Virginia
@hatfield.bsky.social
Soprano, public servant, redhead
They're all good pies, Ian.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
They're all good pies, Ian.
The HZ score for F1 might replace Dune in my workplace lineup, for a time
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The HZ score for F1 might replace Dune in my workplace lineup, for a time
My interest in watching the Raptors on TV has gone down about 90% due to the ads. Matty D should not have to talk about this crap!
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My interest in watching the Raptors on TV has gone down about 90% due to the ads. Matty D should not have to talk about this crap!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In 2022 @mightygodking.com and I visited the Ōamaru Blue Penguin Colony on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island to witness dozens of kororā coming home to their families after a day's fishing in the Pacific. It was, in every respect, the absolute best. Happy Birthday to little Lazzie!
Cool Penguin Facts
1. There's a version of them that's little. And blue. 💙. Shockingly, they are called Little Blue Penguins. Also sometimes, fairy penguins.
2. The oldest one is 25 years. Old. This is her.
3. Her name is Lazzie and it's her birthday.
1. There's a version of them that's little. And blue. 💙. Shockingly, they are called Little Blue Penguins. Also sometimes, fairy penguins.
2. The oldest one is 25 years. Old. This is her.
3. Her name is Lazzie and it's her birthday.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In 2022 @mightygodking.com and I visited the Ōamaru Blue Penguin Colony on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island to witness dozens of kororā coming home to their families after a day's fishing in the Pacific. It was, in every respect, the absolute best. Happy Birthday to little Lazzie!
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade goes Topsy-Turkey...
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade goes Topsy-Turkey...
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The transformation is extraordinary.
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The transformation is extraordinary.
I learned this term only a few days ago, listening to @backlisted.bsky.social discuss David Seabrook's All the Devils Are Here!
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I learned this term only a few days ago, listening to @backlisted.bsky.social discuss David Seabrook's All the Devils Are Here!
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November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In Ontario the co-workers would launch an HRTO complaint
So apparently my company can't remove the guy cooking his beets and tuna in the air fryer. People have picked up and moved their desks because of it. One guy said he was at his desk seasoning chicken breasts.
People are livid.
People are livid.
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In Ontario the co-workers would launch an HRTO complaint
Reads like my 1999 Swoon profile in which I though I was Very Cool because I said liked everything "from peanut butter and jelly to Laphroaig, and Mozart to Etta James"
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reads like my 1999 Swoon profile in which I though I was Very Cool because I said liked everything "from peanut butter and jelly to Laphroaig, and Mozart to Etta James"
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Halloween decorations done right!
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Halloween decorations done right!
don't you DARE try to red underline "Hallowe'en", computer
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
don't you DARE try to red underline "Hallowe'en", computer
If one had to be literal about operas (from a text thread with a friend):
"Well, four times last week I donned a white linen shroud and lay down on tiny pieces of dyed cork with 40 people and then rolled around in front of 1500 people while making noises"
"Well, four times last week I donned a white linen shroud and lay down on tiny pieces of dyed cork with 40 people and then rolled around in front of 1500 people while making noises"
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If one had to be literal about operas (from a text thread with a friend):
"Well, four times last week I donned a white linen shroud and lay down on tiny pieces of dyed cork with 40 people and then rolled around in front of 1500 people while making noises"
"Well, four times last week I donned a white linen shroud and lay down on tiny pieces of dyed cork with 40 people and then rolled around in front of 1500 people while making noises"
Not this wretched Aptos font making me defend Calibri and Arial. God help us all!
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not this wretched Aptos font making me defend Calibri and Arial. God help us all!
"although sometimes President Trump is a little over the top.."
Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/
Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life
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October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"although sometimes President Trump is a little over the top.."
Post a perfect album from 1989, a pretty dang great music year.
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a pretty dang great music year.
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In recent months, a growing number of people have ended up hospitalized, divorced, or dead after having long, intense conversations with ChatGPT. Some of their loved ones allege the chatbot fueled their delusions and paranoia.
Here's How Many People May Use ChatGPT During a Mental Health Crisis Each Week
OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effecti...
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In recent months, a growing number of people have ended up hospitalized, divorced, or dead after having long, intense conversations with ChatGPT. Some of their loved ones allege the chatbot fueled their delusions and paranoia.
What is it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What is it like inside your head?
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This is almost unfathomably cruel to every individual and family that rents housing in Ontario. Living in perpetual terror of losing your housing on a landlord’s whim is no life at all. #ONpoli
At a press conference this afternoon, Attorney General Doug Downey said they want to move away from requiring "evergreen leases, that just go on with no end in sight":
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is almost unfathomably cruel to every individual and family that rents housing in Ontario. Living in perpetual terror of losing your housing on a landlord’s whim is no life at all. #ONpoli
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This would be catastrophic to the household finances of every renter, dramatically increase homelessness for seniors & fixed income, all to boost landlord profits. Would destroy any slim chance of saving towards home ownership. Landed gentry pulling the ladder up & devastating ON society & economy.
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This would be catastrophic to the household finances of every renter, dramatically increase homelessness for seniors & fixed income, all to boost landlord profits. Would destroy any slim chance of saving towards home ownership. Landed gentry pulling the ladder up & devastating ON society & economy.
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This just…. I…Steve please
October 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This just…. I…Steve please