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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar

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Canadian elbows-up philobiblian, structural grammarist, writer, freelance editor, fibre artist, musician, in the most beautiful valley in Canada. She/her usually; will use any pronoun. BS expert, politico, insouciant, indomitable, indefatigable since 1887.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/02/2025
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 7h
Studio portrait of a father and child taken in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan around late 1920s, early 1930s. Almost certainly Chief Joseph Dreaver (WWI veteran, Military Medal recipient, and Indigenous leader), other photos match his appearance as a young man, of Big River First Nation. The child
Studio portrait of a father and child taken in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan around late 1920s, early 1930s. Almost certainly Chief Joseph Dreaver (WWI veteran, Military Medal recipient, and Indigenous leader), other photos match his appearance as a young man, of Big River First Nation. The child possibly Gladys Dreaver. | Prince Albert Historical Society.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/09/2026
Me: I'm here to get an Rx renewal Doc: (actually looking at my chart) Do you have a family doctor? Me: Yep. Dr. Doctor, at this clinic. Doc: Great. And you're getting your regular screenings and physicals? Me: The breast cancer screening program is great! I get a mammogram every two years! 1/3
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 25/09/2026
Unrelated if you’re interested in bidding on any of my father’s farm equipment, olease feel free to rip out my heart: pbrauctions.com/timed-auctio...
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PBR Auctions
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 25/09/2026
Okay, so I've called the women's health clinic to ask if I can book my PAP test through them. I could also call up my OB/GYN, I guess, but it's a waste of provincial funds to see a specialist for something a family doctor should be qualified to do (even the ones terrified of vaginas).
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 25/09/2026
Let me tell you about advance cancer screening in Saskatchewan. Please call your MLA and thank them for the hard work they do in cancer prevention. I have been waiting for more than four years for a fucking Pap test.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 15/09/2026
Sorta like how embracing technological change in industry in general ruined the environment and created and sustained massive gaps in equity. It may be inevitable, but that doesn't mean close your eyes and think of England.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 15/09/2026
Not many people know this, but in Southern Saskatchewan you can find commercial marshmallow farms. the marshmallows are then sent to refineries where they’re processed and packaged for sale. Thank a mallow farmer next time you’re around a campfire having s’mores!
Photograph of what appear to be enormous puffy marshmallows standing in a field.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 13/09/2026
Hey, Winnipeg, you’ve been grand! Got some hardware out on the Red. we’ll be back next year!
Photograph of a bronze medal and a silver medal attached to bright orange lanyards. The medals are from the Manitoba Paddling Association and are awarded for Dragon Boat Racing.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 13/09/2026
Winnipegians! If you’re about tomorrow, come down to Don Gerrie(?) park to cheer on your dragon boat teams! Then come say hi! I’ll be the one in the boat!
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 13/09/2026
Winnipeg, I AM IN YOU!
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 12/09/2026
Buddy, if we’re going to rename the fucking lakes we’re going to return to them their original names.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 12/09/2026
You can tell the weather’s changing because I’m back to two baths a day. This number generally stays at two until April, although sometimes we do more. We do not count the times we partially drain the tub and add more hot water.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 09/09/2026
I...don't think I want to use a mobile phone anymore.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 09/09/2026
Me: No, I don't get hangry. I don't even really know what that is. Also me: YOU CAN GO FUCK YOURSELF IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO EAT A BAG OF JERKY FOR LUNCH WHEN WE COULD HAVE LITERALLY STOPPED AT ANY DINKWATER TOWN ON THIS WHOLE DRIVE JUST TO GET AN ACTUAL LUNCH REGARDLESS OF HOW SHITTY IT WAS.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 09/09/2026
(No, I don't think I'm "back-back"; I reactivated things to do the Never Alone fundraiser this weekend. I love you very much - never think I don't! I've just been focused on re-learning how to engage with live humans, and re-learning the world is a pretty fucking amazing place.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 09/09/2026
I *already* boycott American companies, but when they legit just double the US price for the CDN price, it makes my decision so much easier.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 09/09/2026
Buddy, I get that wherever it was you learned to drive (likely not on a farm), they didn't teach you that "if the water level in an underpass is nearly level with the streets on either side, DO NOT ENTER THE OVERPASS" but for the love of little baby Jesus dancing on a crüller, COMMON SENSE SAYS STOP
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Kelly Miller @sqirlgirly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 09/09/2026
I’ve decided to name all the dolts who try to drive through flooded underpasses the “Regina Regatta Team.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 08/09/2026
All y’all have helped me get halfway to my fundraising goal for the Never Alone Cancer Foundation (the charity donee working with the Winnipeg Dragon Boat Festival). I will be paddling with the Prairie Dragon Riders Next Sunday! Come watch! nacf.akaraisin.com/ui/Septdrago...
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 03/09/2026
The first, possibly only time I'll ask: It's my first year as a Dragon Boat paddler, and 'm on a team competing at the Winnipeg Dragon Boat Festival. Our team is doing some fundraising in support of cancer research. If you've a hankering to sponsor/donate: nacf.akaraisin.com/ui/Septdrago...
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 14/07/2026
I get UNREASONABLY grumpy whenever I see someone using K instead of C to try to horn in on alliteration. No, Kylie, "Kylie's Kreations" is not a good business name. 1) It contains a spelling error; 2) What the fuck are you even selling; 3) Twee is not good business; 4) Just. No.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 10/07/2026
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The Rift
Part 7
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 17/04/2026
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The Rift
Part 6
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 14/03/2026
The thing about living in one’s early middles is that one cannot wear one’s glasses when applying eye cream and the eye cream comes in a tube remarkably similar to vaginal oestrogen cream.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 02/02/2026
Hey charities. I am NEVER going to donate to any of you who use fucking AI cold calling. I just got off the phone with a very convincing AI agent. Want money from me? Employ the people you claim to be helping.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 30/01/2026
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A bird perches on a concrete traffic boulevard beside cracked asphalt under a misty and fiery orange sky.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 21/01/2026
WOW has Apple enshittified itself lately. Not only do I loathe the stupid “Liquid Glass” display “feature” with the burning rage of a thousand angry suns, THEY GOT RID OF LAUNCHPAD and went to a Windows-like app browser and I fucking hate it. YOU DON’T NEED TO CHANGE A GOOD DESIGN.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 10/01/2026
ima change the size of the whole-ass moon!! photojourneys.ca/2026/01/how-...
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How to Photograph the Full Moon
Big moon? Small moon? Find out how to control the size of the moon, and keep the moon and your subject in focus using these practical techniques.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 30/12/2025
Wow.
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jackzuckered.bsky.social @jackzuckered.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Nowhere in the Constitution does it say people have the right to own ammunition I say ban all the bullets end of story………
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Yes. Absolutely it is.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
No. It’s no coincidence. When someone tries to make a stupid argument we MUST DEMAND EVIDENCE BASED FACTS. Anything less does a disservice to humanity.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Yes. It does.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Yes. This is exactly the point I was making.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
EXACTLY.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Oh my god, people. I didn’t say firearms and their use/ownership shouldn’t be regulated. They should be, just like all other potentially lethal tools. I said they’re efficient killing tools. Which they are. It’s not a value statement.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Yes. It’s an argument I am making. Because it’s a ridiculous argument.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Okay then. A gun is a tool. It’s a tool used for killing. That’s a value- and judgement-free statement. Nowhere did I say people should have guns if they’re not subsistence hunters.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Yes. It is silly. That is exactly my point.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
LOL I have never in my life advocated for anyone other than subsistence hunters to have firearms. Guilty on my being a communist though.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Absolutely correct.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
100%
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
This is brilliant.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Exactly my point.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
While on vacation my phone was mostly put away. It was good. It was very good. Perhaps a step back will do me good.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
Capitalism IS greed. I can’t think of a single redeeming aspect of capitalism. Zero good things.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
I’m no firearms apologist. Guns are tools; like every other tool, they can be used to cause harm. We can kill just as many people with rocks as with guns; it just takes longer. My POINT is that whether or not gun ownership outside of subsistence hunting were illegal, we’d still kill each other.
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Millicent (cenobyte) Bystander, Snark Czar @cenobyte.ca · 29/12/2025
You can’t fix stupid.
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