Arty (Cynthia)

Dozens of translucent moon jellyfish against a dark blue background

A group of pelicans fly from right to left against a grey blue sky

A group of almost 50 sea otters float at the water’s surface

A colorful congregation of sea stars on a large boulder

A smack of jellies, squadron of pelicans, raft of otters, or galaxy of sea stars...

No matter your favorite collective noun, these groups of animals are a force to be reckoned with when they come together—a simple reminder of the beauty that blooms in community and the strength that grows in unity.

How else do you expect the engineer who wrote it to get a good performance review or promotion? This way they can say they built a feature that "increases user engagement"! XD

I had a similar reaction yesterday when I saw the Donut (Slack) app tell me I had points to spend. Mind you, cute dinosaur.

Two red pandas were just caught playing in the snow! How rude of the photographer to disturb their fun! The panda on the left lays on its belly and plays dead, while the panda on the right squares up to fight the rude photographer

Daily red panda

I’m gonna come out and say it: Vancouver is having a spectacular fall.

- Minimal rain
- But also nice CRISP temperatures, puts us in the season
- Summer not too hot, so trees kept their leaves, creating full cover for nice colours
- No elections or giant weather events to distract from joy

10/10

The #SeaCider folks put together a gift basket for us and we got to pick what goes in it. Definitely a great gift idea #YYJ #Victoria #CRD

A group of otters is called:

A. A bevy
B. A romp
C. Adorable
D. All of the above

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium 🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day! #shorts

🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day!

These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.

youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...

Two red pandas inspect three small jack o' lanterns with red panda faces carved into them. Halloween is the best season for a red panda, mainly because its soft fluff is the perfect colors for the holiday. Hope they get plenty snacks for trick or treating!

Wahtober comes to a close with the best holiday ever: Halloween! Happy Halloween, and some pumpkin Daily red pandas for you all :3 🎃 🎃 🎃

While I know there are more important things happening in the world (heck, even in my personal life), I have to say: I'm disappointed that the A&W (Canada) coupon booklet no longer has onion rings. There was just no other reason for me to go there.

I love the #GVPL #library cards! I should've taken a picture while I was there, but found this article which shows 4 of them: https://martlet.ca/greater-victoria-public-library-program-one-of-eight-honoured-by-american-library-association/

Aerial shot of coastline and ocean cliffs

Today is the International Day of Climate Action!

Everything you love can thrive if we work together on #ClimateAction.

🏘️ Our communities thrive
🩺 Our health thrives
🌊 Our ocean thrives

What will you do today that will help the things you love to thrive? Who will you do it with?

Comment below!

Reorganized the sticker/postcard poster board to be taller and less wide so I can better fit it in the new space!

there is one week every october in this city where early fall transitions to vancouver grey for the next five months

and it’s always spectacular

A red panda closes its eyes and bleps as a friendly caretaker reaches out to gently pet that soft fuzzy face floof. The panda is also craning out its neck to better enjoy those gentle pets

Daily red panda pat pat pat :3

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.

Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏

History.

#Code4LibBC 2025: Day 2 lightning talk notes #libtech #c4lbc #libraries #technology https://cynthiang.ca/2025/10/17/code4libbc-2025-day-2-lightning-talk-notes/

#Code4LibBC 2025: Day 1 lightning talk notes #libtech #c4lbc #libraries #technology https://cynthiang.ca/2025/10/16/code4libbc-2025-day-1-lightning-talk-notes/

#Presentation: How to stay web accessible: Applying #WCAG 2.1 & 2.2 #websites #a11y #weba11y #libtech #code4lib #c4lbc https://cynthiang.ca/2025/10/16/presentation-how-to-stay-web-accessible-applying-wcag-2-1-2-2/

An adorably shy red panda carefully peeks its head over a wooden shelf, letting its front paws hang off for everyone to see those cute lil feetsies

Daily red panda pawbs

The Secret to Vancouver’s Public Transit Ridership Recovery The Canadian city’s transit agency, TransLink, bounced back from Covid even as other North American systems have struggled. Its leader explains why riders returned.

The head of Vancouver’s transit agency can sum its ridership recovery in one word: Frequency.

“Running the bus every 30 minutes isn’t going to cut it if you want to grow ridership.“

Many Vancouver 🚌 run every 5min or less, and the SkyTrain runs every 3-4min, via @davidzipper.bsky.social

Juno is a clam dunk champion 🏀

We're hosting #Code4lib #BC at Emily Carr on October 16 & 17. If you're interested in the intersection of #libraries #archives and #technology, join us! Registration, proposals, bursary and more info: https://wiki.code4lib.org/BC #Vancouver #Code4LibBC #LibTech

let the gourd times roll

A closeup of a southern sea otter eating

Two southern sea otters float in the sea otter exhibit

A mother southern sea otter floats on her back while her pup rests on her chest

Two southern sea otters face the camera in the sea otter exhibit

It’s hard to believe, but Sea Otter Awareness Week is over… ‘til next year! Otters get their own week in September because they’re the real MVPs (Most Voracious Predators) of the kelp forest. As a keystone species, they maintain the balance of the ecosystem by eating! Learn more: mbayaq.co/3IPiaE5

Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs

Everyone's talking about BC's "spending problem" but here's what they're not telling you: we're spending the SAME share of GDP as 1998, but collecting far less revenue. BC's deficit isn't about overspending. My analysis: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

#bcpoli

This October I'll be doing #October.

Each day of the month I'll be living my life as normal and taking on no extra work. 🙌🏻

Rescued otter pup facing forward laying in enclosure with text in bottom left corner saying Owin during rehabilitation at Monterey Bay Aquarium USFWS permit #032027

🐾From rescue to rehabilitation, from surrogacy to sanctuary… It takes a village to save a species 🦦

Meet Owin and Matti, two southern sea otters whose journeys are a true testament to the power of partnership in conservation. 🧡

Daily red panda with the big cronchies

So he wants to create a Crown corporation to get rid of governance expenses. But here are Metro's expenses. Government stuff = <1% of all costs. You miiiiiiight get 2% of cost savings, once you get rid of all the planning stuff. Maybe.

Super annoyed at the moment that I only got a notice today that there’s a strike. pay your musicians better!

Vancouver hotels are really expensive and even more so this year, plus flight prices have gone up with < 2 days notice, everything is non-refundable, even our restaurant reservation!