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Nix~🍉 @punklenix.bsky.social · 1d

"What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger."
IM STRONG ENOUGH ID RATHER EXPERIENCE THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME WHIMSICAL THANK YOU.

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H.B. Tyson @hbtyson.bsky.social · 11d

Sometimes I think about how my younger self would be impressed with what I'm currently creating. They'd be stoked that I took the time to develop the skills to make the art I wanted.

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Reports From Unknown Places @clever-reports.bsky.social · 5d

We report while the wind rises: the clouds are getting stretched to the width of the sky, brass and gold from the stormy sunset. In the east, nothing remains of the light already, but the rain is moving in from there, slowly enough to let the day wane in peace.

Digital painting of a sunset sky, fibrous clouds spread out in soft waves. There is bright orange and yellow glowing at the base of the clouds, and purple in the shadows.

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Julia Kaye, prettiest girl in the world @upandoutcomic.bsky.social · 5d

the tiny knight trilogy ⚔️

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 7d

Telling myself it is totes okay to just keep drawing self indulgent comic daily instead of some October Drawing Challenge... and saving myself for Cattemage in November.

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vaudree.bsky.social @vaudree.bsky.social · 7d

"My generation was never taught Canada’s darker history. It is a history that needs to be understood if we are going to move forward. Unfortunately, in the case of St. Anne’s Residential School, there is a significant amount of unfinished business."

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 7d

I spent 12 years working with the survivors of St. Anne's residential school in their attempt to get justice. The government spent millions fighting people who could barely afford the bus ride to the hearings.
There is no reconciliation without justice for St. Anne's.

substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Dark Shadow of the Residential Schools Remain

Last Wednesday, I stood at the gates of the abandoned Fort Qu’Appelle Residential School in Saskatchewan.

substack.com

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 7d

Never expressing a thing means never releasing that thing.

Talking about our pain & our past-- taking the risk to talk about it-- is not about "ruminating" or "wallowing." It's about preparing to let it go-- realistically, not in the superficial or dismissive "let it go" way.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13d

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.

Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 13d

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

www.cbc.ca

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 10d

I decided the refillable pen was a good idea, since... I keep drawing this project :D

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 11d

I ... just hit page 99 of rough drafts for my terrible, self indulgent comic project.

Should... I buy a refillable pen to celebrate?

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 18d

Huzzah!

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pastry / appreciator 🧁🎉 @strudelbrand.com · 19d

Hiiii this is ur reminder to plz come to our film screening tomorrow!! #yql

pastry / appreciator 🧁🎉 @strudelbrand.com · 22d

Come see our FILM + ART GALLERY! This Saturday, September 20th, in Lethbridge!

Everyone is invited + no cost for entry! We'll have refreshments, Movie Mill popcorn, guest artists & all the public art love you could ever ask for! #yql

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 18d

I'm hoping to be there, so long as a visitor thing gets worked out. I'll be bringing the goots. :D

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 22d

Report: At this point we are just trying to figure who Canadian Parliament WON'T give a standing ovation to

OTTAWA - After members of the Canadian Parliament earlier today gave a standing ovation to recently deceased far-right agitator who touted white supremacist theories, Charlie Kirk, we here at The Beaverton are stuck trying to figure out if there’s literally anyone our elected officials won’t celebrate.

www.thebeaverton.com

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · Sep 3

Good morning! 🪶

Burrowing owl with lots of molting, especially around her eyes, peeking out from her burrow.

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TheAutistech @theautistech.bsky.social · 28d

We have the "Curb Cut Effect" where we built something for disabled people and it's super useful for everyone and everyone uses it.

Is there an opposite term? Like for when non-disabled people find a disability tool and it becomes harder for disabled people to access? The Fidget Spinner Effect?

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · 27d

*wishing you the happiest of birfdays!*

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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 27d

This isn't how birding is supposed to work!

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Jules ★ Available for Work @beffalumps.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tbh I don't know a single artist who isn't struggling right now and those that aren't are likely 1-2 gigs away from struggling, so all these AI stans talking about knocking down the "creative elite"...

You aren't eating the rich you're eating your neighbors + helping the rich while you're at it.

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pastry / appreciator 🧁🎉 @strudelbrand.com · Sep 6

TODAY IN LETHBRIDGE! Sept 6, 5pm - 7pm @ Trianon Gallery

pastry / appreciator 🧁🎉 @strudelbrand.com · Sep 2

Come see #Lethbridge through the eyes of 30+ artists. We took photos of 53 different blank spaces in the city, got them printed big on canvases & gave them to creatives to (re)imagine into public art.

The art they created is on exhibit for the first time Saturday, September 6th. Free to attend!

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · Sep 7

I'm glad you liked it :D

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · Sep 6

I hope to come check it out. I even made best contact cards ever......

drawing of a goose shooting lasers from its eyes

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · Sep 6

Enjoy it extra for me.

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snowbringer.bsky.social @snowbringer.bsky.social · Sep 6

I'm not going to be able to make it to this. (Go go second asthma attack of the day after week of smoke.) But you could. :)

pastry / appreciator 🧁🎉 @strudelbrand.com · Sep 2

Come see #Lethbridge through the eyes of 30+ artists. We took photos of 53 different blank spaces in the city, got them printed big on canvases & gave them to creatives to (re)imagine into public art.

The art they created is on exhibit for the first time Saturday, September 6th. Free to attend!

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TheAutistech @theautistech.bsky.social · Sep 6

Tuktoyuktuk Community Corporation is giving cleaning supplies away to residents. Which is good. Last time my cousin bought some it was over $250 (jug of Mr Clean, large TP pack, large paper towels, jug of bleach, garbage bags).

Subsidies for stores to bring things north did NOTHING to lower costs.

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