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Lisa of the Island
@lisamedia.bsky.social
Ghostwriter, pastry aficionado, dead language scholar, weirdo. Probably being opinionated on a plane right now.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Canadian-based The Metals Company (@themetalsco.bsky.social) is pushing to mine the deep sea. Canada must double-down to #StopDeepSeaMining and oppose the Mining Code that would open oceans to irreversible damage. @greenpeaceca.bsky.social Add your name: act.gp/3ZXB5ll
Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
act.gp
August 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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I’m afraid to say this is very attractive. Got to love a passionate nerd. He knows his shit.
August 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Has there been a legal case yet to set legal precedent about whether companies are responsible for when their LLMs hallucinate dangerous lies yet? I would 100% sue if I were these guys
July 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This is Jumbo. She just got her very first bath. Doggy paddle officially activated. 12/10
May 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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If anyone edits in MS Word, be sure to use the Read Aloud function. It's amazing what errors you can pick up hearing your story being read out loud.
#writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting
a paper clip with a face on it is sitting on top of a piece of paper .
ALT: a paper clip with a face on it is sitting on top of a piece of paper .
media.tenor.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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"I strongly feel that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an insult to life itself."

--- Hayao Miyazaki
November 21, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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MONDAY BLUES
Adorned with stunning mosques & historical structures, Samarkand, Uzbekistan is referred to as the "Blue City" due to the captivating sight of blue-tiled mosque roofs against the sky.

Blue is a color of Peace...
🕊️A moments Peace for all who view this post🕊️
🦋LJC

#travel #photography
March 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is asked to respond to Marco Rubio suggesting today that Canada join the United States:

"It's crazy. His point is crazy. That's it."
March 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Aurora Borealis
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1984
March 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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www.zmescience.com/science/news...
The Return of the Bookstore: Brick and Mortar Shops Making Stunning Comeback
Young readers are fueling a surprising bookstore renaissance. #booksky
The Return of the Bookstore: Brick and Mortar Shops Making Stunning Comeback
Young readers are fueling a surprising bookstore renaissance.
www.zmescience.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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And I mean this sincerely❣️
And now I'm gobsmacked! There're no more country flags in the emojis?!?

🇨🇦
emojipedia.org/flag-canada
March 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's the launch day for Raise Your Roof! Thank you to my wonderful collaborator Karl Subban, @harpercollinsca.bsky.social and our agents at Transatlantic! Karl is a gem of a human being and so generous as a storyteller. We're so proud of this. www.harpercollins.ca/978144347344... #booksky #blacksky
March 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
you.leadnow.ca
March 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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One of Norway's largest fuel companies just announced that they will no longer refuel US Navy vessels after Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy.

“It made us sick... We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example.”
March 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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As a horrified Canadian, this makes me feel a little bit of hope.
February 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Some first peeks at the new mushroom-themed spring issue of Enchanted Living from art director/resident wood nymph Lisa Gill 🍄

Order your copy and/or subscribe at enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/...
February 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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I just wrote a quick blog post about why Substack writers should switch to Ghost! micahflee.com/2025/02/not-...
Not only is Substack right-wing broligarchy garbage, it's way more expensive than Ghost
A lot of us know by now that Substack has a Nazi problem. It not only profits from fascist voices, it actively promotes their work and recruits them. And it's funded by Silicon Valley anti-democracy b...
micahflee.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is frightening and important news about censorship in the LGBTQIA+ community. Follow Mischa Oak, people!
The #censorship is happening. My Instagram profile wouldn’t reload with a #trans #pride flag on it. Wouldn’t load. Erased it and it would. We are being censored #canada by American tech bros
February 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Yes
He nails it.
February 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Fruit in the Dining Room Window
Mary Pratt
1995
February 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I wonder if the Pope will regenerate into a woman this time
February 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM