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Jamie @twodimes.bsky.social · Sep 28
Break up Google. Tax billionaires. Investigate corruption. Double spending on schools, parks, and neighbourhood infrastructure.
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wikisteff.bsky.social
What gets me is who in elite UK is so bestial that they say, "actually, you can't be a BBC science journalist and support trans people out there in the world in 2025."
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 23h
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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socialmedialab.ca
"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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mdruker.app
People need to be able to go on the GO!
seanyyz.bsky.social Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1d
You’d think a station building this big would have a washroom. But you’d be wrong.
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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birdmanguelph.bsky.social
Tickets available but selling fast!

#guelph

www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebratin...
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
kibblesmith.com Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 1d
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
I thought this was fake when I first saw it .... like a satire
thorbenson.bsky.social Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1d
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Time person of the year cover for 2025
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
This is SO important.
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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dkmunro.bsky.social
I went on a thread-rant this morning about the importance of campus clubs and media in education and developing practical employability skills.

Prompted by the University of Ottawa radio station’s existential financial crisis.
dkmunro.bsky.social Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 2d
This sucks.

I was a DJ & Program Manager for my campus station. I learned how to speak, develop an agenda, manage schedules & people, deal with admin & government regulators.

Half the skills I use in my career now, I honed in campus radio.

And I met my wife.

ottawacitizen.com/news/uottawa...
uOttawa campus radio can't afford rent to stay on air
CHUO 89.1 has faced major financial setbacks since students voted to end the levy that helped fund the station.
ottawacitizen.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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alexbozikovic.bsky.social
"Ford insisted the Ontario Place locale would have “more space” when the final design is unveiled."

That is false. The proposed new building is half the size of the old. Period.
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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alexbozikovic.bsky.social
"The interim facility will be considerably smaller than the 568,000 square feet spread across three buildings..."

Yeah. It's a building of maybe 40,000 square feet.

Stenography.

www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Temporary Ontario Science Centre to open by summer
Interim Ontario Science Centre will open two years after the museum closed amid fears of a potential roof collapse.
www.thestar.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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joshmatlow.bsky.social
The Ontario Science Centre property at 770 Don Mills Rd doesn’t belong to Doug Ford. It belongs to the TRCA and the City of Toronto. I’m asking council to ensure that this architectural masterpiece be kept in a state of good repair so it can one day serve the public again.
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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kevinriggle.bsky.social
See I knew I posted all this shit under my wallet name for a reason
chairmanmoet.bsky.social Chairman Moët @chairmanmoet.bsky.social · 3d
Imagine the poor immigration officer who has to read 5 whole years of your social media posts. You may not kill them but surely you've diminished their capacity to truly love again
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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birdmanguelph.bsky.social
i’ll be performing some spoken word #poetry #Guelph this weekend

I’m a part of this awesome collection of #Indigenous artists in this book!

Got some new🔥 planned

Besides poetry, i write #StarTrek for bsky.app/profile/modi...

www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebratin...
Celebrating mihko kiskisiwin: Indigenous Poets Society Anthology
mihko kiskisiwin "blood memory" is an Indigenous Poets Society Anthology - a revolutionary act of remembering, reclamation & resurgence
www.eventbrite.ca
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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catelli.bsky.social
Step 1, Ditch the Microsoft Cloud. Go on Prem with Gov't owned datacenters.
Step 2, Ditch subscription licenses, go back to pay-to-own

That secures the data and buys time for step 3
Reducing dependence on Microsoft.
parismarx.com Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 4d
Digital sovereignty requires ripping Microsoft out of essential systems and ending reliance on its infrastructure, not allowing it to rebrand dependence as sovereignty.
blairaf.com blair @blairaf.com · 4d
Unclear how a $19 billion dependency on a US tech giant will "promote and protect Canada's digital sovereignty"

blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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nataliebrender.bsky.social
Anyone know what is a "sanctioned" oil tanker in this context?
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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sardonicus.eu
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
a shot of a god botherer in a car, next to him on the passenger seat is a skull in an ornate box
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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anthonymoser.com
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"

when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter

it's diagnostic
emilymbender.bsky.social Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 4d
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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1622mhb.bsky.social
#Fungifriends #Lichen
A map of map lichen. Various Rhizocarpon lichen on a rock in Canada #Alberta #LakeLouise
Close ups in comments.
A rock covered completely in splotches of lichen in brighter and darker green. Also darker and lighter groups of gray. The rock is framed crisp white fresh snow.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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dkmunro.bsky.social
If AI was actually about making lives better and not about consolidating economic and political power, it would be doing my work today so I could run, skate, read and drink hot chocolate.
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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davidwillerton.bsky.social
The Tiger by Nael, age 6 From They're Singing a Song in Their Rocket The tiger He destroyed his cage Yes YES The tiger is out
December 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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diplomatofnight.com
In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court

•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty

the ICC said: no
Exclusive: ICC shuns US demands to drop Israel war crimes probe and amend treaty
Washington also called for end to Afghanistan investigation and change to Rome Statute in return for lifting sanctions
www.middleeasteye.net
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.

If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!

store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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karanicolas.bsky.social
Canada’s international enrollment has fallen nearly twice as sharply as in the U.S.

We have an unprecedented opportunity to poach some of the best emerging talent across a range of dynamic fields, and our government is just choosing not to, and kneecapping our universities in the process.
socialmedialab.ca Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 7d
"A new global survey shows a 35% fall in intl graduate enrolment in Canada and 19% in the United States compared with last year, with 90% and 85% of institutions in Canada and the US, respectively, saying that restrictive government policies are to blame." www.universityworldnews.com/page.php?pag...
Global Edition
The Global Window on Higher Education
www.universityworldnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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samimarkart.bsky.social
maybe my favorite item included in this shop update, can’t get enough of whale falls 🐡🦑🐙 #bsnm

www.microbiomearts.com/product/whal...
sticker showing a whale fall, with whale skeleton made out of a glimmering holographic vinyl. deep sea creatures surround it, including sea stars, an octopus, crab and giant isopod.
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM