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Nicolas Demers
@figureoutthesea.ca
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Web developer, gay, atheist, humanist, feminist, geek. Love volleyball, sci-fi, photography, birbs. He/him.

Vancouver, BC

"Either we'll figure out the sea, or we'll keep finding beautiful places."

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Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · May 10
I've got a photography store where I post mostly photos of birds, but also some landscapes and cityscapes and whatnot.

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A male Tree Swallow is resting on a wooden post, his blues all shiny and iridescent A male House Finch is up in a tree surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and blue sky. He is holding a blossom in his beak A male Wood Duck is vocalising, and his shiny mullet is moving View of Vancouver West End towers from Burrard Bridge. The sun is going down, and clouds are a bit orangeish
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Help us stop Ken Sim's budget for billionaires.

Hundreds of people have already signed up to speak to City Council against ABC's brutal cuts.

Deadline to signup is 4pm Tuesday.

Join the fight. Sign up here: vancouver.ca/your-governm...

#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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If you see this, post your bird art.
I only have one so here it is -
Very rough painting, painted with a palette knife. Thin branches across grey, white and green background, red flecks of berries or small leaves covered with snow. In the bottom right corner is a cardinal, bright red with yellow beak.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
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SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Should I ask him for a kayak? 🪶🌿
A turkey vulture stands on a sign, wings outspread. The sign reads “kayak rentals available upon request”
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Ballet [1/4]
A cartoon crow looks up at a poster for a ballet studio that includes art of 6 ballerinas dancing and a guide of the first 5 ballet feet positions. The crow marvels that humans can glide on the ground as birds do in the sky. The crow decides to try dancing too, following the illustrated poses on the poster. The crow crosses their legs and bounces.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.

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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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a mouse in a dandelion fluff, just his head and tail visible, he's holding one seed stem as if he's the tiniest little wizard and it's his wand.
May 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Some digital art based on my bird photos

#DigitalArt #birds
Digital art of a Sandhill Crane in water, spreading its wings Digital art of a Song Sparrow on a wooden fence, round and poofed out
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Watchmen comic that reads "It's November 10th now. There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen" [There is a circulatory system walking through the kitchen]
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Time to start the November campaign!

Art theme: Abstract Landscapes!

Paypal in bio, if you're European: bank info in the DMs!

Target: 3000
Misty pink mountains.
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Ferdinand Rudow (2 April 1840 – 3 September 1920)[1] was a German entomologist best known for the poor quality of his taxonomic work.[2] He described over 200 species of wasps during his lifetime, almost all of which have been revised as synonyms of other species. After an initial interest in studying lice and mites, Rudow began to focus on wasps in 1871.[3] Over the course of his research, he described 234 species and varieties within the Ichneumonidae family of parasitoid wasps, eventually amassing a collection of close to 14,000 insect specimens His work was heavily criticised as unscientific by his contemporaries. He refused to accept modern systems of nomenclature, and often wrote critically of them. In 1908, for example, he wrote that he was "disgusted by the activities of the so-called 'systematics'," whose changes he felt were confusing and unhelpful. in 1993 the german entomologist klaus horst mann described him as "undoubtedly the most incompetent taxonomist of Ichneumonidae.
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I see your kingfisher and raise you an Anna's Hummingbird, with the most delicate and ethereal little poop

#birds #photography
An Anna's Hummingbird against a solid blue sky, leaving a little trail of sparkling poop in the air
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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I’m gonna come out and say it: Vancouver is having a spectacular fall.

- Minimal rain
- But also nice CRISP temperatures, puts us in the season
- Summer not too hot, so trees kept their leaves, creating full cover for nice colours
- No elections or giant weather events to distract from joy

10/10
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme: #StandingOnThings

Here's ae statue of Diana, Goddess of the Hunt. In addition to hunting dogs, she was often represented with chubby pigeons. True story!

-- Jardin des Tuileries, Paris. May 2022

#photography #birds
A marble status of a woman with a lean dog at her side, on a tall pedestal. A grey pigeon is on her head. The sky is greyish and overcast
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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She was born property. She died with her words printed in every American passport—and most people carrying them have no idea who she was.
Raleigh, North Carolina, 1858.
A baby girl entered the world enslaved. Her mother, Hannah Stanley Haywood, was owned. Her father was almost certainly the
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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40 bucks in a week, even with pretty good sales, is simply untenable.

Never mind getting internet: I have had to spend my insurance money on living expenses and last month's bills are due.

Weekends are traditionally my best moment to catch up, but so far we're far from home.

DAY GOAL: 0/1000
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Me: "Why am I so broke?" Amazon: "your parrot's wig has been delivered." [a green parrot in a fabulous green wig. It looks pleased.]
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Pavlov after having a dog: remarkable creatures, trainable and responsive, I have so much to say

Schrödinger after having one cat: scientifically speaking, the essence of cat is unknowable
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay theme: #takeoffs

Here's a male Common Goldeneye taking to the air. The "running on water" stage never fails to crack me up it's kind of adorable

-- False Creek, Vancouver. March 2024

#photography #birds
A male Common Goldeneye sort of running on water with his wings spread A male Common Goldeneye flapping his wings, still running a bit on water but the contacts are more intermittent A male Common Goldeneye truly airborne now
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay it looked like these two House Sparrows (an adult male and female) were #fighting pretty viciously, each trying to twist around the other and bite the back of its head. Never seen anything like it

-- Reifel Bird Sanctuary, June 2024

#photography #birds
Two House Sparrows wrestling on a wooden walkway
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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I can’t believe Zohran is transing the trains already

www.mta.info/article/f-m-...
F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens starting in December 2025 We're making this change to improve reliability. Here's what you need to know about how your trip may change. New York City Transit
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Kneesvember 2025 Day 1
Birds are flying toward a castle with several red-roofed towers built at the top of an enormous oak tree. The sky is blue and there are wispy clouds. The tree is full of orange leaves and there are red and yellow trees in the distance. The image is bordered by a red, yellow, and blue, uh... border, with little stars and patterns. On the Queen's seventh birthday, brids from across the warbler realm were flocking to Oakcliffe Castle to take part in the festivities. (The first letter is illustrated in its own cute little box, technically termed an historiated initial, like in medieval manuscripts)
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Not now, carnivorous death ball
Screenshot reads, "A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep This newly-discovered species is being called the “death-ball sponge” for its appendages, which end in orbs and are covered in micro-hooks meant to capture prey."
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay #lunchtime

An adolescent male Common Goldeneye having a hearty breakfast of... something with far too many legs. But I'm sure it's yummy!

-- Vancouver, March 2020

#photography #birds
An immature male Common Goldeneye, its white plumage a bit grey and muddled, is out on the water holding some shrimpy thing in its bill. The light is low and golden
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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EVERY SINGLE ONE IS FUNNY
Man pissing at a urinal. The three urinals to his left are empty with screens above them showing Cuomo’s campaign logo A woman with a crazed look on her face standing next to Cuomo in a crowd a woman approaches Cuomo with her glasses completely askew and probably crying Cuomo ready on day one sign in a pile of abandoned party trash
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM