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Aonghus Ó hAlmhain @aonghusoha.bsky.social · 1h

Bréaga a chreideann ríomhchláraitheoirí faoi teangacha, le samplaí. Ó @lexiconista.bsky.social

www.lexiconista.com/falsehoods-a...

Falsehoods programmers believe about languages

This is what we have to put up with in the software localisation industry.

www.lexiconista.com

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1h

guys I don't know how to break this to you but £6.19 an hour did not make me rich

Jimblesnarks @jimblesnarks.bsky.social · 1h

He said Europeans came here to make a fortune being baristas and I don't need to listen to 'socialist' boomers on anything because they all arrive via the Daily Mail.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1h

UPDATE -- students in Georgia who've participated in the Reading Bowl have launched a petition to get answers as to why these 8 books were banned. Please amplify their petition and message, as well as the story here.

Petition: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

Image of a book with flowers on it. It's a flier from the Wheeler High School Reading Bowl team saying "Fight Book Banning." Under the image it says "We want open minds, not closed books," and asks people to sign their petition: https://www.change.org/p/ensure-transparency-and-change-in-georgia-high-school-hrrb-book-banning-process?recruited_by_id=1a6e97a0-a854-11f0-aa25-fd089d14a993&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · Jun 11

Here's the thing: tear gas and pepper spray cause pain that goes away on its own over time, usually minutes, sometimes tens of minutes.

Putting [XYZ - insert laxative, windex, antacid, honey, milk] may have seemed to "work" for someone, because the pain was going to go away anyway.

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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 1h

*cackle*

Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, but on the other hand...

...let's do it anyway.

C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 2h

Gail, No!!! There’s trolling and then there’s suicide. Rule fucking number one of the Internet: the Swifties are NOT to be fucked with!

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Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 13h

God it's so gross hearing reporters talk about Israeli "hostages" but then refer to Palestinian "prisoners held without charge" like what's the material difference between these two categories?

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phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 2h

from a restored 1st century CE Dionysian fresco

The Baccantis before the Feast in the Triclinium in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Campania, Italy

UNESCO World Heritage Site

A young woman gazes at the viewer while fixing her hair

A roman fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii showing the preparation of a young bride after the initiation rite in honor of Dionysus, 1st century BC

POMPEII, ITALY—Now that a two-year restoration project has been completed, the Villa of the Mysteries has reopened to visitors. The building’s paintings, which feature life-sized figures, are thought to depict the initiation rites of the cult of Dionysus. Wax that had been applied during an earlier restoration was removed, and the darkened images were brightened. “We know well that the world looks with great attention at everything that happens at Pompeii. Today, Italy is proud to say to the world that we have turned a page,” Dario Franceschini, the Italian culture minister, said in a press conference reported in The Telegraph. For an in-depth report on this work, see "Saving the Villa of the Mysteries."

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 3h

The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.

The privatization crisis at Canada Post

Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...

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Billy Bob @billybob5.bsky.social · 2h

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2h

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2h

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends!

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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 11h

someone described Canberra as "a hot version of Ottawa with even more fascist architecture"

(apparently a similar amount of fuck all as Ottawa as well)

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Andrew. @g026r.leftblank.org · 12h

Big accounts are alien sorcerers from the planet Zeist?

I knew it!

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12h

the thing they don't tell you is that once you're past 10k you only get more followers by beheading a larger account holder in single combat.

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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 12h

feck and bollocks and so forth, where's that whole wad of text I wrote back in summer?

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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 12h

Yis will all be thrilled, thrilled I tell you, to learn that the shirt named after my granny is made from Italian fabric.

The, uh, coat or whatever it is named after me is possibly also made from Italian fabric.

Here endeth the lesson.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

The cost of fabric will depend on what you're buying.

— Chinese-made shirt fabric will cost you about $3 or $4 per yard.
— Portuguese fabric will cost about $5 or $6 yard.
— Turkish fabric is $8 or $9.
— Italian fabric can be higher.

To make a shirt, you need 1.75 yards.

Some finish shirt fabric in a swatch book.

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Ashley @bookjunkie007.bsky.social · 12h

I was aware of a version of this cost markup thread from multiple ethical sustainable Canadian fashion brands’ social media posts. I have still had people telling me that it was “unreasonable” to expect people to pay $198 CAD for an ethical pair of pants when a mid-level pair of pants costs $90 CAD.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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LiamMcIntosh He/Him 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @liammci.bsky.social · 13h

I think William S Burroughs had this dream once.

Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 19h

If people fancy seeing the sort of fantasy stuff I'm doing for Warhammer, my novella "On the Shoulders of Giants" has its paperback preorder starting next Saturday. If you don't know Warhammer, you don't particularly need to. Just the story of a man with a gun who lives on top of an ogre.

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west end girl (in a dead end world) @koanside.bsky.social · 15h

I started binging Portlandia a week or two before the Portland protests began and it's awesome to see they haven't lost that spirit the way it feels like Vancouver mostly has. gem.cbc.ca/portlandia/s01

(also, I 🤍 bagpipes!)

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Gavin B @ghostflaneur.bsky.social · 16h

tis a faint bit chilly out, so tis.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 2d

Had to move today's Worcester Public Library + Worcester Cinema screening of @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social to the main area of the building because the Banx Room wasn't big enough!

Stop by between 2 and 4 pm for postcard writing screenprinting, and more w/ @massaabb.bsky.social!

#BannedBooksWeek

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 1d

“Bike lanes create cyclists because they largely eliminate the risk of being crushed by careless or aggressive suv drivers.” - @dlknowles.bsky.social

Seems like a reasonable ask to our elected municipal reps here in #TOpoli

E-bikes are #SustainableUrbanVehicle
🚲 #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 1d

The e-cargo bike in question is from North Vancouver’s pilot lending program, which makes a variety of electric bicycles available for residents to borrow at for free from a branch of their local library. We were honoured to learn it was inspired by a chapter of our book ‘Building the Cycling City’!

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 19h

Sure, but if he’d stuck around for the PhD, nobody would be listening to him now. Checkmate

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Rob Shum @robshum.bsky.social · 19h

Chag Sameach to all my fellow rootless culinary-cosmopolitans out there.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 22h

Did not know this about Old Bay

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James Hodden @jameshodden.bsky.social · 19h

See for example Brexit. And watch the "left" not realise that pointing out that this is nonsense and is going to do catastrophic damage to everyone's quality of life isn't enough.

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