Amber Saundry
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Amber Saundry
@asaundry.bsky.social
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Academic digital repository librarian. Food, drink, pun, and oxford comma lover.
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The thread is joyous
ricksteves.bsky.social Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · Oct 25
🧵: It's almost time for...Rick or Treat!

(Thanks to all the happy travelers who've sent in fun Halloween shots over the years. I’d love to see your own travelin’ costumes here on Bluesky!)
October 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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godfrey.bsky.social
hoping to see my former coworkers' new publication, a nonprofit news co-op to replace the Glacier papers that closed earlier this year, flourish and help prove a different model for journalism
www.freshetnews.ca/a-new-beginn...
A new beginning for local news in Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities - Freshet News
The Freshet News is a new voice for Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities with a mission to put community back in community news.
www.freshetnews.ca
October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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archive.org
🌐 From the first web page created in 1991… to 1 trillion web pages archived today.

Every meme, blog, tweet & vanished site is part of our shared story. This is our collective memory. And it’s being saved.

Join in our celebration this October: blog.archive.org/trillion/

#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
October 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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tyolsen.bsky.social
NEW (10 years ago): The two history volumes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report are readable, chilling, and irrefutable. You can't read it all in one sitting. But they answer all the questions you may have.

thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
The Definitive History of Canada’s Residential School Shame | The Tyee
Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it.
thetyee.ca
September 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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viawesome.bsky.social
Former Vancouver mayor seeks end to at-large municipal voting system
Former Vancouver mayor seeks end to at-large municipal voting system
Kennedy Stewart: "The thing about going to court is the at-large system is either legal, or not legal."
dlvr.it
September 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
asaundry.bsky.social
It was only shut down in 2024?! But I'll never forget "uh oh!"
archive.org Internet Archive @archive.org · Sep 25
As the very first standalone instant messaging software, ICQ revolutionized online chat and connected millions in the late ’90s 💬 It shut down in 2024, but its website survives on the #WaybackMachine.

See ICQ’s web history ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19980724...

#Wayback1T
Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Gone" and "ICQ.COM". Below is a Wayback Machine capture of the icq.com website from December 10, 1997, alongside a stylized computer window featuring a pixel art frowning face representing that the website is gone.
September 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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brittlestar.com
WELCOME TO NEWS
September 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
I want a reverse vacation. I want to stay home and have everyone I know go away for a week.
September 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
asaundry.bsky.social
Is this real life?! Yes pleaseee
September 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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vanchristmasguide.bsky.social
We've confirmed that Bright Nights will be back this year -- but not in Stanley Park. Stay tuned to this page on our site for the latest info: www.vancouverchristmasguide.com/bright-night...
Bright Nights 2025 | Vancouver Christmas Guide
Vancouver's beloved holiday illuminations and charitable fundraiser returns for 2025.
www.vancouverchristmasguide.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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merriam-webster.com
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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bcheadlines.bsky.social
B.C. says it will strengthen oversight of municipal governments vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
B.C. says it will strengthen oversight of municipal governments
The B.C. government says it will explore implementing mandatory codes of conduct for local governments and strengthening enforcement.
vancouversun.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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jmcelroy.bsky.social
It’s official: British Columbia’s best symbol is the Orca
The Orca winner of The Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol | CBC News
The winner comes after five weks, 500,000 votes, and a semifinal win against B.C.'s official tree, a quarterfinal win against the official mammal, and a round of 16 victory over the official bird.
www.cbc.ca
August 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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viawesome.bsky.social
Black women set to star in PWHL Vancouver's inaugural season
Black women set to star in PWHL Vancouver's inaugural season
"It’s very cool to have someone that even looks like you on your team."
dlvr.it
August 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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ricksteves.bsky.social
As we head into the school year, I’m as grateful as ever for our nation’s hard-working educators. If you agree, please let the teachers & homeschoolers in your life know about Rick Steves Classroom Europe—a free & ad-free library of 600 video clips covering history, art, music, culture & geography.
Rick Steves Classroom Europe
Rick Steves Classroom Europe® is a free resource allowing teachers to share the best of European art, history, and culture with their students and fellow educators.
classroom.ricksteves.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
asaundry.bsky.social
VOTE OGOPOGO
August 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
When the House Hippo first appeared on Canadian televisions, it seemed that everyone wanted one to appear in their homes.
This commercial became a part of the Canadian cultural landscape and even today, the House Hippo is beloved by Canadians.

🧵 1/10
A blurry photo of a small, dark hippopotamus-like creature grazing on a dimly lit indoor floor near green buckets labeled "JAM," with a spotlight casting shadows.
August 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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jmcelroy.bsky.social
IT'S BRACKET TIME

but also an acknowledgment that the coastal symbols british columbians like most were used to sell this province at the same time the people creating those symbols were deprived of basic rights

.......

BRACKET TIME

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol: Coastal Semifinals | CBC News
There's a certain symbolism in the fact that three of the four coastal finalists left in the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol have had shifting symbolism to different people over British Columbia's histo...
www.cbc.ca
July 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
asaundry.bsky.social
This is very important news and I need more like it.
robsonfletcher.com Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Jul 10
“When I rounded the corner and spotted him, I audibly gasped,” Kamloops resident Taylor Borth said.

“He just stared back at me like…what? And then turned around to flop down on the ground. He didn’t even run away as I walked by him although I don’t think he had the ability to.”
Mammoth-sized marmot spotted in Kamloops park
“It’s the fattest marmot I’ve ever seen.”
infotel.ca
July 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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merriam-webster.com
'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'
FAST COMPANY Article: While retirement typically occurs, after completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals called "micro-retirement." Micro- retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months. Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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jmcelroy.bsky.social
when you’ve lived in vancouver for decades and that summer rain hits
July 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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archive.org
🎉 Big update!
The #InternetArchive has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more!

Check it out ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
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June 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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jensvb.bsky.social
With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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risingaction.bsky.social
PWHL Vancouver is real.

League blown away by Vancouver’s potential

Huge crowd in January. Huge local female hockey presence.

Team name TBA but they’ve already got a practice rink.

theprovince.com/sports/hocke...
The PWHL has arrived in Vancouver, bringing hockey back to the Pacific Coliseum
The team doesn't have a name yet, but the dream is now real for young women's hockey players in Vancouver. They have a team of their own.
theprovince.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
asaundry.bsky.social
An "I voted" and "Future Voter" city of Vancouver sticker in front of cherry blossoms.
April 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM