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Phnee

@ratherastory.bsky.social
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Queer Canadian Quaker. Former Montrealer living in Ottawa. No chill. Prepping for Tuesday, because saving the world is unglamorous. She/her. I like my angels the way I like my coffee: COVERED IN BEEEEEEES!

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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I forgot BlueSky existed for a while. How is everyone?
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Just wait until he actually learns about Jesus... *facepalm*
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
JFC the surveillance is EVERYWHERE. I’m at the airport for my new job and I immediately got a text notification about roaming plans from my cell provider even though I have most of my location information turned off. This is the shittiest timeline.
A screenshot of a text message from Telus advertising roaming plans.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I started a new job downtown that starts much earlier than my old one and also involves a multi block walk in the area. There’s a significant number of unhoused people there, and today I came across a couple who were doing something I’d never seen before.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I haven't really been following this, but this post has brought up an Important Question I've been meaning to ask. How do you pronounce the "i" in Flo Rida? Is it "ih," "eye" or "ee?" Like, is it pronounced like the state, or like it's meant to be "rider/ridah" or the most random third option ever?
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Someone in my office is wearing either a cologne or a body wash so pungent it's making my eyes water. I'm definitely going to have a migraine by the end of the day. I don't know why people find it so hard to understand what a "scent-free" work environment is.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I believe this is known as liquified natural gaslighting. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Alberta pipeline agreement 'is climate action,' Carney tells environmental groups
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the new energy agreement with Alberta is a step toward his government's commitment to net zero emissions by 2050, and 'more than compensates' for emissions created by o...
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
To Have and Have Not is an exquisite gem of a movie. "Say... was you ever bit by a dead bee?"
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a black and white photo of a woman talking to steve
Alt: Lauren Bacall (a white woman dressed in a 1920s style pantsuit, with dark curled hair) looks both seductive and teasing as she says: "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together... and blow."
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Is it some sort of universal requirement that hold music be simultaneously insipid and irritating?
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Bodies are stupid. Why on earth is poor posture more comfortable? You'd think our bodies would want to encourage us to sit in a way that's better for us, but nooooo.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thanks to a generous housewarming gift from last year, I just basically bought a small orchard for the house. 🤣 Now, in a short 5-7 years, I will have fruit!
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Friends, who has recommendations for really good biographies written about not-famous people? I'm talking ordinary citizens who led interesting lives but didn't necessarily change the course of history or leave a lasting cultural memory.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I have never understood the expression “A hit dog will holler.” Why are we hitting dogs? And yes, of course if you inflict pain on a dog (or any animal) it will cry out. Why are we taking this as an indicator of guilt?
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a man talking to another man with the words that do n't make no sense behind him
Alt: (From the movie O Brother Where Art Thou) A white man with buzzed brown hair in a dirty shirt shaking his head and saying: “That don't make no sense.”
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Okay. I am going to watch Inside the Manosphere. *rolls up sleeves* I feel like this is going to hurt.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I feel like half my life these days is my being reminded of a movie and thinking "Oh, I should watch/re-watch that!" and then never doing it.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Turns out the secret to not having coworkers steal your food from the work fridge is to bring food that makes the average North American recoil in horror. Today's snack is pickled quail eggs. 🤣
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Mes cowboys? Fringants.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Everything about home ownership is expensive, and I don't like it.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I accidentally brought a quail egg to work with me in my pocket. I think this is a rite of passage for country living. 😆
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Orcish Law @orcishlaw.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Ides Ides Ides Ides! Ides! Ides! IDES! IDES! IDES!
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I know I am screaming into the void, because none of my friends do this, and I can't actually comment on the posts I'm talking about because it gives them engagement and encourages the exact behaviour I'm condemning, but OH MY GOD STOP POSTING YOUR CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET FOR VIEWS, HOLY SHIT.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I am usually totally happy to be in my 40s, but I have to say I'm no longer quite as able to hack 12-hour shifts after a night of too little sleep as I used to be.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Back to my Smallville rewatch while I'm slogging my way through my shifts at work. I didn't comment on a handful of episodes, and now I'm at the Season 1 finale. Lionel Luther is delivering shitty news as if he's running for political office.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I myself have mixed feelings about whatever the new Firefly thing is that's coming up (I think that ship sailed 20 years ago and they should leave it be), but I am so, so sad that my beloved friend Frank died before he could learn this news. He loved Firefly so much and would have been thrilled.
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a woman in a blue jacket is sitting under an umbrella with her legs crossed and smiling .
Alt: Kaylee from Firefly, a white brunette woman in a teal and silver jacket and khaki overalls, is sitting under a spinning multi-coloured parasol with her legs crossed, smiling. The text reads: SHINY
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I have reached the point in my night shifts when my legs feel weird and don't want to hold still. It's so very fucking annoying.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Unrelated, but I have a lot less patience now for actors who "do their own stunts" these days. I know it's meant to be a flex, but for fuck's sake, let the stunt doubles get paid!
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
HOT DAMN.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Wait, is the discourse today really shitting on Gen Z for not wanting to get wasted on cheap liquor?
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I've never watched Smallville in its entirety. Going to try to rectify that this week. I'm two episodes in, and it's very cute and everyone is VERY young. (I am going to have to ignore the fact that that one actress later ended up in a weird sex cult and helped to traffic women. FML. /o\)
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I bought a different brand of ranch dip than usual and it tastes gross and chemical. I am very disappointed.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Me: "I'm free anytime as long as it's not the middle of the day." Them: "Oh, good. How does noon sound?" Me: *grinds teeth*
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I think I am the only North American woman who hates having thumb holes in the sleeves of her hoodies. Why are these things considered a feature? They get in the way and are a sensory nightmare.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Dear US friends, I must shamefacedly confess that I don't usually make a habit of listening to the State of the Union address (in fairness, I'm usually at work at that time). Is it... typical of the President to shout out people in the audience like this? Or is this a Trump thing?
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Is Carney trying to build a Liberal majority through a back door, or a Conservative majority? At this point I honestly can't tell anymore.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
At this point it should just be forbidden to post a job without listing the salary or at the very least the expected salary range. Stop wasting everybody's time by hoping candidates will jump through all your hoops just to accept an insultingly lowball offer.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I would definitely read that fic.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I randomly remembered a website my friends showed me about 25 years ago when I was at university, about a dude who spent his life cosplaying/living as Peter Pan and looking for a "Tinkerbell" to be his girlfriend (interestingly, not Wendy).
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Convincing myself to use the treadmill at work when I'm five days into my night shifts feels especially heroic. Just saying.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
We need to get those numbers up, folks. These are rookie numbers! We can do better!
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I believe in a multiplicity of tools and tactics, and this is an excellent one.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The masculinity, she be increasingly fragile...
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I can't decide if these people have never read 1984 or if they have and just think no one else has...
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Out of curiosity, if the USA attacks another member of NATO (like trying to invade Greenland, as a totally random example), does that mean Canada would suddenly find itself at war with them? #canpol
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
My roommate and I have started re-watching Farscape, and I've been re-watching Earth: Final Conflict (one has aged much better than the other, ngl). I had forgotten there was a period of a few years when the opening sequence of sifi shows had a voiceover that gave you the show's elevator pitch. 😆
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I have only ever hurt myself in ridiculous ways, so it's hard to pick just one. One highlight was tripping backward over my vacuum cleaner and giving myself a concussion on the edge of my bathtub.
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Stephen Chrisomalis @schrisomalis.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
If you have someone in your life who likes #watches, #mathematics, #linguistics, or is just the kind of wonderful nerd who would like to own such a thing, please send them to the Kickstarter for the new Dana watch, which I co-designed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...
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Dana Timepieces: A Watch Featuring A Journey Through Time
A timepiece that reveals the global majesty of numbers and highlights the deeply historical and cultural ways we think about time.
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I wonder who came up with the expression "silly goose." Geese in my experience are not so much silly as they are constantly angry and often violent. Then again, I live in Canada. Are English geese inherently sillier than your average Canada Goose?
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year, BlueSky friends! 🎉
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Phnee @ratherastory.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
If a random account likes one of your posts/skeets about 0.1 seconds after you hit "post," that means it's a bot programmed to like posts with specific keywords, right?
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