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He/him. Bookish, bikeish, brewish, bluish. Kjipuktuk. Burgeoning #DalhousieU Digipres/Archives person, former tome-slinger & metadataist. Coffee crusher. #Critcat, #Critarch, #digipres.

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Everyone stop what you're doing, the Mariners are selling fries, nachos, and fish and chips in ferries now. www.mlb.com/mariners/bal...

10.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 2919 πŸ” 547 πŸ’¬ 137 πŸ“Œ 491

If your library is designed as a safe space for bigots, you have made it unsafe for literally everyone else in your community

You've made a Nazi bar

You never make a Nazi bar

11.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sony Orders 24 Episodes of β€˜Reading Rainbow’ Reboot as Classic Kids Show Finds New Life Mychal Threets will return as the host, with 'Sesame Street' and Ms. Rachel veteran Kristen McGregor joining as showrunner.

Some good news for once.

06.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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N.S. premier filibustered when tasked with answering energy questions, say opposition | CBC News The premier and opposition leaders battled for time on the floor of the legislature Thursday on a topic that’s become a political lightning rod: energy.

I am angry, because if Houston did not remove 1% of the HST and the toll removals for the bridges and Cobequid Pass, we would have the revenue to keep all of these programs for the Arts, Tourism, Culture in Nova Scotia. #NovaScotia #HoustonFail

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

06.03.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 3
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Don’t let this government tell you this was just a small group of β€œprofessional protestors.”

This was massive collective action.

Keep going #nspoli

05.03.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7
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Pissing off the arts and culture community always spurs the creative protest juices.

04.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The worst kept secret in librarianship is that we are actually the worst patrons, especially when it comes to returning things on time.

04.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

My maternal grandfather was a midlevel lifer in the RN & saw action in Korea.

My paternal grandfather was a Pacific theater vet turned librarian & author. Fun libraries fact: he was library director at Dewey's alma mater. Under his direction, they eliminated Dewey Decimal Classification for LCSH.

05.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Incredible turnout at the rally in support of arts, culture, and community funding in front of the provincial legislature in Halifax, Nova Scotia

04.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
A screen capture of posters for ten different rallies to protest the NS budget. Details for each rally can be found at the link in this post.

A screen capture of posters for ten different rallies to protest the NS budget. Details for each rally can be found at the link in this post.

Angry about the NS budget? There are rallies across the province this week. Find your rally here: www.nsarts.ca/join-a-rally...

02.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I SUPPORT NS
ARTS, HERITAGE & CULTURE
RALLY FOR ARTS
HERITAGE & CULTURE
WED MARCH 4, NOON
PROVINCE HOUSE
(1726 HOLLIS STREET, HALIFAX)
NSARTS.CA
CULTURE
CUTS
BAD
ECONOMICS

I SUPPORT NS ARTS, HERITAGE & CULTURE RALLY FOR ARTS HERITAGE & CULTURE WED MARCH 4, NOON PROVINCE HOUSE (1726 HOLLIS STREET, HALIFAX) NSARTS.CA CULTURE CUTS BAD ECONOMICS

NS cut arts funding by 32%

The 2026-27 budget slashes $14M from arts and cultureβ€”closing museums, killing or gutting 72 programs, and putting nearly 14,000 culture jobs at risk. Musicians, theatres, festivalsβ€”all on the chopping block.

Tell your MLA to reverse course

halifamous.ca/speak-up

01.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Halifax Cycling Coalition asks HRM to prioritize bike projects amid rising cyclist injuries David Trueman's message as co-chair of the Halifax Cycling Coalition was simple and largely ignored on Thursday.

New: With over 100 cyclists injuries last year, not to mention 67 vehicle-cyclist collisions between 2024-2025, the Halifax Cycling Coalition addressed the city's transportation standing committee this week.

They were met with silence.

My latest for @thechronicleherald.bsky.social.

27.02.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Technicians spent more than a week scanning and stabilizing β€œGugusse and the Automaton" – which features, by the way, the first known moving image of what might be called a robot – so that it can now be enjoyed by anyone online!

26.02.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 194 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 12
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Nova Scotia is closing 12 of its 28 provincial museum sites The Nova Scotia government is closing 12 of its 28 provincial museum sites, stating β€œthe system has grown complex and increasingly difficult to maintain.”

The PC Party want to close 12 of 28 Nova Scotian museums:

Cossit House
Lawrence House
McCulloch House
Perkins House
Prescott House
Ross-Thomson House
Shand House
Barrington Woolen Mill
Sutherland Steam Mill
Wile Carding Mill
Fisherman’s Life Museum
North Hills Museum

#Halifax #HaliSky #NovaScotia

26.02.2026 06:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks It's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks πŸ“œ
www.popsci.com/technology/f...

25.02.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 216 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7
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Make it make sense #nspoli

25.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They had enough room in the budget to get rid of bridge and highway tolls but can’t afford bus passes for kids?

24.02.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
Bernard black looking confused and holding up a book called Tanks!

Bernard black looking confused and holding up a book called Tanks!

old library catalogues: here are the results of your precisely formulated search

library catalogues since ai:

23.02.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

City Council:

20.02.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

NO FUCKING WAY!!!!!! THIS "SCIENTIFIC STUDY" IS THE FUCKING LAND LORD POLL!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHH AAHAHAHAHAHAhAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

20.02.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Between this and the austerity at city hall it's nihilism only from here on out.

19.02.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cripes.
One has disagreed with Mr. Coyne so violently over so many issues over so many years, and yet …
Here he is so bloody incisive (yet again) in skewering today’s Conservative Party of Canada on a spit.
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

18.02.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

Truly a sad day for Halifax beer culture, experimentation in brewing, and local business in general. All the best to the 2 Crows folks. Hope to stop in again before the doors close. 3/3

18.02.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Since moving away from the core a few years ago, I've had fewer opportunities to drop in. I'd always make sure to stock up when I did. I'll dearly miss the days of stopping by with a book for a couple pints, perched on a stool overlooking the barrels, or chilling in the plants on the patio. 2/3

18.02.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This hurts. Devastated to learn of the impending closure of 2 Crows brewing in Halifax. Few brewers are able to experiment with myriad styles & turn out a quality product every time: they were one of them. A stellar fleet of IPAs, among the top sours & wilds in NS, even strong old-world styles. 1/3

18.02.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

New 'elbows up' just dropped: Protecting our sovereignty by destroying our capacity to tell our country's history.

Ask any Canadian historian and they will tell you that things were already extremely dire at Library and Archives Canada. Not sure it will even be functional after this.

17.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

The most important long-term fiscally sustainable thing we can do is to enable sprawl repair in the suburbs. The more density we can put into suburban areas where it makes sense the better. Every community should have a main street and a mix of housing.

14.02.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

A move that will manage to make productivity and traffic worse.

13.02.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

how is everything so impossibly stupid

11.02.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 349 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 10
Sidewalk on a bridge

Sidewalk on a bridge

Lovely day for a bridge walk.

So counted cars heading into Halifax, 3/4 only had one person. This is the traffic problem Andy.

10.02.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2