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Dr. Naomi Perley
@cutelittlebyrdy.bsky.social
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Musicologist who's really into birds. (and byrd. sometimes.)
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just gotta end this wonderful night with a throwback to the period of time when curtis sliwa appeared regularly on NY1's inside city hall, lampooning andrew cuomo (he donned the costume and did this act every time cuomo came up, which was OFTEN):
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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there was only one option so far as pumpkin carving goes this year!!! #LetsGoBlueJays
A pumpkin with the Toronto blue jays logo carved into it, with a lit candle inside, and a dark background
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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You know it's time to stop procrastinating and go to sleep when you have wound up in this corner of the internet:
A screenshot of a webpage comparing grouse and quail, complete with a fun, comic-book-style grouse vs. quail graphic
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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hey @mayoroliviachow.ca I thought you were fixing bus bunching???!!!! it is 8:30 on a Saturday night and the ossington bus is MIA
Transit app screenshot showing the next 63 Ossington northbound buses arriving in 8 and 27 minutes... ... then the following 3 buses will arrive within minutes of each other
September 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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anyway the lowdown is excellent - any reservations I had about going to see the premiere of a tv show at a movie festival evaporated within the first 30 seconds or so. it truly is cinematic in scope and I can't wait to watch the rest of the episodes. my popcorn buddies did an extensive q&a after!
September 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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A family tree you say?? well this isn't exactly that, but from the lavignac...
A chart from the Lavignac voyage à bayreuth book showing all the scenes in which individual characters appear across the ring cycle
August 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I came here to say this, too, and to also share a photo of my beloved copy, which has fold-out charts!!
A fold-out chart of the leitmotifs in Wagner's ring cycle from Lavignac's Le voyage artistique à Bayreuth
August 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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did not expect to wake up to an unhinged quote-tweet telling me it's useless to vote in "fake elections" but here we are
August 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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it is tragic that Ottawa has some of the best recreational bike paths in North America, but totally horrendous street/commuter bike paths for day-to-day use. anyway here's a photo of the pedestrian-and-bike-only commanda bridge, which I checked out for the first time today. biked to Quebec and back!
My bike propped against the railing at one end of the commanda bridge, overlooking the Ottawa river.
August 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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love to have this pop up while I'm on the train
A screenshot of the lock screen of my phone with an emergency alert that reads: EMERGENCY ALERT / now ALERTE D'URGENCE Environment Canada: TORNADO in this mobile coverage area. Take immediate cover in a basement or interior room if weather threat approaches. Shelter from flying debris if outside. Tornado Warning, 9:23 p.m. EDT Thursday 24 July I// Environnement Canada: TORNADE dans votre zone actuelle de couverture cellulaire. Réfugiez-vous sans tarder au sous-sol ou dans une pièce sans fenêtre en cas de temps menaçant. À l'extérieur, protégez-vous des débris projetés. Alerte de tornade, 21h23 HAE le jeudi 24 juillet
July 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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love to have this pop up while I'm on the train
A screenshot of the lock screen of my phone with an emergency alert that reads: EMERGENCY ALERT / now ALERTE D'URGENCE Environment Canada: TORNADO in this mobile coverage area. Take immediate cover in a basement or interior room if weather threat approaches. Shelter from flying debris if outside. Tornado Warning, 9:23 p.m. EDT Thursday 24 July I// Environnement Canada: TORNADE dans votre zone actuelle de couverture cellulaire. Réfugiez-vous sans tarder au sous-sol ou dans une pièce sans fenêtre en cas de temps menaçant. À l'extérieur, protégez-vous des débris projetés. Alerte de tornade, 21h23 HAE le jeudi 24 juillet
July 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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I just want the TTC to know that 38-year-old girls can make POO jokes just as well as 12-year-old boys
Matthew Bingley @mattybing • 11h Just spotted some POO's on the street. (Did ANYONE workshop this?) TTC Media Relations NEWS @TTCNewsroom| Yes, Matt. We were kids once too and the acronym was thought through, but the designation was not ours to begin with.. It existed in Ontario legislation long before the TTC began using it this weekend. A simple search through this document shows multiple references. ontario.ca/laws/statute/9… We thank the snickering, puerile 12-year-old boys who dominate the internet for their insights. However, it does not negate the fact that fare cheats face fines of hundreds of dollars - which is no laughing matter. 10:49 AM • Jul 21, 2025 • 262.2K Views
July 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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too late 😳😳😳
The chaotic wildflower section of my garden, full of greenery and several marigold blooms The less-chaotic herb section of my garden, with a couple rosemary and lavender plants and a baby lemon verbena
July 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Jews are a tiny fraction of the population, obviously our opinion is never going to be the popular vote!! fucking dumbass
June 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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like come on, conservative MPs, why are you defending a guy who muzzled you, prevented you from doing your jobs, fucked you over on travel, and also LOST HIS SEAT??!!!

this is all from @althiaraj.bsky.social excellent election post-mortem in @thestar.com :
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Those stories came as no surprise to Poilievre's MPs, who have been gagged for the past two years: barred from speaking to journalists, participating on television panels, taking part in parliamentary travel or fulfilling their duties as they see fit in Parliament. Caucus morale has taken a beating. One often repeated tale involves a now former MP who was given permission to attend a parliamentary association trip, and flew a few days earlier to visit his daughter. Once there, he was told Poilievre's office had changed its mind, his permission for the trip was rescinded, and he had to return home immediately. He was also left personally on the hook for the total value of the trip - some $12,000. Poilievre's office did not comment on the incident. If Poilievre treated his backbenchers poorly, he could be equally dismissive of the party's grassroots members. Across the country, longtime Conservative activists complained about rules being ignored, of candidates being unfairly disqualified from nomination contests, or of being told there would be no nomination race in their riding at all . . .
May 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I find it hilarious that conservative insiders are willing to call poilievre a dick in a national newspaper but are too scared of him to openly rebel.
But Trump aside, there were other reasons why Poilievre lost what many on his team believe was an entirely winnable election. One reason frequently cited by those around him was Poilievre himself. "He lost because he's a dick" one of his advisers told the Star, a sentiment cited by other staffers and insiders. "A lot of that traditional voter coalition, a lot of them were like, '(MP's name), I love you. I just can't vote for you this time. I don't like Pierre. I don't like the tone ... I just can't vote for Pierre," recalled an eastern Conservative MP. "I heard it more this time than ever before."
May 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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even the leafs staff hate leafs fans 😂😂😂😂

oh and guess what, Ottawa, unlike Toronto, is actually sending a team to the finals of a pro hockey league this year!!!
May 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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sorry but if you are ignorant enough to book a place called "casa nodisponible", you don't automatically treat third-party sites with extreme suspicion, and you DON'T EVEN GOOGLE THE PROPERTY to look at street view or read reviews... you kinda deserve to get scammed.
The start of an article in the Toronto Star: I booked a vacation property that turned out to be an empty lot. Here's how to avoid getting scammed the same way WENDY ROYAL SPECIAL TO THE STAR It was supposed to be the perfect start to our Mexican getaway: A four-minute walk from the Huatulco airport, we expected to find our accommodation, Casa Nodisponible, and then dive into the pool that had beckoned us invitingly from the ad. That's what the third-party hotel-booking website had promised. That's what we had paid for. That is not what happened. Instead, we found ourselves dragging our suitcases down a desolate dirt road, flanked by stray dogs, abandoned buildings and overgrown lots, littered with garbage. With each step, our "four-minute" walk felt less like a stroll and more like an audition for Survivor: Scam Edition.
April 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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I am begging CBC reporters to just... act fucking normal. talk to a real person. why the fuck do you think none of the shit you try to smear carney with is sticking??!! because people don't care about whatever tiny missteps when the sovereignty of their country is at stake!
A screenshot from CBC that reads: 44 minutes ago Nothing is sticking to Carney Catharine Tunney Carney has not run a perfect campaign. His French can be shaky. He misidentified the tragic mass shooting one of his candidates survived (plus he mispronounced her name). And his debate performances were widely seen as mediocre. The Liberal leader can sometimes come off as prickly with reporters. But so far, Canadians don't seem to register any gaffes. The Liberals have led in the polls since the election campaign started and most Canadians report that they have a more favourable view of Carney than of Poilievre. And while there has been some narrowing in the polls, Carney appears to be on track to form government Monday. While Blanchet and Singh have accused Carney this morning of not being truthful about his conversation with Trump, it's unclear if voters will see it that way, let alone change their vote. It's a campaign to be studied.
April 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This sign from a project my grandfather worked on during his long career in the federal public service.
A sign created by the Government of Canada, in the typical red and white colour scheme and sans-serif font. It reads: [Left:] Government of Canada Branch Line Rehabilitation Program Dunblane to Beechy, Saskatchewan 70.8 km. Cost $2.1 million 100% Federal Funding Partners in grain transportation [Right:] Gouvernement du Canada Programme de remise en état des embranchements ferroviaires de Dunblane à Beechy, en Saskatchewan Longueur: 70.8 km. Coût: 2.1 millions de dollars Travaux subventionnés à 100% par le gouvernement fédéral Partenaires dans le domaine du transport des grains [Bottom:] Canada [with maple leaf above the last a] Clipped to the bottom is a business card from the colleague who gave him the sign.
April 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I know things can change on a dime, but I personally find it deeply funny that despite trump's best efforts to destroy us, Canada's stocks are currently in less of a tailspin that most other countries'. (our risk-averse approach to banking is one of our country's greatest strengths)
a chart from the nytimes comparing stock markets from several countries since Trump's inauguration. while the US's stock market nears the bottom, with only Japan coming out worse, Canada's is doing second-best, a hair above Germany and the UK, with China's having lost the least so far. (to be clear, all the markets are down, but by different percentages)
April 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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I refuse to watch whatever the fuck is happening with Trump's announcement, so instead I'm just refreshing the live newsfeed on the CBC website, and this is my favourite update so far:
An update from the CBC website reads: Independent business lobbyist on Trump's "stupid chart' Darren Major Dan Kelly, the president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, has summed up frustrations about how Trump announced the tariffs. "I can't believe the whole world is trying to learn where their economies are headed by straining to see a stupid chart held by the president," Kelly wrote in a post on X.
April 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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lol I just went to check this out and it's bullshit. showed a post from two days ago, then one from March 8. scrolled down a little more and got this:
Screenshot from the Facebook friends tab showing a message that says: Feed isn't available right now This may be because of a technical error that we're working to get fixed. Try reloading this page. Reload page
March 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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went to this tonight, not sure what to expect. was greeted by a pretty full house and heard @charlieangus104.bsky.social, @ausmalik.bsky.social, and former mayors david crombie and john sewell speak, among others. there will be weekly meetings going forward with more discussion and concrete action.
A pretty full house at metropolitan united church (most seats on the main level of the sanctuary are full) Ausma Malik speaking to the crowd from the podium
March 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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any americans saying anything like this will get summarily blocked.
March 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM