iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Gary Taxali @garytaxali.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

CANADIANS ONLY! For a limited time, you can purchase my new book FLAGGED signed for the unsigned price. Use code CANADA10 at checkout. www.garytaxali.com/product/flag...

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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know we’re not supposed to goof on people’s looks, but if this is what being a billionaire does to you, I’m happy to be a poor slob

Peter Thiel looking like a particularly vicious Dan Clowes drawing

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Transit-related rant: WHAT GOOD IS A FREE TRANSIT WEEKEND IF THE BUSES NEVER SHOW UP??? Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I know I diss AI a lot, but I had an interesting turn with Copilot on Friday, where it pointed out some things I hadn’t noticed in Spain’s immigration law about getting my residence permit back. After checking with a native Spanish speaker and wearing my 1983 calculator out…

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Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

And some Americans can’t understand the reason Canadians would be uneasy about our southern neighbour.

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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There we go. Kick it to the mayor of crumbletown.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Okay, orcas. You know what the assignment is. The bigger the yacht, the harder the hit.

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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style” Meant the world to our son that man was Bob Mackie RIP

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There’s something about making physical objects that’s just so much more satisfying than working with ideas.

A woman holding a phone in a red cell phone case takes a photo of herself wearing a bucket hat made of Ottawa Senators-themed fabric.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Happy Munchdays

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wanted to post something profound, but all I’ve got is that I have a new pair of glasses/prescription after [x] years, and it’s weird that they actually fit and aren’t always sliding off my face.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 12/09/2026

This 👇👇👇 🎨

💚 Your artist and designer friends probably aren't as full of themselves as you think.

Please remember: they share their work and accomplishments all the time as a matter of survival. No one else will be their hype man.

That grant? It's the only thing keeping them going during these slow months.

This flashy opportunity? They have been trying to make it happen for a year with only hope to keep them going and it's finally happening!

That exhibit? It's the only one they got into out of the 15 they submitted for.

That new painting they posted? They kinda need it to sell so they can pay the rent next month.

So be kind in your thoughts. Imagine if your job required social media presence on four platforms to make sure ends meet.

And if you see your friends or acquaintances post art that you like, please share it! It can make all the difference sometimes.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Canadians are probably scratching their head over Trump’s willingness to hurt his own people and especially his own party.” Hard disagree. We’ve had a low-key distrust of the downstairs neighbours for some time now, and this horseshit just shows we weren’t wrong to feel that way.

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Scottish Post-Punk @scotspostpunk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Kraftwerk: The Singles youtu.be/-wop47G2qeY?...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When I said things couldn’t get dumber it wasn’t meant to be a dare

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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Reposting in case some community group is feeling adventurous.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

And Tiafoe. I want to see him bomb Medvedev back to the era of Bjorn Borg.

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inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 05/09/2026

his parents should be smacked

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 04/09/2026

*Slams dictionary shut til Tuesday*

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It is *extremely* funny to me that Apple literally LITERALLY built its brand as an imagined hero against Orwellian manipulation of information and is, in 2026, re-writing maps because Donald Trump says so. Not ha-ha funny, exactly, but you get it.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

OK, here goes… a) REM secret gig at the 100 Club, Feb 1991. No tickets to be had at all. b) Phish’s first gig at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, St. Lawrence U., Jan 1991. Got invited but suspected the paper invitation was a knockoff. (1/2)

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hey there, #Ottawa! We’ve made the news in Spain. ¡Olé!

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026

The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.

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Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

be the dolly you want to see in the world

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 25/08/2026

In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s family is asking for donations to her Imagination Library, which has distributed over 330 million books to kids. [imaginationlibrary.com]

imaginationlibrary.com

Home

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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beccagrawl @beccagrawl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If, like me, you are very sad today, I strongly suggest listening to the Dolly/Pittbull collab that you likely forgot existed. It is very silly and made me laugh so hard: youtu.be/twoDzMPv0Cs?...

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Pitbull x Dolly Parton - Powerful Women (Visualizer)

YouTube video by Pitbull

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ready 🇨🇦

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Secret Canadian Airforce carried out another successful mission south of the border.

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Deb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

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KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS

Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler

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Virginia @hatfield.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Kazuo Nakamura, Northern Forest, 1954. (Art Gallery of Ontario)

Kazuo Nakamura’s painting Northern Forest, from 1954. A painting in a variety of greens that almost look like a puzzle.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Canada is 100% eyeing that Ballroom having all sorts of historical thoughts.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Every arena sportball event should start with the first minute of this song. (It has nothing to do with sports, but whatever.) youtu.be/WXh81JTt0ng?...

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Sloan - Money City Maniacs

YouTube video by sloanmusic

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Make MAÎTRES CHEZ NOUS popular again. #elbowsup

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Are the countries claiming that they have a working deal with Trump ready to admit yet that there’s no such thing? No country can have a deal with Trump, because Trump is incapable of sticking to any deal. Suggesting otherwise is make-believe.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Prime Minister Carney went out of his way to negotiate a trade deal with gangsters. He held Team Canada together despite the constant insults from the MAGA gang. Canada will go more than the extra mile to find common ground but we will never bow and kiss the gangster's ring. We hold the line.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Damn, that means that Skylarking is…40 years old

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Terry Fernihough @trfernihough.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hi. I'm a car on the Flying Bob's that wasn't latched properly and came open at full speed at the fair.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I’m “nearly got sucked straight out to the Azores by a riptide in Galicia in August 2003”.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Dear @en.ottawa.ca : By chance, is there ANYONE who deals with sidewalks? Is aware that contractors who are ripping up the sidewalk and one of the main points of access to Lincoln Fields Station for pedestrians? (cc: @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social @occtranspo.bsky.social.)

PHOTO 1: Image of sidewalk construction work along Carling Avenue in Ottawa. The entire sidewalk, plus most of a side path taking people to Woodroffe High in Ottawa, has been chewed up and will not be available to pedestrians until at least the start of September. if you wish to access the Lincoln Fields bus station, you have to walk a diversion of 200 metres down to the next block and backtrack along the north side of Carling, which adds another 10 minutes to your already dumbly-long walk into Lincoln Fields station. I remain convinced that Lincoln Fields station was designed by people who truly hate public transit.)

PHOTO 2: A blocked-off sidewalk, with traffic cones and metal fencing blocking off the access to an apartment building. Together with the blockage in the first photo, this has the effect of blocking off pedestrian traffic to the people who live in that building, many of whom are seniors who don't drive.

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 11/08/2026

what if i do not want to be optimized. what if i want to make mistakes because that’s how you learn; what if i want to do nothing sometimes, what if i want a world that is weird and challenging and has mysteries left to reveal. what if i like taking the long way

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David Cavlovic🇨🇦🍁 @davidcavlovic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A reminder to my composer and musician peeps that I’m always interested in playing new CD releases in my two shows. Hit me up.

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Dawn Sev @dawnsev.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Strictly Canadian version: People: You can’t just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?

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