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Point No Point Beach

📍Whytecliff Beach - 7102 Marine Dr., West Vancouver

Group Frame Edit Courtesy of: @fear0phobia

Tragic Mick Frame Edit Courtesy of: @mellxncollie

Location bts:

Whytecliff Beach is a small protected cove near Horseshoe Bay. It was one of Canada’s first Marine Protected Areas and is home to over 200 marine animal species. During Summer you can often watch sea lions and it is a very popular diving site.

I recommend visiting at low tide so you can explore the beach in its entirety. There is also Whyte Islet which is only accessible at low tide with a special path and gives great views of the area.

This is a rock beach so it does have seaglass- including some green if you hunt around! You are welcome to bring seaglass home as it is considered human trash and not part of the environment, but please respect the area and do not collect rocks, shells or other natural items.

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not to oversimplify an extremely complex discipline but if i had to pick one tip to give people on how to have more productive interactions with children, especially in an instructive sense, its that teaching a kid well is a lot more like improv than it is like error correction and you should always work on minimizing the amount of ‘no, wrong’ and maximizing the amount of ‘yes, and?’ for example: we have a species of fish at the aquarium that looks a lot like a tiny pufferfish. children are constantly either asking us if that’s what they are, or confidently telling us that’s what they are. if you rush to correct them, you risk completely severing their interest in the situation, because 1. kids don’t like to engage with adults who make them feel bad and 2. they were excited because pufferfish are interesting, and you have not given them any reason to be invested in non-pufferfish. Instead, if you say something like “It looks a LOT like a tiny pufferfish, you’re right. But these guys are even funnier. Wanna know what they’re called?” you have primed them perfectly for the delightful truth of the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker

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I started using Head and Shoulders ten years ago for itchy scalp and dandruff, and then for ten years I have not had itchy scalp and dandruff, so I thought “why do I still buy shampoo to combat itchy scalp and dandruff when I do not have itchy scalp and dandruff,” so I stopped buying the shampoo for itchy scalp and dandruff and can you guess I have now? Can you predict what currently afflicts me? It’s alright if you can’t because apparently I fuckin couldn’t either

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this post was made unrebloggable, so im stealing it

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do something good today.

call your loved ones, speak to them. listen to a new album from band you've heard about but didn't have time to get into. water your plants. draw a cat. but please don't give up, and keep living.

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Flying is effortless, landing can be a little bit harder, Cornell Lab / DoC (northern royal albatross) (part 1)

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Esther & An Argument

📍325 Cambie St., Vancouver

Frame Edit Courtesy of: @nix-nihili

Location bts:

This location is across the street from the Tongue & Tail Butcher Shop. In Dead Boy Detectives they very clearly show Esther from this angle in Episode 3, so her frame was easy to find. It took me longer to realize the argument that Crystal, Charles and Edwin have is further down this same alley.

Originally I thought the argument might be behind the malt shop, but it didn't quite match. Then Tony Wohlgemuth posted a picture of Charles walking away into the mist, which I incorrectly thought was related to this scene. I did find that alley, and it will feature in a future post, but it isn't this one.

Also please enjoy this graffiti I found that definitely felt like a call-out to all of us.

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Couldn't find any of the cool screencaps of the Dead Boy Detectives intro to keep as subtle wallpapers so I just made them

Played around with the colours a bit, to make them a lil red and blue for The Boiz™ Though I have to say, removing the credits were a payne (hehe) in the ass, as you can probably see from the botched umbrella

Just wanted to share though until someone makes some better ones

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in loving memory of tumblr's april fools' pranks 💐 2014 - 2024

icymi, tumblr used to do an elaborate april fool's prank every year, but this year they suddenly stopped. here's a somewhat detailed recap of everything they did over the decade:

2013 - mishapocalypse (honourable mention): tumblr staff didn’t start doing april fools until 2014, but the mishapocalypse happened on tumblr in 2013 and i feel like this list would be incomplete without it

2014 - tumblrpro: upon opening your dash you were greeted by an “inspirational” video, that ended with the option to get “tumblrpro (for free)”. all it did was put a top hat on your icon.

2015 - tumblr executivesuite/coppy: a copying machine appeared in the corner of your dash. it would offer tips on how to use tumblr, like clippy the paperclip used to do in microsoft word. as the day went on, it slowly broke down and died right in front of your eyes. many people hated him (but not me). you could also make a (small) spreadsheet. @executivesuite2016 is the official blog.

2016 - this is decision/lizard election/tumblrdecides: a parody of the 2016 US elections. there were 4 lizards (well, one of them turned out to be a salamander in a scandal) to vote for. the dash looked different and there was a live news report with election updates, as well as an election blog for each lizard. they all had their own slogans and you would get an "i voted" button after you voted that would get slapped next to your icon. there were built-in functions to make an election poster for your favourite lizard and to create a text post that supported your lizard of choice that autogenerated a statement for all your followers to read. imo tumblr’s april fools peak. @thisisdecision2016-blog is the official blog, @mop-2016-blog @wretchedtooth @timefordeborah-blog were candidates. rick also had a blog (rick-official) but that now seems to have vanished because he ended up dropping out of the election. mop won, if you're curious. by far the most elaborate prank tumblr ever did.

2017 - horse friend: a tamagotchi-inspired game where you had to take care of a little horse in the corner of your screen. it came with a randomly generated name, and you had to feed and clean up after it. if you didnt take good care of it, it died. you could then hatch (yes, hatch) a new one. there was also an option to look at the names of all your dead horses. this is now available to buy in the tumblr shop. @horse-friends is the official blog.

2018 - tumblcoin: a parody of cryptocurrency (this was the year bitcoin took off). you could ‘invest’ in tumblcoin, with which you could in turn buy things with to spice up your dash, including last year’s horse friend, coppy from 2015, and a frame for around your icon. you could share the amount of tumblcoin you owned in an automatically generated gif post which would be tagged #tbc2018 and #tumblcoin. @tumblcoin is the official blog.

2019 - @memories: this blog still functions the way it did on april fools itself! it's like mad libs, where it takes post templates and then adds in tags you use a lot and users you frequently interact with on your main blog. like a personalized shitpost bot.

2020 - group chat prank/@storybot: it was so hard to find info on this because it was contained entirely in the now-defunct group chat function, which no one used. i had to go through the notes of this post for information because no one cared enough to actually write anything explaining it. turns out, you could write a story with your mutuals by adding storybot to your group chat. it also kept working after april fools (well, up until the group chats were deleted) just like memories. many people missed out on it entirely because they did not use the group chat function.

2021 - tumblcryptids: tumblr allowed you to adopt “non-fungible tumblcryptids”, a parody of NFTs. clicking a button that said "Summon thy Tumblrcryptid" would spawn an image of a little blob-shaped creature with a short description, which would always read "Hi! My name is [randomly generated name]. I love [thing most people like]. I hate [thing most people dislike]. Like my parent, I can't get enough of #[tag from your main blog]." you could share them in a post, which would automatically add the tag #NFTumblcryptids to your post. and yes, people on the piss on the poor website freaked out about it because they thought they were real NFTs harming the environment. @tumblcryptidadoptioncenter is the official blog.

2022 - click-a-thon: when you clicked a light switch on your dashboard, a bunch of colourful things showed up, like a sponge you could move around, an "engagament meter", clickable buttons, and a “Summon Crab!” button, which would summon a crab when you clicked it. you could. the crabs, like horse friend, are still available in the tumblr store as of 2025. here's some screenshots. there were various ways to share your crab activities, which would all get tagged #april fools 2022. the prank was presented as a marketing technique created by Brick Whartley, a fictional businessman character created by tumblr, who (afaik) originated in a post on the official blog of the 2018 april fools prank, albeit originally in a different role. around this time he also started functioning as the mascot for tumblr's shop ( @emporium )

2023 - abstract reactions (emoji reacts): buttons were added to every post that allowed you to add emoji reactions, many of them based on tumblr inside jokes (horse as a reference to horse plinko/horse friend, vanilla for the vanilla extract meme, pikaman, bug for bug race, and brick whartley, who wasn't a meme but staff really wanted him to be). if one specific emoji was used a certain amount of times it would add an effect to the post, eg many cheese emoji reacts would cover the post in cheese. this was also attributed to Brick Whartley ("his" blog @brickwhartley also documented the day)

2024 - boop-o-meter: allowed you to “boop” other users who had opted in to the booping, like facebook’s poke feature back in the day. depending on how long you held the button, you would either boop, super boop, or evil boop. on the dashboard there was a counter for both how many times you had booped others and how many times others had booped you, as well as how many boops were given side-wide. when booping someone, an image of a cat paw appeared. you would get badges (which can still be used) for booping 1, 100 and 1000 times. if you got more than 999 boops, the counter would simply say “WOW”. this was brought back for halloween 2024 (as BOOp-o-meter. get it), with a ghost, skeleton and mummy paw. no official blog, but here's an official recap for april first from staff. i believe this was the only april fools prank that was mobile user friendly.

2025 - @fandom is running some polls, i guess

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St. Hilarion's

📍səmiq̓ʷəʔelə - Riverview Hospital - Centre Lawn Building, Lawn Dr., Coquitlam

Frame Edit Courtesy of: @fan-a-tink

Location bts:

Another location that is ubiquitous with filming in Vancouver. If you watch anything filmed in this area, you are sure to spot the former Riverview Hospital at some point. This location is actually a complex of several structures built at different times.

Centre Lawn was originally built in 1924 as a mental health facility and ceased operation in 2012 with the closing of Riverview Hospital. Centre Lawn is now used exclusively for filming (exterior and interior) and if you peak into some of the windows you can still see film sets left behind.

Formerly known as The Riverview Lands the area has been renamed səmiq̓wəʔelə in recognition and respect of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nation’s history and cultural ties to its ancestral land. The name səmiq̓ʷəʔelə means ‘The Place of the Great Blue Heron’ in the traditional hən̓q̓əmin̓əm language.

People are welcome to visit daily 6am-9pm. Visitors are asked to be respectful of the property, and the people living/working there. Currently there are several areas with active facilities that should be avoided to respect the patients. Please visit their website for full visiting policy.

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Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

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Crocheted myself a Ghost Postman!

His little hat and bag are removable, and there’s room in his mailbag for some letters.

This was my first time using glow in the dark yarn, and it glows way better than I thought it would!

Hat details based off of this pic from the Instagram of the Ghost Postman himself, Kevin Davey! https://www.instagram.com/p/C6pKJ4TSip2/?igsh=cjJiZ3lnZGJydXdn

Bag & Hat designed by me, Ghost pattern from here: https://www.onpoki.com/free-patterns/augusto-the-ghost-free-pattern/

Up next: Charles and Edwin!!

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CHARLES ROWLAND & EDWIN PAYNE Dead Boy Detectives (2024) — Season 01 → there's not one thing I would change by @nix-nihili (happy birthday!!)

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I love crested geckos because they have the expression of an animal who has exactly one brain cell that dings around their skull like a Windows screen saver

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Abandoned Roller Rink

📍Central City Fun Park - 11125 124 St., Surrey

Frame Edit Courtesy of: @wordsinhaled