Fiona McKean
@FionaMcK
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50% Geek, 50% Nerd. Co-Founder (w @tobi ) and Chair of @thistledownfnd Owner The Opinicon
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Why are we doing this? Because this pandemic demands all of us, right now, to do what we can. Together we can have a species-level impact 💪
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IPO day, 5 years ago. My youngest pooped through his fancy clothes and I didn’t have a spare set. He ended up wearing 2 napkins tied together and a pair of Shopify-green adult socks up to his thighs.
Also, remember haircuts?
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The prolonged pandemic has depleted local organizations. To help address the gap
@tobi
and I are donating $750k to
@UnitedWayEO
,
@OttawaFoodBank
and
@OttCommFdn
to support Ottawa’s COVID-19 response. We’re not out of the woods yet but there’s hope on the horizon. Let’s do this 💪
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Fact:
@tobi
and I first met playing video games
Fact: We still play video games together
Fiction: We have a Fortnight team with
@VancityReynolds
Happy to pitch in 25K to help others participate in the joy of gaming 🕹️
@AbleGamers
@stevenspohn
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Dear kids, it’s been a heck of a year/decade/millennia. We hope you feel better soon so you can get back to the important job of playing and being your awesome selves.
It’s been hard being a kid over the past 20 months, especially those living with pain, uncertainty or undergoing treatment.
@ThistledownFnd
recognizes this and has made an unprecedented $26M gift to 13 of Canada’s children’s hospitals.
#NationalChildDay
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Thank you
@crypto_coven
for giving me the nudge I needed to get on the NFT train. Lovely community, beautiful art, and inspired code.
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Feeling humbled and grateful (and a bit sheepish 🐑!) to receive this prestigious award from the city I call home. Thank you for this great honour, and hearty congrats to my fellow indictees.
I'm pleased to announce the inductees into the Order of Ottawa for 2020 - a group of tremendously accomplished residents whose leadership, creativity and hard work serve as an inspiration for us all.
For more information, please visit:
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Sunday thoughts: We need a TransCanada Fiber Highway. We rolled out asphalt to connect the country in the 50s, now it’s time to roll out fiber to connect the country today.
#essentialservice
#ConnectCanada
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Pandemic
Killer hornets
Snow in May
At least our shirts are boring af
Get yours at and help our frontline workers 💪🇨🇦
#ConquerCOVID19
@conquercovid19
@wick_22
@VancityReynolds
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💉 💪
We need to vaccinate as many people as possible, as fast as possible, and everywhere.
@GAVI
through COVAX will get it done in ~100 countries.
@FionaMcK
and I are donating $5m to push things forward. Thank you
@gatesfoundation
for generously matching it.
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(note: pic taken when regular haircuts were normal)
Words cannot describe just how grateful the team at Conquer COVID-19 is for the incredible generosity of
@FionaMcK
and
@tobi
. The couple have committed to donating $1 million to Conquer COVID-19 through their Thistledown Foundation. Thank you for helping us
#conquerCOVID19
!! <3
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Yo
@VancityReynolds
, nice video and all but where’s your
#CanadianTuxedo
??
Photo credit: our 9 year old.
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We aren't in the same room right now, but I know exactly what kind of grin he has on his face right now 😂❤️
Let's change the game.
Announcing Shopify Rebellion esports team. Starting with Starcraft2 because of course we do. 🛒❤️🕹️
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🙈 I wrote a thing.
ECHO has chosen a second story from the coven 🐉
"the crossroad" by fionapendragon.eth
a SEER recounts her winding path to true sight.
read this tale from the TREE of ECHOES:
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Dear Internet, we wub you.
For
#GivingTuesday
we want to say thank you to some of the amazing Internet infrastructure that
@FionaMcK
and I have come to rely on. We are donating $1m to
@internetarchive
@Wikipedia
@khanacademy
and
@OurWorldInData
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...and for working their darn ❤️s out to ship for merchants. From my particular POV watching the team from the outside-inside, it’s been hard, exhausting, thrilling, relentless, deeply satisfying, and just the beginning. Thank you for striving and thriving.
World's most innovative companies in 2021 according to
@FastCompany
1.
@moderna_tx
2.
@BioNTech_Group
/
@pfizer
3.
@Shopify
- "For giving small shops a lifeline"
Thank you 🙇♂️
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@ThistledownFnd
is proud to work with
@conquercovid19
, Shielding Heroes,
#FastGrants
and others to accelerate covid19 solutions.
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What’s the weather in Ottawa this Saturday? Sunny and 18C, with a high chance of viral ass-kicking (the virus being the kickee not the kicker, to be clear).
@conquercovid19
@wick_22
@BlacksWeather
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I see you, Ottawa! ❤️
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Great initiative, we're in for 1000 🦃 dinners. If you want to help Mohamad's efforts too, you can donate at
My holiday season
#TurkeyDrive
is underway. Only $20 so a family can enjoy a delicious turkey dinner. This holiday season more than ever, let's help families in need
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It's time for the Trans-Canada Fibre Highway
Covid demonstrates that high-speed internet access for *everyone* is the core, essential infrastructure project of our time.
Bridges, harbours, power, interstate highways.... all connected us in the pre-covid world.
We need to build now for a new re-connected economy.
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This is goosebumps good ❤️💪
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Favourite music group: Daft Punk
Favourite album: Random Access Memories
Favourite single: Da Funk
Thank you for everything, Thomas and Guy-Manuel. My kids always ask your “robot music” when we’re driving, and it makes my techno-loving heart swell 🤖 🎶
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@fadifessa
@tobi
@guyraz
We’d sit in the same room - me surrounded by books and study notes, him in front of the computer. It was an intense time, and we both dove into our passions and helped each other out.
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The data visualization gets better every year 😍😍😍
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Thank you, Paul ❤️. We’ll miss you.
@youthactionnow
was a source of hope and strength to him at the end of his life, consider donating to support his hopes and dreams for the next generation.
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So much love in one thread
Two things I thought I’d never do on social media: share a very personal story and type out that my baby boy has cancer. So firstly, fuck you cancer. And secondly, let's take this shitty reality and give my boy a legacy of helping other children through his story this xmas: (1/7)
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10k coming your way
@AbleGamers
#SoEveryoneCanGame
#CommittedNerd
#GamingSinceBeforeBrrzzTBEEguuuur
(for anyone under 30, that's a modem sound)
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Big fans in our house, looking forward to reading this with the kids.
My book What's Our Problem? is now available.
The book introduces a new framework for thinking about our chaotic political environment. With 303 drawings, it's a toolbox for understanding our societies, our group dynamics, and our own minds.
Get it here:
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A loooong renovation journey, rewarded by a first pint in the new pub.
The Pub is open! Grand opening this Friday, and then ready to welcome you daily from 11am to 11pm! ❤️🎉🍻
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❤️❤️
Fancy a bit of old school Canadiana -and a resort with cabins to make you feel like you just walked into Dirty Dancing? Then you’ll LOVE
@The_Opinicon
Now respectfully updated to meet the needs of forward thinking guests with an eye on the past-it’s swoon worthy...
@cottagelife
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I have so much respect and love for
@BritForsyth
. Brilliant human!
As a new mom, I’m stressed (
#momlife
). Knowing this amazing human is leading the charge on the future of work puts me at ease.
If you want to know what a life long learner and a leader who leads from a place of care and vulnerabilty looks like, here’s your new Friday follow.
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Happy birthday
@Wikipedia
🎉 Thank you for 20 years of knowledge, and cheers to many more to come.
IT IS OUR 20TH BIRTHDAY! 🎂
Wikipedia started as an ambitious idea. Over 20 years, people like you have made it possible. If you are a Wikipedia reader, contributor, donor, or fan — today is for you.
Join the celebration:
#Wikipedia20
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I am ridiculously excited about this.
SpaceX Starlink has started rolling out parts of Canada. This is the "beta than nothing" phase. Here are some pictures from the installation which was a breeze. Thank you for your vision
@SpaceXStarlink
.
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This guy in my backyard is making me very happy. Operation train the sq/unk is underway!
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TFW
@ThisIsSethsBlog
loves
@The_Opinicon
and really "gets" what we're trying to do. Memories > Maximization.
#pinchme
#goteamgo
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Um. That's a big deal.
(Zoom in on the face to the right of Jon Stewart's head)
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What a shot 📸
Click for full: Falcon 9 launches Starlink 21 this morning, the third launch from Cape Canaveral in ten days. A shot I've been wanting to get for years. The river is rarely so glassy!
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Dear Canadians, this one is important! Please download and initiate
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💪💪💪
☀️SUMMER JOBS AT THE OPINICON ☀️
Resumes and questions can be directed to jobs
@opinicon
.com
For those in the area, we’ll be hosting a job fair at The Opinicon on Sunday February 16th from 2-4pm.
See you there!
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Exactly. Grab the App, Canada!
I'm going to go on a rant because I keep seeing the same misconceptions reported about Canada's COVID Alert app.
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💪💪💪
Could cancer-fighting viruses be repurposed as a vaccine for COVID-19?
Thank you Fast Grants and
@ThistledownFnd
for supporting this important research led by Dr. Carolina Ilkow and Dr. John Bell! Learn more:
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Hey Ottawa 🙌 if you or your business have extra PPE that you’d like to donate to the covid frontlines, check out the details in this poster. Help us conquer covid 💪
#conquercovid19
@conquercovid19
We are excited to announce our first PPE drive in
@ottawacity
, which will be taking place this Saturday (April 25) from 9AM-5PM at 1050 Morrison Dr. Thank you St. John’s Ambulance for hosting this drive. Please bring any PPE you can to help our frontline workers
#ConquerCOVID19
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@Shopify
@takoagency
@bold_commerce
@JohnsCrazySocks
@NDSS
@xpedition_media
@SpecOlympicsNY
@eBridgeConnects
@AbleSense
@ShipperHQ
@klaviyo
@gomalomo
@Yotpo
@GetJobber
@WaveHQ
@kvlly
@mkobach
@ShopifySupport
@ShopifyPlus
@BretHart
@tobi
@tobi
is busy right now, but here are the ones I got him for Christmas
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This is awesome, go team
@planetary_tech
!
XPRIZE Carbon Removal is the foremost catalyst today for reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Thank you to
@XPRIZE
and
@MuskFoundation
for sponsoring this important initiative.
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"“Drug dev, vaccine dev, very clinical work, some basic virology, understanding the immune responses and whether people become resistant ... because we’re funding such a variety of approaches, the chances that at least one of them is going to meaningfully help is really good.”
Being part of the team has been remarkable, we can't wait to see what discoveries are made
#ScienceIsAwesome
#ConquerCovid19
@patrick
@SKonermann
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@ID_AA_Carmack
Brb,
@tobi
’s birthday is soon and I have to reproduce this tweet on a t-shirt using bubble paint and a sharpie.
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😍
🍦Ice Cream Shop reopens Friday May 17th! We’ll be handing out samples of some of the many new items we’ll be offering in the shop this summer. Hours will be 10am to 9:30pm seven days a week! 🍦
.
#bringonsummer
#icecream
#vintage
#opiniconadventures
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Wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible teamwork and perseverance of the
#ConquerCOVID19
team 💪
Thank you to
@FionaMcK
@tobi
for your incredible support of
@conquercovid19
through the
@ThistledownFnd
. Our first procured shipment of PPE was made possible through your generosity. 🙌
#ConquerCOVID19
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“Our demonstration also shows that the device we produced is compatible with the optical fibre infrastructure that is already in place.” Yet another reason to get moving on the Trans Canada Fibre Highway.
Someone figured out how to make the internet 1 million times faster. By law they must automatically get the Nobel Prize.
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Oh the places you’ll go
The path of a maturing thinker. In order to get to Grown-Up Mountain and start real learning, you have to brave the cold winds of Insecure Canyon. If you're not willing to say "I don't know" for a while, you might spend your whole life on Child’s Hill.
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Is this the bold call to action we need to push
@conquercovid19
over the $2.5M mark? Yes, yes it is.
#defeatcurdlesspoutine
#boringisthenewsexy
I know what you're thinking...
FINALLY somebody sexy in one of those t-shirts.
Deep breaths.... this tweet has so much more.
@ClubcoffeeLP
and
@SoMediaNorth
are donating $10K to
@conquercovid19
Awesome, right? ✌️❤️🇨🇦
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It was so beautiful today
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Some of my favourite things:
@Shopify
@fogoislandinn
and the always inspirational Zita Cobb. What a 🇨🇦 story!
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