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Maija
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sculptor, info sponge, organism, she/her
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Maija @maijasauna.bsky.social · Jan 25
I made LOTH-BISCUITS IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY because these critters are from my one of my most favourite star warses (REBELS) and also because they're great at completely ruining a stormtrooper's day.
A small (coffee-cup-size) sculpture of an star wars cat creature kneading the fur of a snoozing wolf creature both from the Star Wars world of Lothal. The white Loth-wolf is curled up into a sleepy doughnut with its floofy tail over its nose. Loth-cat is doing a Big Stretch. The cat has a goofy ball of a head with two conical ears, skinny stick legs, and its puffy tail stands straight up with happiness. The same sculpture as in the previous image turned to the left to better show the Loth-cat's Big Stretch and happy tail. The Loth-cat's eyes are closed and its wide mouth is in a beatific smile. The wolf's eye is closed and its paw is curled under its jowl. The wolf has patterned lines of raised leathery strips like pieces of corduroy on its paw and snout behind the nose, and little knobby plates near the tips of its ears. Loth-cat and Loth-wolf are on top of a dome-shaped rock surrounded by grasses. The rock is painted to look like it is glowing under the wolf as if touched by the light of a setting sun. The same sculpture as the previous, turned to the right to reveal that the Loth-wolf is gazing up at the Loth-cat with one burning bright eye. The wolf has a line of raised, chevron-shaped plates running down the lower spine, widening into more of a hexagon shape at the wolf's hips, then narrowing and getting smaller and more square towards the tail. The cat is marked with softly geometric stripes and spots that distantly echo the wolf's back plates.
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drugdatadecoded.ca
So the guy selling COVID supplies to the government was hoping for more intense COVID waves, a direct outcome of policy decisions by a government he influenced through dozens of channels.
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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maijasauna.bsky.social
Edmonton Public Library has ProQuest/Canadian Newsstream also! Probably other library systems do as well. #ABPoli #ABLeg
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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leslielevings.bsky.social
Shop update tomorrow at 11am Pacific! Four mugs, a planter, and a small version of the cuttlefish bottle.
Ceramic mug decorated with sculpted fish and seaweed Ceramic mug decorated with fossil of an ichthyosaur Ceramic planter decorated with seaweed and small fish Ceramic lidded vessel in the shape of a cuttlefish
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
maijasauna.bsky.social
I was confused initially: she was an American scammed by a not-the-medical-kind-of-Dr in Saskatchewan who is able to operate a clinic claiming to cure ALS because Scott Moe's govt lets him. The victim had to travel back to the US because her insurance wouldn't cover care in Canada. Horrific story.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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d-macphee.bsky.social
The work of CBC’s Geoff Leo so important here.
#skpoli #cdnpoli #Canada
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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gaudipern.bsky.social
Adulthood is deciding that despite being hungry, I refuse to cook anything real, so instead microwaving brussel sprouts and then dumping honey, sriracha, salt, and a little lemon juice into the bag to make honey sriracha brussel sprouts.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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canopyrobin.com
I just found one of these pins with very minor flaws in the enamel where it looks like some tiny fibres got stuck in it. Otherwise totally fine but I'd feel bad selling it full price...

Anyone want it with a £5 discount?
The pin with some slight wiggly defects at the top and bottom of the inner page
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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mylesjaybee.bsky.social
Every socialist idea begins with the same simple truth: humans flourish when we care for each other. Everything else (the theory, the policies, the struggle) is just logistics.
#SocialistSunday
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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simonguy.bsky.social
First time I've seen feather ice.
A photo of feather ice gathered across a piece of bark and some dead leaves.
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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mrtylercrook.bsky.social
I’m not particularly comfortable with Procreate but I’m trying!
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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joannehammond.bsky.social
😍 just gorgeous!
johnniejae.bsky.social Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 4d
THIS IS NOT A DRILL! THE LEGACY BLANKET IS BACK IN STOCK! It's also on sale at eighthgeneration.com/products/leg...
a photo of a Native woman holding the legacy blanket against a backdrop of a desert background.
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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paulseesequasis.bsky.social
Punk rockers | Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation), 1989. Now on display at The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detriot, Michigan.
A bold painting entitled ‘Punk Rockers,’ a late work by artist Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007).
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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jodyvanb.bsky.social
If you're looking for vintage toys to gift this year, I've got a great selection www.outofthesewer.etsy.com Local pick-up available and I ship with Canada Post, worldwide. Unfortunately no U.S. Shipping available at this time. (I'm so sorry to my American customers!)
The Adventures of Batman and Robin "Rogue's Gallery" collection. An unopened box of 8 Batman Villains, packaged in a box that looks like a brick building, that opens to reveal each villain in their own "jail cell". Two vintage "Giant" Playmates TMNT figures. Raphael and Michelangelo A vintage 80s Pac-Man puppet. It has large, bulging red eyes and a mouth that says "PacMan" inside. A vintage Dragon Blaster Skeletor. It's Skeleton with a dragon backpack and a real metal chain attached to the dragon and a green manacle on his wrist
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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tadstones.bsky.social
Getting comfy with CSP.
Underlit medium close up of Darkwing Duck with purple shadows. He looks confident, ready to take on his enemies, his cape blowing in the wind.
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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tadstones.bsky.social
Part Two.
A wider view of the previous post revealing that the dramatically underlit Darkwing Duck is actually posing on his sofa. The lighting is provided by his daughter, Gosalyn, who rolls her eyes as she points a flashlight up at him. The wind blowing his cape is from a house fan (evidently battery powered because I didn't draw an electric plug)
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
maijasauna.bsky.social
#InsertAnInvert from the middle Cambrian into someone's stocking!
korybing.bsky.social Kory Bing 🔜 MFF O8 @korybing.bsky.social · 22h
My holiday offerings this season are perfect for the weirdos in your family who are really into extinct ocean creatures!
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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korybing.bsky.social
I had some extra print time at Outlet so I’ll have this bonus Opabinia Mermaid 4-color riso for sale at @furfest.org!!
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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dansolomon.com
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
roryblank.bsky.social Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 1d
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Over 100 people have registered for this!

I'm going to select five winners at the end of the day Monday.
whysharksmatter.bsky.social David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d
Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!

To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!

Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...

Terms and conditions in thread below:
a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
ALT: a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
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November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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sprawlcalgary.bsky.social
If you've noticed your Calgary Transit bus mysteriously disappear recently... you're not alone. We looked into why some peak-hour trips are disappearing—and what it says about the bigger challenge facing Calgary's transit system. #yyccc
Hey, where’s my bus?! Calgary Transit regularly cancels scheduled trips | The Sprawl
Riders on 33 routes affected by budget crunch.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
maijasauna.bsky.social
Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
Simon Aumar donning the Helm of Disjunction and about to get shot out of it flat on his back in the sand. From Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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maijasauna.bsky.social
Oh just thinking about how "Black Friday" was used exclusively to describe days of grave disaster up until the 80s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...
The F4 tornado that tore through east Edmonton and Strathcona County on Friday, July 31, 1987 photographed by Steve Simon at around 3pm as it was destroying an industrial area.
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
Gang: Thank you so much for your incredible response to the Iron Circus Black Friday Sale. I don't deserve you, y'all are the best and our Baker & Taylor splash damage has been rendered MUCH less intimidating.

If you missed yesterday, the 40% OFF sale runs thru Cyber Monday!

store.ironcircus.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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kateheartfield.com
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM