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  • 🔗 Made in CA | Canadians, spend your money wisely.

    Three people are outdoors on a snowy day, seemingly engaged in a discussion. The person in the middle is wearing a black hockey jersey with a red maple leaf, black hockey gloves, and a helmet with a protective cage, holding a notebook and a black mug. To their left, a bearded man in a red and black plaid shirt is holding a tablet and pointing at the screen. To their right, another bearded man, also in a red and black plaid shirt and wearing a black beanie, holds a piece of tree bark and a pencil, appearing surprised or animated. The background features snow-covered ground, trees, and cable cars.
    4 March 2025

  • SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (2025) #Watching

    A vibrant promotional poster for “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” featuring Sly Stone, wearing oversized pink sunglasses, a gold chain necklace, and a fringed outfit with white and pink elements. He is smiling widely with his arms raised in an energetic pose. A microphone is visible in front of him, and the background is filled with bright lights and dynamic movement, evoking a lively concert atmosphere. The bold green text at the top displays the title of the film or project.
    2 March 2025

  • Schwans @ Cherry Beach with Diana Shepherd

    Four swans floating on a calm body of water with their heads tucked under their wings, appearing to be resting. Two swans have white feathers, while the other two have brownish-gray feathers, likely juveniles. One of the white swans has a yellow identification tag on its neck. The water is a muted blue color with gentle ripples.
    2 March 2025

  • Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023) #Watching

    Movie poster for Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain. The image features three young men wearing backpacks and hiking gear, standing on a patch of grass with scattered objects, including a gold bust and a paper mache mask. The background is bright yellow, and a hawk is flying overhead. The title is in bold black letters at the top of the image.
    1 March 2025

  • John Oliver did a segment on centralized social platforms run by billionaires. Not everyone can leave so here are his recommendations if you stay. johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com #MetaExodus

    Graphic with the text ‘How to change your settings to make yourself less valuable to Meta’ in bold and regular font. Below the text are the Facebook logo (a white ‘f’ on a blue circle) and the Instagram logo (a gradient square with a circular camera icon in the center), representing Meta-owned platforms.
    1 March 2025

  • This is what I’ve been trying to figure out since leaving Facebook and Instagram. #MetaExodus

    Why Personal Websites Matter More Than Ever www.joanwestenberg.com/why-perso…

    (via Joan Westenberg)

    Illustration of a webpage window with a yellow grid background. The webpage displays the text ‘Welcome to my page!’ along with a simple purple icon of a person. Below the text, there is a blue underlined hyperlink labeled ‘Start >>>’ indicating a clickable link.
    1 March 2025

  • A Guide to Figuring out the Age of an Undated World Map

    (via @infobeautiful@vis.social and xkcd)

    The image is an XKCD comic titled “Guide to Figuring Out the Age of an Undated World Map.” It is a flowchart that helps determine the date of a world map based on geopolitical entities and historical changes. The chart starts with questions like whether Istanbul is labeled as “Constantinople” and whether the Holy Roman Empire exists, and branches into various historical and geopolitical clues. These include the presence of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, German reunification, South Sudan, and references to fantasy maps (like Mordor and Numenor). The comic also includes humorous options, such as whether the map is trying to bite you or whether it is larger than a breadbox. The final nodes lead to conclusions about the map’s nature or its date range, often with humorous or absurd results.
    27 February 2025

  • Goatchicken. ‘Hours of Joanna the Mad’, Bruges 1486-1506. BL, Add 18852, fol. 67r. (via @medieval_illuminations@mastodon.social)

    A medieval manuscript illustration of a fantastical hybrid creature with the body and tail of a rooster and the head of a goat. The creature is standing on a patch of green grass, and there is Latin script in brown ink above it. The illustration is in a medieval marginalia style, with earthy tones and fine detailing.
    26 February 2025

  • This is one of my favourite things that SNL has ever done.

    youtu.be/BONhk-hbi…

    25 February 2025

  • Tiger. From “Brehms Tierleben,” vol. 1 by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna: 1893 (via @oldbookillustrations@mastodon.social)

    Illustration depicting a mother tiger gently playing with three tiger cubs in a lush jungle setting, surrounded by dense vegetation and fallen branches.
    25 February 2025

  • How Priscilla, Queen of the Desert changed the world | Between A Frock & A Hard Place

    www.youtube.com/watch

    24 February 2025

  • You can export everything from Instagram and Facebook. I had been going since 2005 so it took a while for the email with the download link to arrive.

    A screenshot of a webpage displaying the "Download Your Information" section for Facebook and Instagram. The page allows the user to download or transfer their data. Under "Current Activity," there is an "Available downloads" section showing a request for an information download from February 1, 2005, to February 16, 2025, associated with the name "Ian Day + 1 more." The data includes Facebook and Instagram information, with an expiration date of February 27, 2025. Below this, there are "Download" and "Delete" buttons. A note at the bottom clarifies that the download will not include content shared by others, such as tagged photos.A screenshot of a "Downloads" window on a computer showing two active ZIP file downloads. The first file, named "instagram-ianwday-2025-02-23-T4T3caCu.zip," is 353.5 MB out of 2.1 GB downloaded, with a speed of 15.4 MB/sec and an estimated time remaining of 1 minute, 53 seconds. The second file, "facebook-ianwday-2025-02-23-yfKksYek.zip," is 1.09 GB out of 1.87 GB downloaded, with a speed of 18.5 MB/sec and an estimated time remaining of 41 seconds. Each file has a cancel (X) and search (🔍) button beside it. There is also a "Clear" button at the top right of the window.

    23 February 2025

  • Scottish place names are full of ghosts. They describe fields that are no longer there, forests long felled. Gaelic carries the memory of people, land, and place.

    kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/scottish-…

    23 February 2025

  • Ne Zha (2019) #Watching

    A dramatic digital illustration for the animated film Ne Zha, featuring two fierce warriors facing off against each other with intense expressions. A dragon with sharp features is positioned on the left, while a smaller figure wielding a staff floats between them, surrounded by flames. The background is dominated by red and orange hues, evoking a fiery and intense atmosphere. The film’s title appears in both Chinese characters and English text at the bottom.
    23 February 2025

  • Sunday-Funday at Cherry Beach

    vimeo.com/105949795…

    23 February 2025

  • Persuasion (2022) #Review

    Persuasion&10;2022 • Carrie Cracknell&10;A bit of a modern take with plenty of breaking the fourth wall. I know the story so it was nice to have it presented in a bit of a different way.&10;Liked it
    22 February 2025

  • 🔗 ‎Maple Scan: Buy Canadian

    Scan any product and find out if it truly supports Canadian businesses.

    A red maple leaf icon is centered within four red curved corner brackets, resembling a scanning or focus symbol.
    19 February 2025

  • 🔗 You’re not going to believe what I’m about to tell you (classroom-friendly version) - The Oatmeal

    19 February 2025

  • Scottish Gaelic - The Language Of The Land

    (via @kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot)

    kristie-de-garis.ghost.io/scottish-…

    18 February 2025

  • Challengers (2024) #Watching

    Poster for the film Challengers features a close-up of a woman’s face with wavy blonde hair, wearing stylish purple sunglasses. In the reflection of the sunglasses, a tense tennis match is visible, with two male players in action on the court, surrounded by a crowd of spectators. The title “CHALLENGERS” is displayed in bold white capital letters at the bottom of the image. The poster conveys themes of competition, drama, and intensity, with a sleek and stylish design.
    17 February 2025

  • Timestalker (2024) #Watching

    A poster for the film Timestalker features a woman in an elaborate historical costume with a massive pink, heart-shaped wig adorned with small decorations. She has a serious expression and is holding three other versions of her own head in her arms, each with different hairstyles and expressions, suggesting different time periods. The background is a solid purple color, and the film’s title, “TIMESTALKER,” is written in bold, neon pink letters across the center.
    17 February 2025

  • I’ve never heard of this #font before and now I expect to see it everywhere! (Also, yes, I am a fan of fonts.)

    aresluna.org/the-harde…

    (via @mwichary@mastodon.online)

    17 February 2025

  • Snow Day #SilentSunday

    A cityscape covered in freshly fallen snow during daytime, with snowflakes visibly falling. The foreground features rooftops of red-brick townhouses and buildings, all blanketed in white. In the middle ground, there are mid-rise and modern glass buildings, while the background consists of high-rise apartment and office buildings, partially obscured by the snowy haze.
    16 February 2025

  • Strictly Ballroom (1992) #Watching with Diana Shepherd

    A movie poster for Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann. The central image features a man and a woman in an intimate dance pose, gazing into each other’s eyes. The woman wears a red ballroom dress with sparkling details, and the man wears an ornate gold and black matador-style jacket with a white shirt and black bow tie. The background has a blue-lit ballroom scene with other dancers, and a spotlight shines down from above. The title Strictly Ballroom is displayed in bold, golden letters at the bottom, with “A Film by Baz Luhrmann” written in yellow text above.
    16 February 2025

  • Canadian residents are racing to save the data in Trump’s crosshairs | CBC News

    16 February 2025

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