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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 1d

One of my best experiences to date at Service Ontario to renew my drivers licence and health card. Making an appointment in advance really speeds things up. I was in and out in 15 min. Both cards renewed with a new photo taken and some pleasant chit chat with the rep.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 3d

Go Jays Go! @bluejays.com let’s do it!!! #TorontoBlueJays #Baseball #dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 3d

Sadly it almost all eventually will when however much has been spread on the roads and walkways of the city melt into the drains in the springtime.

James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 4d

That’s just one about 4 huge ridges/escarpments (I can’t think of a non-geographic term) of salt waiting for the coming season.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 4d

Salt Mountains. There City of Toronto’s stockpile of road salt by the lake. A very “Christo & Jeanne-Claude” vibe. #blackandwhite #photography

A black and white photograph of stockpiles of road salt that looks like mountains. The photo has significant horizontal separation between the concrete dock and the water in the canal, as well as the segments of covered, partially covered, and uncovered mounds of salt. The wrapping of the salt reminded me of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude wraps of landscapes and monuments around the world.

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Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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NPR @npr.org · 5d

With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.

Kiss reality goodbye: AI-generated social media has arrived

With the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI has opened a new chapter in addictive, and some worry dangerous, AI video content.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 5d

Covering topics like #bias & lack of #diversity in data models, along with #regulatory & #governance requirements of the profession, they received a good intro to the appropriate use of AI tools & how to critically think about use cases & applications.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 5d

It was a pleasure guest lecturing at George Brown College in #Toronto this afternoon emphasizing the importance of the human connection for child & youth care workers in an age of easy access to #AI tools. It’s critical for 1st year student academic & professional development….

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 7d

He’s known to cosplay being a polar bear in the winter as well.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 7d

Chester celebrates the changing seasons with a chic Maple Leaf acting as an impromptu fascinator. He loves the cooler autumn temps so he can run and play ball without overheating. #Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

A photo of a fluffy white Sheepadoodle named Chester resting in a grassy field. He is smiling and has a red maple leaf on his forehead.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 7d

I find this incredibly problematic in a whole lot of ways. (Even as a dog owner would would be devastated at the loss of my pet.)

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d

A new Search Party tool built into Ring’s Neighbors service will allow people to send out a local alert if their dog goes AWOL. Once it’s triggered, all nearby Ring devices will keep an eye out for the pup. nyti.ms/3IQ3iFo

A hand holds a smartphone showing the Ring 'Missing Pet' feature, displaying a photo of a missing dog named Curly and a split screen below with a view from a Ring camera. Headline: Amazon Announced An AI Tool to Help Find Your Lost Dog

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 7d

Rest in peace: Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 11d

Below//Above. Different perspective views of the city. #toronto #blackandwhite #photography

A black and white photo shot in Toronto of a downtown alley way. A man is standing with his back to almost us at the end of the alley looking at a haphazard pile of garbage. The alley is partly in shadow, with its entrance in the foreground framed by metal scaffolding, still bathed in the early evening light. A single traffic cone in the lower right of the frame stands out and casts a shadow across the sidewalk.

This is a black and white photo centred on the clock tower of Toronto’s Old City Hall. It is dwarfed by the surrounding buildings that line Bay Street. The modern office towers are linear and extend out of the frame creating a forced perspective.in the foreground, at the bottom of the frame a linear series of windows anchors the scene. The late summer light highlights the angles and textures of the urban canyon.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 19d

Chester is ready for a great weekend! Hopefully you are too! #Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

A photo of a fluffy white Sheepadoodle sitting on a wooden boardwalk. It is dusk and the sky behind him has an orange sunset low in the sky as the blue above deepens into night. The relatively still water of the lake reflects the colours of the sunset and the scene is also bathed in the orange glow of the street lamps.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 19d

Chester visits the Garden of the Gods tonight where he makes the Minotaur see red, tops his cousin Cerberus, and is serenaded by Pan. #Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

A night time photo of a fluffy cream coloured Sheepadoodle bathed in red light, happily sitting in front of a stature of a Minotaur.

A night time photo of a fluffy cream coloured Sheepadoodle happily sitting on top of a statue of the three headed Cerberus.

A night time photo of a fluffy cream coloured Sheepadoodl, happily sitting in front of a stature of the Greek god Pan.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 23d

Hey everyone this account is NOT me please block and report “jamesanok.bsky.social” as a fake/impersonation account. Thank you.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 25d

THIS. This is Chester’s “bed head” look before he shakes it off and fluffs up his floofy head. #DailyChester #sheepadoodle #bedhead #dogsofbluesky

A photo of the face of a fluffy cream coloured Sheepadoodle named Chester just waking up in the morning. He is lying on a pile of pillows and his furry face is all squished up from rolling around all night. He has the equivalent of doggy-bed head.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 27d

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 28d

You can actually listen to him read it here: youtu.be/k_Tn-LxPhSs?...

Arthur C. Clarke reads "The Nine Billion Names of God"

YouTube video by From Beyond Press

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · 28d

In 1953, at the intersection of technology & faith, the iconic Arthur C. Clark wrote a prophetic short story. The ending of “The Nine Billion Names of God” still sends a shiver down my spine. I wouldn’t call it #SciFi now, but its shadow reaches long into our own present & hunger for #AI and #AGI.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · Sep 8

❤️🇨🇦! Kudos to our Prime Minister.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · Sep 8

Carney surprises many with appearance at long-distance trail race nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/07/c...

Carney surprises many with appearance at long-distance trail race

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · Sep 8

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · Sep 8

🥰 adorable! We were considering a bernadoodle as well, but … space. We’re in a condo.

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James Anok 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈+ @thetastate.bsky.social · Sep 7

Good coat maintenance is critical even for “non-shedding” breeds like doodles. It’s never 💯% non-shedding, as is shown by the results of this 30min session of grooming. He looks as scruffy as ever (just one full body shake seems to re-prime” his curls). #Dailychester #sheepadoodle #dogsofbluesky

A photo of a fluffy cream coloured Sheepadoodle after being brushed for 30 min sitting on a bed. In front of him is the de-matting comb and all of the fur that was removed from his body.

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