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Andrew Pickett
@andrewctenor.bsky.social
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Trying to figure out how to combine my loves for baroque music and hiking
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Bunch of traffic lights out on the peninsula, folks, be careful out there! #HaliSky
NS Power outage map with a red polygon covering much out the southwest peninsula
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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24 active users lol
Clip from the Wikipedia article on Conservapedia: “As of October 2025, Conservapedia has more than 58,000 articles and 24 active users.”
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Post something random or you'll have an awful November
Sign at roadside market with a picture of a broken-open pomegranate. “POMERGRANTES HOW TO EAT: 1. CUT OFF THE CROWN OF THE POMERGRANTE 2. SLICE THE RIND IN SEVERAL PLACES 3. SOAK POMERGRANTE IN WATER 4. BREAK APART THE POMERGRANTE 5. REMOVE RIND AND MEMBRANES 6. REMOVE SEEDS FROM BOWL AND ENJOY! $1.49”
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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More Albertans (and more people generally) need to take a walk in an old cemetery once in a while.
Gravestone for three children of one family, all ages 4 and under. One is simply named “BABY.”
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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There are ways around the clause
Santa Claus, sneaking furtively in a burglar mask, carrying a heavy sack and holding a finger to his lips
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Or the 70s, even
Still from The Starlost (1973). Three cast members stand facing us, decked out in snazzy silver jumpsuit “spacesuits” with red trim
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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October mood
A large inflatable grinning black and orange cat with green eyes and a Cheshire Cat-like smile, face-planted on a front lawn
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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so lucrative
Mukoda from Campfire Cooking In Another World makes ground (orc?) meat, as Fel the wolf spirit familiar looks on approvingly
October 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Took the Rs right out of ‘er
A blue number one on a green background with a white scribble on the middle of it
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Looks like Norway awards the one that Trump cares about.
In 1905 the Union between Sweden and Norway was dissolved which meant the responsibility for awarding Nobel Prizes was split between the two countries. Norway's Nobel Committee became the awarder of the Peace Prize while Sweden became the awarder of the other prizes.
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I think we got this from the English, and THEY are the real experts. I submit to you the Anglo-EU (and American) Translation Guide:
Anglo-EU Translation Guide What the British say What the British mean What others understand I hear what you say I disagree and do not want to discuss it further He accepts my point of view With the greatest respect... I think you are an idiot He is listening to me That's not bad That's good That's poor That is a very brave proposal You are insane He thinks I have courage Quite good A bit disappointing Quite good I would suggest... Do it or be prepared to justify yourself Think about the idea, but do what you like Oh, incidentally/ by the way The primary purpose of our discussion is... That is not very important I was a bit disappointed that I am annoyed that It doesn't really matter Very interesting That is clearly nonsense They are impressed I'll bear it in mind I've forgotten it already They will probably do it I'm sure it's my fault It's your fault Why do they think it was their fault? You must come for dinner It's not an invitation, I'm just being polite I will get an invitation soon I almost agree I don't agree at all He's not far from agreement I only have a few minor comments Please re-write completely He has found a few typos Could we consider some other options I don't like your idea They have not yet decided
October 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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There seems to be support for both “Chezzencook” and “Chezze’cook.” Also, interesting to find this:
(From Nova Scotia Place Names, by Thomas J. Brown, 1922.) CHEZZETCOOK (H.)—The old spelling of this word was "Chillincook". It was once part of and included in Musquodoboit. The name is from the Micmac Indian "Sesetkook" or "Tceset-kook" meaning "flowing rapidly in many channels."
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Ok we CAN’T miss out on the rain now
Atmospheric radar map of the Halifax area at around 6 pm. There is a huge band of rain to the west coming closer and closer.
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I wanted to know more about Mary Brunkow, the woman who just won the Nobel Prize for Medicine, and found this from the Financial Express, India.

Hmm. AI, blind sexism, or both?
“Who are Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi? 64-year-old Mary E Brunkow is a Ph.D holder from Princeton University. According to the Nobel Prize's official website, he is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology, in Seattle.”
October 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Spotted on the CNN website down in the clickbait section.

“Nova Scotia,” huh. I can see why we dread it, what with the driving on the left and all.
An odd looking auto bridge ramps steeply up and away from us in two bumps before veering to the right and down. It seems to be set precariously on huge concrete pilings. Traffic is driving on the left, but the caption says “Nova Scotia Bridge Is One Of The Most Dreaded In The World.”
October 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Late supper after choir practice: Icelandic-style hot dogs (both kinds of onion!
A hot dog on a blue plate, with ketchup, mayo, relish, mustard, and chopped onion
October 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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You learn something new every day.
flag-waving English Alternative forms • flag waving • flagwaving Etymology From flag + waving. Noun flag-waving (uncountable) 1. Highly vocal and visible support given to a cause. 2. (television) Undesirable horizontal skewing of frames in a video signal.
October 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Interesting. I mean, it’s also a standard American military march.
The United States Marine Band has played "The Liberty Bell" march at five of the last seven presidential inaugurations: the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton, the 2005 inauguration of President George W. Bush, the 2009 and 2013 inaugurations of President Barack Obama, and the 2017 and 2025 inaugurations of President Donald Trump.
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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LOL, amazing. “Sure, you’re poor and we slashed the heating rebate… but we’ve cut taxes so you save $100 and your rich neighbour saves $1900, so on AVERAGE you get $1000, see?”
Premier Tim Houston's repeated response to critics who say the government isn't doing enough to help Nova Scotians paying among the highest electric bills in Canada is that the government has delivered a $500 million tax cut on personal income and reduced HST by 1%. According to the Progressive Conservatives these changes "save the average family about $1000 a year."
September 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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According to this, the Francis-Smith orthography (the one with the 's and the Ks) was developed on behalf of the Mi'kmaq people specifically to correct the inaccuracies of colonial spellings: mikmawarchives.ca/collections/...
“At the insistence of Dr. Peter Christmas, former director of Micmac Association of Cultural Studies work began in 1974 to create a new orthography which would represent the Mikmaw sound system accurately. After much research and many visits to the various Mi'kmaw communities throughout the province of Nova Scotia as well as other provinces the job was completed in 1980. Having used the latest linguistic technique to develop this system it has proven itself to work well with the 27 or so distinctive sounds of Mi'kmaw using only 17 letters of the Roman alphabet. It has been chosen by the chiefs of N.S. as the official writing system for Mi'kmaw in Nova Scotia.”
September 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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This sign was wearing shiny clothes. Maybe it didn’t make eye contact?
Stop sign damaged by a drunk driver in Owen Sound, Ontario
September 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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It’s Point Pleasant Park! Walked by it this afternoon.
The southwest gazebo at Point Pleasant Park, viewed with the cannon emplacements and ocean behind it
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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And of course the town clock
Priscilla and Anne looking down on the town clock, city and harbour from a stone terrace and iron railing that doesn’t actually exist in real Halifax but seems to be about where the Citadel is
September 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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“Spofford Avenue” aka Young Ave
A house that looks suspiciously like the Oland castle A very Young Ave looking three-tiered mansion with a railed balcony and a large dormer A very familiar looking low stone wall with a green hedge atop it “Patty’s Place,” a small ornate beflowered house that Anne is very fond of, and which I think maybe I’ve also seen near PPP
September 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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We’re watching the Anne of Green Gables anime and Anne is attending college in “Kingsport” (Halifax) and…. omg it’s so obviously Point Pleasant Park #HaliSky
Philippa, Priscilla, Anne and Gilbert near a very distinctive gazebo
September 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM