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@wordsmithswrite.bsky.social
Ghost writer and vibe vampire in Winnipeg. Meeting averse organizer. Professionally tolerable on the internet. A soft ❤️ in a hard 🌎. Ask me about my peat anxiety. She/her #climate #queer #lesbian
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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IRONY POISONING IS OUT, SINCERITY POISONING IS IN
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
IRONY POISONING IS OUT, SINCERITY POISONING IS IN
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Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider
Damn, it is a hard day to be a former sexually abused teenage girl. I think this is gonna be an offline weekend!
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Damn, it is a hard day to be a former sexually abused teenage girl. I think this is gonna be an offline weekend!
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There's a whole generation that learned irony before sincerity and now they're trapped. Can't be earnest without a layer of self-deprecation. Can't be enthusiastic without signaling awareness of how cringe enthusiasm is.
The price of never being vulnerable is never connecting.
The price of never being vulnerable is never connecting.
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
There's a whole generation that learned irony before sincerity and now they're trapped. Can't be earnest without a layer of self-deprecation. Can't be enthusiastic without signaling awareness of how cringe enthusiasm is.
The price of never being vulnerable is never connecting.
The price of never being vulnerable is never connecting.
So I kind of started the very long weekend early... Because my body hurts. So goddamn much. Can I blame the weather? Has my Endo just decided that I'm going to get SAD anyway so this is the best time to strike? IDK but it sucks no matter what.
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
So I kind of started the very long weekend early... Because my body hurts. So goddamn much. Can I blame the weather? Has my Endo just decided that I'm going to get SAD anyway so this is the best time to strike? IDK but it sucks no matter what.
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Everything that happens on social media coming from City Hall will be about campaigning for the next elections. Unfortunately we have been watching how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaigned by promising free transit, housing and humanity. Every candidate will have to do better and we're watching.
One of the things that really bothers me downtown is seeing garbage bins sitting wide open and trash on the sidewalks.
We’re fixing that.
New lockable bins are being installed along Main St & Portage Ave to help keep downtown cleaner. If they work as well as we expect, we’ll look to add more.
We’re fixing that.
New lockable bins are being installed along Main St & Portage Ave to help keep downtown cleaner. If they work as well as we expect, we’ll look to add more.
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Everything that happens on social media coming from City Hall will be about campaigning for the next elections. Unfortunately we have been watching how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaigned by promising free transit, housing and humanity. Every candidate will have to do better and we're watching.
Look at this ghoul. Hungry people digging through the trash leaves a mess sometimes! Who the hell looks at that problem and thinks "We MuSt PrOtEcT ThE TrAsh!"
One of the things that really bothers me downtown is seeing garbage bins sitting wide open and trash on the sidewalks.
We’re fixing that.
New lockable bins are being installed along Main St & Portage Ave to help keep downtown cleaner. If they work as well as we expect, we’ll look to add more.
We’re fixing that.
New lockable bins are being installed along Main St & Portage Ave to help keep downtown cleaner. If they work as well as we expect, we’ll look to add more.
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Look at this ghoul. Hungry people digging through the trash leaves a mess sometimes! Who the hell looks at that problem and thinks "We MuSt PrOtEcT ThE TrAsh!"
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One of the ways to "clean-up" the city, and avoid having garbage cans rummaged through is to spend money on housing and feeding the vulnerable population, not just fancy garbage cans.
One of the things that really bothers me downtown is seeing garbage bins sitting wide open and trash on the sidewalks.
We’re fixing that.
New lockable bins are being installed along Main St & Portage Ave to help keep downtown cleaner. If they work as well as we expect, we’ll look to add more.
We’re fixing that.
New lockable bins are being installed along Main St & Portage Ave to help keep downtown cleaner. If they work as well as we expect, we’ll look to add more.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of the ways to "clean-up" the city, and avoid having garbage cans rummaged through is to spend money on housing and feeding the vulnerable population, not just fancy garbage cans.
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NEWS RELEASE: “Prime Minister Carney’s first budget reads like a war plan against people and the planet."
Budget 2025 underscores the federal government's continued trajectory of focusing on industrial development at the expense of people, public services and the environment.
#CDNpoli #Budget2025
Budget 2025 underscores the federal government's continued trajectory of focusing on industrial development at the expense of people, public services and the environment.
#CDNpoli #Budget2025
Budget 2025 entrenches Carney government’s backsliding on climate and environmental protection
Focus on mega-projects and deep cuts to civil service ignores environmental realities and invests in classic, unsustainable resource extraction modelVANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵ wx̱wú7mesh AND...
www.wildernesscommittee.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
NEWS RELEASE: “Prime Minister Carney’s first budget reads like a war plan against people and the planet."
Budget 2025 underscores the federal government's continued trajectory of focusing on industrial development at the expense of people, public services and the environment.
#CDNpoli #Budget2025
Budget 2025 underscores the federal government's continued trajectory of focusing on industrial development at the expense of people, public services and the environment.
#CDNpoli #Budget2025
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I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
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hey i know things are hard but just remember YOU are charismatic megafauna
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
hey i know things are hard but just remember YOU are charismatic megafauna
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a lazy cynical affect is one of the worst things you can do to yourself as a reporter or analyst, it will corrode not only your work but your soul.
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
a lazy cynical affect is one of the worst things you can do to yourself as a reporter or analyst, it will corrode not only your work but your soul.
Everyone say Happy Birthday to Herbie, who is six today! Recently diagnosed with epilepsy and "middle age" but it won't keep him down!
October 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Everyone say Happy Birthday to Herbie, who is six today! Recently diagnosed with epilepsy and "middle age" but it won't keep him down!
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AI is presented as a race against time. Problem is, it's rigged.
The pitch is "once it reaches a certain level, it will fix the problems it creates and also all other problems."
The rigged part is that there is zero evidence that LLMs are a path to something that could DO THAT.
It's a scam.
The pitch is "once it reaches a certain level, it will fix the problems it creates and also all other problems."
The rigged part is that there is zero evidence that LLMs are a path to something that could DO THAT.
It's a scam.
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
AI is presented as a race against time. Problem is, it's rigged.
The pitch is "once it reaches a certain level, it will fix the problems it creates and also all other problems."
The rigged part is that there is zero evidence that LLMs are a path to something that could DO THAT.
It's a scam.
The pitch is "once it reaches a certain level, it will fix the problems it creates and also all other problems."
The rigged part is that there is zero evidence that LLMs are a path to something that could DO THAT.
It's a scam.
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"Restore the merit principle," I scream, having apparently developed selective amnesia about losing my job based on a complete and total lack of merit
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"Restore the merit principle," I scream, having apparently developed selective amnesia about losing my job based on a complete and total lack of merit
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Floating the idea of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline — a rejected fossil fuel project from a company notorious for spills and opposed by land defenders for years — during a climate crisis is nothing short of reckless and irresponsible.
#climatechange #cdnpoli
#climatechange #cdnpoli
Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News
Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.
www.cbc.ca
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Floating the idea of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline — a rejected fossil fuel project from a company notorious for spills and opposed by land defenders for years — during a climate crisis is nothing short of reckless and irresponsible.
#climatechange #cdnpoli
#climatechange #cdnpoli
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My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
September 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.
Idk why but I feel like this is disco snails related
youtu.be/eX3vfls7fBI?...
youtu.be/eX3vfls7fBI?...
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Idk why but I feel like this is disco snails related
youtu.be/eX3vfls7fBI?...
youtu.be/eX3vfls7fBI?...
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Another amazing moment for my coyote encounter the other morning. It’s neat to watch the family dynamics. Keep an eye on the two on the right. One of them is very clearly submissive and rolls over at the drop of a hat. It was so neat to just float there and watch them. #mammals 🌿
September 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Another amazing moment for my coyote encounter the other morning. It’s neat to watch the family dynamics. Keep an eye on the two on the right. One of them is very clearly submissive and rolls over at the drop of a hat. It was so neat to just float there and watch them. #mammals 🌿
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The pressure campaign to avoid a trumpish Conservative Party win in the last Canadian election & instead elect Carney's Liberals has resulted in an austerity gov that demands huge cuts across all departments & caused another postal strike. Run on breathless patriotism, rule like Harper.
September 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The pressure campaign to avoid a trumpish Conservative Party win in the last Canadian election & instead elect Carney's Liberals has resulted in an austerity gov that demands huge cuts across all departments & caused another postal strike. Run on breathless patriotism, rule like Harper.
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Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
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hear me out, government of canada, you could just FUND THE FUCKING POST OFFICE YOU ABSOLUTE GHOULS
www.thestar.com/business/pos...
www.thestar.com/business/pos...
Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery
CUPW leadership is "outraged" after Canada's public works minister cited "unsustainable" losses to justify the Crown corporation's restructuring.
www.thestar.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
hear me out, government of canada, you could just FUND THE FUCKING POST OFFICE YOU ABSOLUTE GHOULS
www.thestar.com/business/pos...
www.thestar.com/business/pos...
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Shout out to all the Weird Girls tonight. Rough time to be one of us but I assure you that you are not alone
September 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Shout out to all the Weird Girls tonight. Rough time to be one of us but I assure you that you are not alone
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For those who claim that “Autism is a Superpower” … Bob’s Burgers is a great example of the lengths that an Autistic person might have to go to make a career off their “Autism powers” in adulthood … Bob is *amazing* at making burgers … his whole life is built around that … and he *barely* gets by.
a cartoon of bob 's burgers with the caption that feels nice
Alt: Bob Patting a burgers with the caption “that feels nice”
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January 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For those who claim that “Autism is a Superpower” … Bob’s Burgers is a great example of the lengths that an Autistic person might have to go to make a career off their “Autism powers” in adulthood … Bob is *amazing* at making burgers … his whole life is built around that … and he *barely* gets by.