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Sam Bird ๐Ÿ”๏ธ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@sambir.bsky.social

Geographer. Mostly harmless. Mountains > oceans. Permafrost is cool. Rivers and lakes are pretty nice too.

4,286 Followers 898 Following 1,308 Posts Joined Jan 2024
2 hours ago

your dog wants your dinner

give it to them. science demands it

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1 hour ago

Thanks, I hate it.

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9 hours ago

The plus side, this thread gives me a heads up on the next nonsense my climate denying friends will be proudly vomiting.

The downside, these same people love, love, love AI in part b/c it enables this kind of garbage to be manufactured faster & in ever larger quantities. Overwhelming garbage.

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14 hours ago
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A bridge between 2 worlds - urban & natural.

For full story & photos, click link below:

www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/3/...

#coyote #songdog #canislatrans @briggsalexa.bsky.social @thefurbearers.bsky.social #wildlifephotography #naturephotography @projectcoyote.bsky.social #yyc #winter

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1 day ago
screenshot of press release from four nations with their logos: Tlaโ€™amin Nation; Homalco Nation; K'รณmoks Nation; Klahoose Nation.  March 11, 2026
Chiefs from four First Nations communities are urging the public to please approach Aaron Gunn with no caution whatsoever. He is completely harmless, though momentarily unsettled by the alarming possibility that someone might acknowledge the land before a meeting.
Yesterday on social media, the MP appeared to crash out and demand to speak to the manager of land acknowledgements, a position that observers confirm does not exist.
Chiefs whose territories make up the riding had two words for the MP - Chillax, Bud. 
Land acknowledgements have never seized private property, cancelled a mortgage, repossessed a pickup truck, or altered a single title deed anywhere in Canada.
They are simply people recognizing the history of the place where they are standing.
No one is going anywhere. Canada will survive the brief moment of honesty.
Until then, Chiefs across the region continue to reassure the public that land acknowledgements have not, to date, resulted in any land back.
Hegus John Hackett, Tlaโ€™amin Nation
Chief Darren Blaney, Homalco Nation
Chief Nicole Rempel, K'รณmoks Nation
Chief Kevin Peacey, Klahoose Nation

Posted by the Tlaโ€™amin Nation on Facebook. This is epic.

๐— ๐—ฃ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€
๐™‡๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™›๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™‚๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ: โ€œ๐˜พ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™ญ, ๐™—๐™ช๐™™.โ€
www.facebook.com/tlaaminnatio...

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1 day ago

Blocked and reported.
If I wanted to see a reflection of my ๐Ÿงฆ crimes, I would look in a mirror... Maybe my sock drawer... but I don't want to.

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1 week ago
Bikes under a cover at the railway station. Bike compartment in the train. The restaurant car.

Joensuu Railway Station bike parking is in full use in early March. You can bring a bike on the train.

The restaurant car has a French flavour and offers also vegan/vegetarian meals. 400 km trip to Helsinki takes 4.5 hours.

#Sufficiency ๐Ÿšƒ

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2 days ago

Thank-you. I will definitely find a face to sign and will encourage and cajole others to as well ๐Ÿ˜

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2 days ago

Now there's a winning cause. Can't be many people against that one!

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3 days ago

Sunday before last, I drove between Calgary, Okotoks & Bragg Creek. I was surprised & dismayed. There were 7 places along the road with people collecting signatures.
Warm sunny days work for them.
They're always surprised to hear me tell them they are a damaging disgrace to the province & flag.

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3 days ago

"restoring competitiveness to Canada's energy sector" ๐Ÿ™„ when exactly was the last time the oil and gas industry (really the only thing PP considers "energy") was not at least as profitable as other industries? I suspect you'd really need to cherry pick the time & it'll be for international reasons.

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4 days ago
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holy shit

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This week's comic: Set It and Forget It foxtrot.com/2026/03/08/s...

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6 days ago
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"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
"FUCK"

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6 days ago

Efficiency is a boost.

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6 days ago

Using AI to narrate a story about how AI is sucking up the energy of the entire city of Edmonton is some bleak irony

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6 days ago

Ugh... You made me watch a baseball and... I liked it. This better not be some kind of gateway moment.

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6 days ago

Is the Washington Post written by teenagers trying to get a passing grade in high school social studies? Kids that couldn't make the high school debate team?

That whole... piece... it's AI quality.

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1 week ago

Not looking good for the pedestrians crossing the road while the cars have a green light to run them down.

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1 week ago

TY. Fun to see this again.

Of the many, many hours of Sesame Street that I watched enthusiastically decades ago, this is probably my favorite skit and the one that comes to mind most frequently.

Personally I have not found this method to be especially successful (for catching fish). Too quiet?

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1 week ago

Great advancement in journalism when they realize AI can pretend to be a Canadian in whatever spot they want on the day. Big cost savings when they use AI to be a "reporter on the scene" interviewing a "Canadian on the scene".

Yep, super duper *quality journalism has arrived.

*Lowest

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1 week ago

"Should we ask what the women think before we decide? WTF Philip? I swear, if you ask that one more time you are not going to be invited to join the next committee."

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1 week ago
Flag of Limousin France. A bunch of repeated black shapes that look like Christmas trees, each with three shapes that look like dildos at what would be the top of the tree evenly spread across a white field with a thick red border.

1589, Limousin France, the flag design committee...

"Agreed, we need something to let everyone know we are a bunch of dicks but really like spruce trees. Claude, pay attention. What are you doodling Claude? ...Qu'est-ce que c'est?... Trรจs bien Claude! Put a red ribbon on this, we are done."

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1 week ago
Map of France showing the location of Limousin in the middle of France.
The flag and coat of arms are shown above and can be described as a bunch of tiny black Christmas trees with 3 point stars above each on a field of white surrounded by a thick red border. 
They probably aren't meant to be Christmas trees and three point starts. Up close (and personal?) with the flag, the shapes making up each point of the stars look a lot like dildos. Less so on the coat of arms. 

The image is from Wikipedia. The description is not from Wikipedia.

Tisk. Sloppy. She definitely knows that Limousin should be capitalized and is nowhere near the coast.

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1 week ago

Very much so.

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1 week ago

Albertans are too afraid to find that there is no reflection. We are vampires, sucking dry the inheritance of future generations.

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1 week ago

When the NDP is making a far more coherent & practical foreign policy statement than any other party in Parliament, you know the government is way off the rails. The brains running the Liberal & CPC are too mushy. They do not have the skills or wisdom to meet the moment. Canadians must demand better

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1 week ago

I would add that (surprise!) Trump is unreliable, has no long-term plan, & DNGAF about the well-being of Iranians or anyone else. He will flip to his next headline grabbing flight of fancy on a whim.
Abandonment of principles
for Trump eviscerates credibility as surely as bombs mangle bodies.

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2 weeks ago

Dog & pony townhall panels, hundreds of millions to coal companies, gas lighting propaganda videos, failed healcare re-organizations. + Lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuits to fight... IDK, woke or something?
So much stuff to burn money on. But don't worry, they'll probably think of more ways not to help.

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2 weeks ago

Centre piece? This is clearly the world's greatest hat! I need this. I've been meaning to dress for the career I want.

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