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Elaine Robitaille

@tooaquarius

A maker on the Canadian prairies, working with clay and pixels. She/her. www.tooaquarius.com/links

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That is super adorable, sheesh

07.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep but SOME improvement is better than zero improvement.

Just have to keep fighting for the improvement.

07.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In each of my careers - coding, locksmithing and art - there has been sanding/editing and dammit I am sick of it.

You can definitely tell when it gets skipped though.

06.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The fun is, you'll get to find out in about 8 weeks!

05.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Or men sliding unaccountably further right.

05.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aww! Wonder if he'll turn back to day-glo quicker than the returnees?

05.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

01.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This! Every time my partner asks me why I snark about Telemiracle it's that: medical needs should be adequately funded from government. Period.

Elaborate fundraisers should not be needed to cover the basics for children.

01.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that looks like the editor just gave up.

01.03.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alas. If only there ways the government there could course correct the insanity.

21.02.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thor is freakishly adorable

18.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"Did you check the battery?" or "Have you tried turning it off and then on again?"

(My third career and my first have a lot of the same dumb questions)

07.02.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's definitely been the conversation at our place about our next EV purchase: if we're going to support a horrifying government we'll be petty and support the one's that are working with us.

Basically, we're terrible.

07.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably on the site - I've bought a selection of effinbird tees for when work really irritates me...

02.02.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two side by side images of my standing groundhog with shadow thermochromic print on 12” x 12” white washi paper. The groundhog stands on its hind legs. It’s brown with black paws. On the left the shadows is colourless but on the right it is blue, because the print on the left has been heated above 30Β°C

Two side by side images of my standing groundhog with shadow thermochromic print on 12” x 12” white washi paper. The groundhog stands on its hind legs. It’s brown with black paws. On the left the shadows is colourless but on the right it is blue, because the print on the left has been heated above 30Β°C

Happy Groundhog Day! I am a fan of the absurdity of weather prognosticating rodents and celebrate Groundhog Day with my thermochromic linocut. The shadow is visible if the ambient temperature is <30Β°C and disappears when >30Β°C (and it’s a safe bet winter is over or you are overheating your home). 🧡

02.02.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 418 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 12

In our business there is a lot of repair work done on proprietary electronics - computers, parts of ag equipment, security stuff, vehicles - and a lot of his content has to do with it.

It's been a good way of demonstrating how politics effects EVERY effin thing even boring technical work.

31.01.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Partner was the opposite about this one so this makes me laugh a bit.

31.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And even if he/his business contributed to a hospital it does not even the tiniest make up for contributing to concentration camps being built.

You need to not knowingly contribute to atrocities at the absolute minimum.

28.01.2026 02:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah... did computer science in the late 90s in AB. It was, if anything, a little conservative politically and definitely overwhelmingly hardcore pro capitalism. It was just that it wasn't 100% that way and I think that's what terrifies folks who feel universities are particularly left.

25.01.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

SW Sask does not look like that right now alas.

25.01.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am so pleased to hear this! Nice work Ele's Brother! (and the entire team of caregivers)

24.01.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean I could if I went outside. Which I will never do again.

(until some point later today)

23.01.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Occasionally I forget it's Fahrenheit in the US and I was thinking: wow that's downright springy already!

23.01.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've listened to Ezra Klein for a long, long time and yeah he's definitely *centre* left / sane-washing stuff. He does get some fantastic guests on his pods and I find he has good content but you do have to keep in mind he is very neoliberal and it shapes his approach.

20.01.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

07.01.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 329 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 11
Preview
Poilievre lights emergency flares to beg Trump to invade Canada OTTAWA - Canadian Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre was reportedly seen lighting emergency flares, in hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump would "liberate" Canada in the same fashion that he has do...

Poilievre lights emergency flares to beg Trump to invade Canada

03.01.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 716 πŸ” 256 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 24

Two good rules imo

03.01.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's great! A lot of cheesy sci-fi tropes to enjoy.

03.01.2026 03:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I chortled when I originally found out that large clusters of human junk DNA are just clusters of the remains of virus / retrovirus that didn't completely kill us off. Very nature has already DONE the best horror story plot lines.

31.12.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's great! Love the tiny details!

19.12.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0