Lauren Walker

Environmental history & science fiction. Welcome to the future./We hope you enjoy the present./You are now leaving the past.

[Lauren Walker @laurenarcher]

ICYMI! Hockey sticks, Canadian nationalism, the environment and the legacy of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

[Lauren Walker @laurenarcher]

I wrote this blog post about the commodification of hockey and the Hudson’s Bay Company at @NiCHE_Canada for their HBC350 series. I’m so excited to be writing about the environmental history of hockey again! https://t.co/JXbQIPZit3

[Chuck Tingle @ChuckTingle]

when you finish BURY YOUR GAYS and its time to write your review

[Lauren Walker @laurenarcher]

Who is gonna be in Toronto? I need this.

[Paid in Sweat @PaidInSweat]

Our March Madness screening is HACKERS with a live performance by THE GREAT OCTOPUS @RevueCinema on MARCH 7TH tickets are available NOW!
https://t.co/NT2KubAYLk
HACKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!

[Create Waterloo @CreateWaterloo]

Join us this #NYE for a special family-friendly celebration!🎊

Enjoy…
⛸Free ice skating to music by our on-site DJ
👑Kids craft & photo booth w/ @agnesmakes
☕️Festive treats & hot apple cider from the Hissing Goose Coffee Roasters

⏰Dec 31 / 6-9 PM
📍Waterloo Public Square

[Chuck Tingle @ChuckTingle]

LOVE BLASTING FORTH WITH RADIANT LIGHT OBLITERATING THE VOID AND PUSHING US ONWARD. THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE ACROSS ANY TIMELINE AND IT IS AT YOUR BACK. NOW LETS HECKIN TROT

[Gambhir ⚡️ @gambhir_sharma]

Remembering "The Internet's Own Boy: Aaron Swartz"

On his birthday, let's delve into the extraordinary life of this young hacktivist, co-creator of RSS, Reddit, Markdown(.md) and champion of the Creative Commons license.

a thread 🧵

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

The Internet Archive has been targeted with one of those bowel-loosening record-industry lawsuits last seen during the Napster Wars, with Sony, Universal and others seeking damages that would permanently shutter the Archive

https://t.co/uEaPx02ea2

[Chuck Tingle @ChuckTingle]

wow has this been tested?

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

We're deeply emotionally needy and want you to vote for us

[Lauren Walker @laurenarcher]

@wanderu @nationaltrustca I’m also attending! I’ll keep an eye out for you!

[Lauren Walker @laurenarcher]

@_gunstreet They better get their own series.

[Adam Bunch @TODreamsProject]

1. A strange creature is said to lurk in the sewers beneath Toronto, three feet tall with glowing red eyes, spotted in the east end nearly 50 years ago.

Here’s my annual thread about the Tunnel Monster of Cabbagetown...

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Today's the day! Every fall, @KatmaiNPS in Alaska hosts #FatBearWeek, an annual tournament celebrating the success of the bears winter prep.

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

If more people went to Ontario Place’s West Island and saw what is to be destroyed, this would be a major political issue.

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

There's no cure for existential boredom! You're so fucked! Write a book or three or four!

[NiCHE @NiCHE_Canada]

For #WorldCarFreeDay, let's look back at @laurenarcher's piece on the legacy of leaded gas, "Joker: Leaded Gas at the Oscars" :

https://t.co/ORf8j4P7Za

#envhist #energyhistory

[Lauren Walker @laurenarcher]

@johnsemley3000 Kids will know from a frighteningly young age whether or not their parents have the emotional intelligence and empathic capacity needed to trust them with their whole selves. Even if the kids can’t express it like that, they feel it deeply.

[P. Puck @PeaPuck]

A collection of cute designs from the distant past

1/10

[Lauren Walker @laurenarcher]

@hankgreen Incurious people! Just living their lives, no questions asked!

[Lauren Walker @laurenarcher]

@johnsemley3000 This guy has never been to the Milton Cineplex.