🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
@shanikom.bsky.social
Former news-photographer: CP PoY Award 1990. 'Loud-mouth broad’ since 1986. She/her.
📸 Photos mine unless stated. #NoFliter mostly. 📷
Canadian 🇨🇦 Finnish heritage 🇫🇮
#TBI 🧠🤕
ShaniKom@mstdn.ca & shanikom@pixelfed.social
📸 Photos mine unless stated. #NoFliter mostly. 📷
Canadian 🇨🇦 Finnish heritage 🇫🇮
#TBI 🧠🤕
ShaniKom@mstdn.ca & shanikom@pixelfed.social
Wordle 1,706 2/6*
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Doesn't happen often. 🤓
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Doesn't happen often. 🤓
February 19, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Wordle 1,706 2/6*
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Doesn't happen often. 🤓
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Doesn't happen often. 🤓
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
Read the comments! 😹
February 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Read the comments! 😹
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February 18, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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A large, negative-polarity coronal hole has rotated onto the Earth-facing disk. This may provide us with some chances for mid-latitude aurora and active high-latitude displays starting around Feb 23-25. The polarity is favorable for the RM effect which is becoming more relevant.
February 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
A large, negative-polarity coronal hole has rotated onto the Earth-facing disk. This may provide us with some chances for mid-latitude aurora and active high-latitude displays starting around Feb 23-25. The polarity is favorable for the RM effect which is becoming more relevant.
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Brockman is a moron, but I will meet him halfway so long as BB games are outdoors in sub-zero temperatures and the court isn’t shoveled or plowed
That’ll shake shit up
That’ll shake shit up
February 18, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Brockman is a moron, but I will meet him halfway so long as BB games are outdoors in sub-zero temperatures and the court isn’t shoveled or plowed
That’ll shake shit up
That’ll shake shit up
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I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
February 16, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook's
Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein
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Amsterdam & Zaandam , Netherlands 🦊
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Amsterdam & Zaandam , Netherlands 🦊
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I believe the time is right for this song to re-enter our collective playlist. Apart from its political point, it's an excellent song.
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans (Official Video) [4K]
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 5:42 AM
I believe the time is right for this song to re-enter our collective playlist. Apart from its political point, it's an excellent song.
#ColoreTonFil 🙃 #AlmostMonochrome
Only slight tweaks to exposure & contrast.
#Montreal #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
Only slight tweaks to exposure & contrast.
#Montreal #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 AM
#ColoreTonFil 🙃 #AlmostMonochrome
Only slight tweaks to exposure & contrast.
#Montreal #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
Only slight tweaks to exposure & contrast.
#Montreal #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
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Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto turns textiles into delicately sculpted orbs that can be worn as jewellery #WomensArt
February 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto turns textiles into delicately sculpted orbs that can be worn as jewellery #WomensArt
Do you like deadlines??! #mammals
If you love wildlife conservation and mountains, consider working for us this summer! We are seeking 1 to 2 seasonal Wildlife Technicians to join our team. Deadline for applications is Feb 17th. marmots.org/recovery-eff...
February 17, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Do you like deadlines??! #mammals
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A fun thing to do is look at Amazon’s price history tool.
Prices remain steady on most things over the last 30 days. Toggle it to 90 and almost everything spiked 30%
Prices remain steady on most things over the last 30 days. Toggle it to 90 and almost everything spiked 30%
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A fun thing to do is look at Amazon’s price history tool.
Prices remain steady on most things over the last 30 days. Toggle it to 90 and almost everything spiked 30%
Prices remain steady on most things over the last 30 days. Toggle it to 90 and almost everything spiked 30%
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Beauty of the Moment
Steve Driscoll
2024
Steve Driscoll
2024
February 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Beauty of the Moment
Steve Driscoll
2024
Steve Driscoll
2024
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“Inventing the Renaissance” is having another $3.99 ebook sale. I think this one is Uk/Canada/AU/NZ too! If bit, that sale is coming in a couple days.
“Inventing the Renaissance” is a history of histories of this (not so) golden age. Much of making history is simply adding new POVs to the braid as historians ask new & more diverse questions w/ each generation. I hope you’ll enjoy my effort to show the process at work! 25/25 https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
“Inventing the Renaissance” is having another $3.99 ebook sale. I think this one is Uk/Canada/AU/NZ too! If bit, that sale is coming in a couple days.
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Beautiful clear night in Maine but no aurora--not even a glow--looking to the north. With some south Bz this could change, but so far the night is quiet at mid-latitudes.
Webcam where I have sourced this image from is the NEOC link on my page: go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
Webcam where I have sourced this image from is the NEOC link on my page: go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
February 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Beautiful clear night in Maine but no aurora--not even a glow--looking to the north. With some south Bz this could change, but so far the night is quiet at mid-latitudes.
Webcam where I have sourced this image from is the NEOC link on my page: go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
Webcam where I have sourced this image from is the NEOC link on my page: go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
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The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
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The most wonderful expedition you've probably never heard about, but need to cheer on NOW. Follow 25 female indigenous & non-indigenous scientists, explorers, storytellers, artists & ocean advocates from 9 countries as they explore "the bottom of the world."
arcg.is/1HTTuv3
🌊 🦑 🧪 ⚒️ 🌎 🌍🌏 🇦🇶 #gischat
arcg.is/1HTTuv3
🌊 🦑 🧪 ⚒️ 🌎 🌍🌏 🇦🇶 #gischat
February 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The most wonderful expedition you've probably never heard about, but need to cheer on NOW. Follow 25 female indigenous & non-indigenous scientists, explorers, storytellers, artists & ocean advocates from 9 countries as they explore "the bottom of the world."
arcg.is/1HTTuv3
🌊 🦑 🧪 ⚒️ 🌎 🌍🌏 🇦🇶 #gischat
arcg.is/1HTTuv3
🌊 🦑 🧪 ⚒️ 🌎 🌍🌏 🇦🇶 #gischat
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In @thewalrus.ca, I argue it's time we talk about what the US administration really is, and what that means for Canada's survival. thewalrus.ca/canada-is-be...
February 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
In @thewalrus.ca, I argue it's time we talk about what the US administration really is, and what that means for Canada's survival. thewalrus.ca/canada-is-be...
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This is ritual suicide. The Trump regime is handing out the Kool-Aid.
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This is ritual suicide. The Trump regime is handing out the Kool-Aid.
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There's a Frederick Wiseman season upcoming at the ICA which means I get to repeat my story of doing a double bill at the LFF of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE II. Me and maybe twenty social workers who sat through six hours of misery, despair and people perjuring themselves
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
There's a Frederick Wiseman season upcoming at the ICA which means I get to repeat my story of doing a double bill at the LFF of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE II. Me and maybe twenty social workers who sat through six hours of misery, despair and people perjuring themselves
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Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday. He was 96. nyti.ms/4qGpq55
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies
He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday. He was 96. nyti.ms/4qGpq55
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Evening Lara, that'll be a Plum Porter and a Moretti please kid.
February 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Evening Lara, that'll be a Plum Porter and a Moretti please kid.