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Shout out to all the marginalized folks whose freedom to simply live their lives has been turned into a political football by assholes and whatnot.

🧵Yesterday, British Columbia elected a Conservative majority government that ran on a platform of tax cuts and accelerating the pillaging of nature, or what the party calls “natural resources exploitation.” They also ran on attacking Indigenous sovereignty and trans rights.

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇

Rabid skunk captured in Vancouver bit ‘small number’ of people, officials say

Here is the church And here is the steeple Open the doors And see Tommy Teepell

If you're backyard is close to water, consider building a frog sauna to help treat chytrid!

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

www.wired.com/story/the-te...

"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?" buff.ly/oLdL54C

Too many to count! Chicken Lady, Paul Bellini, all the Cathies, Cabbage Head, Buddy, Jerry Sizzler, Gavin, Answer the phone, prick!, good fucking ham, terriers, 30 Helens agree, and on and on.

@badmedicaltakes.bsky.social this is fine, right?

Love the new addition to the MMF, formerly Bank of Montreal building downtown. #winnipeg

For context- John Adair, who is a co-owner of Sooke Brewing Co. (so really can't be "terminated") posted a photo of himself wearing a residential school denying tshirt on Truth And Reconciliation Day. He was proud of it and literally said it with his whole chest. He meant to harm.

Such a good move by the beleaguered CBC RT www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

Excellent coverage of the #Montréal #UCI race by @cbcgem.bsky.social. More cycling coverage in the future please! Flobikes' is dreadful and unfortunate that being the only choice for tour coverage.

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

Ok what is the most death metal biology term? Cytokine storm? Programmed death 1? Executioner caspase? Other?

We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

Absolutely worth the 3 minutes to watch.

Everything I read about BC politics right now is like being cornered at a party while a guy on coke badly explains season 4 of a show you’ve never heard of.

Bears! Bears! Bears! Bears! *bangs table* BEARS! BEARS! BEARS! BEARS! https://kotaku.com/happy-fat-bear-week-everyone-2000736138

🚨 The Burnaby Lake Regional Park Management Plan survey closes tonight. Help shape how we care for and protect this special park by taking the survey today: https://ow.ly/nYVY50ZwI1m #MetroVancouver #BurnabyLakeRegionalPark

Frankly as a classical liberal I don’t think any of this should be part of normal political discourse, but if they’re demanding it, fine: Even though it shouldn’t matter, right-wing US Evangelicalism is an unlettered perversion that ineptly projects bigotry into scripture where it doesn’t exist.

As per CBE’s policy, the Minister of Tourism and Sport is notified every time a challenge is filed. What a message it would send to get thousands of notifications 🤔 www.cbe.ab.ca/documents/7d...

Happy Retaliatory Canadian Tariffs Eve to all who celebrate.

using the logic of ai tech bros I have created a simulation where you are in love with me so now we are in love in real life

On this day 1896 130 years ago, the discovery of gold in the Yukon led to a stampede to the Klondike region. This led to the establishment of Dawson City and the Yukon Territory. Sam Steele helped establish the authority of the Canadian government during the Klondike Gold Rush.

"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze

Hilroy to remove additional province from map of Canada every year until demands met

New Heritage Minute just dropped, starring Rick Mercer as the mayor of Gander, Newfoundland:

This pelican is a liar and a charlatan.

We are happy to join Bluesky! We are the Canadian Cultural Heritage Advocacy Committee. We are cultural heritage workers in Canada representing all sectors: museums, libraries, archives, galleries, genealogists, and historians. Our website: heritageadvocacy.ca

Oooh, a bracket! www.mineralcup.org/2026/bracket

There are ParentsVoice candidates in #NewWest according to the BC Elections site. Also, sub Progressive for Conservative...

So anyways now that we're here, might as well look at how we got here.

We’re not changing it.

There are 3 Fresh Slice locations in #NewWest.

Don't you dare look at the replies and download a certain file. That would be bad.

Hummingbirds.

Cofnas was hired as a scholar of liberalism, not as a philosopher of biology, let alone a race war polemicist bsky.app/profile/rote...

Last Thursday, the far-right student organization KVHV organized a public lecture by Nathan Cofnas. The lecture was an absolute train wreck. It will take a while to analyze everything, but here are some first impressions. /1