adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 7hUnrelated, but "Eris Nyx" is like the most stupendously badass name ever 010
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11hSo wild to me that the entire economy is propped up by companies who think living your best life is being a middle manager to a collection of bots. 2529110
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 11hHuge news! Charges against Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, founders of the Drug User Liberation Front, have been stayed. Judge found parts of Canada's drug laws are unconstitutional and that the compassion club reduced the harms associated with the toxic drug crisis. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caJudge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC NewsA British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs. 123687
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Matt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 28/09/2026> AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers. * Rust Belt and Appalachia simultaneously look directly into the camera * 1371
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I once saw someone post about making AI art for their kid or something and someone responded "Kill yourself". 000
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Brittany @sameoldstory.co · 27/09/2026One thing I dislike about the anti-AI crew on here (and I understand I follow some people who identify as such, and afaict I don’t think any of you guys are doing this!) is many of the folks think their pro-human stance justifies some pretty absurdly anti-social behavior 711310
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sigh. I get the whole thing behind it, but god, do I dislike the idea of basic income for artists. Smells like means testing and it sucks. 320
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 25/09/2026Every day we get closer to this: 121457442
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In re interviews, for the job I have now that I got in 2007 I was flown up -- oddly, no phone interview or anything, just flew me up -- and the airline lost my luggage. I spent the whole evening on the phone with them being Frantic, and then it was midnight and I was like "I gotta sleep" 140
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026at least Ed Sheeran has landlording to fall back on. You'll be okay, rent seeker! You'll be fine! 020
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The only sort of sort-of-sort-of-hard "no dawg" from me in re: the interview process is when I get a docx for a cover letter/resume. 120
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thinking about the DivX video disc format, the Agrippa of video formats 120
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)patatas @its.small.patatas.ca · 25/09/2026Hamilton's Mayor and several councillors deny that Slate Asset Management wants to build hyperscale datacentres. Meanwhile, documents show Slate briefed the feds on their 800MW plans. My latest: blundervalley.ca/blog/slate-8... #HamOnt @mayorandreahorwath.bsky.socialblundervalley.caDocuments: Slate met with feds to discuss 800MW hyperscale plans in November 2025Presentation by the asset manager pitched Hamilton as an 'AI Growth Zone' 065
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A lot of universities will be facing big deficits and looking to cure what ails them. I just want them to be thoughtful about it. 316563
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026...selecting Fraktur as your font is definitely a choice. 010
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Ian Milligan @ianmilligan1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I hope the (very) senior leadership at most Canadian universities is sharing @alexusherhesa.bsky.social's piece on what's going on at Concordia. higheredstrategy.com/concordias-q...higheredstrategy.comConcordia’s Quiet Revolution | HESAOkay, so Canadian higher education is pretty cautious and risk-averse, and so perhaps the bar for calling something a ‘revolution” is pretty low. But everyone needs to take a look at what has been goi... 244
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Good Ol’ Rich Trott @palacefamilysteakhouse.com · 23/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BMo...youtube.comSweet Potato Pie (Cory Wong cover at Flower Piano 2026, San Francisco Botanical Garden)YouTube video by Rich Trott / Palace Family Steak House 001
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I mean you can lol at the prospect of someone running for high office in their state who has repeatedly said they hate the state they live in and want to escape, but I once worked for a guy who ran a library who hated libraries and especially hated librarians, so, you know. 000
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 23/09/2026good point, why has Western medicine steadfastly refused to embrace the potential of magic 60852129
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026how the grassity-ass hell do you flip/insert a disk in the Internet Archive's apple/MAME emulator 140
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you're designing a website for a restaurant, my tip would be: making it easy to find the menu is important, a 30-year breakdown of the founder's original vision and evolving philosophy less important. 1452220177
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Brian Kibler @bmkibler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Financial services" 27666103
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If we were truly talking "top academic talent" a) Canada would be investing in the people who already work there and b) people who are teaching 5/5 at a community college and changing people's lives on a shoestring would be top of the list. 110229
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh hell yes can't wait to get a nice hot cup of Tao 9/5 Halt to go with my yummy Super Chousedeburger at the new Fort Wayne Sonic might even swing by in the morning for a delicious sandwich of Fremch Toast Sticks, tho idk that Breakfast Murt and Cheese looks good too www.reddit.com/r/fortwayne/... 3533570
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I used to live quite close to Cincinnati and there are things I miss about living there but one thing I definitely do not miss is the fucked up chili generally. Camp Washington's is pretty good, Gold Star is tolerable, Skyline is crap. 330
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 22/09/2026GRIMDARK: WH40K is considered the progenitor of "grimdark" space fantasy, because of its famous tagline: "in the grim, dark future of space, there is only war." Unrelated fact: Cincinnati is considered the progenitor of Skyline chili, because of its famous civic motto: "what if chili was bad" 28810
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Eventually, I tell just about everybody I meet that Salvador Dali designed the Chupa Chups logo 160
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)merritt @merrittk.com · 22/09/2026hello i am writing about the history of the Diplomacy game Slobbovia that was played by mail in the 70s and 80s, if you were involved please send me a DM because i'd love to chat! 312825
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)SparcMotion @sparcmotion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Beachman, the maker of cool retro e-motos from Canada, gets into the EV restomod business. insideevs.com/news/809068/...insideevs.comA $25,000 EV Conversion Can Give Classic Cars a New Life—This 1970 Scout Shows HowCanada’s Beachman says EV conversions start at $25,000. 418938
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)GNU C Mane @andy.scrolling.site · 22/09/2026These are the talking points of a dying regime. Rise anchovies! 2606
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Asking Claude is easier, faster, and may produce better results. It’s also cheaper, which is no accident: Harvard allows every student and faculty member to request a Claude token budget of $2,500 per month, even as research funding is continuously threatened and the University lays off staff." 📚thecrimson.comArtificial Education | The Harvard CrimsonMachine conversation is not free. It comes at the cost of our common life together as teachers, learners, and researchers, colleagues, mentors, and friends. 3154
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 22/09/2026Fuck you, Doug. Incarceration doesn’t solve the root causes of poverty , lack of economic opportunity, social infrastructure and mental health. 57214
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)MARC in a Cold Climate @marccold.bsky.social · 21/09/2026And bear in mind, none of these is "we are building something ourselves," it's always "if we tell undergraduates to outline their research papers using an existing commercial chatbot, will they learn something from it? oh, wait, they didn't." 0123
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)MARC in a Cold Climate @marccold.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Vladimir Nabokov said that adultery was the most conventional way of being unconventional and after seeing literally every "innovation" award at my place of work go to AI projects I'm beginning to think that AI is the least innovative way of being innovative 2368
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Tired: STEM (Science Tech Engineering Math) Wired: STEAM (Science Tech Engineering Arts Math) On Fire: STEAM PUNK (Science Tech Engineering Arts Math+ Pyrotechnics Ukulele Ninja Klezmer) 919446
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Abacus Data:🍁"Would you support closer integration between Canada & the European Union, while Canada remains outside the EU, including measures to make it easier to trade, travel, work, study, and cooperate on security?" 🟢81% Support 🔴10% Oppose www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday...338canada.ca338 Sunday Update: Canadians Want Closer Ties With EuropeAssociate E.U. member? To be determined. But as Canada explores closer ties with the European Union, new polling shows Canadians overwhelmingly favour greater integration with Europe. 313248
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026This is the shit we need. Can you imagine being able to cut the CO2 emissions from air travel virtually overnight? There'd obviously still be production pollutants from batteries & the planes themselves, but come on: call it $200 of electricity for DC to ATL, fully loaded? Vs ~$4k in jet fuel? Shit… 829085
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026reposting this article is cognitive surrender. this drives me insane. the headline is a deliberate lie. the report doesn’t “find” anything: the below is all the it has to say on the topic. the footnote is just a link to this Wharton study osf.io/preprints/ps... 88014
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 19/09/2026this tweet is NINE years old and is still the best trans rights policy advice out there 366411679
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 113714473
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I tried to watch one edition of the Traitors show (celebrity UK) and I just could not get into it. There wasn't any game there. It's all vibes, like oh, so-and-so looks suspicious or whatever. No way to actually deduce anything. But everybody loves the dang show so maybe I should try it again. 120
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)tall (but not tallest) Chris @tallchris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is literally Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter 1047895
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026CANADA INDUSTRY MINISTER: STELLANTIS MUST REOPEN ONTARIO PLANT OR RETURN GOVT MONEY 3479
Reposted by adr (goddamit yes)Ben Abrahamse @babrahamse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026once again: the reason we have libraries is to keep librarians off the streets where they cause trouble 214156
adr (goddamit yes) @jbfink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Elevator Action is the most existentially terrifying video game 310
