Tessa Garnet

@tessasaurus
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This is literally just a studio apartment.
Seriously what the hell is a "micro 2 bedroom" and why is it smaller than a 1 bedroom unit in the same building? Do people in #Vancouver actually want to live in this?

Everyone: Hello, we would like society to improve.

Billionaires: Too bad, go scream into the void instead.

Everyone: Okay.

Billionaires: Also, we have bought all the voids. It now costs $100 to scream into the void.

The late, great #poet Joanne Kyger was born OTD in 1934. She was affiliated with the #Beats but was a better poet than many of them, though often overlooked because she was a woman. She was delightful.
Found my new thing. I will travel to the IKEAs of the world and cause chaos

Not going to lie: leaning out of the window of a moving steam train, desperately clutching a Leica so I don't drop it, and hoping I've got the zone-focusing and exposure right to make this shot work was a whole lot of fun.

(#Leica Ic, Zeiss Sonnar 50/1.5, Rollei Retro 400S in LC29)

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #HeritageRailway

Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon

A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/amazon-drivers-urine-packaged-as-energy-drink-sold-on-amazon/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon

A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards.

Ars Technica
From 2018. Being right has less payoff than you might suppose.

What is it with US media and geography?

CBS News has had this graphic about NATO countries on their site for over two months, and from it we can learn
— Corsica is not in France (it is)
— Sicily is not in Italy (it is)
— Zealand, Funen, northern Jutland are not in Denmark (they are)
— Greenland is not in NATO (it is)
— The Faroe Islands are not in NATO (they are)
— Gotland and Öland are not Swedish islands (they are)
— Saaremaa does not belong to Estonia (it does)

Etc.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nato-countries-maps-list-membership-requirements/

See map of which countries are NATO members — and learn how countries can join

NATO currently has 31 members. The newest edition, Finland, was approved earlier this year. Sweden's bid to join is being discussed at the NATO summit in Lithuania.

CBS News

Hey #Vancouver: the city is running a survey on residential corner stores. It took me maybe ten minutes to fill out. We could have more neighbourhood treasures!

https://www.shapeyourcity.ca/corner-stores

#vanpoli

Corner stores and more!

繁體中文 | 简体中文 | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | Tagalog | Tiếng Việt | Español The City of Vancouver is exploring ways to support existing and new corner stores, and other small-scale shops and services in residential areas. Vancouver used to have lots of shops and services sprinkled throughout

Shape Your City Vancouver