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Social Digest 2025.08.03-2025.08.09

It was a week brimming with murals, buskers, games, and amusements on the fediverse.
The words "you're so cute!" written on a window.

It was a week brimming with murals, buskers, games, and amusements on the fediverse.

Today I took Celestine on Bridgewalk, a closing of the bridge beside our home to traffic. She was thrilled to get a balloon dog, a bridge passport, freezies, and snacks. Events like these are hopeful little glimpses of what would be possible if we exorcised automobiles from our city.

A child stands beside a bridge mascot on a bridge while holding a balloon dog.
A child holds a green balloon dog above her head as she stands on a bridge.
A child smiles while looking at a green balloon dog.
A MacDonald Bridge Passport printed in 2024 for Bridgewalk 2024.
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Saturday we walked around Quinpool to take in some of the new murals. The street is getting a bit brighter each year.

Artists:
John McPartland (Absen Archives)
Kristen De Palma (KDP Letters)
maddy filipps (bucko.blue)
Jason Skinner (jason.a.m.skinner)

An abstract mural of a woman with closed eyes and flowers by John McPartland (Absen Archives).
A mural by Kristen De Palma (KDP Letters) featuring stylized lettering and flowers. The words "Trust the seeds you are planting. Good things take time," are written down the mural.
A mural by maddy filipps with mirrored farmers holding a harvested plants, rows of growing plants, a sun and a moon, another farmer using a shovel, and cows by mountains.
A mural of a biker holding a bike on their back and walking into a sunset and toward smokestacks.
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Monday we went to the last day of the Halifax Busker Festival. We saw parts of many performances, but the highlight was The Farmer’s Daughter, a one woman show featuring lasso, hoola hoops, milk jug walking, and comedy. She even had a trading card.

A busker jumps through a lasso while performing in front of an audience at the Halifax waterfront.
A busker stands on a wooden platform and spins hoola hoops on her limbs. She performs in front of an audience at the Halifax waterfront.
A busker wearing cowboy boots walks on milk bottles in front of an audience at the Halifax waterfront.
A trading card for The Farmer's Daughter Show busker performance featuring photos of a woman swinging a lasso.
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While we were at the waterfront on Monday, we visited a portion with new murals.

Artists:
Chris Noam (noam_noamski)
Boma Nnaji (bomatheartist)
Maddie Alexander (constant_craving) & Sorry Sacha (sorrysacha)
Moonspade Magic (moonspade_magic)

A colourful mural of people dancing that goes over a corner.
A mural depicting a cyborg rhinoceros and a cyborg human.
A mural depicting a cyborg rhinoceros and a cyborg human.
A fanciful mural depicting a bridge, a melting streetlight, a lobster riding a unicorn, a hand holding moonmist ice cream, flowers, fairies, and the moon cycle.
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This week I played through map 3 of Aquamarine, 1000 Fathoms Deep. It was fine, but I don’t think the verticality worked as well as previous maps for snappy gameplay.

Map 3 of Aquamarine, 1000 Fathoms Deep, with three dives completed and 54 points earned. The page is a vertical map of the ocean with sea life, vents, and a trench.
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I saw Keren Ann perform 20 years ago at Halifax Jazz Fest as she toured in support of her Nolita album. That album became important to me, fitting well with the liminal point in my life when I listened to it. I’ve been revisiting the album this week and I still appreciate it so much.

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We encountered some affirmations on Gottingen today.

A mural featuring the words "I'm so glad you're here" in multicolored letters and flowers below.
The words "you're so cute!" written on a window.
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