Bookwyrm
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An old, dog-eared novel, a grizzly hide rug,
the corniest puns wrapped in baritone hugs,
black licorice toffee, something absurd,
and a musical number with too many words.
the corniest puns wrapped in baritone hugs,
black licorice toffee, something absurd,
and a musical number with too many words.
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I'm loving the amendments (usually cuts) followed by "explain to me how everything works" questions. Learning about things you're about to cut at the meeting is good decision making, if you ask me.
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm loving the amendments (usually cuts) followed by "explain to me how everything works" questions. Learning about things you're about to cut at the meeting is good decision making, if you ask me.
I didn't realize that boardgames have publishers. Seems obvious, in retrospect.
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I didn't realize that boardgames have publishers. Seems obvious, in retrospect.
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I signed. Get to it, Canucks! We need to protect what we've got before it's lost capitalist interests that make us poorer and less healthy. #CdnPoli #Canada
CANADIANS! 🇨🇦 The privatization of our universal healthcare system is happening. SIGN TO STOP IT! 👇 #cdnpoli
“Universal healthcare protects Canadians from financial hardship, improves national productivity, and reduces preventable illness, saving the Canadian economy billions of dollars each year.”
“Universal healthcare protects Canadians from financial hardship, improves national productivity, and reduces preventable illness, saving the Canadian economy billions of dollars each year.”
Petition e-6982 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'd watch this.
I know I worked Christmas Eve in a few different public libraries, and Dec. 23 in university libraries. I'm pretty sure I worked a few Christmas Eves in a university library less than 10 years ago, but my memory is iffy. It's plausible, at least.
I know I worked Christmas Eve in a few different public libraries, and Dec. 23 in university libraries. I'm pretty sure I worked a few Christmas Eves in a university library less than 10 years ago, but my memory is iffy. It's plausible, at least.
Sending my script off to the Hallmark Channel.
It's about a prim librarian from a quaint small town public library who gets stranded in the big city and visits the big university library (that's open on Christmas Eve, but work with me on this).
The uni reference librarian is a hunky single dad.
It's about a prim librarian from a quaint small town public library who gets stranded in the big city and visits the big university library (that's open on Christmas Eve, but work with me on this).
The uni reference librarian is a hunky single dad.
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I'd watch this.
I know I worked Christmas Eve in a few different public libraries, and Dec. 23 in university libraries. I'm pretty sure I worked a few Christmas Eves in a university library less than 10 years ago, but my memory is iffy. It's plausible, at least.
I know I worked Christmas Eve in a few different public libraries, and Dec. 23 in university libraries. I'm pretty sure I worked a few Christmas Eves in a university library less than 10 years ago, but my memory is iffy. It's plausible, at least.
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
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I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
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This could be Canada.
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for 3 hours per day.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/m...
Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
techcrunch.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This could be Canada.
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What these "keep taxes low" muni politicians fail to realize is that, for low income people, property taxes are the LEAST of their worries. Cuts to services on the other hand increase other expenses dramatically.
A statement from the office of Mayor Andy Fillmore regarding the 2026-2027 #budget.
“Affordability is the top concern for everyone right now. Our job at City Hall must be to reduce the property tax burden on residents as much as possible." /1
“Affordability is the top concern for everyone right now. Our job at City Hall must be to reduce the property tax burden on residents as much as possible." /1
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What these "keep taxes low" muni politicians fail to realize is that, for low income people, property taxes are the LEAST of their worries. Cuts to services on the other hand increase other expenses dramatically.
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I believe there are still a few city councillors who need their own copy of this poster version of the cost of sprawl venn diagram (w/ explanatory notes). I should drop those off soon. #yqrcc
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I believe there are still a few city councillors who need their own copy of this poster version of the cost of sprawl venn diagram (w/ explanatory notes). I should drop those off soon. #yqrcc
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All off this.
In addition A long standing rule I've learned is "if it can't be changed/fixed within a minute don't bring it up"
They got sowmthing in their teeth, a zipper slid down, a button undone mention it
If not, let it be unless absolutely necessary
In addition A long standing rule I've learned is "if it can't be changed/fixed within a minute don't bring it up"
They got sowmthing in their teeth, a zipper slid down, a button undone mention it
If not, let it be unless absolutely necessary
Holiday reminders:
- If someone has a new relationship, they’ll tell you. You don’t need to ask.
- If someone is pregnant and they want to share that, they’ll tell you. You don’t need to ask.
- If someone’s body has changed, they’re aware. You don’t need to point it out.
- If someone has a new relationship, they’ll tell you. You don’t need to ask.
- If someone is pregnant and they want to share that, they’ll tell you. You don’t need to ask.
- If someone’s body has changed, they’re aware. You don’t need to point it out.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
All off this.
In addition A long standing rule I've learned is "if it can't be changed/fixed within a minute don't bring it up"
They got sowmthing in their teeth, a zipper slid down, a button undone mention it
If not, let it be unless absolutely necessary
In addition A long standing rule I've learned is "if it can't be changed/fixed within a minute don't bring it up"
They got sowmthing in their teeth, a zipper slid down, a button undone mention it
If not, let it be unless absolutely necessary
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I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him.
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’
The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist
english.elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I love and admire Ben for many reasons, and one of them is how perfectly he is able to distill the pathetic-ness of the right and instill hope and solidarity in everyone else around him.
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Anyway, go read his interview with the biggest Spanish newspaper here: english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
September 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.
and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.
Defining boardgames broadly, and probably forgetting some:
Well, y'see (my own creation)
Boggle
Balderdash
Telestrations
Scattergories
Pass the Pigs
Sequence
Timeline
Chrononauts
About half of the Unlock Escape adventures
Well, y'see (my own creation)
Boggle
Balderdash
Telestrations
Scattergories
Pass the Pigs
Sequence
Timeline
Chrononauts
About half of the Unlock Escape adventures
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Defining boardgames broadly, and probably forgetting some:
Well, y'see (my own creation)
Boggle
Balderdash
Telestrations
Scattergories
Pass the Pigs
Sequence
Timeline
Chrononauts
About half of the Unlock Escape adventures
Well, y'see (my own creation)
Boggle
Balderdash
Telestrations
Scattergories
Pass the Pigs
Sequence
Timeline
Chrononauts
About half of the Unlock Escape adventures
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Textbook case of how wealthy elite in Saskatchewan exercise their influence.
Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social
leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social
leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
What to know about Shaun Semple's pursuit of new baseball stadium for Regina Red Sox
Brandt CEO Shaun Semple, who owns the Regina Red Sox, wants to see movement on a new baseball stadium in Regina — possibly as soon as 2026.
leaderpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Textbook case of how wealthy elite in Saskatchewan exercise their influence.
Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social
leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
Council voted against his stadium proposal several times. Residents even said no to a mayoral candidates who ran on building this stadium. @pdcityhall.bsky.social
leaderpost.com/news/local-n...
Finally placed the song which has been stuck in my head for the last two hours as part of the Nutcracker. Maybe now my brain will let it go.
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Finally placed the song which has been stuck in my head for the last two hours as part of the Nutcracker. Maybe now my brain will let it go.
Got my covid shot and my flu shot. Grateful I don't have to pay for either in SK, yet.
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Got my covid shot and my flu shot. Grateful I don't have to pay for either in SK, yet.
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It's so funny how we all have a device with capabilities such as "Essentially Infinite Knowledge" and "More Art Than You can Ever Appreciate" but the people who make the device and its software only ever want us to use the "Brain Disintegrator 3000" and "Involuntary Mass Surveillance Node" functions
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It's so funny how we all have a device with capabilities such as "Essentially Infinite Knowledge" and "More Art Than You can Ever Appreciate" but the people who make the device and its software only ever want us to use the "Brain Disintegrator 3000" and "Involuntary Mass Surveillance Node" functions
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READ THE FULL ARTICLE FROM CAHN HERE: www.antihate.ca/white_nation...
White Nationalism in Canada: Organized, Emboldened, and Growing
Canada’s white nationalist movement has consolidated into a network that includes three key branches: Diagolon, the propaganda arm; the Dominion Society of Canada, an incorporated political arm; and S...
www.antihate.ca
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
READ THE FULL ARTICLE FROM CAHN HERE: www.antihate.ca/white_nation...
I've devoted much time and effort to being comprehensible, but when I'm overtired or in pain, my vocabulary becomes more esoteric, and if I'm worried about giving offense, my syntax becomes more pompous. The worse I'm doing, the more "intellectual" I sound, which has led to some silly interactions.
Exactly. If you cannot explain your ideas to someone without a high school education, you need to get better at explaining your ideas, not assume the person is the problem.
i once had a professor comment that if you really knew your material, you could present it to anyone from any education background in a way they'd understand, from 1st graders to your phd peers
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I've devoted much time and effort to being comprehensible, but when I'm overtired or in pain, my vocabulary becomes more esoteric, and if I'm worried about giving offense, my syntax becomes more pompous. The worse I'm doing, the more "intellectual" I sound, which has led to some silly interactions.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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As an abolitionist anthropologist, I offer that this is a result of our carceral culture.
We have been convinced, to the benefit of capitalists, that some people are "bad" and only "bad people" do harmful things. Thus we collectively let them throw racialized men in prison & invade "evil" countries
We have been convinced, to the benefit of capitalists, that some people are "bad" and only "bad people" do harmful things. Thus we collectively let them throw racialized men in prison & invade "evil" countries
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As an abolitionist anthropologist, I offer that this is a result of our carceral culture.
We have been convinced, to the benefit of capitalists, that some people are "bad" and only "bad people" do harmful things. Thus we collectively let them throw racialized men in prison & invade "evil" countries
We have been convinced, to the benefit of capitalists, that some people are "bad" and only "bad people" do harmful things. Thus we collectively let them throw racialized men in prison & invade "evil" countries
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I was opening a bunch of PDFs in acrobat yesterday and my computer's fans were going wild. I have a lot of RAM so this was surprising to me. Turns out Acrobat now generates AI summaries by default when you open a file, instead of just asking if you want one (which I never do).
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I was opening a bunch of PDFs in acrobat yesterday and my computer's fans were going wild. I have a lot of RAM so this was surprising to me. Turns out Acrobat now generates AI summaries by default when you open a file, instead of just asking if you want one (which I never do).
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![Comic. [diploma from East State University for Doctor of Philosophy in Document Forgery] [caption] If you put one of these up in your office, and no one notices, you’ve earned it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreif2hl6u2eqv7rmq27tenpy5s5d7egkhwzvfw4ohpskh67ibuw52ym@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A little too true.
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A little too true.