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A doodle of a transmasc Jesus in a 9th century book of monsters is the starting point for @ebermichael.bsky.social’s new piece in @contingent-mag.bsky.social. Don’t miss it.
Christ, What a Monster!
Something gendered was going on here.
contingentmagazine.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A doodle of a transmasc Jesus in a 9th century book of monsters is the starting point for @ebermichael.bsky.social’s new piece in @contingent-mag.bsky.social. Don’t miss it.
Slept in a Tragically Hip shirt, when I left your house this morning it was a little after nine
Slept in an Electric Mayhem shirt, woke up to aurora borealis shining down in Dallas.
Slept in a Beatles shirt, woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head.
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Slept in a Tragically Hip shirt, when I left your house this morning it was a little after nine
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The Danish word ‘hygge’ refers to “a cozy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable.”
We hope this list of joyful words makes you feel hygge.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
We hope this list of joyful words makes you feel hygge.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
Ten Kinds of Happiness
Joyful words from around the world
www.merriam-webster.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Danish word ‘hygge’ refers to “a cozy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable.”
We hope this list of joyful words makes you feel hygge.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
We hope this list of joyful words makes you feel hygge.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
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142 autumns ago, a paper in the nation's capital reported that "an Iowa woman has spent seven years embroidering the solar system on a quilt." Ellen Harding Baker used her stunning quilt to teach astronomy in an era when women could not attend college www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/06/e...
Cosmic Threads: A Solar System Quilt from 1876
A serenade to the universe in wool and silk.
www.themarginalian.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
142 autumns ago, a paper in the nation's capital reported that "an Iowa woman has spent seven years embroidering the solar system on a quilt." Ellen Harding Baker used her stunning quilt to teach astronomy in an era when women could not attend college www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/06/e...
If you see this repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If you see this repost with your model of positive masculinity
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Immunity debt's "...explanatory power has faded as the number of non-covid infections has kept rising each year...
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Immunity debt's "...explanatory power has faded as the number of non-covid infections has kept rising each year...
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Metformin reduces the benefits of exercise in people with diabetes
Scientists warn common diabetes drug may be cancelling out benefits of exercise
New study raises urgent questions about how doctors treat diabetes
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Metformin reduces the benefits of exercise in people with diabetes
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CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
CHOTINER: So You created us right
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: In Your image
GOD: Yes
CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things
GOD: Oh Yes
CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods
GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this
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I thought I knew the story of the "lost world" off the east coast of Britain, inhabited by Mesolithic people until rising sea waters engulfed it around 8,000 years ago...
But I didn't know about the *tsunami*.
Holy hell.
1/
But I didn't know about the *tsunami*.
Holy hell.
1/
November 12, 2024 at 6:36 PM
I thought I knew the story of the "lost world" off the east coast of Britain, inhabited by Mesolithic people until rising sea waters engulfed it around 8,000 years ago...
But I didn't know about the *tsunami*.
Holy hell.
1/
But I didn't know about the *tsunami*.
Holy hell.
1/
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A selection of New York Times columnists tap gently at the door of Jordan Peterson’s Arizona crypt, asking him to come out and explain how, although the left may not have done it, the left *made* that troubled young man do it.
September 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A selection of New York Times columnists tap gently at the door of Jordan Peterson’s Arizona crypt, asking him to come out and explain how, although the left may not have done it, the left *made* that troubled young man do it.
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I wonder if they started this series in the middle.
August 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I wonder if they started this series in the middle.
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okay, fine, i think adam lambert finally just won me over
HOLY SHIT this is the absolute gayest (laudatory) thing I have seen in a month where I taught Clarion and attended Readercon.
youtu.be/dB7NsWHCQv4?...
youtu.be/dB7NsWHCQv4?...
Adam Lambert - Holding Out for a Hero (Music Video)
YouTube video by Adam Lambert
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July 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
okay, fine, i think adam lambert finally just won me over
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"But that verdict means only that the accused were not found legally blameworthy beyond a reasonable doubt – it does not declare that there was no harm, no troubling behaviour, or no cultural conditions that contributed to what happened."
Opinion: Restorative justice could have offered a better path for everyone involved in the Hockey Canada trial
Despite myths that restorative justice is about leniency for the accused, Canada is well placed to invest in a rigorous process that offers a path to accountability and meaningful change
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"But that verdict means only that the accused were not found legally blameworthy beyond a reasonable doubt – it does not declare that there was no harm, no troubling behaviour, or no cultural conditions that contributed to what happened."
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OH. MY. GOD. @rosequeue.bsky.social @slowseptember.bsky.social
“Carrots,” the handsome boy called Gilbert Blythe said. “Your hair is red, and therefore it is like carrots.”
Anne shot Gilbert in the leg.
Anne shot Gilbert in the leg.
Anne Lived in Gables. They Were Green. by Ernest Hemingway
Matthew Cuthbert was a silent man. He drove a buggy. Mrs. Rachel Lynde, a loud, fat woman, watched him drive by. - - -Matthew saw an ugly girl with...
buff.ly
July 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
OH. MY. GOD. @rosequeue.bsky.social @slowseptember.bsky.social
This is where I post from
July 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is where I post from
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So far this forest-fire season, 1.9 per cent of Manitoba has burned.
According to the province, 10,638 square kms has burned.
The total land area in Manitoba is 548,360 square kms. This does not include lakes or Hudson Bay.
#mbfire
According to the province, 10,638 square kms has burned.
The total land area in Manitoba is 548,360 square kms. This does not include lakes or Hudson Bay.
#mbfire
July 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So far this forest-fire season, 1.9 per cent of Manitoba has burned.
According to the province, 10,638 square kms has burned.
The total land area in Manitoba is 548,360 square kms. This does not include lakes or Hudson Bay.
#mbfire
According to the province, 10,638 square kms has burned.
The total land area in Manitoba is 548,360 square kms. This does not include lakes or Hudson Bay.
#mbfire
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The plantation burning reminds me of when the residential school burnt down in Shubenacadie.
I was very young. Not understanding why we were all there watching a scary looking building burning. Cars lined up all over both sides of the road. It seemed like the entire rez population (1)
I was very young. Not understanding why we were all there watching a scary looking building burning. Cars lined up all over both sides of the road. It seemed like the entire rez population (1)
May 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The plantation burning reminds me of when the residential school burnt down in Shubenacadie.
I was very young. Not understanding why we were all there watching a scary looking building burning. Cars lined up all over both sides of the road. It seemed like the entire rez population (1)
I was very young. Not understanding why we were all there watching a scary looking building burning. Cars lined up all over both sides of the road. It seemed like the entire rez population (1)
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May 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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CBC News TikTok hits from last night:
A) Mark Carney dancing to Down With Webster (2M+) www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
B) @davidwcochrane.bsky.social remarking on the "sheer girth" of the long ballot in Pierre Poilievre's riding (1.2M+). www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
A) Mark Carney dancing to Down With Webster (2M+) www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
B) @davidwcochrane.bsky.social remarking on the "sheer girth" of the long ballot in Pierre Poilievre's riding (1.2M+). www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
April 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
CBC News TikTok hits from last night:
A) Mark Carney dancing to Down With Webster (2M+) www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
B) @davidwcochrane.bsky.social remarking on the "sheer girth" of the long ballot in Pierre Poilievre's riding (1.2M+). www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
A) Mark Carney dancing to Down With Webster (2M+) www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
B) @davidwcochrane.bsky.social remarking on the "sheer girth" of the long ballot in Pierre Poilievre's riding (1.2M+). www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
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2/3 of people with peanut allergies cured in new trial
'My peanut allergy nearly killed me - now I eat them every day'
Just a few years ago, Chris Brookes-Smith could have died from eating peanuts - but taking part in a clinical trial has changed his life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
2/3 of people with peanut allergies cured in new trial
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‘STOP the American takeover of Canada!’ — Inspiration and humour from a London, Ont. art movement
‘STOP the American takeover of Canada!’ — Inspiration and humour from a London, Ont. art movement
The work of London, Ont., artist Greg Curnow, and the the art scene and city he was part of offer creative inspiration for navigating Canada-U.S. tensions.
theconversation.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
‘STOP the American takeover of Canada!’ — Inspiration and humour from a London, Ont. art movement
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Elderly patients can deteriorate hourly in the ER. This team works against the clock to get them out. 'Hospital-associated deconditioning' a preventable catastrophe, research shows www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec... via @cbcnews.ca @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social #geriatrics #eldercare
Elderly patients can deteriorate hourly in the ER. This team works against the clock to get them out | CBC Radio
It may seem counterintuitive, but hospital emergency rooms can be hazardous to the health of elderly patients. The chaotic environment can cause delirium and deconditioning to set in fast, and some pa...
www.cbc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Elderly patients can deteriorate hourly in the ER. This team works against the clock to get them out. 'Hospital-associated deconditioning' a preventable catastrophe, research shows www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec... via @cbcnews.ca @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social #geriatrics #eldercare