Wordle 1,846 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A good omen considering I'm heading out for what is likely to be an expensive dental visit. I'll take the good luck with me.

Driveway of Moulton Combe, Oak Bay Sophie Pemberton 1921

So, Tracey Wilson, doyenne of the 🍁gun cult and high mucky muck at the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights”, has been railing against “élites” ever since the KuKluxKonvoy. But now, fresh off attending the neoNazi Trump’s ambassador’s garden party, it’s “I’ll be wheels up …” like a Davos maven. 🤷🏼

This cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social identifies the lifelong motivations for all of Dumbold Trump’s actions and lifestyle. Failing to get the acceptance from his family as a child became formative in his extreme efforts to gain attention. It is compounded by his deteriorating grasp of reality.

“The only people worse than Donald Trump are those defending his reputation, enforcing his morally bankrupt policies or normalizing his abhorrent behaviour.”

This is Oreo. He will eventually eat the blueberry. But first he must establish dominance over it. 12/10 (TT: oreominibernedoodle)

The widening gyre of Mr. Poilievre's political fortunes spreads further afield, penetrating BC provincial affairs — only to collapse instantly beneath the ponderous heft of its own bilious girth, condensing into an infinitesimal singularity of perfectly irreducible, diamond-hard inelectability.

O'Connell strikes me as much better because she's trying to help you think about clothes in a systematic way, rather than saying you need to buy [trending thing]. While her "three Cs" framework isn't how I think about clothes, I can see it being useful. Many ways up the mountain. IG itscalbal

All Summer Long Megan LeForte c. 2021

What to know about cyclospora, the gut-churning parasite causing illness in several U.S. states, and how to avoid it

Looking Fab in the Anthropocene... A half empty Fab Shop in a half empty industrial park, under a hazy wildfire sun. #Alphabetchallenge #WeekAForAbandoned #Architecture #Edmonton #Warehouses #Anthropocene #YEG

Reflections, Butchart Gardens George Weber 1986

Today’s Canadian painting is “Farm, Haliburton” painted by Franklin Carmichael in 1940.

Été de la St Martin, Baie St. Paul Clarence Gagnon c. 1922

The Real Cage Match... (9 to 5, Monday to Friday, and weekends for double time.) "Our great adversary is the apparatus — the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves." ― Simone Weil #UrbanGaze #HumansofBlueSky #YEG #Photography #Classicmono #Workers #Men

“Stupidity, warned Cipolla, wields more power than any organized gang or industrial military complex and seems to be a constant force in history. In other words, the non-stupid should never underestimate the role of stupidity in world events.” thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Humpback with Two Silver Stars Allan Syliboy ~ Mi'kmaq 2014

Off to kiss Prince Bonesaw's ring.

I hope this plays all the way thru.?The reason why we need sovereign data centers.

From the Porch Sarah Robertson n.d.

A beautiful day to paint and I’ve missed it. All sprayed up to scare off skeeters and a lovely breeze. This is my first painting; 8x10 oil on board. #pleinairpainting #albertaartist #canadianartist

Second painting of the day - another 8x10 oil on board. All I had to do was turn around and there was something else to paint. Our planet is so beautiful! #pleinairpainting #oilpainting #albertaartist #canadianartist

"Old Perlican" (2024) 16" X 20" acrylic on canvas painting by Reilly Fitzgerald. Original painting available

We need to resist this shit SO HARD. Fuck this guy and this data centre. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The wonderful things Alberta will soon enable!

🇺🇦 Our soldiers fully liberated Novokhatske in Donetsk region.

Well damn. “While much of the Conservatives’ advertising focused primarily on attacking Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberals continued to rise in the polls and eventually won the election, despite a sizeable financial disadvantage and prior polling deficit.”

This is Oggie and Opal. Oggie nibbles when he's nervous, and he gets nervous on car rides. 13/10 for both

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

Maisy Joe Coffey 2022

Sur le Saguenay Bruno Côté 1989

Neils Harbour, Cape Breton Island Isabel McLaughlin 1941

Today’s Canadian painting is “Forgive and Forget” painted by Jack Bishop in 2023.

Vent de mer Jean Paul Lemieux 1963

Science literacy involves learning just enough about cancer to understand that cancer is not in fact trying to heal you no matter the pseudoscience promoted in the alternative medicine community.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Fishing Boat in the Harbour Maud Lewis c. 1964

Summer Sky Holly Dyrland 2024

People are the soul of the frame. #streetphoto #streetphotography #YEG #iphone

Smith says that this is going to protect Albertans' electricity affordability. Cough. Albertans pay the highest electricity rates in Canada. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Peskov: "Russia has never started a world war" The history of Russia:

The meeting will be by the window and tea will be served.

"Scientists are still debating whether I'm a kitten or the world's cutest dust bunny.” #cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” ― René Descartes

Super pretty warrior outfit he’s got on. Which any gamer will tell you is an important part of setting up your character before an activity.

In 1970, David Milgaard was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Gail Miller. He spent 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, but his mother never gave up and fought for his release. This is his story. 📸 Saskatoon Star Phoenix 🧵 1/12