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A friend in Sydney is so perplexed at how the shooters could have even gotten guns.

That’s how it should be.
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Backlog from the summer
December 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Friend just did her first International dry tooling comp “I did horrible”. That’s how it goes. Now that’ll stick with her, motivation for the rest of the year!
December 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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This is what courage, conviction and integrity looks like. You are amazing @robinince.bsky.social .

The BBC has utterly lost its way.
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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this is fitting especially since the Prime Minister rode a wave of "elbows up" to power and has done very little since.
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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i think we need to bring the greasy ass-shitting chips back to teach an important pedagogical lesson to the youth of today
So many people say AI is just part of the world now and we have to accept it. Yeah well so were those Olestra potato chips that made people shit themselves and we got rid of those.
December 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Kid I’ve been mentoring, hardcore drug addict has been doing well. Occasional relapses but keeps moving forward, better than he was a year ago. Had a terrible day today, his reflex would be to do cocaine all weekend. Went for a walk instead ands some girl gave him her number.
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Researchers report a “jarring moment” at the Dead Sea: a rapidly retreating shoreline alongside enormous amounts of plastic floating on the surface. This closed basin a warning signal for accelerating plastic/microplastic pollution.

tinyurl.com/ybwemuw5 #PlasticPollution #DeadSea #Microplastics
Researchers sound alarm after discovering 'warning signal' in Dead Sea: 'It was a jarring moment'
Researchers revealed how the Dead Sea is becoming a hotspot for plastic pollution, issuing a stark warning about how destructive it could become.
tinyurl.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The other thing.. It really shows off Vancouver and that was something.. worlds collide 😉
God damn it.

Watched Tron Ares. I wanted to hate it. I liked it.

If Tron is your thing, it’s really good, I’d argue better than Legacy which I enjoyed.

Easter eggs galore.

Seeing the original grid was something.

Jared Leto… He was good for the role I’ll give him that. Still hate him
December 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
God damn it.

Watched Tron Ares. I wanted to hate it. I liked it.

If Tron is your thing, it’s really good, I’d argue better than Legacy which I enjoyed.

Easter eggs galore.

Seeing the original grid was something.

Jared Leto… He was good for the role I’ll give him that. Still hate him
December 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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It SHOULD happen again.

We don't want this kind of creeper surveilance in our lives.
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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'Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases.' www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
www.digitaldigging.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Holy shit. Instant coffee has been linked to increased risk for macular degeneration.

Guess the Aero Press is coming with me to the mountains from now on.
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hit a PR of 355 this morning.. when we do our 1-rep max, it feels like “Unbreakable” sometimes, where you just keep adding a little more weight and surprise yourself.

I think this was the best I’ve felt when lifting heavy - whole body feeling good and nothing tweaked 🤣
December 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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This has a parallel. Into the 2000s, police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan would take Indigenous folks they found outside late at night on "starlight tours," driving them beyond the city limits, and dumping them there. They'd often freeze to death trying to get home.

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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1/ The Prairies gave Canada Medicare. Today, the Alberta government passed a bill to take it away and replace it with American-style, two-tier healthcare, all while Carney looks the other way.

That's not who we are. That's the system our party fought to leave behind.
Unfortunately, after repeatedly using time allocation motions to limit debate, Bill 11 just passed third reading in the legislature.

Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Printing photos has been a huge amount of trial and error. I’ve got a process that wheels for me.

Getting a large canvas printed though, learned a ton at the print shop while they printed a a test strip for me. If I’d known this stuff before..

I think there’s a metaphor here..
December 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Thanks to Windy.com for this very clear illustration of an atmospheric river in action:
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It’s storming out. Lots to do today. It can all wait.

Listening to the rain. Listening to my dog snore. Coffee.
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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I would also like an explanation…
December 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I’m going to focus on using a 24-120 and 35 mm prime for the next while in a bid to drop as much weight as I can. Snowshoeing through deep snow with 50lbs uphill is hard!

Skis are ideal, better weight distribution. I just need to get better.
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Melancholy all day after getting back from the mountains, snowy hinterland that it was, it felt like life.

Trying to articulate something.. the feeling there, like being half asleep, lucid dreaming, the world unfolding, quiet beauty and mystery.

There are people like that too.
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I love this. Could have stayed here comfortably for a few days.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Before. After. 8:30 this morning.
December 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I bet climate change deniers check the weather forecast just as often as everyone else
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM