Gavin
@gavinlusk.bsky.social
Hedgehog enthusiast, sword-wielding thug, lover of words and clever humour. Very Canadian.
Gamer, be it video games or TTRPGs Prone to unprovoked sarcasm
Gamer, be it video games or TTRPGs Prone to unprovoked sarcasm
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We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
We thought we’d have a bit of fun and get our friends from Down Under to try some of our favourite Canadian snacks. Unfortunately it went horribly, horribly awry.
thebeaverton.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died
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#HappyPride for the next 335 days, too.
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#HappyPride for the next 335 days, too.
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"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
May 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
- Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
New Heritage Minute!
NEW Heritage Minute: Bora Laskin
YouTube video by Historica Canada
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May 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New Heritage Minute!
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Jay is the lead author on a fascinating paper I was involved in, about how male mimicry by female hummingbirds provides the first example of a type of signaling system that we predicted from theoretical principles over a decade ago.
This is infuriating.
And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.
This is infuriating.
And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.
My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.
If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.
April 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Jay is the lead author on a fascinating paper I was involved in, about how male mimicry by female hummingbirds provides the first example of a type of signaling system that we predicted from theoretical principles over a decade ago.
This is infuriating.
And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.
This is infuriating.
And I believe it's due to anti-trans bias.
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Dear Canada-
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
April 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Dear Canada-
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
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Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Home - Trans Lifeline
Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for
translifeline.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
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CBC projects that their funding is gonna be just fine thank you very much #CBC #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli
April 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
CBC projects that their funding is gonna be just fine thank you very much #CBC #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli
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With all sincerity, Elections Canada is a national treasure.
- Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes
- We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles
- We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly
- Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes
- We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles
- We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly
April 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
With all sincerity, Elections Canada is a national treasure.
- Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes
- We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles
- We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly
- Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes
- We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles
- We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly
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Poilievre continues streak of achieving nothing #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli
April 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Poilievre continues streak of achieving nothing #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli
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Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable
Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable
CARLETON, ON - Despite losing his own riding by several thousand votes, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has vowed to stay on as party leader due to having absolutely no employment track record ou...
www.thebeaverton.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable
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This is Bruno. Like many pups he is a working dog. But his job is barber. 13/10
April 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is Bruno. Like many pups he is a working dog. But his job is barber. 13/10
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With Trump back in office, Greeks celebrate no longer being civilization that has fallen the furthest
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/with...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/with...
With Trump back in office, Greeks celebrate no longer being civilization that has fallen the furthest
ATHENS, GREECE ― Following Trump’s inauguration and the steep decline in American character it represents, Greece is looking on with a mixture of horror and guilty relief, new polling suggests.
www.thebeaverton.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
With Trump back in office, Greeks celebrate no longer being civilization that has fallen the furthest
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/with...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/with...
Oh Pickles, we miss you.
Pickles outside
YouTube video by Gavin Lusk
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March 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh Pickles, we miss you.
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Just in! 📸 The first images from yesterday’s #HeraMission flyby of Mars and its moon Deimos. 👇 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
March 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Just in! 📸 The first images from yesterday’s #HeraMission flyby of Mars and its moon Deimos. 👇 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
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Two spirals, both alike in dignity,
In fair Virgo where we lay our scene.
From ancient light, new stars take birth,
Where hydrogen gas makes spiral arms gleam.
from forth the cosmic dance of stellar strife
A pair of star-crossed galaxies, dance in the night
An R&J take that came to me seeing this.
In fair Virgo where we lay our scene.
From ancient light, new stars take birth,
Where hydrogen gas makes spiral arms gleam.
from forth the cosmic dance of stellar strife
A pair of star-crossed galaxies, dance in the night
An R&J take that came to me seeing this.
Very Large Telescope image of Arp 271, also known as NGC 5426 and NGC 5427.
This pair of interacting galaxies was the final image captured by the VIsible Multi-Object Spectrograph (VIMOS) instrument before it was decommissioned in 2018.
Credit: ESO, Juan Carlos Muñoz
Source
This pair of interacting galaxies was the final image captured by the VIsible Multi-Object Spectrograph (VIMOS) instrument before it was decommissioned in 2018.
Credit: ESO, Juan Carlos Muñoz
Source
March 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Two spirals, both alike in dignity,
In fair Virgo where we lay our scene.
From ancient light, new stars take birth,
Where hydrogen gas makes spiral arms gleam.
from forth the cosmic dance of stellar strife
A pair of star-crossed galaxies, dance in the night
An R&J take that came to me seeing this.
In fair Virgo where we lay our scene.
From ancient light, new stars take birth,
Where hydrogen gas makes spiral arms gleam.
from forth the cosmic dance of stellar strife
A pair of star-crossed galaxies, dance in the night
An R&J take that came to me seeing this.
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French nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10)
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
French nuclear attack submarine surfaces at Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Trump threatens to annex Canada (March 10)
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Trump unable to keep tariffs up, blames alcohol
Trump unable to keep tariffs up, blames alcohol
WASHINGTON D.C. - Following a robust initial showing, US President Donald J. Trump has announced to Canadians that he is unable to keep his strong tariffs going, in part "due to American booze".
www.thebeaverton.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Trump unable to keep tariffs up, blames alcohol
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Ford unsure how to fight back against country with already ruined healthcare system
Ford unsure how to fight back against country with already ruined healthcare system
QUEEN'S PARK - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reportedly starting to feel he may have bitten off more than he can chew in his attacks on the United States after realizing they are immune to his most tru...
www.thebeaverton.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ford unsure how to fight back against country with already ruined healthcare system
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Trudeau announces counter tariffs on any Trump businesses that haven't already gone bankrupt
Trudeau announces counter tariffs on any Trump businesses that haven't already gone bankrupt
OTTAWA - Following America's unprecedented levying of 25% tariffs on all Canadian products, Prime Minister Trudeau announced that Canada will apply retaliatory tariffs to specific US goods, including ...
www.thebeaverton.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Trudeau announces counter tariffs on any Trump businesses that haven't already gone bankrupt