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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 19h

During the last election, Ford made a big deal of the need for strong, stable leadership in a time of uncertainty and chaos. My dude! The uncertainty and chaos is coming from inside the house!

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 19h

Myers says this is another issue that highlights the need for Toronto to look at becoming a charter city. "Whether it's speed cameras, whether it's bike lanes, whether it's blue bins, we can't seem to make a decision without Doug Ford running interference because someone got in his ear."

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 23h

if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404

also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 1d

I do, actually, find it aggravating when people suggest this city is fundamentally broken. It has issues, but what they need are practical and considered solutions applied by those who love this city, its complexity, and its contradictions.

In other words, one rule above all:

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 3d

"The proposed 'compact' for unis is similar in a key respect to this govt’s actions across many areas of law & policy...replacing the regularity & fairness of law w highly discretionary systems that ensure all sorts of entities & institutions will face the govt...as supplicants in need of largesse."

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Jag Villani @jagvillani.bsky.social · 6d

Ottcity did the Spiderman meme with an attempt at a pedestrian detour!

A picture of detour signs indicating that one should walk in three different directions layered on top of the Spiderman meme showing several Spidermen pointing in different directions.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 7d

You’ll recall that the selling point for organising our societies like this is that this is the best, fairest and most efficient way to determine value and allocate resources

BBC News (UK) ₺
@BBCNews• •1h
Musk becomes world's first half-trillionaire

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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 7d

“With the release of Sora 2 it is maddening to remember all of the completely insane copyright lawsuits … in which powerful companies … sued powerless people who were often their own fans for minor infractions or use of copyrighted characters that would almost certainly be fair use.”

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus

The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 7d

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8d

‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’

The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers

www.theguardian.com

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 8d

Petition to save speed cameras in Ontario: www.change.org/p/stop-premi...

Sign the Petition

Stop Premier Ford from cutting speed safety cameras in Ontario

www.change.org

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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 10d

Making tofu at home really is that wet-the-dry/dry-the-wet meme in action.

Tofu-making equipment.

A can of kidney beans with a bright yellow label sits precariously on top of a tofu press, a beige plastic container with slits for liquid to escape. It’s sitting on top of a metal rack inside a glass baking dish half-full of whey, and the whole thing is on a light-grey stone kitchen counter.

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Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 10d

Still looking for respondents! If you have ever purchased makeup or beauty products in any way related to a fan object, please consider taking a few minutes to fill this out this brief survey: utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 20d

Have you ever purchased makeup or beauty projects based on your fandom? If you are 18 years or older, please fill out this 10 minute survey for a research project on embodied fan identities. Share widely! Contact with any questions: [email protected]. utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A flyer that reads "Do you own any fandom-related makeup or beauty products? If you are 18 or older, please consider answering a few questions about it by filling out this 10 min survey to support a research project on fan identities and embodiment" followed by a QR code.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 10d

have fun! don’t monetize it!

Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover @kristadb1.bsky.social · 10d

Canadian news is giving you permission to have a hobby.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak-_...

The benefits of hobbies

YouTube video by CTV News

www.youtube.com

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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 11d

(“Long-form” for me being 13 pages.)

Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 11d

On deadline for my first long-form comic in an age (and my first comic for a peer-reviewed academic publication ever), and oh! there’s the back pain from hunching over drawings!

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 12d

A meme of an angry Don Draper saying, “That’s what the taxes are for.”

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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 11d

Austerity is the mind-killer.

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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 11d

This is about the argument, not any of the principals, but: Must say I don’t love how quickly our “nation-building” government has pitted Canadians against one another over who *really* deserves to have access to previously taken-for-granted public services and infrastructure.

Anno Dominaysayer @annodominaysayer.bsky.social · 13d

Having grown up in the country and living as an adult in the city I disagree. Ppl in the country have cars so it’s very easy to stop at the community mailbox, and rural delivery to every door is wildly inefficient.

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Kathryn Fedchun @kathrynfedchun.bsky.social · 11d

Catch me tomorrow afternoon talking about part of my dissertation work on the @queergamesbundle.bsky.social !!! ✨

The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social · Aug 29

Resharing to add the Sunday #QGCon schedule of events as well!

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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 11d

Will the Postmaster General bring me up on charges if I just never check my mail again?

Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 11d

Like most communication channels this days, my mail is probably 90-95% people trying to sell me things I don’t want or need. Canada Post is asking me to waste my time picking up garbage I will then have to take home and throw out for them.

Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 11d

Like most communication channels this days, my mail is probably 90-95% people trying to sell me things I don’t want or need. Canada Post is asking me to waste my time picking up garbage I will then have to take home and throw out for them.

Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 12d

If I’ve learned one thing from Ontario politics this week, we just need to really commit to destroying community mailboxes and they’ll have to bring back at-home delivery.

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dorian @doriantaylor.com · 12d

casual remarks like this i think are a data point for capitalism having died of natural causes sometime in the last ~30 years

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

ZUCKERBERG: “If we end up misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars, I think that that is going to be very unfortunate, obviously. .. But what I’d say is I actually think the risk is higher on the other side.”

$META
youtu.be/23FyskyFoP8?...

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 13d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 12d

When I went to Comiket in Tokyo, there was a doujinshi circle all about Costco. Whole zine on the hot dogs!

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · 14d

The CfP for the 1st themed issue of our journal Fandom | Cultures | Research is out & I'm especially excited for this one, since it combines two of the things I'm most interested in: #fanstudies & #memorystudies. Added bonus: a workshop in Marburg in Feb 26.

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...

Call for Abstracts - Themed Issue 2/26 & Accompanying Workshop: “Fan Practices of Memory and Remembrance” | Fandom | Cultures | Research

journals.uni-marburg.de

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