Francesca Bouaoun

@francescabouaoun.bsky.social

Toronto/Scotland. Art, nature, city walks, probably birds. In the archives. Travelling Fifer. She/her. Views own.

Another anniversary of the Beirut port explosion arrives, and with it demands for justice, truth and accountability are still being raised. Where does the investigation into the August 4 crime stand today?

This year’s SummerWorks Performance Festival in Toronto will feature numerous Indigenous performances from around the world. Cree choreographer Marcus Merasty speaks with us on his performance at the festival, the world premier of Golden Rez Dog.

SummerWorks Performance Festival to feature Cree choreographer’s world premier | APTN News

This year’s SummerWorks Performance Festival in Toronto will feature numerous Indigenous performances from around the world. Cree choreographer Marcus Merasty speaks with us on his performance at…

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Pleased to see this win - I’m still sitting with it from Thursday’s screening. “For its fearless honesty and refusal to make collapse palatable… with nothing but a camera and an unsparing eye, Karel Malkoun finds the absurd, the beautiful, and the devastating living side by side in Lebanon.”

The winner of the Best Feature Film at the Toronto Arab Film Festival is awarded to "The cats, the sea, and everything in between” by Karel Malkoun.

Fortunate to get to choose between checking out the new part of Biidaasige Park and the new part of the Don Valley East trail. Chose the latter and made a detour to see Bear-braham Lincoln up close. She's beautiful.

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

Have you ever wondered what happens when you request records at the Archives? Here's a look behind the scenes in the Records Centre — when you request to view material in Research Hall, records are retrieved from a climate-controlled space storing over 130,000 boxes. Those shelves are 40ft tall!