Jessa Agilo
@jessaagilo.bsky.social
I am a queer, trans, disabled creator, producer, and entrepreneur interested in the power of arts and culture, technology, social justice, my two bengal cats, and more. Founder of @ArtsPond8. Posts are my own.
The Bengals are politicos, who knew? They have been affixed to the TV all day waiting for the final election results. I am feeling sad about the state of the NDP but grateful to have a non-conservative government in the end.
April 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Bengals are politicos, who knew? They have been affixed to the TV all day waiting for the final election results. I am feeling sad about the state of the NDP but grateful to have a non-conservative government in the end.
Tuli is doing so good! Her alopecia is fading. Her allergies are more manageable -- no Duck seems to be the answer! She is gaining weight and running on the catwheel for the first time in a year! She is talking all the time (and getting into 🔥 trouble like her namesake all day too!)
March 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tuli is doing so good! Her alopecia is fading. Her allergies are more manageable -- no Duck seems to be the answer! She is gaining weight and running on the catwheel for the first time in a year! She is talking all the time (and getting into 🔥 trouble like her namesake all day too!)
March 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Been hard at work preparing for 2 fellowships launching on Monday and submitting proposals for multi year operating funds. Need a little reward! Point Pelee? Elmira Gorge? Where would you go for a little day trip near Toronto in March?
March 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Been hard at work preparing for 2 fellowships launching on Monday and submitting proposals for multi year operating funds. Need a little reward! Point Pelee? Elmira Gorge? Where would you go for a little day trip near Toronto in March?
How can legal employment contracts be more accessible? I have tried to address this question this week by letting go of the templates I have been using for years and starting fresh with plain language summaries for every section in blue along with fluent language clauses in black. It's a start!
February 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
How can legal employment contracts be more accessible? I have tried to address this question this week by letting go of the templates I have been using for years and starting fresh with plain language summaries for every section in blue along with fluent language clauses in black. It's a start!
Happy bitter and disdainful day!
February 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Happy bitter and disdainful day!
Good news. 20 rental live-work units and Propeller Art Gallery are protected at 38 Abell St after Artscape's receivership.
Sadly, we're still waiting on updates for owner units like mine, as 25% of my mortgage was with Artscape. We can't sell or remortgage if we want to until there's clarity.
Sadly, we're still waiting on updates for owner units like mine, as 25% of my mortgage was with Artscape. We can't sell or remortgage if we want to until there's clarity.
City of Toronto protects affordable housing and Propeller Art Gallery at 38 Abell St. for former Artscape tenants and their families
News Release February 6, 2025 The City of Toronto, with funding from the Government of Canada, secured and protected homes as well as the Propeller Art Gallery at 38 Abell St., previously under the ma...
www.toronto.ca
February 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Good news. 20 rental live-work units and Propeller Art Gallery are protected at 38 Abell St after Artscape's receivership.
Sadly, we're still waiting on updates for owner units like mine, as 25% of my mortgage was with Artscape. We can't sell or remortgage if we want to until there's clarity.
Sadly, we're still waiting on updates for owner units like mine, as 25% of my mortgage was with Artscape. We can't sell or remortgage if we want to until there's clarity.
A double whammy to be concerned about? The ripples of pandemic shutdowns and loss of patrons are still very real. Facility gaps are also growing with many aging buildings. Textile Museum is closing for 9 months due to the effects of both. A story that is being seen at home and across the country.
Textile Museum of Canada closing on Sunday due to ‘unexpected’ financial shortfall
The board chair said the Toronto museum plans to open "later this fall" to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
www.thestar.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A double whammy to be concerned about? The ripples of pandemic shutdowns and loss of patrons are still very real. Facility gaps are also growing with many aging buildings. Textile Museum is closing for 9 months due to the effects of both. A story that is being seen at home and across the country.
Ford referred to Trump today as one of the best negotiators in the world. No. Trump is not a negotiator. He is a bully. Negotiators listen to facts and the stories and experiences of both sides. They are open to making decisions that are good for everyone. Please stop elevating this cruel man.
February 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ford referred to Trump today as one of the best negotiators in the world. No. Trump is not a negotiator. He is a bully. Negotiators listen to facts and the stories and experiences of both sides. They are open to making decisions that are good for everyone. Please stop elevating this cruel man.
Kitties beg to hang out in the windows beds before and after sunrise and sunset. When the birds are out. And I'm wanting the blinds down.
February 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Kitties beg to hang out in the windows beds before and after sunrise and sunset. When the birds are out. And I'm wanting the blinds down.
I did a second casual, unscripted talk yesterday about the evolving faces of research and the ways we are doing things are and aren’t enough for us anymore.
Would I have liked to have had a script? Isn't being present in the moment enough? You bet, to both.
artspond.com/2025/01/30/e...
Would I have liked to have had a script? Isn't being present in the moment enough? You bet, to both.
artspond.com/2025/01/30/e...
Enough #2 (Video) - ArtsPond
Watch the second edition of Enough, a series of unscripted lunchtime talks hosted by our founder, Jessa Agilo.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I did a second casual, unscripted talk yesterday about the evolving faces of research and the ways we are doing things are and aren’t enough for us anymore.
Would I have liked to have had a script? Isn't being present in the moment enough? You bet, to both.
artspond.com/2025/01/30/e...
Would I have liked to have had a script? Isn't being present in the moment enough? You bet, to both.
artspond.com/2025/01/30/e...
Great headline. I can also hardly imagine their distress.
Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress | Marina Hyde
If China has done to Sam Altman what his OpenAI has been accused of doing to creatives, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Great headline. I can also hardly imagine their distress.
My crip time has been big lately. I am struggling with completion of tasks and comprehension of the complexity in the issues I am working on. My approach to systems thinking and design is condensing to things I can hold in one hand. Never more than five things at one time. One for each finger.
January 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My crip time has been big lately. I am struggling with completion of tasks and comprehension of the complexity in the issues I am working on. My approach to systems thinking and design is condensing to things I can hold in one hand. Never more than five things at one time. One for each finger.
I used to think long-form for everything. A tool or report? It's pages and pages that would take ages to make and read. I still lean this way. I still enjoy the granular with descriptive contexts, tangents. But now, brevity is the mantra. Attention spans are short. Quick insights are in demand.
January 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I used to think long-form for everything. A tool or report? It's pages and pages that would take ages to make and read. I still lean this way. I still enjoy the granular with descriptive contexts, tangents. But now, brevity is the mantra. Attention spans are short. Quick insights are in demand.
Too big to fail. I remember that being said about Artscape in its heyday and while it was circling the drain. I am an owner in a 'F'artscape building. My mortgage is a 75% stake. It has been more than a year and I'm still waiting to hear who will take on the remaining 25%. Uncertainty sucks.
January 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Too big to fail. I remember that being said about Artscape in its heyday and while it was circling the drain. I am an owner in a 'F'artscape building. My mortgage is a 75% stake. It has been more than a year and I'm still waiting to hear who will take on the remaining 25%. Uncertainty sucks.
As I age, planning for succession has become a big part of my life. In this cruel and chaotic world, the belief there will be a future to pass our legacy to is an abiding act of trust, hope, and deep respect for the powerful promise of the youth of today. We broke the earth. They can make it better.
January 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
As I age, planning for succession has become a big part of my life. In this cruel and chaotic world, the belief there will be a future to pass our legacy to is an abiding act of trust, hope, and deep respect for the powerful promise of the youth of today. We broke the earth. They can make it better.
Are you having trouble keeping up? It's not even the end of January and I am already months behind on my deliverables for the year. My head is to the grindstone lately. Trying to be kind to myself. But I miss being out in the world seeing art, hanging with friends, experiencing new things. Soon?!
January 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Are you having trouble keeping up? It's not even the end of January and I am already months behind on my deliverables for the year. My head is to the grindstone lately. Trying to be kind to myself. But I miss being out in the world seeing art, hanging with friends, experiencing new things. Soon?!
It's been 5 years of deep thinking and everyday tinkering. Still plugging away on developing an open source software platform for the arts with @artspond8.bsky.social. Learning so much about what not to do. A challenge to build interfaces and taxonomies that are both sensible and accessible.
January 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's been 5 years of deep thinking and everyday tinkering. Still plugging away on developing an open source software platform for the arts with @artspond8.bsky.social. Learning so much about what not to do. A challenge to build interfaces and taxonomies that are both sensible and accessible.
Stay warm, Toronto. -26C this morning. I am lucky to be comfy in my condo. In 14 years, I have never had to turn on the heat. It never goes below +23C inside regardless of what is happening outside. Good bones. I'm on second floor with underground parking below. Not a lot of ambient heat rising up.
January 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Stay warm, Toronto. -26C this morning. I am lucky to be comfy in my condo. In 14 years, I have never had to turn on the heat. It never goes below +23C inside regardless of what is happening outside. Good bones. I'm on second floor with underground parking below. Not a lot of ambient heat rising up.
Reposted by Jessa Agilo
What does caring research look like to you? Join us on YouTube Live on Jan 30, 2026 at 12:30 Eastern for the second in a series of unscripted lunchtime talks with our Founder, Jessa Agilo.
artspond.com/2025/01/21/e...
artspond.com/2025/01/21/e...
Enough #2: Research - ArtsPond
Join us on YouTube Live on Jan 30, 2025 at 12:30 Eastern for Enough, the second in a series of lunchtime talks.
artspond.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
What does caring research look like to you? Join us on YouTube Live on Jan 30, 2026 at 12:30 Eastern for the second in a series of unscripted lunchtime talks with our Founder, Jessa Agilo.
artspond.com/2025/01/21/e...
artspond.com/2025/01/21/e...
Reposted by Jessa Agilo
For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
January 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
Tuli and Vesi love eating salad greens! They will pull it off the shelf and dig in all by themselves.
#bengalcat #bengallove #bengalworld #salad #vegan
#bengalcat #bengallove #bengalworld #salad #vegan
January 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Tuli and Vesi love eating salad greens! They will pull it off the shelf and dig in all by themselves.
#bengalcat #bengallove #bengalworld #salad #vegan
#bengalcat #bengallove #bengalworld #salad #vegan
Pianists! What do you think? Might a robotic exoskeleton help your hands and mind?
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Robotic hand helps pianists overcome “ceiling effect”
Passive training with robotic exoskeleton hand even led to motor improvements in the untrained hand.
arstechnica.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Pianists! What do you think? Might a robotic exoskeleton help your hands and mind?
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Wow. Way to go. Mastodon's founder is ceding control to a nonprofit.
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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.
arstechnica.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Wow. Way to go. Mastodon's founder is ceding control to a nonprofit.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...