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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
@shanikom.bsky.social
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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
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chrisdornan.bsky.social
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
shanikom.bsky.social
#ColoreTonFil 🙃 #AlmostMonochrome
Only slight tweaks to exposure & contrast.
#Montreal #StreetPhotography #EastCoastKin
Backlit street scene Monday afternoon downtown Montreal, looks almost like a B&W shot but it's natural light.
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto turns textiles into delicately sculpted orbs that can be worn as jewellery #WomensArt
Photo of a group of translucent fabric small orbs with colourful plant like three dimensional centres
February 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
shanikom.bsky.social
Do you like deadlines??! #mammals
marmotrecovery.bsky.social Marmot Recovery Foundation @marmotrecovery.bsky.social · 18d
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...
A wildlife technician hikes on the side a steep rocky cliff above the trees. Three technicians work in the fog to release a marmot to a nest box.
February 17, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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buriedbybooks.bsky.social
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%
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Beauty of the Moment
Steve Driscoll
2024
February 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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adapalmer.bsky.social
“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.
adapalmer.bsky.social Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · Jan 28
“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
The Vasari corridor bending around the Mannelli tower, whose tall stone edifice blocks its otherwise gentle descent. Last week my story about this building made it a celebration of resistance against conquerors, as the bend in the corridor shows the citizens of the city defying the tyrant who wanted to blast his corridor through the ancient tower that was the birthright of an old respected family, and was forced to go around, leaving this bend which has stood ever since as a symbol of resistance against the tyrant. From the inside, it's a super awkward narrow twisty space where you have to turn, and anyone with a walker or a scooter struggles to make the turns. Looks very different depending on your point of view, literally and figuratively!
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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vincentledvina.bsky.social
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
February 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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akurjata.ca
The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could
Hey. This is a message out there to all of you who, in trying to create a tribute to our children, choose to use AI. When you feed these images into AI, you're feeding their data set. That means they will now use little pieces of Abel and Maya and the others the next time someone asks for the image of a 12 year old. While most companies are trying their best, some of them aren't; a few weeks back, Grok was freely and cheerily offering up images of naked, underage children. This is horrifying. I know that some people out there are trying to create clickbait images, but not you. You're trying to show your respect and love, but could we ask you do it in a different way? There are actual provided images of most of the victims out there; sharing those is equally as powerful and less dicey, morally. The RCMP even created a composite for you. Thanks.
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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deepseadawn.bsky.social
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
The Breaking Boundaries at the Bottom of the World website where you can follow the extraordinary Sea Women Expeditions journey taking place February 14 – March 10, 2026. The Daily Journal features expedition reflections, creative moments and scientific field notes from the 25 explorers. Use the purple filters to narrow in on a specific explorer or boat and click on a point to learn more about their experience.
February 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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stewartprest.ca
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
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markjacob.bsky.social
This is ritual suicide. The Trump regime is handing out the Kool-Aid.
NYT headline: Vaccine makers pull back on investment and innovation amid Trump policies
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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cairdiul.bsky.social
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
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nytimes.com
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
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pronounced-ing.bsky.social
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.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h
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.
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
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richardmortimer.bsky.social
Evening Lara, that'll be a Plum Porter and a Moretti please kid.
February 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 2d
I had the opportunity to rise during Senate Question Period this week, to ask about the Canadian government's continued commitment to using X for official communications - and about their failure to use sites such as Bluesky and Mastodon. What do you think? #cdnpoli #Canada #Grok #X #Bluesky
It's time to make an X-it: Senator Simons questions the Canadian government's continued use of X
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
shanikom.bsky.social
What's the best song lyric?

I'm wearing fur pyjamas
I ride a hot potato
- Wild, Wild Life - Talking Heads
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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paulfreear.bsky.social
Knaresborough yesterday

#photography
#touristpic :)
The viaduct at Knaresborough, reflecting in the river, in the winter sun
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
shanikom.bsky.social
We haven't seen a rainy day like that in Montreal since October... no drought with all the snow though. #photography
windowdolls.bsky.social Window Dolls @windowdolls.bsky.social · 15h
I took this back in 2017. It looks like the weather hasn’t changed any since then

#photography #streetphotography
A woman in a blue jumper shelters under a green umbrella in a market. She has an orange carrier bag on her arm
February 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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markhisted.org
I’m an elder millennial / young GenX but my personal and anecdotal experience in science runs a bit counter to this.

People who are already have deep expertise and are doing complex writing and intellectual work are the ones who are most able to see AI downsides. People very new to the field
miriamposner.com Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 15h
Interesting survey on attitudes toward AI among academics. One thing that struck me: millennials (vs Gen X and boomers) and early-career researchers are *more* likely to distrust AI. fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
Slide: Researchers and AI: Survey Findings Text: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Researchers and Al: Survey Findings aby Boomers & Gen X have a larger proportion of 'Pioneers', whereas Millennials have a larger proportion of 'Challengers' % of each researcher profile per generation *bar graph: baby boomers and Gen X both described as 8% “challengers”; for millennials, the number is 17%* It should be noted that 'generation' was not asked directly; it was calculated using reported age. The sample is smaller as the 40-49 years' age category cut across the generation bands and was therefore excluded from this reporting. The remaining groups were categorized into broad generational bands using the following age categories: Millennials: Up to 39 years Generation X: 50 - 59 years Baby Boomers: 60 - 79 years Silent Generation: 80+ years N=1,416 14 Slide: Researchers and AI: survey findings. Text: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Researchers and Al: Survey Findings Early Career Researchers have a larger proportion of 'Challengers' % of each researcher profile per career stage *bar graph giving breakdown of percentage of early-career vs. mid- and late-career academic attitudes. 16% or ECRs are designated “challengers” vs 12% (mid) and 8% (late)* Generally across career stages there are similar proportions of each researcher profile, the exception being a larger proportion of 'Challengers' in the Early Career Research category, compared to other career stages. Career Stage was based on self-reported categorization of 'early, 'mid", or late. N=2,088 15
February 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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marlownyc.bsky.social
pretty stunning chart
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
shanikom.bsky.social
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February 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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alexusherhesa.bsky.social
Neat. This view ceased to exist a few years later when the 8-story Cegep du Vieux Montreal was built a block south on the right.

(I can almost see my first apartment two blocks south on the left with @arrogantmonkey.bsky.social)
canadianpaintings.bsky.social Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 1d
Sanguinet St., Montreal
Philip Surrey
1971
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d
Girls reading, 1939 by US photographer Dorothea Lange #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a line of six white girls in dresses sitting on the outside step of a wooden building while reading books
February 16, 2026 at 5:50 AM