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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well. I guess, based on what I've heard about it, this is OK (although Yugoslavia of the previous age is a bit dubious).

According to this sampling mechanism, what I want to live in is Allende's Chile, modern Scotland, or the Paris Commune.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Let's talk about a book series NOT getting attention that is among the finest of the decade: James Elkins' Five Strange Languages, the latest of which is Stories, Like Illnesses-- just released to resounding silence. Prior 2 novels are among my favorites ever and the new one so far is as good 1/?

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"What if we could go back in time and kill baby Hitler?" is one thing. "What if we could go back in time and *possibly* kill the grandparents of Hitler, Salk, Einstein, Oishi, Chandrasekar, Banting, Best, Franklin, and Parton so there's more ice cream now?" is quite another.

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Doctor Memory @blank.org · 16/09/2026

I believe it was @dsquareddigest.bsky.social who noted that the only way to survive an argument with Milton Friedman was that when he said “let us assume” to immediately interject “no, we will not assume that” and it’s an equally valid approach to discussing “AI risk”.

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My favourite, in terms of imagined backstory, is the single snowshoe. [comfortable shiver]

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A lot of people seem to take it as a fact that the private sector has secret efficiency magic the public sector doesn't have. It doesn't. It pays workers less and charges more for the same service. That's like 99% of private sector "efficiency." And everyone's worse off, except shareholders.

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Wool-Encased Tea Addict @passeriform.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

""WHY DOES WANTING CLEAN DRINKING WATER MAKE YOU AN ACTIVIST, WHILE POISONING IT DOESN'T MAKE A CORPORATION A TERRORIST?" - WINONA LADUKE

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15/09/2026

hearing mark carney talk about how privatizing airports will free up money to invest in regional airports, transport links, broadband infrastructure makes me think of how nationalizing the pipeline was supposed to deliver revenues to pay for climate measures

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: University of Florida Scientists Develop an mRNA Cancer Vaccine That Reprograms the Immune System to Hunt Down Cancer Cells Without Genetically Engineering Immune Cells Outside the Body Led by Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Real men make sure babies’ little beans aren’t cold. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black-and-white photo of a light skinned man standing outside wearing heavy winter clothing. He is in front of a clapboard wooden house. He is looking down at a ginger tabby kitten in his arms and tending to it with hands that are covered in heavy duty, leather mittens.

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I made this design in 2019, and it’s been ripped off by countless creepy little Temu shops, as well as by Shein. Seeing it in an AI ad is ruining my day, ngl. If you like it, buy one from me - link in bio. I actually give money to queer mutual aid and medical care groups.

A shitty AI ad on Instagram showing my “you are safe with me” design being sold by a company that is not me.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“Guys, they want us to go home.” 🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The answer to this probably best visualized as a pair of sliders. One is labelled GREED, the other WEIRD END-TIMES RELIGIOUS NOTIONS. The former will be set no lower than 45%, but both can be all the way up at full power.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 @mizati.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A perfect capture of a raven and the moon by British Columbia photographer Shelley Lewis. #Canada Goodnight

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End Political Homelessness Now @raaleh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We have an episode coming out with @doctorow.pluralistic.net tomorrow that’s all about one thing: THIS IS NOT MYSTICAL! IT IS REAL TECHNOLOGY THAT IS EXPLAINABLE

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Those of us old enough to have vague memories of the pre-R/T time are often baffled by the general mild acceptance of the current state of affairs (until recently, anyway). But who listens to Gen X, anyway? Buncha slackers.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026

Vaccines worked so well to eliminate a terror that stalked the land and stole people's lives and loved ones and little children, an achy arm or an infinitesimal chance of a few days of feeling like shit seemed worse by comparison.

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Cathy @cathyby.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Both vaccines and anti-monopoly laws were so effective we forgot what caused the decline in child deaths and the rise in living standards for ordinary people. We let one be demonised and the other be rolled back as a result of forgetting. (Halfway down thread)

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Warning for National Trust members who have previously voted to keep the reactionaries of Restore Trust out - they seem to be trying a new tactic this year of not being quite as obvious in their candidates' potted summaries

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Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Almost every video I've made in the past year has been demonetised. YouTube is getting much worse, and it has now made it impossible for me (and most video essayists) to earn a living. Please share.

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YouTube just killed my channel.

YouTube video by Jack Saint

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Betty - play 🌌AstraX🌌 please @neutronio.games · 07/09/2026

The thing with AI is much like when Radium☢️ was discovered in 1898. It was used in paint, glass, advertised as healthy, without care or knowledge of the actual costs it came with. Historically, capitalists jumped into trends to sell a fancy new technology thing that just happen to kill you

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of Johns Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop

Phase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease.

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elcanaco.bsky.social @elcanaco.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

With the news that the US will impose another round of trade attacks on Canada next week, this thread will provide advice to Canadians who want to cancel Netflix/ Prime/ AppleTV/ Disney+ and replace them with Canadian or non-US options. You don't need those US apps. 1/x #BoycottUSA #cdnpoli

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 08/09/2026

Bernie D. Jones really led the way on this stuff with Critical Race Theory and the Law in 2002-ish and these were all her observations

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Referring to it as “talk of making Canada the 51st state” instead of “annexation threats” downplays the action in question and adopts the rhetoric of the threat-maker, and no Canadian individual or media outlet should be using those words. I will die on this hill.

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Confession time. When it first broke into general awareness, I used one of the picture-making things with the prompt "Cthulhu rising in the Thames in the style of Turner." It did a thing. I had a laugh. Never touched it again, and that was well before the explanation of scraping was in the world.

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

See, this here-- this is why learning more than one language is a good thing.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What is Canadian identity? Learning about Canadians via 1-2 minute commercials on TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=amCe...

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Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin

YouTube video by Historica Canada

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

An amazing number of people think the saying is "CATCH FLIES WITH VINEGAR!" [the saying does in fact rest on the proposition that catching flies is desirable-- let's not litigate why that might be]

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Hey guys remember that rad comic Eleanor Davis did in 2019 about how the future was going to be a nightmare of drone warfare and suppressed protests and deportations by a tech-industry-compromised federal government, but we have to fight back and keep going? Cuz we just gotta?? No? Just me? OK!

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Woohoo!! My minicomic as syllabus for my new Comics in Education class is live!! Took forever. I put everything I could into it & thrilled how it all came together. Class is off to a great start & excited for where we're headed! Download/print your own on my site spinweaveandcut.com/comics-in-ed...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026

By repealing Bill C-11 and legalizing reverse-engineering and modification of digital technology with consent of its users and in accordance with privacy, consumer and labour rights, Canada will gain a devastating counter to Trump's tariffs. 53/

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What is it that makes you an enemy of this Republican project? They'll tell you, if you listen. It's human virtue of any kind. Humanity is what most threatens those who wish to end humanity. Humanity, then, is how we fight. We access the virtues they despise. www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

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The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sometimes you run into what feels like under-credits world-building of a film. Item on CBC Radio about the Roman Space Telescope, for example. Just right as set-up for either hopeful first contact or distressing space invader movies. "Rabies in Petting Zoo Goats" thing, though... no thanks.

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Kathy J 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇺🇦 📎 @ladyscotia.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I have this one and I love it. I have this tartan in place matts, pot holders and the cosmetic bag. Have a Maple Leaf tote on order

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

GOOD NEWS: The headmaster of a school in Nepal received a phone call from a friend upstream about the deadly flooding on the way. He took quick action and saved 1,643 schoolchildren from certain death. The school was completely destroyed by the floodwaters.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Driscoll’s doesn’t actually grow berries. It's a middleman that controls the genetics, reaps the profits, and then shifts blame for safety. A whistleblower alleges the Canadian government repeatedly flagged their berries for exceeding pesticide limits. @moreperfectunion.bsky.social #FoodSafety

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I Tracked Down the Company Ruining Fruit

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Dirck de Lint @dirck.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

HOWEVER, since it's destructive, stupid and lines specific people's pockets, we're going to cling to the delay like death itself.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Something happened on the day he died..." All our heroes and legendes are passinge. Thei have done so much. Thei have given us so much. Thei have showne us the waye. It ys tyme for us to be our owne heroes and legendes. Ich knowe, Ich am not at all readye eyther! But heere we go. Hande yn hande.

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Kendra, normal version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border

Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

As always, when there's a big disaster and I feel utterly helpless, I donate to the World Central Kitchen, who are sending people as we speak to Nepal to assist those already doing vital, life-saving work on the ground If you have a few spare coins, consider donating 💚 wck.org/news/first-a...

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FIRST ALERT: WCK Responds to Flash Flooding in Nepal | WCK

World Central Kitchen's restaurant partners are serving meals in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts–downstream from the country's border with World Central Kitchen’'s restaurant partners are serving...

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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yet again tis up to women to explain to men why misogyny is bad and leads to the death of women. If you're a lad with a wee bit of clout speak up ta fuck! I've zero clout. But I'll always talk. If you have a voice fuckin use it. We're the fuckin problem. Definitely attend if you can.

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