mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 7h"How does the subconscious know who to make? Well, my theory is that the subconscious, aware of the story it’s working on, is primed to supply a character who is, let’s say, 'non-random,' given the existing qualities of the story." - George Saunders 100
Reposted by mélanie daigleJimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 16hCarney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle. 13498191
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 15hComputer ate my homework * * I accidentally saved over the latest version of a Pages file.static.klipy.comKill Me Shoot Me Crying Meme in CarALT: Kill Me Shoot Me Crying Meme in Car 140
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The way a haircut fills my wave pattern with fresh life… ✨😌✨ 010
Reposted by mélanie daigleCartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 30/09/20261/2 - “We’re watching an entire generation of artists, people who built the reputation of Canadian animation, walk away because they simply can’t hold on any longer.” A major new report paints a grim picture of Canada’s kids' media industry. www.cartoonbrew.com/business/can...cartoonbrew.comCanadian Kids Media Production Is In Crisis, New Report WarnsProject Sunbeam calls for a new funding model as Canadian kids increasingly turn to YouTube, streaming, games, and creator media. 12919
Reposted by mélanie daigleDavid Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It was AFTER Confederation, took 10 years of stop-and-start planning first, and the 1881-1885 construction phase went HALFWAY across Canada—just Ontario to B.C.—without labour standards or consideration of Indigenous people. This mythologizing of the CPR is in itself a mark of unseriousness. 1013044
Reposted by mélanie daigleAPTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation can be difficult. If you're struggling, please reach out to someone you trust. Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 (24/7) Hope for Wellness: 1-855-242-3310 or online. 1148119
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Like most people my age, I wasn’t taught about residential schools in our social studies or history classes. And, little did we know, some were still operational while we were in school. 110
Reposted by mélanie daigleThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/09/2026Two eminently qualified women against a buffoonish serial sex pest; one qualified (but rather boring) man against the same tyrant. You can point to a thousand different variables at play, but there was one inarguable constant. The women lost; the man won. trib.al/Tpl4Zau 65615
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Currently at the stage of my cold that feels like this: 000
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s wild how “vibes are off” usually ends up being proved right… Trust your gut! 020
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“I bet you could see horses in countries that aren’t occupying other countries right now.” The ads on the CBC gems app are AWFUL. 000
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meanwhile the studios’ll still try to have you believe it’s all the WGA/SAG strikes’ faults… 000
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just wrapped up my marathon month-long 15 hour screenplay analysis class with one of my absolute favourite teachers! 🤓 Will be sitting with the recordings for many more hours to transcribe notes… I can’t wait to bring along a myriad of QUESTIONS as I tackle upcoming projects. 110
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Reading Antonine Maillet for the first time in years after reading everything of hers I could find at the library when I was growing up, and... damn. I'm realizing how much of a formative experience that was. 100
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Joy is an act of resistance. Keep dancing, keep looking out for each other, they fucking hate it.” 💛 082
Reposted by mélanie daiglePause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 25/09/2026Can someone in the media please ask our Minister of AI why a technology that tells kids how to commit mass violence is something we need in schools? www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 24926
Reposted by mélanie daigleRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6574017411811
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Me: “Numbers are by definition cold. Cold hard facts. In what world are numbers warm?!” Adam: “They’re constant, they’re reassuring. You can COUNT ON THEM.” 010
Reposted by mélanie daigleTom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note. 543303752
Reposted by mélanie daigleJ. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I wasn't too fussed about Heated Rivalry not being nominated for the International Emmy Awards... then I looked at what is. Have the iEmmys become just another front in the American streaming wars? It shouldn't be a competition between their "foreign" shows. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...theglobeandmail.comHeated Rivalry fans are right to raise an alarmed loon call about the International Emmy AwardsThe Canadian hockey romance received no nominations from the awards 1154
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026…did anyone else’s pediatrician tell their mom to give their kids honey and lemon and BRANDY when they had a cold (but not hot water because an actual toddy would be too dangerous), or was that guy straight out of Mad Men? 000
Reposted by mélanie daigleKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture 642829636
Reposted by mélanie daigleBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Everyone who was excited about not changing their clocks will eventually come to this sort of realization. Changing clocks isn’t so bad 2915125
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I inked up my Kaweko Sport today. Already regret it. What a piece of crap... 000
Reposted by mélanie daiglePookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073602299
Reposted by mélanie daiglenewmethos @newmethos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a chart that should scare people. The build-outs of the railroads and canals were littered with scams, scandals, bankruptcies, and national economic crises. AI will not be any different. 051
Reposted by mélanie daigleMonteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“If you don’t stop me I will murder your families.” 1175
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just me laughing at my own stupid little drawings. 111
Reposted by mélanie daigleKenan @kenan14.bsky.social · 23/09/2026'I mean, we can stop/slow this down on our own, but if *you* do it, the stockholders won't blame us.' 0136
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026AMAZING read!! Shared with me from a friend, so I'm passing it on.visual-memory.co.ukThe Kubrick Site: Kubrick on 'Words and Movies'The Kubrick Site / The alt.movies.kubrick Archives 100
Reposted by mélanie daigleMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A right wing politician talking about their own poverty-stricken past always makes me hate them even more. People who pull up the ladder behind them are so much more disgusting than people who've been rich their whole lives and never even considered that the ladder exists. 48619
Reposted by mélanie daigleOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Stanford University...is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a campus banner." feels like a South Park episode. what are we doing here yall www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...sfchronicle.comStanford violated its AI policy by turning a Hispanic student into a fake Black woman in adStanford University is facing criticism for using generative AI to change the photo of a Hispanic male student into a non-existent Black woman for a dining hall advertisement. 491368288
Reposted by mélanie daigleAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over* 776285884861
Reposted by mélanie daigleLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026A lot of us have had to take a lot of shit on Bluesky for the crime of being 100% right about guys too early 11652921236
Reposted by mélanie daigleEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting. 331029410
Reposted by mélanie daiglePause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 22/09/2026AI is incompatible with the basic principles of schooling. Don't cheat. ↪ AI is trained on stolen work. Think for yourself. ↪ AI confidently tells you what to think. Work hard. ↪ AI does the work for you. It's OK to make mistakes. ↪ AI removes the chance to make mistakes and learn. 1227
Reposted by mélanie daigleJohn Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Minnesota kids get the fuel they need to learn and grow and without stigma of free meals being for the poor kids. They grow up into healthy adults who take care of each other. Everyone wins. 642894
Reposted by mélanie daigleKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Finally the solidarity we’ve been waiting for. All the major TV networks have pulled their reporters from the White House to oppose Trump’s ban on CNN, Politico and MSNOW Narcissists crave attention If the journalists walk out, they’re denying Trump what he wants most…. Attention Hold the line! 211421
Reposted by mélanie daigleJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 21/09/2026“Everything is 40% more expensive because of AI” is a great line for an opposition party trying to unseat the AI-supported incumbents, if any Democratic consultants wanted to take a short break from dehumanizing trans kids to actually try winning a contested election. 12038642
Reposted by mélanie daigleFeral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Workers now produce roughly 40% more per hour than they did in the late 1990s. But we're not working shorter weeks, retiring earlier and living more comfortably asa result. Instead people are struggling to pay for the heating, food and bills at the same time. We're being robbed blind. 5344146
Reposted by mélanie daigleEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs? 26082421644
Reposted by mélanie daigleKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Someone just liked this post. A month later, I would be laid off. A lot of things can happen in a year. 4944
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Another first day of weekend of classes, and I already have another tangential blog post simmering on the back burner… 100
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026New on the blog: HAVE YOU SEEN LEAP-LEAP? A recap of this month's photo walk 📷melanie-daigle.comHAVE YOU SEEN LEAP-LEAP?With familiarity comes the risk of getting stuck in a rut. Sometimes it comes without you even noticing it. Sometimes it happens despite it being the last thing you want. When Covid happened (it… 000
mélanie daigle @asteur.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Crow buddies! If I remember right, I whipped this little guy up in the year of Barbenheimer 😂 010
Reposted by mélanie daigleStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786352557