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What Is Resilience Targeting?
Resilience targeting inflicts hopelessness and cynicism. These skills can help you stay motivated and hopeful when the whole world feels like a disaster.
www.psychologytoday.com
Ever so often I find myself coming back to this article for obvious reasons. It helps to center myself personally in the age that we're in - a response to the onslaught of awfulness so I can stay mentally and emotionally resilient. Maybe useful for others too www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/flip...
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They got us, comrades.
NGL this description of Bsky in Vulture cracked me up
January 31, 2026 at 3:34 PM
They got us, comrades.
I know of another group of fascists that were meticulous record keepers using the most advanced technologies of their times.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I know of another group of fascists that were meticulous record keepers using the most advanced technologies of their times.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
Words that meet the moment we're in. Let hope swell. www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Words that meet the moment we're in. Let hope swell. www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
What's to come from politicians and agencies? I wager a desperate escalating effort to never be held accountable for what they've done.
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
What's to come from politicians and agencies? I wager a desperate escalating effort to never be held accountable for what they've done.
Feeling strangely nostalgic for the old web where I could search a niche topic and there was a website for it by some random special interest enthusiast who made a text-wall page in Times New Roman and stock image gifs.
January 24, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Feeling strangely nostalgic for the old web where I could search a niche topic and there was a website for it by some random special interest enthusiast who made a text-wall page in Times New Roman and stock image gifs.
Ever so often I find myself coming back to this article for obvious reasons. It helps to center myself personally in the age that we're in - a response to the onslaught of awfulness so I can stay mentally and emotionally resilient. Maybe useful for others too www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/flip...
What Is Resilience Targeting?
Resilience targeting inflicts hopelessness and cynicism. These skills can help you stay motivated and hopeful when the whole world feels like a disaster.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Ever so often I find myself coming back to this article for obvious reasons. It helps to center myself personally in the age that we're in - a response to the onslaught of awfulness so I can stay mentally and emotionally resilient. Maybe useful for others too www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/flip...
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Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
stereogum.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
Starting to think we're not going to meme our way out of this.
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Starting to think we're not going to meme our way out of this.
Exceptionalism makes so many of us believe that the audacious and horrible couldn't be unfolding and then we're left wondering in hindsight how we could have let it all slip by us so easily.
January 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Exceptionalism makes so many of us believe that the audacious and horrible couldn't be unfolding and then we're left wondering in hindsight how we could have let it all slip by us so easily.
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Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Had a lot of fun creating this "retirement home" tavern for my friend who introduced me to D&D ages ago for their secret Santa gift. Quite proud of the build and first time dipping into miniature scaling. Figured a little timeline cleanser is nice.
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Had a lot of fun creating this "retirement home" tavern for my friend who introduced me to D&D ages ago for their secret Santa gift. Quite proud of the build and first time dipping into miniature scaling. Figured a little timeline cleanser is nice.
It is very nice and wholesome (and needed and important) seeing folks' happy holiday posting.
December 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It is very nice and wholesome (and needed and important) seeing folks' happy holiday posting.
Absolutely love the Bluesky is simply Muppet Christmas Carol tonight.
December 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Absolutely love the Bluesky is simply Muppet Christmas Carol tonight.
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An Xmas playlist for people who are cranky but love Xmas time.
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
An Xmas playlist for people who are cranky but love Xmas time.
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If I ever have children, my greatest gift will be not forcing the Leafs fandom upon them.
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If I ever have children, my greatest gift will be not forcing the Leafs fandom upon them.
If I ever have children, my greatest gift will be not forcing the Leafs fandom upon them.
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If I ever have children, my greatest gift will be not forcing the Leafs fandom upon them.
Happy holidays have a Merry Xmas playlist tidal.com/playlist/8e7...
Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared (Merry Christmas To You Too)
Playlist - Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared (Merry Christmas To You Too) - 23 items
tidal.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy holidays have a Merry Xmas playlist tidal.com/playlist/8e7...
Ah but I'm a luddite who critically approaches LLM's and that's a far greater sin.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ah but I'm a luddite who critically approaches LLM's and that's a far greater sin.
A relic from a different time
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A relic from a different time
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
Nothing like a November thunder storm during a winter camp.
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nothing like a November thunder storm during a winter camp.