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Posts from 2025

All posts from the year 2025.

I don’t appreciate Duolingo’s pro-horse agenda.

Screenshot of Duolingo French lesson. It's asking to translate the English sentence, In the countryside, I hear the horses, to French. I successfully translated it to Á la campagne j'entends les chevaux.

Screenshot of a Duolingo French lesson. It's asking to translate the English sentence, This horse is very beautiful, to French. I successfully translated it to Che cheval est tres beau.

Farm Photo Dump

View of a partly cloudy sky framed by two large white umbrellas at the edges, with the tops of leafy green trees below. — 22 Aug, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Close-up of a tree branch with bright green leaves in sunlight, with a grassy field and small yellow flowers in the background. — 22 Aug, 2025 at 5:49 PM

Backyard scene with a small wooden shed framed by tall trees, sunlight filtering through the leaves, and the corner of a bright blue swimming pool in the foreground. — 22 Aug, 2025 at 6:14 PM

Wooden rocking chair on a deck at night, lit by a warm light, facing a row of green shrubs and a dark blue sky. — 22 Aug, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Conservationist Matt Somerville has spent 14 years building log hives across England to give wild honey bees safe, low-intervention homes.

Tomatoes from the garden.

A white bowl filled with freshly picked cherry tomatoes in shades of red and orange, with green stems attached, sitting on a wooden railing with greenery and a brick wall in the background.

Lego sculpture on the corner of Edwin Ave and Dupont St.

A traffic light pole base on a city sidewalk is covered in colourful LEGO bricks, forming a tall, blocky structure. Small baskets filled with loose LEGO pieces surround the base, and scattered bricks are spread across the pavement.

Paused reading Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

Cover of "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow"

Finished watching James Gunn’s Superman.

Poster for Superman

Superman

Started reading Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

Cover of "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow"

Paused reading Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Volume 1.

Cover of "Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Volume 1"

Finished watching The Fantastic 4: First Steps.

Poster for The Fantastic 4: First Steps

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

A map on the wall of a coffeeshop of the City of Toronto.

Started reading Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Volume 1.

Cover of "Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, Volume 1"

Jul

31

31 Jul, 2025

6:00 PM

1RG

Toronto, Ontario

I am going to Side Project Social at 1RG.

I’m enjoying reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab.

Cover of "Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil"

I just discovered the creator of She-Ra: Princess of Power, ND Stevenson, wrote a Graphic Novel, Nimona.

Cover of "Nimona"

I want to read Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki.

Cover of "Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan"

Paused reading Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Volume 9.

Cover of "Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Volume 9"

Someone at last night’s Silent Reading Club recommended reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier when I mentioned I enjoy reading Queer Horror books.

Cover of "Rebecca"

I want to read The Use of Photography: Annie Ernaux & Marc Marie.

Cover of "The Use of Photography: Annie Ernaux & Marc Marie"

Started reading Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Volume 9.

Cover of "Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Volume 9"