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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 11h

Oooh Brother, I'm way ahead of ya

Photo of a Brother electric label printer with "heckin maybe!" Typed on the screen

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 28/09/2026

Hello and welcome to Monday, everyone! I hope it's kind to you, and if it's not, I hope you're kind to yourself.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 10/09/2026

Dear @greatdismal.bsky.social: I'd like to officially (as official as one can on bsky) invite you to an event my org is cohosting with BCcampus at Internet Archive Canada's space in downtown Vancouver. You still have to pay the regular rate to get in, but I think you'd like the people who show up.

social media image with details about a satellite event in Vancouver that's companion to OEGlobal's 2026 conference at MIT. It has a vector image rendering of vancouver's skyline, dates and details, and a QR code to scan to register.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 07/09/2026

I looked at the timeline, and -LO & BEHOLD- there it was, visible from 2014 to 2016. I think this is pretty cool, and that's all! Sometimes we can forget due hype and DiScOuRsE talking about the great villainy that technology enables, that we can also do cool things w/it. Anyhow, thx 4 reading.

Thumbnails of different dates in Google Street View from Nov 2009 to Jun 2018, with a painting of a girl in blue visible in Jun 2014, Jun 2015, and May 2016.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 07/09/2026

And so, lo and behold, THIS STOOP. But the thing is, obviously, the art isn't there. Unsurprising. Buuuut, google street view does provide past versions of a photo! So. I knew from my metadata that it'd have been there in Sep of 2014, and Fons' showed that it was there at least as late as Mar 2016.

Screenshot of Google Streetview, showing the walkup of a rowhouse in Amsterdam with graffiti mostly faded/removed/painted over. The bottom right corner shows a minimap.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 07/09/2026

So I looked at the other photos I'd taken, and they all had timestamps. The one below, in fact, I'd taken 5 minutes before. So I took this and did a reverse image search on google, which (very luckily) identified the bldg on the left as a former orphanage: amsterdamopdekaart.nl/1850-1940/Pr...

Photo of a bridge over Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, NL

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 07/09/2026

Oh my gosh y'all so let me tell you the fun of digital sleuthing. This is a photo I took in #Amsterdam, alllll the way back in September of 2014. It's one of a bunch from 3-4 month trip I did across North America and Europe shortly after getting out of the Navy.

Photograph of Street Art in Amsterdam depicting a girl looking down, painted in blue, adjacent to lots of graffiti tags

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 29/08/2026

got bored, downloaded a zine template to use on my tablet, and now i guess you could say I'm an artist

A very useful zine titled "How To Draw a Realistic Face" by Peter musser, with 6 steps guaranteed to teach anyone how to draw a realistic face and become an artist.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 29/08/2026

Ooh but also check out these butterflies I saw at the Calgary zoo last week!

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 29/08/2026

I have this problem, see, where I can't help but stop and take photos of #bees whenever I see them. @derekhennen.bsky.social I hope you're proud of me 🥹

Photo of a bumblebee getting absolutely POLLINATED on some white flowers

A bumblebee on some purple asters, doing its job like a bumbling professional.

A bumblebee just hanging out on a rock, likely contemplating things only bumblebees contemplate

Not a bumblebee, but still cute. A honeybee gets its fill from some lovely little purple flowers.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 18/08/2026

Anyhow, if you're subject to the same "ugh" of Vancouver's fall/winter, reach out and let me know. I'll feed you, and all it'll cost you is a trip out to New West.

text reads: Date: Friday, 16 October 2026

Time: 6p-9p

Theme: Pumpkin bumpkins! Soup, seeds, spice — no matter what form it comes in, people just loaf pumpkins, so I’m gonna make something pumpkin based. If you don’ t like pumpkins, then you can GFY (go Gourd-Free & Yummy) by bringing a side dish.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 18/08/2026

My personal favorite is probably November 14, because it really lets me lean into my desire to write flavor text.

text reads: Date: Saturday, 14 November 2026

Time:3p-6p

Theme: Saturday? More like CATURDAY! that’s right, we’re gonna catch and roast a stray cat. 🐈‍⬛

No no I kid. Who has that kind of time? Instead, I was thinking that we could eat things that cats eat, but that people also eat! Tuna melts? Things containing heavy cream? Grass/grains? I’m also open to suggestions, and there are a lot of different kinds of cats out there.

Tigers, for example, eat people.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 18/08/2026

I've decided to host open door dinners every other Friday from now through January to deal with the general Vancouver antisociality combined with the harshness of winter. Which was a great excuse to come up with 12 themes:

A list of 12 themes for dinner parties. It includes such highlights as "pumpkin bumpkins" on October 16, "Holly Jolly Hanukkah" on December 11, and "fun fake january holidays" on Jan 15.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 22/07/2026

Assuming you're the right @ellenbw.bsky.social to tag about this, this was EXCEPTIONAL. Fadimatu is a saint of unwilling patience, and Olivier is my heart, and Cal, oh bless, and Bede is definitely a lesson to be learned.

Cover of a book, "As we fall through time," by million-copy-bestselling author Claire North, with a note that this will be available October 2026 but currently (in July of 2026) is not for sale. The cover art is two bodies falling toward each other, one from the bottom and one from the top.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 01/07/2026

Ok Chicago IS very cool, but now that I'm home i definitely got a maple glazed donut from Timmies & am waiting on my Teen Burger at A&W.

Photograph of a to-go cup (filled with root beer, not pictured) from A&W that says "a Canadian classic since 1956"

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 30/06/2026

Thank you for that and I hope you feel like you made the right decision!

Big crying emoji with the water level going up and up, as if it were flooding the screen

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 29/06/2026

The branch of Chicago Public Library in the loop has really big "fuck around and find out" vibes, and honestly, I think more libraries should too. #alaac26

Photograph of a decorative statue of an owl in copper on top of Chicago public library's branch in the loop, looking more menacing than one would expect from a public library

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 26/06/2026

Oh, that's a nice thing i just noticed outside my hotel room window. I love how it's just slightly ajar and that my window is now going to stay locked and closed

Photo of a rusted door, too small for a grown up to walk through while standing up, and slightly open in a way that's perhaps more menacing than is necessary

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 11/05/2026

Last night there was one fledgling starling on our balcony. Today there are two. And I gotta say-- I relate to this one's mood.

Close up photo of a fledgling starling on a balcony, whose expression is one of "don't bother me before I've had my coffee"

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 10/04/2026

Yoooo, my #p4a2026 art arrived! Wahoo! I'm gonna hang THE FUCK out of these things. I also got my P4A tea towel which is the cleanest that it will ever be. Also very nice!

A photo of four pieces of art. In the bottom left corner is a collage of a combination of people's faces with the text "fashion's new Crush: This is the underwater fund that traps people." In the top right corner is a watercolor and colored pencil drawing of a mallard in a suit that says "don't forget to be as awesome as a duck in a suit" signed by Bethany Webb. In the top left corner is a postcard with a drawing signed by Alexis Nicole Nelson depicting a frog riding a bluebird which is carrying a basket of plant material. And in the bottom right hand corner is a postcard that has a picture of two frogs as soccer balls assigned by John Green.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 29/03/2026

well, that escalated quickly

Screenshot of a spreadsheet showing faceted classification framework for works of art including facets for dimensions, orientation, scale, duration, and type, with 72 possible permutations so far

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 29/03/2026

Huh, turns out I must be a librarian because I'm creating a taxonomy for fun on a Sunday morning. (works of public art if you were curious) anyway have some art from when I was in Berlin in 2014

Photo taken across a canal in Berlin. The image contains multi-story buildings in the background with trees and other greenery in front of them; below them is the wall of a canal. Probably most prominent in this photo is a three story mural, in white paint, of a gender ambiguoous person looking askance at the viewer with just the hint of a smile. Also lots of other marks of graffiti.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 22/03/2026

Clouds be clouding! I'm pretty sure this isn't what they mean by atmospheric river, but it sure is interesting to me that this one strip of clouds just keeps going in the distance. Anyways, happy Sunday!.

Picture of a river view on a cloudy day, with a stretch of narrow clouds reaching into the distance

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 23/12/2025

Ho ho ho, who wouldn't go?

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 18/12/2025

I'm a sucker for connections. So sue me.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 09/12/2025

Behold, the spirit of Christmas

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 20/11/2025

Hey! I saw you asked a question during the session but it didn't get answered, and just wanted to get you one because it was a good one. For sake of word limit, screenshot with alt-text containing the whole thing, with answer to follow. Hope that's okay!

Can't critique of AI live in the space between abstinence (or what you call refusal) and harm reduction? I think these can be more overlapping than binary choices, as use or intentional non-use is so context-dependent. Further, refusal does not always mean shaming users.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 19/11/2025

Local (separate from individual, which are also important) actions have the potential to inspire broader action, esp. among institutions. So: -Demand better options/behavior from our vendors -Judicious vs. regular AI use -Host communities of learning -Host local models -Seek community input!

What does it mean to focus on the local and contextual when AI–in its impacts largely operating at global scales? I feel like this also ties into Peter’s comments about harm reduction versus refusal as frameworks, which also seems to deal with a tension between local and global.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 19/11/2025

A: To be fair, libraries have a strong track record of coexisting and even using our ostensible replacements (google and search, e-books and print media, wikipedia and reference questions, zoom and public meeting spaces), so *existentially* I'm not nervous. Not about THAT, anyhow. But/And...

Question text: The use of AI seems to occur where other social structures have failed–e.g., formal educational infrastructures–which is exactly where libraries have traditionally come in while also serve as a social space. So we can see AI as coming to replace many important functions of libraries. In that light, how do libraries co-exist with something that seeks to replace them, and displace the physical spaces that libraries provide?

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 25/09/2025

@pjnewwest.bsky.social can you pass on thanks to the city staff who cut back the weeds and grass overtaking the sidewalk on Duncan, eastbound just past Mercer on Qborough? I put in a req for it on SeeClickFix app, and mentioned it to the city staff at the farmers market last week, & they delivered!

A photo of a gravel sidewalk that has recently had plants cut back on it to make space for pedestrians

A photo of a gravel sidewalk overrun with plants, leaving no space for pedestrians to use it

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 12/09/2025

Wellllll @hankgreen.bsky.social and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and @projectforawesome.bsky.social, I'm happy to announce that our car's inaugural decor is the (very lovely) P4A bumper magnet! Happy to rep nerd fighters across all of British Columbia :D

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 29/07/2025

Expected AI ethics discussion aside: GOOD hecking RIDDANCE! Workers Deserve Rest, and productivity mindset can calm TF down.

Screenshot of a news headline saying "AI might make workers faster, but not necessarily more productive: 'They do it faster then go for coffee breaks'". Above the headline is an image of 3 people on a stage in what looks like a conference setting.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 06/07/2025

This isn't what I had in mind when someone suggested a threesome

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 21/06/2025

Things are a mess so here's a photo of my child being a goof on our way to daycare

A child in a blue hat and shirt in gray pants busting a move on a path next to a road

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 14/06/2025

I like bee butts and I cannot fly. Some other flowers might deny. When a bee flies in with its pollen covered legs and that stinger in your face, SPRING GETS SPRUNG

a big pink flower with a bumblebee butt popping out of the center

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 05/06/2025

Ok so it's been a Loooong Time Coming (c) but I'm finally about to experience @chucktingle.bsky.social for the first time!

Screenshot of the audiobook "Straight" by Chuck Tingle in the Libby app

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 04/06/2025

The world is a mess, but I just discovered that the dozens of pill bugs that live on/in our balcony like to come out for breakfast and that's nice.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 29/05/2025

While being very conscientious about who I'm giving time to at #WebSummitVancouver has left my dignity intact, the same cannot be said for my glasses. Somehow this is the fault of artificial intelligence, and I challenge anyone to prove me wrong.

A photo of a hand holding a pair of glasses, from which the left armature has broken off and are being held awkwardly next to them. In the background are escalator stairs, suggesting that the photographer either likes to live dangerously by doing photography while riding sharp, moving objects or that the escalator ride is very long.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 28/05/2025

So like, I don't know how to say this other than that @katie-drummond.bsky.social and @jay.bsky.team talking about niche communities is a podcast we need. #WebSummit #WebSummitVancouver

Jay Graber and Katie Drummond talking on the main stage at Web Summit Vancouver, photo taken over the heads of other attendees, with a background to the subjects in neon pinks and blues

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 19/05/2025

While nobody took me up on this, nonetheless a new lifelong friend caught my eye on the hike! And by that I mean a gnat flew INTO MY EYE AND GOT STUCK like 20 minutes into it, and didn't come out until like 3 hours later, covered in eye goop, no longer for this world. Anyway here are trees

The view up a mountain off the Buntzen ridge trail in British Columbia. Lots of tall trees and ferns on a cloudy day, very verdant.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 15/05/2025

Amazing story, Akwaeke Emezi! Amazing audiobook narration, @nenenwoko.bsky.social! Thank you both ❤️ A reminder that the IMLS enables readers and authors worldwide, directly and indirectly, to find each other and expand their worlds. Thank you to everyone fighting in their own way to defend it.

Screenshot of the Libby app showing "Somadina" by Akwaeke Emezi, with 44 seconds of playtime to go.

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Peter Musser @petermusser.com · 26/04/2025

Did I take a picture of the mosaic floor at @internetarchiveca.bsky.social today during Government Information Day? Yes, but only because the ceiling probably already gets plenty of love.

Mosaic tile floor in the rough shape of overlapping circles or maybe flower petals, hard to tell

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