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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 1d

Flat illustration of a Wood Pigeon, Magpie, and Robin in a parade-line stride holding autumn leaves up high with their beaks! (UK birds as I am there right now on vacation!)

Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 1d

My 19 yo just arrived from it. Waves have been arriving from different schools at different times, but it's still going on. Didn't mention any active repression.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 1d

sorry for breaking the thread, my typo was glaring

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 1d

"Tu peux me faire confiance"" is probably the proper French, but if you miss the tone, you end up sounding like Joe Pesci in a mafia movie.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 1d

I guess. The "French" is... dubious in that sentence, but it would work. My 15 yo says "chu chill", where French is also dubious. She feels that if you are talking to a person who is trying to assess your safeness the also very French "T'es good" would work better (as you are at a good place).

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 1d

I've been listening t @midnightburger.bsky.social for a few weeks now. I have just encountered Yosef, but Yosef is my favorite. I know he will probably not come back, but he is hilarious in his back hand comments.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 2d

3 tiers school system in Qc has killed the social mix. The fact that he went to a pivate cegep on top of it? He never had to confront any kind of diversity in his life. Sadly, there's a lot of these in politics, cause politics requires cash and connexion. And boy do they love their connexion!

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Département de géographie, Université de Montréal @geographieudem.bsky.social · 2d

Notre département recrute ! Nous cherchons un.e professeur.e spécialisé dans l'étude des transformations socio-écologiques, l’écologie politique, les changements climatiques, la justice environnementale et/ou la géographie des risques et infrastructures/réseaux.

Date limite le 10 novembre !

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 2d

The only way I can remember to do alt text:

Screenshot of the accessibility option in Bluesky to activate the part where the site forces you to do alt text before sending "publish". It's the French version.

I was legit gonna forget alt text in the alt text discussion if it wasn't for that feature....

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 2d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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Temporal Ecology Lab @temporalecology.bsky.social · 2d

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 2d

I learned the word defenestration in Prague back in 1996 (I think). They did use the technique numerous times. I didn't think then it would be useful word in modern times.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenes...

Murielle S @frenchieinlimbo.bsky.social · 2d

The 87-year-old editor-in-chief of Pravda died after falling from his window in #Moscow.
metro.co.uk/2025/10/06/r...

Russian newspaper head mysteriously falls 70ft to his death from a window

The veteran publisher died on Saturday. Police are investigating the 'strange death'.

metro.co.uk

Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 4d

poutine, & bike should give people the good cues.

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Jacques Nacouzi @jacouzi.bsky.social · 4d

Mises à jour. Je risque de manquer d'espace si ça continue!
#polmtl

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 4d

I currently have work on display at La Maison de la Littérature and in four libraries (bibliothèques Gabrielle-Roy, Paul-Aimé-Paiement et Monique-Corriveau) in Quebec City. Thanks to @editions_alto for sorting this all out.

A poster drawn by Tom Gauld. A cabinet which looks like a six panel comic. It contains a variety of things: a castle, a drawing machine, a gallery, a sphere containing a princess and a robot, an insect, an artist, a cat, etc. A speech bubble emanating from the machine reads 'Tom a Quebec'

A sketchbook page filled with text and doodles in black ink.

La Maison de la Littérature, Quebec.
Du 30 Septembre au 16 Novembre 2025.
Dans l'atelier de Tom propose une immersion au coeur de l'œuvre du célèbre bédéiste et illustrateur britannique Tom Gauld, à qui l'on doit, entre autres, La revanche des bibliothécaires, En cuisine avec Kafka et La physique pour les chats. Profitez d'un accès privilégié aux coulisses de la création grâce à des planches originales, des bandes dessinées tirées de ses livres et une série de carnets - le tout accompagné de commentaires de l'auteur. Divers éléments ludiques et interactifs issus de son univers

Bibliothèque de Québec.
Du 20 Septembre au 21 Janvier.
Tom à Québec.
Plongez dans l'univers pétillant et décalé de Tom Gauld, bédéiste britannique qui a conquis les lecteurs du journal The Guardian et les amoureux et amoureuses du livre. Au détour d'un rayon où se cache peut-être un ouvrage inusité, un robot chuteur, un lutin ou un extraterrestre lettré, vous serez surpris par l'humour et la subtilité des vignettes présentées un peu partout sur les murs.
Au programme : planches de format géant, signalétique ludique, casse-tête, cartes postales et des activités pour petits et grands!

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

PSPP would totally be doubling down on what the CAQ is leaving behind. I have the feeling they just have the exact same discourse, but people want a change of face so they'll vote for them - blanc bonnet, bonnet blanc.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

Il réussira pas à avoir son "grand projet d'égoo", mais il VEUT laisser marque, faque il détruit tout sur son passage.

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

We can work to avoid 2, hence 3 though. Or at least try. She talks a lot to people who are not Montreal voters.

On pensait que Poilièvre était inévitable. Le résultat actuel n'est pas reluisant, mais il n'est pas Poilièvre. On peut espérer ne pas avoir SMF.

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Andrew Berkshire @berkshire.bsky.social · 5d

The petition to draft legislation that would create actual consequences for politicians knowingly spreading misinformation is nearing 30,000 signatures in Canada. In general I don't think petitions get much done, but this is worth it: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition e-6679 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

Je vais pouvoir emprunter le véhicule de ma mère pour faire une couple d'affaires, mais je multiplie les détours pour rien...

Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

Le service de flex de communauto qui plante un jour de grève des transports, ça complique quand même un peu les plans. Mais bon, c'est clairement pas voulu...

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 6d

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.

Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.

www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

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Sara @sarabcmtl.bsky.social · 5d

a man and a woman are looking at each other and the man is asking " both "

Alt: 2 main characters from Disney's The road of El Dorade are looking at each other and saying "both? both? both. Both is good"

media.tenor.com

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Le Devoir @ledevoir.com · 6d

Le regard de notre caricaturiste Godin sur l'actualité du 2 octobre 2025 👉https://bit.ly/46wPhFR

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 6d

One of the vehicles is a lifestyle choice, the other is practical transportation, yet our tax dollars are used to pay for the damage done by those subscribing to the vehicular arms race by choice.

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