BC Holmes
@bcholmes.org
One part Pip; one part Estella
Trek nerd. Queer 🏳️⚧️. Programmer and pro-grammar. IDIC means Black Lives Matter and trans rights!
I'm not going to read your Substack article.
I maintain the STA Character Creator.
she/her
Trek nerd. Queer 🏳️⚧️. Programmer and pro-grammar. IDIC means Black Lives Matter and trans rights!
I'm not going to read your Substack article.
I maintain the STA Character Creator.
she/her
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SOME EXCITING NEWS!
Following in the footsteps of other great musicians such as Lido Pimienta, Julian Taylor & Menno Versteeg, we're thrilled to announce Charlotte Cornfield as our comic memoirist for this year.
Look out for the first instalment coming in our next issue!
Following in the footsteps of other great musicians such as Lido Pimienta, Julian Taylor & Menno Versteeg, we're thrilled to announce Charlotte Cornfield as our comic memoirist for this year.
Look out for the first instalment coming in our next issue!
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
SOME EXCITING NEWS!
Following in the footsteps of other great musicians such as Lido Pimienta, Julian Taylor & Menno Versteeg, we're thrilled to announce Charlotte Cornfield as our comic memoirist for this year.
Look out for the first instalment coming in our next issue!
Following in the footsteps of other great musicians such as Lido Pimienta, Julian Taylor & Menno Versteeg, we're thrilled to announce Charlotte Cornfield as our comic memoirist for this year.
Look out for the first instalment coming in our next issue!
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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I’m so old, this was my first cell phone.
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I’m so old, this was my first cell phone.
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there's this thing i call "cop math"
basically, when you catch someone abusing power to cause harm and they're being real confident or real casual about it, stop and ask yourself, "how much human misery is flowing out of this one person into the world, if this evil thing is just a *habit* to them?"
basically, when you catch someone abusing power to cause harm and they're being real confident or real casual about it, stop and ask yourself, "how much human misery is flowing out of this one person into the world, if this evil thing is just a *habit* to them?"
January 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
there's this thing i call "cop math"
basically, when you catch someone abusing power to cause harm and they're being real confident or real casual about it, stop and ask yourself, "how much human misery is flowing out of this one person into the world, if this evil thing is just a *habit* to them?"
basically, when you catch someone abusing power to cause harm and they're being real confident or real casual about it, stop and ask yourself, "how much human misery is flowing out of this one person into the world, if this evil thing is just a *habit* to them?"
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This isn't some kinda hyperbole or metaphor or crystal ball-tugging; buddy has said as much in no uncertain terms: your constitutional rights are safe wheresover they do not impede his ideological goals.
This is who he is. And *million* of our neighbours love him.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is who he is. And *million* of our neighbours love him.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This isn't some kinda hyperbole or metaphor or crystal ball-tugging; buddy has said as much in no uncertain terms: your constitutional rights are safe wheresover they do not impede his ideological goals.
This is who he is. And *million* of our neighbours love him.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is who he is. And *million* of our neighbours love him.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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“It is outrageous that YouTube is furthering the Trump administration’s agenda to remove evidence of human rights violations and war crimes from public view,” said Katherine Gallagher, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“It is outrageous that YouTube is furthering the Trump administration’s agenda to remove evidence of human rights violations and war crimes from public view,” said Katherine Gallagher, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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Hot take: The notwithstanding clause was always a shit idea.
TORONTO – Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday evening.
Canadian premiers are too quick to override rights, former PM Jean Chrétien warns
TORONTO – Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday evening.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Hot take: The notwithstanding clause was always a shit idea.
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I think it's an injustice that I can't vote for Mamdani.
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I think it's an injustice that I can't vote for Mamdani.
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I can see no way in which this could turn out badly.
Trump Orders First U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests in 33 Years
Trump Orders First U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests in 33 Years
President Trump says he's instructed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons for the first time in over 30 years.
www.democracynow.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I can see no way in which this could turn out badly.
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People will die just as democracy has. No consultation. It’s Trumpy.
NEW: The Ford government's speed camera ban will receive Royal Assent on Monday, just 2 weeks after it was introduced.
Temporary signs will be introduced, but physical changes like roundabouts won't be in place when the cameras are banned. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1150266...
Temporary signs will be introduced, but physical changes like roundabouts won't be in place when the cameras are banned. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1150266...
Ontario sets date to remove speed cameras, temporary signs to be installed | Globalnews.ca
Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said an omnibus red tape bill, which includes the speed camera ban, will receive royal assent next Monday.
globalnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
People will die just as democracy has. No consultation. It’s Trumpy.
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If you think this is somehow not the desires outcome for all the terfs and 'reasonable discussions about bathroom safety' people, give your head a good wobble
🗣️ 65% of trans adults reported verbal abuse in public spaces
👊 24% said they have suffered physical violence
A new YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK:
https://goodlaw.social/u5y8
👊 24% said they have suffered physical violence
A new YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK:
https://goodlaw.social/u5y8
‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
goodlaw.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If you think this is somehow not the desires outcome for all the terfs and 'reasonable discussions about bathroom safety' people, give your head a good wobble
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Why is there no hammer and sickle emoji?
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Why is there no hammer and sickle emoji?
Not gonna lie: I'm really kind of interested to see what happens in the Tesla earnings call tonight.
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not gonna lie: I'm really kind of interested to see what happens in the Tesla earnings call tonight.
I do feel like something is tipping here. I've had my first experience of one of my corporate clients that wasn't willing to automatically give out desktop Office licenses because the prices have risen astronomically.
I dislike Microsoft a lot, but still expected corporations to keep buying it.
I dislike Microsoft a lot, but still expected corporations to keep buying it.
For what I do professionally and/or regularly, Adobe and Microsoft are the industry standards and whether I like that fact or not, it makes good business sense to maintain those subscriptions. It does mean their direct competitors have to navigate around the "industry standard" fact of life.
In a professional environment you need Adobe. It is a standard giving interoperability. As good as Affinity is it does not have that wide a reach. Copying their subscription tactic does little for them but pisses off the target audience they had.
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I do feel like something is tipping here. I've had my first experience of one of my corporate clients that wasn't willing to automatically give out desktop Office licenses because the prices have risen astronomically.
I dislike Microsoft a lot, but still expected corporations to keep buying it.
I dislike Microsoft a lot, but still expected corporations to keep buying it.
They just mentioned this on Al Jazeera: I hadn’t heard the story before. Neat.
Guess it's the perfect time to remind people that Pablo Picasso was one of main suspects when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in 1911
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
They just mentioned this on Al Jazeera: I hadn’t heard the story before. Neat.
So, here's a thing I was thinking about.
I cancelled by Disney+ account a while ago. Disney was one of the top corporations that were part of the Gaza solidarity boycott.
So when Kimmel was (briefly) cancelled, I was no longer a subscriber.
I cancelled by Disney+ account a while ago. Disney was one of the top corporations that were part of the Gaza solidarity boycott.
So when Kimmel was (briefly) cancelled, I was no longer a subscriber.
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So, here's a thing I was thinking about.
I cancelled by Disney+ account a while ago. Disney was one of the top corporations that were part of the Gaza solidarity boycott.
So when Kimmel was (briefly) cancelled, I was no longer a subscriber.
I cancelled by Disney+ account a while ago. Disney was one of the top corporations that were part of the Gaza solidarity boycott.
So when Kimmel was (briefly) cancelled, I was no longer a subscriber.
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this fucking country man
NEW: After years of Canada claiming it won't support Azov Brigade due to its far-right ideology and neo-Nazi links, the Canadian Defence Attache in Ukraine met with Azov at the Embassy this summer.
An Azov contact said it was a “friendly and open dialogue.”
www.readthemaple.com/canadian-emb...
An Azov contact said it was a “friendly and open dialogue.”
www.readthemaple.com/canadian-emb...
Canadian Embassy Hosted Ukraine’s Azov Brigade This Summer
An Azov member described the meeting as a “friendly and open dialogue.”
www.readthemaple.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
this fucking country man