Gina
@gointy.bsky.social
Doing my best
Currently in Lekwungen territory
Currently in Lekwungen territory
Yeah!! I meant to take a photo but I think they were gone by the time I went back.
January 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Yeah!! I meant to take a photo but I think they were gone by the time I went back.
I just went out for a nature walk and tried out Merlin for the first time, and then I log on here and see a bunch more cute birds!!
January 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I just went out for a nature walk and tried out Merlin for the first time, and then I log on here and see a bunch more cute birds!!
I'm shocked it's so expensive for the service provided! Here in Victoria, they just raised it from 2.50 to 3.00 last year. I still have my complaints about the bus service here, but it's easily one of the best I've experienced in the country.
December 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm shocked it's so expensive for the service provided! Here in Victoria, they just raised it from 2.50 to 3.00 last year. I still have my complaints about the bus service here, but it's easily one of the best I've experienced in the country.
Out of the 48 I've read so far, these are the ones that stuck with me in some way. Enjoy! Or don't!
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Out of the 48 I've read so far, these are the ones that stuck with me in some way. Enjoy! Or don't!
This was maybe the one epic fantasy that I really enjoyed this year. Weird death cults mixed with some classic adventuring, I had a good time.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbc423...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbc423...
Grave Empire by Richard Swan
From critically acclaimed author Richard Swan, Grave Empire begins the epic tale of an empire on ...
app.thestorygraph.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This was maybe the one epic fantasy that I really enjoyed this year. Weird death cults mixed with some classic adventuring, I had a good time.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbc423...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbc423...
Werewolves in India! Also way hornier than I was expecting, and some pretty gnarly cannibalism.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/593266...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/593266...
The Devourers by Indra Das
On a cool evening in Kolkata, India, beneath a full moon, as the whirling rhythms of traveling mu...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Werewolves in India! Also way hornier than I was expecting, and some pretty gnarly cannibalism.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/593266...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/593266...
Okay I got a little pissy about the portrayal of medieval England but then everything else about the book was so good I moved on. Read if you want a book about a pandemic in 1320 and also 2020 written in the 90s...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/4bd67c...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/4bd67c...
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
One of the most respected and awarded of all contemporary science fiction writers, Connie Willis ...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Okay I got a little pissy about the portrayal of medieval England but then everything else about the book was so good I moved on. Read if you want a book about a pandemic in 1320 and also 2020 written in the 90s...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/4bd67c...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/4bd67c...
A future dystopian Toronto where the core has been cut off from the rest of the province. I hadn't ever read Nalo Hopkinson's work before but I am keen to read more now
app.thestorygraph.com/books/57a520...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/57a520...
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
In this "impressive debut" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young ...
app.thestorygraph.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A future dystopian Toronto where the core has been cut off from the rest of the province. I hadn't ever read Nalo Hopkinson's work before but I am keen to read more now
app.thestorygraph.com/books/57a520...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/57a520...
Basically this entire series, but especially the first two books are some of my all time favourites. A meditation on guilt and grief and moving forward but with elves and goblins.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/03af25...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/03af25...
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, The Goblin E...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Basically this entire series, but especially the first two books are some of my all time favourites. A meditation on guilt and grief and moving forward but with elves and goblins.
app.thestorygraph.com/books/03af25...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/03af25...
I've been reading more nonfiction this year, and especially memoirs and personal histories. This was one of the best
app.thestorygraph.com/books/b765b6...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/b765b6...
The Knowing by Tanya Talaga
From Tanya Talaga, the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Seven Fallen Feathers, co...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've been reading more nonfiction this year, and especially memoirs and personal histories. This was one of the best
app.thestorygraph.com/books/b765b6...
app.thestorygraph.com/books/b765b6...
We've got Chapters, which is more or less the same ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I'm always happy to support my local bookstore!
December 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We've got Chapters, which is more or less the same ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I'm always happy to support my local bookstore!
No Barnes and Noble in Canada, but I'll keep an eye out for it at my local bookstore!
December 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
No Barnes and Noble in Canada, but I'll keep an eye out for it at my local bookstore!
I haven't seen any official statements from them, but the journalism coming out of @thediscourse.ca has been slow and thoughtful. They're doing essential work in Vancouver Island communities.
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I haven't seen any official statements from them, but the journalism coming out of @thediscourse.ca has been slow and thoughtful. They're doing essential work in Vancouver Island communities.
I believe it. Maine Coons are the best!
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I believe it. Maine Coons are the best!
Okay, amazing. What is this incredible creature's name?
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Okay, amazing. What is this incredible creature's name?
My absolute favourite movie that I saw this year. I have a deep fondness for anything Winnipeg, and Universal Language also managed to hit that perfect funny and melancholy balance for me
boxd.it/BlwA
boxd.it/BlwA
Universal Language (2024)
Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists...
boxd.it
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My absolute favourite movie that I saw this year. I have a deep fondness for anything Winnipeg, and Universal Language also managed to hit that perfect funny and melancholy balance for me
boxd.it/BlwA
boxd.it/BlwA
I'm still trying to decide where this one falls for me in the Benoit Blanc cinematic universe, but it's good regardless.
boxd.it/uAKS
boxd.it/uAKS
Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks th...
boxd.it
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'm still trying to decide where this one falls for me in the Benoit Blanc cinematic universe, but it's good regardless.
boxd.it/uAKS
boxd.it/uAKS