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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 1h

This is a major miss.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 2h

Did everyone just suddenly forget that Pierre Trudeau also slept with American celebrities or

Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 2h

Always be closing (cumming)

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Jen Raso @jenraso.bsky.social · 23h

I often urge law students to be precise when and where they use passive language, and to notice the work it does when used by others (judges, politicians, reporters, and anyone describing actions being done without actors). This is a great, but awful, example.

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 2d

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 21h

the next time someone throws off the line "The Godfather glamorizes the mafia" you should show them this scene

Jaime N. Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.social · 21h

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 21h

a woman stands in front of a window with the godfather 50 years written on the bottom

Alt: a woman stands in front of a window with the godfather 50 years written on the bottom

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 21h

She nailed the new england mom schtick so so well.

Keesh @carrdiganbutton.bsky.social · 22h

people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Ned @thewesterhazys.bsky.social · 1d

It is just a whole different thing when a politician has actual values and isn’t afraid to articulate them.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

American Meritocracy

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 2d

"Less than 5% of corn ethanol cropland could power ALL of AMERICA'S ENERGY NEEDS with solar" says my friend Saul Griffith @rewiringaus.bsky.social

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 2d

Incorrect use of semicolons, missing period. Like okay.

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 2d

No period first sentence. Incorrect use of semicolons. Head of news.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 2d

Absolutely going to get fed into an LLM with a "tell me who to fire, I want to reduce headcount at least 50% so I can replace with people who I can rely on ideologically"

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the full memo.

Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 2d

From nicotine addiction to alcoholism!

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 2d

Ontario’s expansion of alcohol sales has been a “real game-changer” for convenience stores, driving higher foot traffic and replacing revenue lost due to a “huge” decrease in cigarette sales, according to the Convenience Industry Council of Canada.

Ontario’s convenience stores were in trouble, until beer and wine sales. Now revenues are surging

A new survey by the Convenience Industry Council of Canada found that revenue on all products in convenience stores was up 12 per cent this September in Ontario compared to last fall.

www.thestar.com

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 2d

Five sign posts. Amazing.

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 2d

U of T created an emergency fund for researchers affected by US cuts www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-lau...

U of T launches emergency research fund to support faculty hit by U.S. cuts

The University of Toronto is taking steps to safeguard critical U of T research threatened by unexpected U.S. funding cuts – creating an emergency research fund that provides up to one year of bridge ...

www.utoronto.ca

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 2d

The only time I use LLMs for writing is when I know a word but can't remember it and need to give context clues to tease it out. It's basically an efficient, polite thesaurus. So, woe to you thesaurus publishers I guess?

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 3d

Large adult sons are back

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 3d

Antifa is out of control

FDR in a wheelchair petting his dog with his daughter.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Contra Tenore @cntrtnr.bsky.social · 4d

John Maus isn't exactly obscure and he has some problematic personal associations but his music feels like it was made for my brain.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

What’s a good band you’ve discovered recently that not enough people know about? And don’t be like The Beatles you piece of shit, you ornery fuck

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