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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 28/09/2026

“What do you call it when governments take deliberate steps to make voting more difficult? “Voter suppression — and it’s alive and well in Quebec.” #polqc

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 3h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 3h

BC has the opportunity to elect a govt that can make real change in regular people's lives. I hope people get familiar with the BC Green Party this election.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 15h

Fuck these guys, fraternities, Cornell, lowlife scum on X, all these loser ass men.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 17h

Et c'etait que l'année dernière qu'il a coupé $550 millions du budget du département des pêches et océans... #CADpoli #CDNpoli #Environnement

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 20h

Men are the root cause of pretty much everything bad btw.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 21h

I love that you can call up companies and ask for replacement parts instead of having to throw something out. Just got a new air fryer basket and vacuum crevice tool to replace broken parts. Much cheaper and less wasteful than buying a whole new appliance.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 22h

Jesse Brown's X-rotted conspiracy-rattles brain enters the chat...

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

Nationalism always has and always will take the people on a hard right turn.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

For QC, you still need to find a pharmacist willing to purchase it and they will want to have at least 10 people confirmed to be getting it. So it's a longshot... But at least it's possible now.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

Slightly lower (about the same) % of voter turnout in advance polls compared to 2022 election. Please get out and VOTE next Monday on election day!!! #electionQC #polQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

This used to be the easiest way to travel to my grandparents' home in Huntsville. Happy to hear the Northlander will be coming back! Central and northern Ontario need better transit!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 29/09/2026

It took 50 mins and several people were angry. The employees really didn't seem like they expected anyone to come today and were really disorganized with crowding, tripping, fire safety issues. #polQC #electionQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 28/09/2026

Long lines at the advance voting station in my area this eve, but at least people are out voting! #electionsQC

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Disgusting, desperate behaviour from Bradford here. Please share and support the incredible folks at the National Observer!

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Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Many men would rather engage in violent fantasy about what they WOULD do instead of doing what they easily COULD.

Threads post from @protextor

“I'd kill for my daughter."

OK. Will you risk social inconvenience by calling out your peers loudly and to their face? Or is that bare minimum real-life scenario scarier than your hypothetical one? 1/2

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 28/09/2026

I suffered through this while waiting for #BB28 to start.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 27/09/2026

another day, another bit of evidence that the scientists who willingly hand over proprietary information to AI firms may experience some consequences

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

I want to talk about my move from Substack to Ghost for a second, and what it's been like working with a nonprofit tech company that actually lives its values. Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 27/09/2026

Seeing Chiquita Mère like one of the leftist influencer account's posts about hating on queer disabled ppl was not what I wanted to see tonight but also doesn't surprise me because she was already not masking in like 2021 when most ppl were. 😭😭😭

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Assuming Anglos are anti-sovereignty is silly and I hate being told what my views are based on my mothertongue. Chances are my vote will be for a party that is MORE left than QS anyway!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Nothing more annoying this election as an Anglo than being told I'm not voting QS because I don't want a referendum. I am pro-sovereignty!!! I am not voting QS because my local QS MNA has been useless when I contact him with issues & because QS wants to maintain CAQ education cuts!!! #polQC

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

This was such an interesting episode of CBC Ideas in their series on fascism. It details how comparison is useful, should be allowed, but to also identify what is new and different in our current fascism. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

I didn't expect to see Montreal as San Francisco when I turned on Unabomber.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

See the subreddit for the TV show Silo for plenty of examples of this.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Calling any crochet peeps, I’m new to crochet and I can’t find a clear answer on Google 😭 Can someone pls explain what the “Rnd 10” means when it says to work in the flp (that’s front loop only) of rnd 7? Like do I just randomly grab the front loops from round 7 as I go? Helpppp

Crochet pattern reads:

Rnd 9: With C2, ch 1, [sc in next 2 sts, inc, sc in next 2 sts] 3 times - 18 sts.
Rnd 10: Ch 1, working in flp of Rnd 7, [sc in next st, inc, sc in next st] 6 times;
join - 24 sts.
Rnd 11: Ch 1, [sc in next 3 sts, inc] 6 times; join - 30 sts.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/09/2026

Bonne journée des Franco-ontarien.n.e.s! Et SVP, si la francophonie du RoC vous tenez à cœur, portez plainte à l'ombudsman de l'Ontario à propos du déménagement du campus Glendon!!! #ONfr

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

WE ARE BEING MANIPULATED TO FIGHT EACH OTHER!!! It is so obvious that disabled people are the current target of intentionally contentious discourse because disabled people have always been a target of fascists because nobody cares about (or even worse, actively despise) disabled people!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

All the leftist influencer activists showing their asses this week. If solidarity only extends as far as you and your problems, it's not solidarity.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

When Carney named David Lametti as principal secretary to the PMO it raised a lot of red flags because Lametti is a well-known Zionist. I think it's also why he stepped down from the role but was then given the post of Representative for Canada in the UN.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 25/09/2026

“We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us” - Marshall McLuhan

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

To make it more clear: The spreading of this story is being done purposely to make leftists attack disabled leftists and allies so that we take our attention away from material problems so they can continue to pilfer our resources and take away our rights with little resistance.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

Also, the Right has such an easy time at getting the Left to cannibalize itself by corrupting identity politics at the expense of already oppressed groups. When we examine the power dynamics of who is being thrown to the wolves it kinda becomes clear who is being manipulated with this discourse™.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

Wild how much hate is coming out against disabled people because of mask mandatory events. What scares me is how fully enraged people get when confronted with people wanting community connection through masked spaces. The rage is so powerful and frightening.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 23/09/2026

Since governments realized they needed to keep the capitalist machine running in 2020 and started pushing anti-science propaganda to get people out of their homes, the left has readily absorbed and embodied that ideology and become another tool of capitalist survival.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 23/09/2026

It is on one hand shocking and the other not surprising at all and something that I have no clue how we can recover from. How do you find your humanity again once you've lost it? How do you inspire people to care about other people again in times that call for us not to?

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/09/2026

The next data release for the federal waste water levels isn't until the beg of Oct but I think we can expect COVID levels to be rising. We had a good run since May but it's time to be more vigilant now with masking and vaccines.

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/09/2026

Anand saying she's "looking into it" really means she is looking for a believable excuse to give the public. She already knows he's been using our airspace because we have to give permission. And a lot of the public knows because flight paths are public info!

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/09/2026

Wow, my riding is having an electoral debate with most of the candidates from my riding tonight! I think it is in-person only though but a great opportunity to hear from people from le Parti communiste de Québec, le Parti nul and le Parti culinaire! #polQC #electionQC

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 24/09/2026

Belleville Police just played a new video at a press conference showing the gunman screamed "you are going to die for the Jews" before shooting a police officer outside a synagogue It's been reported the gunman was suing the military over its vaccine mandate and blamed Jews for COVID-19

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/09/2026

That was pretty clear from the anonymous testimony of people who knew the shooter that said he believed in a conspiracy about Jews, COVID, and the pandemic.

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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is a real fuckin problem with journalism. This piece seemed mean spirited, unkind, and not really the sort of thing I would dedicate thousands of words to when people are being snatched off our streets. But the industry will go towards this kind of shit because they want the money it brings

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/09/2026

Try using that excuse as a student and see what happens... LOL

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/09/2026

I wonder how she feels about her husband cutting $550 million (or about 60%) from the Dept of Fisheries & Oceans???

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/09/2026

1) the mod needs to take control because PSPP is being given much more time to speak than anyone else. 2) PSPP speaks in a lot of dis/misinformation and it isn't being corrected. 3) PSPP genuinely sounds like he's suffering from conspiratorial thinking. I am worried for a QC led by him. #polQC

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