This is awesome!!!

Edith MacDonald-Brown was born in Africville, Halifax in 1886 - and she is believed to be the first documented Black female painter in Canada. Over a century after her last painting, nine of her known works are now on display until April 26 banns.ca/projects/fro... @ MSVU Art Gallery in Halifax.

@HfxRegPolice: 🚨Missing Person: Emma Jackson Halifax Regional Police is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing 13-year-old youth from Dartmouth. Emma Jackson was reported missing to police on March 2, 2025 and last seen on March 1 at approximately 11:30 a.m. in Dartmouth.

Add this case study from the Institute for Responsive Government to your weekend reading list! It's a great example of what's possible when governments tackle service transformation the right way. Read the full case study here: hubs.li/Q038LSR70

A reminder in light of the recent news that an archived version of the 18F site - including their amazing guides - is here preserved.org.uk/18f.gsa.gov/... [as well as the Wayback Machine]

If you want to gut state capacity (/ht @pahlkadot.bsky.social ) this would be an effective place to do heavy damage…

I learned so much from the gang at 18F when we were starting up CDS. Our earliest days I spent spelunking through their open repositories looking for things we could borrow or learn from. They were what we aspired to become, our civic tech lodestar. What a loss.

One of the biggest barriers to digital service transformation is budget separation. It’s a cost item on a digital budget. Which later results in savings in the service operation budget. That’s a different team, unit or even organisation. 1/X

This is a very very good article and I hope whatever remnant stump of #GCDigital exists on this platform reads it. I would suggest that splitting program review (what should we do) with admin service review (how should we do it) would lead to faster results and clearer public conversations. 🧵

Now feels like a good time to remind folks about @davegray.bsky.social ‘s pyramid of beliefs… how can we move people we know to a liminal space for deeper conversations and de-polerization? For me, this model is helpful framing youtu.be/2G_h4mnAMJg?...

Ok hive mind, who can share some decision-making frameworks for digital / service initiatives? Ideally, public sector ☺️ CC: @cydharrell.bsky.social @ryanandrosoff.bsky.social @aaronsnow.net @biancawylie.com

Useful info #HaliSky

Now feels like a good time to remind folks that #NovaScotia farmers continue to be some of the most critical local businesses to support. Trade wars aside, climate change is also poised to disrupt food systems and we’re gonna rely on people close to home for food. Gotta support them so we have them!

Also, eternally grateful to Bluesky for giving me non-toxic Twitter and my #Halisky community back just in time.

It's almost Groundhog Day! Looking for a weather-predicting critter in your area? Want to know more about these prognosticating rodentia? For all your Groundhog Day related needs, this site's got you covered.

The most important thing to learn about when getting started with accessibility is not WCAG but ableism

If you're doomscrolling STOP Have you done something nice for yourself or someone else today? 💖

I don’t know if it means anything but the last 4 peanut m&m’s I just pulled out of the bottom of the family bag I’ve been eating all weekend were 2 red and 2 yellow! Go Chiefs!

I cannot overstate how on edge many people I know are now. Anger, grief, fear. Please: Be safer, online & offline. Road rage is now a bigger risk. Be kind, when you can. Disengage when you can’t. Give people extra time to respond. Check in, if folks you love go dark. Be a helper, if you can.

is your pet in a sweater or jacket today (or anytime this week)? pardieu... i Urgently must see this... it is a curative for my heart

Many people doubted Fergus. “He’ll never fit in that box!” they said. But I never doubted him. 🏆

“It’s my hunch that making the entire end-to-end and front-to-back visible can empower teams to understand the connection between their domain of work, and the outcomes that the government delivers for people.” Read my 2 part blog posts 👇🏾 #GCdigital digital.canada.ca/2025/01/15/d...

@newheightsofficial.bsky.social Trav &J: You know the second “e” in Kelce is silent… Everyone: Kelceee! Trav & J: but Everyone: KelcEEE! … later… Hershey’s: Don’t emphasize the last e in Reese’s… it’s practically silent. NH producers: We’ve confirmed the correct pronunciation Jason: ReesEEEs!

THANK YOU for putting this in print @richardpope.org ! I’ve been trying to explain this for a decade! Looking forward to digging in (finally got my copy!) but already the chapter titles are 🔥 #GCdigital #gov

👍Men who loudly speak up against misogyny-📢 This is what is necessary to put a stop to the rise of toxic and dangerous influencers like Andrew Tate #SocialJustice #Misogyny #Women #Rights www.ctvnews.ca/canada/how-s...

Imagine if everyone who could bought a few raffle tix for Shelter Nova Scotia and we raised money for them to help support people who are in a precarious situation to get back on their feet… www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/homes...

Today in 1993: Nirvana’s iconic “Unplugged” concert airs on MTV. “.. In the moment, you weren’t aware you were taping what was Nirvana's last album," producer Alex Coletti said later. "It was only in hindsight that it became what it became." #RIP

Yez, i thenk i hav bin as goode as annyone coulde axpekt of me in theeztryingtimes.

🎶Guess what’s back, back again December 1st, tell your friends

How the 1980s Engineered the Collapse of the Working Class Forty years later, policies to prop up the super rich are still going strong #Cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/how-the-1980...

For the love of all that is holy could drivers in #Halifax please look up and study the procedures for zipper merging?!?!? Maritime politeness doesn’t mean you need to slow & switch lanes 1km beforehand. I had a hateful man aggressively scream at me and my kids this evening for being efficient.

The meme I didn't know I needed

This is the most powerful first person writing I've read in 2024.

To everyone new here complaining about being muted, added to block lists, or otherwise prevented from ranting, mocking, or sea lioning at people, no, you are not being censored. We're just politely but emphatically showing you the door. We simply can't be forced to listen to you. xkcd.com/1357

This moment in Bluesky is a great example of how joy itself can be defiance and resistance. We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is. Joy is my favorite weapon.

This is great investigative work by the St. Albert Gazette. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Alberta

Same

Looking for heroes? Here

Happy fucking Friday assholes…

pro tip: don’t call something a “debate” when one side is just trying to defend their human rights and the other is trying to punish their existence.

Snortle… This is the kind of insightful sarcasm that I’ve been missing for a while. I’m glad it’s here. Don’t ever change blue sky

Was convinced to give 🦋a try when someone said it had vintage 🐦 vibes. Where my peeps at?