iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I am so tired of seeing all the AI generated posters with the three-little sweat lines for emphasis around random words.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Well it took 12.5 years, but I finally ruined a diva cup by forgetting in on the stove long enough for the pot boil dry.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I think my cucumber plant has bacterial wilt... at least I got the joy of successfully growing one cucumber but now I feel cheated out of all those baby cucumbers that will probably shrivel and die...

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Bugs Bunny's Malnourished Carrot

ALT: Bugs Bunny's Malnourished Carrot

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Signs you are old: exclaiming "oh shit look at that cucumber" with genuine surprise and excitement while watering the garden.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I am really proud of this thing I made last minute using a bedsheet and old t-shirts.

A white banner lies on the floor, large letters spell out EVERYONE in rainbow colours.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It feels so much better to give the $25 hairdresser a $25 tip than to just pay for the $50 salon.

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Ottawa Charge GIFs @chargegifs.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Emily Clark calls game in OT! Ottawa wins Game 1! #PWHL #OttawaCharge #SurgingAhead #OTTvMIN

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

You should read “Thick Skin” by Hilary Peach, or listen to her CBC Ideas talk, or go to her website and listen to her amazing audio poetry recordings.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Celebrated my longest and healthiest romantic relationship by going on a llama walk. We got to walk an elderly mother-daughter pair 🥹

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

An old pair of my socks is hanging in my local library in the name of art.

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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Interesting: the letters in FRANCISCUS look sloppily placed but are, in fact, separated by identical gaps. The problem is, that doesn’t work with Times New Roman capital letters. They need dynamic spacing to appear balanced

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Christi Belcourt @christibelcourt.com · 29/04/2025

Liberal partisans on TikTok: we won which was a resounding rejection of fascism! Conservative partisans on TikTok: the liberals are going to bring in fascism! Where do I sign up to separate Alberta? Seriously so dramatic. Most ppl believe they rejected fascism. Find the common ground.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Despite falling asleep at the same time, yesterday I slept in till 1pm and today I woke up naturally at 7:30am. Fuck schedules my body wasn’t meant for them.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/04/2025

Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...

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Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off

Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

My Millennial Administrative Burden has been temporarily lifted and I have regained access to a support program and $$ I am entitled to - after 4 months of bureaucracy caused by a simple change of address 🙄

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Maybe this is the year I get into birding

A screenshot from the Cornell Merlin Bird app showing birdsong recordings in waveform and suggested matches: Northern Cardinal, Song Sparrow, American Robin, American Goldfinch.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Excited for the weekend so I can boil sap on my front porch again #microsucrerie

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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

OK SO, 25% book tariffs are set to go live April 2. this is tricky for a number of reasons but the simplest is that most books are published & warehoused in the US, even those by Canadian authors, so this makes it infinitely more complicated than "Buy Canadian Authors" or slapping on a sticker

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Visiting my folks and my mom has a list of computer help and my dad wants me to help him move a heavy object. #classic

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Example re: why sudden patriotism feels icky

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Anyone else feeling ambivalent about this whole Canadian patriotism era? While I am not happy about the threats from the south, I am also much more aware of our colonial past & present than the last time being ultra-Canadian was cool…

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

🎶 Done is better than perfect, done is better than perfect. Won’t you sing along, and we’ll carry on, because done is better than perfect! 🎶

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I just made a Dutch baby pancake for breakfast and watched it rise in the oven like a Delissio advertisement.

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I was talking with my sister about how weird it was that people used the Four Humors theory even into the 20th century, isn’t it so stupid to reduce everything to these chemical systems? And she said “Look at the way people talk about dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin on TikTok” Huh.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

My friend wrote an entire play and performed a staged reading at our collective arts space yesterday and I am so impressed and proud!

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

100% never having kids because nothing feels better than sleeping in on the weekend

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Saving money by creating a mountain of dishes and my own Hollandaise sauce

A fork lifts up a potato covered in cheese and Hollandaise sauce from a French onion soup bowl of gooey deliciousness.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

How I wish I could spend my afternoon 😢

A gray and white cat curled into a ball lying on a gray and white blanket.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Snow ❄️ snow ❄️ snow

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Who knew only working 20 hrs a week is amazing for my mental health and less amazing for my bank account (I did, because I’ve been here before 🙃) #ubi #basicincomeplease

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Here’s a reminder that going for a short walk on cold sunny days with snow can be pretty great at counterbalancing seasonal depression.

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 05/02/2025

If you can. When you can. However you can. Try your best to create. Not just art. Anything. Gardening, writing, crocheting… lean into your hobbies… Create **NOT** for the sole purpose of resisting or grifting but because we all need an outlet, a distraction, something else that is anything else.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Here’s to laying in bed.

A cat is seen behind a mound of pillows, in the background sun illuminates a sheer curtain.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Biggest turn out for open studio in a while! We had folks screen printing, working on music, knitting, participating in a language class, researching for a play project, and connecting over conversation.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Today I ate bagels and tried blue tea 😮

A white mug with a blue liquid, next to some houseplants.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

You know what’s great? Living in a community where there are so many people who want to connect and make things happen. You know what’s sometimes hard? Knowing about all the things that are happening! Informal networks of communication are great but also frustrating.

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Mere @mereisthesea.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Art therapy with Mere: what does your morning look like?

A page from a sketchbook: the main image is a drawing of a person lying in bed looking at their phone. It is surrounded by text exploring my morning struggles / “routine”.

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