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Bethany

@justanybeth.bsky.social
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Canadian. She/her. Vaxxed to the max. Anti-fascist, as any decent person would be. Fuck AI. 🇸🇩🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 2h
What sets Anne Carson apart from her contemporaries? “She approaches language, literature and human experience with uncommon boldness.” For @theconversation.com, Laura Jansen on the Canadian poet who won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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What Anne Carson Teaches Us | The Tyee
The Nobel Prize-winning Canadian poet shows how rigorous thinking can become an act of literary creation.
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Bethany @justanybeth.bsky.social · 3h
“Sometimes you have to shrink the world to the size of the joy available to you at the moment.” This. Oh, and the thing about Swedish Death Cleaning. Sorry, kids. I will try not to leave a mess, but you’re going to have to go through my stuff.
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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 9h
Our hearts go out to J31, J35 (Tahlequah) and all other orca mothers like them. We see their grief and grieve alongside them. Take action: WildernessCommittee.org/SalishSeaOrcas
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 11h
City Takes to the Streets to Stop ‘Completely Outrageous’ Move to Rip Out Bike Lanes. momentummag.com/city-takes-t...
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 19h
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22h
People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The same company that doesn't pay artists seems to always find the money to pay this jackass. If you're still using Spotify... why? Pretty much every alternative is better in every way.
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Joe Rogan Renews Nine-Figure Spotify Deal
Spotify and Joe Rogan have entered into a new multiyear licensing agreement, continuing a relationship that began in 2020 for his hugely popular podcast.
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Davide Mastracci @davide.readthemaple.com · 08/10/2026
NEW: Here are the names and profiles of the people who make up the Israel lobby in Canada. www.readthemaple.com/here-are-the...
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Here Are The People Behind The Israel Lobby
These are the lobbyists working for pro-Israel groups in Canada.
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Bethany @justanybeth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I just don’t understand anything anymore. Everyone has lost their damned minds.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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Anarchopology @anarchopology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Printed a bunch these Spread Anarchy patches! They are my most popular patches & sell out quick. I’m getting slower at printing these days so check them out when you can. Got them in other colors, as prints, & a bunch of other stuff too. Link to patch: blackflagfabrics.etsy.com/listing/1280... 🤗🖤🤗
20 patches on beige fabric laid out on a bed. Ink is black and image shows a dandelion with the words “spread anarchy” above
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 03/10/2026
Ah yes the new National AI Safety Council, made up of “AI” boosters, venture capitalists, and high-paid consultants. We’re in good hands! www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
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Prime Minister Carney launches new National Council on Artificial Intelligence
AI for All is the government’s new national strategy to ensure that AI is adopted responsibly, in a way that truly serves all Canadians – building trust, expanding opportunities, and reinforcing our s...
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A thread about a great cat, and the post-retirement creative evolution of a great artist, in 20 images...
My late cat The Bear in a box marked Hotel California, realising he can check out but he can never leave.
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Bethany @justanybeth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh, no! 😢
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 03/10/2026
This is the reality of people gaining a basic income floor for the rest of their lives. They don't get lazy. They get busy. They get to doing all the things they consider meaningful, paid or not.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 03/10/2026
I’ve been thinking about this song a lot lately. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qsZ...
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Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country [1971]
YouTube video by Estradas Flamejantes
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is your reminder not to let those joyless fucks convince you that human experience, knowledge, intellect, and art can be reduced to a pre-chewed paste of stolen labor.
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey beer-lovers! This is John Adair, the owner of Sooke Brewing Company, and he is a Residential School denialist. So when we say “drink Canadian,” we don’t mean his beer. ☺️ #yyj Fuck this white guy.
An ignorant white man in a t-shirt says SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"We get lots of patients who unfortunately have been struck by cars or had a crash because of unsafe road infrastructure, because of potholes, damage, or obstructed bike lanes" @edwardxie.bsky.social #DoctorsforSafeCycling www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ontario health-care coalition denounces province's plan to remove bike lanes across Toronto | CBC News
A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Read my latest column on this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. I name names! “Political institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools” www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Outrage rings hollow when paired with lack of action on residential school denialism - The Hill Times
Political institutions and political leaders have effectively played their part in minimizing the horrors of residential schools.
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Bethany @justanybeth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Somehow I ended up scrolling through Flickr looking at Moleskine notebook pages. Photo after photo of notes, drawings, scribbles, diagrams, collages, paintings, all made by humans. It was absolutely lovely.
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh look, you can freeze lemons instead of letting them slowly lose quality. thefruitgrove.com/5-ways-to-fr...
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5 Ways to Freeze Lemons: Make Your Harvest Last for Months - The Fruit Grove
If you’ve ever wondered how to freeze lemons so you can enjoy their flavor long after harvest, you’re in the […]
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BC Labour Heritage Centre @bclhc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can regular people ever change the system? A small group of temporary foreign workers, backed by a determined union (LiUNA1611 ), took on their employer and won. Their fight changed things for workers worldwide. youtube.com/shorts/Kv6Dg...
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Tunnel Workers Fight for Justice #sisepuede #union #BChistory
Can regular people ever change the system? A small group of temporary foreign workers, backed by a determined union (LiUNA1611 ), took on their employer and won. Their fight changed things for…
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What would your life be like if you couldn't drive? This week is #WeekWithoutDriving which is all about understanding what it's like to be a nondriver. @devinsilvernail.bsky.social & I launched @nondriverpodcast.bsky.social to share these stories. Search for 'nondriver' wherever you watch/listen
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nondriver
30% of people in the US & Canada can't or don't drive. nondriver is a podcast about the lives and stories of those people, hosted by Anna Zivarts and Devin Silvernail. Every episode, we talk to peopl...
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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 11/02/2025
"You pay every time you board a bus, and that makes you think about whether you want to ride it. If you paid every time you used a parking space, you'd also think about whether you want to drive. Free parking doesn’t mean free markets; it often means freeloading." —the late Donald Shoup
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 29/09/2026
Here’s the thing about white supremacy in BC today: The Premier and opposition party have spent the last year saying “First Nations are coming for your homes. Private property is sacrosanct.” These politicians deny such statements are stoking racist backlash. But they are
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Debbie Iron Bow @ironbow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As a child of a survivor of these hellish places called residential school, I can tell you with everything in me that the children who survived told the truth. Everything they said and what they didn't say, happened. We lived with the shell of the humans who came back. We know what they experienced.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/09/2026
As an affirmed dog lover, I have a few things to say. (1) Dogs are harder than people admit. They take a lot of work. They need constant exercise and mental stimulation, especially those with working dog heritage of any kind. Dogs are hard.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/09/2026
More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.
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Canada plans to destroy thousands of residential school testimonies. These women are trying to save them
The 38,000 testimonies are the largest body of evidence about children’s experiences in these institutions. Journalist Connie Walker and lawyer Kimberly Murray say losing it would mean losing history — both painful and illuminating
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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026
i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot
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OH. right! i get it now!

i get why AI is so depressing to me. because covid already shrunk my world to almost nothing, where almost all of my life revolves around socializing and watching videos on the internet (which is being ruined by AI) and creating creative works through coding (which is being ruined by AI), often using open source tools and libraries (which are being ruined by AI)

i already had so little and now even that is being rotted away before my eyes
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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
white nationalists doing hate crime on the highway overpass in Dufferin neighbourhood of Kamloops now
A bunch of fucking losers dressed in black with white masks, standing on an overpass with a black banner that says “GOT BONES?”
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Meredith Glaser @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING 📣 For several days, a peaceful protest took place in the morning, after a young child was killed by a car driver. The child was riding his bike to school, the father with him. The grieving community came together with hundreds of people, cyclist or not, creating a 3km long human bike lane.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Meta and Tik Tok refusing to allow the trailer for Musk to run as a paid ad on their site—just like any other movie trailer—means users should fight tech oligarch solidarity and share it widely youtu.be/FFTf1lzcs28?...
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MUSK | Official Trailer HD
YouTube video by Elevation Pictures
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 25/09/2026
It’s provincial election time. Did you know funding for public libraries in BC has been stagnant since 2010? The NDP has not increased it in 9 years in power. Will any political parties be so bold as to propose funding libraries in their platform? buttondown.com/leftcoastdis... #bcpoli
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Well... We're Waiting Meme
Alt: Gif. A scene from the movie Caddyshack. A man says “Well... We're Waiting!”
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Paul 4Jags @paul4jags.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at Tramway in Glasgow just now is an impressively moving reminder of the individual people behind the statistics. A sad reminder too of the harms that stigma and prejudice can bring.
The main hall at Tramway with hundreds of memorial quilts along the floor and walls.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ALL THIS
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Bicycles Recycle @bicyclesrecycle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cameroonian artist, Angu Walters, shared his kinetic burst of color and motion in an artwork that "feels like it’s moving even while it hangs still." His signature geometric patterns and vibrant palette provide a visual excitement that does justice to the beloved #bicycle. Thank you, Angu. #BikeArt
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clyde bruckman's skeleton's final repost @ultralaser.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
i guess i dont know a simpler way to explain this than that people who are willing to throw trans people to the wolves to stop fascism arent actually stopping fascism like that IS fascism dipshits
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BCMECR spooky/pumpkin spice mode @b1kes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Apparently Canada stayed. I'm happy to be proven wrong, but until that point, fuck every elected official at the federal level in Canada. Fuck them. This is an internationally wanted war criminal, committing genocide even as he speaks. Fuck Canada. We're no better than the USA by doing this.
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Bethany @justanybeth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Super impressed at how much cycling happening in Victoria, but still a lot of aggressive car traffic. More than once in the two days we’ve been here I’ve heard drivers yelling at cyclists. From what I could tell, just for existing in their own lane.
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Annie Burns-Pieper @annieburnspieper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When I started looking into alcohol industry lobbying something stood out: it wasn’t just Big Alcohol. I contacted almost 100 B.C. craft breweries to ask what they thought about their industry association pushing back against updated health guidance for the @thetyee.ca. Most wouldn’t speak to me.
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Does Your Local Craft Brewer Want to Hide Alcohol Risks? | The Tyee
Their major industry association is lobbying against new drinking guidelines and warning labels. Its members are split.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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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.
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Bethany @justanybeth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Holy shit.
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Bethany @justanybeth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
GO FISH | Royal BC Museum This was incredible. Highly recommend.
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