Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15hThis one is doing the rounds 251540367
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialLAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 15hThis iconic photo captures a concert fan named Paval Konovalchik being lifted high above the crowd in his wheelchair at a 2017 music festival. 192763451
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialFr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 238160124154
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pairi Daiza presents a shoebill in all its magnificence: #AGoodPlace 1112291385
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialPaul Chapman @paul-chapman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If my dog sees this, I’m in dire financial straits  1142
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026in your next zoom interview have not only a cup of ice coffee but seven or eight different cups of various beverages just off camera and casually drink from each of them throughout the interview the drinks should have fancy straws or colorful parasols or large pieces of fruit on the edge of the cup 1192749306
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Poor, sad, stupid orange white man. He would sell his soul—and country—for a few hollow words of praise." 670104242440
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103544410
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity. 34395191
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Pine Trees at Sunset Tom Thomson 1915 023460
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 18/09/2026Worried about AI Robots? All you need is more ram, and a dogged determination to overcome. 482249860
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump. 2923702927
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953724813397
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialMommyUnit of Beach Therapy, Wine & Super Bowl Wins @mommyunit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Remembering driveway concerts six years ago during Covid 1153744372
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialClassic Rock Junky AKA Todd James @tjsbam.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Found another cover that Dolly Parton did. Can’t believe I didn’t come across this sooner. This song I could actually feel as I listened to it. Hope you all find it as moving as I did. #MusicSky #DollyParton youtu.be/plUD6vN80dg?...youtu.beDolly Parton - Shine (Official)YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO 40631162
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Flaming Cupcake Barbara Pratt c.2020 07916
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialThe Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"Today it’s Lake America, but tomorrow the propaganda coming from south of the border could be both more serious and insidious, and the actions of Google, Apple and other companies show plainly that they will not be on our side." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.socialtvo.orgANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies | TVO TodayThe president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it? 45992132879
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Astounding that somebody could write "Are We Engineering Physical Activity Out Of Daily Life?" and not be talking about decades of making cars the easiest way to get around cities 943183
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026RIP Wendell Berry Words to live by from his essay Quantity versus Form x.com/Clayton_Dorg...x.comClayton Dorge (@Clayton_Dorge) on XThankful Wendell wrote his words down so we can forever be reminded, encouraged, challenged, and entertained. 2204
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialFinn @finnigan16.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Google's recent cowardice seems like a good time to remind folks about this guide. 03311
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.social🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power. That’s some crazy shit, Google. 32580402576
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Here are some ways to “De-Google” your life. Other suggestions welcome. If this latest corrupt capitulation to Trump isn’t enough for you, read @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s Enshittification chapter on how Google killed competition and then deliberately made their products worse to increase revenue. 1214165
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialMatt Blair @mjmbca.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I haven’t worked my way through this guide yet, but I’m looking forward to making a project of it, starting with the easiest transitions. Sharing in case you might like to do the same. 24920
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialAlessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Really embarrassing stuff from Google Maps 4403
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king 296140143200
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Chapman's is hands down the best coffee ice cream. It's not bitter like most coffee ice cream.cbc.caChapman’s Ice Cream gives the scoop: Ontario company shifting from U.S. suppliers with no price increase | CBC NewsOntario company Chapman’s Ice Cream says it's moving to replace more than 70 per cent of its ingredients from the U.S. by mid-2027, promising no price increases until March 2028. 4627
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Recognized this great Vancouver store immediately. 4913
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialFirst Amendment Girl @firstamendmentgirl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Harvest by Vincent van Gogh, June 1888, Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) #ArtHistory #ModernArt #PostImpressionism This painting is on view in the exhibition Vincent’s Path to Fame from 12 June until 6 September 2026. 131472242
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.social🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The American education system at work. 201226246
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“Carney’s official statement deserves to be read in full, slowly, with a beer, because underneath the diplomatic wallpaper it’s the most quietly savage document a G7 leader’s put out in years. It reads like a bank manager foreclosing on a bloke’s entire self-image & the bank manager is enjoying it.”ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 441050321
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Every subsequent U.S. president who tries to do a modicum of good via foreign policy or trade is going to be sitting across from someone thinking yeah sure, okay, but what about the next guy. Absent political reforms, tribunals and truth and reconciliation, that credibility is gone forever. 341624378
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is so #Inspirational #RobotDeath 24580147
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialvanoreo @vanoreo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026@edzitron.com had it on the money here 21162371
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialBrendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026If anything this sort of commentary proves the point - having the judiciary write a new layer of constitutional procedure doesn't mean Correct Policy is Enacted it just means that these guys are making more decisions about the substance of policy and unlike Doug Ford you can't vote them out. 1345
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026There are 2 big stories in development happening in Africa @katemac.bsky.social (1) LEAPFROGGING: Africa is buying huge quantities of solar panels. Electricity access is accelerating growth (2) MAKING not just BUYING: some countries are capturing manufacturing phenomenalworld.org/analysis/afr...phenomenalworld.orgKate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay | Green Strategy in AfricaOn the continent’s industrial development agenda for the twenty-first century 320971
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialAlessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Shade structures in Spanish cities, a thread: Màlaga, Calle Lario. This one’s branded 1184
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialRoland Quandt @rquandt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026that big Korean company is launching new hardware today. they ask you to pay up for the memory crisis they created and made them even richer. here's a kind reminder: you do NOT HAVE TO BUY any of this stuff. let them burn billions on marketing, move on. your old phone/whatch is still good. 054
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I can’t get over the fact that our post-war roads are just *enormous*. Even random residential streets like this one, which has a dead end at a park behind me. And then people complain about taxes and the quality of roads! 2319911
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialNameChangeForSafety (he/him) @fourthlinemagic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026🌿👀🌿 bsky.app/profile/carc... 1492
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialadrian @crawf34.bsky.social · 20/07/2026he's right. google "republican groomers" for more info 372595
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialWorld Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026You are witnessing the pinnacle of bollard greatness….. #WorldBollardAssociation 691522177
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 18/07/2026That’s funny. Much of the “anti-car” stuff I see is from parents who want safe streets for their kids. Many of them still own cars, but they want to be able to bike with their kids. They want their kids to be able to walk to school. 1947734
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Several analyses found that if Trump had invested his multimillion-dollar inheritance in an index fund and didn’t touch it, instead of spending it on numerous failed business pursuits, he would’ve been a lot better off financially. Before his current grifting off the presidency, of course... 33671180
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.socialEvan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026There's a great @danielkayhertz.bsky.social essay about the "immaculate conception of your neighborhood" theory which your linked article exemplifies. cityobservatory.org/immaculate_n...cityobservatory.orgThe immaculate conception of your neighborhood – City Observatory 162
Reposted by @derksen17.bsky.social⚜️ Royal Blood ⚜️ @royalblood1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026😁 296141931812
