Erin (Snow Mephit Era)
@erinsopran.bsky.social
Silly, strident, queer, neurosomething, opera, etc. Settler in Mi'kma'ki. You know me from that thing.
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Limited time thing!
It would help a ton if you would share - if it helps, it's very cute and it's gayyy
It would help a ton if you would share - if it helps, it's very cute and it's gayyy
BONUS CONTENT!
This month only, you can watch our adorable queer 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 holiday 🎄rom-com 👩❤️💋👨 film 🍿 when you buy the EP: essentialopera.bandcamp.com/album/decemb...
As heard on CBC Music!
#opera #classical #musicaltheater #newmusic
This month only, you can watch our adorable queer 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 holiday 🎄rom-com 👩❤️💋👨 film 🍿 when you buy the EP: essentialopera.bandcamp.com/album/decemb...
As heard on CBC Music!
#opera #classical #musicaltheater #newmusic
December [Complete EP], by Essential Opera
5 track album
essentialopera.bandcamp.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Limited time thing!
It would help a ton if you would share - if it helps, it's very cute and it's gayyy
It would help a ton if you would share - if it helps, it's very cute and it's gayyy
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TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
December 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!
Jackie Kashian is an international treasure.
fun comedy from my last special staykashian which is entirely on YouTube. This is to encourage you to come to my show in Milwaukee next weekend.
December 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Jackie Kashian is an international treasure.
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It's your birthday, Duane.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's your birthday, Duane.
One benefit of All This is that next time I have to fill out a little feedback doodad about Word popping up unnecessary "AI" "features" instead of just being a functional word processor, I will be addressing said feedback to Brandon
👍👍👍👍👍
It's cool he's so focused on user perspectives
👍👍👍👍👍
👍👍👍👍👍
It's cool he's so focused on user perspectives
👍👍👍👍👍
I would like to present to you the totally objective AI “architect” who believes that a professor of sociology is too biased to give an opinion on academia and AI but he is, evidently, well positioned.
This person would have done well to take more humanities.
This person would have done well to take more humanities.
December 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
One benefit of All This is that next time I have to fill out a little feedback doodad about Word popping up unnecessary "AI" "features" instead of just being a functional word processor, I will be addressing said feedback to Brandon
👍👍👍👍👍
It's cool he's so focused on user perspectives
👍👍👍👍👍
👍👍👍👍👍
It's cool he's so focused on user perspectives
👍👍👍👍👍
Limited time thing!
It would help a ton if you would share - if it helps, it's very cute and it's gayyy
It would help a ton if you would share - if it helps, it's very cute and it's gayyy
BONUS CONTENT!
This month only, you can watch our adorable queer 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 holiday 🎄rom-com 👩❤️💋👨 film 🍿 when you buy the EP: essentialopera.bandcamp.com/album/decemb...
As heard on CBC Music!
#opera #classical #musicaltheater #newmusic
This month only, you can watch our adorable queer 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 holiday 🎄rom-com 👩❤️💋👨 film 🍿 when you buy the EP: essentialopera.bandcamp.com/album/decemb...
As heard on CBC Music!
#opera #classical #musicaltheater #newmusic
December [Complete EP], by Essential Opera
5 track album
essentialopera.bandcamp.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Limited time thing!
It would help a ton if you would share - if it helps, it's very cute and it's gayyy
It would help a ton if you would share - if it helps, it's very cute and it's gayyy
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BONUS CONTENT!
This month only, you can watch our adorable queer 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 holiday 🎄rom-com 👩❤️💋👨 film 🍿 when you buy the EP: essentialopera.bandcamp.com/album/decemb...
As heard on CBC Music!
#opera #classical #musicaltheater #newmusic
This month only, you can watch our adorable queer 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 holiday 🎄rom-com 👩❤️💋👨 film 🍿 when you buy the EP: essentialopera.bandcamp.com/album/decemb...
As heard on CBC Music!
#opera #classical #musicaltheater #newmusic
December [Complete EP], by Essential Opera
5 track album
essentialopera.bandcamp.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BONUS CONTENT!
This month only, you can watch our adorable queer 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 holiday 🎄rom-com 👩❤️💋👨 film 🍿 when you buy the EP: essentialopera.bandcamp.com/album/decemb...
As heard on CBC Music!
#opera #classical #musicaltheater #newmusic
This month only, you can watch our adorable queer 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 holiday 🎄rom-com 👩❤️💋👨 film 🍿 when you buy the EP: essentialopera.bandcamp.com/album/decemb...
As heard on CBC Music!
#opera #classical #musicaltheater #newmusic
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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The reason CEOs think genAI is so capable of doing everyone's jobs is because literally the only job genAI has been able to do from the get go, and will possibly ever be able to completely do, is a CEOs job.
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The reason CEOs think genAI is so capable of doing everyone's jobs is because literally the only job genAI has been able to do from the get go, and will possibly ever be able to completely do, is a CEOs job.
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One of the very silly talking points going around about ai is "what if you get writer's block so bad there's no way out? Shouldn't you turn to ai then instead of wasting all that effort you've already done? Do you just shelve it?"
YES, YOU JUST SHELVE IT.
FOR NOW.
YOU MAY SURPRISE YOURSELF.
YES, YOU JUST SHELVE IT.
FOR NOW.
YOU MAY SURPRISE YOURSELF.
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
One of the very silly talking points going around about ai is "what if you get writer's block so bad there's no way out? Shouldn't you turn to ai then instead of wasting all that effort you've already done? Do you just shelve it?"
YES, YOU JUST SHELVE IT.
FOR NOW.
YOU MAY SURPRISE YOURSELF.
YES, YOU JUST SHELVE IT.
FOR NOW.
YOU MAY SURPRISE YOURSELF.
As a kid I moved Vancouver -> Prairies *in winter*: could not comprehend how one survived -30. Morning DJs announced how fast your skin would freeze. Absurd! But with the right gear? It's fine.
Moved back(ish) to Vancouver Island: miserable, shivering, bedraggled, infuriated.
Damp vs. dry is REAL.
Moved back(ish) to Vancouver Island: miserable, shivering, bedraggled, infuriated.
Damp vs. dry is REAL.
The rest of Canada laughs at us Wet Coasters when we complain about temps under 8 C. But for real, it's a different kind of cold that tears through your muscles and bones and can cause muscles to go POP simply cos you took a step
December 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
As a kid I moved Vancouver -> Prairies *in winter*: could not comprehend how one survived -30. Morning DJs announced how fast your skin would freeze. Absurd! But with the right gear? It's fine.
Moved back(ish) to Vancouver Island: miserable, shivering, bedraggled, infuriated.
Damp vs. dry is REAL.
Moved back(ish) to Vancouver Island: miserable, shivering, bedraggled, infuriated.
Damp vs. dry is REAL.
LLMs cannot do this! They can only regurgitate combinations of other people's ideas that are already out there! Yarrrrrgh
Call out the "generate ideas" lie every single time.
Absolute bullshit.
Absolute bullshit.
December 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
LLMs cannot do this! They can only regurgitate combinations of other people's ideas that are already out there! Yarrrrrgh
Re: you can plug "opera" or "classical music" into most posts about writing/publishing
Publishing has this 'we're not like other industries' complex about it where the culture normalises & celebrates anecdotes about having to manage 'characters'. In practice it often involves the worst paid most vulnerable staff being treated badly & feeling unable to complain.
December 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Re: you can plug "opera" or "classical music" into most posts about writing/publishing
Reminder that if you haven't read these and any word of the description sounds interesting you should read them
I would add "academia (literal)" "tea" and "soup"
I would add "academia (literal)" "tea" and "soup"
I just read the first out of three, but the novellas by Malka Older, the first one is "The Mimicking of Known Success" - sapphic second chances romance, gaslamp mystery BUT set in the future on Jupiter. Really enjoyed the first one and want to read the 2nd and 3rd soon.
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reminder that if you haven't read these and any word of the description sounds interesting you should read them
I would add "academia (literal)" "tea" and "soup"
I would add "academia (literal)" "tea" and "soup"
I enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man fine but this was the most important scene by far
December 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man fine but this was the most important scene by far
One of the reasons I follow so many writers and comics artists is that they're good at articulating thoughts and you can plonk "singing opera" into almost all of said thoughts just fine
making comics has to be the hardest and dumbest goal i’ve ever set for myself
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One of the reasons I follow so many writers and comics artists is that they're good at articulating thoughts and you can plonk "singing opera" into almost all of said thoughts just fine
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Listen, if we're going down Naomi Wolf conspiracy theory tweet territory, we're going to flush with prize posts; because RIGHT THIS MINUTE she is reposting tweets that call for a travel ban on Europe, and saying Pfizer pushed vaccines that caused a 90% miscarriage rate in women
Just wild.
Just wild.
I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
December 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Listen, if we're going down Naomi Wolf conspiracy theory tweet territory, we're going to flush with prize posts; because RIGHT THIS MINUTE she is reposting tweets that call for a travel ban on Europe, and saying Pfizer pushed vaccines that caused a 90% miscarriage rate in women
Just wild.
Just wild.
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Front line workers deserve much better protections!
Improved air cleaning: ventilation, filtration, UV lights, free vaccines, free N95 respirators & paid sick time.
As we force more and more workers back “into the office” we guarantee more disability from long COVID with serious economic impacts!
Improved air cleaning: ventilation, filtration, UV lights, free vaccines, free N95 respirators & paid sick time.
As we force more and more workers back “into the office” we guarantee more disability from long COVID with serious economic impacts!
December 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Front line workers deserve much better protections!
Improved air cleaning: ventilation, filtration, UV lights, free vaccines, free N95 respirators & paid sick time.
As we force more and more workers back “into the office” we guarantee more disability from long COVID with serious economic impacts!
Improved air cleaning: ventilation, filtration, UV lights, free vaccines, free N95 respirators & paid sick time.
As we force more and more workers back “into the office” we guarantee more disability from long COVID with serious economic impacts!
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23.7% risk of acquiring Long COVID. Higher risk in women, those with other health conditions, and symptomatic or severe COVID infection.
December 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
23.7% risk of acquiring Long COVID. Higher risk in women, those with other health conditions, and symptomatic or severe COVID infection.
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This excellent study looks at the occupational risks for acquiring Long COVID. There is nothing particularly new that we did not know in part, but this comprehensive analysis is highly confirmatory of the occupational risk factors for acquiring Long COVID.
December 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This excellent study looks at the occupational risks for acquiring Long COVID. There is nothing particularly new that we did not know in part, but this comprehensive analysis is highly confirmatory of the occupational risk factors for acquiring Long COVID.
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There aren't enough holiday ghosts out teaching the rich lessons these days.
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
There aren't enough holiday ghosts out teaching the rich lessons these days.
I'm watching a year-old live podcast on YouTube
I mean it's not live anymore, it
Listen you get it
I mean it's not live anymore, it
Listen you get it
Why are you weirdos watching this if you aren’t getting paid for it? There’s football one. You have unwatched episodes of Great British Bakeoff. You haven’t done your Duolingo today. Go do that stuff instead
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I'm watching a year-old live podcast on YouTube
I mean it's not live anymore, it
Listen you get it
I mean it's not live anymore, it
Listen you get it
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As someone who no longer writes the news, I can tell you how difficult it is to craft a story with scant information such as this one. I went the extra mile to work the figures and can tell you that 11.9% of this story are the words “stuck in a drain”.
Four people rescued after getting stuck in drain
Fire crews were sent to help after reports of 'several people stuck in a drain'.
news.stv.tv
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As someone who no longer writes the news, I can tell you how difficult it is to craft a story with scant information such as this one. I went the extra mile to work the figures and can tell you that 11.9% of this story are the words “stuck in a drain”.
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Just gonna leave this here...
The future of web development is AI. Get on or get left behind.
Editor’s Note: previous titles for this article have been added here for posterity.
alex.party
May 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Just gonna leave this here...
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Wait…omg…this entire anecdote I mean argument is premised on the experience of someone who DIDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT THE MARKET????
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
December 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Wait…omg…this entire anecdote I mean argument is premised on the experience of someone who DIDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT THE MARKET????
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.