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Jen Eggleston
@randomlygen.bsky.social
History nerd and occasional illustrator. PoCo Heritage Director.
From Scotland, now in Port Coquitlam, just outside Vancouver, BC 🍁
⌨️ http://www.RandomlyGenerated.ca
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Heritage Week's theme this time is 'Stir the Pot' which looks at how food brings us together.

@pocoheritage.bsky.social have invited Cassandra from Cassandra Cake Co to share her story!

6.30-7.30pm on Tuesday Feb 17 at the museum

www.facebook.com/events/76371...
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Holy shit. I’ve never seen a Kickstarter pledge counter melt before
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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It’s Groundhog Day! Vancouver Island Violet has made her prediction! Six more weeks of winter! This was confirmed by her mate Phillip who also got in the weather prediction action. Watch here:
February 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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❤️
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Someone said "It's like Canada's Mom just died."

And it's true.

I'm still crying.
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Another Vancouver plaque project is celebrating a big birthday!
Reading Lights Turns 10!

You might not know that Vancouver is home to a unique project to celebrate BC kidlit—a project that's celebrating its ten-year anniversary!

Find out more here: www.vpl.ca/readinglights
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945.

City Hall will be lit up 🟡 tonight to remember the victims and in support of all who have been affected by the Holocaust.
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Spent the evening with other plaque enthusiasts, celebrating 15 years of Places That Matter (the blue ovals dotted around Vancouver, commemorating the people, places and events that are often overlooked)

And got a sticker 😎
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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VOTE for Inspiring Local Champions! Our exhibit at Port Coquitlam Community Centre is nominated for Heritage BC Canada Awards 2026. Inspiring Local Champions celebrates hometown hero Terry Fox and Port Coquitlam’s history of local champions and community builders.

Vote ➡️ https://ow.ly/67GZ50Y0ph8
January 21, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Going multiple days, but only cosplaying on Saturday 💎
#FanExpoVancouver
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Cosgrove Hall Films Archive exhibition at Sale Library is open to the public! Here's a story we posted earlier: downthetubes.net/forever-home...
Forever home unveiled for Cosgrove Hall Films’ iconic animation collection at the newly refurbished Sale Library
New permanent free exhibition opens in January 2026
downthetubes.net
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Vote for PoCo's awesome 'Terry Fox: Inspiring Local Champions' exhibit in the Heritage BC awards!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
People's Choice Awards
As part of Heritage BC’s 45th Anniversary, we’re excited to introduce a new category to the 2026 Heritage BC Awards: The People’s Choice Awards. This award is split into two categories: Projects and ...
docs.google.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
If you're aged 55+ and have found a previously unknown close relative by using DNA testing, SFU would love you to take part in their study!
#genealogy
THE FAMILY GENEALOGISTS AND LONG-LOST RELATIVES STUDY

we want to learn more about the experiences of diverse midlife to older aged adults (aged 55+) who have searched for, and located a previously unknown immediate or closely related genetic relative

www.sfu.ca/gerontology/...
The Family Genealogists and Long-Lost Relatives Study
www.sfu.ca
January 13, 2026 at 5:31 AM
People of Vancouver, BC - have you seen any of these yellow plaques around?

I'm trying to find the 100 plaques that were installed for Vancouver's centennial in 1986.

I've found 27 still up and 12 that *were* up but have since been removed...
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Oh god, I really don't need another clock, but that is sooooo good.

Makes me feel like the TV unit has just been rolled into class and/or I'm home sick and tucked up in my parents bed. Either way 👍
+ SCHOOLS IDENT CLOCK // RABIES SIGN +

Made these in Dec as Xmas gifts for a couple of good friends. Both were very pleasing to make so I've popped a small batch in the shop, available to pre-order for shipping in Feb. Short run and only available for a limited period.

hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2026 ❤️

My #ArtVsArtist for 2025
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Are you kidding me? 🤦‍♀️
January 2, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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The scariest Christmas story:

Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Except for A DRACULA
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thanks for following along with the Box of Delights advent calendar!

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The old Punch and Judy man, Cole Hawlings (aka Ramon Lully). Master of old magic, maker of the elixir of life, and 500… 700 years old

(Day 24 of the Box of Delights advent calendar)
December 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Delighted to have one of the pilots from my Canadian Aviatrix Project featured on Wikitree’s 12 Days of Elf-mas. Thank you so much to @wikitree.bsky.social’s wonderful elves for finding Lillian!

www.youtube.com/live/trnSexU...
12 Days of Elf-Mas Day Two (23 Dec 2025)
YouTube video by WikiTree
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM