Astrid Lange
@astrid416.bsky.social
Keeper of information, fountain of knowledge. If I don’t know it, I can look it up. Librarian at the Toronto Star.
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To journalists:
Flashes is launching next Tuesday, February 25th!
I’ve set up a website where you can find the Press Kit (under “In the Press”) and a link to the FAQs:
www.flashes.blue
Flashes is launching next Tuesday, February 25th!
I’ve set up a website where you can find the Press Kit (under “In the Press”) and a link to the FAQs:
www.flashes.blue
Flashes - A Photo & Video App for Bluesky
Flashes - A Photo & Video App for Bluesky
www.flashes.blue
February 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
To journalists:
Flashes is launching next Tuesday, February 25th!
I’ve set up a website where you can find the Press Kit (under “In the Press”) and a link to the FAQs:
www.flashes.blue
Flashes is launching next Tuesday, February 25th!
I’ve set up a website where you can find the Press Kit (under “In the Press”) and a link to the FAQs:
www.flashes.blue
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Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
February 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
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In October 2023, a right-wing government swept to power in New Zealand on a wave of populist anger similar to Canada’s.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
Whoa, Canada! Don’t Make Our Mistake in New Zealand | The Tyee
Out of frustration we tried electing right-wing populists. Now things are worse.
thetyee.ca
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In October 2023, a right-wing government swept to power in New Zealand on a wave of populist anger similar to Canada’s.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
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That time a North York councillor suggested that a city medal be given to anti-gay activist Anita Bryant (whose death was just announced) when she spoke at a local evangelical church in early 1978.
Her visit prompted protests against her views.
Toronto Star, January 4, 1978
#torontohistory
Her visit prompted protests against her views.
Toronto Star, January 4, 1978
#torontohistory
January 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
That time a North York councillor suggested that a city medal be given to anti-gay activist Anita Bryant (whose death was just announced) when she spoke at a local evangelical church in early 1978.
Her visit prompted protests against her views.
Toronto Star, January 4, 1978
#torontohistory
Her visit prompted protests against her views.
Toronto Star, January 4, 1978
#torontohistory
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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Merry Christmas all! Keep your babies out of the donkey’s dinner! 🎄🎄🎄
December 25, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Merry Christmas all! Keep your babies out of the donkey’s dinner! 🎄🎄🎄
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Invalid Handle steps per BlueSky...
November 14, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Invalid Handle steps per BlueSky...
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The scouring of Ontario Place - see some recent views of the site taken by documentary photographer Steven Evans up at @spacing.bsky.social this morning.
spacing.ca/toronto/2024...
spacing.ca/toronto/2024...
The scouring of Ontario Place - Spacing Toronto
Between 2021 and 2023 architectural and documentary photographer Steven Evans trained his eye and camera on Ontario Place as plans for its future were unfolding. That work culminated in his book As It...
spacing.ca
November 13, 2024 at 1:54 PM
The scouring of Ontario Place - see some recent views of the site taken by documentary photographer Steven Evans up at @spacing.bsky.social this morning.
spacing.ca/toronto/2024...
spacing.ca/toronto/2024...
Since @ttcalerts.bsky.social is here, there’s really no reason for me to look at that other platform ever again.
November 11, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Since @ttcalerts.bsky.social is here, there’s really no reason for me to look at that other platform ever again.
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Cam Bynum posted an edit of his Raygun celebration today... twitter.com/Cambeezy_/st...
November 11, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Cam Bynum posted an edit of his Raygun celebration today... twitter.com/Cambeezy_/st...
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I’m a public librarian in a degenerating democracy, and I am pleading: Care about your library. Use it. See what programs and events it offers. And pay attention to its governing body. See who the trustees are. Consider running yourself. Libraries will need all the community support they can get. 📚
November 7, 2024 at 12:11 PM
I’m a public librarian in a degenerating democracy, and I am pleading: Care about your library. Use it. See what programs and events it offers. And pay attention to its governing body. See who the trustees are. Consider running yourself. Libraries will need all the community support they can get. 📚
I’m working on it @cyberlawyeryyz.bsky.social
I'm still trying to get Tara Deschamps to come to Bluesky. Until she does, you'll want to follow her on LinkedIn for her expert coverage of the Canadian tech landscape. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/can...
Ottawa orders TikTok's Canadian arm to be dissolved over national security risks
The federal government is ordering the dissolution of TikTok's Canadian business after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform, but stopped short of ordering
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 8, 2024 at 1:09 PM
I’m working on it @cyberlawyeryyz.bsky.social
A woman slammed into me trying to flee from a dog “terrorizing” pedestrians on the sidewalk. It was this guy. He got all worked up when a couple of daschunds walked by.
October 11, 2024 at 11:42 PM
A woman slammed into me trying to flee from a dog “terrorizing” pedestrians on the sidewalk. It was this guy. He got all worked up when a couple of daschunds walked by.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #434,161!
September 17, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #434,161!
Very proud to have worked on this piece with Amy Dempsey who weaves a fantastic story about Toronto’s beloved/loathed trash panda. And the artwork is wonderful!
How Toronto lost its wild 100-year war with raccoons
In the span of a century, Toronto went from zero raccoons to the raccoon capital of the world.
www.thestar.com
October 6, 2023 at 4:26 PM
Very proud to have worked on this piece with Amy Dempsey who weaves a fantastic story about Toronto’s beloved/loathed trash panda. And the artwork is wonderful!
Never forget. #giantrubberduck
September 18, 2023 at 12:11 PM
Never forget. #giantrubberduck
We’ve had some great pub quiz trivia team names lately. Last week it was “But not a real Green Belt, that’s cruel.” Tonight, “Fyre Festival 2: No what, no where, no who.”
August 23, 2023 at 2:15 AM
We’ve had some great pub quiz trivia team names lately. Last week it was “But not a real Green Belt, that’s cruel.” Tonight, “Fyre Festival 2: No what, no where, no who.”
The dog days of summer are almost over. #sad
August 21, 2023 at 11:41 PM
The dog days of summer are almost over. #sad
One million sunflowers (supposedly, I didn’t count) at Lakeview Village in Mississauga.
August 18, 2023 at 9:50 PM
One million sunflowers (supposedly, I didn’t count) at Lakeview Village in Mississauga.
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"In a country where nearly every iota of our psyches and our physical spaces has been captured for the purpose of generating a profit, the ongoing existence of public libraries feels not just radical, but astonishing." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/are-libraries-the-future-of-news/
Are libraries the future of news?
“We share a lot of the same goals. When we talked about mission statements, there were so many similarities.”
www.niemanlab.org
August 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM
"In a country where nearly every iota of our psyches and our physical spaces has been captured for the purpose of generating a profit, the ongoing existence of public libraries feels not just radical, but astonishing." https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/are-libraries-the-future-of-news/