Sarah Mathews
@sjmathews.bsky.social
Canadian living in the US 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Politics junkie, royalty follower, trying to stay positive!
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Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."
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October 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
I don’t have the patience for regular nail polish! Bring on the fast dry because if I have to redo this regular stuff one more time after trying to use my 🤬 hands I’m going to scream!
October 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don’t have the patience for regular nail polish! Bring on the fast dry because if I have to redo this regular stuff one more time after trying to use my 🤬 hands I’m going to scream!
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...
New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/n...
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
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Since people would have to boycott Marvel, Star Wars, the Muppets, ABC, Hulu, and Pixar, just to name a few entertainment brands, Disney doesn’t worry much about overall boycotts. HOWEVER... open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
This Is The Best Way To Boycott Disney
Many people on the left are talking about a boycott of Disney after they took Jimmy Kimmel off the air, but there is a better way than a boycott to really hit Disney where it will hurt.
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Since people would have to boycott Marvel, Star Wars, the Muppets, ABC, Hulu, and Pixar, just to name a few entertainment brands, Disney doesn’t worry much about overall boycotts. HOWEVER... open.substack.com/pub/politicu...
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Morality is messy biology, not clean principles. That’s why hypocrisy bounces off. Hypocrisy doesn’t sink politicians...it fuels loyalty. Science explains why.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Trump-Enabling Republican Congress: The Science of Morality and Why It Doesn’t Work Like We Think
What Robert Sapolsky, neuroscience, and social psychology reveal about how Trump’s GOP hijacks the wiring of morality...and why the fight for democracy won’t be won by “calling out hypocrisy.”
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Morality is messy biology, not clean principles. That’s why hypocrisy bounces off. Hypocrisy doesn’t sink politicians...it fuels loyalty. Science explains why.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
August 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
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I insist on our Star Trek future. I'm going to do everything in my power to make our Star Trek future happen, even if I won't be here to enjoy it.
August 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I insist on our Star Trek future. I'm going to do everything in my power to make our Star Trek future happen, even if I won't be here to enjoy it.
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Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/theyre-lit...
They're Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice
How James Gunn's comments about "basic human kindness" triggered a predictable right-wing media meltdown.
www.readtpa.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/theyre-lit...
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Dick and Tweety Eastland offered a place where parents knew their daughters would be enriched and happy.
During the tragic floods, Dick died trying to save them.
During the tragic floods, Dick died trying to save them.
Dick and Tweety Eastland’s Camp Mystic
The duo offered a place where parents knew their daughters would be enriched and happy. During the tragic floods, Dick Eastland died trying to save them.
www.texasmonthly.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Dick and Tweety Eastland offered a place where parents knew their daughters would be enriched and happy.
During the tragic floods, Dick died trying to save them.
During the tragic floods, Dick died trying to save them.
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"The Gibraltar of the Confederacy has not looked out over the reason for its strategic importance in almost one hundred and fifty years." Because the river moved. Did it...choose to?
@billcoberly.bsky.social reviews @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's "Is a River Alive?"
@billcoberly.bsky.social reviews @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's "Is a River Alive?"
Living Waters
Robert Macfarlane’s meditation on the life and times of great waterways poses many perplexing questions but answers few.
www.thebulwark.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The Gibraltar of the Confederacy has not looked out over the reason for its strategic importance in almost one hundred and fifty years." Because the river moved. Did it...choose to?
@billcoberly.bsky.social reviews @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's "Is a River Alive?"
@billcoberly.bsky.social reviews @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's "Is a River Alive?"
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You're witnessing the self-destructive cocktail of white supremacy and greed: the twin sins of America that this country was unable to confront and uproot.
And, sadly, it's destroying us from within.
And, sadly, it's destroying us from within.
June 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You're witnessing the self-destructive cocktail of white supremacy and greed: the twin sins of America that this country was unable to confront and uproot.
And, sadly, it's destroying us from within.
And, sadly, it's destroying us from within.
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Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon
Jim Stanford: Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them
During the so-called decade of federal 'attacks on oil,' Alberta oil giants set records for production and profits, writes Jim Stanford. So why is the average Albertan not getting their
www.thestar.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon
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I just saw a good example of what I was talking about with chatgpt being a crackpot generating machine.
A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2.
Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2.
√a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.
A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2.
Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2.
√a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I just saw a good example of what I was talking about with chatgpt being a crackpot generating machine.
A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2.
Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2.
√a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.
A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2.
Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2.
√a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.
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Do you know someone who goes 0 - 60 in three seconds flat? Who 'floods' super fast in an argument? The roots of this lie often in childhood.
Some people, often men, struggle to understand what they're feeling. The roots of this lie often in childhood.
This really is a thing.
Some people, often men, struggle to understand what they're feeling. The roots of this lie often in childhood.
This really is a thing.
May 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Do you know someone who goes 0 - 60 in three seconds flat? Who 'floods' super fast in an argument? The roots of this lie often in childhood.
Some people, often men, struggle to understand what they're feeling. The roots of this lie often in childhood.
This really is a thing.
Some people, often men, struggle to understand what they're feeling. The roots of this lie often in childhood.
This really is a thing.
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Trading a Hometown Hero for a Has-Been Hack
Acknowledge the disrespect shown to you—your neighbours, your riding, your interests, your way of life.
~Wayne.
letterkenny.substack.com/p/who-speaks...
vm.tiktok.com/ZMS1yspY1/
Acknowledge the disrespect shown to you—your neighbours, your riding, your interests, your way of life.
~Wayne.
letterkenny.substack.com/p/who-speaks...
vm.tiktok.com/ZMS1yspY1/
May 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trading a Hometown Hero for a Has-Been Hack
Acknowledge the disrespect shown to you—your neighbours, your riding, your interests, your way of life.
~Wayne.
letterkenny.substack.com/p/who-speaks...
vm.tiktok.com/ZMS1yspY1/
Acknowledge the disrespect shown to you—your neighbours, your riding, your interests, your way of life.
~Wayne.
letterkenny.substack.com/p/who-speaks...
vm.tiktok.com/ZMS1yspY1/
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The reason why I cry listening to these old songs isn't because I want to return to the past.
It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there.
I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.
It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there.
I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.
May 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The reason why I cry listening to these old songs isn't because I want to return to the past.
It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there.
I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.
It's through music that I get to bear witness to all my past selves. I can see the girl and woman I used to be. She doesn't know I'm there.
I know my future self is here, right now, watching these tears.
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A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
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They better be careful what they ask for
April 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
They better be careful what they ask for
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“We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.”
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.”
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos