Laura Kemp
@laukemp.bsky.social
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Boxing Day means you should ignore the ads blaring mediocre sales, and instead stay at home in your jammies reading and eating vast quantities of cheese while lightly day drinking. My annual rant (from the Sault, where by bylaw all the stores are closed): www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Get ready for those hot Boxing Day deals – and do absolutely nothing
You could hunt for deals and shop ‘til you drop, or you could stay home and make it an improved version of Christmas with none of its obligations or pressures
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Boxing Day means you should ignore the ads blaring mediocre sales, and instead stay at home in your jammies reading and eating vast quantities of cheese while lightly day drinking. My annual rant (from the Sault, where by bylaw all the stores are closed): www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Sunset with Deer
Maud Lewis
c. 1964
Maud Lewis
c. 1964
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sunset with Deer
Maud Lewis
c. 1964
Maud Lewis
c. 1964
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Home for Christmas
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Home for Christmas
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
Maud Lewis
c. 1958
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Christmas Mass
Clarence Gagnon
1928-1933
Clarence Gagnon
1928-1933
December 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Christmas Mass
Clarence Gagnon
1928-1933
Clarence Gagnon
1928-1933
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Odjig Family; Father, Mother, Grandfather, Stanley, Daphne, Donald, Winnie, Xmas, Dec 25th
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1986
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1986
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Odjig Family; Father, Mother, Grandfather, Stanley, Daphne, Donald, Winnie, Xmas, Dec 25th
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1986
Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe
1986
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In the Mountains (A Northern Nativity)
William Kurelek
1975
William Kurelek
1975
December 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In the Mountains (A Northern Nativity)
William Kurelek
1975
William Kurelek
1975
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Western Grain
Robert Newton Hurley
1944
Robert Newton Hurley
1944
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Western Grain
Robert Newton Hurley
1944
Robert Newton Hurley
1944
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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and city council have done an end-run around Premier Doug Ford's anti-bike lane law. A new bylaw passed today allows the city to build a suite of new bike lanes that won't run afoul of the provincial rules.
Toronto finds path forward for bike lanes without breaking Ford government rules
City council has approved 20 kilometres of new bike lanes, which will be built without the removal of vehicle lanes, making them legal under the Ford government's Bill 60.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
19 (never had AOL)
Aren’t record players pretty popular, or is a record player technically different from a turntable? 😂
Aren’t record players pretty popular, or is a record player technically different from a turntable? 😂
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
19 (never had AOL)
Aren’t record players pretty popular, or is a record player technically different from a turntable? 😂
Aren’t record players pretty popular, or is a record player technically different from a turntable? 😂
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Metro Station with Icebergs
Peter D. Harris
2021
Peter D. Harris
2021
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Metro Station with Icebergs
Peter D. Harris
2021
Peter D. Harris
2021
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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Les enfants de la ville
Jean Paul Lemieux
1965
Jean Paul Lemieux
1965
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Les enfants de la ville
Jean Paul Lemieux
1965
Jean Paul Lemieux
1965
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Wandering Child
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1981
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1981
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Wandering Child
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1981
Alex Janvier ~ Denesuline
1981
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Lake Wonish
Anne Savage
n.d.
Anne Savage
n.d.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lake Wonish
Anne Savage
n.d.
Anne Savage
n.d.
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The year is 2025, and the NSA is recruiting the nation’s top poets
This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The year is 2025, and the NSA is recruiting the nation’s top poets
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person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
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Owl of the Sea
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1977
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1977
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Owl of the Sea
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1977
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1977
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This phone in Barry's Bay, Ontario is on the highway where the payphone madness began over four years ago. I've been past this grocery store many times since but somehow only spotted the phone in August. A friendly watchman was proud of it (Chamonix57N1, Schneider 180mmf5.6 APO Symmar, Kodak TXP320)
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This phone in Barry's Bay, Ontario is on the highway where the payphone madness began over four years ago. I've been past this grocery store many times since but somehow only spotted the phone in August. A friendly watchman was proud of it (Chamonix57N1, Schneider 180mmf5.6 APO Symmar, Kodak TXP320)
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Better designed streets, complemented by better alternatives to driving, are absolutely a better way to reduce speeding and dangerous driving, but the thing is that *we have to actually build them.*
Speed cameras are the relatively cheap response to realizing we already screwed up.
Speed cameras are the relatively cheap response to realizing we already screwed up.
New Abacus Data polling finds Ontarians prefer traffic calming infrastructure over automated speed cameras.
Half say measures like speed bumps, roundabouts and police enforcement are more effective.
Full results: abacusdata.ca/ontarians-o...
Half say measures like speed bumps, roundabouts and police enforcement are more effective.
Full results: abacusdata.ca/ontarians-o...
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Better designed streets, complemented by better alternatives to driving, are absolutely a better way to reduce speeding and dangerous driving, but the thing is that *we have to actually build them.*
Speed cameras are the relatively cheap response to realizing we already screwed up.
Speed cameras are the relatively cheap response to realizing we already screwed up.
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Eye of the Beholder
Robert Davidson ~ Haida
1993
Robert Davidson ~ Haida
1993
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Eye of the Beholder
Robert Davidson ~ Haida
1993
Robert Davidson ~ Haida
1993
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Morning Parade
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1944
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1944
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Morning Parade
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1944
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
1944
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Main Street
Alex Colville
1979
Alex Colville
1979
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Main Street
Alex Colville
1979
Alex Colville
1979
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Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.
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Stay alert: Fake QR codes are sometimes posted on Ottawa Pay & Display machines that link to a fraudulent PayByPhone site. Never scan! If you see one, call 311. If you fall victim, call Ottawa Police at 613-236-1222 and your credit card provider.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Stay alert: Fake QR codes are sometimes posted on Ottawa Pay & Display machines that link to a fraudulent PayByPhone site. Never scan! If you see one, call 311. If you fall victim, call Ottawa Police at 613-236-1222 and your credit card provider.