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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 1d

I got a lot of traction on this one.

Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 1d

I'm visiting Toronto and I saw one of these. It looked like someone had already eaten the skin, does it confer the same benefits sans skin? Did you eat the skin?

Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · 1d

In video games, you will often find a fully roasted chicken abandoned on the ground, and eating it extremely quickly makes you feel better. What's less known is that this is also true in real life

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 3d

Please share, 24 hours left ⚠️ I often parrot “bet on life” from Samidoun’s special report about resistance in Jenin camp. Because mutual aid is existential: every alleviation matters. Every act of support is faith in Palestinian life.

Six families, food & shelter. 0/640: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 1d

Resolutions without a point: 0
#CUPE2025

Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 1d

Today's Knightober is a tall boy

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 1d

There is no ethical way to engage with Harry Potter.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 1d

Many Italian soups were invented by someone having this exact thought process, so

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · 2d

The Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 800,000 workers across Canada, stands in full solidarity with CUPE members Mskwaasin Agnew (CUPE 7797) and Sadie Mees (CUPE 2329) who were aboard the Freedom Flotilla and were detained this week by Israeli authorities. cupe.ca/cupe-stands-...

CUPE stands in solidarity with union members aboard the Freedom Flotilla

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 800,000 workers across Canada, stands in full solidarity with CUPE members Mskwaasin Agnew (CUPE 7797) and Sadie Mees (CUPE 2329) who were a...

cupe.ca

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 2d

This is unfair to Animal.

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 2d

Accurate depiction of Canadians:

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 2d

More Knightober

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⛧ Víctor J. Merino ⛧ 🏆 Technically ENNIE winner 🏆 @victor-el-dm.bsky.social · 2d

Computer crashed and corrupted the file of my 120 pages report on ISO 9000 regulations, had to rescue a previous version and rewrote 40 pages (20 of those completely new) in 24h. Gave the teacher the binded report still hot from the printer. Got excellent notes.
GenAI can eat my balls from bellow.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 3d

"CUPE should be doing everything we can to oppose the use of these services in our workplaces, by our employers, and in our locals.

No potential benefit is worth the actual harms."

Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 3d

"They hand the controls of what information we can access, and how it is presented to right-wing billionaires and the US government.

Their presence pollutes our information space with lies, grifts, and soulless brainrot."

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 3d

"They are trained on stolen intellectual property which puts the livelihood of creative workers in jeopardy.

They require constant expansion of data centres, which drive deforestation, consume vast amounts of energy and water, and produce unprecedented levels of toxic e-waste."

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 3d

"[...] I want to be clear: there is no such thing [as ethical adoption of AI]

The cluster of technologies currently called AI all share the same issues which make them antithetical to the ideals of our Union."

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 3d

"It is also speculation. These companies lose tens of billions of dollars annually wirh no path to sustainability. They only survive on venture capital, and if that lifeline dries up, there is no telling what will be left behind."

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Robin Gibson @metalsnail.bsky.social · 3d

Spoke at #CUPEBC today, urging for strong policies against AI adoption in our workplaces.

"Conceeding the inevitability of AI serves the interests of tech billionaires like Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who would love for us to just lay down and let them take over our lives.

It's quitter talk."