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A poster on 8.5 x 11 inch paper saga Fishtown fish facts: red lipped catfish or of ocephalus Darwini. Then a pic of that freaky fish with 4 limbs it rests on the ground and then the words “stg this fish real red-lipped batfish walk ocean floor with they flippers RLBF have RBF, not they fault RLBF have a bioluminescent lure that glows to attract dinner RLBF lipgloss is popping, RLBF lipgloss is cool, all the fish keep jockin, they chase RLBF after school RLBF got scales like armor and shine bright like a diamond Red-lipped batfish will teach you how to dougie, I can promise u that. @yaboyni Take a moment And and realize the moment You took has already passed Thank you See you next time

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

Tweet by Jason @longwall26 My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can't I play with them? Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord

Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social

This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.

Colossal Biosciences: "we have mammoths at home"

The mammoth at home:

straight train tracks leading to a glorious sunset

I hear the train a comin', it's rolling 'round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when!

#Photography #Stunday #EastCoastKin

“Thoughts and Desires”, a sculpture adorning Ariana Park since 2017, was donated by Azerbaijan to UN Geneva on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the country's UN membership. 1.8 meters in bronze and granite. Azerbaijan artists: Ali Ibadullayev and Salhab Mammadov

Photo of the gold FIFA Peace Prize 2025 awarded to Donald Trump. Weirdly zombie vibes from peeling flesh on hands holding up a globe on a plaque reading FIFA PEACE PRIZE 2025.

The original statue that Trump's gold FIFA Peace Prize is a copy of is the 1.8m granite and bronze "Thoughts and Desires" sculpture in Geneva gifted to the UN by Azerbaijan in 2017.
The granite and bronze original is quite lovely and lacks the rotting flesh zombie vibes of Trump's gold copy.

"There is no sign of the change on a B.C. government web page with policy updates related to BC Timber Sales. There is no information currently listed under “important notices” ... while the most recent document listed under “policy changes” for the whole province was posted in September 2022."

Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...

Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."

“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

“Liooonnn!!” I love this so much.

People who put little antlers on their cars: we aren’t stupid, we can still tell they are cars

A bright green bird perched on a cluster of brownish branches or seed pods, its vivid feathers standing out against a soft green background.

Female Green Honeycreeper at San Vito #CostaRica

How do they come up with these names?

#birds #nature #wildlife

Small smooth brown mushrooms growing from a mossy log, with late fall forest in the background, showing some bare tree trunks and a few stragglers with yellow and orange leaves

Saturday night shroomage 🍄‍🟫✨
#fungiFriends #mushrooms

Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests

Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.

Photo of a developing slime mold that’s lime green in colour and comprised of hundreds of tiny green spheres.

A developing a Lamproderma slime mold.
Northwest Territories, Canada. Photo covers about 6” of width. Pic from a few years ago in August. A day later this had matured into a several iridescent colours.
#myxo #slime #fungifriends

Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory

"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman

saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it

Geneviève Bergeron
Maryse Laganière
Hélène Colgan
Maryse Leclair
Nathalie Croteau
Anne-Marie Lemay
Barbara Daigneault
Sonia Pelletier
Anne-Marie Edward
Michèle Richard
Maud Haviernick
Annie StArneault
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Annie Turcotte

Never forgotten #Dec6 #EcolePolytechnique

A tree made of tires by an ice rink

The Well tire tree. Treading new territory, this Volvo-sponsored tree is a voyage into the Swedish avant-garde. JG Ballard meets Jenny Nyström, one imagines a crash in the woods on the way to a festive gathering, the terrible crumpling muffled by falling snow & evergreen boughs. 12/10

Golden tree in lobby

Metro Hall tree. Government tree division. Defying provincial attacks, tree stands in the open, a symbol of municipal sovereignty. Snow skirt ready for Santa to bring constitutional reform. Visible cord = municipal transparency in action, our least-secretive level of Gov’t. 14/10

Nuthouse health food store tree. Bloor West. Lean & tight, this tree wakes early & is in bed by 10. Underneath, Santa will place Amy’s burritos, bulk peanut butter, raw honey & mushroom extract. Organic cocktails for the elves & flaxseed for the reindeer. 11/10
#EveryCorporateChristmasTreeInToronto

Xmas tree display in mall w Santa and snowmen and presents

Shops at Aura tree. Snow dusted wonderland under (for now) Canada’s tallest residential bldn. Formal skirt transitions to snow fam exploding w uncontainable joy in witnessing drive-by action Santa. A perfect scene to visit & revisit, each time seeing more. 11/10
#EveryCorporateChristmasTreeInToronto

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

The FIFA trophy for Trump, gold hands reaching up to a gold planet....

The desperate hands of the global south seek to take back an overheated world. Seriously, what's next? The McHamburglar trophy in gourmet cooking? The Pol Pot Human Rights medal? The Jeffrey Epstein childcare grant? The Vladimir Putin democracy fellowship? The Weinstein-Cosby feminism prize?

Yes to all the F-u’s, but I do find the photo kind of interesting — Ford staring blankly/ miserably into the middle distance while Harry puts on the intended show …. for the staged photo op.

The Polytechnique massacre wasn't just a mass shooting — it was a mass femicide. The gunman explicitly targeted women and blamed feminists for the troubles in his life. We must fight like hell to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Don’t you dare forget their names.

#December6

How can Paul Calandra be taken seriously . Calandra is six feet deep in criminal investigations against himself alone. After all he was housing minister for the majority of the time that the Greenbelt land theft was taking place. Paul Calandra is a criminal & should be nowhere near education.

The government wants more kids taking tech classes but hasn't provided money to open more tech rooms. Kids want to take the classes but can't.

School boards are too large geographically, making it difficult to be responsive.

I invite Calandra to sit down with some teachers.

Ontario education minister to make decision on school trustee elimination in early 2026 | CBC News Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra says he will make a final decision early in the new year on what changes to make to the role of trustees in the school system, but he is signalling he is incli...

From the article:

The minister says he has not yet presented a plan to cabinet for approval, but he says definitively he will not close or amalgamate school boards, nor will he merge the public and Catholic systems, nor will he introduce charter schools.

#onpoli #onted

Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!

My guide:

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