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Francesca Bouaoun
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Toronto/Scotland.
Art, nature, city walks, probably birds.
Museums + archives. Travelling Fifer.
She/her. Views own.
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Here’s a glorious rendition of Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye”, sung by Karine Polwart in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
#song #folksong
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“Freedom Come All Ye” performed by Karine Polwart in The Italian Chapel, Orkney, August 2013.
YouTube video by Alan Ferrier
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November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Inchmickery in the middle of Firth of Forth, 9 Nov 2025
Autumn of Ediburgh 2025: Firth of Forth and Inchmickery
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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In the late 90s/early 2000s, Health Education Board for Scotland released a bunch of awareness ads about smoking, drinking and drugs - it’s likely any teen in Scotland from that time remembers all these words.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Youth Volunteers Unite to Protect Hima Anjar Wetland in Large-Scale Cleanup Initiative

On November 1, 2025, the Hima Anjar Wetland came alive with the spirit of volunteerism and environmental stewardship as more than 40 young members of the Homat Al Hima network joined forces for a large-scale…
Youth Volunteers Unite to Protect Hima Anjar Wetland in Large-Scale Cleanup Initiative
On November 1, 2025, the Hima Anjar Wetland came alive with the spirit of volunteerism and environmental stewardship as more than 40 young members of the Homat Al Hima network joined forces for a large-scale cleanup campaign organized by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL). The initiative aimed to restore the beauty of the Hima, safeguard its fragile ecosystem, and raise awareness about the importance of keeping natural habitats free from pollution. Armed with gloves, bags, and an unwavering sense of responsibility, the youth volunteers collected large amounts of waste that had accumulated around the wetland — a vital sanctuary for migratory birds and a key part of Lebanon’s natural heritage.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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And at @thelocal.to, here in Toronto, we have one, too! A new, part-time, flexible fellowship for Black and/or Indigenous journalists thelocal.to/early-career...
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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📍 Trillium Park, Ontario Place
#Toronto

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Snow-covered trees on the Toronto shoreline. A floating wooden dock by a break wall is also covered in snow. The sky is overcast. A large pair of moccasins carved into a wall by a path in a park, surrounded by tall evergreen trees. Art work is part of the moccasin identifier project. Snow covers the carving and the tree branches. Two Canada geese swim by a small bay of still water on the Toronto shoreline. The rocks on the shore are covered in the snow. A tall tree branches with leaves in autumn foliage frames the view. Paved path through a park on the Toronto waterfront surrounded by mixed trees in autumn foliage. Snow covers the ground and tree branches.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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So glad to catch Sinners on screen as The Revue unveiled their new 70mm projector.

Wow, that score and soundtrack 🔥
Stylised poster for Ryan Coogler’s film Sinners, with an illustration of Michael B. Jordan’s character surrounded by flames, looking down over a group of vampires.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Inaugural snow dip of the season - when the water is warmer than the air.
#Toronto
A woman with brown hair in braids, wearing a green wool hat and turquoise swimming top, standing in front of the lake where it is gently snowing. A large tree with yellow autumn leaves o rocky shoreline on Lake Ontario with snow. Snow has also covered a pebble beach and several large pieces of driftwood. Tree-lined rocky shoreline on Lake Ontario with snow covered leaves in autumnal foliage, and cloudy snowy sky. Logs are burning in a small fire on a pebbled beach. Tree-lined rocky shoreline on Lake Ontario with snow covered leaves in autumnal foliage, and cloudy snowy sky.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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okay I’m making a thread
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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📍 Coronation Park #Toronto
Open grassy in a park on the Toronto waterfront surrounded by mixed tall trees in autumn foliage. A group of people walking along a paved path on the Toronto waterfront, lined with tall trees in autumn foliage. Sun is shining through the leaves. Two people sitting on a bench overlooking the Toronto waterfront. A tall tree with yellow leaves is hanging overhead on the waterfront path. View over still water inside a break wall on the Toronto waterfront. Trees in autumn foliage line the trillium park shoreline in the distance.
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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November palette.
#Toronto
Tall trees in autumn foliage on a Toronto residential street lined with brick houses. Overcast sky. Intersection of a residential street in Toronto with a cafe on the corner. Street lamps illuminating the wet roads and sidewalks. Overcast late afternoon sky. A small cafe and shop on a residential street in Toronto, surrounded by low rise brick buildings. The warm light from the shop is illuminating the wet sidewalk in front. Overcast late afternoon sky. Two people walking along a paved path through Christie Pits Park in Toronto. Tall trees in autumn foliage line the path. Overcast late afternoon sky.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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A THING OF BEAUTY: The Early Years Of Toronto’s Old City Hall

November 24, 7 - 9:30 PM, FREE
📍 Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St W

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A THING OF BEAUTY: The Early Years of Toronto’s Old City Hall
Join us for the exclusive film premiere that explores the stunning history of Toronto's Old City Hall in its early years.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Learning the noises local non-bird animals make can be really helpful for birding, because chipmunks, squirrels, and frogs can sound like birds.

I’m still adjusting to urban birding apparently— heard a call I couldn’t place, got excited, but it was two Brown Rats fighting over a sandwich.
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This is the Roman bathhouse at Bearsden in Glasgow, the only visible remains of the fort on the Antonine Wall that once stood there. Featuring hot and cold rooms as well as plunge pools and a latrine, it also had glazed windows and painted plaster decoration. #RomanFortThursday
The low foundations of Roman buildings, with gravel around them and blocks of flats behind.
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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i visited the palestine museum in edinburgh for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social and spoke to founder faisal salah about showcasing the vibrancy + diversity of palestinian culture in the midst of genocide, witnessing via children's drawings, and the solidarity he has seen from the people of scotland
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Already the walking commute ends in the dark.

#Toronto
View over Christie Pits park in Toronto with trees in autumn foliage and the CN Tower in the skyline in the distance. Brick houses on a residential street in Toronto. Tall trees in autumn foliage line the sidewalk and the sky is overcast with the pink tinge of sunset. Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Holy Protection of the Mother of God in Toronto, surrounded by trees in autumn foliage. Patches of cloud in a dusk sky overhead with pink light of sunset on the horizon. A parking lot by a subway station entrance in Toronto with low rise brick buildings on either side. Patches of cloud in a dusk sky overhead with pink and orange light of sunset on the horizon.
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Autumn around the Archives.
#Toronto
A row of brick houses on a Toronto street with a tall tree in autumn foliage in front. View through branches with red and yellow leaves, looking up to Casa Loma at the top of a hill. View looking up at tree branches covered in orange leaves. The entrance to the Toronto Archives building, viewed through tree branches covered in orange leaves.
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
A meme of 'Is this an archive?' showing a grid with various classifications of things that might be archives based on their content and structure.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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“Still aged 18, she beat four Grand Slam champions - Sofia Kenin, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina and Naomi Osaka - to lift one of the most significant titles outside of the four majors.”
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Victoria Mboko: How two-time WTA Tour winner has emerged as a top prospect
At the start of 2025, Victoria Mboko was ranked outside of the world's top 300. Now the teenager has cracked the top 20 after winning another WTA title.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Thank you for screening this tonight @uoftcities.bsky.social

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“people tend to sit where there are places to sit”

Forty plus years on, still asking for this to be a ubiquitous and essential amenity for public space/daily life.
William H. Whyte standing on a street in New York City holding a film camera. Overlaid typed text reads: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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The light of late in the Annex.
#Toronto
Very tall trees on a residential Toronto street with leaves in yellow autumn foliage, illuminating by late afternoon sun. Tall trees at the intersection of a residential Toronto street. Leaves in yellow autumn foliage, illuminated by late afternoon sun in a patchy cloudy sky. White concrete futuristic apartment block designed by Uno Prii, with sweeping vertical lines between balconies which flare out near the lower floors. A tall on a residential Toronto street with leaves in yellow autumn foliage, illuminated by late afternoon sun in a patchy cloudy sky.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Earlier sunsets and dramatic light in November skies.

Thinking of this landscape and all of the time spent on the (former) West Island of Ontario Place, November 2023.

#Toronto
Six landscape scenes across the West Island at Ontario Place. People walking and standing along a pebble beach, people walking and cycling along a waterfront tree-lined path, trees illuminated by lamps and string lights in the park, and a scene of the tree-covered island from the mainland at sunset. Six landscape scenes across the West Island at Ontario Place. Trees illuminated at dusk by park lamps and string lights, a pebble beach in a small tree-lined bay, a person cycling down a grassy hill at dusk, a person paddling in a channel of water by the mainland, and the Cinesphere covered in lights. Six landscape scenes across the West Island at Ontario Place. Trees illumined by string lights, the Japanese Canadian Centennial Temple Bell and Cinesphere lit up at night, pink and orange skies at sunset above the tree-covered park. Six landscape scenes across the West Island at Ontario Place. Sunset over a pebble beach in a small bay, trees in silhouette against the setting sun, a row of muskoka chairs looking out to the lake with a willow tree overhead.
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The #RadicalBookFair is as much about community as it is about books - a space for connection, for learning, for taking action.

So Sunday we host stalls from grassroots groups, local initiatives, bookish collaborators & activist campaigns, come meet the people making change on your doorstep!
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The overall knafeh screen time is top tier.
Still from a video featuring Zohran Mamdani standing against a counter in a take away shop, holding a paper plate with knafeh. Text in arabic and english reads “to make it easier to open your small business”.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM