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Kumiko
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Canadian Twitter transplant here for news, art, books, and pop culture.
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I feel like I’m watching lost footage from the #Nightbitch film adaptation.

Fellow dog lovers, don’t fret - they’re all confirmed safe.
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Hoyeon for ELLE (Nov 2025): www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...
Korean model and actress Jung Ho-yeon is photographed outdoors in a black bejewelled cape, brown dress, and earrings by Louis Vuitton. Source: ELLE Magazine (November 2025) https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a69013597/hoyeon/ Title: True Muse: How Squid Game's Hoyeon Is Taking Over Hollywood On Her Own Terms Written by Zing Tsjeng Photographed by Sharif Hamza Hoyeon is seated wearing a chunky black dress layered with a scalloped ivory skirt; she wears open toed boots and a statement ring, all #LouisVuitton. Source: ELLE Magazine (November 2025) https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a69013597/hoyeon/ #hoyeon #style #fashion #editorial #squidgame
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Cleansing our feed with a thread of #Halloween costumes that bring me joy.
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Three new books on my to-read list: 1. Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang (translated by Karen S. Kingsbury) 2. Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists by Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg 3. Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance by A'Lelia Bundles #booksky #readharder #eileenchang #aleliabundles
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Currently reading: 1. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao 2. Endling by Maria Reva 3. Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service by Michael Lewis #booksky #empireofai #openai #karenhao #endling #mariareva #michaellewis
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Even now, not everyone gets it. I’ve heard this “we aren’t in politics” rhetoric for months now, even from peers in the US - it’s maddening.
Quoted text from a CNN article: “This was all about some ugliness that we’re not part of,” Moore said. “We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims.” Source: Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders (October 13, 2025) by Matt Egan https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/business/canada-trump-tariffs-trade
October 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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More books added to my ever growing to-read list: 1. Discontent by Beatriz Serrano (translated by Mara Faye Lethem) 2. Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams 3. You Must Become An Algorithmic Problem: Renegotiating the Socio-Technical Contract by José Marichal #booksky #canadianlibrarymonth #beatrizserrano #hattiewilliams #josemarichal
October 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Screenshot of #lululemon (#LULU) NASDAQ YTD drop for 2025
October 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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You only need a public library card to access newspapers and magazines for free on @pressreader.bsky.social - I just wish their selection still included @theglobeandmail.com.
Screenshot of #PressReader app, open to magazine subscriptions for: 1. BC Business Magazine 2. The London Magazine 3. The Economist 4. MIT Technology Review #librarysky #LibrariesForLife #BibliosPourLaVie #checkoutyourlibrary #TheEconomist #BCBusiness #MIT More magazines: 5. Numéro 6. Frankie 7. Interni 8. The Walrus #canadianlibrarymonth #librarymonth #thewalrus
October 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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The 38th annual Vancouver Writers Fest lineup is so good. It includes A Trio of Vast Ideas with @clairecameron.bsky.social, elin kelsey, and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social: writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve... @writersfest.bc.ca
Source: https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2025/83 Photographs of three authors who will be speaking Oct 26, 2025 at Vancouver Writers Fest with Minelle Mahtani: Claire Cameron, Elin Kelsey, and Niigaan Sinclair. Their images overlap a graphic of two figures holding up books. ----- ABOUT THE EVENT A Trio of Vast Ideas These immersive, short interviews reveal profound observations, as Minelle Mahtani sits down with three authors of transformative non-fiction titles in back-to-back talks. Claire Cameron’s How to Survive a Bear Attack weaves together a memoir about her experience with skin cancer and an investigation of a fatal black bear attack, in a meditation on the precious act of survival. In his defining essay collection Wînipêk, Niigaan Sinclair tells the story of Winnipeg—the place he calls “ground zero” of Canada’s future—to illuminate the reality of Indigenous life across the country. elin kelsey is an environmental activist who leads with hope; she shares How to Be Hopeful, an inspiring and evidence-based guide to dealing with climate anxiety. #VWF2025 #VWF #VancouverWritersFest #booksky #canadianauthors
September 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Currently reading: 1. The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin 2. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore 3. Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times: Selected Haiku of Matsuo Basho (translated by David Young) #booksky #librarysky #NKJemisin #LizMoore #MatsuoBasho #poetry #haiku
August 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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San Francesco Agli Animali (2024) by Alessandro Florio www.alessandroflorio.it/s-francesco-...
Acrylic on canvas 180 × 200cm 2024 Contemporary (and almost dreamlike) painting of various animals across a canvas divided into two horizontal blocks of muted green and peach; they are all connected by a black panther with pink polka dots, wearing a striped white shirt. ----- ABOUT THE ARTWORK San Francesco Agli Animali bridges the sacred and the natural, embodying Florio’s deep-rooted connection to both. This large scale painting reflects the artist’s deep reverence for animals and their inherent purity. Drawing inspiration from the name of San Francesco d'Assisi, founder of the religious order of the Franciscans, the painting cleverly reimagines the concept of devotion—this time, not toward humans, but toward animals. Through this work, the artist advocates for the respect and reverence animals deserve, elevating them as beings of grace and sincerity. The figures and shapes dissolve into one another, mirroring the organic harmony of Sicily’s landscape, where past and present coexist fluidly. Source: Maddox Gallery https://maddoxgallery.com/news/415-sicilian-soul-the-art-of-alessandro-florio/ #AlessandroFlorio #artsky #painting #MaddoxGallery
August 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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New on my to-read list: 1. Witches by Brenda Lozano 2. The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully (A Merritt & Blunt Mystery) 3. The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich by Evan Osnos #booksky #librarysky #summerreading #BrendaLozano #LizaTully #EvanOsnos
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Her name’s Poppy and she just turned eleven last month. 🥹😩
White dog laying on the grass with a ball by her side. She’s pushing her nose into an open book.
August 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Time Unfolding (2025) by Thomas J. Price www.thomasjprice.com
12ft bronze statue of a Black woman standing in Piazza della Signoria, Florence - one arm crossed casually around her midsection, and the other holding up a phone which she appears to be reading/scrolling. ----- ABOUT THE ARTIST https://www.thomasjprice.com/about Thomas J Price’s multidisciplinary practice confronts preconceived attitudes towards representation and identity, foregrounding the intrinsic value of the individual and subverting structures of hierarchy. Celebrated for his large-scale figurative sculptures, Price draws our attention to the psychological embodiment of his fictional characters, highlighting nuanced understandings of social signifiers and predetermined value. Amalgamated from multiple sources, the works are developed through a hybrid approach of traditional sculpting and intuitive digital technology. Price balances methods of presentation, material and scale to challenge our expectations and provide cues for deeper human connection. He encompasses historic constructs with a newness that at first glance can go unnoticed, but that live in the public realm as silent totems for change. Price compels the viewer to consider how and why things are made, embedding references to ancient, classical and neoclassical sculpture alongside a sophisticated understanding of the symbolic power of materials. Sculptures of polished bronze and marble are luxurious and monumental, appearing to be rooted in the canon of 20th Century sculpture, yet the line of conceptual enquiry challenges our awareness of current iconography and the unmediated immortalisation of triumphant figures. His works set out to challenge traditional holders of power, to question provenance and instead bind one human experience to another in a manner that feels inclusive. Born in 1981, Price lives and works in London. He studied at Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. #ThomasJPrice #art #statue #florence #PiazzadellaSignoria #art #artsky #publicart
August 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Untitled-90094 (1990) by Lee Kang-So leekangso.com/media/193
Untitled-90094 무제 - 90094 1990 Oil on Canvas 38.1x50in (97x127cm) Gallery Seomi, Seoul, Korea, 1990 ----- ABOUT THE ARTIST https://ropac.net/artists/278-lee-kang-so/ Lee Kang So (b.1943, Daegu) is one of Korea’s foremost contemporary artists. Since the 1970s he has worked across photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation and performance to develop a highly experimental practice that has profoundly shaped the evolution of Korean contemporary art. He began his career staging avant-garde performances and installations, and his international reputation was cemented at the 9th Paris Biennale in 1975 when he tethered a live chicken to a wooden feeder surrounded by powdered chalk. The traces of its white dusty footprints were conceived as a form of mark-making that transcended the autonomy of the artist to express the transience of our human presence in an ever-changing world. Such attentiveness to the distribution of creative energy between the artist and their materials underpins Lee Kang So’s subsequent interrogation of the very praxes of painting and sculpture, which continues to this day. Drawing upon traditional East Asian philosophical and aesthetic principles, he has developed an intuitive and embodied approach to artmaking. Liberated from set intent or meaning, his works are instead conceived as sites of creative participation between artist, object and audience. ----- #contemporaryart #LeeKangSo #art #oilpainting #koreanart
August 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Currently reading: 1. Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert 2. The Island of Forgetting by Jasmine Sealy 3. Stay True by Hua Hsu #booksky #readingchallenge #summerreading #sophiegilbert #jasminesealy #huahsu #popculture #nonfiction #fiction #canadianauthor #canlit #memoir
July 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Unsui (Mirror) by Sanford Biggers desertx.org/dx/dx-25-coa...
Unsui (Mirror) features two towering sequin sculptures set against the expansive desert sky. Clouds, a recurring motif in Biggers’ work, symbolize freedom, boundlessness, and interconnection. Drawing on Biggers’ study of Buddhism, these clouds — or unsui (“clouds and water” in Japanese) — embody unencumbered movement. Shimmering in the desert light, they evoke a feeling of timelessness and transcendence. Standing over 30 feet tall, the sequin-covered clouds shift with the sunlight and wind. They symbolize change and continuity, forecasting rain and storms while reflecting the interplay between natural phenomena and cultural symbolism. This context grounds Biggers’ exploration of memory and identity within a shared visual and experiential language. Situated at the James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center in Palm Springs, these clouds convey a message of hope and freedom. This historic Black community was established in the 1960s after the forced displacement of residents of color from Section 14, a square mile of land near downtown Palm Springs. Activists whose families reside in Desert Highland Gateway Estates continue toward reparations efforts today. Commissioned in partnership with Buckhorn Public Arts. Source: https://desertx.org/dx/dx-25-coachella-valley/sanford-biggers ----- ABOUT THE ARTIST https://sanfordbiggers.com/ Sanford Biggers’ work is an interplay of narrative, perspective, and history that speaks to current happenings while examining the contexts that bore them.[...] Biggers describes his process as “conceptual patchworking,” a method of transposing, combining, and juxtaposing ideas, forms, and genres that challenge traditional historiography, provenance, and official narratives to create artworks for a future ethnography. #SanfordBiggers #art #clouds #artsky #conceptualart #contemporaryart #americanart #desertx #palmsprings
July 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Just one of many harrowing images from Kolwezi in the @economist.com 1843 photo essay last month, which explores our increasingly relentless global hunt for critical minerals.

The DRC accounted for more than three-quarters of the world's #cobalt production in 2024: www.economist.com/interactive/...
Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). August 2023. – Mutoshi artisanal mining (ASM) COMIAKOL cooperative. View of the open artisanal mining and the tunnels digged manually. In early 2018, Chemaf set out to develop the Mutoshi concession near Kolwezi (a city of approximately 500,000 people). The cooperative intends to guarantee better conditions for 5,000 informal miners working in artisanal mining. The formalisation meant controlled access to the mine site by the partners involved in the project, open-pit operations, training and higher health and safety standards, and creating a shared financial opportunity for the local community. The reality is way different. Despite the intentions, miners dig for cobalt and copper in harsh conditions, often barefoot in tunnels much deeper than the 30mt declared. Moreover, they no longer had the opportunity to store ore until prices increased to negotiate a better deal with the company that owns the concession. Instead, they now depend on the terms set by a Chinese middleman firm operating illicitly at the accommodation and selling to larger cobalt processing companies in China, the world’s largest importer of cobalt. Source: https://davidemonteleone.com/journal/criticalmineralsdrc ----- Demand for cobalt has tripled since 2010 and is expected to rise steadily until at least 2030. Photograph by Davide Monteleone Source: 1843 Photo Essay for The Economist (Shock and Ore: Scenes from the relentless search for critical minerals, June 2025) https://www.economist.com/interactive/1843/2025/06/24/shock-and-ore-scenes-from-the-relentless-search-for-critical-minerals #drc #congo #cobalt "democratic republic of congo" #mining
July 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Untitled (Paperbacks) 1997 by Rachel Whiteread www.moma.org/collection/w...
Art installation evoking stacks of library books. Medium: Plaster and steel Dimensions: Overall 14' 9 1/8" x 15' 9" x 20' 8 3/4" (450 x 480 x 632 cm) Credit: Gift of Agnes Gund; Thomas W. Weisel, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Frances R. Dittmer, John Kaldor, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, and Leon Black Funds, and an anonymous fund. ----- Whiteread creates plaster casts from objects and spaces, evoking physical memories of them. Untitled (Paperbacks) is the negative cast of the interior of a library, turned inward; a room filled with the spectral marks of books whose contents and titles appear to be lost. The plaster surfaces are a visible manifestation of the room - the books' binding colours, their widths, and even the texture of their pages are still "readable”. Whiteread's sculpture creates tension between the haunting and the poetic, the monumental and the fragile, and the ephemeral and the eternal. #moma #RachelWhiteread #art #artsky #librarysky #booksky #library
July 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM