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Reiko Tagami
@hapabanana.bsky.social
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Land back. Black lives matter. Parent, partner, geek. Local government policy analyst. Archivist + librarian. Wool lover. YVR. she/her
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Wagon Wheels, made in Canada by Dare. Images shows a whole one in clear plastic package, beside a cross-section showing marshmallow filling, soggy cookie on either side, enrobed in subpar flavourless waxy "chocolate".
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Oh East Van, never change.
Billboard advertising the Monopoly game at McDonald's. The tag line should read "Peel like a winner", but someone has covered the L and replaced the first N with an E. So it now reads "Pee like a wiener".
October 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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My favourite Doctor and Companion (actual fave is Hikita, but difficult to find stills of them together)
Peter Weller as Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, and Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey, both white men with short dark hair. Buckaroo is standing on the left in a grey suit, blue and black striped shirt and black bow tie; Jersey is seated on the right in a light grey cowboy hat, white neckerchief, red long sleeved bib shirt, and white shearling chaps.
August 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
Leonard Nimoy and the backup singers/dancers in the video for the song "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins".
May 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first 4 you know.
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
David Levinson from Independence Day, white man with short dark hair and glasses Toby Ziegler from the The West Wing, balding white man with short dark graying hair and a short dark beard Mike Wheeler from Stranger Things, slender white teenage boy with a mop of dark hair Any Fowler from Big Bang Theory, white woman with shoulder-length dark hair and glasses
May 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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YVR folks: our kiddo's former childcare provider, Bon Début, has spots for Sept 2025, age 3-5. French immersion, Killarney neighbourhood, we had a wonderful experience there. Please share with anyone you know who might be seeking childcare.
Text of a post by Lamia Dhaouadi, childcare provider: We have presently a few spots available starting in September 2025! The doors are for kids 2 to 5 years old. The daycare is under the management of an experienced licensed early childhood educator. We have been operating since 2012 and we use the Montessori approach. We provide a safe and secure learning environment. We provide healthy snacks, a bright and warm learning environment and references are available upon request. We are open from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm. Child Care Fee Reduction is available. Very reasonable fees and full-time are accepted. Please contact us at 604 442 3339. Thanks
May 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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YVR friends: Neufeld Farm Market fundraiser for kiddo's school. If any of you feel the need to stock your freezer with ready-to-cook/bake items.

• Order deadline: Tue May 20

• Pickup: Thu May 29 @ 5:30pm, Inman Elementary

• Link: app.neufeldfarms.ca/fundraising/...
Flyer for fundraiser showing photos of some of the available food products, as well as a QR code, order deadline, and pickup info.
May 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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I have done as instructed @clpolk.com . As with you, I did not take the photo.
Middle aged woman asleep in the back seat of a car, wearing glasses, a colourful floral top (not pastel!) and black cardigan. Hands folded across tummy.
May 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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We received a sticker at advance voting!
Round chartreuse sticker on white travel mug. Sticker shows a check box and reads "I voted J'ai voté".
April 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Burnaby folks: minimal to no wait for advance voting today, Mon Apr 21, at South Burnaby Lawn Bowls Club (4000 Kingsway at Inman Ave).
Tall white travel mug with black lid and metal bottom, sporting a round chartreuse sticker with the words "I voted J'ai voté" and a check box.
April 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Screenshot of part of Canadian Press article "Poilievre stands by BC candidate called out for residential school posts", by Brenna Owen, published April 5,2025. Accompanied by photo of Pierre Poilievre in three-quarter profile, a white man with slightly greying short black hair.
April 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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The challenge is to choose 20 albums that greatly influenced you. One cover per day, for 20 days. No explanation, no reviews. Just covers.
Day 8/20
Album sleeve of 45 rpm record, with the title "Mickey Mouse Club Pledge and Sho-jo-ji (A Japanese Play Song)". On a dark green background, illustration showing person-sized Mickey Mouse on a stage, with 3 kids and Donald Duck standing in the audience, Pluto and Jiminy Cricket watching from a theatre balcony. Kids are wearing mouse-ear caps.
January 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you
(mine is CBC-famous, anyways)
Stuart McLean performs onstage in 2014. White man with fair (graying) hair, dark blue blazer, light blue button up shirt, yellow striped tie, khaki trousers. Red background.
January 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:
Animated still of 3 raccoons from The Raccoons TV series. Ralph wearing a white scarf; Bert a bit taller with a hooked snout, wearing a red hockey sweater with yellow letter B and trim; and Melissa with blue eyes, wearing a light pink sleeveless shirt.
December 24, 2024 at 4:01 AM
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Name a non-LOTR character that could resist the one ring.
Young career woman in an office, short brown hair, wearing a light coloured button up shirt and dark tweed women's suit jacket. Barbara Hale as Della Street in the Perry Mason TV series.
December 23, 2024 at 3:37 AM
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A list of names in white on black, with a white rose sketched at lower left. Signed de Adder at lower right. Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Anne St-Arneault Annie Turcotte
December 6, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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Well played, @vtechtoys.bsky.social
Screenshot of a skeet and reply. jamelle @jamellebouie.net: my favorite part about having small children is constantly stepping on small blocks and toys VTech Toys @vtechtoys.bsky.social: Sorry about that. We try to help by being so noisy you always know we're there
December 3, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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Or going full Pat Riley 😜
White man in partial profile with brown hair slicked back on the top and sides, wearing a white shirt, necktie, and suit jacket. Pat Riley when he coached the Los Angeles Lakers NBA team.
November 22, 2024 at 6:30 AM
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Post a perfect album from the 90s
Cover of kd lang's 1992 solo album Ingénue. Black and white headshot photo of kd lang looking down and to the viewer's left. k.d. lang in green letters across her hair; Ingénue in green letters across her clavicles.
November 19, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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I was raised in these streets.
Hand and lower arm are extending from a brown sleeve and arranging toy-sized chairs in front of a small fireplace. Still image from the opening of the Friendly Giant children's TV show.
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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Post a picture you took (no description except alt text) to bring some zen to the skyline
Child's handwritten note that reads "Gon on edvenchr bee bac soon" attached to the door with a large red sparkly star shaped sticker.
November 16, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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Flu + COVID vaccines in my arm!
Selfie of a woman wearing glasses and a bandana. She has a bandaid on her upper left arm.
October 18, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 albums that greatly influenced you. One cover per day, for 20 days. No explanation, no reviews. Just covers.
Day 7/20
Album cover for Blue Note Blend compilation album released by Starbucks Coffee in 1995. Abstract artwork including horns, woodwinds, and a silhouette of a person playing a saxophone. Shades of blue predominate.
September 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 albums that greatly influenced you. One cover per day, for 20 days. No explanation, no reviews. Just covers.
Day 6/20
Cover of cub album Betti-Cola. Cartoon of a three-piece band on stage with two girls in dresses playing guitar and bass, and a girl in black pants, jacket and hat playing a drum kit behind. Audience members in outline silhouette at lower front. Green background.
September 10, 2024 at 11:38 PM
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The challenge is to choose 20 albums that greatly influenced you. One cover per day, for 20 days. No explanation, no reviews. Just covers. [Catching up from the weekend.]
Day 5/20
Insert from cassette album Absolute Torch and Twang, by k.d. lang and the Reclines. Photo of k.d. lang looking into the distance in front of a (wheat?) field and wide blue sky studded with fluffy white clouds, with an abandoned building in the far distance. lang is wearing a leather barn jacket over a jean jacket, holding a hat and gloves.
September 9, 2024 at 5:57 PM