Do-Ming Lum

Upcoming Hand Made Market at which I will be exhibiting/selling

This edit was from an image capture done in October. The photos from the Maritimes won't see light of day for a few more weeks

My alter ego has done more work

I miss the way we collectively viewed the world before fucking assholes amplified lies and disinformation and fragmented our consensus reality

KATHRYN ANN GRIMBLY Obituary | Toronto Star View KATHRYN ANN GRIMBLY's complete obituary, share memories, and explore heartfelt tribute posts from the community.

I lost a dear friend of many years.

Halloween is coming up. In Canada, there are some risks that parents will NOT have

Desert terrain with a hump in the ground receding into the distance. The caption reads PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTED TO RENAME SAN ANDREAS FAULT TO JOE BIDENS FAULT

After the whole"Gulf of America" thing, you had to know this day would come:

Sharp cheddar and apple go well together, so I could certainly imagine a fruit pizza:

Is this worth next year's Medicine Nobel?

On a day when President DJT tanked markets, a bit of positive news

YouTube video by Data Slayer I Built a $40,000 Military Drone for $120.07

I like this guy's message:

youtu.be/bmLE9BT76Pc

YouTube video by Tod Maffin I Am the Very Model of a Modern-Day Canadian

Democritization of technology does not mean that creativity and skills like community outreach and organization become obsolete. In fact, quite the opposite:

'No more losing,' Poilievre tells Carney in scathing letter ahead of PM's face-to-face with Trump | CBC News Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has penned a scathing letter to the prime minister ahead of his meeting with the U.S. president on Tuesday, saying Mark Carney has been a disappointment on the tra...

No more losing! However -- "Poilievre's letter didn't say what he would do differently from Carney and his negotiation team to try and secure an agreement with Trump."

Time to climb on the bandwagon?

YouTube video by Canada Today Carney BREAKS DOWN in Heartfelt Speech That Moved Canada

Day of Truth and Reconciliation, 2025

youtu.be/ieCG1fLYsLc

YouTube video by Veritasium Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are

Who we choose to hang around with matters -- both to us and to them.

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My alter ego woke up from his stupor 😍

Gary Whitehouse Review: The Folded Sky The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, 2025) By Gary Whitehouse: Dr. Sunya Song is an expert at teasing information out of ancient archives. She has travelled long and f…

The Gary Whitehouse review of THE FOLDED SKY in File770, perfectly captures my feelings: "Sunya is such a bundle of neuroses at the beginning that she was hard to like. But by the end, I was rooting for her not only to survive, but to start to like and trust herself."

Bolsonaro convicted and sentenced. What will this do to White House imposed US tariffs on Brazil, and will those tariffs have downstream effects on Brazil-China trade?

Unfortunately, the prospects for the Mars Sample Return mission seems to be dire.

Well, this is not good....

FBI informant Trump could only be an FBI informant if he was present at Epstein events and had first hand knowledge. I expect them to back off from THAT narrative

Wow

2025 Anthony Awards Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, announced the winners of the 2025 Anthony Awards on September 7 in New Orleans, LA. BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore (Riverhead) BES…

This year's fine crop of mysteries!

My boycott of things American has a few exceptions. Weeks ago, I picked up my pre-ordered copy of THE FOLDED SKY almost the day it was available from @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social. This is a fabulous read even if it doesn't have the grab-by-the-throat intensity of either ANCESTRAL NIGHT or MACHINE.

A tool for analyzing the troubled politics of our time:

These are my go-to guys for anything I need printed:

www.printdotcom.ca

R I P Graham Greene

I would read the heck out of this 😍

Do the work. Doesn't mean you will succeed, but ya gotta do the work.