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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 1h

I told an interviewer a few days ago I’m too feral for office work. So brewing it is, a field where a local brewery is looking for a brewer with 2 degrees, several years of experience, microbiology, packaging, brewing, logistics, recipe development, &c. for $55,000 a year. Less than a living wage.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 1d

People, I saw a gosh darn dinosaur in the Humber this morning.

A blue heron, I believe, wading in shallow water.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 1d

Calls to Action 26 calls on governments to... 'amend their respective statutes of limitations to ensure that they conform to the principle that governments and other entities cannot rely on limitation defences to defend legal actions of historical abuse brought by Aboriginal people.'

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 1d

The federal government is trying to have a lawsuit over biological experiments on Inuit dismissed over technicality, according to the lawyer representing the plaintiffs.

Former premier of Nunavut calls on Carney to stop victimizing Inuit

Paul Quassa is among the Plaintiffs in a class action filed almost six years ago over biological experiments.

www.aptnnews.ca

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J@c0b @reubenemoji.bsky.social · 1d

By giving it to someone who supported killing those fishermen?

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado welcomed the US strike, describing it as legitimate pressure. She interpreted it as a direct attack on the government, which she said would be overthrown before long.

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a cat while we await Trump’s meltdown over a Venezuelan winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

An old, black cat with a white patch on her chest wonders why she is not currently getting treats.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha OMG the Ontario Craft Brewers are having a session on using AI to supercharge a brewery’s social media. How the fuck can we sell a handcrafted, artisanal product using goddamn slop?

One of the sessions at the OCB’s conference is:

SALES/MARKETING/DIGITAL
• Al-Powered Marketing: How to Use Al to Supercharge Your Brewery's Social
Media Presence

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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heathcliff, but frog @hopcliff.heathcliff.cat · 2d

hands up if you are a true bug and suck sap from plants

Shivaphis celti, the Asian woolly hackberry aphid, also known as Shivaphis (Shivaphis) celti, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.

Pictured is schivapis celti, a small white bug that looks like a speck of lint, sitting on a leaf

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 2d

I did an interview about Indigenous folks in brewing today. I hope I came off better than my usual goofy self because it’s an important topic. And I took some pics of the tasting room buildout. I really hope I get to do some collabs and / or have a beer with ya’ll soon.

A storefront with light streaming in from a window in the right. Looks kinda rough. Especially with the bars in the window.

A pile of random construction materials. Plus a lamp.

A view from the tasting room into the brewery. The floor looks hella rough with some old carpet and older vinyl tiles having been pulled up.

A view from deeper in the tasting that shows the entrance to the washrooms on the left, the pile of cruft on the right, and the sunny window.

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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · Nov 19

Y'all.

Lakotaman is currently using the colonial tactic of Indian Removal on all other Lakotamen. He's weaponized his mostly white followers to attack other Natives and get them banned.

IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING LAKOTAMAN YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM.

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 2d

Michif and Métis French use a fair number of Cree and Anishinaabemowin words. Absent minded is a great one — waahkay waniikew.

Michif Dictionary

The Gabriel Dumont Institute's Michif Dictionary brings you over 12,000 translations and audio pronunciations by Michif-language expert Norman Fleury.

www.metismuseum.ca

Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 2d

I hope the bubble bursts before these goofy monstrosities go online.

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 2d

Then here you go!

Paul Bazinet thinking he could dodge a fast camera.

Paul and Jennifer wondering why the fuck anyone brings a camera to a beer festival.

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 3d

My great great grandparents lived through the creation of Manitoba and could’ve watched Hockey Night in Canada on CBC.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 3d

We were talking about having a Ghibli marathon over Christmas, and both kids said, “But maybe not Grave of the Fireflies.” It’s one of the rawest depictions of war I’ve ever seen.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Aristocrats don't notice philosophical conundra. They just ignore them. Philosophy includes contemplating the possibility that you might be wrong, sir, and a real aristocrat knows that he is always right. It's not vanity, you understand, it's built-in absolute certainty. They may sometimes be as mad as a hatful of spoons, but they are always definitely and certainly mad.

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 4d

I was following one beer person on Threads who started posting wildly anti-Indigenous / pro-genocide dreck and then my entire feed became a firehose of anti-Indigenous pro-genocide dreck. It’s a rage machine. FFS, am I going to have to talk to people in person for industry gossip?

Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 5d

TBH, I think the reason chuds talk about AI having human rights is so that data centres can take an immense amount of resources from actual humans with impunity.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 9d

“In a rural Louisiana farming community of 20,000 people, Meta is building a 4-million-square-foot AI data center, even as locals in Georgia grapple with a dwindling and discolored water supply following the construction of a similar facility that began in 2018.” 10/1/25 … 1/

Meta Builds AI Center the Size of 70 Football Fields. Residents Near Similar Facility Say They're 'Scared to Drink Our Own Water'

As Meta builds its largest AI data center in rural Louisiana, residents living near a similar facility in Georgia are having issues with their water supply. The parent company of Instagram has promise...

people.com

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 5d

I worked at E*Trade Canada around the time your book came out. Can confirm. The cats who were compulsively trading on small-ish portfolios mostly saw their profits eaten up by fees and taxes. The guys who bought AAPL and sat on it are all comfortably retired.

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 5d

Frequent stretch breaks, a good pair of boots and bougie insoles are what I tell baby brewers.

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 7d

The Old Cummer shirt really ties the vibe together

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Jason Tremblay @jasontremblay.bsky.social · 7d

If anyone wants tipsy portraits, I’m your guy!

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