Mary Lacroix
@marylacroix.bsky.social
Toronto person with a bike and a computer. I have an attention span – it’s just not very evenly distributed.
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My one remaining original from the weekend is now available to buy in my shop.
jonathanestore.bigcartel.com
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November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My one remaining original from the weekend is now available to buy in my shop.
jonathanestore.bigcartel.com
jonathanestore.bigcartel.com
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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Stereogum says Google's switch to AI Overviews reduced its ad revenue by *70 percent* www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Stereogum soldiers on in the era of streaming and AI
Stereogum Founder Scott Lapatine on the importance of independent media in the age of AI slop and algorithms.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run.
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I think @hankgreen.bsky.social’s read on this is very good. It’s not that it was a dumb question, it’s that it immediately put Wales in a position where his integrity was being immediately questioned.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I think @hankgreen.bsky.social’s read on this is very good. It’s not that it was a dumb question, it’s that it immediately put Wales in a position where his integrity was being immediately questioned.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
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I don’t talk about this that much but when I was young I had severe OCD that went unaddressed much longer than it should have. For a while, it wrecked (among other things) my gpa; for instance, I’d keep rewriting over and over my name at the top of my math homework (b/c the brain tells u it is…
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I don’t talk about this that much but when I was young I had severe OCD that went unaddressed much longer than it should have. For a while, it wrecked (among other things) my gpa; for instance, I’d keep rewriting over and over my name at the top of my math homework (b/c the brain tells u it is…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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we don't have a Christmas advert but we *do* have an online shop with mugs, t-shirts and more that will dramatically heighten the rural representation within your personal wardrobe and kitchen cupboards
explore: merl-shop.co.uk
explore: merl-shop.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
we don't have a Christmas advert but we *do* have an online shop with mugs, t-shirts and more that will dramatically heighten the rural representation within your personal wardrobe and kitchen cupboards
explore: merl-shop.co.uk
explore: merl-shop.co.uk
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Biggest sale I've ever had continues.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop
#art #painting
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Biggest sale I've ever had continues.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
Still 50% off all paper prints on my website. Shipping in Canada is $25 so buy a couple.
Sorry. No US orders.
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I've been playing this deadpan German linguistics bop on repeat for the past 12 hours and I'm delighted to report that it's on youtube now!!
🎶 More, more, more morphology 🎶
🎶 More, more, more morphology 🎶
He's also putting the glamour back into grammar on YouTube now! 🎶 #linguistics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOl...
December 5, 2024 at 7:11 AM
I've been playing this deadpan German linguistics bop on repeat for the past 12 hours and I'm delighted to report that it's on youtube now!!
🎶 More, more, more morphology 🎶
🎶 More, more, more morphology 🎶
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I designed an otter blanket! Up for presale on my kofi this weekend. 🦦
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I designed an otter blanket! Up for presale on my kofi this weekend. 🦦
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(5/18/20) #Delafina777-Christianity
Allow me to reintroduce y’all to The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, one of the older noncanonical gospels out there
or as we like to call it ‘round these parts, The Adventures of Kid Jesus, Serial Killer
Allow me to reintroduce y’all to The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, one of the older noncanonical gospels out there
or as we like to call it ‘round these parts, The Adventures of Kid Jesus, Serial Killer
December 23, 2024 at 4:54 PM
(5/18/20) #Delafina777-Christianity
Allow me to reintroduce y’all to The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, one of the older noncanonical gospels out there
or as we like to call it ‘round these parts, The Adventures of Kid Jesus, Serial Killer
Allow me to reintroduce y’all to The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, one of the older noncanonical gospels out there
or as we like to call it ‘round these parts, The Adventures of Kid Jesus, Serial Killer
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Two of the small originals I’ll have with me at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend. Two Japanese street scenes. Ink and watercolour on khadi paper
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Two of the small originals I’ll have with me at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend. Two Japanese street scenes. Ink and watercolour on khadi paper
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The only difference is we love one and hate the other (unfair standards??)
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The only difference is we love one and hate the other (unfair standards??)
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Toronto people: Saw the Too Good to Go food app shared the other day (discounted end of day clearout food). Turns out we have it here. Tried it for produce from a store local to me. This bag they filled (pictured) was $8.
www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca
www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Toronto people: Saw the Too Good to Go food app shared the other day (discounted end of day clearout food). Turns out we have it here. Tried it for produce from a store local to me. This bag they filled (pictured) was $8.
www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca
www.toogoodtogo.com/en-ca
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Kinda drawing inspo from all of these wonderful vintage/vintage style 3-5 color screen prints. Lots of old mid century paperback cookbook and vintage European poster vibes. Lots of great overprinting and misalignment
I thought it’d match the kitchen and be an interesting unique aesthetic for mosaic
I thought it’d match the kitchen and be an interesting unique aesthetic for mosaic
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Kinda drawing inspo from all of these wonderful vintage/vintage style 3-5 color screen prints. Lots of old mid century paperback cookbook and vintage European poster vibes. Lots of great overprinting and misalignment
I thought it’d match the kitchen and be an interesting unique aesthetic for mosaic
I thought it’d match the kitchen and be an interesting unique aesthetic for mosaic
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
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Vincent van Gogh, Memory of the Garden at Etten, 1888. Nitess💤
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Vincent van Gogh, Memory of the Garden at Etten, 1888. Nitess💤
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The book ends with a poem called "The Ruin", about a ruin, but the poem itself is ruined, full of holes, followed by about 30 pages of riddles that are increasingly impossible to solve because more and more words are missing. I don't know why I'm telling you this except it's one of my favorite facts
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The book ends with a poem called "The Ruin", about a ruin, but the poem itself is ruined, full of holes, followed by about 30 pages of riddles that are increasingly impossible to solve because more and more words are missing. I don't know why I'm telling you this except it's one of my favorite facts
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So there's this thing called the Exeter Book, it's a codex from 1072 that's basically some rich guy's mixtape of Old English poetry. The interesting thing is it's heavily water damaged in the back half so the closer you get to the end of the book the more and more of each page is just missing
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
So there's this thing called the Exeter Book, it's a codex from 1072 that's basically some rich guy's mixtape of Old English poetry. The interesting thing is it's heavily water damaged in the back half so the closer you get to the end of the book the more and more of each page is just missing
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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This assumption that election results for high stakes federal offices are simply reported and never scrutinized is just WEIRD. It suggest a complete lack of familiarity with the process.
Serious suggestion: Become a pollworker. You'll learn a ton about how elections work, and help people vote, too.
Serious suggestion: Become a pollworker. You'll learn a ton about how elections work, and help people vote, too.
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This assumption that election results for high stakes federal offices are simply reported and never scrutinized is just WEIRD. It suggest a complete lack of familiarity with the process.
Serious suggestion: Become a pollworker. You'll learn a ton about how elections work, and help people vote, too.
Serious suggestion: Become a pollworker. You'll learn a ton about how elections work, and help people vote, too.