genna
@genna.bsky.social
Creator, Pages Past, a podcast where your favourite people revisit their old favourite books. Editor, college instructor, library lurker, luddite. Opinions mine. Torontonian.
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new episode of Pages Past is out far and wide! Everybody's @newestolympian.bsky.social fave, Dr. Steven Parra, revisits The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese, a memoir that inspired him when he was starting out in his medical training. as always, no need to read the book! pod.link/1753505445/e...
also I saw Tiny Habits recently but they were opening for Vance Joy so I had to sit through some revolting millennial moments
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen (actual music taste edition)
Dolly Parton
The Mountain Goats
Boygenius
Hozier
The 1975
Dolly Parton
The Mountain Goats
Boygenius
Hozier
The 1975
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Crowded House (x2)
Hozier
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Blue Rodeo (x3)
Crowded House (x2)
Hozier
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Blue Rodeo (x3)
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
also I saw Tiny Habits recently but they were opening for Vance Joy so I had to sit through some revolting millennial moments
replies to this had me googling "graphing calculator was in war on drugs???"
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
replies to this had me googling "graphing calculator was in war on drugs???"
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
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Hey, um, authors who had previously book contracts with Unbound.... does an approximately 2023-era version of the website show up for you as well? Not even sure who to tell at this point.
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hey, um, authors who had previously book contracts with Unbound.... does an approximately 2023-era version of the website show up for you as well? Not even sure who to tell at this point.
+I really should have said humpback whale here
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Elk
Brown-throated sloth
Chimpanzee
Moose
+Black bear, specifically one running at top speed (nearly 50 km/h)
Elk
Brown-throated sloth
Chimpanzee
Moose
+Black bear, specifically one running at top speed (nearly 50 km/h)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
+I really should have said humpback whale here
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Elk
Brown-throated sloth
Chimpanzee
Moose
+Black bear, specifically one running at top speed (nearly 50 km/h)
Elk
Brown-throated sloth
Chimpanzee
Moose
+Black bear, specifically one running at top speed (nearly 50 km/h)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Elk
Brown-throated sloth
Chimpanzee
Moose
+Black bear, specifically one running at top speed (nearly 50 km/h)
Elk
Brown-throated sloth
Chimpanzee
Moose
+Black bear, specifically one running at top speed (nearly 50 km/h)
I got stuck in an infinite Shop Pay loop trying to send my mum a birthday gift. It wouldn't believe I want a different billing and shipping address. At one point I put in her address and it automatically TEXTED her for two-factor authentication. Shopify, I put a curse on you and all your descendants
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I got stuck in an infinite Shop Pay loop trying to send my mum a birthday gift. It wouldn't believe I want a different billing and shipping address. At one point I put in her address and it automatically TEXTED her for two-factor authentication. Shopify, I put a curse on you and all your descendants
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I cannot emphasize enough how little I want to see AI illustrations of blog posts. Ethics aside, it is boring to look at one version of a computer's simulation of what a human might have done. I'd rather imagine it myself. I'd rather just read the text. I'd rather just stare into the void.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I cannot emphasize enough how little I want to see AI illustrations of blog posts. Ethics aside, it is boring to look at one version of a computer's simulation of what a human might have done. I'd rather imagine it myself. I'd rather just read the text. I'd rather just stare into the void.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen (random/unhinged edition):
Nickelback, Three Days Grace (these were on the same bill)
Mr. Dress-up Live
Hilary Duff
Billy Bragg
Ryan Malcolm, the first winner of Canadian Idol
Nickelback, Three Days Grace (these were on the same bill)
Mr. Dress-up Live
Hilary Duff
Billy Bragg
Ryan Malcolm, the first winner of Canadian Idol
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen (actual music taste edition)
Dolly Parton
The Mountain Goats
Boygenius
Hozier
The 1975
Dolly Parton
The Mountain Goats
Boygenius
Hozier
The 1975
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Crowded House (x2)
Hozier
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Blue Rodeo (x3)
Crowded House (x2)
Hozier
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Blue Rodeo (x3)
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen (random/unhinged edition):
Nickelback, Three Days Grace (these were on the same bill)
Mr. Dress-up Live
Hilary Duff
Billy Bragg
Ryan Malcolm, the first winner of Canadian Idol
Nickelback, Three Days Grace (these were on the same bill)
Mr. Dress-up Live
Hilary Duff
Billy Bragg
Ryan Malcolm, the first winner of Canadian Idol
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen (actual music taste edition)
Dolly Parton
The Mountain Goats
Boygenius
Hozier
The 1975
Dolly Parton
The Mountain Goats
Boygenius
Hozier
The 1975
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Crowded House (x2)
Hozier
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Blue Rodeo (x3)
Crowded House (x2)
Hozier
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
Blue Rodeo (x3)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Crowded House (X3)
Don Williams
The Cranberries
The Tragically Hip
Branford Marsalis
Crowded House (X3)
Don Williams
The Cranberries
The Tragically Hip
Branford Marsalis
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen (actual music taste edition)
Dolly Parton
The Mountain Goats
Boygenius
Hozier
The 1975
Dolly Parton
The Mountain Goats
Boygenius
Hozier
The 1975
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image
just had a very strong premonition that AI investors are going to lose their shirts, they're going to talk to AI about how sad they are about it, and the AI is going to tell at least one of them to kill himself. bookmark this bc I'm apollo
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
just had a very strong premonition that AI investors are going to lose their shirts, they're going to talk to AI about how sad they are about it, and the AI is going to tell at least one of them to kill himself. bookmark this bc I'm apollo
I VOLUNTEER
Dufferin Mall should have a writer in residence program.
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I VOLUNTEER
the idea that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on a Thursday ... diabolical
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
the idea that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on a Thursday ... diabolical
Orla from Derry Girls of course
i am making a list of pop culture's most loveable idiots and so far i have
patrick star
coach from cheers
homer simpson
luther from coach
charlie kelly
who else is an idiot (complimentary) that everyone loves
patrick star
coach from cheers
homer simpson
luther from coach
charlie kelly
who else is an idiot (complimentary) that everyone loves
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Orla from Derry Girls of course
can chronic pain please fuck off I am trying to have a quality of life
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
can chronic pain please fuck off I am trying to have a quality of life
this is a very specific intersection of my interests www.youtube.com/shorts/QEjTz...
this isn’t ai @trumanblack “carolina in my mind” by @jamestaylor
YouTube video by Tiny Habits
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
this is a very specific intersection of my interests www.youtube.com/shorts/QEjTz...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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"Victoria Goldiee” had freelanced for The Cut and The Guardian. After Nicholas Hune-Brown, executive editor of The Local, greenlit her pitch, the red flags started popping up. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/ever...
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves”
Back in August, the Press Gazette's Charlotte Tobitt reported that Wired and Business Insider had taken down AI-generated articles by a "freelancer" named "Margaux Blanchard." It was a case study of…
www.niemanlab.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"Victoria Goldiee” had freelanced for The Cut and The Guardian. After Nicholas Hune-Brown, executive editor of The Local, greenlit her pitch, the red flags started popping up. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/ever...
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A 2021 study in Ontario found that, of those people who were employed when they died of an overdose, 1/3 worked in the trades. And in BC, it's half.
How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry
Workers in the skilled trades make up a large share of overdoses fatalities, at a time when their labour is needed more than ever
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A 2021 study in Ontario found that, of those people who were employed when they died of an overdose, 1/3 worked in the trades. And in BC, it's half.
a lot of people are saying "John and Hank Green are not influencers!" YES THEY ARE
The author John Green found an audience of millions making YouTube videos with his brother, Hank. As more people aspire to become influencers, Green warns that internet fame may make it feel as if everyone knows and loves you, “but in fact, no one knows you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
a lot of people are saying "John and Hank Green are not influencers!" YES THEY ARE
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first of all, Martinelli's actually rules so jot that down. second of all, the fancy soda business has never been busier. third of all, a big punchbowl or crockpot of something people can add booze to if they want to or leave it out if they don't requires zero bartending effort
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
first of all, Martinelli's actually rules so jot that down. second of all, the fancy soda business has never been busier. third of all, a big punchbowl or crockpot of something people can add booze to if they want to or leave it out if they don't requires zero bartending effort
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I 100% agree and would add that if you are hosting a holiday event and you do NOT have something festive, creative and delicious for your guests to drink without alcohol in it, you are actually an asshole
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I 100% agree and would add that if you are hosting a holiday event and you do NOT have something festive, creative and delicious for your guests to drink without alcohol in it, you are actually an asshole
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!