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Quillipede
@quillipede.bsky.social
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QC-raised, BC-based nature photographer, indie SFF author, game designer, cat parent, home cook, plant nerd, science enthusiast

My & my work: https://linktr.ee/quillipede
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I came across quite a few of these charming little flowers in the Okanagan. These are Collinsia parviflora, the small-flowered blue-eyed Mary.

#flower #plant #collinsia #macrophotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #britishcolumbia #canada
A close-up photo of a tiny plant with reddish stems, long paddle-shaped green leaves, and tiny bluish-white flowers contained in reddish-pink bracts.
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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A cool beetle, probably Ptomister!

#ptomister #beetle #insect #invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up photo of a black beetle with a glossy, reflective carapace, a small flat head, stubby and round-tipped antennae, and large shovel-like mandibles.
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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There's a short blurb in Annex 6 about it:
Introducing regulations for the safe innovation of digital assets by regulating the issuance of fiat-backed stablecoins. Regulating stablecoin issuance will benefit all Canadians by ensuring that stablecoins are backed by quality reserves, with appropriate redemption policies established and appropriate safeguards for data security and risk management. While all Canadians will benefit, research done by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada in 2023-2024 has found that men and young Canadians are more likely to own stablecoins, meaning that this measure will disproportionately benefit them by ensuring those assets are secure.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Some plump little tufts of Sedum (stonecrop) up on a mountain in the Okanagan.

#sedum #stonecrop #plant #macro #macrophotography #inaturalist #bcparks #plantphotography #okanagan #britishcolumbia #canada
A close-up photo of rosettes of plump, pinkish plant leaves that fade to pale green at their base. The plants are growing on lichenous, greyish soil.
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Another extreme close-up of one of my best friend plants, Selaginella! This is Selaginella scopulorum (Rocky Mountain Spikemoss), which was a new species for me this year.

#selaginella #lycophyte #plant #plantphotography #macrophotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up of a plant that grows in stalks covered in thick triangular scales with tiny white hairs at the tips. The scales range from rusty-reddish-brown to green.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I really enjoyed finding @votetanille.bsky.social's Halloween-themed platform in my inbox yesterday! The spooky theme is fun, but also the core ideas are exactly what I want to see from the NDP!
A screenshot of text reading: Boo! It’s Halloween—and nothing sends chills down the spines of billionaires like the words “wealth tax.” Turns out, our working-class movement can summon real change! 🪄 So with a little ‘hocus pocus’, we hope to conjure some policies that really spook the suits: - Wealth Tax — a curse on their luxury purses 💰 - A Universal Basic Income so you’re not left ghosting rent as AI “disappears” jobs 🤖 - Proportional Representation, so every ghoul’s vote counts 🗳️ - Bring back the Per-Vote Subsidy and exorcising corporate money from politics ⚖️ - Full Universal Healthcare (vision, dental, mental health, and pharmacare), because fangs and fillings shouldn’t break the bank 🩺 - Free Post-Secondary, because education shouldn’t require a pact with the devil 🎓 - Free NDP Membership to any soul that wants to join 🧡
November 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Exciting tax proposals from @emilylowan.bsky.social in my inbox this morning. Love to see it.

(Yes, I'm excited by tax proposals now.)
A screenshot of text that says: Today, I announced a bold new BC Green tax reform plan that would: ✅ Create new tax brackets for the ultra-wealthy — those earning over $350,000, $500,000, and $1 million per year ✅ Introduce a one-time 5% “Ultra-Wealthy Fairness Tax” on centimillionaires and billionaires ✅ Implement a Land Value Tax to stop speculators from hoarding property while families struggle to find homes ✅ Restore the pre-2006 corporate tax rate for large corporations ✅ Add an excess profits tax on corporate earnings over $1 billion and end giveaways to resource giants
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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General strike 🔥🔥🔥

#alberta #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #canada
A tweet from Gil McGowan: "My message to Alberta teachers is simple: you will not stand alone. Tomorrow all other Alberta unions will meet to finalize a plan for unprecedented collective action. The executive council of the Canadian Labour Congress will also meet in emergency session." Dated Oct 27, 2025, at 7:55 PM
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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I love finding these weird cool little ant-loving beetles (Pselaphinae).

#insect #beetle #pselaphinae #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada #macrophotography #naturephotography
An extremely close-up photo of a little beetle with a black rear, a shiny read upper abdomen, and a reddish thorax and head, with moderately long antennae. It is walking around on decayed wood.
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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I always enjoyed this illustration of "trickle-down economics."
A cartoon of a five-layer stack of champagne glasses with an empty champagne bottle lying next to it. The very top glass is overflowing, as are the four glasses on the second-highest level, but the glasses on the third level have little champagne, and the fourth and fifth levels at the bottom have none. Labelled "Trickle-Down Economics."
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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One of many beetles we saw in the Okanagan, this one is probably Liotrichus umbripennis.

#liotrichus #beetle #insect #arthropod #invertebrate #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
A close-up, top-down photo of a black beetle with goldish blotches on its elytra, and some tiny hairs on its carapace.
October 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Not the clearest photos, but I was very excited to find this Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus in the field!

#springtail #arthropod #sminthurinus #invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extremely close top-down view of a cute round little black springtail with two white spots on its body and some white on its head. An extremely close side view of a cute round little black springtail with two white spots on its body and some white on its head.
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I got up close and personal with Thalictrum occidentale (the Western meadow-rue).

#flower #plant #macro #macrophotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up of a meadow-rue flower, with many white-fuzzed pink structures growing from pale green bulbs in the middle of the flower. It is a very small flower.
October 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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I was surprised and delighted to find this unexpected Tetrix ornata (Ornate Grouse Locust) back in May.

#grasshopper #locust #orthopteran #tetrix #macro #insect #macrophotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
A top-down, close-up view of a squat, robust grasshopper sitting in dirt. It is dark, orange, and rusty-red.
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Look how tiny!

#snail #stylommatophora #gastropod #invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up photo of a tiny snail with a translucent orange shell crawling across reddish wood. The snail's eyestalks are out, and it is turning around in its movement. There is a large human finger to the left, providing a sense of the snail's small scale.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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A tiny snail. No idea what kind, except that it's very cute! Love these things.

#snail #stylommatophora #gastropod #invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up photo of a tiny snail with a translucent orange shell crawling across reddish wood. The snail's eyestalks are out.
October 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Another nice little stand of Cladonia in the Okanagan.

#lichen #cladonia #okanagan #bcparks #inaturalist #macro #macrophotography #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up of a stand of mint-green lichen trumpets, rising from a substrate of pebbles and moss.
October 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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I grouse a fair bit about politics, but I also enjoy thinking about how things could be different. Science-fiction is a great medium for that, so I wrote A Slice of Mars as a story of regular people in a substantially different society (not without flaws of its own). #booksky #books #scifi
A science-fiction book cover featuring a drone dropping pizza toppings onto a pizza-shaped crater on Mars. The title reads A Slice Of Mars, and the author is noted as Guerric Haché. The tagline is "The revolution promised pizza. Delivery's late."
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Cladonia is such a diverse and fascinating genus of lichen.

#cladonia #lichen #macro #macrophotography #bcparks #inaturalist #nature #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up of a tiny stand of lichen. The lichen is growing in minty-green, knobbly stalks capped with smooth, shiny, bulbous brown caps.
September 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Didn't find a lot of springtails in the Okanagan last spring, so this Bourletiella hortensis (garden springtail) was quite exciting!

#springtail #collembola #bourletiella #arthropod #invertebrate #bcparks #macro #inaturalist #macrophotography #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extremely close photo of a tiny springtail, a round-bodied six-legged arthropod, walking across a flat white surface.
September 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) spotted from the truck in the Okanagan!

#deer #odocoileus #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
A photo of a mule deer, with no antlers, standing on a steep, arid hill and looking directly at the camera. A small purple-flowered bush grows in the background.
September 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Another beautiful sphinx moth from the Okanagan, Smerinthus ophthalmica (a Western Eyed Sphinx; too bad I didn't get the eye!).

#moth #smerinthus #sphinxmoth #sphinx #insect #macro #mothing #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
A close-up photo of a large sphinx moth on textured black plastic. The moth is facing down, creating a V shape. It is mostly pale brown along its front and the front fringes of its wings, with shaded, veiny patterns of darker browns further back on its wings and body.
September 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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One day I'll really get into mothing. This toadflax brocade moth (Calophasia lunula) was one of many pretty finds earlier this year!

#moth #mothing #insect #invertebrate #macro #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
A very close photo of a moth on a white fabric sheet. The moth is a mottled mix of pale grey, browns, and black, with a very fuzzy brown-grey ruff around its back and underside.
September 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Fungi are so interestingly weird, I love them. I think this is in the family Lycoperdaceae.

#fungi #lycoperdaceae #mushroom #fungus #macro #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up of a puffball fungus growing on dry rocky ground. The puffball is split near its top, like a barely open mouth.
September 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Another charming jumping spider (Habronattus hirsutus) blending in with the lichen.

#spider #jumpingspider #habronattus #arthropod #macro #bcparks #inaturalist #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
A black-speckled grey, fuzzy jumping spider sits on some black and grey lichen.
September 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM