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Physicist, Humanist, Centrist. Firm believer in critical thinking and the scientific method. Hater of the anecdote. Lover of all things nerd. Trekkie. Roughrider fan. Shitty campfire guitarist. Theoretical astrophotographer. #YQR

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 11h

I feel this. I am the operator of our instant pot. My wife is afraid of it blowing up as well. For how quickly and well it breaks down meats, I'm willing to risk it.

𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 18h

I'm more "christian" than Mike Johnson will ever be and I'm an atheist. The indignant piety routine is beyond laughable considering he's aggressively protecting a pedophile adulterer thief.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 2d

If you see this, post a chef.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 3d

We left a few guys on the sideline. Maier started and Coan finished at QB. No Oulette.

𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 3d

That was some fumble #Riders #Bombers #CFL

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 3d

Narrowed down my Linux distro choice to openSuSE, Fedora or Ubuntu in that order. Time to take the plunge back into that world and see if it's like riding a bike.

𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 4d

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Yuck. I'm an antisocial introvert with no shame. Not a pervert.

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 4d

"Show and throw", "Hang the wang" "breeze the knees". Whatever gets me out of there the fastest.

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 4d

Makes sense. They can only ask "Please remove your junk from the dinner table!" so many times before they get fed up.

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 4d

I get the idea and support the cause but "know your rights" rings a bit hollow when fascists are widely violating people's rights consequence free. In that environment, do you have rights anymore?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 5d

We’ve heard a lot of colossally stupid things from the Trump regime lately, but this is among the stupidest things I’ve heard from anyone, anywhere, ever.

Post quoting RFK Jr saying “We need to stop trusting the experts. Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it’s a feature of religion and totalitarianism.”

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 4d

I think it's time to migrate back to Linux.

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Kelly Miller @sqirlgirly.bsky.social · 4d

#yqr #Regina #Saskatchewan

There is a GoFundMe for the 19 year old woman, Marvellous Ugochukwu, who was tragically killed after a truck collided with her bus stop this past Sunday on Dewdney and Elphinstone.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 5d

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News and Coffee @newsandcoffee.bsky.social · 6d

Canadian ‘beer’ kills 21-year-old in New Zealand

On March 2, 2023, Aiden Sagala did what many people do after a long, hot day at work. He cracked open a cold one. Little did he know, that swig of beer would kill him. Aiden didn’t realize that the ca...

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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 11d

// A little bit of topical lunacy, courtesy of @auralnauts-craven.bsky.social

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 7d

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 8d

Doing a Babylon 5 rematch with my son. He likes it but the future never looked more 90's. Collarless shirts and neon pastels everywhere.

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𝗞⃥𝗲⃥𝗿⃥𝗿⃥𝘆⃥ 𝗕⃥𝗮⃥𝗯⃥𝗰⃥𝗼⃥𝗰⃥𝗸⃥ 🇨🇦🇺🇦 ⚛️ @kbabcock.bsky.social · 8d

Happy Thanksgiving weekend Saskatchewan!

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Janice Cotcher @jannymarie.com · 8d

University of Regina’s Faculty of Education is hosting a Queer and Trans Justice in Education panel on Oct 30. everyone is free to attend, but you need to register by Oct 15

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BlueResister 🦋Fighting for Democracy 🦋 @blueresister.bsky.social · 10d

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Perfect night #CFL #Riders #Argos