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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 5h

Canadians chill tf out challenge.

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 16h

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh".
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ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 7h

Wait, I’ve got it- “… mega struck by her.” Nailed it.

I’m no good at threading posts, so I’m sure I sound like a lunatic by now. Point is, you’re just the tops. It’s lousy & unfair that you should be and feel so isolated. But you’re still wonderful, even when you don’t feel like that. I promise.

Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 7h

I fully accept that this sounds youth pastor cringe, but I do mean it. How abouuuuuttt… “Orbital Megastructure? Hardly even know her! But she’s… Mega… structural…”. Look, I said I’m not a youth pastor.

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, I hear that. Your work is meaningful and important, but it can’t be everything, and when it stops being fulfilling, even for a moment? Oooof. *You* absolutely are meaningful and important and fulfilling, though. Lousy feeling will pass. I hope you can be easy on yourself, even a little bit.

Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 7h

Sometimes it just don’t. You’re more than your work, and a whole lot if us think you’re terrific. But what a frustrating feeling. Brains! Who needs ‘em. Terrible roommates. Eat all the pizza and don’t do the dishes. Hope you get some good sleep.

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 1d

“Do you want to live a long and busy life, with honor at the end of it? Then exaggerate your limp, stammer deliberately, sham sickness frequently, let your wits wander, and play the fool as much as you like!”

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 4d

♦ NEW PLAYLIST ♦

PLEASE DESTROY ME THIS WAY: SEXY GOTH IV 1997-2025

More modern sounds of dark romance

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/playlist/2QW...

Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

YouTube:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Please Destroy Me This Way: Sexy Goth IV 1997-2025

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 4d

Folks, it’s good stuff.

Pop Heist @popheist.com · 5d

🏛️ ALERT 🏛️
@seantcollins.com's PRESTIGE PREHISTORY continues with recaps of I, CLAUDIUS. 🎭
Tyrants are children with the hatreds of men, and — whether forcibly taken or freely given — the power of the gods. 🐍
New recaps drop Mondays at 12 AM ET for subscribers 🔓 $7/mo, $70/year ✉️

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 5d

Can I be a motorcycle robot guy?

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 5d

“Ryder? Man, I couldn’t even keep up with her…”

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 7d

This podcast entered my rotation so fast I need physio. 100/10.

Kill James Bond! @killjamesbond.bsky.social · Nov 24

Hello Bluesky: we are Kill James Bond - a podcast about guy movies hosted by 3 people who aren’t guys anymore: Abigail Thorn, November Kelly, & Devon

Trans rights, free Palestine, and as always - Kill James Bond

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 7d

Buying and airbrushing my first van on the strength of this.

Matthew Perpetua @fluxblog.bsky.social · 10d

New playlist ⚫EARLY METAL AND HEAVY ROCK 1968-1972⚫, featuring prime movers, early adopters, and key one-offs at the dawn of the heavy metal era

🦇Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3BG...

🎸Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

🤘YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 8d

I use an old one of these that used to be part of my father’s woodworking kit. I always wondered what this triangular, needle-like filing tool was called!

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 10d

Baked goods? More like baked AWESOMES

The metal grille of a cooling rack sits atop the black burners and white surface of a standard oven. The main attraction, however are the golden brown, crispy craggily cookies. Amber chocolate chip cookies and darker oatmeal-maple raisin cookies. They look so damn good. It’s probably for the best that Bluesky doesn’t have Smell-O-Vision, but in this case, you’re missing out.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 11d

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day – a time to raise awareness for the ongoing impacts of residential school and remember the children who never came home.

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 13d

Seems to come earlier every year.

Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 19d

Everyone go watch I,CLAUDIUS* and read Sean’s wonderful reviews. You will celebrate the choices that bring you to this fate, as much as all these crazy Romans will regret theirs.

*I,CLAVDIVS

Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 19d

Do you want to see John Hurt, Patrick Stewart, and Patricia Quinn from The Rocky Horror Picture Show play a bunch of terminally horny fall-of-Empire psychopaths? If so, have I got good news for you! (gift link)

'I, Claudius' Episode 7 Recap: Goddesses and Monsters - Pop Heist

Rome descends further into depravity as Sejanus acquires more power and a new lover. Claudius must now contend with Caligula.

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 20d

Exactly what I needed this evening. Thank you!

Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 20d

I’ve never been a foot guy before, but man, your photos make a powerful argument. Always glad to see them. Thank you!

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 24d

Oh hell yeah. Adding Hellraisers to my list.

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 24d

Do you have a favourite “hangover watch”? Something you can enjoy/tolerate any number of times, that gives a baseline pleasure, every time.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 24d

One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women

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David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 27d

Working for the devil got you down? Place a curse on a wealthy family--it worked for me! I just wrote 'Self-care for monsters', another lively issue of Sunday Scaries. buttondown.com/daviddemchuk...

Self-care for monsters

Grindhouse trailers, Bollywood horror musicals, cat ears and credit cards, cancelled comic books, Dark Stories for Dark Times and other ways to escape the horrors of the real world. Welcome back to Su...

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Post Mahone @thegingercolossus.bsky.social · 29d

@bsky.app reinstate Gretchen. Don’t be fucking quislings. You know you are wrong. You can be right.

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