MicRoh
@microh.bsky.social
Vancouverite. Moderately silly, interested in lots of things. You don't have to follow me back if I follow you: be easy on yourself and have fun, blocking is a way to make this experience nicer. Please follow the thread. Use feeds and blocklists. #synthsky
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This is a smart move. Too many times pedestrians are victims when drivers are in a hurry, making a right on a red light, especially in #VanCity when it's dark, rainy. @lucymaloney.bsky.social
Vancouver city councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social has introduced a new Council motion that would get rid of right turns on red lights in the city. Via @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social
Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.
Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.
Ban right turns on red at intersections, proposes Vancouver city councillor | Urbanized
OneCity councillor Lucy Maloney is pushing for a ban on right turns during the red-light traffic signal at intersections across Vancouver.
dailyhive.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is a smart move. Too many times pedestrians are victims when drivers are in a hurry, making a right on a red light, especially in #VanCity when it's dark, rainy. @lucymaloney.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Some thread.
From the department of Nothing Ever Fucking Changes, 1969 edition. This creepy character is William C. Douglass, father of right wing podcasting through his telephone service, Let Freedom Ring.
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Some thread.
Where do we figure this information gets shared to?
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Where do we figure this information gets shared to?
Pencil hoarding is the scourge of the nation.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Pencil hoarding is the scourge of the nation.
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"My work here is done."
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"My work here is done."
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"Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' itself is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas ... It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research and in our engagement with society."
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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
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December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Even the term 'Artificial Intelligence' itself is widely misused, with conceptual unclarity coopted to advance industry agendas ... It is our task to demystify and to challenge 'AI' in our teaching, research and in our engagement with society."
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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This remains one of my favourite headline-photo combos of all time.
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This remains one of my favourite headline-photo combos of all time.
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Pastor on why she patrols her neighborhood to document ICE activity:
"My faith calls me to care for my neighbors as I care for myself. I want keep my neighbors safe and I do that by putting love into action, by driving around and documenting, legally, what is happening in my city right now."
"My faith calls me to care for my neighbors as I care for myself. I want keep my neighbors safe and I do that by putting love into action, by driving around and documenting, legally, what is happening in my city right now."
December 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Pastor on why she patrols her neighborhood to document ICE activity:
"My faith calls me to care for my neighbors as I care for myself. I want keep my neighbors safe and I do that by putting love into action, by driving around and documenting, legally, what is happening in my city right now."
"My faith calls me to care for my neighbors as I care for myself. I want keep my neighbors safe and I do that by putting love into action, by driving around and documenting, legally, what is happening in my city right now."
Why I love the liberal arts model.
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Why I love the liberal arts model.
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If you are near Philadelphia, have 123 dollars, and roughly 28 cubic feet of space to store 1,600 VHS tapes in reasonably climate controlled conditions until I can get up there, I will retrieve this collection of almost guaranteed vital archival value and digitize its entirety.
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you are near Philadelphia, have 123 dollars, and roughly 28 cubic feet of space to store 1,600 VHS tapes in reasonably climate controlled conditions until I can get up there, I will retrieve this collection of almost guaranteed vital archival value and digitize its entirety.
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Day 9 of Things I Don't Usually Draw... Hanna-Barbera stuff.
Captain Caveman never comes up in my life anymore so let's honor him.
Captain Caveman never comes up in my life anymore so let's honor him.
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Day 9 of Things I Don't Usually Draw... Hanna-Barbera stuff.
Captain Caveman never comes up in my life anymore so let's honor him.
Captain Caveman never comes up in my life anymore so let's honor him.
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go ahead. post another "take." tell me that hating LLMs is ableist. say anne frank had white privilege. accuse a big account of not following enough people back. come up with a woke way to say pedophiles are not bad. call me a russian bot for not liking the pope.
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
go ahead. post another "take." tell me that hating LLMs is ableist. say anne frank had white privilege. accuse a big account of not following enough people back. come up with a woke way to say pedophiles are not bad. call me a russian bot for not liking the pope.
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Dean Uli Jon Roth Sky 7
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Dean Uli Jon Roth Sky 7
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Good thread.
It is funny that Alberta over the last 10+ years has had a continued boom in sociology enrolment compared to most other provinces in Canada. I'm tempted to credit Harper. ;)
It is funny that Alberta over the last 10+ years has had a continued boom in sociology enrolment compared to most other provinces in Canada. I'm tempted to credit Harper. ;)
🧵Here is new data that debunks the persistent myth that sociology is in low demand among Canadian students, and that graduates struggle to find employment.
This is especially true in Alberta, a province that has been openly hostile to higher education and the social sciences.
This is especially true in Alberta, a province that has been openly hostile to higher education and the social sciences.
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Good thread.
It is funny that Alberta over the last 10+ years has had a continued boom in sociology enrolment compared to most other provinces in Canada. I'm tempted to credit Harper. ;)
It is funny that Alberta over the last 10+ years has had a continued boom in sociology enrolment compared to most other provinces in Canada. I'm tempted to credit Harper. ;)
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Their customer base is at least in large percentage disabled people who rely on imperfect and often exploitative systems to survive. Instacart looked at that and went “we could charge more” because the nature of large companies is predation, which is why we should REGULATE THEM EXTENSIVELY
In May, Human Rights Watch released a report showing how gig platforms use opaque algorithms to erode workers' wages.
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout - Groundwork Collaborative
groundworkcollaborative.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Their customer base is at least in large percentage disabled people who rely on imperfect and often exploitative systems to survive. Instacart looked at that and went “we could charge more” because the nature of large companies is predation, which is why we should REGULATE THEM EXTENSIVELY
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i think the $2 option is soooo smart and cool, so many people don’t wanna feel tricked into another recurring subscription but do wanna read 1-4 articles a year from a random publication! i wish more places would do this.
Yes, it is paywalled! And every time y'all point this out, we will reiterate that writers and artists deserve to be paid for their work. We are an independent publication run and owned by workers. Also A LOT OF OUR CONTENT IS FREE.
Plus, you can read single articles for $2. Including this one.
Plus, you can read single articles for $2. Including this one.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
i think the $2 option is soooo smart and cool, so many people don’t wanna feel tricked into another recurring subscription but do wanna read 1-4 articles a year from a random publication! i wish more places would do this.
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Since October, I have been reporting on the effects of Trump's mass deportation agenda in NYC.
I have found heavy ICE machinery and a resistance network full of regular people defending migrants
Our series on the "Undocumented Underground" kicks off today and I hope you will give it a read.
I have found heavy ICE machinery and a resistance network full of regular people defending migrants
Our series on the "Undocumented Underground" kicks off today and I hope you will give it a read.
TPM has spent nearly two months on the front lines of Trump's mass deportation push in New York. We found masked agents, chaos in the courts, and a quietly growing movement that's fighting back.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
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Life Inside the Undocumented Underground
During President Donald Trump’s second term, dramatic raids staged by the Immigration...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Since October, I have been reporting on the effects of Trump's mass deportation agenda in NYC.
I have found heavy ICE machinery and a resistance network full of regular people defending migrants
Our series on the "Undocumented Underground" kicks off today and I hope you will give it a read.
I have found heavy ICE machinery and a resistance network full of regular people defending migrants
Our series on the "Undocumented Underground" kicks off today and I hope you will give it a read.
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>>> Heinrich Hoerle
Monument to Unknown Prostheses
Oil on cardboard, 1930
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal >>>《1-6》
Monument to Unknown Prostheses
Oil on cardboard, 1930
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal >>>《1-6》
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
>>> Heinrich Hoerle
Monument to Unknown Prostheses
Oil on cardboard, 1930
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal >>>《1-6》
Monument to Unknown Prostheses
Oil on cardboard, 1930
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal >>>《1-6》
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Day 342: She's BACK and she's BEAUTIFUL 🦤
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Day 342: She's BACK and she's BEAUTIFUL 🦤
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I do not know why the folks at #apple want to put transparent controls over text when I am looking at a PDF. That is not clear or helpful. Please bring opacity back.
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I do not know why the folks at #apple want to put transparent controls over text when I am looking at a PDF. That is not clear or helpful. Please bring opacity back.