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Source: https://archive.org/details/she-sells-swell-spells-hwln-04-022

Full-size image (3800x3800): https://ia801506.us.archive.org/4/items/she-sells-swell-spells-hwln-04-022/HWLN-04-022.JPG

Medium: Watercolor and acrylic paint on watercolor paper (8"x 8")

 

Check the link for a full-size version (3600 x 4800).

 

This notice was found last summer (July 2023) on St. Clair W., after the Salsa on St. Clair festival.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

We were inspired by your recent photos. We'll post more.

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Photo taken from the west side in late December 2023.

 

Made using discarded parking tickets, among other things. More images here: https://archive.org/details/lawful-evil-hwmb-03-009

 

Short documentary focusing on a few of the artists living in Dafen, China. This village hosts both independent artist studios and fascimilie factories with various connections between the people working in them. The short documentary is subtitled in English (sometimes hard to read), but good production quality. Much of the conversation revolves around the tension between reproduction and originality, and the professional lives of working artists in the village.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This broadcast is not official. Here's a RadioReference forum post with the technical details re: how someone can monitor the TETRA system that TTC uses to communicate across its network. This broadcastify feed is picking up the signal from the Birchmount location/frequency.

 

If you ever want more info about a transit delay than what you get from official communications, or if you want a better sense of daily issues on trains and buses (most of which are never reported to the police/press), check out this unofficial feed: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/31629

Here's a 1-minute video showing the Transit Control centre where many of these calls are received: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoKVmNJlSs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"We have new people whose life experiences have been radically different than ours. And so for those of us who have been here for decades or a long time, it gives us an insight into how people lived in other parts of the world, and now they're with us and we want to learn about them. So we are one united community."

This is such a positive take from someone in leadership re: new immigration to their community. It can be difficult to manage unexpected population growth and the federal/provincial governments offer poor support to growing communities across Canada. Mr. Morrison and his neighbours deserve lots of credit and respect for welcoming new neighbours who've been through a lot. They sound like good people.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just a reminder that many former government staff, ex-elected officials, family members and acquaintances of current politicians, etc. are now lobbyists and/or investors in the commercial cannabis sector. For example, Smitherman (CEO of CCC) worked for 4 decades in Ontario politics before becoming a lobbyist. As the retailer quoted in this article says, these politically-connected producers are the intended beneficiaries of pricing changes, not the retailers or customers.

Unfortunately, this is standard business practice in Canada: now that they have achieved market dominance over less-connected peers, they look to the government to help protect their profits, which they will use to purchase struggling competitors to further consolidate the industry and allow them to raise wholesale prices in the future. Once only 2-3 major producers remain in the country, they will have spent two decades lobbying the government and can look forward to protectionist government intervention, price collusion, and guaranteed profits, not unlike Rogers/Bell/Telus enjoy today.

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How can it feel so dry and be so humid at the same time? These days, even the dryads need a better skincare product...

The hand is made from coffee filter. The bottle and 'Dryad' logo are product packaging. The sun is yellow tissue paper, while the haze background is washi paper.

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