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Polly Beats
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° arranger of tones and textures °

~artist ~ pianist ~ writer ~
digital photographer ~ gardener ~

♥︎ lover of nature, architecture, books, bugs, and films ♥︎

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Polly Beats @pollybeats.bsky.social · Jul 16
heated river
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Grand River
Kitchener, ON, Canada
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#heatwave #river #grandriver #naturephotoraphy #digitalphotography #kitchenerwaterloo
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nycterosea.bsky.social
Just in time for Labour Day, the anthology THE BOOK OF JOBS: Poems about Work is out and includes my poem "Word Problems." Sneak peek is in the photo below; the rest of the poem and anthology are available to read for free online: oneartpoetry.com/the-book-of-...
The Book of Jobs: Poems about Work (edited by Erin Murphy) Jade Wallace Word Problems 1. Suppose that worker I, who has $7 in their bank account, uses a combination of cash and credit to pay the $40 monthly phone bill. I then metes out their 10 gigabytes of data, app by app, until one bounces back a task that I completes in 19 minutes on the way to their temp job. For completing the task, I receives a $5.03 transfer of funds (after taxes and fees), of which $4.19 will eventually be used to pay for gas and the long-term maintenance of I’s car. I earns $32.00 (after taxes and deductions) for working 3 hours at the temp job, though will not receive that money for approximately 8 months, which is how long it will take for the labour ministry to investigate I’s 15 page claim and issue a 25 page order requiring wages to, in fact, be paid, as per section 22 of the Employees Are Not Volunteers Act.
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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wired.com
Everyone has a stake in how tech is shaping education today—from parents, kids, and teachers to tech moguls and policy-makers.

Join our "Back to School in the Age of AI" livestream AMA on Thursday, August 28. Have questions? Leave them below:
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Join Our Next Livestream: Back to School in the Age of AI
Bring your stories and questions on August 28 as we explore our latest investigations into how tech is shaping education today.
wrd.cm
August 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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yourmoonliness.bsky.social
#Scape #ForestFriday #EastCoastKin
August 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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myimaginaryum.bsky.social
A friendly reminder that convenience often comes at a cost. #ai #climate
apnews.com/article/ai-d...
As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost
As AI becomes a part of everyday life, its massive energy and water needs are coming more into focus.
apnews.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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parismarx.com
Canada is facing one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, and my home province is particularly hard hit.

Seeing how false and misleading information about the fires is spreading online has only further convinced me social media, especially Facebook, is a social cancer.
Wading through the social media haze
Wildfire responses in Canada stifled by misinformation, particularly on on Facebook
www.disconnect.blog
August 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
pollybeats.bsky.social
"According to Indigenous Services Canada, as of May 30 there are 37 long-term drinking water advisories remaining in effect in 35 First Nations communities across Canada.

Neskantaga First Nation in northern Ontario has been on a boil water advisory for nearly 31 years."
August 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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garlicbreath644.bsky.social
"And critically, a public grocery option could change how people see food in Canada: from something that is a commodity to something that is a human right that all people deserve access to, regardless of their income."
@nolore.bsky.social
#cdnpoli #foodsovereignty #foodsecurity #publicfood
Food too expensive? It’s time for public grocery stores
City-run stores could be an affordable alternative to large, corporate grocery chains
briarpatchmagazine.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social
"As human beings, when you’re in such terrible times, the only way you have is through poetry, writing, and art."

For my column this month at @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Hind Meddeb’s about her powerfully poetic documentary SUDAN, REMEMBER US
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Hind Meddeb on "Sudan, Remember Us" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with the voice behind the TIFF-favorite doc about Sudanese activists fighting for freedom.
www.rogerebert.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
pollybeats.bsky.social
take transit
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Gardiner Expressway, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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#digitalcolour #digitalphotography
#phonephotography #photosky #ontheroad #roadphotography #photographyontherun #Toronto
August 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
pollybeats.bsky.social
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#digitalphotography #digitalcolour #phonephotography #photosky #streetphotography #ontheroad #Toronto
August 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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amyonfire.bsky.social
Sunset from the dirtiest hotel window in Manchester

A vibe

🎞 kodak ultramax

#filmphotography #photography #believeinfilm #sunset
sunset through a dirt hotel window
July 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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parismarx.com
“China’s dramatic surge of investment into the ’new three‘—EVs, batteries, and solar—is expected to crush oil demand by 5M barrels/day by 2030. That cheaper green tech is now enabling 100+ countries to break free from … imported hydrocarbons towards the sunlit uplands of electric self-sufficiency.”
BRICS in 2025 | The Polycrisis
Nations meet in Brasilia for the 2025 BRICS Summit. China's rise and US chaos shape the opportunities and challenges for the group.
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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openculture.bsky.social
Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada
Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada
I recently heard someone quip that proposals to cut the Academy Awards are tantamount to suggesting that the NFL trim down the Super Bowl. Certainly for many who would rather watch the former any day ...
www.openculture.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
pollybeats.bsky.social
The StoryGraph is so much better looking than Goodreads 🫠💙 And getting better all the time!! (You can import all your Goodreads data over 😉)
July 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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clientearth.bsky.social
🔥Today is 2025's official #EarthOvershootDay🔥

Today we pass the point where the resources we demand from the Earth exceed what it can regenerate in a year.

This is the earliest Earth Overshoot Day ever recorded.

But this doesn't have to be our destiny. #MoveTheDate. 🧵
July 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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nolore.bsky.social
How can we call on this when we are still sending Israel weapons?!
July 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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waldo.net
Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.

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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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ucjuganda.bsky.social
Our demands for #GlobalPlasticTreaty isn't just ⚓️ anchored on words but with solidarity campaigns.Thanks @stopfossilsubs.bsky.social @ucjglobal.bsky.social @extinctionrebellion.uk 4 amplifying our voices & consistency.
Let's get #UnitedAgainstPlasticPollution to
#StopFossilFuelsSubsidies
July 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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wired.com
You don’t have to accept the AI that Samsung offers you. www.wired.com/story/limit-...
How to Limit Galaxy AI to On-Device Processing—or Turn It Off Altogether
You don’t have to accept the AI that Samsung offers you.
www.wired.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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flakphoto.news
Hey, friends, Are you into #photography? You might like FlakPhoto.👇📸✨
About - FlakPhoto Digest
A curated newsletter for photography people. Click to read FlakPhoto Digest, by Andy Adams, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
www.flakphoto.news
December 8, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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parismarx.com
every day israel is slaughtering more palestinians and you barely hear a peep from supposed western “leaders” who love to talk about human rights and international law whenever it comes to china, russia, or iran, but go mum about them when israel comes into the mix
July 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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publicdomainrev.bsky.social
"The Temple of Time" (1846) by Emma Willard.⠀

From our essay by Susan Schulten exploring the pioneering work of Emma Willard (1787–1870), a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today: publicdomainreview.org/essay/e...
July 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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parismarx.com
Fascinating. Microsoft emailed me to say it was raising the price of Microsoft 365, but when i went to cancel it offered me me the old price — without all the AI bullshit.

It’s forcing AI on everyone and making them pay more for it, then only telling them they don’t have to if they try to cancel.
July 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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cassandrasuchy.bsky.social
Bee kind to me 🐝

Canon EOS Rebel T6
Tamron SP Di

#art #macro #macrophotography #photography #artyear #artshow #canon #tamron #onlybeautifulthings #flowersonfriday #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #floweroftheday ✨
A macro shot of a bee harvesting pollen from a gorgeous, deep red flower. His whole body has Cheeto dust
July 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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nycterosea.bsky.social
It's been a minute (1.5 years) since I've had a poem out in a mag, and what a mag to be back with: @midnightsunmag.bsky.social has published "Villiform," a deconstructed villanelle whose central conceit is about disability as a kind of poetic constraint for living. www.midnightsunmag.ca/villiform/
Villiform Or: Refiguring Our Disabilities as Poetic Constraints Jade Wallace We are confined, the well and the unwell, by the cadenced demands our bodies make. Countable as the beats of a villanelle are the hours that pass until need will compel us to pause and cast for water to slake the thirst that con stricts us, both well and unwell. While we may delay, we cannot dis Header says "Midnight Sun" and beneath is an image of a sanderling (small sea bird) running across a beach.
July 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM