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Dean
@daejn.bsky.social
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Britisher now living in Toronto, Canada
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I see Big Cormorant has entered the chat
Headline from the Toronto Star reading Opinion: We shouldn’t cull the Toronto Islands cormorants. We should give them their own island instead
August 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Barbican glowup in Andor
A scene from the TV show Andor: concrete walkways on the Barbican estate with CGI elements making it look even more futuristic and dystopian (in a positive way) than it normally does
May 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The plane I will accept as a bribe
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machine: a cartoon of a fiend and his accomplice (a smug dog) in a biplane
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Prince could’ve had an even bigger hit if he’d gone with Brutalist Street instead of Alphabet Street
Gallery with models of brutalist buildings and the words Strada Brutalissima written on the back wall
May 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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First trip on the Silvertown Tunnel cycle bus. I’d rate it 8.6/10
A bus parked by a road with people and bikes waiting to board A road tunnel with a vehicle driving through it. One lane is marked as a bus lane Interior of a bus with people sitting and bikes stored
April 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Reading that @jonnelledge.bsky.social borders book while looking at an actual border (although depending on who you ask, it might not technically be a border)
A copy of the book A History of the World in 37 Borders; in the background, the checkpoint in Nicosia between Cyprus and Turkish-controlled North Cyprus.
March 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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masterful juxtaposition of headline and image
Headline reading Linda McMahon Confirmed as US Secretary of Education above a photograph of McMahon in a wrestling ring kicking a man in the balls.
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Niemeyer madeirense.
Building with a curved facade in the morning sun. A circular staircase A model of a curved hotel building. Building facade among tropical vegetation
January 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Discourse on the estate WhatsApp about cladding replacement work just stepped up a notch.
Screenshot of a WhatsApp message reading: We strongly agree with the comments about the importance of the lines. They are not decorative but articulate structure and break up excessive expanses of colour. They are an essential part of Ralph Erskine's concept of how to structure and humanize larger elevations. This is more than an aesthetic question. See Peter Collymore, "The Architecture of Ralph Erskine", Academy Editions 1994
January 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Sandwich for dinner am I doing this right
A sandwich / wrap on a plate with fries on the side.
December 12, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Duolingo continuing to provide only the essentials.
Screenshot from Duolingo language learning app. The app is prompting the user to say, in Portuguese the sentence: eu gosto de edifícios modernos. Below is the English translation: I like modern buildings.
November 19, 2024 at 1:44 PM