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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 20h

But what is the green inside?

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 03/10/2026

That round gelatine thing looks really interesting!

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nordbymir.bsky.social @nordbymir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BTW DoubleTree Hotel [once the Coach House Inn] a friend walking through,catching up on memories about 4+ weeks ago,as he passed into the lobby the auto doors opened, he looked&there was a bear looking in.Bear walked away,friend told mngr he might check 4 unwanted guests! 2many auto doors in places.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 16/09/2026

Sounds delicious! Is grapefruit in season now?

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 11/09/2026

I had the whole beach to myself today and the water was not too cold for a short swim.

Blue sky with white whispy clouds and a green tree top.

Late summer day at the beach with boats further out on the water.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 05/09/2026

The joys of living in the city - endless choices of cafes 😋

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 31/08/2026

And you have developed excellent fridge eyes, using up random stuff.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 31/08/2026

Ok, not that Kraft Dinner stuff - it was the packages below. Still, super processed and no nutritional value.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 31/08/2026

When I think we bought this stuff in the 90s, I‘m horrified!

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Boris @bmann.ca · 28/08/2026

It’s a bit of an open secret that a group of us is working on forming an Atmosphere Community Co-op (which we’ll share more about publicly soon!) @roguewave.design created an open collection on @semble.so called Co-operatives. Please do share resources there.

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Co-operatives (by Rogue Wave Design) — Semble

Explorations of equitable and realistic community funding models

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Roundabout @roundabout.town · 21/08/2026

Roundabout, our local community app, is going to power chicago.org, allowing millions of Chicagoans to connect and share with each other. Here’s more about what we’re up to, including what sets this apart from messy, noisy, profit-driven social media apps: newpublic.org/chicago

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Chicago Public Media and Roundabout partner on chicago.com

One of the country's largest public media organizations is teaming up with a nonprofit digital platform to host online communities in Chicago.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 20/08/2026

That looks like a great boat for coastal cruising.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 12/08/2026

Mmh, I live in Canada. Do you only support communities in the United States?

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Roundabout @roundabout.town · 11/08/2026

Hi Bluesky! We’re the team making Roundabout, an app built to help people live a flourishing life in their local town or neighborhood. Find resources, connect with neighbors, celebrate your community.

Graphic design with the word "ROUNDABOUT" in large white letters on a brown horizontal band. The background features a terrazzo-like pattern with scattered irregular shapes in yellow, brown, gray, and light blue on a cream-colored base.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 10/08/2026

Ha ha! A lovely spot - not lively, but serene.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 10/08/2026

Morning sun and blue skies. A lively spot to wait for the ferry.

A grass and gravel path, looking out over the water of Mannion Bay and mountains, with the morning sun behind the branches of a willow tree.

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 03/08/2026

Imagine a comment space where both a 10 year old and an investigative reporter can thrive 🤝 See PSI’s toolkit in action in our latest newsletter, from New_ Public’s Expert-in-Residence @cjtait.bsky.social. newpublic.substack.com/p/how-public...

Purple background with a comment from Public Space Incubator’s tool in collaboration with Radio-Canada, dated April 10. Post reads: "Hello, where is the capsule's door? Which way will the astronauts exit? Beatrice, 10 years old". Comment is in response to an article about the Artemis II mission.

Purple background with a comment from Jean-François Thériault with "Journalist" title, dated February 16, marked "Amended". Post text reads: "Hello, thank you for your question. The report contains a detailed history of the business relationship between the SAAQ and its suppliers, LGS and SAP. The commissioner does not directly blame them, but details a series of strategies employed by private firms to get paid more, and faster."

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 25/07/2026

Finally, I am back to swimming again. It was glorious today.

Pebbly seashore with small boats and some hills across the water, and children playing in the shallow water.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 11/07/2026

The cheese and the bread! I really want that, especially now that I am on a mushy diet after dental surgery.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 28/06/2026

Perfect sunny summer day with fresh air after the rain and a light breeze. Happy to be here and feeling sorry for those who suffer extreme heat now.

Arbutus tree on bluff with ocean below and blue sky and white clouds above.

Bluffs with dry grass and ocean below and blue sky above.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 24/06/2026

Noooo! So sad to lose this store. I will have to make a trip there to stock up.

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Rachael Ashe @rachaelashe.com · 23/06/2026

The fabulous fan art dedicated to our neighborhood famous black cat, Nigel.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 23/06/2026

I love that! You have Nigel and we have Keystone. The poster is perfect - the cat is not following you, but you are joining his patrol route.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 23/06/2026

Siesta was soon interrupted, as a loud, boisterous group appeared, setting the tone. But I did have a glorious swim! And the beach went back to regular decibels once the loud group left.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 22/06/2026

Finally, beach siesta and a swim at my old swimming spot.

Rocky shoreline of Mannion Bay, with a sailboat anchored and with a tall, leaning fir tree in front and hills in the background. Blue sky with whispy clouds.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 21/06/2026

Yum! I am no longer driving to the valley for doing my own picking or buying flats of strawberries. Instead, I buy them on my way home at the ferry terminal fruit stand. A great local snack at a reasonable price for our much reduced household. Cherries and other berries are there as well.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 21/06/2026

I grew up in flat country like this - no mountains in the way!

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 19/06/2026

I understand that this bill is bad and expressed my opposition to my MP. Maybe you can come up with a simple and powerful message to the general public, explaining how wrong this bill is and what its passing means to each of us.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 18/06/2026

Whelp. After rushing through voting on all amendments last night / this morning #BillC22 is passed www.parl.ca/DocumentView... What this means: in late September, it goes to the senate…who may do amendments but almost always give in if the House pushes. 🚨🚨🚨No more @signal.org in Canada by fall 🚨🚨🚨

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Government Bill (House of Commons) C-22 (45-1) - Third Reading - Lawful Access Act, 2026 - Parliament of Canada

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 03/06/2026

My summer has started! I went for my first swim in unbelievably warm water.

Pebbly Shore with boats and mountains in background.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 22/05/2026

This year’s first blossom of the rose bush I grew from a twig. It has a wonderful discreet scent.

Pink rose blossom on background of green foliage.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 14/05/2026

Bill C-22 is a Canadian government bill around "lawful access" to data, which is a bit of a privacy disaster that has @signal.org saying they would pull out of Canada if implemented as is. I started an open @semble.so collection if you want to add your own links

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Bill C22 (by Boris) — Semble

Canadian bill potentially requiring logging of metadata or backdoor encryption

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 14/05/2026

Really? Funeral directors do that? I thought that you, as my legacy contact would do that. Please educate your mother 😄

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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 14/05/2026

BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app, is saying they will pull out of 🇨🇦 ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes. This should be our final alarm bell:.We can have privacy or we can have C22, not both! #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill

Secure messaging service says it will not weaken its encryption, privacy safeguards for government

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 10/05/2026

Or an internet cook, since you had contemplated a career in the culinary arts in your youth. 😄

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 10/05/2026

Another shore walk treasure, this appears to be a fossil imprint of a trilobite or fish.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 10/05/2026

On my low tide shore walk I encountered this geese family with 17 goslings that used the weir to rest and find some food.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 29/04/2026

I did my first short paddle in the Bay this year. Found my old kayak among the dinghies stacked at the edge of the beach and even found the paddle. It was soooo nice!!

Pebbly beach in front, a few small boats on the water and coastal mountains in the distance.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 26/04/2026

That was fast! I‘m glad you arrived in Berlin, despite some earlier travel hurdles.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 26/04/2026

Oh no! Wishing you luck with finding a seat on the next train to Berlin.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 24/04/2026

Thanks for making it there and posting photos. Reminds me of my Saturday chores in my teens. Watering grave sites and raking the pathways in the cemetery, a quiet refuge from a busy household, with time to think and have imaginary talks with departed relatives.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 24/04/2026

Bus Service! Looking at the map, I see there is a stop right outside my childhood home.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 18/04/2026

The light, the shades of green, everything depicts what I see in the woods in my neighbourhood. Your creations look so real!

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 11/04/2026

Space to have our coffee and sit at TYFC as it‘s an ordinary weekend and not too warm.

View from Tell Your Friends Cafe on the Bowen Marina Pier.

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Emily van Lidth de Jeude @emilyvanartist.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is just so beautiful to me, even though I've seen it hundreds of times. This little tiny one has been working all night to get to a world they have never experienced. What a labour of faith in the future. 💚🐣🧡 #chicks #chickens #eggs #spring #joy #farming #farmer

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 08/04/2026

Grateful for this peaceful and tranquil place. My heart goes out to those who face turmoil with no refuge.

Pebbly waterfront with a few boats in the water and treed hills and mountains across the water.

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Anne @anne.onbowen.ca · 05/04/2026

Watching tourists flock to our island today, visiting the park and lakes and the seashore and keeping our restaurants busy. Kingfishers are noisily dive bombing.The sunshine makes everyone smile. My first time this spring that the sun is high enough to have my afternoon coffee on the front porch. ☀️

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