Margaret Griffin
@mlgriffin00101.bsky.social
studio artist, mostly clay- Based in the Griffintown neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Margaret is also part of the Goregama kiln crew.
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U.S. born citizen and immigration attorney is directed by government to leave the country.
Full story at NBC 10 Boston.
Full story at NBC 10 Boston.
April 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
U.S. born citizen and immigration attorney is directed by government to leave the country.
Full story at NBC 10 Boston.
Full story at NBC 10 Boston.
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We’re strongest when we’re united. So we must protect the things that bring us together — like CBC/Radio-Canada.
April 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We’re strongest when we’re united. So we must protect the things that bring us together — like CBC/Radio-Canada.
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March 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
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The corporatocracy at work.
For those following the story of unidentified men violently dragging a protester from a local Idaho GOP meeting, it turns out they were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management. But neither the sheriff (who watched it all go down) or the GOP will take responsibility for hiring them.
UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed
A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from th...
cdapress.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The corporatocracy at work.
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Montreal just recently received over 70 pms of snow, so we're all working from home today. Instead of heading out to the studio, I'm browsing around at the Metropolitan Museum:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Terracotta "basket vase" | Helladic, Mycenaean | Late Helladic IIIA | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Excavated from a tomb in Rhodes (“Collection … de E.G.”, 1904, p. 8, no. 47)<br/><br/> Between 1891 and 1894, excavated from a tomb in Rhodes; [until 1904, with Edouard Geladakis, Paris]; [May 1904, p...
www.metmuseum.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Montreal just recently received over 70 pms of snow, so we're all working from home today. Instead of heading out to the studio, I'm browsing around at the Metropolitan Museum:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
This afternoon, my son's family's dog died surrounded by her people. This is one of my favourite photos of Daisy and my grandson, August 2024
February 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This afternoon, my son's family's dog died surrounded by her people. This is one of my favourite photos of Daisy and my grandson, August 2024
"Quelques arpents de neige"
February 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Quelques arpents de neige"
This seems timely: www.nfb.ca/film/big_snit/
The Big Snit
This wonderful wacky animation film looks at two simultaneous conflicts, a macrocosm of global nuclear war and a microcosm of a domestic quarrel, and how each conflict is …
www.nfb.ca
February 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This seems timely: www.nfb.ca/film/big_snit/
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Hitomi and Takuro are thrilled to be teaching at John C. Campbell Folk School this July!
This Traditional Craft Mentorship Program is a tuition free two-week workshop offers small-group learning with expert mentors in a supportive environment.
The application deadline is February 15th.
This Traditional Craft Mentorship Program is a tuition free two-week workshop offers small-group learning with expert mentors in a supportive environment.
The application deadline is February 15th.
February 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Hitomi and Takuro are thrilled to be teaching at John C. Campbell Folk School this July!
This Traditional Craft Mentorship Program is a tuition free two-week workshop offers small-group learning with expert mentors in a supportive environment.
The application deadline is February 15th.
This Traditional Craft Mentorship Program is a tuition free two-week workshop offers small-group learning with expert mentors in a supportive environment.
The application deadline is February 15th.
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-- The expansion of my library of raw materials --
This video was created for the breakout sessions of the 51st Congress of the International Academy of Ceramic in Portugal.
I would love to meet other makers with similar research interests!
youtu.be/b0fcDuStloc
This video was created for the breakout sessions of the 51st Congress of the International Academy of Ceramic in Portugal.
I would love to meet other makers with similar research interests!
youtu.be/b0fcDuStloc
The expansion of my library of raw materials - Internation Academy of Ceramics presentation
YouTube video by Amélie Proulx
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
-- The expansion of my library of raw materials --
This video was created for the breakout sessions of the 51st Congress of the International Academy of Ceramic in Portugal.
I would love to meet other makers with similar research interests!
youtu.be/b0fcDuStloc
This video was created for the breakout sessions of the 51st Congress of the International Academy of Ceramic in Portugal.
I would love to meet other makers with similar research interests!
youtu.be/b0fcDuStloc
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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So many people have participated in racist conspiracy thinking when the actual conspiracy has been happening in plain sight.
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So many people have participated in racist conspiracy thinking when the actual conspiracy has been happening in plain sight.
It's Black History Month in Canada too: www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
February is Black History Month - Canada.ca
Every February, Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present. Canadians learn about the experience of ...
www.canada.ca
February 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's Black History Month in Canada too: www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
I'm still trying to figure out how to make the best use of Bluesky. For now, linking to existing Flickr albums seems like fun. Today, I added these two marbled clay pinch pots to a Flickr album here: www.flickr.com/photos/79164...
February 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'm still trying to figure out how to make the best use of Bluesky. For now, linking to existing Flickr albums seems like fun. Today, I added these two marbled clay pinch pots to a Flickr album here: www.flickr.com/photos/79164...
January 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I find it really interesting that I can post my Flickr albums here so people can access them directly. Here's another one with photos I took in the Holmes Herbarium at McGill several years ago: www.flickr.com/photos/79164...
Holmes Herbarium, June 2021
Explore this photo album by Margaret Griffin on Flickr!
www.flickr.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I find it really interesting that I can post my Flickr albums here so people can access them directly. Here's another one with photos I took in the Holmes Herbarium at McGill several years ago: www.flickr.com/photos/79164...
I've recently scanned my very first glaze notebook, dating back to 1971 because I'm about to donate it and other material to Concordia University's archives for The Visual Arts Centre in Montreal. In 1971, I was a member of the Potters Club, a tiny cooperative which transformed itself into the VAC.
January 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I've recently scanned my very first glaze notebook, dating back to 1971 because I'm about to donate it and other material to Concordia University's archives for The Visual Arts Centre in Montreal. In 1971, I was a member of the Potters Club, a tiny cooperative which transformed itself into the VAC.