Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 22mFolder organization tip: Spaces in front of names put them at the top of an alphabetical list. Adding the Omega symbol (Ω) to the beginning of a file name puts it at the bottom of an alphabetical list. 000
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 8hOkay, this might actually be the dumbest argument I've heard yet. "AI doesn't steal labour because coming up with prompts for AI is a form of labour."static.klipy.comFmlALT: Fml 79727
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 9hMy wife is watching Rozzoli and Isles on-demand. Profanity is in the audio, and bleeped out in the closed captions. 🤦♂️ 020
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 12hPeople just now starting to realize that the "get" of AI agents is you have to give them access to ALL of your shit, and put it into the hands of the absolute worst people on earth. You wouldn't trust Zuckerberg to watch your child for 5 minutes, why would you trust him with your banking info? 13812
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 14hOne of the things I love about Shottr is built in OCR/Text recognition. Posting an image with lots of text? Shottr makes it easy to grab the text from the image to put into Alt Text. Need to translate text in an image> Copy it with Shottr, paste into Apple Notes, and use the built-in translator.shottr.ccShottr – screenshot app for pixel professionalsShottr is a free macOS screenshot app with scrolling screenshots, OCR, annotation and measurement instruments. 000
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Davey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam 151928578
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦AppleInsider @appleinsider.com · 28/09/2026In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to.appleinsider.comMeta's new AI agent blatantly ignores users permissionsIn a completely unsurprising turn of events, Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages, past and present, and uploading the contents to its cloud, even if explicitly told not to. 29393251
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Got one of those Drinkmate soda pop makers a couple of months ago. With flavoring It's a little more expensive than buying pop in bottles or cans - but it's about to get cheaper. I'm getting three CO2 canisters refilled for $13 each (new ones are about $40). 100
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Really enjoyed Neagley. Dear Prime: there had better be a season 2 or I’ll have to go all Reacher on your ass. 010
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pissing away taxpayer's money on Slop-tech that is confidently wrong 40-60% of the time, makes people less intelligent, and unable to build critical thinking skills. You gonna teach them to eat mercury next? 120
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What he really means is "No new taxes... for Millionaires and multi-Millionaires." Average British Columbians will have to pay higher "fees" instead of taxes. Politicians that want new, higher taxes on the 1% and their luxury goods ($250K+ cars, $10M+ homes, yachts etc) are getting my vote. 000
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Slow cooking a Metric assload of pork ribs in the oven for company tonight. The ribs will be finished off on the BBQ with homemade Smokey Whiskey BBQ sauce I made earlier in the week. 120
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This photo of Zuck should be in the dictionary beside the definition "Uncanny Valley." 010
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 26/09/2026Lovely to see some prints in place in a client's home. The big one is the biggest I've ever had made. It's 1.33x the size of the original. The smaller one is 75% of the original. I can do custom sizes for any canvas print (up to 1.5x original) earthskyart.ca/shop 49712
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#ComicsProTip It's never too early to order a spare Wacom/Huion/XP pen. My pen has been a little wonky today. Pulled out my spare and it works perfectly. Also, it's a good idea to set a reminder to check your pen nibs every few months. New pen and nib glides like hot butter. 000
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m out here slinging hot comics today! If you’re in Vancouver come by the PNE comic show this weekend and say hi! 1548
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 25/09/2026I have been informed it is FREE SHIPPING on INPRNT this weekend! No minimum order today (Friday Sept 25) and then a $30 minimum purchase Sat/Sun (Sept 26-27) I've added a handful of prints to the shop to sweeten the deal >:) ✨ www.inprnt.com/gallery/apla... ✨ 14419
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Where else would you bring a demonically possessed iced coffee? 000
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 25/09/2026New #WriterBeware blog post: If you're a writer, you've probably gotten one (or more) of those AI-generated scam marketing emails or book club invites that make it seem like the sender really read your book. Here's a little peek at how it's done. writerbeware.blog/2026/09/25/h...writerbeware.blogHow Those Personalized Generative AI Scam Emails Are Built - Writer BewareOne of the things I often hear from writers whose inboxes are crammed with incredibly personalized marketing or book club or editor impersonation emails–you know, the ones that make it seem the sender... 38359
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026MPs split on whether or not dog shit should be added to their meals in the House of Commons cafeteria. 120
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too. 171923816
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Now raise taxes on billionaires, millionaires, and add PST on all homes sold for $5M or more. 010
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026BC really has two seasons. Shorts Season, and Pants Season. At 11°C, and raining, I'm officially opening Pants Season by, well, wearing pants. 000
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026we need chicago pope to step in and say "you will follow the rules or you will get a visit from [pulls down sunglasses] the Batican" 81137185
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gourdzilla was right there. 110013
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 25/09/2026Hey Calgary & area. Make him famous. And put him out of business. I enjoy news articles where horrible racists lose their livelihood because they are horrible racists. FAFO 1117
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦DerkHerkenbersh @dochackenbush.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Gull Dukat. Another one of those mental images I had to exorcise by drawing it. #art #StarTrek #DS9 451756624
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Someone needs to redo this old Wayne & Shuster skit for British Columbia, and change the lyrics from "Question Time" to "Election Time." #BCPoliyoutube.comWayne & Shuster - Question Time (excerpt)YouTube video by russlimburger 001
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026He's face zero consequences for the other hundreds of times he's ignored court orders. He will continue facing zero consequences for violating court orders because courts won't take any meaningful action with any speed. 000
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you use PureRef with Clip Studio Paint, you can set the Always On Top (Global) keyboard shortcut to the Tab key. This way PureRef hides when you hide your palettes and tools in Clip Studio Paint. 100
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My comics art studio, Helioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social, is now accepting applications for our mentorship program, January- April 2027. We're in Portland, Oregon. Details at: helioscopepdx.com/mentorship #pdxcomicshelioscopepdx.comMentorship — Helioscope 18659
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I don't think I'll be running out of home-made Whiskey BBQ sauce for a while. A pancake batter dispenser is absolutely fucking great for filling bottles and jars with 100° C sauce. 000
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026More of this please! And the fines should be per day, with credit-card rate interest. 010
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My wife: "Do we have any more mayonnaise?" Me: "There's a new bottle of Mayo In the pantry!" Me: "We should get four more bottles." My wife: "Why?" Me: "So we can celebrate Cinco de Mayo." My wife: <Currently looking for loopholes in our marriage certificate > 000
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of my all time favorite cartoons - by a Canadian no less: 000
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Cat Farris @cattifer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Come be a mentee at Helioscope! It's a super unique opportunity led by some really great comics folks. 1189
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not helpful when the very last line of a pork belly recipe is: “If your pork belly comes with skin on, remove the skin before cooking.” 🤦♂️ That note should be right at the top, not the bottom. 030
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 20/09/2026Today's the 10-year publication anniversary of the first Livi Talbot novel. To celebrate, books 1-3 are on sale. Direct payhip.com/skyladawncam... Kobo www.kobo.com/ca/en/series... Smash www.smashwords.com/books/byseri... GP play.google.com/store/books/... Apple books.apple.com/us/book/solo... 12527
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We need a referendum: should British Columbians be allowed to slap the premier upside the head for calling a snap election after their party promised fixed election dates? (and then broke that promise - twice). 000
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh fuck Carney, the Liberals and their anti-union bullshit. 010
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Andrea Zanin @andreazanin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Scam alert! I got a call today from a "Rogers representative" and didn't fall for it but only because I wasn't interested in the free devices they were offering. I found this article after hanging up. It sounds otherwise legit though, so Rogers customers beware! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caThey thought they were getting a deal from Rogers. Instead, they were scammed into financing iPads | CBC NewsRogers customers are on the hook for a $2,300 iPad after scammers got them to unknowingly sign up for a two-year iPad financing plan. Rogers offered some help as a goodwill gesture, but the victims ar... 259
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I tried turning up the Brightness on the Trump TV channel, but it didn’t work. 100
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Chris Weston @westonfront.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMIp...youtube.comOh no he died• Funniest SceneYouTube video by Lifes Animated YOLO 1172
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Caitlin Yarsky- PROMETHEUS GRAFT #1 FOC 11/02!! @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If you’re uninsured but have a Costco membership- $166 for Covid AND flu shots (as opposed to $350ish at CVS Walgreens etc) Not ideal, but the US is a dumpster fire rn. Thanks for the tip BlueSky friends, and stay safe! 💪 12612
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What's next, is he going whine about how his suffering is worse than that of Palestinians under the brutal and inhumane Israeli apartheid? Dear Ed: Fuck off you spineless twat. 000
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Krista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026___ATTENTION CANADIANS___ I have a limited number of print books leftover from Expo (some hardcover, some paperback). Edmonton + area -- I can deliver Everyone else -- Assume it's $20-30 for me to mail you anything I also have 3 of @skyladawn.ca paperbacks in my jeep lol 11911
Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦 @marksweeney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Has Kevin Falcon volunteered to finish obliterating the BC Conservative party like he did the BC United party?cbc.caKerry-Lynne Findlay resigns as leader of the B.C. Conservative party | CBC News"This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one for our movement and our province," she wrote in a statement Sunday. 000
Reposted by Mark Sweeney 🇨🇦Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Y'all, this giveaway has like 10 entrants right now. Very high odds of winning. Just sayin'. 02923