall, green-skinned, PAGAN GODDESS, festooned with flowers. Stood next to her is her son, a normal human teenager in a hoodie, who looks mortified by his mum.] PAGAN GODDESS: Eostre the Pagan Goddess of Fertility 5 BECKY Sorry - Your name is Easter…? PAGAN GODDESS: Eostre. 6 VICKY: Your name is Easter and you want to complain about the Easter eggs. 7 PAGAN GODDESS: Sorry love, what’s your name? BECKY: Becky PAGAN GODDESS: Well, Vicky - 8 PAGAN GODDESS: If it was you who’d shagged the solar god of the Equinox to give birth to an actual living god - my son Darren here - TEENAGE BOY: Muuum… 9 PAGAN GODDESS: ….only to have all your efforts totally forgotten by history, you’d have a complaint too! 10 PAGAN GODDESS: Aisle four is full of products, with no hint of the true meaning of the festival! 11 BECKY: You mean… Jesus…? PAGAN GODDESS: I mean shagging, Vicky. 12 PAGAN GODDESS: Is it too much to see  just a little bit of pre-Christian sex in Aisle 4? TEENAGE BOY: MUUUUM
April 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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drmaximvoronov.bsky.social
This better receive a lot of attention during this election. This guy is poison, and Cons better be made to answer for having him as their candidate.
docmcohen.medsky.social Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · Mar 25
Matt Strauss is also financially indebted to Elon Musk, who announced last year that he is funding Strauss's defamation suit against Queen's University.
Elon Musk’s X pledges to fund Dr. Matt Strauss’ COVID-19 legal battle against Queens University By Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, True North Wire May 3, 2024 *photo of Matt Strauss with Pierre Poilievre*
March 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
Today at the dog park: the most vivid rainbow I’ve ever seen, and the first double rainbow I’ve seen to boot. #yyz #rainbow
Dogs wander in a field oblivious to a strong rainbow arcing through the partly cloudy sky behind them. A public park baseball field with lights and a pedestrian bridge behind are in foreground with a strong rainbow and a dimmer second rainbow arcing across the mainly cloudy sky in the background. Telephoto image of the vivid colours of a rainbow with a pedestrian bridge, construction equipment and baseball stadium lights in the foreground.
March 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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politicdormouse.bsky.social
Sarla Thukral 1st Indian woman to fly an aircraft. In 1936 earned pilot's license age 21 & flew Gypsy Moth solo with over 1000 hours in air. Tried to train for commercial pilot's license but #WWII prevented it. Later became artist & businesswoman d. #OTD 15 Mar 2008 bit.ly/2N4NEJv #WHM2025
Sarla Thukral in B&W photo wearing a sari and flying helpmet with goggles standing in front of a 1930s plane
March 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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sketchndoodle.bsky.social
Lovely thread
docatcdi.com DocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · Mar 12
About fifty years ago, NASA strapped a message in a bottle to a rocket and flung it into the deep dark
It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but it did. Long past its mission, it’s still out there so far away now that a simple hello takes a day to reach it, and another day to hear if it says hello back
March 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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mjmbca.bsky.social
I think a fair question to ask Donald Trump, assuming a journalist who was willing to do it could still get anywhere him, would be “If you were secretly working for Vladimir Putin, what do you think you’d be doing differently than you are right now?”
March 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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thebeaverton.com
Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With US President Donald Trump declaring 25% tariffs on most Canadian goods, American citizens have officially chosen the most circuitous and economically painful method possible to...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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jambookshopuk.bsky.social
This is it.
This is the simplicity of it all.

The war we face is between the super army of stupidity + money vs the natural world we live & exist in.
writesbright.bsky.social Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · Jan 22
🔴 NEW 🔴

A US climate denial group with close ties to Donald Trump has been working with far-right politicians to undermine EU green reforms.

📝 My @desmog.bsky.social story with the Guardian 👇🏻
Revealed: US climate denial group working with European far-right parties
Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policies
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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jambookshopuk.bsky.social
It's cold & wet out there.

Read this.

It's important.

Made for @privateeyenews.bsky.social 10 years ago & shared every winter.
November 18, 2024 at 11:36 PM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21: Having completed their, uh, tradition, on the longest night of the year, in -15ºC, the beavers held a light show. Happy Solstice all!
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged as a large tower being built by a team of beavers, with a multicoloured backdrop. At the top, a Haida Ermine earring a tiny tuque stands on a puffin wearing a scarf who stands a snowshoe hare’s back. The hare wears mittens and is sitting on a snowy owl with a tuque. The owl stands on a Canada goose that wears a scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a tiny cap. It stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a lynx wearing a scarf, which stands on a snapping turtle wearing ear muffs. The porcupine below that wears mittens and stands on a wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash, below that is a grizzly bear wearing leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who sits on a moose with ear muffs. It stands on a walrus wearing a mitten as it’s perched on a bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. A pile of paper animals are seen in a tall pile in silhouette against a multicoloured backdrop in a snowy backyard.
December 22, 2024 at 7:29 AM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21: The final animal! Of course, it seems obvious now that the beavers would choose the endangered Haida Ermine as their pile topper. Well done, engineers. And now, to complete this “Solstice Pile of all Canadian Animals” tradition, there’s one last #ArtAdventCalendar post.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged as a large tower being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a Haida Ermine with a tiny tuque stands on a puffin wearing a scarf who stands a snowshoe hare’s back. The hare wears mittens and is sitting on a snowy owl with a tuque. The owl stands on a Canada goose that wears a scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a cap. It stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a lynx wearing a scarf, which stands on a snapping turtle wearing ear muffs. The porcupine below that wears mittens and stands on a wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, below that is a grizzly bear wearing leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who sits on a moose with ear muffs. It stands on a walrus wearing a mitten as it’s perched on a bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers.
December 22, 2024 at 7:19 AM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20 catch-up on Day 21: The wind is swirling around and the newly-added animal looks positively off-balance. I can only reassure myself on the expert calculations of this team of rodent engineers. I wonder what the pile topper will be?
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged as a large tower being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a puffin wearing a scarf stands on the slope of a snowshoe hare’s back. The hare wears mittens on his front paws and has almost knocked off the tuque of the snowy owl that he sits on. The owl stands on a Canada goose that wears a scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a tiny cap. It stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a scarf, which stands on an snapping turtle wearing ear muffs. The porcupine below that wears mittens and stands on a wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, below that is a grizzly bear wearing leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who sits on a moose with ear muffs. It stands on a walrus wearing a mitten as it’s perched on a bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers.
December 22, 2024 at 4:34 AM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19 catch-up on Day 21: Alas, clouds have come in and darkened the sunset. Harsh construction site lighting has come on. The beavers state that they’ll be on the job until the tower is complete.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a snowshoe hare wears mittens on his front paws and has almost knocked off the tuque of the snowy owl that he sits on. The owl stands on a Canada goose that wears a scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a tiny cap. The fox stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a scarf, which stands on an snapping turtle wearing ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mittens and stands on a wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten as it is perched on a bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers.
December 22, 2024 at 3:22 AM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18 catch-up on Day 21: Late afternoon and a cold wind is picking up in Toronto. As if to mock the oncoming cold snap, the beaver engineers are adding more arctic animals to the tower.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a snowy owl is wearing a Tibetan tuque askew, eyeing the Canada goose that he is standing on. The Canada goose wears a plaid business scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a teeny tiny dockworkers cap. The fox stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a green and yellow scarf, which stands on an Eastern Snapping Turtle wearing orange fuzzy ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mauve mittens and stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
doodlepeter.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 17 catch-up on Day 21: Early afternoon on the shortest day of the year—deadline—finds the work continuing at a frantic pace, in a race against the sun!
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a Canada goose is having a plaid business scarf tied on by a beaver in a hard hart, while standing on an arctic fox in a teeny tiny dockworkers cap. The fox stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a green and yellow scarf, which stands on an Eastern Snapping Turtle wearing orange fuzzy ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mauve mittens and stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM