Johanna
@johannabee.bsky.social
The more I integrate, the more fragmented I look. To follow "on Bluesky", please anchor your end of the bridge & look for user @johannab.ca
Pinned
Hey friends/followers/follows: I've been rearranging the wires here on my personal node in the web.
@johannab.ca will now be what posts the mosts, this fragment of my online presence is the bsky-only backup.
If you get requests from @ap.brid.gy, please allow! That's just me from the other side.
@johannab.ca will now be what posts the mosts, this fragment of my online presence is the bsky-only backup.
If you get requests from @ap.brid.gy, please allow! That's just me from the other side.
Good.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good.
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I'm excitedly keeping an eye on Bonfire's crowdfunder,
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
It got off to a roaring start, and has plenty of time to hit the first goal, but I would love to see us get them there and farther along their roadmap if we can.
I spent almost 30 […]
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
It got off to a roaring start, and has plenty of time to hit the first goal, but I would love to see us get them there and farther along their roadmap if we can.
I spent almost 30 […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm excitedly keeping an eye on Bonfire's crowdfunder,
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
It got off to a roaring start, and has plenty of time to hit the first goal, but I would love to see us get them there and farther along their roadmap if we can.
I spent almost 30 […]
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community
It got off to a roaring start, and has plenty of time to hit the first goal, but I would love to see us get them there and farther along their roadmap if we can.
I spent almost 30 […]
Hey friends/followers/follows: I've been rearranging the wires here on my personal node in the web.
@johannab.ca will now be what posts the mosts, this fragment of my online presence is the bsky-only backup.
If you get requests from @ap.brid.gy, please allow! That's just me from the other side.
@johannab.ca will now be what posts the mosts, this fragment of my online presence is the bsky-only backup.
If you get requests from @ap.brid.gy, please allow! That's just me from the other side.
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hey friends/followers/follows: I've been rearranging the wires here on my personal node in the web.
@johannab.ca will now be what posts the mosts, this fragment of my online presence is the bsky-only backup.
If you get requests from @ap.brid.gy, please allow! That's just me from the other side.
@johannab.ca will now be what posts the mosts, this fragment of my online presence is the bsky-only backup.
If you get requests from @ap.brid.gy, please allow! That's just me from the other side.
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Media is reporting that #COP30 delegates are appropriately questioning Canada’s commitments to #ClimateAction.
To be clear, we can’t do nation-building, we can’t grow and diversify the Canadian economy and global relationships, and we can’t make Canada strong, if we don’t lead on #ClimateChange.
To be clear, we can’t do nation-building, we can’t grow and diversify the Canadian economy and global relationships, and we can’t make Canada strong, if we don’t lead on #ClimateChange.
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Media is reporting that #COP30 delegates are appropriately questioning Canada’s commitments to #ClimateAction.
To be clear, we can’t do nation-building, we can’t grow and diversify the Canadian economy and global relationships, and we can’t make Canada strong, if we don’t lead on #ClimateChange.
To be clear, we can’t do nation-building, we can’t grow and diversify the Canadian economy and global relationships, and we can’t make Canada strong, if we don’t lead on #ClimateChange.
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I was introduced to AI Clocks earlier today.
Realized something while watching the page refresh. A very common element of testing for dementia (literally a decaying cognitive state) is to ask the patient to draw a clock with a certain time represented. As dementia progresses, the ubiquitous […]
Realized something while watching the page refresh. A very common element of testing for dementia (literally a decaying cognitive state) is to ask the patient to draw a clock with a certain time represented. As dementia progresses, the ubiquitous […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I was introduced to AI Clocks earlier today.
Realized something while watching the page refresh. A very common element of testing for dementia (literally a decaying cognitive state) is to ask the patient to draw a clock with a certain time represented. As dementia progresses, the ubiquitous […]
Realized something while watching the page refresh. A very common element of testing for dementia (literally a decaying cognitive state) is to ask the patient to draw a clock with a certain time represented. As dementia progresses, the ubiquitous […]
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It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😆
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Hey, holy cats, it's my FEDIVERSARY!!!!!
I joined the mothership of the herd (very briefly) 8 years ago today!
[email protected] is only hours younger, says I turned up there Nov 15 2017.
But that's only because CoSocial didn't exist back then. mastodon.social wasn't even the wretched […]
I joined the mothership of the herd (very briefly) 8 years ago today!
[email protected] is only hours younger, says I turned up there Nov 15 2017.
But that's only because CoSocial didn't exist back then. mastodon.social wasn't even the wretched […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hey, holy cats, it's my FEDIVERSARY!!!!!
I joined the mothership of the herd (very briefly) 8 years ago today!
[email protected] is only hours younger, says I turned up there Nov 15 2017.
But that's only because CoSocial didn't exist back then. mastodon.social wasn't even the wretched […]
I joined the mothership of the herd (very briefly) 8 years ago today!
[email protected] is only hours younger, says I turned up there Nov 15 2017.
But that's only because CoSocial didn't exist back then. mastodon.social wasn't even the wretched […]
This is such utter nonsense, on the level of a stoned high school drop-out insisting Jesus told him 2+2 is 3.5 level of nonsense.
You want REAL efficiency in governance? Abolish provinces, amalgamate everything below the federal order of gov't into watershed-level orders of gov't.
You want REAL efficiency in governance? Abolish provinces, amalgamate everything below the federal order of gov't into watershed-level orders of gov't.
This is what Doug Ford thinks one of our seven new Conservation Authorities should be. For those playing along at home, there is a 1270km, 13.5 hour drive between Orillia and Thunder Bay.
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is such utter nonsense, on the level of a stoned high school drop-out insisting Jesus told him 2+2 is 3.5 level of nonsense.
You want REAL efficiency in governance? Abolish provinces, amalgamate everything below the federal order of gov't into watershed-level orders of gov't.
You want REAL efficiency in governance? Abolish provinces, amalgamate everything below the federal order of gov't into watershed-level orders of gov't.
This is the most ridiculously Canadian hijacking story.
😆
Tip o'the toque to the Hammer for the Hallmark Holiday remake of Speed. Can we please cast Keanu in this one too?
😆
Tip o'the toque to the Hammer for the Hallmark Holiday remake of Speed. Can we please cast Keanu in this one too?
Man steals a bus...then continues to pick up and drop off passengers like a responsible bus driver.
There's just something about public transit...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/12/h...
There's just something about public transit...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/12/h...
Man goes for joyride on Hamilton bus, passengers still on board
Police say the incident unfolded around 9 p.m. on Nov. 11, when a bus driver pulled into the McNab Bus Terminal.
toronto.citynews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is the most ridiculously Canadian hijacking story.
😆
Tip o'the toque to the Hammer for the Hallmark Holiday remake of Speed. Can we please cast Keanu in this one too?
😆
Tip o'the toque to the Hammer for the Hallmark Holiday remake of Speed. Can we please cast Keanu in this one too?
Yes.
+1 a) Fine single malt whisky bar, specifically.
+1 a) Fine single malt whisky bar, specifically.
What would you like in your dream home?
1. basement bar
2. conservatory & planetarium
3. secret libraries within libraries
4. benevolent ghost or two
1. basement bar
2. conservatory & planetarium
3. secret libraries within libraries
4. benevolent ghost or two
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Yes.
+1 a) Fine single malt whisky bar, specifically.
+1 a) Fine single malt whisky bar, specifically.
*sigh* ... procrastiknitting much?
This is what happens when the @kwknittersguild.bsky.social has @xandypeters.bsky.social stop in to talk to us and I didn't have any already-in-progress within arms' reach.
🧶
Now to try to pry my brain back out of the yarn bin and onto notes for tomorrow/s am mtg
This is what happens when the @kwknittersguild.bsky.social has @xandypeters.bsky.social stop in to talk to us and I didn't have any already-in-progress within arms' reach.
🧶
Now to try to pry my brain back out of the yarn bin and onto notes for tomorrow/s am mtg
Well yes it's a Tuesday, school night, and I have late assignment and meetings tomorrow and I've lost one of my several pairs of socks already on needles but casting on a pair of stranded colourwork gloves that begin with latvian braids doesn't seem that much of a probl..... WHAT???!?!
🧶 #adhd
🧶 #adhd
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
*sigh* ... procrastiknitting much?
This is what happens when the @kwknittersguild.bsky.social has @xandypeters.bsky.social stop in to talk to us and I didn't have any already-in-progress within arms' reach.
🧶
Now to try to pry my brain back out of the yarn bin and onto notes for tomorrow/s am mtg
This is what happens when the @kwknittersguild.bsky.social has @xandypeters.bsky.social stop in to talk to us and I didn't have any already-in-progress within arms' reach.
🧶
Now to try to pry my brain back out of the yarn bin and onto notes for tomorrow/s am mtg
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If there were actual consumer demand for generative AI garbage, companies wouldn't have to forcibly shove AI down our collective throats by stuffing it into every possible system and application. But alas, capitalism has fully morphed into a bubble-fueled playground for tech-bro psychopaths.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If there were actual consumer demand for generative AI garbage, companies wouldn't have to forcibly shove AI down our collective throats by stuffing it into every possible system and application. But alas, capitalism has fully morphed into a bubble-fueled playground for tech-bro psychopaths.
This was worth reposting again. Extremely #LSG, you've been warned, #knitters. 🧶
masto.ai/@vagina_muse...
masto.ai/@vagina_muse...
Vagina Museum (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image
It's the Fesshole/Vagina Museum crossover event you've all been waiting for. Tons of you tagged us into this across all of our socials, asking for a fact-check. The consensus of the...
masto.ai
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This was worth reposting again. Extremely #LSG, you've been warned, #knitters. 🧶
masto.ai/@vagina_muse...
masto.ai/@vagina_muse...
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Ah, Bayesian statistics. Last time we met was what, 20 years ago?
Why the hell can I remember stats from 20 years ago and cannot get Python syntax right having used it in at least one course per semester for the last 22 months?
Why the hell can I remember stats from 20 years ago and cannot get Python syntax right having used it in at least one course per semester for the last 22 months?
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Ah, Bayesian statistics. Last time we met was what, 20 years ago?
Why the hell can I remember stats from 20 years ago and cannot get Python syntax right having used it in at least one course per semester for the last 22 months?
Why the hell can I remember stats from 20 years ago and cannot get Python syntax right having used it in at least one course per semester for the last 22 months?
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Uh-oh, between having made SOME progress on SOME real stuff today, and now following the Jays game one-level-removed, it seems the #adhd brain is in full-on #fuckitfriday mode again.
There's a reason for my pinned post!
https://cosocial.ca/@johannab/114758467635491643
There's a reason for my pinned post!
https://cosocial.ca/@johannab/114758467635491643
Johanna, CanCon variant (@[email protected])
My Inner Order Muppet: OK, it’s been a heck of a week but you’re behind on the course modules and have another assignment due next weekend. My Inner Chaos Muppet: Clobbers the Order Muppet with a banjo, stuffs body in the chest freezer, rips open a bag of Sour Skittles, puts “Some Nights” by Fun on repeat and dives into auditing and filing 18 digital doom piles out of the Mac's “downloads” folder. #fuckitFriday #ADHD (OG on my other account, Mar 2024)
cosocial.ca
November 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Uh-oh, between having made SOME progress on SOME real stuff today, and now following the Jays game one-level-removed, it seems the #adhd brain is in full-on #fuckitfriday mode again.
There's a reason for my pinned post!
https://cosocial.ca/@johannab/114758467635491643
There's a reason for my pinned post!
https://cosocial.ca/@johannab/114758467635491643
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Sick burn here
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Sick burn here
Good heavens can we win this ball game already climate change is happening I gotta get back to existential dread about the doomsday glacier timeline.
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Good heavens can we win this ball game already climate change is happening I gotta get back to existential dread about the doomsday glacier timeline.
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all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
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To support your work, you can now raise money natively on the Fediverse.
@reiver.bsky.social is showing how in this demo of CrowdBucks at #FediForum.
@reiver.bsky.social is showing how in this demo of CrowdBucks at #FediForum.
FediForum Demo: CrowdBucks
Speed demo by Charles Iliya Krempeaux (@[email protected]) at FediForum October 2025. More info: https://fediforum.org/2025-10
spectra.video
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
To support your work, you can now raise money natively on the Fediverse.
@reiver.bsky.social is showing how in this demo of CrowdBucks at #FediForum.
@reiver.bsky.social is showing how in this demo of CrowdBucks at #FediForum.
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For those who say that police should be the ones responsible for catching speeders on our roads, not speed cameras: In addition to that being far less efficient and effective, it comes with a very big price tag. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
October 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
For those who say that police should be the ones responsible for catching speeders on our roads, not speed cameras: In addition to that being far less efficient and effective, it comes with a very big price tag. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Gently feral and flirty fog goblin is kinda my vibe so far this month.
Which Halloween costume best suits you?
1. soup goblin
2. gently mad lighthouse keeper
3. fog beast
4. feral & flirty research scientist
1. soup goblin
2. gently mad lighthouse keeper
3. fog beast
4. feral & flirty research scientist
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Gently feral and flirty fog goblin is kinda my vibe so far this month.
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Suspension of accts from Bluesky has called into question the mission and very existence of Blacksky. "If bsky can still suspend you, what's the point?"
For one usually Bluesky doesn't just suspend you. They delete all of your data AND suspend you. Moving to Blacksky prevents that. 4/11
For one usually Bluesky doesn't just suspend you. They delete all of your data AND suspend you. Moving to Blacksky prevents that. 4/11
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Suspension of accts from Bluesky has called into question the mission and very existence of Blacksky. "If bsky can still suspend you, what's the point?"
For one usually Bluesky doesn't just suspend you. They delete all of your data AND suspend you. Moving to Blacksky prevents that. 4/11
For one usually Bluesky doesn't just suspend you. They delete all of your data AND suspend you. Moving to Blacksky prevents that. 4/11
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Brief reviews of one of those seasonal instagrammy perfumes trialed despite my better judgement:
Me: Burnt Uncle
@fjord.style: Irish…Old Spice?
12yo: Something Has Gone Wrong in the Fridge
Me: Burnt Uncle
@fjord.style: Irish…Old Spice?
12yo: Something Has Gone Wrong in the Fridge
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Brief reviews of one of those seasonal instagrammy perfumes trialed despite my better judgement:
Me: Burnt Uncle
@fjord.style: Irish…Old Spice?
12yo: Something Has Gone Wrong in the Fridge
Me: Burnt Uncle
@fjord.style: Irish…Old Spice?
12yo: Something Has Gone Wrong in the Fridge
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Apropos of nothing, I would like to point out that large companies whose business model is "serve words to the public" will typically pay between US $.10 and $3.00 per word. So when you give words to a company for free, you are in fact paying them a LOT of money.
October 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Apropos of nothing, I would like to point out that large companies whose business model is "serve words to the public" will typically pay between US $.10 and $3.00 per word. So when you give words to a company for free, you are in fact paying them a LOT of money.
I used to use unique, obfuscated, anonymous handles, keeping safety in mind.
As I've aged out of my allotment of fucks about some stuff I got comfortable using first name, last initial. But when I'm not fast enough to sign on to something new, I have to add bits to get a unique(to system n) userid.
As I've aged out of my allotment of fucks about some stuff I got comfortable using first name, last initial. But when I'm not fast enough to sign on to something new, I have to add bits to get a unique(to system n) userid.
Explain your username!
It was the first half of my old email from my first undergrad degree. The medsky part is because I work in medicine as a crit care RN. When I use evil twin, it’s because I’m an identical twin, and one of us had to be the evil one (and my clone is wicked kind & gentle!)
It was the first half of my old email from my first undergrad degree. The medsky part is because I work in medicine as a crit care RN. When I use evil twin, it’s because I’m an identical twin, and one of us had to be the evil one (and my clone is wicked kind & gentle!)
Explain your username:
I'm a quadriplegic and living doll. My nickname is also Dolly.
Ergo Quad Dolly.
I'm a quadriplegic and living doll. My nickname is also Dolly.
Ergo Quad Dolly.
October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I used to use unique, obfuscated, anonymous handles, keeping safety in mind.
As I've aged out of my allotment of fucks about some stuff I got comfortable using first name, last initial. But when I'm not fast enough to sign on to something new, I have to add bits to get a unique(to system n) userid.
As I've aged out of my allotment of fucks about some stuff I got comfortable using first name, last initial. But when I'm not fast enough to sign on to something new, I have to add bits to get a unique(to system n) userid.