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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween

YouTube video by 22 Minutes When the ICE agent is Canadian… | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1yY...

Thank you!

Once more for the drivers on their phones.

Keep riding, friends. ❤️

This is who I want a Halifax AAA bike network for. It’s not just for me (although I do enjoy bike lanes). It’s not just for the “200” of us (more like thousands) who are currently using them. It’s for the tens of thousands who don’t feel safe taking a chance on biking right now.

Rode my bike to work and back today (something I’ve been starting to do some over the last year). On a journey where I normally see one or two other folks on bikes, I encountered more than a dozen others going in the same and opposite directions.

Not all parts of the province are so lucky though: we need to be mindful here, so that we don’t end up taxing resources needed elsewhere.

Yay! Glad to be able to use the trails around my neighbourhood again.

No Good, by Shoulder Season track by Shoulder Season

New Shoulder Season single today! shoulderseasonhfx.bandcamp.com/track/no-good #indiemusic #indiepunk

AI will write the papers to upload to the corporate upload dump machine which will use AI to grade the papers and upload them to AI language mining centers filled w/nonsense. Meanwhile the brains of students and teachers rot separately as they stare at AI memes and videos on their terrible phones.

Traffic isn’t caused by bike lanes, it’s caused by too many cars. It’s time for real solutions, not scapegoating.

🔗 Read the full EAC statement: ecologyaction.ca/resources-media/position-statements/wanted-mature-conversations-about-transportation

I find it incredibly sad that conservatives on the east coast have needlessly politicized cycling and cycling infrastructure.

In Victoria, we take an evidenced-based approach. Our 45 km of protected bike lanes have

✅ Doubled the % of cyclists
✅ Reduced congestion
✅ Reduced serious accidents by 37%

When you count how many of those cars have just one occupant, I think you have just proved exactly the opposite point you were trying to make. #owngoal

Took the bus home from convocation today. A new grad, holding her diploma, got on the bus just after me and the driver greeted her with an enthusiastic “Congratulations!” ❤️❤️❤️

Evergreen post - usa.streetsblog.org/2016/04/01/w...

One of these stats was me!

Ta-Nehisi Coates on why stories matter in the age of Trump – podcast The award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates on why US liberals have misunderstood the role culture plays in shaping politics

Are we forgetting about the power of the stories we tell? www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Work with us! Heritage Interpreter at the Sutherland Steam Mill, Denmark, Nova Scotia & the Balmoral Grist Mill, Balmoral Mills, Nova Scotia:
jobs.novascotia.ca/.../DENMARK....
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#MuseumJobs #NovaScotia

Work with us graphic.

Work with us! Jobs are now posted for Lawrence House Museum in Maitland, Nova Scotia:

Senior Heritage Interpreter: jobs.novascotia.ca/.../MAITLAND...

Maintenance Worker: jobs.novascotia.ca/.../MAITLAND...

Summer Student: jobs.novascotia.ca/.../MAITLAND...

The Halifax ferry goes to Alderney and Woodside: you can take it to one and walk the harbour trail to the other and then catch the ferry back to Halifax. Great harbour views all along. (Weekdays only: Woodside ferry doesn’t run weekends)

Traffic Advisory - The Macdonald Bridge is open!

Vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians are crossing the bridge this morning. Lots of pylons and new lines direct motorists on the new toll-free Macdonald Bridge

Daydreaming now, but can’t help but notice that last NYC show is close to @sappyfest.bsky.social A little Maritime hospitality and some #swampmagic would be a great tour ender IMHO #cansomeonemakethathappen

Very bummed to hear this. Wish there were Canadian tour dates as a consolation.

Kick the Algorithm Playlist · KP · 16 items · 20 saves

I’ve been making this monthly playlist for a while where I collect my fave new #indiemusic discoveries each month. It doesn’t have to be just for me!
Mostly #indierock & #indiepunk open.spotify.com/playlist/36N...

Heritage Day picture of Nora Bernard

Today we recognize Nora Bernard, a Mi’kmaq activist and residential school survivor. A member of Millbrook 1st Nation, Nora led a 15-yr legal battle that helped secure compensation for 1000s of Indigenous children forced to attend residential schools.

Nora Bernard St replaced Cornwallis is 2022.

Generative AI confidently being wrong, Canadian Indie Music edition.

Dutifully sorting my recycling while the world burns and the AI bros demand more and more for something that doesn't work and nobody wants.

Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change “To see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” –Georgia O’Keeffe * Someone at the dinner table wanted to know what everyone’s turning point on climate was, which is to say she w…

Yes to this: an evergreen read and a timely one. lithub.com/rebecca-soln...

These songs are hilariously un-Christmassy, but also, very much Christmas songs.