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Bibliophile. Reader. Dad.🍁

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Roman mosaic of snails escaping a basket. 🏛️ Basilica Patricale, Aquileia 🇮🇹 🕰️ 4th century AD #MosaicMonday
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Nick Kellett @nickkellett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lord Haw-Haw of Crossharbour
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 23/01/2026
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Remixed Nancy strip. Panel 1: nancy sees bank sign “visit our loan department”. Panel 2: Nancy in front of the bank manager’s desk: I’d like to borrow two hundred quatloos. Banker: what for? Panel 3: Nancy: Captain Kirk is fighting the Gamester’s champions. Banker: He is? Panel 4: banker and Nancy in the stands of an arena watching Kirk fight that green-haired woman from Gamesters of Triskelion
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey Olivia….
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I wish I would learn that if I’m SO exhausted and brain foggy that I need to close my eyes immediately, then it’s an acephalic migraine and I should take a triptan before lying down. But the brain fog trips me up.
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
what do farmers and Lorenz have in common a tractor
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Carney is truly the Reagan of Canada. A calming, paternalistic figure in a period of apocalyptic uncertainty who galvanizes the economy with short-sighted right wing fiscal policies. And like Reagan, every disaster that Canada encounters in the future will be traceable to his administration.
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perfect STTOS name
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is there somewhere in the world where it’s early fall weather every day? Ahhhh
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 21/09/2026
apart from the known standard model of novels, novellas, and novellettes, we are yet to find evidence of the hypothesized novelino, noveletto, noveluccio, noveluzzo, or noveluolo. a great deal of work remains to be done
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Cliff @cliff.leaninto.it · 19/09/2026
Never lose your keys again
A buttplug that can hold keys
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NOVA, by Samuel R. Delany. Possibly his best book, which is really saying something. A complete vision of cyberspace...in 1968!? Among a lot of other amazing things.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/09/2026
Canadians understand that we’re not going to save Canada by selling off our critical infrastructure. If you agree that public goods should stay in public hands, add your name to tell Mark Carney: Canada is not for sale. www.ndp.ca/canada-is-no...
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Tell the Liberals: Canada is not for sale
Mark Carney wants to sell Canada's airports, water systems, and public infrastructure to the highest bidder. We won't let that happen. Add your name now:
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’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.
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
when wikipedia launched, the idea that an encyclopedia could be reliably maintained by the public was a joke. now, it's a marvel, a remarkable resource, virtually the only website that remotely delivers on its potential and practically the last pleasant browsing experience on the internet.
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that I’ve disliked enough to rant about it (offline). It’s well-written and a page turner but it has child torture, mass death of several different kinds, and worst of all, multi-page info dumps on irrelevant subjects. It got in my head. I’m sorry I read it.
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How can these insane idiots be in charge of government departments. Chemtrails
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is what an alien-pope meeting would look like
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s pronounced YOU-nis? I’ve been thinking Eunice rhymes with niece all these years
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reading mainstream political news feels like hearing analysis the different arrangements of deck chairs on the Titanic
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Avi Lewis is the only one speaking out against Carney's privatizations schemes and how they fail workers We don't need another 407 catastrophe
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Ed Gaillard @edgaillard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
First 2028 candidate to make _damnatio memoriae_ part of their platform gets my vote.
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Jay Cockburn @jaycockburn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Obviously this will increase competition so airports will have to lower prices, that's just basic economics. There will be five Toronto Pearson airports all competing with each other.
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The conservative government of Marc Carney, ladies and gentlemen
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I think the only rational explanation - I'm not saying it's non-evil, I'm saying it's rational - is that the market for fossil fuel collapsed, and data centers are just a whole new way to burn fossil fuel. It makes far more sense that 'it's where they keep the magic computer superbrains'.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just a reminder: If russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, we lose our homes. Our land is occupied. Our people are killed. Our children are taken. Our language, history and identity are erased. For russia, this is a war of choice. For us, it’s a fight to exist.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Canada literally has two Conservative parties right now. Conservatives and the extra weird Conservatives. Democracy!
National Post headline (on Yahoo?? For some reason??) by Tristin Hopper (who is a freak!) reads:

"Mark Carney's support surge coming largely from former Conservatives, poll finds"

Opening text of the article reads: "Prime Minister Mark Carney's sustained surge in the polls is coming predominantly from former Conservatives, according to new figures published by the Angus Reid Institute.
According to a new poll published on Thursday, 13 per cent of respondents who voted Conservative in 2025 would now vote for a Carney-led Liberal party if given the chance."
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Carney’s agenda has currently set him on a path to trample on rights, destroy ecosystems and retreat in the fight against climate change. He wants this to be seen through a lens of doing what’s necessary to unite the country in the face of U.S. aggression — but who is left out of that vision?
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Some thoughts: -Toronto crime is down -Toronto homelessness is down -Cops don't solve crime -Union Station is fine -It's FINE -Jesus Christ -Why is everything about cops with this dude -Stop trying to scare your way into office -Please don't elect this fucking guy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Brad Bradford says he will put a Toronto police outpost in Union Station if he’s elected mayor | CBC News
Brad Bradford has promised a Toronto police outpost at Union Station as part of his mayoral campaign platform.
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This but for the world
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
11 year old hilarity: “Kirby [cat] is chasing a mouse! He caught it it’s dead! I’m going to go get it.” Me: “oh no don’t bring it in here” 11 year old brings in a computer mouse and falls on the floor laughing
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WorldCon Montreal! Less than a year from now!
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Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
WTF Doug Ford Oh yeah. Doug Ford and his conservative trash gov't #onpoli
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sam @samthielman.com · 10/09/2026
Cindy Lou Who Can Recall Her Past Lives
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life
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Skooter @penguinstorm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fare evasion fines are higher than parking tickets. That's bullshit.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think about this one several times a year
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Not an imaginary tale
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Having a deep conversation with my eight year old about the meaning of “Space Oddity”
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Bugs was prescribed Prozac pretty much the second it went on the market. Mellowed him out.
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Curare, oh, oh Paralyzeh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
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Veronica Sawyer and Heather Chandler in Heathers
Alt: Veronica Sawyer and Heather Chandler in Heathers
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Green Lantern used to be my favorite when I was a kid. I have no particular urge to watch Lanterns mostly because it looks so grim and Hal/Kyle has the exact same angry and constipated expression in all the trailers
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
banker more like wanker fuck this
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
*Hopelessly impractical Chinese "flying cars" hauling people around
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Nick SomethingGreek @nicksomethinggreek.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Grok, why is Elon the King of Incels? Make your response vulgar and highlight as many instances of his racism and false promises across Tesla, SpaceX, BoringCo, and DOGE. Be sure to include how all his children loathe him”
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
defends measles
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Zvi @fredfred.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Okay this game is stupid fun. Knowing Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe is a help. I found a Rarity-80 word worth 94 pts in OUTLIER.
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