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Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/apps

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Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools

Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.

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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 23h

Alberta separatism is just three oil executives in a trench coat stirring the pot so Canada will pay for pipelines instead of demanding private investment.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My old economic development boss Ian Thompson has a piece in ANS.com today about how NS ppl are stalling progress yet again. Essentially ‘They’re not buying what us elites are selling - fewer regulations, regional cooperation, investment funds, higher productivity.’ When you say it like that…

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Possible plague death. Yes, that plague.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wonderful to hear @hfxwordy.bsky.social read from her memoir today. “Remember, you are the best narrator of your life.” See, I wrote it down! Amazing strength and creativity, Michelle ❤️ congratulations!

Michelle stands behind a podium which is placed in front of a large abstract backdrop. On the front of the podium is a Defend Books poster.

To the side there is a red armchair and a poster of Michelle’s book cover for “A good girl’s guide to lying”.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Happy “Venus is retrograde for the next forty days, Yikes” day!

A photograph of a bonfire in my yard. It is dark and all that is visible is the fire.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The thing I hate most is when I finally get a bunch of really fucking annoying, bitty tasks done, and then, when I go in for the dopamine rush of crossing them off my To Do list, they’re not even fucking on it. They’ve just been rattling around my head all this time, wrecking it. Soul-destroying.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Immigration Minister Lena Diab, who presides over one of the most consequential files of the moment, has been a disaster. This summer, the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Committee — generally friendly to the government — issued an open letter calling for her firing”

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Beautiful, intensely thoughtful and deeply revelatory piece about the very brilliant Sebastian Barry. Behind His Great Novels, an Unbearable Family Secret www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/m...

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Behind His Great Novels, an Unbearable Family Secret

The Irish author Sebastian Barry has made a career of mining his family history. But he kept one story buried.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love Slow Horses more than most; I read the books before the tv show came out. But fuck me, I hate having to watch an episode twice because it’s so dark I can’t see what’s happening.

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Donie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you can, please donate to this fund supporting the family of our beloved friend, and Storyful legend, @eoghan.eurosky.social Eoghan taught a whole generation of journalists OSINT -- and did it all with the very best sense of humor and purpose. www.gofundme.com/f/our-friend...

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Donate to Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney, organized by Joseph Galvin

Our friend, colleague and comrade Eoghan Sweeney has been diagnosed with termina… Joseph Galvin needs your support for Our friend and colleague Eoghan Sweeney

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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Spent the afternoon with friends on the Garvaghy Road, listening to stories of local people’s grief and trauma from the last time around. This is no way to live. Love and solidarity, peace and progress to all. We have come so far. We are one society, one community. We cannot go back.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

in the history textbooks of the future 'move fast and break things' will be one of those slogans like 'manifest destiny' and 'laissez-faire' that students will half-forget but forever associate with catastrophe

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m running a golf tournament today for a client so send prayers up for Lorraine as details and golf are her two least favourite things.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When you’re so status and money-focused that you sign up for a very dumb Bay Area cult, and then realize that maybe the money part is about to go bye bye…. Very very stressful.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Lawns were actually invented and popularized in the 16-18th centuries to surround the mansions of European slavers and colonists and ensure irate locals didn’t sneak up under cover of woodland to burn them out.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

See whole thread. I agree with this conclusion. Have tried to make it myself, but was far too clumsy.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I wonder if everyone in Canada understands that Ursula Von der Leyen is not an elected politician. She is the head of the EU bureaucracy and pretty much despised. Also she has a fake mittel Europe aristocratic name. However she would not have said what she said without permission from states.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I often recommend Arthur Snell’s foreign affairs podcast but this episode about Yemen and the Houthis is really interesting if you happen to care about this oil crisis. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b...

podcasts.apple.com

The Houthis Strike Back - Iona Craig on the Red Sea and the Crisis in World Energy Markets

Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · September 17 · 50m

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have to write one of those stupid little “if you knew me” bios for a work thing, and I have no Arthur Beagle to talk about.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A major sabotage attack has hit the Netherlands railway network at more than 20 locations. Two-metre metal pipes were attached to tracks to trick the network’s warning system into registering that the tracks were blocked.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Lawrencetown airbnb crew are all advertising their spots for winter rental (nov-may) This practice makes me seethe. My daughter cannot find anywhere affordable to live in Obi’s school district bc of this BS. Also, where I come from, when the bed is next to the fridge, you are hawking a bedsit.

Moonlight Suites at Lawrencetown beach are advertising a bedsit as a one bed for $1800 a month with a seven month lease only.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Red is progressive; blue is right wing (two of the parties are in Stephen Harper’s IDU network).

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I stacked half of last year’s wood in the porch, to keep dry for the winter. Then I stacked this year’s cord of firewood, to start the drying process. Am in desperate need of a nice cold beer.

A stacked cord and a half of firewood, under a white tarpaulin.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I have zero interest in whether AI is going to kill us all. Yawn. I have a ton of interest in where all the AI money is going and what’s going to happen to my RRSP between now and 2030. Also very interested in how secure the cloud, the grid, the banking system, etc is. Journalists, do better.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

…the little side convo he has with the two boys about Arsenal is magical…

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This Build your own Budget tool for Nova Scotia is super interesting in that it highlights how much individuals are taxed compared to businesses. And how expensive our healthcare system is. You can only nibble at the edges of the budget. yourbudget.novascotia.ca/take-part

yourbudget.novascotia.ca

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This whole thread is …. Enough internet for the week, I think.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m late to the latest Scene on Radio podcast series (8) which is about the media. sceneonradio.org So, so good, have you listened @timbousquet.bsky.social I feel this is your jam.

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S8 E5: Follow the Money

Podcast Episode · Scene on Radio · S8 E5 · 49m

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Actually it is Mikey. This asshole was mouthing off the same stuff thirty years ago, when I worked at the Dàil and we were just starting to see immigration. One of the most unpleasant people I have ever met. And that’s saying something. Why he still has a media platform is beyond me.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

if Canada really wants to hurt us they should keep exporting just Crown Royal

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Has anyone installed one of those new Quilt heat pumps?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...

vimeo.com

Power to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]

Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is worth watching for the cut to the wide shot. I expect we will all be discussing this documentary at length, however I feel I have spent enough of my life dealing with sociopaths.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I fucking do. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s E Fry gala time! An Evening for E Fry is a fun, uplifting gala event to help restore the lives of women and gender-diverse individuals impacted by the justice system. Enjoy drinks, appetizers, a silent auction at Garrison Seaport. Early bird tickets are $100: eveningforefry2026.eventbrite.ca

eveningforefry2026.eventbrite.ca

Evening for E Fry 2026

Join us to celebrate & support the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland NS with food, drinks, an airline raffle, silent auction & more!

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My son returned from a six month Navy deployment last week and proposed to his girlfriend last night up by Boar’s Head lighthouse. Because he’s a tech nerd, he filmed the event with a drone.

Boar’s Head lighthouse is on the right in this photo. It’s a typical Atlantic lighthouse with a red top.

On the left, a young couple are on the rocks above the Bay of Fundy.

The man is kneeling in front of the woman and she is looking pretty shocked and happy.

I guess I have a new daughter!

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

wishing all our European pals in Iceland the best of luck tomorrow with their EU referendum. I notice voters are well informed and are well clued into the pros and cons of the EU. it's all about Iceland now folks. If they say no, I still wish them the best.

"It's your time Iceland" slogan above an image of the Iceland island with surrounded by the stars of the EU.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/08/2026

White House official Peter Navarro agrees with Steve Bannon that Canada is now a "wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese Communist Party" "Vancouver is now big Hong Kong," Navarro says

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