Reposted by Alison in CanadalandThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 07/10/2026According to MIT News, Margaret Hamilton died at the age of 90. "A profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program". This famous photo 🔽 inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison. 1531931187
Reposted by Alison in Canadalandbryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102142834699
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandWereBen! @benimated.bsky.social · 06/10/2026They have no idea what Pandora’s box they just opened 56424
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandTom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Farewell to Eva Marie Saint, the sharpest and sexiest of the Hitchcock blondes who got to wear one of the best dresses in cinema history 341860329
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandWilliam Bibbiani @williambibbiani.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comThat's All Folks!Alt: That's All Folks! 24012
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandGef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 04/10/2025 1439109
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120113571
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandAustin Shinn @untitleduser.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Audiences had the chance to do a new Barbenheimer with Verity and Digger but alas they looked at the idea and said “no Diggity” and we had to bag it up. 0136
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/10/2023Happy October 3 to everyone celebrating 6387194
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions. 182012975
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandRobbie @robbietheroo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today we remember First Nations, Inuit & Métis children taken from their families by Canada’s residential school system. 🧡 Remember the children. listen to survivors. keep learning Here’s live feed from Parliament Hill for Orange Shirt Day: www.youtube.com/live/sn25kdf...youtube.comRemembering The Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | APTN NewsYouTube video by APTN News 142
Alison in Canadaland @alisonmitzy247.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Can we stop saying Easter Egg for every kind of reference made in media? 120
Alison in Canadaland @alisonmitzy247.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Swifties need to watch more movies, because that Patient Zero video is a love letter to What Lies Beneath. 110
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 31401377
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandMatt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We actually don't hate this administration enough 12476462388
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandPremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 25/09/2026Very this. Writing romance is a specific skill set and I suspect that the snobs who deride it as "easy" or the books as "easy money" would write very, very bad stories that romance readers would be rightfully annoyed by. 920634
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandTom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy Dolly Parton Day! For this 9/25, the Bitter Kitten Movie Club is diving deep into "9 to 5," with a podcast talking about its queer influences and liberal polemic and a costume post outlining all of the tropes and motifs you might have missed: tomandlorenzo.com/2026/09/bitt...tomandlorenzo.comBitter Kitten Movie Club: 9 to 5 (1980) - Tom + Lorenzo9 to 5 (1980) Directed by: Colin Higgins Starring: Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Dabney Coleman Costume Designer: Ann Roth Happy Dolly Day, 216934
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Girl dinner 6274911671
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandDan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 22/09/2026Nothing will ever be enough for these people. 42303929
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/202628 years ago. 6846471677
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 20/09/2026everyone who cancelled Murder Besties should walk into a volcano 33520120
Reposted by Alison in Canadaland👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026i need to know what happened 309163453178
Alison in Canadaland @alisonmitzy247.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran 062
Reposted by Alison in Canadalandsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The “branding dispute” being that it’s legally established as a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the president from the 1960s who was murdered in office by an assassin, and Trump wanted to slap his name on it too while he held power for reasons of pure narcissism. 321357318
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I just know Bob is designing rhinestone outfits for Dolly in heaven. Rest in peace king. One of one. www.out.com/bob-mackie-d...out.comBob Mackie, famous gay fashion and costume designer, dies at 87Legendary designer Bob Mackie, who dressed everyone from Cher to Elton John, has died. 1144999843
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandJames Callan @scarequotes.com · 13/09/2026Rotten Tomato scores (particularly for old movies) are a great example of using a metric just because it exists and pretends to be quantifiable, even if it's not actually meaningful. 053
Alison in Canadaland @alisonmitzy247.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don’t use LLMs, but that chair is a dapper little fellow. 010
Reposted by Alison in Canadalandcaroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️ 70149203713
Alison in Canadaland @alisonmitzy247.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Well, thanks, Don’t Say Good Luck for kicking my ass. Do not watch without tissues. 111
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Plot twist: *Every one* of the tiny bets will change the world. Some of the payoffs will just be on a larger scale or more recognized than others. 4412127
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/09/2026This is one of the objections I have when people talk about how useful LLMs can be for literature searches or for any kind of search, really. Even beyond the biases that inevitably (and, in some cases, intentionally) show up, part of a good literature search is seeing information *in context.* 501872337
Reposted by Alison in Canadalandshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/09/2026i've been married almost 20 years and yet my soulmate still wanders free 732255262
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026RIP Ms Steinem. The world is better off for your contributions. apnews.com/article/glor...apnews.comGloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92Steinem became the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life. 536280
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandAlex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This one’s my favourite 755841403
Alison in Canadaland @alisonmitzy247.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Remember the “fuck your chicken strips” vine? Me, except “Fuck your transphobic wizard school!” 010
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandMicah @rincewind.run · 02/09/2026it's not an exaggeration to say that jk rowling is the world's most powerful and prominent transphobe outside of elon musk it's easy to not buy a tesla and it's easy to not watch the harry potter tv show 3368842224
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandMarc Edward Heuck @meheuck.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I'm very chuffed to go see COYOTE VS ACME, but I am a bit disappointed that the movie won't be addressing the increasing inability for the Tiny Toons to own or rent property thanks to the skyrocketing land values brought by Acme Acres' monopoly on available real estate.static.klipy.comTiny Toons: Dramatic Sad Classroom ReactionALT: Tiny Toons: Dramatic Sad Classroom Reaction 1124
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandMovieJawn @moviejawn.com · 28/08/2026MJ’s @theonetruejames.bsky.social says of COYOTE VS. ACME: “This is Looney Tunes’ best showing in decades.” and “Acme never stood a chance.” #CoyoteVsAcme is in theaters now.moviejawn.comCOYOTE VS. ACME takes a swing at corporate greed and hits — Moviejawnby James Bojaciuk, Staff Writer Coyote vs. Acme is the best film in its genre since Robert Zemeckis’ Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988). 0124
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandBear Claw Billie (1590/5000) @bearclawbillie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026HEY THIS IS JUST A PAINTING OF A THEATER SHOWING COYOTE VS. ACME 23838894
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandKategod 🐉🧿🦑𓅛🪬 @kategodart.northsky.social · 26/08/2026we have thousands of potential dolly partons and tim curries already walking amongst us. most of them are begging for rent money or getting crushed at a shitty job 1968153037
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandSusanah Grace @susanahgrace.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Stop fucking using genAI. Not even for a joke, not even for that oh so cutting political satire. Every time you use it, you are actively taking food out of our mouths. You are using the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. 3249562055
Reposted by Alison in CanadalandJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 26/08/2026The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible 184562293
Alison in Canadaland @alisonmitzy247.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I just wonder if the world was not interesting and fabulous enough without Dolly for Tim Curry to stay around. 110
Reposted by Alison in Canadalandlighthouse prince @historiancole.bsky.social · 23/05/2026tim curry keeping up the bit twenty years after the fact by writing in his memoir that he and miss piggy had an affair during the filming of muppet treasure island is just so good and funny 1564851318
Alison in Canadaland @alisonmitzy247.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This book sat on a shelf at my aunt’s house. Looking at the pictures of this girl and the strange little child who seemed to be doing such interesting things made me want to learn to read just so I could finish their story. 140
