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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 8h

Canadian octopus beer

can of beer called octopus wants to fight. IPA. Image is an angry looking octopus with boxing gloves on four arms and a couple of scattered bandaids.

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 10h

blue jay leaning forward toward you, showing its splendid wing and tail feathers

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 10h

a blue jay on a branch looking intently at something out of the photo

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 12h

a blue jay on a branch looking a little concerned

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 13h

Newfoundland

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 13h

Toronto

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 16h

Legendary

A plaque commemorating Conrad the raccoon who perished on the mean streets of Toronto in 2015 and lay there for long enough that the neighbourhood put up a makeshift memorial with candles and flowers.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 18h

I'm the most famous eel historian in the world! How is that not great?

Also, I've met tons of wonderful people & made some of my very best friends. I've been able to launch a whole new career as a mapmaker & artist. I've been profiled in TIME, saved some eels, & shared the spaniel with the world.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 19h

ghouls

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 20h

oh no! So sorry to hear that.
I hope you heal quickly and get out of there soon.

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 20h

Have you been following the thread on pigs?

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 23h

Today in marine invertebrates
Happy World Octopus Day to all who celebrate!

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 23h

Some of my octopus prints for World Octopus Day this October 8! 🧪🐡🐙

First up my lino block print of a charming Grimpoteuthis octopus, one of a genus of pelagic cirrate (finned) octopods known as the dumbo octopuses. The fins reminded scientists of ears of the elephant in Disney’s 1941 film Dumbo.

My 9.25” x 12.5” Lino block print of a Grimpoteuthis octopus, one of a genus of pelagic cirrate (finned) octopods known as the dumbo octopuses. The octopus is mostly bluish with red at the top and on its ear-like fins. Its tentacles are brown and all spiralling up close to its body. The dark water around it is blue-black.

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

hush

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Dr. Joanna and her Evil Hellhounds @jlphistory.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian friends! This is a small thing we can do to keep reminding the federal government that we care about these issues. They can't claim it's not important if the petition gets a lot of signatures. They are OUR government and we need to hold them to account!

Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 1d

Sign the new House of Commons e-petition calling on the Government of Canada to strengthen protections for LGBTQ+ people worldwide and reaffirm Canada’s role as a safe haven.

Thank you to MP Rob Oliphant for sponsoring this important petition.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 1d

Sign the new House of Commons e-petition calling on the Government of Canada to strengthen protections for LGBTQ+ people worldwide and reaffirm Canada’s role as a safe haven.

Thank you to MP Rob Oliphant for sponsoring this important petition.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

Today in marine invertebrates

the blue jay of nudibranches. Blue with black stripes and some white trimming.

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

do they get to keep it?

Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

Then there's Robert pickton

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

Subway this morning was so crowded it was impossible to stuff another human being into the train. Dozens of us left behind at the station.
Now I have to plan an extra 20 minutes into my commute to walk to the next "discharge" station, where more people leave than get on.
@ttcriders.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d

Seems to work for me. It is a support not a fix

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 2d

When seeing headlines like this, from a Canadian perspective it's a reminder that our federal government doesn't even give grants like this in the first place. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars

The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...

www.bloomberg.com

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Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · 2d

The paperback edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots is out today from Timber Press @hachetteus.bsky.social! Thanks to all the readers who have picked up the hardcover and ebook over the past year (or listened to the audiobook) and spread the word 🙏📖💚

Paperback editions of A Natural History of Empty Lots in a box

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 2d

That is the weirdest variation on nudel kugel i have ever heard of. But that is what it is.

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 2d

PM Mark Carney is trying to create Trump-style borders and surveillance with his Strong Borders Act. Demand he respect our rights and treat people with care and dignity. Withdraw Bill C-2! #stopbillC2 act.gp/3GMk2wj #cdnpoli

Tell Carney: We don’t want Trump-style borders & surveillance state!

Sign this petition to defend our human rights and privacy

act.gp

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