Sign in

genna

@genna.bsky.social
1.5K followers 3.6K following 4.4K posts

Creator of Pages Past, a podcast where your favourite people revisit their old favourite books. Editor, college instructor, Torontonian. A lot of bakeoffposting at the moment! Listen: pod.link/1753505445 Patreon: www.patreon.com/PagesPast

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by genna
Richard Kemp @richardmskemp.bsky.social · 12h
Oh Danni, my heart 🥹 #GBBO
Noel and baker Danni. Noel is saying, “You’re not like anyone else, and that’s why you’re great.”Baker Danni saying, “which is that, in the right circumstances,”Danni smiling bright and saying, “I can make quite a few friends.” Danni being lifted in the air by baker Gary while the rest of the bakers all cheer.
0132
Reposted by genna
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 14h
Thank YOU. I believe profoundly that the only correct response to pleasure is gratitude rather than guilt
262449376
Reposted by genna
Avi Henriques 🩸 @legalizegoblins.bsky.social · 9h
Congratulations to the very handsome 89 Backpack, who is 2026's FAT BEAR WEEK CHAMP!! Backpack is the son of 2019 FBW winner 435 Holly, making him the first legacy bear to win FBW. He is 20 years old and is a lover, not a fighter. His seniority and size are enough to earn him the best fishing spots.
Backpack, a blonde brown bear, in his fall coat, resting on some driftwood in a river.Backpack fishing the rapids beneath Brooks Falls, in his summer coat, looking reddish-blonde.
1287
genna @genna.bsky.social · 10h
Amazing reporting showing what happens to the most vulnerable and exploited people during a climate crisis
010
Reposted by genna
Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The technical is judged blind but I think Nigella has the ability to tell when what she’s eating has been baked by a gay person.
1256
Reposted by genna
Owen McArdle @mcardleowen.bsky.social · 15h
I didn't realise Bluesky could do this and I love it 👇🏼 #GBBO
133
genna @genna.bsky.social · 17h
In my misinfo class, I ask Gen Z students for conspiracy theories they believe in or are open to. This one is always a hit (along with Avril Lavigne being body swapped). Most of them have only heard of Helen Keller in the context of a conspiracy theory
020
genna @genna.bsky.social · 21h
"Verses evoke “Baby Shark” with blocky melodies" ... "Sometimes she raps like a funky uncle delivering a wedding toast." oh yeah I would decamp to the Maldives www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
theatlantic.com
Taylor Swift’s Audience Is Growing Up. Her Music Is Devolving.
The singer’s music once put a clever twist on ideas about aging and adulthood. Now she just seems to be going backwards.
010
genna @genna.bsky.social · 21h
I'm a community college instructor at an open-enrolment school and even I know writing is every bit as important as we think
321
Reposted by genna
ah @wavewatchr.bsky.social · 22h
I find M. Gessen always worth reading.
nytimes.com
Opinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once (Gift Article)
The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.
021
Reposted by genna
Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
6674691657
genna @genna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
any other cat owners feel like litter box is their achilles heel
020
Reposted by genna
Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 28/09/2026
FWIW, Rev. Adam Hamilton is actually one of *two* megachurch pastors running for Congress as Democrats this year. The other is Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, and he actually is *very* likely to end up in Congress, as he won the primary in the deep-blue district. religionnews.com/2026/07/28/b...
religionnews.com
‘Blessed’: Frederick Haynes, pastor and candidate, on his politics, faith and health
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The church has been so supportive that, I mean, they've been more excited about my campaign than I have,’ Haynes said of his historically Black Dallas megachurch.
37612
Reposted by genna
Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 28/09/2026
(Relatedly, always read @adellembanks.bsky.social.)
051
Reposted by genna
Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 28/09/2026
Fresh off the digital presses from me today in @xtramagazine.com, on Canadian election season and how our progressive parties can actually speak up for trans people instead of staying quiet and letting anti-trans bad actors set the terms of the conversation. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com
The Democrat turn on trans rights should be a warning to Canadian progressives | Xtra Magazine
In elections across Canada, centre and left-wing politicians can’t let anti-trans arguments set the terms of the conversation
34318
Reposted by genna
Jill Pantozzi @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last month, a Google alert directed me to an interview I did with cartoonist Matt Furie—creator of Pepe the Frog…only I haven’t done any interview and I’d never even met Furie. So I clicked. "None of this is true": AI, content farms, and one completely made-up article. bsky.app/profile/then...
12705370
Reposted by genna
Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PWHL HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA Hockey Night in Canada is returning. But it’ll be Professional Women’s Hockey League games on Saturday nights. Details here: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...
cbc.ca
CBC/Radio-Canada announces return of Hockey Night in Canada in PWHL partnership | CBC Sports
CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is returning for a 90th season this fall after all. But instead of six-plus months of NHL action, the longest-running sports program in the world will air eight prime time...
923873
Reposted by genna
Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
Here's the recording of Bradford's remarks, and the recording of the original campaign meeting in which a volunteer with ties to the Victory App itself explained how the rewards would work.
212635
Reposted by genna
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
frontiersin.org
Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
14631190
genna @genna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
headlines keep me thinking Bo Burnham has gotten unusually interested in U.K. politics
000
Reposted by genna
Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 25/09/2026
CNO's @rorywh.bsky.social was invited on Metro Morning to talk about his impressive reporting on Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments. Check it out!
cbc.ca
Metro Morning with Chris Glover | Live Radio | CBC Listen
Metro Morning is the audio version of Toronto's Yonge Street: a central urban artery that cuts through the heart of the city and beyond; connecting people, neighbourhoods, communities, diverse pockets...
1167
Reposted by genna
History Keeps Happening @historykeeper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
19th Century anti-Canada lies/propaganda as told by American slave masters: 1) You have to give half your wages to the Queen. 2) Ground is always covered in ice, nothing can be grown. 3) Geese will scratch your eyes out. (Farrell 1955)
THE HISTORY OF THE NEGRO COMMUNITY IN CHATHAM, ONTARIO

71

'After we began to hear about Canada', said M.J. Lindsay, "our master used to tell us all manner of stories about what a dreadful place it was;
and we believed some of them, we didn't. When they told us that we must pay half our wages to the Queen, every day, it didn't seem strange to us nor wrong; but when they said it was so cold there that men going mowing had to break the ice with their scythes, I didn't believe that, because it was onreasonable (sic). I knew grass wouldn't grow where ice was all the time.' 'I was old before I left Virginia', said Dan Fackart, 'I have heard it as common talk that the wild geese were so common in Canada, that they would scratch a man's eyes out; that corn wouldn't grow there, nor anything but rice; that everything they had there was imported'........82

As Dr. S.G. Howe puts it, "Nothing invited the Negroes to this
cold region, except the still, small voice of freedom."

(Farrell 1955)
46933
genna @genna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You gotta listen to the @hearingthingsco.bsky.social podcast if you want to know what songs you are supposed to know
000
Reposted by genna
Cryo @cryodraws.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Saw some incredible y2k mugs today
Orange email mugBlue internet mug
621549
genna @genna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A fellow creator recommended this spooky YA read from 2020 (a sequel is coming soon) and I’ve really been enjoying it so far! #booksky
Cemetery boys by Aiden Thomas audiobook screenshot
191
Reposted by genna
Julia Lurie @julialurie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICYMI - our podcast ep about the mood effects of hormonal birth control is out! This was a personal one for me, and it was SUCH a treat to work on it with the inimitable Nadia Hamdan revealnews.org/podcast/repr...
revealnews.org
Is your IUD making your depression worse? What we still don’t know about women’s reproductive health
The research is clear: Some people experience depression and other mood effects on hormonal birth control. So why is it so hard to talk about?
14614
genna @genna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Watching Spy Kids as an 12-year old at the drive in, going in totally cold, had to be one of my favourite movie going experiences of my entire life
000
Reposted by genna
Yonatan @yonatans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
For those who were wondering what accessabilty work was done on #gbbo this year for the contestant in a wheelchair, she has gone on her Instagram to clear the air.
instagram.com
Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
001
genna @genna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
sorry for putting this in your feed again, but this is crucial context
182
genna @genna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m having fun now! And don’t forget: there is no honour in this label. N esteemed deed is commemorated here
120
Reposted by genna
Dieting Hippo @dhippo.net · 17/07/2025
LibreOffice Writer has this too!

It's called Fontwork

View > Toolbars > Fontwork
15213
Reposted by genna
Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Like I never wanna see AI slop again, it's boring before I even look at it, but I see someone's Doom engine hack-job of a bunch of stolen sprites zooming around exploding into green slime and it's like "oh hey this ain't bad, this is the shit"
I want cheaper looking art
made with worse tools
by actual artists

and I'm not kidding
215544
Reposted by genna
Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
201184705194
Reposted by genna
Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You really have to read this to believe it. Jon Malesic finds convincing evidence of an AI author finding real success in a genre one might hope would be resistant to slop: spiritual essays in small, serious Christian magazines. (At least 1 was a cover story!) jonmalesic.substack.com/p/how-i-unco...
jonmalesic.substack.com
How I uncovered a prolific AI author in religious magazines
Can we preserve the connection between personal writing and human experience in the Slop Age?
2102
Reposted by genna
J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A gift link in case my international TV critic colleagues are interested in the argument I'm making: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e60f469...
theglobeandmail.com
Heated Rivalry fans are right to raise an alarmed loon call about the International Emmy Awards
The Canadian hockey romance received no nominations from the awards
161
Reposted by genna
The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
So far no major illness has been reported after mushrooms tentatively identified as Paxillus involutus were sold. It’s not clear if anyone who ate them is out of the woods, Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Andy Delli Pizzi said. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
thetyee.ca
Potentially Toxic Mushrooms Were Sold at a Farmers Market Near Nelson | The Tyee
Interior Health is still working to track down customers who bought what they thought were chanterelles.
25325
Reposted by genna
Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I recapped the return of #BakeOff: ariadnereviews.com/2026/09/25/b... a rat can be Mum of the Year, a medically trained psychopomp, memories of a basketballing sasquatch and god forbid a man makes a cake-shaped cake. #gbbo
42110
Reposted by genna
Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
nbcnews.com
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
23535632004
Reposted by genna
Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
👀 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
With time running out, new poll suggests Alberta separatism support is slipping | CBC News
With a little more than three weeks to go until the Oct. 19 referendum, a new poll done for CBC News suggests support for separation has softened since spring.
1168
genna @genna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this made me very homesick for those eastern Ontario accents 💕
010
genna @genna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
someone make this for canada pls
020
Reposted by genna
BC Humanist Association @bchumanist.ca · 24/09/2026
We've watched 1000s of public meetings, advocating for the end of prayers. In recent years, we saw the majority start opening with land acknowledgments. We asked Indigenous writer & historian Robert Jago to help us understand the history & context of this practice. www.bchumanist.ca/land_acknowl...
bchumanist.ca
New report traces Coast Salish origin of land acknowledgements
How did this practice become so common?
01812
Reposted by genna
Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
421469805
Reposted by genna
Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
High-resolution 3D models of over 60 ceiling carvings in Oxford's Divinity School have been published online. The 15th-century carvings include religious symbols, mythical animals, and coats of arms, but there is still debate over their interpretation. sketchfab.com/ARCHiOx/models
Monceros
22913
Reposted by genna
Broadview @broadviewmedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A shooting outside a Belleville synagogue tested the promise of a day meant for reflection. broadview.org/yom-kippur-interrupted
broadview.org
Yom Kippur, Interrupted | Broadview Magazine
A shooting outside a Belleville synagogue tested the promise of a day meant for reflection
002
genna @genna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
horrified to hear that it seems this poor woman was sent home from hospital while having a placental abruption — life-threatening, but treatable. I don’t want to rush to judgment, because giving birth is inherently risky to life and limb, but I hope this family gets some answers and accountability
000
Reposted by genna
Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Indigenous leaders call for change in Sask. health care after woman's death during childbirth www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Indigenous leaders call for change in Sask. health care after woman's death during childbirth | CBC News
First Nations leaders say a declining health-care system and systemic racism within that system both contributed to Chelsea Bear's death from complications during the birth of her twins last month in ...
033
Reposted by genna
Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 24/09/2026
The referendum is just over 3 weeks away and Elections Alberta is still short 35,000 workers.
cbc.ca
Elections Alberta less than halfway to its goal of 60K referendum election workers | CBC News
With just over a month to go before the fall referendum, Elections Alberta has hired 25,000 election officers, roughly 35,000 short of its goal.
63128
Reposted by genna
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
APStylebook @APStylebook
X.com
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
1970082248
Reposted by genna
Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 01/12/2025
"Some people say that users on Bluesky are using that Norman Rockwell painting of a man speaking up at a meeting too much… Personally, I don't mind it."
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech painting
1946252