A close up of a striped cat with green eyes under a Christmas tree.

Athena's first Christmas. Chewing on the lights, batting off the decorations, and spending time under the tree #caturday

The 1931 girls of St. Michaels Residential School in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, in a group photo and named.

Girls of St. Michael’s Residential School in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan in 1931 (as researched by my late auntie Ruth Seesequasis): ~ 1) Maggie Bird, 2) Mary Rose Naytowhow (My Kokum), 3) Ada Wolfe, 4) Philomene Peeteetuce, 5) Dorothy…

A white rose with green foliage is in bloom.

Green tomatoes on the vine.

Purple oregano flowers in bloom.

Green ground cover with pineapple strawberry plants and ferns in the background.

First roses (my first rose bush) and some tomatoes, oregano, etc. 🌿

The Frogs Sing Loudly in Spring
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
2021

Yep! :)

The vet thinks she is about 7-8 months. She’s a sweet cat. Minimal strategic warfare. There’s some non-serious play fighting, but she mostly gets along with her cat brothers and ignores the dog.

Thank you! :) That’s Athena. She just showed up on my steps in mid February.

Giving a damn about accessibility A candid and practical handbook for designers.

Sheri Byrne-Haber's "Giving A Damn About Accessibility" has great tips on how to deal with people who challenge or dismiss the need for accessibility.

uxdesign.cc/giving-a-dam...

It's Women's History Month! All March, we're highlighting women who've taken valuable steps for technology, privacy, security, and free expression for us all. We encourage you to learn more, get inspired by their accomplishments, and tell us about women in tech that you admire.

Athena the cat. An image of a black and white tabby cat with green eyes and a pink collar.

Athena 💖 #caturday

Women's March in Saskatoon March 8th, 2025 Kiwanis Memorial Park 1pm - 5pm. Join us in celebration of International Women's Day and in standing against gender-based violence, oppression, and attacks on reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. The event will include speakers, community resources, refreshments, and a march through downtown Saskatoon.

Happy #IWD 💐

this is my collection of linocut prints of (top row): horticulturalist/alchemist Sophie Brahe, geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi and geologist FlorenceBascom Middle: Astronomer Margaret Burbidge, crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin and physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer Bottom row: Chemist/translator Claudine Picardet, alchemist Geng Xiansheng, alchemist/chemist Marie Meurdrac and Paleontologist Zofia Keilan-Jaworowska. Each is shown with a representation of their scientific work.

A collection of 6 of my linocut portraits of women scientists illustrated with tools of their trade or research results. Top row: Margaret Fountaine, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Annie Jump Cannon. Second row: Mary the Jewess, Maude Jane Delap, Hildegard von Bingen

For #InternationalWomensDay a thread of my ongoing series of portraits of women in science through history. If you look for them, they’re there. I’m up to 67 now! Here’s to the day when a scientist’s sex is no longer remarkable in any field!

#IWD #IWD2025 #histsci #linocut #printmaking
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'No farm is prepared' for tariffs, says Canadian farmer | Hanomansing Tonight Merle Massie, a Saskatchewan farmer, explains how U.S. tariffs will impact Canada’s agricultural sector.

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Hello #BannedBookSkyClub

Today marked the beginning of #TheParableOfTheSower discussion. You can find talking points under the hashtag or in the Banned Book Club Feed.

Discussions never end so feel free to discuss the January and February books too.

Link to feed here. More info in replies.

Feminist in YXE? Come marching Saturday March 8 1-3PM, Vimy bandstand by the 'Bess. Resistance runs late into the night w/ live music at Amigos action.womensmarch.com/events/inter...

Crocuses growing against the cityscape

Oh my gosh, Vancouver

My cats have an account bsky.app/profile/prob... they will follow you :)

Stop Censoring Abortion: Help EFF and Repro Uncensored End Digital Suppression As reproductive rights come under attack in the United States and other countries around the world, it is vital that people have access to accurate abortion information–especially online. Reproductive...

Big Tech is taking down posts that discuss abortion – even when they don’t violate content policies or guidelines. We can push back against this digital suppression. #StopCensoringAbortion

Head and shoulders portrait of a white-tailed deer. She is looking directly into the camera and has a notch in her left ear. The background is snow with a few bare branches poking through.

I wasn't the only one enjoying the warmer temps and sunshine yesterday. Hello, deer 😊 #mammals 🌿

Might want to take a look at Wix? It's not difficult to set up/use. And is affordable.

Please add me too.

A black cat with green eyes sits beside a frosty window

It is -30 today but it’s only going to get warmer now. Soon we’ll be able to open the window and hear the birds.

Apparently it is the Sask free fishing weekend. Think I'll pass.

Saskatoon organizations keeping city’s most vulnerable warm in cold weather A variety of warm winter items are being collected in the city until Feb. 14.

Winter clothing drives are on. You probably have items at home that could help someone make it through these last weeks of winter! ♥️ #yxe @simfc.bsky.social

An orange cat and a black cat hanging out together on an ottoman

My cats. These boys do not always get along, but when they do, it’s very cute.

It's such a smart feature. I'll check it out! :)

I love Lily. I don't have video calls, but her notifications work on me. She's always reminding me it would be a bummer to lose my streak.

What is public and what is private on Bluesky? Bluesky is a public social network. Posts and likes are public. Blocks are public. Mutes are private, but mutelists are public lists. Your mutelist subscriptions are private. Invites and invite trees are private. Why are my posts, likes, and blocks public? The AT Protocol, which Bluesky is built on, is designed to support public conversations. To make public conversations portable across all sorts of platforms, your data is stored in data repositories that anyone can view. This means that regardless of which server you choose to join, you’ll still be able to see posts across the whole network, and if you choose to change servers, you can easily take all of your data with you. This is what causes the user experience of Bluesky, a federated protocol, to be similar to all the other social media apps you have used before.

hey new users, Bluesky is a *public* social network

please read about data privacy and more in our User FAQ to help you get oriented! even though we require an invite code to create an account, you should treat any posts here as if it's a public blog

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/5-19-2023-user-faq