Bitter Grounds Magazine

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WHOA! BLACK MERMAIDS? Must be Apocalypse (again)

Jul 10, 2019 | I'm getting too old for this shit

Eye rolling my way through the recent petitions against a black mermaid. Yes, people are seriously upset a mythical creature is going to be portrayed by a black woman. Let the outrage...

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Canada’s last airmail stamp – Canada Geese in Flight

Sep 15, 2019 | Stamps

I have a classic airmail for you. Canada’s last airmail stamp, issued 73 years ago on Sept 16, 1946. It was part of the post WW2 issues highlighting various peacetime scenes from around Canada. The set (all released Sept 16) included: 8c Farm Scene of Eastern Canada...

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More bees photos – summers gone

Sep 2, 2019 | photos & digital art

It's Sept already, summer is gone and I didn't get much time to wander the city taking photographs. I did get a some decent bee photos so all wasn't lost. Bees don’t really care if you lurk around taking photos of them and by and large ignore any pesky...

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Open letter to James the would be phishing scammer

Sep 17, 2019 | apps | software | computers

A customer just sent me this email. I've blocked out what they wrote along with the 6 lines of cc: email addresses for obvious reasons: It is eye-wateringly bad. Oh James, James, James! This is what happens when you don't pay attention in class. You end up spending...

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TPL’s new logo: is it really controversial?

Sep 12, 2019 | typography, typos & design

The Toronto Public Library (TPL) has a new logo and some folks are a bit peeved. Let’s start with the fun stuff – TPL’s logo. If you pay attention to Toronto's Twitterati, the new logo is a bit controversial. Or so goes the claim. The bulk of the controversy seemed...

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NASA patent & technical drawing bonanza

Mar 13, 2019 | history of tech

I’ve been rooting around looking for interesting patents to explore and came across NASA’s Apollo Drawings and Technical Drawings page. I was looking for a couple of space-related patents and started with NASA's website to see if I could narrow down specific items to...