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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 5h

Well, 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

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Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 18h

Speaking of awesome music, I'm winding my way through some of my favorite 80's Canadian synth-pop bands (a favorite sub-genre given that I had free access to Canadian radio which was WAY better than the local stuff) and stumbled upon Rational Youth, who I haven't listened to since the last century.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Beyond a doubt My heart will lead me there soon We'll meet I know we'll meet Beyond the shore We'll kiss just as before Happy we will be Beyond the sea And never again I'll go sailing No more sailing... #DailyEarWorm

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I see the crystal raindrops fall And the beauty of it all Is when the sun comes shining through To make those rainbows in my mind When I think of you sometime And I wanna spend some time with you Just the two of us We can make it if we try Just the two of us You and I #DailyEarWorm

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm off to an SCA event tomorrow with a ludicrously overpacked car. It only serves to remind me why I don't do this often anymore.

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

MODERN ENGLISH: I’ll stop the world and melt with you

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Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

did i post this here already? slide from my talk at CIGS last weekend!

Generative AI is for fascists and losers and using it will shrink your audience because everyone hates it.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Angela and I had a fabulous night trying pottery for our first time! Our instructor Alice did a great job leading us through each step.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm really looking forward to tonight; in addition to the usual Friday night/weekend fun, I'll also be trying my hand at pottery at Kitchener's Corner Studio.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I had a dream that my house was on fire People laughed while it burned I tried to run but my legs were numb I had to wait til the feeling returned Well I don't need a doctor to figure it out I know what's passing me by When I look in the mirror Sometimes I see traces of some other guy #DailyEarWorm

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Melanie Baker @melle.ca · 17/09/2026

🇨🇦Hello / Bonjour

🇦🇹Hallo 🇧🇪Hallo / Bonjour 🇧🇬Здравейте 🇭🇷Zdravo 🇨🇾 Γειά σου / Merhaba
🇨🇿Ahoj 🇩🇰Hej 🇪🇪Tere 🇫🇮Hei 🇫🇷Bonjour 🇩🇪Hallo 🇬🇷Γειά σου 🇭🇺Helló
🇮🇪Dia duit 🇮🇹Ciao 🇱🇻Sveiki 🇱🇹Labas 🇱🇺Hallo 🇲🇹Bongu 🇳🇱Hallo 🇵🇱Cześć
🇵🇹Olá 🇷🇴Buna ziua 🇸🇰Dobrý deň 🇸🇮Pozdravljeni 🇪🇸Hola 🇸🇪Hej

And for good measure… 🇮🇸Halló 🇱🇮Hallo 🇳🇴Hei

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Iain Montgomery @iainmonty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Why is it that as virtually every sector over the past 50 years has seen incredible improvement in productivity, the cost of constructing things like buildings or infrastructure is so much higher? A new paper called 'Chain Drain' might offer an answer. challengercities.substack.com/p/challenger...

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Challenger Cities EP101: Chain Drain with Greg Lindsay & Bryan Boyer

Listen now (63 mins) | Why every project in the built environment is effectively a prototype, how we fail to learn from what we build and 4 futures that could follow. Once you see Chain Drain, you not...

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And Zeus said, "No, You better let me use my lightening, like scissors, Like I cut the legs off the whales And dinosaurs into lizards." Then he grabbed up some bolts And he let out a laugh, Said, "I'll split them right down the middle. Gonna cut them right up in half." #DailyEarWorm

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Carmi Levy @carmilevy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is AI really about to end humanity? A growing number of concerning headlines alleging we're approaching the brink have generated significant concern in recent weeks. My latest column breaks it all down. #AI #technology #cybersecurity medium.com/@carmilevy/c...

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Chicken Little Comes for AI

Is AI really about to end humanity?

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Angela is challenging me to step outside my comfort zone. So I'm going to try these navy blue leather sneakers, and we'll see if casual shoes are for me. (HINT: I'm not optimistic.)

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/09/2026

everyone stop what they’re doing and watch the classic Log Driver’s Waltz animation right now

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The Log Driver’s Waltz. A Canadian favourite from 1979.

YouTube video by Life in Canada

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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🎉 Paperback sale now on! 🎉 From the Bayeux Tapestry to Beethoven, medieval animals to maritime politics, save 40% across hundreds of paperback titles from across our subject collections. Shop the sale 👉 buff.ly/KKOqU4C #BookSky #MedievalSky #SkyStorians

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

With the return of cooler weather, I'm happy to return to my non-Summer wardrobe! Today's cufflinks are new, and were once part of the roof over our parliament.

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Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 13/09/2026

100%. For those unfamiliar, Van Halen had a line in their rider that essentially said “no brown M&Ms.” It was a way to see if the promoter had actually read the contract. They had a shitload of gear to tour with, so if they’re skipping one thing, it’s guaranteed they’re skipping something essential.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: Tears for Pears

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Kathleen Sperling 🇨🇦 (she/her) @kathleensperling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I've officially put a shingle out! My genealogy research business is up and running, and I'm taking clients. Please do share if you're so inclined, and cross your fingers for my success. :)

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

thys nys no partye! thys nys no disco! thys nys no jestinge arounde! thys nys no taverne! nor roade-syde playhous! Ich ne have tyme for that nowe!

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Guess who's back, back again? Shady's back, tell a friend Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's back, guess who's back Guess who's back (Na-na-na, na, na, na, na, na, na) (Na-na-na, na, na, na, na) #DailyEarWorm

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yesterday, the latest addition to my typewriter collection arrived! It's a 1930 Royal P in blue. It was fully restored by Ocean View Typewriters, and I am extremely appreciative.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Angela had me up at 6:00, to drive her to the KW Knitters' Fair today. My week day alarm is 6:30. With hours like this I might as well be in the SCA! #StupidHobby

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

That is awful. I expect better protection of our public spaces.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I've just finished Disclosure Day, and I really enjoyed it. I had expected something darker, possibly even scary, but I was wrong. It's a good movie.

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Steve Hayman 🇨🇦 @shayman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Ontario Science Centre was a wonderful Centennial project, a spectacular gift from the people of Ontario to future generations — and we should all be ashamed of how the current government is diminishing it. www.thestar.com/news/gta/onta...

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Andrea Zanin @andreazanin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I just had the most wonderful kickoff meeting with a new client, who wants to work with me on a book edit specifically because of my background in sexuality scholarship and my fluency in French. I'm always thrilled when I get to bring my whole self to my work. Delight! 🤓 #freelancerlife #editing

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There is so much a man can tell you So much he can say You remain My power My pleasure My pain To me You're like a rogue addiction that I can't deny Won't you tell me Is that healthy Baby But did you know That when it snows My eyes become large & The light that you shine can be seen? #DailyEarWorm

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So call the understudy I think it’s only right My diction will be muddy I’ll never find my light Before the intermission I’ll be pissin’ on a sprite So call the understudy I can’t go on tonight #DailyEarWorm

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

At home, I run a 15 year old desktop (Feb 2012). I've just started copying its C drive (~370 GB) over to a shiny new 1TB SSD. It claims it'll need about eight hours. Wish me luck.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We're so pleased to share our fall catalogue, featuring titles in memoir and disability studies, art, social justice and activism, racial justice, Indigenous engagement online #nativetwitter and titles now in paperback, incl a study of Leonard Cohen's work. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalogues/D...

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'd like an order of fries A quarter-pounder with cheese I love the light in your eyes Will you go out with me please? I am in love with a McDonalds girl She has a smile of innocence So tender and warm I am in love with a McDonalds girl She is an angel in a polyester uniform #DailyEarWorm

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I am seething with anger right now. At some point since I put my garbage & green bins out last night, someone moved them too close together. Neither were picked up this morning. And both have cheap, shitty quality, stickers on them. Where are the next two weeks of garbage & compost supposed to go?

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Last night was different. The storm took down a tree a few houses away. That tree caught a powerline on its way down, cutting power from the local area. The tree and its powerline landed on a bus, stopping traffic on Highland Road West. We were dark for about six hours, but at least no one was hurt.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 02/09/2026

We live in a Dunning Kruger world where so many people are confidently wrong, and reliance on AI is making that so much worse.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Congratulations to James Alan Gardner @jagardner.bsky.social on induction to the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Hall of Fame! I have very much enjoyed your writing over the years, and look forward to whatever is next! www.csffa.ca/the-csffa-ha...

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The CSFFA Hall of Fame – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I just ate a frozen Jos Louis straight from my freezer. I am a genius.

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I can still recall our last summer I still see it all Walks along the Seine, laughing in the rain Our last summer, memories that remain I can still recall our last summer I still see it all #DailyEarWorm

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Help me out, yeah You know you gotta help me out, yeah Oh, don't you put me on the back burner You know you gotta help me out, yeah And when there's nowhere else to run Is there room for one more son? These changes ain't changin' me The cold-hearted boy I used to be #DailyEarWorm

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Graham A. Yeates @grahamyeates.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What about the other great lake that’s named after Canada?

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