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Shane Birley
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I am nerd.
Yes, yes, it is AI generated but what the hell isn't these days? Happy Holidays all of you and your filthy animals.

#christmas #happyholidays
December 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
December 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Here's one of my fav scientists doing her thing for the public good.
Why it’s hard to predict when it will snow in coastal B.C.
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Tragically Hip x Terry Fox - Courage
YouTube video by The Tragically Hip
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Both PFBs open regular Sunday hours today. Please be chill; some staff are coming a long way to serve you.
February 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Want a break from #blueskyabove? Here's a celebration of the new year the form of an extended snarl about Bitcoin specifically and capitalism generally: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When...
Bitcoin Lessons
www.tbray.org
January 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Maybe this is just a Black Mirror episode. #wish
January 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Great article. It will be *interesting* to see how PP capitalizes on Trump vibe but stands up to Trump. If he does.
January 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Open to all — not just potential students. Come make a little podcast with The Crow and see all the rest! www.bcit.ca/event/broadc...
BCIT – British Columbia Institute of Technology
British Columbia Institute of technology is BC's largest post-secondary institution. BCIT offers part-time and full-time courses and programs in technology, trades, engineering, business, and health.
www.bcit.ca
January 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"The act of resistance means not only refusing to accept the absurdity of the world picture offered us, but denouncing it." (John Berger)
January 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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"Buzzati’s efficiency and dispatch make other story writers seem sluggish; he fizzes with ideas and throws them out like coins."

@john-self.bsky.social on Dino Buzzati's short stories. Lawrence Venuti has translated 50 of them in The Bewitched Bourgeois.

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Roald Dahl meets Kafka: the forgotten maestro of the short story
Dino Buzzati’s 50 fizzing stories in The Bewitched Bourgeois are perfect for the shrunken attention spans of the TikTok era
www.thetimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Quick! The AI overlords are offline. Now is the time to strike!
February 14, 2024 at 5:10 PM
There is much happening in the world these days and people are talking about it. But for me...
October 13, 2023 at 4:14 PM
If you are having a stressful time... just remember:
October 6, 2023 at 6:47 PM