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Driving north on Vancouver Island highway 1 near Black Creek. So many endangered toads trying to cross the highway. None will be successful, they all will die, the way is completely blocked. This makes me so sad. We take so much from nature and refuse to give back.

Victoria author and cancer warrior starts online fundraiser 'to give back' Novelist Jean Paetkau says women should recognize the symptoms and share them with their doctors.

I’m very grateful to the Capital Daily for featuring my ovarian cancer fundraiser this week. Mark Brennae wrote a really lovely account of my cancer journey, books, and online friendships. #yyj #fuckcancer #cancer www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victori...

That sucks, I wonder why the groups weren't interested. Writing to mayor and council of the municipalities is a good start, maybe an op-ed or opinion piece in local news? Also, I'm so sorry about those folks you know, I've been following the news and it's heartbreaking.

Here's my Month in a Minute video for July, 2025. This is the view looking north from #UVic in #VictoriaBC.

Vancouver street scene

Vancouver scribble picture #digitalart

I'm supporting Canadian Cancer Society! In trusted partnership with donors and volunteers, we improve the lives of all those affected by cancer through world-class research, transformative advocacy and compassionate support.

To celebrate 8 months in remission I’m combing my mission to help others & my love of fancy dress in an Ovarian Cancer Fashionista Fundraiser!!! Every time it grows by $500, I’ll post a selfie in a smashing outfit on the breakwater! Please share! ❤️ #yyj #fuckcancer tinyurl.com/Jean-Fundrai...

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Four pinecone-like pendants made from folded pieces of reclaimed roofing copper.

Detail showing two pendants and the contrast between the patinated top surfaces and bright copper undersides.

Detail looking straight up at the overlapping copper petals of three pendants.

Just finished: a set of pendants made from reclaimed Parliament copper. The patina was left as-is on the top sides, and I painstakingly cleaned the undersides back to clean metal. Will be installed as a group of 5. Sizes range from 20" to 27" diameter.

We needed a stripe 🧶
Still weaving with paper

I like my men like I like my Gouda

So awesome!!
#climatesky #greensky

A map showing a AAA bicycle route around downtown Victoria and surrounding neighbourhoods. This route includes protected bike lanes and bicycle boulevards.

A map showing a AAA bicycle route around James Bay in Victoria, BC. This route includes protected bike lanes and bicycle boulevards.

A map showing a AAA bicycle route around Victoria West. This route includes protected bike lanes, multi-use pathways and streets with traffic calming.

The back of each map includes tips for a smooth ride including a summary of infrastructure, the area visited and hand signals.

If you're looking for a #yyjbike ride this weekend, check out these cycling network maps from the City of Victoria. Hard copies are available at the bike valet (intersection of Broad St & Pandora Ave). The QR code also links to a web map with directions. #bikesky #bikevalet #bikelanes

Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die July 21, 2025 AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones left to report what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering the territory for nearly two years. We refuse to watch them die. One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then freelance photographer, and since 2024, as lead photographer. On July 19th he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can’t work anymore.” Bashar, 30, works & lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another under Israeli bombings. For > a year he’s lived in utter destitution, working at extreme risk to his life. Hygiene is a major issue for him, with recurring bouts of severe intestinal illness. Since Feb, Bashar’s been living in the ruins of his home in Gaza City with his mother, 4 brothers & sisters and the family of one of his brothers. Their house is devoid of any furnishings, except a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that one of his brothers had “fallen, due to hunger.” Even though these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, it’s no longer enough to buy food, or they have to pay completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has collapsed, and those who exchange money via online bank accounts charge a commission of up to 40%. AFP no longer has the ability to provide them with a vehicle and there is not enough fuel to allow these journalists to travel for their reporting. Driving a car means becoming a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters therefore travel on foot or by donkey cart. (alt txt continued in next post)

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die"

Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

What NOW?

Watercolour and mixed media on heavy paper

#watercolourandink #watercolour #mixedmedia #abstractpainting #abstractwatercolour #Abstractart #contemporaryart #contemporarywatercolour #artonpaper #arte #kunst #aquarrel

Saw so much amazing local art at the #yyj Paint-In this weekend, including these incredible ceramics!

a tiny tiny love letter to onions,

thank you for lending your flavor and aroma to just about any meal <3
(guest starring other alliums i.e. garlic, leeks etc.)

3"x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

I am “painting” Jupiter with fabric. I purchased 50+ different types of patterned fabric and prepared thin sections with an adhesive. Each piece is cut individually, then stuck on the template I made hanging on the wall. The living room is consumed with my creative chaos. 🔭

Wow, open already! Going to go there ASAP

Totally agree

I saw this gif on Reddit showing how much plug-in balcony solar has been growing in Germany. So cool! Gives me some optimism about clean energy!
#climatesky

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Tableau of people at or around a bus stop in Victoria, BC, on a sunny afternoon. There is a trio of young girls eating snacks on the left, a pair of woman chatting to their right, three women apparently waiting at the bus stop itself, and a woman passing on a bike on the far right. There are a brick building and a fairly large urban tree in the background.

Victorian tableau.

#UrbanGaze #G+Circle #Photography #Tableau #Vicatoria #BC

Here's my Month in a Minute video for June, 2025 at #UVic.

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👀 #bikesky

Dipper dance! A fledgling American Dipper practices its new moves.

#birds #bird #nature #wildlife

I Can’t Believe You Fuckers Made Me Solve the Andrew Cuomo Nipple Mystery It brings me no pleasure to announce that I have solved the mystery of Andrew Cuomo’s nipples. Believe me, there are far more important things happening

Cuomo may have lost the primary, but this will live forever, rent controlled, in my mind.

Unfortunately.

Haha, this is cute! Check it out #bikeyyj #yyj !

A solargram photo taken from the Winter Solstice of 2024 (21 Dec) to Summer Solstice of 2025 (20 June). It's a 6 month long exposure taken with a beer can pinhole camera, it shows the sun's movement across the sky during that time period, each day the Sun scribes a line on the paper in the pinhole camera. The bottom line is Dec 21 2024 and the top line is 20 June 2025. This kind of photo makes the movement of the Sun during the day into visible trails on the paper in the camera. There is a long orange-yellow arc going across the paper showing the whole 6 months. There is a shadow of my tree on the image, the tree blossomed during the exposure. Shades of blue and pink are on the paper too. There is a black kind of semi circle at the top of the image, that's where the water was disintegrating the top part of the paper.

6 month, long exposure pinhole camera Solargram.

Paper wet - part was beginning to disintegrate from water intrusion. Had snow & wind storms & lots of rain May/June 2025.

Pinhole is tiny - I was surprised paper was so wet. Very pleased with result - even more pleased I got the angle right.

From the sketchbook

A scanned spread of a red and blue horned beast painted on top of torn book pages.

Scanned image of a painting. It has abstract shapes drawn with light blue color pencils on a red and blue acrylic background.

A sketchbook page filled with black pen and ink drawings of various organic forms. Each shape has its own red background behind it.

A sketchbook spread of a pink painted forest.

📌 My name is Hannah (also known as @hbtyson.bsky.social) and this is my account for experimental/sketchbook art!

ChatGPT is making you dumber People who regularly use chatbots like ChatGPT have lower brain activity than those who rely on their own thoughts.

Great. Just Great. www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai...