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@vpj.bsky.social
your government mandated CanCon. I like cities, stories, and flat-faced dogs. Sometimes I talk academic integrity. Sometimes I help with @terrorcamp.bsky.social. T'karonto. (she/they)
O'Hara as Cookie Fleck, limping wildly into the arena at the climax of Best in Show. Incredible, subtle physical comedy. Every second she is on screen is a dream. Unparalleled.
kids, if you've never seen Best In Show, there is no better way to grieve one of the bravest and funniest bitches to ever do it. RIP 😭
January 30, 2026 at 6:58 PM
O'Hara as Cookie Fleck, limping wildly into the arena at the climax of Best in Show. Incredible, subtle physical comedy. Every second she is on screen is a dream. Unparalleled.
I need to get really weird about a niche media property very soon so I stop caring about finding meaning in my career.
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I need to get really weird about a niche media property very soon so I stop caring about finding meaning in my career.
I bought an e-version of my class textbook so I can read it on my phone It has AI-generated questions to "test your knowledge". I gave them a shot - genuinely. I want to retain what I'm reading. But they're straightforwardly wrong about half the time.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I bought an e-version of my class textbook so I can read it on my phone It has AI-generated questions to "test your knowledge". I gave them a shot - genuinely. I want to retain what I'm reading. But they're straightforwardly wrong about half the time.
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
??? WHAT ???
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 AM
??? WHAT ???
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NEWS! My next book, TRANSLUNAR, about a closeted trans woman who's an astronaut in the sixties, is coming out in fall 2027! It'll be on Wildthorn, Tor's brand-new general fiction imprint -- a dream, as it lets me work with @englelaird.bsky.social on my literary and historical fiction as well as SFF.
January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
NEWS! My next book, TRANSLUNAR, about a closeted trans woman who's an astronaut in the sixties, is coming out in fall 2027! It'll be on Wildthorn, Tor's brand-new general fiction imprint -- a dream, as it lets me work with @englelaird.bsky.social on my literary and historical fiction as well as SFF.
A small sign of the times: my downtown apartment that I'll be leaving in six weeks is advertised for a lower monthly rent than what I pay now.
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
A small sign of the times: my downtown apartment that I'll be leaving in six weeks is advertised for a lower monthly rent than what I pay now.
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Dozens of Nunavummiut braved the cold to stand in solidarity with Greenland and against threats of annexation by the United States.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
Nunavummiut rally to support Greenland
Dozens of Nunavummiut gathered in Iqaluit to show their support for the people of Greenland who are under threat from the United States.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Dozens of Nunavummiut braved the cold to stand in solidarity with Greenland and against threats of annexation by the United States.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
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fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
fantastic piece from my colleague @polgreen.bsky.social that gets at something i have been thinking about. what, exactly, is the administration's strategic goal in minnesota? what does "victory" look like for trump and miller?
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🎵 let's stop being so chickenshit 🎵
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: It’s time Carney joined the fight against Trump’s Arctic ambitions
Our co-operation with the U.S. should be contingent on the White House dropping its absurd claims to Greenland.
www.thestar.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
🎵 let's stop being so chickenshit 🎵
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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CH OM Henry Moore, Working Model for Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae, 1968
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124959
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124959
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
CH OM Henry Moore, Working Model for Three Piece No. 3: Vertebrae, 1968
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124959
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124959
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
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Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs in 'dark time' for public service, union says
Federal statistics agency entered its workforce adjustment period Monday, sending notices to thousands of employees.
ottawacitizen.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
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no one wants to hire me. because my whimsy is a liability
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM
no one wants to hire me. because my whimsy is a liability
2026 is about embracing my role as a Tastemaker.
your taste has always been exquisite
January 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
2026 is about embracing my role as a Tastemaker.
My only 2026 resolution is to lean into how pretentious I am. Why yes, I do believe myself to have impeachable taste, and I will be smug about it.
January 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
My only 2026 resolution is to lean into how pretentious I am. Why yes, I do believe myself to have impeachable taste, and I will be smug about it.
2025 was the first since 2019 that wasn't Very Bad. In fact, it was frequently great. Grateful for friends, for an excellent partner, for art.
January 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
2025 was the first since 2019 that wasn't Very Bad. In fact, it was frequently great. Grateful for friends, for an excellent partner, for art.
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A soft, small, hopeful thing.
January 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A soft, small, hopeful thing.
My last book of the year. Flesh, by David Szalay. Bought this pre-Booker nomination (and eventual win) but only got around to it this week. Spare and circular. Dialogue that felt both natural and absurdist at once. I tore through it. It's excellent.
December 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My last book of the year. Flesh, by David Szalay. Bought this pre-Booker nomination (and eventual win) but only got around to it this week. Spare and circular. Dialogue that felt both natural and absurdist at once. I tore through it. It's excellent.
Going to start asking men who play hockey "Oh cool - because of Heated Rivalry?"
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Going to start asking men who play hockey "Oh cool - because of Heated Rivalry?"
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ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/12/22/a... Wonderful writeup in the Ancillary Review's 2025 Notable Books -- you can always rely on them to have some of the most thoughtful criticism in the field.
December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/12/22/a... Wonderful writeup in the Ancillary Review's 2025 Notable Books -- you can always rely on them to have some of the most thoughtful criticism in the field.
As anyone watching this space has been saying for some time: Grammarly is a cheating machine. Might as well sell the enterprise to Chegg.
It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
December 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As anyone watching this space has been saying for some time: Grammarly is a cheating machine. Might as well sell the enterprise to Chegg.
Question for Christmas celebrators: does your family do stockings, and if they do, do they individually wrap the contents?
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Question for Christmas celebrators: does your family do stockings, and if they do, do they individually wrap the contents?
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