troyliss
@troyliss.bsky.social
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Troy Lissoway. Graphic Designer. Ape seeking understanding. Albertan. He/Him. Product of Canada* (*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
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troyliss.bsky.social
You might as well ask who’s financing and organizing Taylor Swift fans. 🫤
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jessothomson.co.uk
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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anniegirl.bsky.social
Columbus's own peer group thought he was a monster.
atrupar.com
Trump signs a proclamation: "We're calling it Columbus Day. We're back."
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owillis.bsky.social
actually we would be better off as a country if the obama administration had prosecuted the bush administration. ditto biden to trump. we're in a mess in large part because democrats were too chickenshit to do the right thing.
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.
BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC
President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday
www.mediaite.com
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mixedmetaphors.bsky.social
Seriously, this person is kind of correct. Coming to NYC and going to see a random Broadway Play and expecting it to make sense is something people have been doing for at least 50+ years.

I love that the original audience responded this way too! It makes me feel like the play is working.
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mixedmetaphors.bsky.social
What I love about this is it's in line with what a lot of people (most?) said when the play first came out!

It's a theater-bending (if not breaking) play. It's always been so. This person is not alone in feeling this way!

(Clarification: I think it's one of the greatest things ever written.)
luxalptraum.com
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
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tedmccormick.bsky.social
Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.
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tedmccormick.bsky.social
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
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owillis.bsky.social
to the average ny post/fox news consumer, antifa is a standalone org like the dnc
ecksearoh.bsky.social
She capitalized antifa like it's a standalone organization.
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alexhanna.bsky.social
As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps
monkeyminion.com
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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matthew.flux.community
🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.
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akurjata.ca
That's the thing about this swing to involuntary care: people can't get voluntary care. People who are incarcerated can't get care. Where are the resources to support involuntary care suddenly going to come from?
mikehager.bsky.social
B.C. prisoners with complex mental illness aren’t getting necessary treatment: Review Board’s annual report. Outgoing chair’s scathing intro included this: “In my view, these shortages put the safety of the public and the rights of individuals at risk” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... #bcpoli
B.C. prisoners with complex mental illness aren’t getting necessary treatment, report says
British Columbia Review Board chair Brenda Edwards says chronic underfunding has brought the forensic health care system to a breaking point
www.theglobeandmail.com
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland
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dillo.media
i will vote for anybody who fixes the headlight brightness situation
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luxalptraum.com
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
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izzos.us
And there's some men out there who are like "I could take one"
troyliss.bsky.social
Looks like AC fans will have to satisfy themselves with killing French slavers for a while
Adéwalé, a former slave turned Master Assassin, preparing to carve a bloody path through colonial Haiti Aveline de Grandpré, a Creole woman from French Louisiana who also has an obsessive preoccupation with murdering slavers
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agrabia.bsky.social
A simple message to the U of A: your alumni notice. We notice when you send in police to attack peaceful protesters. We notice when you limit stories that criticize this government. And we notice when you punish an academic for expressing their opinions.