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Paul Foth

@paulrfoth.bsky.social

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Sparrow, lichen, music fan account Bird guide in the BC Cariboo Occasional scholar of of religious history Exile from the Salish Sea

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4h

And Sequim. I even once heard "Skagit" pronounced with a hard "g."

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4h

Puyallup

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

14EE is hard to find. Apparently I had a size 10EEEE great-grandfather.

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago manual of style pizza

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

So it follows that Cleopatra was a T. rex. #knowyourhistory

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

I've loved it for along time, but at the same time, it's also so annoying (Illinois and Michigan in particular).

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Lee Stevens @leestevens1.bsky.social · 2d

From a colonial modernity lens, we are conditioned not to question whether or not progress is good. Progress has become synonymous with “innovation” and we should probably start thinking about these terms more critically.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

I've been looking outside my usual US-Canada-UK sphere of music. Four new favourites are Seu Jorge, Rokia Traoré, Manu Chau, and Che Sudaka.

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 1d

How is it?

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 2d

An AI hologram of George Grant should do the trick.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 2d

And Jacques Ellul, Ivan Illich

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Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · 2d

Our belief in inevitable progress has become uncoupled from the belief that progress is good. And yet we still believe in its inevitability.

That's so dark, folks. So dark.

Where's George Grant when you need him?

Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · 2d

We blundered into a lot of problems because we were so impressed by the potential upsides of something that we didn't pay enough attention to the perils.

But that's not the case here. The perils are so obvious and the upsides so minuscule.

We are doing this because it feels inevitable. That's it.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here

For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 2d

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Orange-filtered photo of grand fir trunk

Orange-filtered photo of grand fir branches and needles

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 2d

I spent my morning emailing the regional eBird reviewer to change the filters for Yellow-rumped Warbler subspecies. How about you?
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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 3d

The fox:
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Red Fox in October 2025 by Paul Foth

inaturalist.ca

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 4d

I saw a fox and a Long-eared Owl today.

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Matt @gatesong.bsky.social · 5d

I was doing some research and you have to see this book cover ⚓

Screenshot of a book cover. A bald, heavily bearded man with a facial wound and wearing what looks like, I don't know, a Viking costume? grimaces amidst flying sparks in front of a red-and-orange background. It's very dramatic. The title is Foxe's Book of Martyrs: A History of the Lives, Sufferings and Deaths of the Early Christian and Protestant Martyrs. The author is John Foxe.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 5d

Pumpkin spice lichen season

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Photo of large mat of an orange sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans) showing heavy lobes and circular apothecia

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 5d

I would have pegged it as their next album, the worship album, that helped launch the big industry pivot to bland church choruses. Despite their Dylan cover.

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 6d

My chainsaw-noise camera has been repaired just in time for a flock of bluebirds (and no more chainsaw noise).

150 Mile House, BC
🪶🌿 #bcbirding #birds

Photo of pale-coloured Mountain Bluebird perched on red metal fence post, dark green and gray background.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 6d

Maybe?

Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 7d

OK, let's do this:

1 like = a little bit of time you wasted and will never get back.

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A Place For Owls @aplaceforowls.bsky.social · 7d

everybody, real quick!! cancel your spotify ~~~!!! pick up your guitar~~~ !! write a song ?? start a band -- attend many local shows \\\ become friends with everyone . . . live a life of kindness and purpose

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 7d

This is the crossover I was looking for

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American Birding Association @aba.org · 7d

What's your favorite national park for birding?

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