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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 10h

Ah well, nice to meet another Saanich resident on the ATmos. Mind if I follow?

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 12h

I’m watching a bunch of goths dancing. Not the best sets ever, but good energy and some terrific outfits.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 12h

I realize that you probably say yes to this question about any movie, but : Is it worth seeing in cinema? Like, do the effects really hit better at size?

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 14h

Yup, people act like gatekeeping is bad by default, but a lot of fates are there for a reason. :) Making folks learn the key code seems like a fair way to handle it.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 15h

I am in my 50’s and there was a while (at least where I was) where “boofing” and “hooping” both meant the same thing.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 15h

I totally flubbed that. Meant to say “above all else”. In the first bit. It’s a common issue in many fandom orgs, for example.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 18h

lol. Ok. I am over 50, so I turn to young folks like you for help..

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 18h

Did somebody redefine “Boof” from a verb to a noun? And if so, what are we calling it when he put something up the down chute for faster absorption? Asking for a friend.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 19h

All of which to say, since those aren’t really an option here : I put a pride flag in my name.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 22h

Ooohh that gives me an idea for a fun thing.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 22h

Prioritizing inclusivity means deprioritizing the actual goal. , unless your goal is a club.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 22h

Oh yah, I’m feeling very much the Ben Grimm sorta thing.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 22h

How are we gonna find each other without slapping it into our bios? Finally, you don’t have to add it in at every conversation because without a reason to think otherwise, folks assume you’re straight. Fun story ; they do the same thing with me unless I wear something that shouts “I’m queer.”

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 22h

culture or situations, folks can look at my profile and get that I’m talking from lived experience, I’m not somebody who knows what poppers are because they watched an episode of Queer as Folk but steel feels qualified to talk about the queer life 3) I like being in community with other queers.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 22h

Number of reasons : 1 - if you don’t make it clear right away, some straights might say something inappropriate because they think they’re “safe”. I’d rather they just know right away and not have to deal with the “I’m not homophobic, it’s just a joke” crap. 2) If I make a comment about queer

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 22h

Ah, didn’t realize you were doing them both together. I’m much more hopeful about this one that last. The right made a real concerted push, but failed, and then they fell apart. They’ve lost seats, standing and members. My hope is a minority NDP dependent on the Greens to push anything through.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

From the colors, is that a Northsky post?

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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22 surveillance powers that threaten Canadians' rights and privacy! Major companies and civil society groups are raising the alarm. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 openmedia.org/ReformC22-bsky @openmedia.org

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Tell the Senate: Reform Bill C-22

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

rewarding the employees who he felt were being underappreciated. Big time. So big time boss-washing, but having worked in the food industry with an abusive shit of a kitchen/front manager, wow was it nice to see one of that type get what was coming to him. All to say this is a fucking psyop.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

Anyways, faced with the revelation that he had been treating the CEO of the chain like a punching bag, and with witnesses to his behaviour being a constant, dude doubles down. Says he is who he is. Loses his job. Gone. The rest of the show is him making corrections to the issues at the storeds and

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

is wild-high. I’d have walked out after 10 minutes unless I had other reasons to stay (children to support or something). Anyways, he cuts short the rest of the tour, flies back home to prep and arranges have the franchisee the kitchen manager and the front manager meet him f2f (next day or so).

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

for employees, swearing all the time, insulting the work done, and again with the swearing so loud the wait staff had to repeatedly ask him to keep it down because the customers could hear him. Utterly unrepentant asshole. My respect for the boss to be able to just swallow it and see where it went

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

was like, and the first two were solid. He found issues where staff were being underutilized or overworked and unrewarded at the first two, but nothing egregious. The third one, the kitchen manager was so out of fucking line it was shocking. He was making up crude and usually homophobic nicknames

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

saw the title “The Kitchen Manager is so Bad Boss Has to Fire Him on the Spot” and hey, that’s management getting their asses kicked, so I decided to roll with it. It was an episode where the CEO of Buffalo Wings & Rings(?) was visiting and taking different jobs to see what the work experience

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

scrolling YouTube outside my normal queries and followed some “recommended for you” and discovered “Undercover Boss”, a show whose basic premise is so anti-labour and exploitative that I would cheerfully kneecap the scab-brained corporate bootlicker who thought it up. I was gonna nope away until I

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23h

Context : Yesterday was pretty messed up for me, brain wise. Apparently the second day after the vaccines is when the fever hits and you start sweating and fizzing out mentally. I doubt it’d have this effect on everybody, but I’m pretty sure I have an hour or so missing. Weird. Anyways, I ended up

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

We did it! Onward and Upward to #Aussiecon5!

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 17/10/2026

Yup, or maybe not. This place has been all about new ways of doing things. I’d wait until they say more than vagaries before I’d assume anything.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 17/10/2026

must apologize that it came across that curt. It’s just one of those arguments, desires that are an ongoing request from everybody to make everything free but…while we exist within a capitalist system, everything gets paid for somewhere.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 17/10/2026

Nope, legitimately asking*. I’d love for things to be free, but I also accept that the people doing the work should earn a living wage. Right now, the only reliable funding models available for ongoing services nowadays (aside from constant growth and praying for VC) are fees or ads. *Though I ..

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 17/10/2026

Well, they’re not the only ones, so..we shall see.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 17/10/2026

Salmon? Yah. Fish is fine. It’s shellfish and such that’s treyf.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

Littles play isn’t for everybody, and that’s ok!👍

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

I think I was 17. I got hired at McDonalds, and the first day of training was just sitting there watching company history videos and corporate propaganda and I quit during the lunch break.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

I have dated librarians, and you will never get them to agree to keeping libraries open 24hrs because many librarians are absolute freaks and being able to bang in the stacks is one of the most important perks of the job.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

Rage and depression are perfectly reasonable reactions. Hoping you have friends that can let you vent when you need it.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

Commiserations and congrats*. Been down the SAE rabbit hole via digestive shenanigans as well (details if desired, not here to threadjack), and it sucks in pretty much all of the ways. *you still beat it. That deserves a medal, regardless of how much damage you took along the way.

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Once upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 16/10/2026

So how would you like them to pay their staff?

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