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Sam 🦋

@samnock.bsky.social
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bravo enthusiast, writer, poet, artist(?), apihtaw’kos’an. poetry: A Family of Dreamers with @talonbooks. my opinions do not reflect the opinions of my employer. “working” on my next book.

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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 13h
one of my most toxic work traits is that I think everyone should take all their vacation and sick days except me, who assumes everyone is mad when she does (no one is actually mad).
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 18h
Huge news! Charges against Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, have been stayed. Judge found parts of Canada's drug laws are unconstitutional and that the compassion club reduced the harms associated with the toxic drug crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
watching paranormal investigator YouTube and writing a short story. fiction gives me anxiety.
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You should not be doing three rounds of interviews for a campus club, you should be sitting on a porch listening to music with your friends. Early careerism is poison.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
while I was up north this weekend for my grandpa's birthday myles cleaned the clutter off my desk and my bedside and bought me fresh flowers 😭
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
how do white hairs grow so damn fast. I went to bed last night and swear to god I didn't notice any long white hair in my bangs. This morning, like five have popped up in a little cluster. Why can't the other hair on my head grow with such determination?
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Canada's National AI Strategy received strategic insight from the 28-member expert AI Strategy Task Forced which had 0 representation from environmental conservation organizations or Indigenous governance representation (such as a representatives from the AFN, MNC, or ITK).
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Reading Canada's National AI Strategy after reading the UN's 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has me like
Sylvester the Cat looking frazzled with multiple lit cigarettes in his mouth. there are littered cigarettes on the table in front of him while he reaches into a matchbook to light more cigarettes.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
many things horrify me about the rapid decline of our environment and the destruction of nature, but one of the things that horrifies me the most is the loss of biodiversity in nature due to human intervention in selective crop and animal husbandry.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I always thought my dad was the most forgetful guy because he was constantly leaving his lunch bag and Tupperware at work... now I get it. I have left nearly every single Tupperware at work. and all our spoons. and most our forks. turns out I'M the most forgetful guy. sorry dad.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
why are baby boomers and Gen X getting AI to generate a photo of them in the 80s? babes you WERE THERE.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm not worried about AI taking my job because this is Word's suggested edit to my question: "What are the structural gaps of trauma informed practice neglect?"
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
End of August marked my 16th year living in Vancouver!
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“we didn’t pie you mama!” is my new email sign off. thank you love island.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
if God was real he’d let me be a fly on the wall when some staffer explains to Trump what This Hour Has 22 Minutes is.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NOW TIM CURRY?! fuck all the way off.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NO.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
today would have been my kokum's 89th birthday. saturday will be two years since she passed. her death marked a fundamental change in my life that I'm still figuring out what's on the other side. grief is such a force.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I haven’t heard the actual crackle of lightening since I lived at home. This storm is wild. Myles and I got drenched walking half a block. A particularly loud boom of thunder set off someone’s car alarm.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
funniest pro-AI argument I've seen is someone being like "if you're so anti-AI if ChatGPT, Claude, etc. disappeared suddenly what would you do?" like babes, literally nothing. the biggest change in my life would be an immense relief.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
what level of life crisis am I at where I'm now investing in making... miniatures?
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’m fully knee deep in Halloween crafts. I’m embracing my delusions. I’m over summer. August is my flyover month.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: "Hi, I'm penicillin."
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you’ve ever wanted a T-shirt repping a racist Canadian group pushing for mass deportations, your purchase is just a few clicks away — all thanks to Shopify. When I reached out to them, they said "we don’t remove merchants over objections to their worldview.” Wow. My latest for @thetyee.ca:
thetyee.ca
Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The Tyee
The $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
small dog with exaggerated arched drawn on eyebrows looking at the camera
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
if you want to know how uh... interesting... things have been in the public post secondary ed sector: my 2026/2027 workplan is 10 pages long and I'm not finished.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
a lady just cop knocked my door to asking if my neighbour’s cat was mine because she saw her in my yard. like girl, thanks for caring but why did you hit my door like my knee caps were about to meet a crowbar?
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Myles is an absolute angel. He's listening to me talk about my most recent hobby, that involved $100 in new supplies, asking follow-up questions, and is genuinely excited. Even after wading through the Sam's Crafts of Yore while tidying the house.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
how HOW H - O - W was my (cold brew) coffee and a muffin this morning $14?!? FOURTEEN DOLLARS?! both are also very mediocre.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A month into my press-on nail journey I, without going into detail, injured my natural nail after my press-on caught on something. You'd think that the press on would pop off, but no, nail glue now is what I think they repair cement with. anyway did you know your nail can crack ON the nail bed?
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I like a little sleep amuse-bouche on the couch before I actually goto sleep-sleep. It’s where I put on a tv show and “rest my eyes” for an hour before the big honk shoo.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
look. I’m not obsessed with her or anything. (done by @/lornatats on instagram)
Tattoo of a grey cat on a hand. The cat’s tongue is out in a little blep. Under the cats chin is a pink five petal flower on top on a blue four petal flower. Behind the cats ear is a pink flower with three visible petals with one petal tucked behind the cats ear. A grey cat extenders her paw towards the camera. The cats tongue is sticking out.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My room temp and correct take on tipping is that if you make a comfortable living you tip servers always and you tip them well because who the fuck do you think you are
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Putting on press ons has taught me how crooked my nails are
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Thought I’d live it up and stayed up way too late last night (like 3:30am) and now I feel like I went on a weekend bender. sobriety has taught me there are so many new and exciting ways to feel hungover that have nothing to do with alcohol.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
performing at your own wedding ceremony is really funny to me. maybe I'll do a tight 5 for my vows.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Fresca with frozen strawberries and mangoes with a little drizzle of condensed milk is my new fruity little summer drink and I can’t recommend it enough.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
about to be exhausted for my first day back to work post time off because love island is AN HOUR AND A HALF?! I am new and didn’t realize this was going to be a part-time job.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Love that Vancouver can spend millions on FIFA but can’t give me an update on when our street lights will be fixed. I’m about to become the biggest nuisance to the City.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Myles in the morning: sleeps in, no conversation, needs quiet, 1-2hrs of buffer time before conversing Me: up at 6am. YouTube playing on tv, watching TikTok’s, prepared to launch into the fourteen different topics I’ve been waiting to yap about since my eyes opened two hours ago.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
hello city of Vancouver why are the street lights not on in my neighbourbood? its creepy and unsafe.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
after months of fighting with my insurance to cover a medication that has truly greatly improved my life they FINALLY sent me coverage approval and I could cry because I was paying almost $200/wk out of pocket.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
It's deeply concerning that a mayoral candidate does not have a working understanding of Treaty vs. unceded lands and is under the impression that only the province and federal gov't need to work with Indigenous Nations.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 03/06/2026
he’s sort of a generational poster though
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I'm trying to be more conscious and reflective on my consumption around fast fashion and for the most part avoid spending my money at big fast fashion companies (where I can) and have started using Poshmark to purchase second hand but wow I was not prepared for the amount of second hand Shein.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
PR Tip: great way to avoid this whole thing is to not be the type of person that attracts white nationalists to take photos with you.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
gave myself a migraine writing an outline for an AI learning resource for work.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I started planning some wedding things today and it's exciting. we're not doing a huge traditional wedding, truly just a very tiny intimate ceremony with just us and a few witnesses (and the officiant obviously) but I still want it to be very cute and intentional and look pretty.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I’m laying in bed, my window is open and faces the street. I can smell some bro’s cologne FROM MY BED. It’s so strong it wafted from the sidewalk, across the yard, into my bedroom. My brother in christ I think you may have went a little heavy.
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Sam 🦋 @samnock.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
didn't have people reminiscing about Harper and Bush Jr. on my bingo card.
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