Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialBart Leib @metafrantic.bsky.social · 7hHappy Charles Darwin Big Mood Day to all who celebrate 021
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialJulia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 9hdo you love Ann Leckie? do you love Lois McMaster Bujold? have you somehow never read C. J. Cherryh? you have an enormous treat ahead of you in this Humble Bundle! #BookSky 💙📚 88748
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 15hWell, happy Charles Darwin is “very poorly today & very stupid & hate[s] everybody & everything” to all who celebrate, because he wrote those words in a letter to his friend (and author of Principles of Geology) Charles Lyell 161 years ago today 5564208
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 23hOne thing that i don’t see people noting about the Cornell Sun’s reporting on the rape case is that everyone who decided to take the risk and made the core decisions about what would be published is a woman 71054197
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialMaureen Ogle @maureenogle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Harper Collins tried to claim both my stolen books. Harper Collins published neither. 111169
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Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialNosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for 3142071184
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialSarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 58141723056
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialPause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 10/09/2026The data from this OECD PISA report is damning. "students who do not use AI outperform those who do, ... equivalent to being around one year of schooling ahead of their peers." www.oecd.org/en/publicati... 14773329
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialFieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Secret Ingredient - Gator Days 49116532827
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialRyan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One note about this, because I was curious: remarkably, the state-level explanatory power of Google searches for testosterone and Trump vote survives controls for education, income, and rurality. 1126383
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram 211307241
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialElizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Advice for my younger friends: if you want to encourage yourself to stay healthy and functional, to exercise and eat well... ...pick a couple of motherfuckers you really want to outlive. 551849311
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026if you don't know your own address it's because you specifically don't have to know it. people that detached from reality shouldn't be in a position to drive social policy for those of us living in reality 331809350
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381172820
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialRyan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano 11867581623
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊ 131978675
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.sociala slug🍚🐝🌱🦌💽🫙🚉 @drunk.moe · 19/09/2026This is my favorite picture on the internet (Former French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe defeats children in a game of dominoes during a visit to a school, September 2019) 29773150
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialkaranormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 18/09/2026bringing dead batteries back to life is revolting 21482126
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialElle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb 76869771131
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 24/08/2024My brother is in a touring hardcore band and just arrived at his venue for today 5058691599
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour 3257511534
djfiander.bsky.social @djfiander.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"More people surveyed turn to books for comfort (35%) than to wine (31%) or a hot bath (10%)." 000
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Neat thread of overlooked details. One of the film’s subtexts is the annihilation of Indigenous people. Perhaps it’s telling that Canadian images of landscape figured so much into the production design. 02612
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"The self-response rate also reached a new record of 91.2%." oh my homeland, my beloved nation of dork keeners, I love you so much 1525464
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026ok I had to force down a tear with this one reskeeting with alt text 191924497
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialAndrew Stout @thomasacstout.bsky.social · 12/09/2026You don't even need to know what the problem is. This the solution to lots of issues in academia 📚 194
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialsiobhan mcdonough @siobhan-m.bsky.social · 10/09/2026for those who aren’t familiar—the NAACP’s solidarity with trans people and willingness to recognize “similarities between exclusions of transgender kids and racial segregation” is something i find genuinely moving 1453153
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026BREAKING! "Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights and jurisdiction to provide safe refuge for those seeking and providing gender-affirming care. Any Albertan will be able to access gender-affirming care on Saddle Lake Cree Nation reserved lands and territories" 5456271779
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Everyone who gets those buttons for their dogs/cats gets endless "Mom PLAY PLAY LOVE SNACK WALK" and frankly speaking that is incredible life advice. 410213
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialJacquelantyrn Rhys 🍂 @fuliginflipflops.bsky.social · 04/09/2026 82541674
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialGoodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts. 895483550
djfiander.bsky.social @djfiander.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"[A]lthough no official founding date of the Frankfurt Book Fair is documented, it had definitely been established by 1462...." 000
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialGabrielle Gozo @gabriellegozo.com · 03/09/2026CHATGPT AND CLAUDE ARE DOWN!! Teachers, time for an exam 382219266
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026sir i can't stress enough that doing 35 rallies in 30 days when you're extremely unpopular and unhealthy is exactly what the country needs right nowpolitico.comTrump to travel for embattled Republicans in last 30 days of midtermsThe president called out Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska and Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas as places he plans to stump. 742018301
djfiander.bsky.social @djfiander.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What gif pops up when you enter your name.static.klipy.comAnnie Murphy as Alexis Rose: Oh My God, David!ALT: Annie Murphy as Alexis Rose: Oh My God, David! 000
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026the trans moral panic pushed by the NYT and Atlantic is about transphobia, obviously, but it's also about older wealthy readers believing that as adults they have the right to control their children's identities and futures. 249294
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026fwiw, one reason young people are more attracted to egalitarian philosophies is that no young person is actually rich. children don't own any property in their own name. this is not just a tecnicality; it's a material reality that has realy material consequences. 1 11925205
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Here is another example of *automated cryptogyny*: LLM removed my co-authors, *three of whom were women*. Instead, LLM states I published the paper with a *man* with whom I co-authored *other* papers. 🧵 5536212
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Your move, Google Maps, you gutless cowardly muppets. 2356
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Economic of the Zohranmarket" LOL at this banger opening by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social backofmind.substack.com/p/rent-alway... 4598135
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialTW @twesq.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The punk subreddit is furiously debating whether Dolly was punk or not and it’s hilarious www.reddit.com/r/punk/s/aSa... 5644159
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Did we do that 🤣🍁 oopsie Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comWiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with CanadaPaper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated 108650199
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialScoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 26/08/2026Oh my god his lil hat and vest. Oh my god 425036
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226395167144
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialKathleen Alves @katalves18c.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dollyland employees, both part time and full time, receive 100% of tuition covered. Healthcare, medical, vision, retirement benefits, childcare. A saint that walked among us. Every other wealthy person should be ashamed of themselves if they don't live up to Dolly standards. 223025736
Reposted by @djfiander.bsky.socialAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 25/08/2026"well i have money" iconic 010031
djfiander.bsky.social @djfiander.bsky.social · 25/08/2026@samanthabrennan.bsky.social "The novel features the experiences of ... Mr. Hoopdriver, who buys a second-hand bicycle.... Partway through his trip he encounters an attractive young woman dressed in cycling gear: that is, with pants rather than a skirt." standardebooks.org/ebooks/h-g-w...standardebooks.orgThe Wheels of Chance, by H. G. Wells - Free ebook downloadFree epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of The Wheels of Chance: A humble draper’s assistant undertakes a bicycling journey that leads to love and adventure. 021
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