🇨🇦 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
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And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
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)
(I can almost see my first apartment two blocks south on the left with @arrogantmonkey.bsky.social)
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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)
(I can almost see my first apartment two blocks south on the left with @arrogantmonkey.bsky.social)
Timeline cleanse 🐸
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Timeline cleanse 🐸
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Bruce Fanjoy’s petition to require all federal party leaders to have top secret security clearance has reached 36,000.
We can do better. Sign here:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We can do better. Sign here:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
February 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
How beautiful!
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 7:29 PM
How beautiful!
Excuse me, excuse me.... King Penguins threading their way through the Southern Elephant Seals clogging the beach on South Georgia. 🪶🦑🦊
February 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
February 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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"Boop your loved ones often." Vancouver Island Marmot wisdom for #Valentines
February 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
"Boop your loved ones often." Vancouver Island Marmot wisdom for #Valentines
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
Happy Valentine's Day! Wishing you a day of love - and that includes a love of nature! Whether you’re flying solo or roosting together, happy Valentine’s Day! ❤🦇🦇
February 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Happy Valentine's Day! Wishing you a day of love - and that includes a love of nature! Whether you’re flying solo or roosting together, happy Valentine’s Day! ❤🦇🦇
February 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Such a shame for those male readers of The Times! (See second OP).
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February 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Such a shame for those male readers of The Times! (See second OP).
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February 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Happy Ystävänpäiva!! 🫶 🇫🇮
February 14, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Happy Ystävänpäiva!! 🫶 🇫🇮
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Well this is interesting. Denmark currently leading USA 2-1 in the 1st period of Mens Olympic Hockey.
Is it the Greenland Effect?
#Olympics #MilanoCortina
Is it the Greenland Effect?
#Olympics #MilanoCortina
February 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
This man made a mini city for his pets. It's fascinating.
Also, it is not AI.
Here's his channel on YT: www.youtube.com/@xingzhilei
Also, it is not AI.
Here's his channel on YT: www.youtube.com/@xingzhilei
February 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This man made a mini city for his pets. It's fascinating.
Also, it is not AI.
Here's his channel on YT: www.youtube.com/@xingzhilei
Also, it is not AI.
Here's his channel on YT: www.youtube.com/@xingzhilei
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
Arrived at the Sansusi art residency centre in Latvia where it is a veritable winter wonderland.
February 14, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Arrived at the Sansusi art residency centre in Latvia where it is a veritable winter wonderland.
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
As it's St. Valentines day, here's a pair of courting Great Crested Grebes
#ValentinesDay2026
#ValentinesDay
#Lovebirds
#ValentinesDay2026
#ValentinesDay
#Lovebirds
February 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
As it's St. Valentines day, here's a pair of courting Great Crested Grebes
#ValentinesDay2026
#ValentinesDay
#Lovebirds
#ValentinesDay2026
#ValentinesDay
#Lovebirds
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
Posting early for #BlueskyArtShow #wood and Valentines Day with the same image. Have a great weekend and enjoy the people who make your life worth living.
February 14, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Posting early for #BlueskyArtShow #wood and Valentines Day with the same image. Have a great weekend and enjoy the people who make your life worth living.
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Patin bicyclette/Bicycle skate, Richard Choubersky... 1899
#figureskating #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #paris #自転車 #illustration #art #design #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴
#figureskating #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #paris #自転車 #illustration #art #design #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Patin bicyclette/Bicycle skate, Richard Choubersky... 1899
#figureskating #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #paris #自転車 #illustration #art #design #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴
#figureskating #bikesky #bici #vintage #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #paris #自転車 #illustration #art #design #streetstyle #fun #cycling #cyclinglife #bikelife #biking #bicicleta #velo #cycle #vélo 🚲🚴