Safari in Tanzania and Zanzibar, 2003. View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/safari-zanzibar-2003?photo=6 #Tanzania #Safari #Zanzibar

Stained glass art, Pryp'yat, Ukraine, 2019 - Wandering around the haunting Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine in 2019 - Sony A6000/iPhone View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chernobyl-2019?photo=71 #Prypyat #StainedGlass #Soviet

Askelten Palo on the Day of the Dead, Helsinki, Finland - Latin folk dancing with Askelten Palo - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/askelten-palo-dances-2022?photo=12 #Helsinki #Dance #Performance

The shadow of Mt. Kinabalu at sunrise across Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia, 2004 - Photos of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Bangkok, Phuket and Sri Lanka. All from December 2004 just before the tsunami. - Panasonic DMC-FZ10 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/ragsn-asia-2004?photo=17 #Sunrise #Shadow #Borneo

Sunset at James Bay, Northern Quebec, Canada, 2008 - Exploring James Bay, Canada, 2008 - Nikon D300 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/james-bay-2008?photo=32 #Canada #Sunset #JamesBay

At the summit, Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 2004 - Photos of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Bangkok, Phuket and Sri Lanka. All from December 2004 just before the tsunami. - Panasonic DMC-FZ10 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/ragsn-asia-2004?photo=13 #Summit #Achievement #Mountain

Common murre taking off. Witless Bay, Newfoundland - Up and down the Avalon Peninsula during Newfounland's 2022 Come Home Year - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/newfoundland-come-home-year-2022?photo=9 #Newfoundland #Seabirds #Nature

A storm comes in on the driest place on earth, Salar de Atacama, Chile - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chile-atacama-2025?photo=22 #Chile #Storm #Atacama

Volcan Conguillio, Sendero Sierra Nevada, Conguillio National Park - The volcanoes and araucanía regions of Chile: from Concepcíon, to Conguillio to Villarica - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chile-volcanoes-2025?photo=21 #Chile #Conguillio #Landscape

Music books, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, 2019 - Wandering around the haunting Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine in 2019 - Sony A6000/iPhone View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chernobyl-2019?photo=37 #Chernobyl #Music #Forgotten

Sunrise on Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 2004 - Photos of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Bangkok, Phuket and Sri Lanka. All from December 2004 just before the tsunami. - Panasonic DMC-FZ10 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/ragsn-asia-2004?photo=10 #Sunrise #MtKinabalu #Malaysia

Dancers, Carnival in Arica, Chile - An explosion of colour, music, and passion during carnival in Chile's northern-most city. - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chile-arica-2025?photo=72 #Dancers #Festival #Arica

Keli Ryan and Sergei Baranov, Mt. Elbrus, Russia, 2006 - Climbing Mt. Elbrus, Russia in 2006 - Nikon D70s View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/elbrus-2006?photo=10 #Elbrus #Mountaineering #Team

Clovers, Purisima State Park, California - A week on the stretch of coast between San Francisco and Santa Cruz - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/california-2022?photo=33 #Clovers #Nature #Redwoods

Construction wall art, St. John's, Newfoundland - Up and down the Avalon Peninsula during Newfounland's 2022 Come Home Year - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/newfoundland-come-home-year-2022?photo=29 #StJohns #StreetArt #Newfoundland

Even the dogs get dressed up, Carnival in Arica, Chile - An explosion of colour, music, and passion during carnival in Chile's northern-most city. - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chile-arica-2025?photo=46 #Dogs #Carnival #Arica

Badlands, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. - From the sinkholes of Dinosaurs to soaring with mountain eagles amongst glaciers - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/badlands-to-the-rockies?photo=5 #Badlands #DinosaurPark #Alberta

Barn swallow, Jasper National Park, Alberta. - From the sinkholes of Dinosaurs to soaring with mountain eagles amongst glaciers - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/badlands-to-the-rockies?photo=30 #BarnSwallow #Jasper #Bird

Flower, Pryp'yat, Ukraine, 2019 - Wandering around the haunting Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine in 2019 - Sony A6000/iPhone View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chernobyl-2019?photo=66 #Prypyat #Flower #NatureReclaims

Farm implements, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, 2019 - Wandering around the haunting Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine in 2019 - Sony A6000/iPhone View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chernobyl-2019?photo=29 #Chernobyl #Farming #Abandoned

Safari in Tanzania and Zanzibar, 2003. View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/safari-zanzibar-2003?photo=34 #Tanzania #Safari #Zanzibar

Dancers, Carnival in Arica, Chile - An explosion of colour, music, and passion during carnival in Chile's northern-most city. - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chile-arica-2025?photo=68 #Dancers #Costumes #Arica

We were here stickers! On the route to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Exploring the Atacama from Antofagasta to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chile-atacama-2025?photo=2 #Chile #Atacama #Travel

Soviet military base, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, 2019 - Wandering around the haunting Chernobyl exclusion zo... - Sony A6000/iPhone View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chernobyl-2019?photo=64 #Chernobyl #Military #Soviet

Araucanía, Sendero Sierra Nevada, Conguillio National Park - The volcanoes and araucanía regions of Chile: from Concepcíon, to Conguillio to Villarica - Nikon Z5 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/chile-volcanoes-2025?photo=24 #Chile #NationalPark #Scenery

Mountains and lakes as you drive into Norway from Finland, 2019 - Northern Norway and northern Finland in July (2019/2021) - Sony A6000 View More https://photos.dups.ca/galleries/norway-2019-2021?photo=0 #Norway #Mountains #RoadTrip

The flash fiction course used prompts to spark creativity. A melody became a tragedy for twins. A photo of an old storefront turned into a story about the devil visiting a shopkeeper. It’s amazing what your imagination can do when given a little nudge. https://tales.dups.ca/p/sullivans-choice

The most terrifying and valuable part of my flash fiction course? Live feedback. It led to an amazing writing group that's been meeting for a year. Community is everything. https://tales.dups.ca/p/ep-20-flash #Writing #CreativeWriting

Ever heard of flash fiction? They’re entire stories told in 1000 words or less. I took a workshop on a whim to get back into writing, thinking it would be simple. I was wrong. It’s a challenge to build a world and a plot when every single word counts. https://tales.dups.ca/p/ep-20-flash

The story behind "No Trial for Papa" has a stunning and ironic epilogue. Dr. Warkentin's grandfather was executed in 1937, officially designated a "German spy." For decades, that was the state-sanctioned story.

A fascinating thought on historical fiction from Dr. Erwin J. Warkentin's interview: he describes it as a "simulation that you run," a concept he credits to the 18th-century author Friedrich Schiller.

Dr. Erwin J. Warkentin discusses his story "No Trial for Papa." The story is a fictionalized account of a real event: the arrest and execution of his grandfather in Ukraine, 1937. Why blend fact and fiction? A profound look at how we process and share historical

My friend's plan: 1. Buy a $2 purple dune buggy. 2. Use it in a juggling show for kids at the hospital. 3. Tow it with his car Puff. My job: "drive" the brake-less buggy being towed. What could go wrong? Read or listen to the story of the inevitable, hilarious

This week's podcast is all about Sri Lanka. I have an original short story "Saving Mr. Mendis" brought alive in my first ever sound-effect filled stories and more. I'd love your feedback https://tales.dups.ca/p/ep-13-stories-of-sri-lankan-serendipity #SriLanka #Storytelling #Ceylon #Podcast

Do you remember the chain letters of the 1990s? Can you imagine what would happen if one of those came true. An original short story: The Chain Letter https://tales.dups.ca/p/the-chain-letter

Something I just don’t understand. A plane falls out of the sky and no one has high res video of how it took off? Can’t we have a protocol to install cameras on runways to record landings and takeoffs? Could also be valuable data mine #airindia

Exploring Fiction jn the age of AI (why bother?) and time travelkjnv back to a story I wrote at age 14 in 1989 — tales.dups.ca/p/ep-5-ficti... #ai #fiction #writing #podcast

On this weeks episode of the Tales under the cat tree we go to Chile and Sri Lanka and explore the car driving cultures tales.dups.ca/p/driving-cu... #podcast #driving #chile #srilanka

Wow. Microsoft Open Sources copilot under MIT. I wonder if OpenAI was going to do something similar. Let the games begin! #ai #openai #hungergames

After thirty years on the web, have I actually learned anything? tales.dups.ca/p/after-thir...

Hey so I have a podcast now! Please give me feedback! Lots to improve podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/t...

How deeply are engineers adopting AI in larger software teams? Are the rates of developers adopting Agentic AI in coding tasks as high as people say or are leaders believing the hype when reality says otherwise? tales.dups.ca/p/how-deeply...

The Seductive Embrace of Efficiency tales.dups.ca/p/the-seduct...

lol. Yesterday all of Chile went down. Today Slack is down. Someone doesn’t want me to work …

Does anyone know how long cell towers in Chile keep power? #concepcion #chile #blackout

In Concepcion, Chile. And apparently the country of Chile currently out of power… this should be interesting

Sigh. Realizing the massive need for things like Twitter. Slack app Management pages are not working but Slack says status green and no one else to know if it’s me/us or everyone else … Le sigh