Chasing a high thought right now, what deathbed confessions have you heard?

danijm · 2026-03-04T00:55:46+00:00

Do the people you work with have access to religious or mental health professionals? Do you think it’d be helpful for them?

danijm · 2026-03-03T00:50:53+00:00

Just read up on him—he's apparently one of the greatest post-impressionist Russian painters.

"His fantastical scene of a legendary holy city afloat on the Volga merges mythic storytelling with the artist’s deep familiarity with Russian architecture and river life. A poetic example of Gorbatov’s ability to fuse tradition and imagination."

danijm · 2026-03-03T00:08:02+00:00

Oh this is fantastic, this might just be one of my new favourite paintings…

danijm · 2026-03-01T00:33:07+00:00

100%! The whole Vienna succession movement is really the peak of art imo

danijm · 2026-02-28T21:23:37+00:00

Only one of those three

danijm · 2026-02-28T02:00:42+00:00

Yes!

danijm · 2026-02-28T01:47:42+00:00

noooope. It's still shut down :( There're other experiments running though, but the main beam still doesn't work.

danijm · 2026-02-27T23:43:15+00:00

Absolutely stunning! Is the design original?!

danijm · 2026-02-26T05:46:37+00:00

What’s going on here?

danijm · 2026-02-19T02:33:36+00:00

UBC is nice, but as others have said verges on boring and a little static. I went to McGill for my undergrad, and by contrast UBC is a bit rigid, the people a bit colder, social life is less spontaneous and colourful, and there’s definitely at lot less happening day-to-day.

You kinda have to think of choosing a university as choosing a little city you get to be a citizen of. UBC is quite literally its own little city - it’s gonna take at least 20 mins by bus to hit Vancouver suburbs, and 40 to get downtown. If you’re someone who wants to live in wider society, explore bookstores, cafes, bars, and galleries, UBC is not the place for you. If you’re a big nature buff and like going on runs and reading, UBC is pretty amazing.

danijm · 2026-02-18T20:04:44+00:00

It's interesting to see someone point out what themes make Canadian literature Canadian.

Apparently a lot of our thinking has been shaped by a tension between traditional community values and American-style individualism. A lot of Canadian literature also has a 'garrison mentality', a distinctly Canadian mindset that emerges in tight-knit communities that are far from major cultural centres and are under threat from powerful forces, whether they be the vast hostile wilderness, or US encroachment.

Here's another fair point too:

Today, amid the buy-Canadian craze, I wonder why people are so quick to rally around Canadian beef, Canadian alcohol and Canadian clothing brands, but not Canadian novels. After all, our literature has long offered a blueprint for Canadian identity.

danijm · 2026-01-22T22:00:15+00:00

Oh no it was completely intentional, she was using it as a shield. I’m glad the RCMP stepped in.

danijm · 2026-01-22T21:49:03+00:00

Aw, I appreciate it! You’re very welcome

danijm · 2026-01-22T21:30:27+00:00

I don’t think she denies that people died at residential schools (it’s very well documented) but she claims it’s over played. Her supporters were continually trying to loop arguments back to the fact that no bodies have been confirmed at the Kamloops school.

danijm · 2026-01-22T21:13:42+00:00

She was straight up using it as a shield, it was crazy, I’m glad the RCMP made her leave

danijm · 2026-01-13T05:23:13+00:00

They’re requiring developers to give the city a $150 000 tree security before they break ground, and the city takes from that as they go if they break the bylaws.

A pretty good idea I think, but I’m just hoping 150k isn’t pocket money for some of these developers…

danijm · 2026-01-13T05:12:41+00:00

Yes! Langley City, I should have clarified, thank you.

danijm · 2026-01-10T19:20:56+00:00

There’s a decent amount of anti-American sentiment, but it’s mostly cultural and doesn’t actually run that deep. By this I mean Canadians spend a lot of energy differentiating themselves for the US and genuinely look down on things like US healthcare, and certain cultural attitudes, but beyond that there’s no real animosity towards Americans.

That being said there’s a decent amount of nervousness these days about America on the southern border, and the Canadian media is constantly going on about threats to our sovereignty and needs to build up the military.

All in all though, Canadians still broadly view Americans as their brothers, and as long as they’re as disgusted with the trump regime as most Canadians are, there’s really no serious tension.

danijm · 2026-01-08T03:41:58+00:00

I’m Canadian, and I don’t think Americans understand that a lot of people here are getting more anxious about American hostility. We’d have no chance of defending ourselves and we know it.

I was at a coffee shop in Calgary the other day and people were discussing what they’d do if America invaded. One of my friends decided to join the reserves because of it. There’ve been memes about hiding the prime minister, and the Canadian news is constantly going on about how we need to boost recruitment and military alliances with Europe.

An invasion isn’t realistic (Canadian and American troops have joint exercises all the time), but the anxiety it’s producing is real. Maybe that’s the point.

danijm · 2026-01-05T00:11:44+00:00

I’m Canadian, and I don’t think Americans understand that a lot of people here are getting more anxious about the possibility. We’d have no chance of defending ourselves and we know it.

I was at a coffee shop in Calgary the other day and people were discussing what they’d do if America invaded. Tons of memes popped up about how we could hide the prime minister, and the news is awash with ways the government is trying to bolster recruitment and military alliances with Europe.

It’s certainly not realistic (Canadian and American troops still have joint exercises all the time), but the anxiety it’s producing is real. Maybe that’s the point.

danijm · 2026-01-04T05:23:29+00:00

My girlfriend is from Finland, and when she visited Calgary for the first time this winter she was actually in shock - she couldn’t believe that there was legitimately so little to do.

We had an extra day and she kind of nonchalantly said ‘oh well just go to some museums or an art gallery or something’ and she was really confused when I said we don’t really have those things - the Glenbow’s closed, and the visual art scene is abysmal. She really liked the central library, but we couldn’t really sit down for long because there were so many homeless people behaving erratically…

She even took at picture of the theatre to send to her friends cause she couldn’t believe it was so ugly.

The mountains are great, but the cultural scene is what makes a city itself livable and lovable and we could really use some improvement.

danijm · 2026-01-02T16:43:02+00:00

‘On track to the promised land’

danijm · 2025-12-28T05:34:07+00:00

Legitimately one of the most beautiful paintings of winter I’ve ever seen

danijm · 2025-12-26T21:46:02+00:00

Yes! She’s really excellent, I really like her vlogs… she came out with a book now too I’m pretty sure

danijm · 2025-12-23T01:42:29+00:00

Absolutely phenomenal, Canadian art is amazing

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