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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 22/09/2026

Smoke from the Mount Jack wildfire in Sooke this evening, seen from James Bay #yyj

Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 15/09/2026

Paragliders riding the updrafts down by the water tonight, and flying by directly above us this beautiful evening #paragliding #yyj

A paraglider flies fairly close above us. Lots of white clouds form a backdropwith hints of blue sky in between.

A paraglider hangs suspended on the wind directly above us. Lots of white clouds form a backdropwith hints of blue sky in between.

Sunbeams pierce a cloudy sky and are reflected in the Salish Sea along Dallas Road. This is the view from the cliff edge where paragliders used the updraft to fly above us.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 04/09/2026

And the winner is...the Loon impersonation!

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 03/09/2026

This is so, so true. Oh, you're sending me the final draft? Yeah, right... 🤣

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 31/08/2026

Downloaded and used @mapquest.com for directions over the weekend and it worked very well for me. Just had to switch given that Google Maps seems to be malfunctioning so much these days #googleMaps #mapQuest #lakeOntario

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 28/08/2026

So it begins... 🍂 there's a brisk feel in the mornings though not unpleasant at all. Crisp air, cozy nights #fall #fall2026 #redLeaves #fallColours #yyj

There's a large wall in our backyard that's completely covered with ivy, which is overwhelmingly still green in colour as the end of summer approaches. At the furthest point of the ivy's reach, there are a couple of leaves that have already turned red, in anticipation of Fall. These leaves really stand out from the rest and are a sign that the whole of the wall will soon be ablaze in red!

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 28/08/2026

Throwback to the shore of Lake Ontario on a sunny day in July 2018, as my partner sits on a rock and looks east towards Toronto from Port Credit. We'd biked here that day, and Lake Ontario was looking beautiful! #LakeOntario

My partner sits on a rock on the shore of Lake Ontario as two swans drift by. The water is clear and swells gently on a sunny day in July 2018. It's a beautiful lake.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 25/08/2026

I need to plan next year's trip to Toronto to coincide with this pilot for Church St. pedestrianization. It looks awesome, @chanface.bsky.social Well done and more of this, please! 🚶🚶‍♀️🚴‍♀️ #walkTO #bikeTO #openStreets

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll

A view of clouds over the Olympic mountains as seen from Victoria BC.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 23/08/2026

Getting ready for Day 2 of the Triathlon Canada races. The sea is calm today with lots of cloud cover and not much wind at all right now. Seems like perfect conditions for the athletes! The Olympic Mountains look great, peeking over the top of cloud banks #YYJ #triathlonCanada

A view of the Olympic mountains across the Salish Sea from the entrance to Clover Point. The water is calm today, not much wind and plenty of cloud cover.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 22/08/2026

Had a great day down at Clover Point marshalling for the Super Sprint National Championships for Triathlon Canada today. Got there at 6:30am, finished at 2pm. The sunrise was gorgeous and a little birb frend dropped by to say hello! #YYJ #triathlonCanada

A view down the entrance to Clover Point where I was marshalling.

A selfie of me getting ready for the triathlon to begin.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 08/08/2026

I saw the Queen Mary Little Free Library on my ride along Dallas Road yesterday. She looks pretty good, especially below decks, stocked up to the gills with all kinds of books for people to take #yyj #queenMary #littleFreeLibrary

A model of the old British cruise ship the Queen Mary sits atop two black metal posts, with the boys facing Dallas Road in James Bay. The starboard side is cut out and filled with free books for the public to take, or add to, from this little free library.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 05/08/2026

Good turnout at Dallas Road for the Canadian Air Force flyover of the #Snowbirds #yyj

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 31/07/2026

Cute puppy, but who's the Arctic explorer freakin out in the background? #pareidolia @pareidolia.bsky.social

This is a photo of what appears to be a German Shepherd puppy resting its head on the arm of a chair. One of its ears is cocked so that it seems like a person dressed in Arctic clothing who looks like they're panicking!

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 24/07/2026

Ladies, next time we go shopping for shoes we gotta get us a pair of these spikes! #stilettos #heels bsky.app/profile/infe...

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 06/07/2026

Looking forward to seeing this doc. I'm a big fan of sitting outside, watching life go by and having friends and neighbours stop to chat. Or strangers even. I would do this regularly when I lived in TO, it's a great way of getting to know the locals. Still do so nowadays, enjoying #porchLife in #yyj

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 05/07/2026

What an awful situation for someone to be in. This is so detestable. 😞

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 04/07/2026

Plum(b)ing the depths of dum(b)ness

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 04/06/2026

I use Bike Share to get around the city when I revisit Toronto each year for business. These new bikes sound great, especially the reflective paint job. Can't wait to try them out on my next trip #bikeTO #bikeShareTO

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 27/05/2026

I love that the staff and students produced this video about Vic High School in Fernwood. It's cheesy, badly lip synched, but feels so welcoming and inclusive. It's over 7 minutes long, but very wholesome and worth the watch #yyj

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 17/05/2026

In Toronto. Went to my fave hole-in-the-wall noodle bar, Not Just Noodles yesterday to have Singapore-style with shrimp for dinner, only to discover it had closed permanently. Nooo!

At the corner of Yonge and Wellesley Streets in Toronto, my favorite noodle bar is completely boarded up uncovered with graffiti, now closed permanently. The restaurant's signage hangs above the boarding displaying its name, Not Just Noodles. A group of people stand to the right, waiting for their walk sign to change.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 11/05/2026

Yesterday was a great day to dust off the travel Scrabble, go for a walk to find a picnic table in Ross Bay, soak up the sunshine, feel the sea breezes, and to see other folk out enjoying the beautiful weather in Victoria, BC. I scored a 7-letter word with these tiles!🤜 #yyj #scrabble #victoriaBC

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 10/05/2026

I love the evening sunlight around this time of year as it slants into the bedroom at 7:39 p.m. Pacific

Sunlight shines into a basement bedroom, highlighting a wood headboard and blue and white cushions and pillows, and illuminates an otherwise dark room. The window blinds create a horizontal shadow effect on the far wall to give an overall Zen look to the bedroom.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 05/05/2026

We had a rare sighting of a pelican down at Clover Point earlier this evening, just cruising from side to side on the updrafts from the sea before heading east towards Ross Bay. The video doesn't do it justice, but it was a big bugger. #pelicans #YYJ #cloverPoint

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 13/04/2026

Creyke Point Trail today. Fairly easy to hike, with beautiful views out onto the Salish Sea

My partner and I with the Salish sea in the background

A lone tree stands on a promontory looking out onto a gray yet beautiful scene of the sea and clouds

A sheltered pebble Beach down by the ocean with trees hanging over the beach

Someone has placed rock balanced inukshuk type stones on a rock looking out onto the ocean

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 20/03/2026

Not getting as much rain as I thought we would with this atmospheric river, here in #YYJ - why, it's even nice enough to go for a ride. Does anybody else wanna go for a ride? Anyone? Go for a ride..?

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 19/03/2026

A post-St-Paddy's-Day pint and a read at my local pub after a busy day, while a live Irish band plays music in the background. Colour and Shape by Superflux, Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks 🍻 📖 #yyj #IainMBanks #theCulture

A pint of hazy IPA in front of me on the bar, alongside my Kobo eReader, as I settle down for a relaxing evening at my local.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 11/02/2026

Like alien megaflora on a rocky landscape...

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 26/01/2026

I took part in nationwide CND protests in the UK back in the '80s. In retrospect, those protests were so tame compared to what we're seeing now in the US, and in MN in particular. Unbelievable

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

at least tomorrow is friday

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 20/01/2026

Been thinking a bit about an old British sitcom I used to watch as a kid, Dad's Army, about a Home Guard platoon that would be on the frontline in the event of a German invasion across the English Channel. Such a funny show, though I guess I'm remembering it coz of the current doom & gloom #dadsArmy

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 17/01/2026

In 2024 a friend who lived nearby asked me to look after her 5-month-old Zebedee whenever she went away and we have been bonding. But my friend just moved to SE Asia and Zeb now lives with her dad in another city so I don't know if I'll see the lil kitty again. He was cute #catsOfBluesky #caturday

Zebedee, a 5-month-old Maine coon mix cat sits on a rug in my friend's living room and stares at me as I sit on the couch and point my finger at him. at this point in our relationship he seems unsure of me, but over time he became a little buddy whenever I was cat sitting for my friend

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 17/01/2026

Tonight's sunset walking along Dallas Road #yyj #victoriaBC

A darkened landscape provides the perfect canvas for a thin red sky in the background as the sun sets on Vancouver Island, BC.

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 05/01/2026

Wow, @cheknews.ca. In this story about a cyclist being “hit” there is ZERO mention of any vehicle. All we apparently know is a cyclist was “hit” in an “incident” Hit by what? Could be anything! Do better @cheknews.ca #yyjbike #yyj

Screenshot of text: “BC Emergency Health Services say a cyclist is in stable condition following an incident at an intersection in Saanich on Sunday.

At around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, emergency crews could be seen arriving at the intersection of Cedar Hill Cross Road and Stamboul Road in Saanich after a woman was hit on her bicycle.

BC EHS confirmed it received a call at 1:26 p.m. on Sunday “regarding a cyclist hit at the intersection of Cedar Hill Cross Road and Stamboul Road in Saanich.”

EHS arrived with two ground ambulance units and one patient was transported to hospital in stable condition.

Police and fire also responded, and the area had been taped off by police. CHEK has reached out to police and fire for an update but has not received a response at this time”

Screenshot of Chek news story “Cyclist hit in Saanich, taken to hospital in stable condition”

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 31/12/2025

Homemade refried beans are so good. Sauté half a medium-sized, chopped onion in some olive oil until slightly translucent, then add two or three cloves of minced garlic to the pan and stir until the onion is just beginning to brown. #refriedBeans #mexicanCuisine #mexicanFood

I chopped half a medium sized onion and three cloves of garlic, minced, and sauteed them in a pan with some olive oil until the onion started to brown.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 25/12/2025

Carolers getting into the swing of things at the local cafe in Cook Street Village today #YYJ #cookStreetVillage #VictoriaBC #carolers #holidays

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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 19/12/2025

Struck by what? Awe?

Screenshot of part of a breaking Times Colonist story. It reads “Two pedestrians were struck at the intersection of Oak Bay Avenue and Foul Bay Road on Friday afternoon, Said Victoria Police”

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 19/12/2025

Went out for farewell drinks last night with a friend who's leaving soon for Southeast Asia, for who knows how long. Dropped by her place on the way home and discovered she makes lighter cases. Cute! #lighterCase #polymerClay

Two homemade lighter cases, one orange, one pink, stand on a glass coffee table. The cases look like caricatures of human faces with big eyes and big lips and various piercings. The pink case has a Bic lighter fitted inside already

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 16/12/2025

Opened the door to the back yard earlier, to see if the hummingbirds were at the feeder, and ended up making a new friend 😀 #deer #urbanDeer #yyj

A hummingbird feeder hangs from a black metal pole in the backyard. Just to the left of the feeder is a young deer staring right at me from maybe 10 feet away, in among the rhododendrons and heather growing in a raised garden area.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 06/12/2025

A bit later than usual, but I finally got the tree up today. It's nice to bring light inside on these darker, blustery nights #yyj #christmasTree #xmas #happyHolidays

A Christmas tree filled with ornaments and lights stands in the corner of my living room, bringing warm light into the home on evenings when night falls more quickly, and you can hear the wind blowing outside.

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Gary Roberts @paradoxus.ca · 29/11/2025

Breaking up is hard to do...

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