Fundraising update! Smashed through my modest goal thanks to everyone's generosity. Donations still being accepted through Feb for the @cancersociety.bsky.social : fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants... I'm using my late aunt Norina's yarn to make potpourri sachets to gift to her fam/friends.

Casting on to combat cancer! Day 1 of the @cancersociety.bsky.social Feb knitting challenge! I'll be working on little projects with yarn from my late aunt Norina. If you can donate to the fundraiser, much appreciated. If you cannot, pls help spread the word! fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...

Too faint to see with the naked eye, but my camera was able to pick up a bit of the aurora borealis tonight.

I'm participating in the @cancersociety.bsky.social 's Knitting Challenge! Every day in Feb I'll knit special projects in honour of loved ones affected by cancer. If you're able to make a donation to this excellent cause, I'd appreciate it so much. fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...

Guys, listening to my parents offer up (strong) opinions on the actions and choices of Wheel of Fortune contestants is a true experience.

I’ve entered a new psychological level of unemployment where I pick up new or restart old hobbies & projects. In the past few months I’ve forayed into making tshirt yarn, making potpourri, restarting my family tree from scratch, writing fiction, training the dog, playing with bullet journaling

Okay, sure, I guess I didn’t need that arm

I'm in a weird New Year's headspace. Usually I go into January rolling my eyes at the notion of resolutions and fresh starts. This year I'm feeling weirdly optimistic and am forcibly preventing myself from making all the resolutions. I am uncomfortable with this reversal of mindset.

My brain is so tired it just confused capybaras and chupacabras.

Latest distraction project is making potpourri. These dried apples are quite pretty, but six hours later, most of the slices are still in the oven.

My cousin wanted to do a practice pet session before opening her studio to holiday appointments so I took Cora down for an adventure. Pup was so excited that we got four good shots in between licking the photographer’s face. She did a lot with not much to work with!

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents? me: save to desktop microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures? me: save to desktop microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads? me: desktop

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

Found several old shirts during a severe clean and purge of my closet and dresser this weekend, so I’m experimenting with making t-shirt yarn.

Tomorrow marks four years on the receiving end of this puppy attitude.

The UN should not be headquartered in a country that won't abide by international law www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

has never tasted cheese but is demanding some anyways

Cora refuses to try and understand the phrase, “you’ve had enough cheese today.”

I’m not fussed about the title outside my professional life, but this comment slaps 👏👏👏

It’s 2025. Isn’t it about time the makers of granola bars learned how a proper box should work?

Having a very strong memory this morning of being in elementary school and graduating to being allowed to use pen. Such a small thing but felt like a huge moment.

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When it’s too hot out to puppy properly.

I don’t want “CoPilot” in Microsoft Word I just want to use multiple languages in one document and make comments on footnotes

Peek

If you're getting notifications from Academia(.)edu about AI versions of your papers now being podcasts, that's because the (predatory) platform has opted you into AI-enhanced outputs, which you can turn off in your Account Settings here.

Where are my knitters at? I am VERY excited. Did you know you can make your rough and scratchy wooden needles smooth again with just a rub of wax paper??? My mind is blown and I can now finish this sweater without so much anger.

Alright I have a question for *all of you*, esp for those of you who are not into environment stuff. When you think about planting native plants in the area you control, what *prevents* you from taking that action? These could be emotional, financial, practical, anything. RTs appreciated here.

My new favourite census transcription error: “Mother tongue: Garlic.” Brilliant.

Anxiety is riding high, so I’m just going to watch this puppy sleep in the sun for a bit.

Students already use AI to not read and write. Including these tools in canvas/blackboard institutionalizes the position that reading and writing don’t matter and, subsequently, neither does thinking. The AI model of education is fundamentally extractive. Take what you can, trash the rest.

Channeling that husky ancestry

Let's have some fun. In this NYT story, we see a picture of an OpenAI billboard on a college campus, suggesting the following prompt: "Give me a guide for mastering this Calc 101 syllabus. In two weeks. Small steps please." What happens when we actually use ChatGPT to do this? THREAD!

When I searched to see if Mary Shelley and Jane Austen could have met in Bath, Google AI informed me that they were, in fact, sisters...

Cora being extra cute this evening

Cumfi Local #315 in Sasktoon is collecting donations for those evacuated due to the forest fires raging only hours north of the city. NEEDED: Summer clothing, toys & games, coloring books, strollers, wheelchairs, baby formula, diapers. NOT NEEDED: winter clothes, blankets

It's the content you didn't know you needed: the A - Z of National Trust bums. From Apollo's muscular behind to a porcelain figure of Zeus's derriere, we hope you enjoy 🍑

This migraine has been crashing in my brain for about a week, and that's too long for guests.

From last night. I’m titling this picture, “I also like chips”.

unions: they get the job done

The Association of Canadian Archivists is excited to now be on Bluesky! Join us as we gear up for the ACA 2025 conference, follow along for your favourite updates about Archivaria, In the Field, and Scope and Content, and of course, come celebrate hashtag parties on our newest platform!

I am waiting to leave for a massage appointment for my back pain and I have such anxiety about it.

CONCENTRATING them. Into CAMPS.

Important Cora content: happy, sleepy puppy

Guys, he doesn’t write the speech

Dolly Parton: “If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain.” Michelle Desveaux: “If you want to enjoy the sunshine, you’ve got to put up with the drone of lawn mowers.”

Criticism of Israeli war crimes isn't anti-semitism. This essay on Israel's war crimes was penned by, let me see, oh, Israel's former Prime Minister. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

Postcard from Ireland c/o the amazing @mmrilla.bsky.social is now living on my (dirty) mirror. 🧡🧡🧡

Puppy waiting not-so-patiently for the grass to dry on the first sunny day in almost a week.