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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How does AI see you? thatgrrl.com/blog/?action...

Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Be careful what accounts you follow on social media. A LOT of them are just AI pollution. Generated content, random and often incorrect, to make money for someone sitting behind the scenes doing not much at all. A lot of Canadian history accounts are actually US based.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Need a boost today? Look up your name in the Urban Dictionary. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. 1984 George Orwell. Orwell was all about that. Have you read 1984?

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"In every corner of my soul there is an altar to a different god." - Fernando Pessoa

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1930 Bathing Pavilion Sunnyside Toronto Canada - This is long gone now. I forget what it was demolished for. My Mother and her family visited Sunnyside, before the 1960's. #CanadianCulture #OntarioHistory #CanadianHistory

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1906 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dorchester Street in Winter. #CanadianHistory

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From Nova Scotia Past and Present on Facebook. www.facebook.com/groups/11867...

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Windfalls for Cider...The Poems of Raymond Knister - 1925.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Is this the ancestor for the current domestic cat? I read it was a desert cat from Egypt. I read this post today about a Jungle Cat. www.worldatlas.com/animals/jung... What do you think?

worldatlas.com

Jungle Cat

Behind the jungle cat's adorable appearance hides a fierce predator designed by nature to perfect the skill of hunting.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I would think lawyers would pay attention to details and proofread any documents for errors. Seems they slipped up. #ProofreaderNeeded

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Find a way to step out of your own shadow today, at least for today. "Most of the shadows in life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson - ASCII art by ldb asciiartist.com

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Abandoned Military Installations of Ontario - Paul Ozorak. I found this on ebay. Self-published 1991. People looking for places to explore would like to find this book, but the price is very high. How about a reprint? www.ebay.com/itm/38967015... #OntarioHistory #MilitaryHistory #AbandonedOntario

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I think I bought this book years ago, but the cover was different. Or, maybe the same name was used with different authors. I will try to find it, I love the old houses. www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4... #OntarioHistory

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Ontario Barn Preservation 🍁 @obp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Please take a look at our freshly updated guide to Saving Barns from Ontario Barn Preservation - drive.google.com/file/d/1x5lp... - Review, critique, or best of all - use the guide as a resource for your own old Ontario barn.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Squashed lizard coaster - Good for a laugh or two. www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4...

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Found online - Grandeur, ghosts & gargoyles : the entertaining history of Ontario's Parliament building - 1970 - Gordon Donaldson, Canadian government publication. dn760109.eu.archive.org/0/items/3176... another edition - dn720003.ca.archive.org/0/items/3176... #CanadianHistory #OntarioHistory

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Want to help Save the CBC? Here are the things you can do RIGHT NOW to help the cause. We are a grassroots organization and we need individuals to contribute as a community! Together we are stronger, so please take time to do these things and help Save the CBC! Links: buff.ly/g6n31iJ

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Early Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario. "Early Painting Postcard Toronto ON Foot of Yonge Street Old York 1834 Circa 1909" www.ebay.ca/itm/26753368... #OntarioHistory

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The RVH is still around but very different looking now. I don't think those houses exist at all now. I can't think of where they would have been even. I've lived in Barrie for years. This was nice to find. www.ebay.ca/itm/15791339... Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Do you think you're buying Canadian beef? This was new to me. I haven't bought any beef, or much meat at all for awhile. Now I will have to watch that it is not ungraded. I've gotten used to trusting that all the meat in our grocery stores is a good grade - and Canadian. I guess not always.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Why is one software company allowed to control so many personal computers? When I buy a PC I do not want an MS account.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Get MS off your back, switch to a local login instead of the MS account Windows pushes. geekrewind.com/how-to-chang... I have done this and I hope it will be the last I get nagged to use more MS services and stuff I do not want. I bought a PC, not an MS account!

geekrewind.com

How to Change from a Microsoft Account to a Local Account in Windows 11

Easily switch from a Microsoft account to a Windows 11 local account for enhanced privacy and a simpler login. Follow our step-by-step guide to make the change.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Was Canadian money cursed? People used to believe it was. Is it still? youtube.com/shorts/3LNzj... Down the Crooked Path

youtube.com

devil head money

YouTube video by Down the Crooked Path

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Keep Canada beautiful for all of us.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Does anyone know what this has to do with Canada? Is is something that comes up for everyone, just changing the name of the location/ country? en.wikipedia.org I'd expect better from Wikipedia. What are they trying to pull? @wikimediafoundation.org

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Bad things happen to even good writers.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Sir Henry Pellatt and his Castle in Toronto - thatgrrl.com/blog/?action... #CanadianCulture #CanadianHistory

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National Day Calendar @nationaldaycalendar.com · 11/07/2026

A small act of kindness can mean the world! Whether it’s a quick text, a phone call, or a surprise visit, let's cheer up someone who may seem lonely or isolated today. #CheerUpTheLonelyDay #NationalDayCalendar nationaldaycalendar.com/celebration…

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Embed Bluesky on your web site. embedbsky.com

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Somewhere in Canada... My niece and nephew are taking the VIA Rail across Canada this summer. This is her photo.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

SuperGirl is still Super girl/ Barbie. Have you watched any of the TV series or movies? I won't. Just because it bothers me that we have Super Man and then Super girl. No equality there. The new movie sounds even worse in this CBC review. www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...

cbc.ca

Supergirl is not doing super well at the box office. Here’s why | CBC Arts

Culture critic Sonya Ballantyne and CBC film critic Jackson Weaver discuss Supergirl, the latest installment in James Gunn’s DC Universe franchise.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Have you seen this while looking at sites online? Who would be crazy or careless enough to trust a website to do all or any of this? Not me! I left the site. Not worth it! If you have a site, this could be keeping people away, far away, from your site. #CloudFlare

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

How to identify Canadian food - Government of Canada - inspection.canada.ca/en/food-labe...

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I've been buying Kicking Horse Coffee, thinking it was still Canadian. It is not! So disappointing. I feel I have been lied to by all the grocery stores which say it is Canadian. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I took this photo just last week, in good time time for Canada Day. On a road trip (with my Mother) just outside of Barrie, Ontario. I think it is in Springwater but I'm not sure.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Mural Map of Canada from Mural Routes - Public/ street art maintained in Canada. #CanadianCulture

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The Daddy Longlegs, also known as a Harvestman, is not a spider and does not have poison or bite people. youtu.be/zQ4cM3361JY?... #Householdinsects

youtu.be

Never Kill the Daddy Longlegs — You Have Been Lied To

YouTube video by Garden Whispers

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The House Centipede - I have only seen 3 in the last several years but they look very intimidating even to me who does not kill, maim, or throw spiders out into the cold. #householdinsects youtu.be/-iOOX2DIK8c?...

youtu.be

Never Kill the House Centipede — It's Hunting Something Worse

YouTube video by Garden Whispers

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

"there’s an emerging group of machine learning experts and industry leaders who are worried we’re building “misaligned” and potentially deceptive AI, thanks to the current training techniques." www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07... #AISafety

abc.net.au

It started as a dark in-joke. It could also be one of the most important questions facing humanity

Why some AI experts are beginning to worry about the apocalypse.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Sometimes it is hard to believe people are legitimately posting stuff like this. Believing in the devil is one thing.. being that ignorant about female biology is another.

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Laura Brown 🍁 @thatgrrl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Ranching in the Canadian West - postcard from 1911. www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1... #CanadianHistory

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