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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 7h

A wonderful programme on many levels, may it continue ❤️
@nationalgalleries.bsky.social

#Scotland

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National Galleries celebrates 15 years of dementia sessions

Tours and interactive sessions are offered for those with the condition and their families.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 19h

Yess 👏 👏

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 1d

In search of your child-friendly #Toronto suggestions 🦝

A friend is visiting the city next week with her three and five-year-old for a few days (based in Liberty Village), and so far on the list: Brickworks, High Park, Islands, (rainy day ROM or Aquarium)
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View of the Toronto skyline framed by tall trees on the Toronto Islands. People are sitting on a bench looking towards the city across a the inner harbour.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 1d

📍 Kensington Market #Toronto

Mural of three rabbits on the side of a brick building by a set of fire stairs. Art by John Nobrega.

Mural on a garage door in a laneway depicting a large tiger face with the Palestinian flag overlaid on top. Art signed by Steam.

Mural on a garage door in a laneway depicting a larger than life raccoon walking the streets of Kensington market. Art by Colin Tea.

Mural on a garage door in a laneway depicting a bay of water on a lake with a tree-lined, rocky shoreline and pink sky overhead. A large tree painted in the foreground aligns with the top of a real tree growing behind the garage. Art by Colin Tea.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 2d

📍Biidaasige Park, 51 Commissioners Street #Toronto
Sat, October 25, 5:30 - 6:30pm

Lanterns, puppets, and costumes light the Don River at dusk in a community procession celebrating renewal, art, and connection.
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Text: The Don River Awakens. October 25, Biidassige Park. Public Great.

Background image of river water.

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 16d

This is my local bookshop's website artwork. Love them. <3

And yes they are on Bluesky! @anotherstoryto.bsky.social

Artwork of several green books on a shelf - in between several of the books is a stylized (and out of scale) version of the entryway to the bookstore "Another Story", showing the door, a window full of books, and a pride flag. Below the artwork are the words "Educate - Organize - Resist"

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 2d

Year 3 and no swallows have yet used these compensation nest boxes (for the nests destroyed on the rest of the site).

Two raised wooden triangular roofed structures on tall wooden stilts in a park. They are intended to provide a nesting area for barn swallows.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 2d

📍 Trillium Park, Ontario Place

#Toronto

Sunrise over a marina on the Toronto waterfront. Pink, yellow, and orange light is reflected in the calm water where a few boats are moored.

Sunrise over the Toronto waterfront, viewed through a row of trees in a park. Vibrant orange light on the horizon.

Sunrise over the Toronto waterfront viewed from a park. In the foreground, boulder formations are surrounded by evergreen trees with a path running alongside. The Toronto skyline is visible in the distance over a bay of water.

Sunrise over the Toronto islands viewed from across a channel of water.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 2d

📍 Hanlan’s/Gibraltar | Toronto Islands

Stretch of sandy beach and shallow clear water on the Toronto Islands shoreline.

Tree-lined sandy beach with shallow clear water on the Toronto Islands.

A juvenile black-crowned night heron perched on a log at the edge of a pond.

Sandy path among a patch of mixed evergreen and deciduous trees on the Toronto Islands.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 3d

Islands are calling.
#Toronto

View over the Toronto Islands at dawn from a tall apartment building. Yellow and orange light on the horizon and clear skies overhead.

A ferry on the inner harbour of Toronto, heading over to the Toronto Islands. Viewed from a boardwalk on the mainland, where two people are sitting on a bench looking out to the water, and two people are walking by. Tree branches hang overhead.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 3d

Midnight city | Nuit Blanche #Toronto

A city park with tall trees next to an illuminated red brick building at night. People are sitting on park benches and chairs, and standing in groups.

Large white orb lights hanging over a cluster of bars and restaurants with a busy crowd inside the WaterWorks building in Toronto.

Groups of people gathered in an outdoor courtyard surrounded by repurposed shipping containers at Stackt market in Toronto. In the centre is a tall UFO light installation.

Large outdoor patio at night at Stackt market, with benches full of people. String lights hanging overhead. Tall condo buildings in the background.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 3d

Reliving some of ‘A Lake Story’ magic tonight at the volunteer night.

The short film is playing all night at Harbourfront Centre Stage 💙

@thebentway.bsky.social #NuitBlanche #Toronto

A procession of colourful flags down by the Toronto waterfront at night. The CN tower and condo buildings in the background.

Outdoor film screen showing a scene of a procession of canoes on Toronto’s waterfront, each one with a different coloured tall flag.

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More Neighbours Toronto @moreneighboursto.bsky.social · 3d

If you've finished with baseball, stop by North York Centre for #NuitBlanche. Someone (not us!) cut up Toronto's bylaws to make new ones. It's art!
Make your own edit: futureperfectbyelaws.com

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Sonia Sulaiman is an Ignyte Award Finalist @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 7d

So, I'm making a video game based on Palestinian folklore. It's called Thursday of the Dead, and you can talk to a Palestinian ghouleh. It will have branching narrative, and art all made by a human (me). I need exactly $100 to launch it on Steam when it's finished.

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Buy SoniaSulaiman a Coffee

Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 3d

In @thegrindto.bsky.social by sid sharp

#Toronto

Illustration in Toronto Magazine, The Grind titled “Choose Your Next Crush. Four drawings titled: aggressive autumnal patio wasp, everyone on the Dufferin bus polycule, mysterious voice coming from the garrison creek manhole cover, sky dome.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 5d

Oh great, on my commute.

A large billboard in Toronto advertising the redevelopment of Ontario Place, conspicuously any image or mention of the large private spa which part of the project.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible 🔥

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 6d

Three days later.
#OntarioPlace

The West Island at Ontario place viewed from the water. An empty space once filled with trees on a rocky shoreline on Toronto’s waterfront. Black fencing surrounds the perimeter.

The West Island at Ontario place viewed from the water. A cleared space once filled with trees is now piles of mulch on a rocky shoreline on Toronto’s waterfront. Black fencing surrounds the perimeter.

A pebble beach on Toronto’s waterfront with large fencing along the shoreline.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 6d

A year ago today I paddled around the West Island at Ontario Place - all summer looking at the trees from the water.

Unknowingly this was the last evening they stood, as they were cut down that night.

The West Island at Ontario place viewed from the water. A tree-lined rocky shoreline on Toronto’s waterfront.

The West Island at Ontario place viewed from the water. A tree-lined rocky shoreline on Toronto’s waterfront. Black fencing surrounds the perimeter.

A juvenile black-crowned night heron perched on a rock on the Toronto shoreline.

The West Island at Ontario place viewed from the water. A tree-lined rocky shoreline on Toronto’s waterfront. Some leaves have turned orange.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 6d

“Beirut’s Public Prosecutor ultimately charged Riad Salameh—along with his brother Raja and his assistant Marianne Hoayek—with crimes including public funds embezzlement, forgery, illicit enrichment, money laundering, and tax evasion.

…Salameh has obstructed legal proceedings since then.”
#Lebanon

Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 9d

On Friday, former Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh was released from custody after paying $14 million in bail.

So why was he in detention in the first place? And what charges is he facing? @timep.bsky.social's new resource lays it all out: timep.org/2025/09/26/a...

Breaking Down the Cases Against Riad Salameh in Lebanon

Lebanon’s former central bank governor Riad Salameh was just released after spending one year in pretrial detention for allegations of embezzlement. Here is a summary of some of the main cases against...

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 6d

Autumn sky.
#Toronto

The Toronto skyline at dawn with pink light across the horizon and a clear blue sky overhead.

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Kate Louise Powell @katelouisepowell.bsky.social · 13d

I feel truly honoured to have been chosen to design this year’s Radical Book Fair poster hosted by Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Bookshop 🖤📖 I’m so happy with how this turned out and I can’t wait for the event 📚

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Ecology Ottawa @ecologyottawa.bsky.social · 12d

To honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sep 30, we asked one our Youth Council members, Aiyana Debassige Louis, an Ojibwe woman of the Anishinaabe nation, to write a reflection on the intersection of Reconciliation with ecological causes.

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Every Drop Matters: Rethinking our Relationship with Water

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Geographic Indigenous Futures Collaboratory @giflab.bsky.social · 8d

Every Child Matters.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 9d

Can hear the chatter of ruby-crowned kinglets from the water.

#Toronto

Sunrise by the Toronto skyline as viewed from a kayak on the water.

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