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Storm in the morning light I feel, no more can I say Frozen to myself I got nobody on my side And surely that ain't right Surely that ain't right -Portishead

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 10d

Where Landscape Dances: An Afternoon with Les Scénographies‑Paysages: Attending yesterday at the Mackenzie King Estate on a clear autumn afternoon was like stepping into a dialogue between movement, memory, and place. #Dance #NAC 🇨🇦

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Where Landscape Dances: An Afternoon with Les Scénographies‑Paysages

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 17h

As a family, we used to play Stock Ticker which taught me to ruthlessly exploit both workers and resources. Never heard of King Oil though!

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Stock Ticker - Wikipedia

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 17h

Is the answer lack of accessible drinking water, no government oversight, and a clear violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the province?

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 17h

I miss Madrid and loved not only Guernica but the preliminary works that Picasso made for this work that can be found in the adjoining rooms. Early sketches of the bull are spectacular! TY Awesome shot!

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 17h

Oh how I wish for some journalistic integrity in Canada.

Amplifying the lies of politicians who are controlled by the same entities that advertise on media outlets has been a recipe for undermining democracy.

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 17h

Wishing I was on my boat right now NGL... Great shot, as always!

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 17h

You assume that the Democratic Party is different than the Republican Party but both are controlled by capital i.e. billionaires.

Look at what is happening in NY City where an outsider is running on a real people's platform of affordability and the Democratic Party elites are nowhere to be found.

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 17h

Beautiful. I find it difficult to capture the essence of movement from a dancer, especially ballet, but you have done a great job! I love how the reflections show the dancer in the varied form of the same posture, almost interjecting motion into your still frame.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18h

Former #Ontario hospital exec and construction company president guilty of fraud tied to $300M project

Judge finds Vas Georgiou and John Aquino took steps to steer major contract to Aquino's company

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Former Ontario hospital exec and construction company president guilty of fraud tied to $300M project | CBC News

Former hospital CAO Vas Georgiou and one-time construction magnate John Aquino have each been found guilty of fraud for skewing the procurement process for a major renovation to a downtown Toronto hos...

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 18h

Fraud? In Ontario? Shocking, said no one.

Corruption is a key marker on the march to authoritarianism. But who cares, right? It's just corruption by elites in health, housing, education, infrastructure, security, and the environment.

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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 18h

Non-market housing is to housing as public healthcare is to healthcare.

It doesn't solve everything, but it provides a firm foundation. It enables people to survive without being squeezed for every cent by greedy middle-men. Housing, like healthcare, is a basic need, and should be treated as such.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18h

The business case for non-profit housing – why building affordable is more than ‘helping the poor’ #Canada

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The business case for non-profit housing – why building affordable is more than ‘helping the poor’

With limited government resources to tackle the housing crisis and a private sector focused on what’s most profitable, a business model more commonly used in Europe is beginning to offer up a potentia...

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 2d

Elites don't care about your feelings, only their greed. You think senior mgmt at the BBC is going to have trouble finding lucrative jobs from their friends? CBC in Canada has been going through the same thing with mgmt sabotaging the public broadcaster. Destroy, then privatize = profit$.

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 2d

Laid up with a leg injury and limited mobility, I have turned to audiobooks to supplement my reading. I'm so bored😔

'Living with the Devil' by Stephen Batchelor explores good and evil through Buddhism, framing the devil as anything that blocks freedom and growth.
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Living with the Devil by Stephen Batchelor | Penguin Random House Canada

Stephen Batchelor's seminal work on humanity's struggle between good and evil

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 2d

This is awesome! Everyone deserves to enjoy both the tricking and the treating! 🎃

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 2d

Flat earth theory belongs to a bouquet of conspiracies designed to hook the gullible; once accepted, aliens, chemtrails, and moon-landing denial follow. It is less about evidence than making 'truth' a badge of rebellion, casting believers as heroic underdogs and easy tools for political manipulation

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, the same in Canada. Our Tories have lost any claim to serious leadership and have become a machine for provocative sound bites. But really, it is not just politics in decay it is inequality in ascendance driven by billionaires who hoard wealth and power and have no intention of sharing it.

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 2d

Wow!!!

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! Great review. This vanished symbolic ecology that Slimak mourns seems similar to the Great Chain of Being and to Eliade’s concept of the cosmos as hierophany, a world where every presence, from stone to spirit, revealed meaning and sustained humanity’s orientation within existence.

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 4d

Gabriel Dharmoo’s Wanmansho transforms orchestral music into ritual and myth, blending voice, breathwork, and theatre. Paired with Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, the NAC Orchestra explores heroism past and present, under Alexander Shelley’s final season.

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Ritual, Myth, and Mediation: Dharmoo and Strauss at the NAC

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 7d

It's #WaterfallWednesday and while Skútafoss wasn't an impressive falls, it had a fantastic framing device.
#photography #WaterfallsWednesday #Iceland #hiking #caves #WaterWednesday

Skútafoss is a small waterfall that when we were there was split into two falls separated by several dozen feet. The view of the waterfall is from the right side inside a small cave. The roof and sides of the cave are framing the waterfalls and the ridge along side it. The waterfall is in eastern Iceland not too far from the town of Höfn.

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 8d

The Rebel Alliance is doomed.

--Darth Vader

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 8d

Very cool. Listen to the #ReconcileThis anthem from Indigenous hip-hop artist MC RedCloud!

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#ReconcileThis

#ReconcileThis is a multi-year initiative to uplift and amplify Indigenous voices by activating and sharing stories, languages, cultures and perspectives through provocative digital performances and c...

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 8d

no alt text? would love to know where these are from?

idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 8d

Conservatives always think they can contain the fascists but never do. These are your people Doug.

It's like how Liberals abandon Progressives to side with the Conservatives, it never works out for them and all we get is more austerity and more inequality.

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AndiF @aferguson.bsky.social · 8d

The Hólmanes-Eskifjörður Nature Preserve was my favorite hike of the trip to #Iceland. It had it all -- scenic variety, an interesting and challenging trail, critters, flowers, and solitude.
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#photography #fjords #wildflowers #rocks

This trail is on the east coast of Iceland. The photo looks across Reyðarfjörður to the snow-covered mountains on the other side. The water is very still and there are several large rocks (tiny islands?) exposed in it. In the foreground is a rugged terrain with a mix of lava and greenery.

This is the eightpetal mountain-avens which is the national flower of Iceland. The flower is found on stalks 1-4 inches long (3–10 cm) long, and has eight rounded white petals with yellow inner bits.

A large, triangle-shaped sheer cliff with rugged walls dominates the photo. It is flat on top. In the background are the waters of Eskifjörður with a gull or tern flying overhead and many small ducks that appear as dots on the water.

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idonthaveacoolname 🇨🇦 @idonthaveacoolname.bsky.social · 8d

To quote someone else: I don't want LLM to write text or create illustrations for me, I want AI to clean my floors and my washroom so that I can have more time to write and to draw!

Techbros get billions to do the easy part and never do the hard things that deserve the money. It is just hubris.