Shawn Conner
@shawnconner.bsky.social
Proto-journalist making way for AI.
This week’s Canadian Novel Explosion: Douglas Coupland’s Generation X.
Still worth reading 35 years later?
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What’s your favourite Coupland novel?
Still worth reading 35 years later?
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What’s your favourite Coupland novel?
July 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This week’s Canadian Novel Explosion: Douglas Coupland’s Generation X.
Still worth reading 35 years later?
🍁🍁🍁
What’s your favourite Coupland novel?
Still worth reading 35 years later?
🍁🍁🍁
What’s your favourite Coupland novel?
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For 15 years, Vancouver's Bao Bei gives customers what they want — and brings back some fan favourites vancouversun.com/life/food/15... via @vancouversun.bsky.social by @shawnconner.bsky.social
For 15 years, Vancouver's Bao Bei gives customers what they want — and brings back some fan favourites
Int. w/ co-owner Tannis Ling
vancouversun.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For 15 years, Vancouver's Bao Bei gives customers what they want — and brings back some fan favourites vancouversun.com/life/food/15... via @vancouversun.bsky.social by @shawnconner.bsky.social
The spring menu is on at Published on Main, and it’s full of delicious ingredients foraged, plucked and fished for your culinary enjoyment! And those are just the cocktails…. vancouversun.com/life/spring-...
From forest to fine dining: Spring gets a star turn at Published on Main
Titled Green is an 11-course celebration of spring, featuring local herbs, flowers, vegetables, Manitoba pickerel and creative desserts.
vancouversun.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The spring menu is on at Published on Main, and it’s full of delicious ingredients foraged, plucked and fished for your culinary enjoyment! And those are just the cocktails…. vancouversun.com/life/spring-...
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From forest to fine dining: Spring gets a star turn at Published on Main - vancouversun.com/life/spring-... by @shawnconner.bsky.social in @vancouversun.bsky.social
From forest to fine dining: Spring gets a star turn at Published on Main
Titled Green is an 11-course celebration of spring, featuring local herbs, flowers, vegetables, Manitoba pickerel and creative desserts.
vancouversun.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
From forest to fine dining: Spring gets a star turn at Published on Main - vancouversun.com/life/spring-... by @shawnconner.bsky.social in @vancouversun.bsky.social
My article about #northerncafe is up at @vancouversun.bsky.social Now I want to have lunch only at restaurants in lumberyards. #Vancouver #lunch #restaurants
How this café above a Vancouver hardware store became a must-visit for foodies
The family run restaurant, which sits atop a hardware store, is an East-meets-West diner serving breakfast, brunch and lunch. Find out more.
vancouversun.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My article about #northerncafe is up at @vancouversun.bsky.social Now I want to have lunch only at restaurants in lumberyards. #Vancouver #lunch #restaurants
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TINA - The Tina Turner Musical's star Jayna Elise on @ctvvancouver.bsky.social ttps://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2025/03/27/tina-the-tina-turner-musical/ #bactouring
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
CTV Morning Live gets a glamorous behind-the-scenes glimpse of the dazzling new show, 'TINA - The Tina Turner Musical' with its star, Jayna Elise!
www.ctvnews.ca
March 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
TINA - The Tina Turner Musical's star Jayna Elise on @ctvvancouver.bsky.social ttps://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2025/03/27/tina-the-tina-turner-musical/ #bactouring
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Photo exhibit of North Vancouver corner stores delivers potent shots of nostalgia. Article by @shawnconner.bsky.social for @vancouversun.bsky.social vancouversun.com/entertainmen... #capturephotographyfestival
Photo exhibit of North Vancouver corner stores delivers potent shots of nostalgia
Recent photos are matched with archival images from the 1970s for the Corner Stores and Collective Memory exhibit. Read more.
vancouversun.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Photo exhibit of North Vancouver corner stores delivers potent shots of nostalgia. Article by @shawnconner.bsky.social for @vancouversun.bsky.social vancouversun.com/entertainmen... #capturephotographyfestival
I almost caved! I want to watch #adolescence but I refuse to renew my #netflix subscription. #tariffs #vivalarevolucion #buycanadian #elbowsup (still really want to see it though)
March 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I almost caved! I want to watch #adolescence but I refuse to renew my #netflix subscription. #tariffs #vivalarevolucion #buycanadian #elbowsup (still really want to see it though)
Thanks to the splendid staff at Ama cocktail and raw bar on Fraser for last night’s delicious cocktails and bites. Sexy speakeasy atmosphere. Thanks also to @bcrobyn.bsky.social for the great pics. @chengsophia.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thanks to the splendid staff at Ama cocktail and raw bar on Fraser for last night’s delicious cocktails and bites. Sexy speakeasy atmosphere. Thanks also to @bcrobyn.bsky.social for the great pics. @chengsophia.bsky.social
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"In Tina Turner musical, Jayna Elise portrays the late rock legend's grace and lightning" via @vancouversun.bsky.social by @shawnconner.bsky.social vancouversun.com/entertainmen... TINA - The Tina Turner Musical is in Vancouver March 25 to 30, 2025
In Tina Turner musical, Jayna Elise portrays the late rock legend's grace and lightning
"I knew that she had stamina. I don’t think I knew just how energetic she was," said Elise, as Broadway Across Canada show hits Vancouver.
vancouversun.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"In Tina Turner musical, Jayna Elise portrays the late rock legend's grace and lightning" via @vancouversun.bsky.social by @shawnconner.bsky.social vancouversun.com/entertainmen... TINA - The Tina Turner Musical is in Vancouver March 25 to 30, 2025
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Prix fix lunch options in Vancouver: vancouversun.com/life/prix-fi... in @vancouversun.bsky.social by @shawnconner.bsky.social
Here are 7 Vancouver restaurants with a prix fixe lunch (with prices)
Want to sample the fare at some of Vancouver's top restaurants without breaking the bank? Try one of these prix fixe lunches.
vancouversun.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Prix fix lunch options in Vancouver: vancouversun.com/life/prix-fi... in @vancouversun.bsky.social by @shawnconner.bsky.social
I made an amateurish unboxing video (maybe that's a redundancy) to celebrate the arrival of a very cool new jigsaw puzzle designed by cartoonist #ChrisWare partnering w/ #drawnandquarterly youtu.be/2ayxKx3nHX0 #graphicnovels #jigsawpuzzles #comics #cartoonists
Unboxing video: Chris Ware Building Stories jigsaw puzzle
YouTube video by Shawn Conner
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January 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I made an amateurish unboxing video (maybe that's a redundancy) to celebrate the arrival of a very cool new jigsaw puzzle designed by cartoonist #ChrisWare partnering w/ #drawnandquarterly youtu.be/2ayxKx3nHX0 #graphicnovels #jigsawpuzzles #comics #cartoonists
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LETS DO THIS: Close your Threads, Instagram and Facebook accounts … at high noon on 20 Jan 2025 right after you do it to X.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.
Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.
Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.
January 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
LETS DO THIS: Close your Threads, Instagram and Facebook accounts … at high noon on 20 Jan 2025 right after you do it to X.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.
Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.
Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.