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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · 4d

AMAZING

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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 5d

🇨🇦 CANADIANS:
Sign this House of Commons petition to withdraw bill C-2!
The bill is bad, the petition is quick and easy.

Thank you, @jennykwan.bsky.social

👉 ✒️ www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Screenshot of the linked page, text below:

Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
- Bill C-2, titled the “Strong Borders Act”, contains provisions that threaten fundamental rights and freedoms protected under Canadian and international law;
- The Bill would grant law enforcement and national security agencies warrantless access to Canadians’ historical associations with organizations and businesses;
- It would allow authorities to compel the disclosure of sensitive personal information, including geolocation data and contact details, based merely on suspicion of relevance to the investigation of offences under Acts of Parliament, regardless of individual involvement;
- The Bill is designed to facilitate Canada's alignment with the United States' CLOUD Act and the United Nations Cybercrime Convention, raising serious concerns about foreign access to Canadians’ private data, including by regimes with poor human rights records; and
- Bill C-2 undermines Canada’s obligations under international human rights instruments, particularly in relation to privacy rights and the fair treatment of migrants and refugees.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to:
1. Immediately withdraw Bill C-2 in its entirety;
2. Reaffirm Canada’s commitment to privacy, civil liberties, and international human rights standards;
3. Reject any legislative or policy initiatives that would enable foreign states, including the United States, to gain undue access to Canadians’ personal information; and
4. Ensure that national security and border-related legislation upholds the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is subject to meaningful judicial oversight.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats to the BDS.

FREE PALESTINE.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 13d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · 17d

You're showing him the view!

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · 24d

A celebrity! An icon!

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Aug 21

I love y’all’s beautiful creature!

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Aug 17

My big takeaway is that I LOVE Akane’s journey in the film. My roommate’s and I would say “I pulled an Akane” when we would make a mistake.

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Aug 17

Woah Gucci instead of Zara. I always thought that Kayoko picks fast fashion Zara to appear more approachable but is a designer brand girlie. I like how this dub drops that pretense.

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Aug 13

I desperately need to go to the Field Museum to see Sue’s executive suite. And to see the rest of the amazing museum.

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Aug 13

Happy belated birthday, SUE! Sue is in a special place in my heart. I was very lucky that the travelling mount came to San Antonio. I also got to see the Disney World mount. And most recently I saw the travelling Blue Rhino Studio reconstruction in Victoria! Here is a watercolor study of it.

A watercolor study of the blue rhino studio reconstruction of Sue the Tyrranosaurus. A large tyrrannosaur looms into frame, huge head bowed down delicately holsing a dead baby Edmontosaurus. An almost dog like pose and expression in it's big eyes.

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Aug 6

HAPPY PRIDE! I MISS PRIDE! I had a wonderful weekend and now I'm bummed! I made a Godzilla vs Megalon shirt for Level Up at the Birdhouse in Van. iykyk #godzilla

My design of cute versions of Megalon, Jet Jaguar, Gigan and Godzilla holding hands on their merry, gay way

Me wearing said shirt, I'm excited to dance and drink diet soda!!!!!

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Tyrrell is worth the hype. You must go there if you are in Calgary. You know Alberta is BURSTING with Cretaceous fossils, and the Tyrrell really lets you know.

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Aug 6

I saw the Borealopelta at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. No joke, a nearly spiritual experience. An animal seemingly sleeping for 110 million years, laying there for us to see.

A dude in a face mask (me!) standing in front of the Borealopelta pink display case in the Breakthrough exhibit at the Royal Tyrrell Museum.

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bsb @blackshirtboy.bsky.social · Jul 31

Let's Keep Calling!

An image of a huge jackboot crushing a comic artist and a bunch of comic pages. The boot is marked by the logos for MasterCard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe. Below the image there is text which reads: Don't let Payment Processors tell YOU what you can buy! It is not a payment processor's role to decide what kind of content you can or cannot spend money on, so long as it is a legal transaction. Fight back against the unjust policies hurting artists and creators online!

https://yellat.money/
https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jul 30

Absolutely incredible!!!! Everything is off the charts!!!!

DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jul 27

YES LET’S GOOOOOO

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jul 21

Character line up for a comic idea of a sexy evil spider lady kidnapping a barbarian's alien boyfriend

A line up of characters. Sword and Sorcery themed. A sexy strong woman with a spider for a head and a scorpion stinger spear. Her goon has a fly for a head with a grasshopper leg as a weapon. A muscular hairy barbarian ho's sword has a long handle. A little translucent green gooey alien.

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · Jul 15

CALL FOR PALAEOARTISTS!

The Palestine Museum of Natural History 🇵🇸 is in a dire need of a PALAEOARTIST. A voluntary artist is needed to create a mural diorama featuring Cretaceous Sea. Help to protect & popularise the natural heritage of Palestine! Get in touch for more info.

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jul 6

I like that cute lil castle

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jul 6

YES!

DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jul 3

I always loved his costume in this film. Iirc he had two laser guns at the end and he looked like he was having fun.

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jun 30

LOVE the loudest possible squish sound for his blink

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jun 30

This film unrelentingly beautiful and sad

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TrueRef by Abbey Esparza @trueref.bsky.social · Jun 27

This. And phrase it as state rights, which this is obviously and absolute slap in the face to.

Zachary Berger @zacharyberger.bsky.social · Jun 26

The US ban on state AI regulation may be voted on in the senate very soon. If you live in one of these states - FL, MO, TX, TN, WI, AK, ME - please call your senators & ask them to remove the "state AI regulation ban" in the budget reconciliation bill NOW! Link to call & what to say in next post 1/

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DJ Crumrine @djcrumrine.bsky.social · Jun 12

Yes sir, happy birthday 🫡

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