Krissss
@thornleaf.bsky.social
I make boring corporate web apps and herd cats (sometimes those are the same thing).
Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada 🍁
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Krissss
@thornleaf.bsky.social
· Mar 12
So fucking done with this “interesting times” bullshit.
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Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
Every morning, I fill two large travel mugs with coffee.
I then drink those while I work.
Sometimes I drink both without noticing and then I'm sad when I reach for a mug I think is full and it's empty, but today the opposite happened.
I hope this is a good omen!
I then drink those while I work.
Sometimes I drink both without noticing and then I'm sad when I reach for a mug I think is full and it's empty, but today the opposite happened.
I hope this is a good omen!
January 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Every morning, I fill two large travel mugs with coffee.
I then drink those while I work.
Sometimes I drink both without noticing and then I'm sad when I reach for a mug I think is full and it's empty, but today the opposite happened.
I hope this is a good omen!
I then drink those while I work.
Sometimes I drink both without noticing and then I'm sad when I reach for a mug I think is full and it's empty, but today the opposite happened.
I hope this is a good omen!
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#canadiansky Let’s get the Senator’s follower numbers up to demonstrate engagement here is good comms strategy.
More recently, I had the chance, in a committee hearing, to raise the issue of the CBC’s commitment to X. Here’s what CBC’s top executives told me about why the CBC isn’t on Bluesky or Mastodon. youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?... #cdnpoli
CBC stays on X to reach audiences despite hate speech concerns - but isn't on Bluesky or Mastodon.
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 12:55 AM
#canadiansky Let’s get the Senator’s follower numbers up to demonstrate engagement here is good comms strategy.
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
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I checked out his timeline, and guy Musk is promoting (someone with >100k followers) is just posting straight up Stormfront ca. 2005 material, or White Aryan Resistance material ca.1989. The world’s richest man and the GOP’s most important funder has turned X into Stormfront.
checking in on elon musk, the guy who absolutely did not give a nazi salute last year
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I checked out his timeline, and guy Musk is promoting (someone with >100k followers) is just posting straight up Stormfront ca. 2005 material, or White Aryan Resistance material ca.1989. The world’s richest man and the GOP’s most important funder has turned X into Stormfront.
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Canadians, sign this petition to demand Canadian media actually BE Canadian media.
Postmedia owns 80% of Canada’s newspapers and they’re owned by a New Jersey hedge fund with ties to Trump.
It’s a threat to national security. Sign this petition. SHARE IT.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Postmedia owns 80% of Canada’s newspapers and they’re owned by a New Jersey hedge fund with ties to Trump.
It’s a threat to national security. Sign this petition. SHARE IT.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Canadians, sign this petition to demand Canadian media actually BE Canadian media.
Postmedia owns 80% of Canada’s newspapers and they’re owned by a New Jersey hedge fund with ties to Trump.
It’s a threat to national security. Sign this petition. SHARE IT.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Postmedia owns 80% of Canada’s newspapers and they’re owned by a New Jersey hedge fund with ties to Trump.
It’s a threat to national security. Sign this petition. SHARE IT.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Oh, yeah, that looks trustworthy. Definitely nothing suspicious about it at all.
![A message I just received on Facebook from my boomer aunt, featuring a stretched-out email notification image and the text "[Boomer Aunt] sent you a surprise message. Open this
uh, how 'bout I don't.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lykorq4qqflayln2rx5sg6br/bafkreigmhi5vxgkxi4mqoqc2rruypi6ifrbcmgdwmana3zt7ye3oxp447u@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Oh, yeah, that looks trustworthy. Definitely nothing suspicious about it at all.
It’s a Christmas miracle!
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It’s a Christmas miracle!
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
Honestly, just this, forever.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Honestly, just this, forever.
I just want y'all to know that, while I have been very quiet lately, this is not because I have *wanted* to be very quiet lately. There is a lot going on. I am 99% rage at the moment, and it is entirely related to my community involvement and not my domestic stuff.
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I just want y'all to know that, while I have been very quiet lately, this is not because I have *wanted* to be very quiet lately. There is a lot going on. I am 99% rage at the moment, and it is entirely related to my community involvement and not my domestic stuff.
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"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors.
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
support fill the dishes — My Grandfather's Cat
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors.
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life.
www.mygrandfatherscat.ca
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Shrooms 2 just dropped
Experts Explore New Mushroom Which Causes Fairytale-Like Hallucinations
Between traditional folklore and modern biology, the wild forest floor and the sterile scientific laboratory, lies the story of the lilliputian mushroom.
nhmu.utah.edu
December 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Shrooms 2 just dropped
Yes! YES!
Do humans next!
Do humans next!
Orcas and dolphins caught on video by researchers collaborating to forage, hunt salmon | CBC News
Researchers from Dalhousie University were trying to study how northern resident orcas find salmon to eat, but they ended up finding an unexpected symbiosis with another species — dolphins.
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Yes! YES!
Do humans next!
Do humans next!
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This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
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Every AI CEO has spent the last 5 years smugly predicting the complete destruction of jobs (the *good* outcome vs "or it might destroy civilization, oops, fingers crossed!") while looting every creative work on the planet, all justified by "well you can't stop us!"
Of course they're loathed!
Of course they're loathed!
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Every AI CEO has spent the last 5 years smugly predicting the complete destruction of jobs (the *good* outcome vs "or it might destroy civilization, oops, fingers crossed!") while looting every creative work on the planet, all justified by "well you can't stop us!"
Of course they're loathed!
Of course they're loathed!
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Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
Shout out to everyone else who is removing naturally-occurring em-dashes from their writing so that people don't think it's AI-generated. 🙃
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Shout out to everyone else who is removing naturally-occurring em-dashes from their writing so that people don't think it's AI-generated. 🙃
This past week had ups and downs, but it seems to be ending on a high note (at least, so far). There is, of course, still time for that to change. There have been a LOT of ups and downs lately. But today was good, so I'm going to be happy about that.
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This past week had ups and downs, but it seems to be ending on a high note (at least, so far). There is, of course, still time for that to change. There have been a LOT of ups and downs lately. But today was good, so I'm going to be happy about that.
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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Surcharge away, America. We ain’t coming back. $100 charge on a non-visitor is $0.
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Surcharge away, America. We ain’t coming back. $100 charge on a non-visitor is $0.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ok, I understand that burning the candle at both ends is a great way to burn yourself out real fast, but what if you are juggling three candles that are also burning at both ends? Does the added variety of pressure stave off burnout?
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT, FRIENDS!
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT, FRIENDS!
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ok, I understand that burning the candle at both ends is a great way to burn yourself out real fast, but what if you are juggling three candles that are also burning at both ends? Does the added variety of pressure stave off burnout?
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT, FRIENDS!
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT, FRIENDS!