Okay, I love Japan. I might go to Expo2025. But I just don’t understand the mascot Myaku Myaku. So many eyes. Even an eye on his…tail. It’s slightly creepy.

Good Morning. A little frosty, but so beautiful.
#sunshinecoastBC #vancouver #Sunrise #Sunday

Yes you can. #EmbraceEquity 
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023

Congratulations to Exxon Mobile for earning $56 billion net profit in 2022. Against all odds, they found a way to make record profits

$6.3 million per hour
$1,750 per second

But don’t worry. That didn’t stop Exxon Mobil from getting subsidies from our government. Since FY2000

Texas gave them $1.4 Billion
Louisiana: $500 Million
The federal government: $5.4 Billion in bailout money

Does anyone want to know why we are speedrunning to climate crisis?

Fantastic slow travel story! Vancouver family of five flying around the world in a tiny plane
/ Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN • Updated 30th January 2023

Porters, from Canada, who are currently around halfway through a 14-month circumnavigation of the world have flown over 25,000 nautical miles.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/family-of-five-fly-around-the-world/index.html
#avgeek #vancouver #slowtravel #travel

Sad Pikachu origami challenge.
#origami #pikachu #DayOffThings

I've resolved that my only goal for January is to survive the rest of January.

Aim high, lads.

#photography #streetphotography #MKE

Happy Lunar New Year of the Rabbit (and Cat!) 🧧 🐇 🐈
Celebrating with a few of my favourite treats; red bean sea same balls, and White Rabbit candy. #lunarnewyear #HappyNewYear

Wow, ChatGPI has just blown my mind. #ChatGPI

@djsundog @lordbowlich @timbray If there isn’t one already, it’d be a good feature request for mainline Mastodon to support license tagging at at least the account level so that clients and automated tools can support informed choice. And a “General Poster’s License” could be an instance default - like CC BY-NC-ND with additional express prohibitions on indexing, scraping, AI/ML training, etc.

@prideofgypsies

@RM_Transit have you tried the NaviLens? it's amazing
https://buzzer.translink.ca/2023/01/heres-how-translink-is-testing-new-navigation-technology/

While STEM students at Westosha Central High School in Wisconsin construct their latest Van’s RV-12 light aircraft, a major fundraising effort is underway to help fund the program. A $100 ticket gives entrants the possibility of winning a student-built RV-12, or $65,000, while second and third place prizes are also up for grabs. https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/01/wisconsin-high-school-airplane-building-program/

I love #ConniSmudge so much. Sister - you are FIERCE. Love wins. Always. And LITERACY MATTERS. 👩‍❤️‍👩❤️🏳️‍🌈🌈📚

"On Saturday, January 14, Drag Queen Story Time at the Coquitlam Library went ahead as planned despite protests, and the community came out to support its LGBTQ+ members."

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/coquitlam-drag-story-time-protests

#LGBTQ #dragqueen #Love #PRIDE #literacy

You want to know how I really feel?

https://furbo.org/2023/01/15/the-shit-show/

P.S. That's the tame version.

@thatjohn that explains a lot. My Blue Monday coinciding with a return to work and grey rain, after 2 weeks in pure sun Maui. Blue indeed, but still a tinge of light blue.

Some great train holidays.
Guardian Europe holidays: Where to go on holiday this year: 23 great travel ideas for 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jan/14/where-to-go-on-holiday-in-2023-23-great-travel-ideas

Who Owns the Content AI Creates?
AI products like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, which ingest human content to make new material, raise novel legal and ethical issues. By Dina Bass
January 9, 2023

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-09/github-s-openai-powered-copilot-sparks-legal-debate

9 Unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright Project Are Finally Brought to Life:
Spanish architect David Romero uses computer-generated models to show how Frank Lloyd Wright’s structures would’ve appeared.
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/frank-lloyd-wright-lost-works-finally-brought-life
#architecture

I love hanging out at the beach. Did they really name their son Archer?! 😎
#peoplewatching