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There’s a petition to the Canadian Parliament to get the Government of Canada off Xitter: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... I think every Canadian who’s on Fedi or Bluesky should sign this now, no exceptions. If you have Canadian followers, please repost this or just post it yourself. This matters.

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Blue sky above the quad in Wadham College, Oxford, July 2005. I was there providing childcare while my wife taught at a seminar; saw an absolutely spine-chilling “Macbeth”, by torchlight on the grass. #blueskyabove

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Remember that post that went viral last week, “You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism”? While it made a few good points, I found that I disagreed with most of it. I mean, the title’s right, but the “posting is useless” stance is dangerously reductive. More on this […]

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Blue sky above minstrel and bridge, October 2013. On Granville Island in #Vancouver. #blueskyabove

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Blue sky above southeast False Creek in #Vancouver, August 2003. Before the Olympics came, this was still funky smelly industrial space, with tugs orchestrating the big barge-loads of industrial input and output. Note that False Creek already had water squatters back then. #blueskyabove

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Stop what you're doing and read this long thread. It's not just that most people are decent, it's that they're better than that, given the chance. Thank you so much @jenwang.com

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How I #Bluesky: I visit now & again, though I’m dubious about its future; there are nice funny people there. My “@tbray.org” account (https://bsky.app/profile/tbray.org) has >5K followers because I guess I must be in a starter pack, so I post a #blueskyabove photo there ( […]

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Today’s doomscrolling relief: Heroic Lasagna: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/01/02/Lasagna Think I’m coming it a bit high? Read the recipe and try to tell me it’s not heroic. #cooking

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Everything is on fire, so take a break and read self-indulgent philosophizing about photo composition. Also, pix: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/02/04/Two-Photos-of-Snow #photography

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Blue sky above snowy branches, earlier today. #blueskyabove

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Gotta mention Mark Pilgrim, was the first I remember pointing out, decades ago, that when you're learning something is a really good time to write about that something. It seemed obvious at the time and the evidence keeps piling up.

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Blue sky above a totem pole - said to be the world’s tallest - in Alert Bay, September 1985 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert_Bay Also, an airplane. BTW I do post online about things other than cameras pointing upward, check out @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy #blueskyabove

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Blue sky above a grim industrial back street. Photographed on South Kent Road, on the way to the excellent #Vancouver Zero Waste Centre. #blueskyabove

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Progressives need to the face the fact that they’re in a minority, that the ways they explain their positions are failing, and that that failure is their problem, not their audience’s. Here’s my rant on how to explain better: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/01/22/In-The-Minority […]

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Blue sky above Silly Valley, February 2005. Also, moon. This is somewhere near the marshy bits on the west side of Bay. #blueskyabove

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https://blog.yossarian.net/2025/01/10/Be-aware-of-the-Makefile-effect What he said! (Sadly, they did not mention GNU AutoHell.)

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That’s such an “awkward gesture.”

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Blue sky above a bald eagle busy scratching its butt, May 2012. After I posted this on Twitter or my blog somewhere the eagles didn’t come back for a while and my kids said it was my fault, they were mad at me for posting an unflattering picture. #blueskyabove

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Blue sky above Tintagel castle, June 1989. Tintagel, in Cornwall, features in several of the Arthurian legends. #blueskyabove

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In which I consider the announcements from Mastodon and Bluesky-adjacent “Free Our Feeds”, both surfacing on the 13th, concerning fundraising and governance measures for the worlds of ActivityPub and ATProto: www.tbray.org/ongoing/When...

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Blue sky above the Rocky Mountains today, 2025/01/14. #blueskyabove

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Having enjoyed the creative output of someone who turns out to be a horrible person doesn’t in the slightest make you a horrible person.

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In which I de-noise a photo of the moon with old-school algorithms and whizzy new AI and show you the difference: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/01/10/Photo-Noise-Reduction Have attached three close-ups to this post, have a glance and see what you […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

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Blue sky above the Lake Shinji waterfront in Matsue, Japan, September 2009. Matsue is notable for being the home base of Matz, inventor of the Ruby programming language. #blueskyabove #Japan #Matsue

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Aa always, @kissane.bsky.social nails it. www.wrecka.ge/bad-shape/

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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...

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Blue sky above Vancouver today, January 9, 2025. A much-welcomed and rare Pacific-Northwest visit from the sun. #blueskyabove

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Blue sky above Makuhari - a burb on the Tokyo side of Chiba, May 2005. There’s a big conference venue, “Makuhari Messe”, I was speaking on something on behalf of Sun Microsystems. Tbh it’s kind of a boring place, but there was a good light that morning. #blueskyabove #Japan #Chiba

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Blue sky above Saskatchewan hoarfrost; Christmas Eve 2024. #blueskyabove #saskatchewan

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Blue sky above a Maui beach, March 2008. We used to be spring-break regulars in Maui, usually staying at www.kahanasunset.com, usually very good. #blueskyabove

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Blue sky above Halemaʻumaʻu. November 1986. At this point in time, you could stand right on the edge and look down into the crater. In recent decades it’s had a lava lake and repeated eruptions; visitors are kept well away. #blueskyabove #hawaii

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Blue sky above yours truly, aged 28, playing with a tabby cat. I forget her name, she was a. neighbor not a pet. Reminder about “Blue sky above” concept: bsky.app/profile/tbra... #blueskyabove

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Blue sky above bare winter tree branches and below the moon. February 2005. #blueskyabove

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Blue sky above Peng Chau, one of Hong Kong’s many islands. From 1994; there’s a story that goes with it that it seems I’ve never told, so here’s an accompanying blog entry. www.tbray.org/ongoing/When... #blueskyabove

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