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The Bookwench 🇨🇦🐱🏳️‍🌈

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Another cis feminist for trans rights. She/her. Not quite a crone. Bad-faith arguments get you muted, slurs get you blocked. I repost a lot of geekery, some of it NSFW. linktr.ee/shiftercat

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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10h
If you're trying to "solve art" you're either incredibly stupid or incredibly evil. Art isn't a problem, it's a solution
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Adele Perry @adeleperry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Keep your eyes on Ottawa, on old plans to take Indigenous lands are being dresses up in new clothes. See @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social in the Freep: www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
winnipegfreepress.com
Opinion: Opinion: Building Canada Strong Act just another way of sidestepping Indigenous rights
In 1846, Britain faced an emergency influenced by the Irish famine, so leaders repealed the country’s “Corn Laws” and restrictions on imported food and grain, transitioning to a system of free trade.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For all that it's been barely reported in the UK press, it's still hard to understate the importance of the stance @labourunionsuk.bsky.social has taken on trans and non-binary rights this week. Every single trade union affiliated to the party of government has stood up and said we will not comply.
Joint statement from National TULO

Solidarity with the trans and non-binary community

Labour's 11 affiliated trade unions stand in total solidarity with the trans and non-binary community.

Trans rights are human rights, and trans rights are workers' rights.

We in the trade union movement will do all we can to stand up for our trans members and all our trans siblings, to protect them from persecution, harassment and attack.

The government must act now to protect all trans people, to make sure their rights are protected, expanded and upheld in our workplaces and communities.

Labour Unions
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The Meggles Art @megglesart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bob Ross would be disappointed in your AI Generated Slop.
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The Bookwench 🇨🇦🐱🏳️‍🌈 @shiftercat.bsky.social · 20h
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
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Happy Claudia: Vampire Smile
Alt: Claudia from the Interview with the Vampire TV series. A prepubescent Black girl wearing a blue and yellow dress with a red ribbon at the collar looks sweetly at someone and smiles. Her smile turns predatory as her fangs extend, and she lunges towards someone in the foreground.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seeing people post about how unfair the “mob justice” against the Cornell rapists is doesn’t really move me when there is no justice for survivors. The system doesn’t work; it enacts further punishment on the victims. Society is even crueler. So spare me the “mob justice” rhetoric about the accused
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 14/09/2026
Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't work
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Tech oligarchs agree calling AI "too dangerous" way cooler than just admitting it doesn't work
SILICON VALLEY - The CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and GrokAI have released a statement agreeing that claiming artificial intelligence "could potentially kill all humans" sounds much more awesome than just admitting that they blew a fortune on glorified chatbots.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending.
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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My feed is full of tiny monsters right now with this from @amayor.bsky.social and the cute baby cryptids drawn by @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social. Loving the parallels!
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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meiko Kaji (star of Lady Snowblood) struttin' through the subway in the 1970s.
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i love how strongly anti-AI young buckaroos are, and the creative community is, and basically anyone who knows anything about it. but dang i wish folks brought that kind of fight to the world of erotica. such a sneaky reveal of how those who CLAIM to care actually dont see erotica as 'real art'
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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BLOOD. $35 Check out my product! www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
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Hillary's Ethically Harvested Blood | Peculiarity Shop
Combine Petra's talent with my latent preference for creepy shit and...Components: Ceramics, Pearl, Copper, Brass, Crystal.
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Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Help save "Room" (Canada's oldest feminist lit magazine), especially if you'd like to see new fiction from me in their next issue. But mostly do it because they rock, and they're important: roommagazine.com/whats-new/an...
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Save Room Magazine: A Fundraiser - ROOM Magazine
SAVE ROOM MAGAZINE: A FUNDRAISER Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary magazine, running since 1975. For over 50 years, our small nonprofit has carved out a space in Canadian literary publishing w...
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lots of cultures believe(d) that disabled people are sacred or to be honored. Even “western” civilizations had respect. Was reminded that in the 1300s, it was believed that sick/poor people were considered closer to God. The plague changed that perception.
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Joshua Lüdtke @joshualudtke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The news today from Hays and Philadelphia isn't exactly great. But giving up means that the decision makers will go with their worst instincts, which will involve selling fossils and other natural history specimens to the highest bidder. That needs to be avoided, so speak up.
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Rachel Holdsworth @rmholdsworth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This Guardian article is headlined 'Fairford bomb plot', no quote marks. But the penultimate paragraph says "After the suspects’ release it emerged that no explosive material had been found.". Someone have a word with the subs?
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Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail
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Denman Rooke @denmanrooke.com · 29/09/2026
The very predictable side effect of not hiring junior roles and replacing* them with AI instead. *AI can't actually do the job of humans. (Credit: inspired by a tweet by a @Dylanszn01 on twitter)
Who killed Hannibal? meme with the text over man with gun "Companies replacing Junior Roles with AI" shooting another man on a couch with text "Junior Artists". Second image is the text: (5 years later) Why can't we find senior talent?
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HallowBreen Season @breensims.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
somewhat along those lines bsky.app/profile/bree...
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Steve B @stevebasnett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also attaching this second post by The Nerve of an additional part to Cory's @doctorow.pluralistic.net article plus another choice quote: "Freaking out about superintelligence is a canonical example of ‘criti-hype’, where critics repeat boosters' claims but append ‘(and that's bad)’ to them"
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I want to make another point here, that I think Faine does an excellent job of highlighting: there isn't anything particularly wrong with putting on sex parties with consenting adults A big issue here is that women are being pressured to attend in order to network *professionally*
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Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No one gets a PhD in "what if the people in charge of the Pentagon are chud idiots and they collapse the world economy because caring about strategy is Woke and Gay". But that is (self-evidently) a far more likely thing to happen, simply because it only requires stupidity to accomplish.
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The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An engineering student who looks at the history of textile manufacturing and sees reactionary labor pushback isn't going to be surprised by the contemporary reaction to AI. Unfortunately, many of the people running modern AI didn't internalize those ideas, and it's causing social problems.
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To add to this thought a bit: one of the perils of those of us in kink culture being (often by necessity) somewhat careful and discreet is that people like Aella who aren't do a disproportunate amount of damage
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal
Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."
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lumpenpoledancer @daturabombs333.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Caretaker has not been eating - they just pancake; piece of spam. It’s been affecting the mood and household. I haven’t eaten in 24 hours too. Used up last of Uber Eats gift card; had to cover McDonalds. So please help keep us fed here, causing issues. Can show ubereats receipts and groceries too
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
tolkien‘s elves don’t actually have perfect memory. that’s just ptsd and they’re neuroses worsened by immortality, leaving them eternally stuck writing poetry about battles 3000 plus years ago
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DiscordianKitty⭐ @discordiankitty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Me: powerful people shouldn't be treated like they're above the rules Too many of you: but he's like, *really* powerful though I know. Powerful people should not. Be treated. Like they're above. The rules. Reread it if it's so hard to understand the first time around
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september jousting tournament @racerxmachina.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
/cries in union organizer It's been really hard to get grown adults to realize that we all have to work together to get what we want. The IT guys don't see how turning up for the janitors will benefit THEM and I'm like... dude, not everything is about you
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the "iced coffee at a job interview" discussion is obviously stupid but also a great representation of the fact that every single HR person/recruiter has their own different made up rules for candidates and all of them think they are absolutely correct
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sugar | COMMS OPEN 💗✨🌈 @sugarcubees.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
PLEASE SHARE I'm having a really hard time dealing with finances and my mental health is suffering at the same time. I don't like asking for help, but I really need it. If you can donate even a dollar, please do. If you like commissions, please consider grabbing one. ✨ DONATE COMMISSION ME
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's very "funny" this is happening at the same time the AI companies got away with stealing everyone's books
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bless the memory of Stanislav Yevgrafovich, the Man Who Saved the World. At a moment when it mattered, he chose humanity.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The English language conveniently offers us a term for people who hear what fascists have to say and think "This sounds good to me."
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
lol but not THEIR kids though. Tech bros want their kids to be tech-free.
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Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not for Their Own Kids.
At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something.
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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
as a bookstore owner, we cannot do the work or offer the benefits which public libraries do—fund libraries and everyone, including bookstores, will thrive
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 23/12/2025
As a starting point I think the CEO of every company offering chatbots should be *personally* liable for all the text their chatbots produce. as though it was a direct conversation with them
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Brittney Elizabeth Stoneburg @brittandbone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
IMO, there's still a huge disconnect between how the public perceives natural history museums and the prestige surrounding them, and the actual economics of sustaining them.
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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... neat perspective here - “[Dunbar] pointed to the Salmon River Wind Project, which began as a concept for energy sovereignty for the Wolastoqey Nation. [He] said it started as a possible 25-megawatt project and has now grown to 200 megawatts.”
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Consultation over energy projects getting better, Indigenous energy leaders say | CBC News
Communication is getting better as Indigenous communities take a greater interest in energy projects and assume leadership roles in projects as well, participants in an Indigenous-led energy conferenc...
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Ivy @becauseivy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's Thinking Thursday, delete your robots
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Tami Wicinas @tamiwicinas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am pleased with how my betta fish dish came out. I’m having a lot of fun playing with the glaze on these fish!
Ceramic dish sculpted in the shape of a betta fish. The glaze ranges from green to blue to purple.Close-up of betta fish dish.
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nonspecifically red @unfixable.place · 24/09/2026
Every single post in this qrt chain be looking like this
Saddest man alive / most beautiful woman you've ever met meme 
Look at what the left has done to our men
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
General reminder, gang: @cartoonist.coop has multiple pages of tutorials on building your own site. Do not sign your productive output over to corporations who consider you acceptable collateral damage in their pursuit of profit. cartoonist.coop/resources/
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RESOURCES – CARTOONISTS UNITED
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 23/09/2026
wild that they’re just doing “trans people & furries are all too insane to be trusted with employment” on the floor of the senate & it’s so normalized now that i don’t have an emotional reaction, i just think, “hmm more scaffolding for bad things” & i’ll bet cis people won’t even clock it happened.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m really not sure that “goes rogue” is an accurate description of a behavior that is apparently both habitual and condoned
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More OpenAl Incidents
The company's A.l. went rogue this year at least four additional times, trying to break into government and university sites.
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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If an individual did this, we'd treat it as a crime. We should treat this as a crime too, and hold OpenAI liable for what its models, under its supervision, did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
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Diana Nightbloom @dianamutualaidsupp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please help by quote posting, liking and donating. 💕 💸 #HelpSky #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive #MADBoost
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