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Alex

@quidocetdiscet.bsky.social
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IB History & Theory of Knowledge teacher, museum junkie, aficionado of all things archaic. Grumkin & Snark.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
wild to be living in a world with live-streamed state executions and legal daylight kidnappings, but every time you turn around some loser is saying, hey man, what if art were completely frictionless? what if we killed even the possibility of human connection??
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gen X and Millennials yearn for. personalized Triptiks from CAA and AAA.
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Opinion | What Are We Doing to Our World of Wonder?
What if 50 years from now, having destroyed the habitat for the creatures around us, we are plagued by an inconsolable loneliness?
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today is #NationalTeddyBearDay which reminded us of that time we found this old book full of terribly terrifying teddies to traumatise and terrorise. Sweet dreams everyone. Don't have nightmares.
A terrifying old teddy bear
A terrifying old teddy bear
A terrifying old teddy bear
A terrifying old teddy bear
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Last time the far-right won an election in Germany: 5 March 1933. Nazi Party: 44% Tonight:
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sept. 11 was one of many times N.L. residents have opened their homes in a crisis | CBC News
Newfoundlanders and Labradorians have a long-history of helping those in need, even before the generosity displayed nearly 25 years ago when people opened their homes to stranded airline passengers du...
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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
a contender for my favorite behind-the-scenes photo: The Hunt for Red October crew built their submarine set(s) on top of a hydraulic gimbal, 45 ft above the stage floor, capable of tilting 45 degrees to mimic a sub's movements - Sean Connery said it made him seasick. even the gauges inside worked.
Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in their costumes sitting next to each other, Connery's arm on Baldwin's shoulder, inside the Hunt for Red October's tilting submarine interior set
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Sarah E Moran @offallingstars.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Do you remember when the Internet was just stupid, strange, and beautiful?
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Blue Rodeo - Hasn't Hit Me Yet (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Blue Rodeo
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/08/2026
There's no such thing as a binding referendum on secession, because secession is not permissible under the constitution.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
the year is 2521. unprotected parts of vancouver are three metres underwater. the sky is perpetually orange. the main form of entertainment is artificial intelligence populated worlds rationed by the government. and this will still be the weather for the first week of the pne
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Tarnjit Parmar @tarnjitparmar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This little guy was rescued from the Bald Range wildfire by firefighters and the BC Conservation Officer Service. He was transported (in the prisoner seat) to an animal rescue organization in Penticton.
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The wolf cull in B.C. must be audited to determine if humane standards are being used
Before killing more wolves, the province needs to show that it’s actually helping the caribou population
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
vancouversun.com/news/enterin...
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Entering Lawrence Books feels like taking a time capsule to the 1980s
Lawrence Books has been a Dunbar fixture since the 1980s.
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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Lloyd Robertson, signing off. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Lloyd Robertson, former CTV News chief anchor, dies at age 92
Mr. Robertson joined CTV in 1976 and served as chief anchor and senior editor from 1984 to 2011
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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Before and after: The condition of Empress Eugénie's crown following the Louvre heist
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/07/2026
Moorlands and forests in the Cairngorms, in the Scottish Highlands, have fallen victim to the rapidly spreading wildfires in Europe. “If you have lost a 250- or 300-year-old Caledonian pine, you are not going to get that back overnight,” the chief executive of the Cairngorms National Park said.
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As Wildfires Plague Europe, Scotland Races to Save a Cherished National Park
As Europe’s climate warms, even moorlands and forests in the Cairngorms, in the Scottish Highlands, have fallen victim to rapidly spreading flames.
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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
emotionally regulating by watching the Bosch title sequence on a loop
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Bosch Opening Credits
Didn't see these online, so here they are, the kaleidoscopic opening credits for the LA-based detective series Bosch.
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Gordon Lightfoot’s the only songwriter allowed to get away with a song called “Love & Maple Syrup”.
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Gale Anne Hurd @galeannehurd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Happy Anniversary ALIENS!!
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17/07/2026
Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
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Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
With wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada into Michigan, New York and other states, numerous Americans have once again taken to social media to complain about Canada ruining their summers and “sen...
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Oh we’re being threatened again. Must be Friday.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New meme just dropped
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
live the kind of life that has MUSEUMS posting nicely about you lmao
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Rafa Sales Ross @rafiews.com · 13/07/2026
Many, many great Sam Neill films, but the first to come to my head this morning is the lovely Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Playing the silent grump is a trap to lesser actors, but Neill plays Hec with this palpable undercurrent of tenderness that struck me deeply at the time and still does, now.
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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My favourite thing about Haaland is that he spent 1.3 million ​Norwegian kroner of his football money on a rare 1594 edition of Viking chronicles - a record book sale for Norway - and then donated it to his regional library. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ha...
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Haaland trades goals for sagas with record-breaking Viking book
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has donated a rare 16th-century manuscript of Viking ​sagas to his home municipality in ‌Norway.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Norway baby
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
on one hand getting to the round of 16 is an unqualified success but between the first half and the davies and koné injuries we’re going to have a “what if” debate for years to come but maybe that’s the beauty of sports and wait you’re all yelling at me yeah okay that’s fair
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
If Saturdays were Hockey Night in Canada, Fridays were the Tommy Hunter Show. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
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Tommy Hunter, 'Canada's Country Gentleman,' dead at 89 | CBC News
Tommy Hunter, the celebrated Canadian country musician, has died. He was 89.
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Joey Ernand @bothcoasts25.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Movies!
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weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
before ye acquire Pepsi free ye must answer questions three
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Spencer Keys @spencerkeys.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Based on the outburst from the Queen of Surrey’s cafeteria, Canada scored.
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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A Correction
I am on a rage walk from Rose Avenue to downtown Blacksburg.
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Look, it was green in Logan’s Run.
Scene from the movie Logan’s Run with the lead characters wading through an overgrown, green, reflecting pool.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 14/06/2026
Now they're fighting... the Weather Channel
Rapid Response 47

@RapidResponse47
This event is about celebrating America’s unmatched greatness after 250 years — which apparently doesn’t sit well with the friendless loser who wrote this bullshit clickbait headline.

Rain or shine, we’re celebrating our great country no matter what. GOD BLESS AMERICA! 🇺🇸
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UFC Freedom 250 is facing a chaotic weather setup on the White House South Lawn, with a 60% chance of thunderstorms, heavy downpours, and wind gusts up to 34 mph threatening to delay the outdoor fights. On top of the storm risk, brutal D.C. humidity is driving a triple-digit heat
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I was forever bronze, both land and sea.
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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Opinion: Vancouver is a beautiful city, but its people no longer have time to love it
Opinion: A city's people can't show up for each other when rents keep going up and they have to work more or move further out. Do you agree?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century
The black-and-white photo A Great Day in Harlem shows 57 musicians gathered around the steps of a Harlem brownstone, while some kids sit on the curb. The photo was originally shot for an August 1958 issue of Esquire Magazine.
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social “Big Bovine” was exactly the chuckle I needed this grey Tuesday morning!
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 26/04/2026
*logs on* *looks around* *immediately logs off*
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Alex @quidocetdiscet.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
youtu.be/4zHTcxVjX0I?...
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Clannad - Theme from Harry's Game (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by ClannadVEVO
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Why do we even bother with endnotes--this is my personal pet peeve as a historian, I need to read the spicy, sassy, whiny footnotes immediately
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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 11/04/2026
If anyone is experiencing Space Fever and would like to keep their high going, I cannot recommend the film THE RIGHT STUFF enough.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/04/2026
We are so, so small. #Artemis
Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]
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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
DB Cooper.
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"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#botd Dirk Bogarde on the set of I Could Go On Singing (1963). Photo by Bob Willoughby. "I have never been an extrovert actor, always an introvert; instinctive rather than histrionic,..." From Snakes And Ladders, published 1978.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Going to once again call for 24 Sussex to be restored to its original Gothic revival glory, not the bland, renovated 1950s monstrosity it currently is. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
24 Sussex as it appeared pre-1950s, in a Gothic Revival style that includes turrets.
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Wyatt Sinclair @crumblsucks.wyattswickedgoods.com · 16/03/2026
This is an Official Library Stan account.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 16/03/2026
Vince and Landry from the East Dillon Lions in Friday Night Lights
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We still have universal healthcare, better education, and the only ice comes in the winter.
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