Arty (Cynthia)
@arty-chan.bsky.social
Staff of Strategy & Operations at GitLab.
Technologist, Support Engineer, Librarian, Educator, Developer, Accessibility Advocate, Documentarian, Mentor. Opinions are my own.
Can also be found at [email protected]
Technologist, Support Engineer, Librarian, Educator, Developer, Accessibility Advocate, Documentarian, Mentor. Opinions are my own.
Can also be found at [email protected]
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I beg of you, people, please don't just send links to folks without explanations or descriptions, and expect them to read or watch whatever it is without more information. Sure, it's possible that they will love whatever it is -- but maybe they will hate it, or be upset by it.
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I beg of you, people, please don't just send links to folks without explanations or descriptions, and expect them to read or watch whatever it is without more information. Sure, it's possible that they will love whatever it is -- but maybe they will hate it, or be upset by it.
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Happy holidays from your furiends at the zoo ✨
Thanks to Keeper Megan and Keeper Ali for the holiday pics!
Thanks to Keeper Megan and Keeper Ali for the holiday pics!
December 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Happy holidays from your furiends at the zoo ✨
Thanks to Keeper Megan and Keeper Ali for the holiday pics!
Thanks to Keeper Megan and Keeper Ali for the holiday pics!
Merry Christmas, hope you get a day of rest.
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Merry Christmas, hope you get a day of rest.
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Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
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my quick look at the province’s new rental vacancy numbers and yes, I did have to wear my novelty cbc christmas sweater, IT’S CALLED GRAVITAS
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
my quick look at the province’s new rental vacancy numbers and yes, I did have to wear my novelty cbc christmas sweater, IT’S CALLED GRAVITAS
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Daily red panda
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The attack at Australia's Bondi Beach earlier this week on people who were celebrating the first night of Hanukkah was horrific. Stories have emerged about those who died trying to stop the gunmen. n.pr/4s8cXJo
Opinion: Remembering the lives lost to a senseless act of terror
The attack at Australia's Bondi Beach earlier this week on people who were celebrating the first night of Hanukkah was horrific. Stories have emerged about those who died trying to stop the gunmen.
n.pr
December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The attack at Australia's Bondi Beach earlier this week on people who were celebrating the first night of Hanukkah was horrific. Stories have emerged about those who died trying to stop the gunmen. n.pr/4s8cXJo
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So Google maps didn't have the little private road that connects the end of the road to our driveway, so @TheRealPomax and I had to add it. I can only hope that Apple will add it to their maps at some point. Hopefully then there will be no excuse that delivery drivers can use to claim our
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
So Google maps didn't have the little private road that connects the end of the road to our driveway, so @TheRealPomax and I had to add it. I can only hope that Apple will add it to their maps at some point. Hopefully then there will be no excuse that delivery drivers can use to claim our
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
We knew buying the house that some work needed to be done, but this is getting ridiculous and the roof was a surprise: - Tile grouting - Electrical fixes + ethernet upgrade - Plumbing fixes + kitchen faucet + recirc is dead + 2nd hot water tank - Well: need UV filter, rebedding filter
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
We knew buying the house that some work needed to be done, but this is getting ridiculous and the roof was a surprise: - Tile grouting - Electrical fixes + ethernet upgrade - Plumbing fixes + kitchen faucet + recirc is dead + 2nd hot water tank - Well: need UV filter, rebedding filter
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Daily red panda
December 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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#BlackFriday sale worked. I bought @TheRealPomax new shirts and they’re super cute! #TeeTurtle
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
#BlackFriday sale worked. I bought @TheRealPomax new shirts and they’re super cute! #TeeTurtle
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Metro Vancouver's vacancy rate for private apartments eclipsed 3% this year, the highest it's been in more than 35 years.
The data comes from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's annual report, which is the gold standard for rental data in the country.
The data comes from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's annual report, which is the gold standard for rental data in the country.
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Metro Vancouver's vacancy rate for private apartments eclipsed 3% this year, the highest it's been in more than 35 years.
The data comes from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's annual report, which is the gold standard for rental data in the country.
The data comes from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's annual report, which is the gold standard for rental data in the country.
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Siphonophores are champions of community collaboration. 🤝🏆
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Siphonophores are champions of community collaboration. 🤝🏆
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
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Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
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Tufted puffins are called “parrots of the sea” for their famously flashy breeding season colors. But when there’s no pressure to show off for potential mates, they dress down for winter in more understated black feathers. 🖤
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Tufted puffins are called “parrots of the sea” for their famously flashy breeding season colors. But when there’s no pressure to show off for potential mates, they dress down for winter in more understated black feathers. 🖤
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
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look at this absolute unit
October 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
look at this absolute unit
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Happy World Fisheries Day—a time to celebrate all the #ocean and fish that sustain us! Want to learn more about #sustainable #seafood? 🐟🦦
Then you otter meet Talley, the outreach partnership lead at Seafood Watch: youtu.be/zSuxCJ6UA2Q
Then you otter meet Talley, the outreach partnership lead at Seafood Watch: youtu.be/zSuxCJ6UA2Q
DITL of an outreach partnership lead at Seafood Watch
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
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November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Happy World Fisheries Day—a time to celebrate all the #ocean and fish that sustain us! Want to learn more about #sustainable #seafood? 🐟🦦
Then you otter meet Talley, the outreach partnership lead at Seafood Watch: youtu.be/zSuxCJ6UA2Q
Then you otter meet Talley, the outreach partnership lead at Seafood Watch: youtu.be/zSuxCJ6UA2Q
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For over 30 years, the Seattle Aquarium has led in sea otter research, contributed to recovery efforts and cared for northern sea otters who are unable to live in the wild.
Today is a big day as we welcome Ruby—the first southern sea otter in our care. ✨🦦
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Today is a big day as we welcome Ruby—the first southern sea otter in our care. ✨🦦
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November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
For over 30 years, the Seattle Aquarium has led in sea otter research, contributed to recovery efforts and cared for northern sea otters who are unable to live in the wild.
Today is a big day as we welcome Ruby—the first southern sea otter in our care. ✨🦦
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Today is a big day as we welcome Ruby—the first southern sea otter in our care. ✨🦦
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"We believe the large-scale adoption of AI across federal departments and agencies...will actually reduce the capacity to pursue regulatory development, guardrail design, ethical deliberation and meaningful civil-society input because its widespread integration will permeate the entire bureaucracy."
Federal budget 2025: Is Canada Strong actually weak on AI?
Federal budget 2025: Is Canada Strong actually weak on AI?
Promoting AI as an economic driver within an unregulated environment risks disrupting key sectors and services that sustain Canadian democracy.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"We believe the large-scale adoption of AI across federal departments and agencies...will actually reduce the capacity to pursue regulatory development, guardrail design, ethical deliberation and meaningful civil-society input because its widespread integration will permeate the entire bureaucracy."
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Library Journal also created a graphic a few years ago: "Libraries are engines for book sales." www.libraryjournal.com/story/Embarg...
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Library Journal also created a graphic a few years ago: "Libraries are engines for book sales." www.libraryjournal.com/story/Embarg...
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A smack of jellies, squadron of pelicans, raft of otters, or galaxy of sea stars...
No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.
No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A smack of jellies, squadron of pelicans, raft of otters, or galaxy of sea stars...
No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.
No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.
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Daily red panda
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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