BaskingSnark 🇨🇦
@baskingsnark.bsky.social
🇨🇦, atheist, skeptic, knitter, 🍺 judge. Bird looker. Sciences for a living. Muskox are smaller than you think. She/her, Niagara area.
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Willfully misunderstanding a post regarding copyright is certainly one way to try and justify your theft.
Willfully misunderstanding a post regarding copyright is certainly one way to try and justify your theft.
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Wow, I've just detached my first quote post.
Willfully misunderstanding a post regarding copyright is certainly one way to try and justify your theft.
Willfully misunderstanding a post regarding copyright is certainly one way to try and justify your theft.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
Please don't engage with bullshit like this.
It's fine if you don't like of certain food but these takes are just full-on bullshit and I'm so fucking done with it.
DO BETTER
It's fine if you don't like of certain food but these takes are just full-on bullshit and I'm so fucking done with it.
DO BETTER
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Please don't engage with bullshit like this.
It's fine if you don't like of certain food but these takes are just full-on bullshit and I'm so fucking done with it.
DO BETTER
It's fine if you don't like of certain food but these takes are just full-on bullshit and I'm so fucking done with it.
DO BETTER
And if you can't get it through your library?
THEN IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T GET IT.
You will survive not reading a specific book until you can afford it.
THEN IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T GET IT.
You will survive not reading a specific book until you can afford it.
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
And if you can't get it through your library?
THEN IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T GET IT.
You will survive not reading a specific book until you can afford it.
THEN IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T GET IT.
You will survive not reading a specific book until you can afford it.
Because I turn into an 85-year-old man every winter, I treated myself to this incredible Advent calendar - 24 samples of port!
Now I just have to get my fruitcake and aged cheddar, and I'll be set for the season 😂
Now I just have to get my fruitcake and aged cheddar, and I'll be set for the season 😂
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Because I turn into an 85-year-old man every winter, I treated myself to this incredible Advent calendar - 24 samples of port!
Now I just have to get my fruitcake and aged cheddar, and I'll be set for the season 😂
Now I just have to get my fruitcake and aged cheddar, and I'll be set for the season 😂
Holy shit
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Holy shit
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if there was one lesson i could impart to young women it would be this one:
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
if there was one lesson i could impart to young women it would be this one:
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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More info and pictures in my stories on Instagram (link in my bio) and you can set a reminder for your favourites! All proceeds after shipping will be donated to @birdscanada.bsky.social !
#auction #conservation
#auction #conservation
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
More info and pictures in my stories on Instagram (link in my bio) and you can set a reminder for your favourites! All proceeds after shipping will be donated to @birdscanada.bsky.social !
#auction #conservation
#auction #conservation
This goes double for Black Friday sales in Canada 😖
It's very annoying that Black Friday has turned into a whole ass month.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This goes double for Black Friday sales in Canada 😖
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This is what it sounds like, when spuds fry…
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is what it sounds like, when spuds fry…
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this is how you lose the dish war
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
this is how you lose the dish war
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I can't say I expect to sell many tickets on my tiny Bluesky, but I'll dream anyway. I really want this to work and I truly think anyone who attended would have an amazing time.
It's called Generator. Coming to Massey Hall on the 27th.
Please tell your people.
masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
It's called Generator. Coming to Massey Hall on the 27th.
Please tell your people.
masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I can't say I expect to sell many tickets on my tiny Bluesky, but I'll dream anyway. I really want this to work and I truly think anyone who attended would have an amazing time.
It's called Generator. Coming to Massey Hall on the 27th.
Please tell your people.
masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
It's called Generator. Coming to Massey Hall on the 27th.
Please tell your people.
masseyhall.mhrth.com/tickets/chri...
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I have a huge show in Toronto on Thursday.
It's a night to celebrate people who deserve it. Afghan educators. The vets who save endangered species. Trinidadian poets. Hollywood comedians. Inuit musicians. It's crazy and so so fun.
But social media is dead. How do I even tell people it's happening?
It's a night to celebrate people who deserve it. Afghan educators. The vets who save endangered species. Trinidadian poets. Hollywood comedians. Inuit musicians. It's crazy and so so fun.
But social media is dead. How do I even tell people it's happening?
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I have a huge show in Toronto on Thursday.
It's a night to celebrate people who deserve it. Afghan educators. The vets who save endangered species. Trinidadian poets. Hollywood comedians. Inuit musicians. It's crazy and so so fun.
But social media is dead. How do I even tell people it's happening?
It's a night to celebrate people who deserve it. Afghan educators. The vets who save endangered species. Trinidadian poets. Hollywood comedians. Inuit musicians. It's crazy and so so fun.
But social media is dead. How do I even tell people it's happening?
Reposting for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER 😐
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reposting for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER 😐
Nice shout-out to @songbirdfibres.bsky.social as well as other gifts!
BIRD CONSERVATION GIFT GUIDE: GIFTS THAT GIVE BACK
By Laura Hill, @birdscanada.bsky.social
Explore our curated 2025 gift guide for bird lovers. Each gift supports bird conservation in Canada, helping you give presents that matter this holiday season. buff.ly/L5NvloD #Birds #Gifts
By Laura Hill, @birdscanada.bsky.social
Explore our curated 2025 gift guide for bird lovers. Each gift supports bird conservation in Canada, helping you give presents that matter this holiday season. buff.ly/L5NvloD #Birds #Gifts
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Nice shout-out to @songbirdfibres.bsky.social as well as other gifts!
Gift link - the justifications from both the police and the contractor are the biggest pile of bullshit I've seen in a while.
If you live in Toronto, apparently you now get to do anything you want as long as no one complains about it!
If you live in Toronto, apparently you now get to do anything you want as long as no one complains about it!
City investigating after contractor drives tractor with snowplow through Palestinian protest
City investigating after contractor drives tractor with snowplow through Palestinian protest
Videos show a tractor with a snowplow attached driving through a crowd on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. consulate on Tuesday evening.
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Gift link - the justifications from both the police and the contractor are the biggest pile of bullshit I've seen in a while.
If you live in Toronto, apparently you now get to do anything you want as long as no one complains about it!
If you live in Toronto, apparently you now get to do anything you want as long as no one complains about it!
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The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The cover art is finished for my new book and I LOVE IT!
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
This safari tour of the life in soil and what is means to us, is now available for pre-order as ebook, soft and hardcover in the UK and Commonwealth. Published in August next year (US date soon), I hope it'll entice everyone to love soil! 🧪🪱
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My other conclusion was that learning to mend clothing was probably the single most sustainable thing I could do, and that at least was wholly in my control.
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My other conclusion was that learning to mend clothing was probably the single most sustainable thing I could do, and that at least was wholly in my control.
For over 15 years, I worked in a niche science of a niche science - as in, IIRC, there were only one or two other labs in all of NA, and one in Europe and one in Australia that studied the same thing.
I published in ~ 5-6 different journals in that time.
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I published in ~ 5-6 different journals in that time.
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If you produce research (published or not) why can’t you produce a lay summary with it? If not being elitist, why not have additional impact (sharing amongst non academic/different fields and actual real world impact or combatting disinformation/misinterpreation & accelerating application?)
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
For over 15 years, I worked in a niche science of a niche science - as in, IIRC, there were only one or two other labs in all of NA, and one in Europe and one in Australia that studied the same thing.
I published in ~ 5-6 different journals in that time.
...1/2
I published in ~ 5-6 different journals in that time.
...1/2
Woohoo, new knitting book! That's my afternoon sorted!! 🧶 #knitting
"Math for Knitters" by @kateatherley.bsky.social, from @acmefibres.com
"Math for Knitters" by @kateatherley.bsky.social, from @acmefibres.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Woohoo, new knitting book! That's my afternoon sorted!! 🧶 #knitting
"Math for Knitters" by @kateatherley.bsky.social, from @acmefibres.com
"Math for Knitters" by @kateatherley.bsky.social, from @acmefibres.com
Actual Knitting Content! 🧶 #knitting
Another pair of Christmas socks (yarn and needles from @acmefibres.com) - a few more rows in the cuff, then on to the heels. They should be done soon!!
Another pair of Christmas socks (yarn and needles from @acmefibres.com) - a few more rows in the cuff, then on to the heels. They should be done soon!!
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Actual Knitting Content! 🧶 #knitting
Another pair of Christmas socks (yarn and needles from @acmefibres.com) - a few more rows in the cuff, then on to the heels. They should be done soon!!
Another pair of Christmas socks (yarn and needles from @acmefibres.com) - a few more rows in the cuff, then on to the heels. They should be done soon!!
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.