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💫 Brock 💫

@queeralchemy.com
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I'm a design researcher and PhD student in QC. Interested in design, politics, disability justice, aging, textile arts, electronics, and being a killjoy 💖

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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 02/09/2026
Quebec this week...
Drake meme. First scene with hand in face rejecting something next to words: s'attaquer à la crise de logement, le système de santé et d'éducation... 

Next scene, Drake looking satisfied: perdre du temps et de l'argent sur un 3e lien et un autre débat sur la langue ou des signes religieux...
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 02/09/2026
I wish the CBC vote compass results would let you weight results for things like minority language rights because I think that would change my results.
Graph with four quadrants and two axis for identity and "socio-economic". I am located in the bottom left quadrant somewhat in-between Quebec solidaire and the Liberal Party of Quebec.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 23/08/2026
There are trash academics everywhere. Including art & design schools.
Screenshot of David Griffin's Instagram bio. Photo of midde-aged unkempt white man. 359 followers. 257 following. Profile says: born in Kingston Jamaica, living in Toronto. Married to a Peruvian person and father to her glorious children.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 09/08/2026
Yesterday was a huge success! Mother nature let us have some time in community reflecting in what care means to us and putting those representations in conversation with one another on the Queer Care Quilt at Wild Pride Community Days. Grateful for the experience and outcome!
Photo of a quilt that has pomegranate coloured borders and a black velcro quilt top with stuffed letters in green that say Queer Care Quilt.

The quilt is adorned with approx 30 colourful quilt squares made by people attending wild pride events.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 07/08/2026
Btw you can (weather permitting) come to my event, The Queer Care Quilt, as part of Wild Pride (the anti-hate, anti-genocide, anti-capitalist pride org) tomorrow in Parc Lafontaine from noon onward!
Poster for event. Wild Pride Logo in top-left corner.

Text: 

The Queer Care Quilt 

Make art together. 
Reflect on community care.
Add your unique perspective to the quilt. 
No skills required. Materials provided. 
Stick your creations on with Velcro. 

Care means different things to different people. As queer & trans people, our care sometimes exists in opposition to normative forms of care. What does care mean to you? Who is a part of your community of care? How does your version of care oppose heteronormative care? What is the kind of care you want to see more of in the world? The Queer Care Quilt asks you these questions and offers you the opportunity to express what care means to you and place it in conversation with others’ expressions of care on this communal quilt made of velcro. Map of where to find the queer care quilt event. It is located in the middle of Parc Lafontaine closer to Sherbrooke Est.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/06/2026
Friends test for each other. (I was travelling a little over a week ago so I wanted to make sure I wasn't asymptomatic!)
A screenshot of the Virus dot sucks app that has finished a COVID PCR test. The result shows negative in green and below shows a graph recording seven different channels from the test in different colours.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 14/06/2026
Toronto has one of the largest Tibetan populations outside of Asia and you would be remiss to not get some Tibetan food while visiting the city. I had these lamb momos for breakfast.
A container filled with momos (Tibetan dumplings) sitting on a park bench.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 01/06/2026
They better get that kidney disease cat vaccine to market because I need my cat to live forever. Please wish my cat, Leonie, a happy 3rd birthday!
A dilute calico lays on a human resting her head on the human's head. Eyes closed, blissfully sleeping.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 01/06/2026
Lol at them posting this right at the start of June 1st. With alt text because they are also ableist too I guess.
There's a lot going around about the lawsuit we filed in January to protect our trademarks, and we owe you an update.

We wish this lawsuit had not been necessary, and we want to acknowledge any hurt it has caused, especially in the LGBTQ+ community. We don't want to argue trademark law on social media. Importantly, we continue to want to resolve this.

As we have said to Pattie Gonia, we can do that if they:

- Withdraw all trademark applications

- Stop using our logos

- Stop selling and promoting apparel and other products as Pattie Gonia

If we can agree on this, we can work out everything else, and Pattie Gonia could continue as a performer and activist. We share common ground with them, including the goal of saving our home planet and creating a more inclusive outdoors.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 11/05/2026
Here are my Rover clients this week:
A brown tabby sitting on hardwood floor with eyes slightly closed. A mixed black and white shorthair dog looking happy with mouth open and tongue out.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 27/04/2026
What did I do for my birthday? I almost finished handsewing these patches onto my coat.
A red jacket with a collar with a poppy patch on one collar and a violet flower on the other collar.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/04/2026
Margherita foccacia pizza, iced americano, and a pastel de nata sundae all outside in the sun with @ottomanvampire.bsky.social for my fake birthday. 😍
Photo of a sundae with pastel de nata, caramel sauce, and praline crumble on it.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 20/04/2026
Always, everyday, first thing.
A dilute calico cat lays on her back on a male appearing person she looks fully asleep and comfortable.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 18/04/2026
I never spoke about wanting this book by @chanda.blacksky.app to my partner but it showed up in the mail this week and it's my birthday next week, so I'm going to assume they bought it for me 😂
Photo of hardcover copy of The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 09/04/2026
I organize a monthly intergenerational stitch n bitch and after many months I am finally done sewing this delightful patch onto the collar of a coat. The patch is from the V&A museum in London, UK.
Two red poppies with green stems on a similarly coloured red overcoat collar.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 22/03/2026
I was curious if Jesse Brown would post on X and made a throwaway account to see and this is the first thing he has posted since the reveal of his IP spearphishing scandal. Some bizarre rant about how an Eid event is some hostile (I don't see the evidence for that anywhere?). He is not well...
@JesseBrown - When hateful antizionists weaponize Islamic faith as an intimidation tactic against a Jewish neighbourhood, one wonders why mainstream Imams stay silent. They used to be quick to say most Muslims want nothing to do with this kind of hostility. 

Screencapped image of a post on Instagram by @gta4palestine.toronto that says: Eid Commemoration gathering at Bathurst & Sheppard. Sunday March 22nd from 11 AM - 2 PM. Bathurst & Sheppard (Toronto). Image is of Palestinians in war torn Gaza sitting on prayer mats surrounded by rubble.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 20/03/2026
Yes, apparently this person isn't very social media literate. lol
Screenshot: 

@mondoab.bsky.social: I love when someone re-posts me, but I can't reply. That's a block for me. 

Reply to skeet from @queeralchemy.com: Hey, you can turn off reposts if that bothers you! Problem solved! :)
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 01/03/2026
It's a bit of a mess, but so is the world 🤷
A photo of a round cake with light pink whipped cream frosting drizzling down the sides decorated with a border of colourful sprinkles.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 01/03/2026
Let me eat cake! 🍰 (Late night apocalypse stress baking)
Photo of the bottom half of a vanilla cake that has a well of light pink strawberry vanilla icing with a strawberry filling.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 15/01/2026
[With alt-text for image in original post] I also saw a similar post from Guillaume Cliche-Rivard and it is honestly par for the course for QS and why they are so upsetting. They don't stand up for anglophones/allophones, they won't stand up for anyone. No backbone.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon

@JLMelenchon

X.com

Bayrou est tombé. Victoire et soulagement populaire. Macron est désormais en première ligne face au peuple. Lui aussi doit partir.

Ruba Ghazal

@RubaGhazalQS

X.com

Peu importe nos différences politiques, je tiens à souligner l'engagement de François Legault envers le Québec et le travail qu'il a accompli au fil des ans.

Nous avons souvent été en désaccord au fil de nos échanges, mais je lui souhaite la meilleure des suites.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 03/01/2026
With alt text. Not the response you'd expect from a govt that was elected out of the recurring threat of American imperialism. These people were elected under "elbows up" to protect our sovereignty. This is utterly shameful.
The Hon. Anita Anand Minister of Foreign Affairs

Since 2019, when Canada closed its embassy in Venezuela, we have refused to recognize any legitimacy of the Maduro regime and opposed its repression of the Venezuelan people, including the persecution of dissenters and particularly political leaders  opposed to the regime.

In keeping with our long-standing commitment to upholding the rule of law and democracy, Canada calls on all parties to respect international law and we stand by the people of Venezuela and their desire to live in a peaceful and democratic society.

Canada is engaging with its international partners and monitoring developments closely.

Canada stands ready to assist Canadians in need through our consular officials and embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 01/01/2026
The best thing about January is galettes des rois.
A photo of a galette des rois sitting on a bamboo cutting board. It is decorated with pistachio and gold flecks around the edges with the bakery logo in the centre in icing sugar.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 02/12/2025
The cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
Still from the show The OA. Prairie stands outside on a green lawn hands clasped to her chest. The window in front of her is in fact but fragmenting from a bullet hole.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 27/11/2025
It's low-key giving me trypophobia but it tastes good!
A slice of upside down pear-apple browned butter cornmeal cake on a blue plate. An entire pear-apple upside down browned butter cornmeal cake on a navy blue plate.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 26/11/2025
I love this and it's even better when you mask.
White male presenting person crouching and looking in mirror with a black KN95 mask on holding phone.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/11/2025
Anyways, I wouldn't take anything this person says seriously or personally...
Screenshot of toots from Stephanie Baudelaire, MD @sbaudelaire.bsky.social: 

If you're doing labor, you're not doing art so fuck off with your 'fair compensation' shit I don't believe in money and nobody else should either. 

If you want money go suck a dick. 

If you want to make art, don't expect money. 

People who profit off art literally disgust me and THEY out here tryna shame ME over making the money sad 

fuck right off
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/11/2025
For our last week of teaching our keywords for the week were working + play so I taught them about some basic game design theory (affordances, signifiers, constraints) and gave them time to play some free browser-based games in groups to explore the concepts!
Image of slide from slideshow that says: 

Playtesting - 15 mins 

Objective 
To explore how game designers work with play when designing games.  

Spend 10 mins in groups playing one of the two games: OnlyBans, Loser Lane, or purrgatory. 

Discuss how you see them use game design strategies like affordances, signifiers, constraints, and storytelling to create a playable game. 

Discuss how you see how they might use these strategies to express a specific goal, message, or lesson. 

Spend 5 mins sharing some of your discussion with the entire class.

On the right side of the slide are three images with links to each game below the image. 

OnlyBans - https://www.onlybansgame.com/
Loser Lane - https://marieflanagan.com/loserlane/
purrgatory - https://marieflanagan.com/loserlane/
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/11/2025
Shit like this should be treated the same way Holocaust denial is.
Screenshot of National Post article that says: 

Opinion: Canada wasn't 'stolen' from Indigenous people

It was built on land that was received from the Indigenous in exchange for benefits that continue today. False notions mustn't balkanize us
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 18/11/2025
My uni on cutting my partner's job AGAIN so they don't have to offer extended contracts + benefits to people. thelinknewspaper.ca/article/conc...
When pressed in the university Senate on Nov. 7, president Graham Carr first offered a confident figure: roughly $6.3 million in savings. That precision quickly dissolved under scrutiny.

When asked whether these figures included the cost of hiring part-time instructors to replace LTAs, Carr admitted they did not.

Interim provost Effrosyni Diamantoudi later supplied a more modest figure: "at least $1 million" in savings after hiring part-timers, a figure that still excludes recruitment and interview costs.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 15/11/2025
Oh, I've already been pulling it off!
White boy child with blonde mushroom cut and big ears eating something.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 15/11/2025
Because it's #Caturday and because Alice loved cats, here's my little hunter baby.
A dilute calico cat sits on a loveseat in sunlight looking up at something off camera looking alert. Her crinkle ball toy is to her left side.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 31/10/2025
With alt text:
Screenshot of LinkedIn settings page that says: 

Data for Generative Al Improvement

Can LinkedIn and its affiliates use your personal data and content you create on LinkedIn to train generative Al models that create content?

Use my data for training content creation Al models

Toggle on or off button

When this setting is on, Linkedin and its affiliates can use your data and content to train content-generating Al models that are used in product features. The data we use for this purpose does not include your private messages. Learn more
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 08/10/2025
Write PM Carney, Foreign Minister Anand, and your MP to demand the release of the illegally abducted Canadians by the state of Israel! Template letter and contact list on Proton Drive free for use and reuse here: bit.ly/3TelsCj #CADpoli #FreedomFlotilla
Screenshot of video of the six Canadians on the boat Conscience of the Freedom Flotilla. Subtitles in screenshot say: we are the Canadian delegation aboard the 'Conscience'
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 07/10/2025
Gotta love that our university president set into motion a flurry of emails and phone calls at 6 AM this morning that was at least in part fear mongering.
Screenshot of CTV news article that says: 

Concordia University has closed its downtown Montreal campus, cancelling classes and labs, on Tuesday after a small group of protestors disrupted classes and a midterm exam on Monday.

“We took this exceptional measure to protect our entire community,” said Graham Carr, the university’s president and vice-chancellor.

“In the last two years, we have seen protests on campus, but have never been forced to enact such preventive measures.”

But Carr says “that changed yesterday [Monday] after two individuals were arrested.”

“One of those arrested was later discovered to be in possession of a metal bar and several incendiary devices,” he said. “Neither of these individuals are members of the Concordia community.”

Montreal police (SPVM) would not confirm Concordia’s claims of the presence of a metal bar or incendiary devices.

However, the force noted that two people were arrested on campus after classes were interrupted.

“One person was arrested for starting a fire alarm, so [a potential charge of] mischief,” said Raphaël Bergeron, a spokesperson with Montreal police. “Another person was arrested for assault.”
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 27/09/2025
Seriously hate that we are living in the stupidest of times.
Screenshot of above linked article that says: 

"It is clearly part of the debate, so I found it interesting that the question was raised. The reflection is far from over."

He conceded the question is complicated.

"I understand there are all kinds of situations where it is legitimate to have a face covered, a solder, an anti-riot police officer, Halloween, a festival, the weather," he said. "This is why I say it is something we have to reflect on. I cannot say we will go in this direction."
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 11/09/2025
Anyways, I wore my No Space for Hate t-shirt today to let my students know they are not alone. Also, my cat Leonie is the best.
A photo of a white male presenting person lying on a couch with a dilute calico with green eyes laying on them with big open eyes looking comfortable.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 07/09/2025
Lol can't believe bluesky put a "Rude" label on this.
Screenshot of post that is hidden behind a "rude" label and says it is labeled by moderation.bsky.app
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 25/08/2025
Apparently I go to Europe to eat Asian food.
Fresh tofu milk and a bowl of savoury seaweed tofu with pieces of Chinese donut in it.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 24/08/2025
I saw some cute queer art today at MAC VAL (contemporary art museum) in Paris today.
A tapestry on a plum coloured wall. The tapestry is using shades of purple, pink, blue, yellow, and green. It displays Black men (the artist is interpreting himself) in various sexually seductive positions around a sofa. A tapestry made by hand embroidery with clouds framing it. It says "hell soon" in the top right corner and displays a castle on a hill on fire, a star with an LGBT flag on clouds and various other forms.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 23/08/2025
Guess how much?
One small orange juice, one 500 ml beer, two 1L Evian water, one small baguette, one pack of chocolate slab cookies, one small piece of a Brie like cheese.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 20/08/2025
I'm the only gay in the village! But actually loving English village life so far. It's nice to get a break from London. Tomorrow is conference day 1. And my talk is the day after tomorrow. Then off to Paris!
A photo of a red British postal box that is topped with a knitted cover designed as the British flag with three knitted figures standing upright atop it. One figure is a soldier, one is a sailor, and a other is another soldier. There are also knitted poppies adorning it.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 19/08/2025
Well, I also spent the second half of my day at a VERY busy Borough market where I got these Scottish and Irish oysters that I couldn't finish because they were so massive!!!
Photo of six oysters on a white paper plate with three very large oysters and 3 regular sized ones. A photo of the Borough market with people walking everywhere, very lively vibes, A big sign in white that reads BOROUGH MARKET.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 19/08/2025
With alt text Cc: Canadian 2SLGBTQ+ researchers, especially in Alberta and the west!
Colourful gradient background. Text is in black and says: 

Registration is now open! Mobilizing queer joy & challenging anti-2SLGBTQ+ hate conference. October 10 until 12, 2025. MacEwan university, Edmonton, Canada.Albertan K-12 educators and high school students. Mobilizing Queer joy and challenging anti-2SLGBTQ+ HATE CONFERENCE. free to attend. October 11, 2025. MacEwan university. More info + register.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 19/08/2025
(with actual alt text) Ah yes, we've reached the time of year people find out she's terrible again.
Tweet by Taylor Lorenz that's says: 

Nazis are fascists but ironically IRL can be very welcoming & accommodating, hence they are able to effectively radicalize ppl. They show more empathy IRL in spaces they re recruiting in than these DSA ppl ever
have. It's abhorrent, and another reason the "left" has zero power.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 18/08/2025
The disability & design exhibit at the V&A in London was excellent. It wasn't very large but at the same time I've never seen anything like it, with so many artefacts that are designed by disabled people for disabled people. #Disability #DisabilityJustice #Design
A blue bench that says I need more time, rest here if you agree.
Textile wall hangings illustrating sign language in Vietnamese. Tactile room plans A black t shirt that says in bold pink writing Piss on Pity.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 18/08/2025
A @sfdirewolf.bsky.social sighting in London today at the V&A which has a great exhibition on about Disability & Design.
A dark brown bookshelf in a gift shop with disability disability by Alice Wong on the table. Another visible book next to it says Making Disability Modern and a children's book behind says You're so amazing! And has an illustrated image of a child with crutches walking.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 16/08/2025
It's super cute and lovely here but there is a lot of surveillance and I hate that parks are all private here and not open to the public!
Wrought iron fence with green shrubbery behind. On the fence is a sign that says "warning cctv in operation"
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 15/08/2025
This is an artist statement for their AI art and I want people to know that this is not what "queering" means. This is someone trying to co-opt a term to make themself feel good about contributing to making people's lives materially worse. There couldn't be anything less queer.
Screenshot of website artist statement: 

Generating Al images through natural text prompts and image extension mechanisms create complex uncanny, neo-surreal images that can shift artistic styles seamlessly. As Al
tools train on millions of images, there Are endless, unpredictable possibilities of aesthetics and content. This allows for a queering of the imagery where bodies easily morph one into another, into animals or objects - undoing normative representations
of gender, kinship and embodiment with ease; and simultaneously illustrating the dissociated affect inherent in both mediated relations and
raumatised individuals. Nonetheless, there are Limitations to what this technology can produce as historical biases often related to race and gender are embedded in AI learning,
and specific content is blocked by filters due to the companies' ethics policies, including violence, disease, sexuality, and more. rrying to
work around these limitations and find new ways to express these subjects iS similar to the emergence of repressed trauma, or to queer...
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 11/08/2025
Reporting on this like Trump is being honest that it's just about cracking down on crime and not a military coup is wild, CBC.
Screenshot from CBC article. Text says: Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump described the nation's capital as a crime-infested hellscape that requires a heavy-handed federal approach to bring "bloodthirsty" criminals and "drugged-out maniacs" to heel.

"This is liberation day in D.C. and we're going to take our capital back," Trump said. "This is a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, squalor and worse."

The move comes even as the data reveals local efforts to crack down on crime are paying off.
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💫 Brock 💫 @queeralchemy.com · 09/08/2025
Opinion article because it can't beat a fact check lol.
Screenshot of Globe and Mail article titled: Montreal Pride finally stands up to the pro-Palestinian bullies.

Two previously excluded Jewish groups will be allowed to march in...
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