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Ali Grotkowski
@alikira.bsky.social
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Information Professional, Parent, Librarian, Kiwanian, Writer, Board Gamer, Geek, Contest Entrant and more! She/Her
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alikira.bsky.social
"AI": A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a... I so loved reading this @scalzi.com post!
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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taleteller.bsky.social
What Can We Do?
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
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December 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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drkristopherwells.bsky.social
On International Human Rights Day, the Canadian Pride Caucus has issued a statement of concern regarding the use of the notwithstanding clause to undermine fundamental human rights. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
alikira.bsky.social
Add your name: Stand up for human rights in Alberta www.heathermcpherson.ca/protect_tran...
Add your name: Stand up for human rights in Alberta
www.heathermcpherson.ca
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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emilystjams.bsky.social
I really love Puzzmo!!
antlervel.vet Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 12d
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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jonrenish.bsky.social
Selfie with @alikira.bsky.social before our ice climbing today in Jasper.
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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alyankovic.bsky.social
Merry Christmas And Happy Chanukah From "Weird Al" Yankovic
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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xkcd.com
Website Task Flowchart

xkcd.com/3175/
Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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pentapod.bsky.social
I suppose this was inevitable once #Netflix acquired #SesameStreet. And I for one am 100% here for it. 🤣 #KnivesOut youtu.be/gJxzhUAGBDw
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
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December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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jonrenish.bsky.social
Dungeons and Dragons, a game primarily about bands of vigilantes liberating excess wealth from aforementioned 'Dungeons' and 'Dragons' is now apparently woke in an era when the ultra wealthily are building private compounds hidden under ground or on islands to hide their excess wealth in.
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
alikira.bsky.social
First driving lesson in a long long time, and I am impressed how much I improved with only a couple hours of practice.
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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xkcd.com
Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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mudron.bsky.social
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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suzettechan.bsky.social
I wonder how common it was for settlers in North America to tell their kids they must be part indigenous when the family tree seemed to be missing branches.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d16edc7...
Inconvenient Indian author Thomas King says he is not part Cherokee
Writer ‘still in shock’ after a whistle-blowing organization showed him genealogical evidence that he wasn’t part Indigenous, as he originally assumed
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
alikira.bsky.social
Winterval was a lot of fun this year! Plus I made it into this video coverage of the event!! www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid...
Downtown Edmonton takes festive turn for Winterval
104 Street was filled with festive lights, music and winter patios on Saturday for the third-annual Winterval festival.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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alyankovic.bsky.social
Wow! Our first-week ticket sales BLEW MY HAIR RIGHT OFF!! Hope it grows back in time for the tour!
Image of Al in bald cap from the set of his tour announcement video
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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jonrenish.bsky.social
Good Cat.
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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lynncoady.bsky.social
“Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop seeing AI as futuristic and start seeing it as fragile.” How AI is trained: garbage in, garbage out. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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jammyness.bsky.social
Wow it's true! Run don't walk, Canadian cartoonists on stamps! Webcomics alum! Two Tradewaiter picks!! And just in time for Holiday cards 🤩
A photo of Jam holding the booklet of stamps featuring Canadian cartoonists including Kate Beaton and Bryan Lee O'Malley!
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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jillithe.bsky.social
There is no reason for gender or sex to be on identification. The only people who need to know are your health care professionals and people you choose to be intimate with. Most other reasons to categorize are for bullying and discrimination.
taliabhatt.itch.io Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · Nov 14
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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refrag.bsky.social
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Nerdy kid at keyboard: Hi guys, I've noticed that it is International Men's Day today, and I'm confused. Why do we need a day to talk about men? We're not a marginalised group like women, queer people, or people of colour. The media is already full of stories about men. Big buff shirtless dude at keyboard: I'm glad you asked, champ. Whatever your view on men's place in society, it's still true that we face a lot of issues - like social isolation, risk of suicide, health problems, and attitudes towards sex and child rearing. Having a day to talk about those doesn't take away from anyone else's problems. In fact, having a day to talk about them helps us be more mindful, and listen better at other times. Second shirtless buff dude on a couch at his laptop: The chief here is really on to something. I want to echo what he said, and also point out that the idea we should remain silent about our problems actually contributes to a lot of our issues. We are human beings, with human needs. Seeking mutual support and understanding isn't the same thing as placing a burden on others. Especially if we're providing it for each other. Third buff dude at his laptop: Right on, my fellow kings. We've inherited a social legacy of competition and division, and a lot of what makes a man in our era is under question. IMD is a chance for us to examine and rethink what we are together, and build the bonds of solidarity and support that will make a better way possible - like in this meme. Because in our hearts, we're all curious kids and buff guys on keyboards.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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karinww.bsky.social
To Alberta’s trans community, and especially our trans youth: it’s deplorable that our government is abusing the notwithstanding clause to harm you.

We see you. You are beautiful and precious, and we are fighting/donating/protesting for you, and sending you all our love & support.
🩷🤍🩵 💜💛🤍🖤
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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jillithe.bsky.social
This could not be more disgusting. Claiming that the most important thing the government needs to be doing is preventing families from deciding on their own health care, endangering kids with abusive parents, and inspecting kids' genitalia so some kids can't play sports at all.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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jonrenish.bsky.social
Awful stuff.
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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emandras.bsky.social
I wish men truly understood how often their peers only pretend to cultivate women's talents because they want to fuck us. I am a short Canadian nobody and it happened to me when I was starting out my screenwriting career no less than four times before I turned 26
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM