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How to tell a raven from a crow. An older guide I made with Dr Kaeli Swift. And yes that's an aileron roll, not a barrel roll, but only us nerds know that :)

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I wonder if FIFA told the US it had to be a dictatorship with a poor human rights record before it was allowed to host the World Cup.

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Kind of funny that Kash refers to himself as 009, an agent who appears briefly in the intro of a James Bond movie dressed as a clown who is quickly stabbed to death

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A great example of where alt text would communicate this message much more effectively. Cause I don't have a freaking clue who these are. #alttext

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Limited edition black Toronto public library cards just arrived at my branch #tpl #intellectualfreedom freedom to read week merch. Stop in at your branch and get a new card. #topoli

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Reading a book by an American author describing concerts in New York, Prague and one "in Canada." I'm averse to unchecked nationalism, but as an author who's had opportunities to either set my books in American or fictional/anonymous cities in order to improve marketing, I've refused. 1/x

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Reading a book by an American author describing concerts in New York, Prague and one "in Canada." I'm averse to unchecked nationalism, but as an author who's had opportunities to either set my books in American or fictional/anonymous cities in order to improve marketing, I've refused. 1/x

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Apropos of nothing, Conclave was worth seeing.

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Canadian authors, the PLR portal is open! Make sure you register your new books to take part in this great program: publiclendingright.ca?fbclid=IwY2x...

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My ward belongs to the leader of the ONDP so my mail-in vote involved less calculus than many other people face in this province. I get everyone's fatigue and frustration, yet still encourage everybody to vote. Don't get hung up on polls--they don't represent votes. #ONpoli #ONelxn #FuckFord

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Was happy to see Little Jimmy Scott mentioned in the Will Hermes bio on Lou Reed. I was lucky enough to meet him when I was working on a Harold Arlen documentary back in '02 w/ the late great Hal Willner. Total sweetheart. But boy, listening to his back catalog...what a voice.

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That’s why I thought there were so few cat figurines when I ate there

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What a cover. Looking forward to digging into On Book Banning, the new @biblioasis.bsky.social Field Note by Ira Wells…

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Sweet dreams, local bars.

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Cat friends in Toronto! @torontocatrescue.bsky.social desperately needs foster help right now as their foster families are full and there’s a hoarding house. Can you help foster and / or share the link with others? www.torontocatrescue.ca/foster #cats #adoptdontshop

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Me at the end of this week.

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This is such a lovely, tender piece in @londonreview.bsky.social, with so much to savour (especially if you played #chess in a former life).

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Brian Eno's "Ambient 1" only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it went on to start an airport.

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There’s been so much interest in from US 🇺🇸health workers and jobs in Canada that I’m posting recruitment links for all 10 provinces and 3 territories: 🧵 #healthcarejobs🇨🇦

submitted 10 days ago • 167 comments

What do you suppose Chait thinks essentialism means?

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Whoever put the curse on Man City, if you're for hire I can think of a political administration or two I'd like to contract your services against.

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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

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Patience is a virtue. #WorldBollardAssociation

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I was thinking this when I saw the footage of the Centre Bell crowd at a Habs game belting out “Oh Canada” that this is the patriotic fervour Poilievre was wanting access to, except it’s cut off to him because he dares not stand up to Trump lest he enrage 30% of his supporters who worship MAGA

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

little pieces of language are ours slogans, taglines, chants, flyers, memes, stickers, posters, zines

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Yay! One of my short stories is in this book! Pre-order DEVOURING TOMORROW right here! linktr.ee/devouringtom... Support your local bookstore! ❤️

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Toronto Blooski: this is my grandmother's Doherty pipe organ. We're clearing out the storage unit where it's been sitting for years and none of us can take it. We can't find a buyer or even a taker, and if we can't find someone to take it by Saturday we'll have to dump it.

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Woof. Not one but two Loren Connors releases coming down the pipe... lorenconnorsnyc.bandcamp.com/music

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Actually I think the fix is to make a post saying “I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to send a killer to kill me. By this statement, I give notice to Facebook that I explicitly forbid them to so so.”

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Hazardous but perty.

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On Book Banning by Ira Wells, published by @biblioasis.bsky.social The Field Notes series design usually show high-contrast b+w siloed photos, but series designs morph over time. I tried an isolated burnt book photo, but it looked insignificant. So I burned the book itself #CoverDesign #BookDesign

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Shopify selling Kanye’s Heil Hitler Swastika t-shirts seems about as good as any for a thread on Shopify’s role as a far-right political business venture disguised as a typical tech company and their reputation for not taking down hate merch. 🧵 ⬇️

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