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snackowski
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environmental humanities, urban / spatial studies, American studies, post-1945 literature. president of an imaginary Raymond Williams Fan Club
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wtf ottawa
Air quality readings for Canadian cities, with Ottawa at a 10, Montreal and Quebec at 7, and the other ones with better air quality.
June 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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not again. fucking hell
Federal government online air quality meter showing a "10" or "High Risk" reading.
June 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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new friend
Daddy-long-legs spider on ivory wall with dramatic lighting.
May 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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it's terrific isn't it. i also love all the postwar pesticide pamphlets showing some guy applying poison to a lawn and kids and dogs hanging out on the grass. you know at least one of them is going to get cancer
May 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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there's a bunch of wartime articles gushing about how DDT is a new type of technological magic that will ensure the dominance of western civilization, and then in the postwar period this militarized euphoria eventually morphs into this:
May 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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so small, but so ornate!
Interior of a tiny Russian Orthodox Church, with gilded iconostasis.
May 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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i was looking at the Falkland Islands, and decided to hop over and streetview Antarctica - and it turns out there's a weird little Russian church in Antarctica
Tiny, narrow church made out of yellow-beige logs, perched on a desolate greyish-brown landscape near the sea.
May 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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see ya
Electoral map showing Pierre Poilievre’s riding of Carleton in Liberal red.
April 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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murder him, Bruce
April 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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still thinking about this incredible response from a US academic to one of my tweets earlier today
"Well it makes sense since a coherent Canadian national identity has never existed and the country's economic and military existence depends on the largesse of the USA. We Americans wish you'd be less smug and more grateful, or just friendly." Posted by @ ZMBennett
April 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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loving this pottery barn kids map of the USA that makes "texas" look vaguely like a swastika
Map of USA on canvas. The name of each state is written in large stylized letters, organized to fill out the shape of the state.
April 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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the thesis proposal / the dissertation
"Young Hare" by Albrecht Durer (1502) A Wolpertinger in taxidermy style, combining parts from different animals.
April 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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i clicked on one of the US lamps stores that google suggested and lol
! Buy Now At Pre-Tariff Prices
April 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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government of canada website is a bit too optimistic here i think
Screengrab of "Risk level" for US travel, advising Canadians to "Take normal security precautions"
April 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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this is my favorite one right now (of the ones i can easily access). you can actually taste the almonds, not just sugar
February 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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so, reservations
Screengrab of larger text reading "Trump wants 'parcels' of land in jordan, Egypt for Palestinians" and smaller text reading "Trump was asked where he expects Palestinians to live following his plan to take over Gaza, in which he said he will 'parcel' land in Jordan and Egypt."
February 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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tell me again how these are "post-covid" times

(from Canadian COVID-19 Hazard Index, covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard...)
Screengrab of text that says the following: "FOCUS ON PROVINCES: ONTARIO. The highest Forecast score this week is Ontario (16: SEVERE). Infections in Ontario this week are expected to result in 295 deaths, 1,400 hospital admissions and 6,600 new daily life activity-limiting long COVID cases. About 5.0% of people in Ontario are infected and/or experiencing daily life activity-limiting long COVID this week."
February 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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January 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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this can't keep going
Excerpt from CBS article, January 20, 2023: "Oxfam said billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion last year, or roughly $5.7 billion a day, three-times faster than in 2023. The number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769, and the 10 richest men saw their wealth rise nearly $100 million a day on average, it said."
January 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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my outfit if i ever get a professorship
Portrait of Franz Liszt dressed in a mid-19th-century three-piece suit with a longish jacket and a bow tie.
January 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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wow, a whole day. i'm sure there must be a really good and legitimate reason for this
Screengrab of text reading "Download Book / Get all pages, require free third-party softward, Check out this book for up to 1 day."
January 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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also these are the ones if you wanna try
January 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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picturing this as fog that turns the air into a solid cube of ice
December 29, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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this holiday season, i'm touring the varieties of marzipan available at Canadian drugstores. so far, this one is the best by far. it's not overly chocolatey and the first ingredient is actually almonds (as it should be) and not sugar. in case you're in the market for drugstore marzipan...
Bar of marzipan wrapped in red foil with a white band in the middle that reads Niederegger / Lubeck / Marzipan / with dark chocolate / avec chocolat noir / 48 g
December 27, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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btw i have little marzipans that are potato-shaped
Package of Marzipan Kartoffeln.
December 26, 2024 at 7:59 PM