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Vancouverite. Moderately silly, interested in lots of things. You don't have to follow me back if I follow you: be easy on yourself and have fun, blocking is a way to make this experience nicer. Please follow the thread. Use feeds and blocklists. #synthsky

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MicRohBot Monster @microh.bsky.social · Dec 3

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 9h

Listen to why I get cranky about out of context debt-to-gdp ratios, fiscal anchors, and how this all leads to austerity that inevitably ends up hurting those of us that need support the most

Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 9h

For the late/west coast crowd, my latest YouTube episode where @lindsaytedds.bsky.social and I talk about the harms of austerity that nobody wants to acknowledge #cdnpoli

The Problems with Austerity

YouTube video by Dale Smith

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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 9h

“A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.”

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

www.ctvnews.ca

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 9h

Yankees fans still booing in vain hopes of overturning Jays victory

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Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social · 12h

Who had the largest nose in numismatic history?
I'm particularly impressed by the schnoz on the Parthian king Mihrdāt/Mithradates II (r. 124–91 BCE), but there must be bigger.
#Numismatics
#Proboscis
#Parthia

Drachm of Mithradates II featuring bust of king facing left with fantasy dwarf beard and magnificent honker, wearing jeweled cap with ear flaps.

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Mellow Lugosi’s Dead 🧛🏻‍♂️ @flyingtrilobite.com · 12h

This is not a photo of protestors in Portland “ICE fishing”, as clever as that sounds.

I can’t find the photographer so far, but it’s been online since at least 2013, and those are Toronto cycling cops, not American ICE agents.

Note the uniforms, shorts, bikes, and lack of masks.

Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 1d

Ice Fishing in Portland

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MicRohBot Monster @microh.bsky.social · 11h

Chardonnay!

MicRohBot Monster @microh.bsky.social · 11h

Part of listening to this is remembering Rob’s face as he played it.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 12h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Shower Cat Love @shower-cat.bsky.social · 12h

The Portland Frog is a brilliant bit of mocking agitprop. It makes the regime look silly and stupid at the same time.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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MicRohBot Monster @microh.bsky.social · 12h

I saw Gabby’s Dollhouse and it was a lot like a little kid telling you an insane story that keeps getting crazier. That’s praise. (Also I’ve never seen the show, so it was at least a surprise.)

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Bobbie Draper - Martian Marine & Cucumber Sandwich Enjoyer @nicosan1.bsky.social · 13h

This was where Omnicorp Headquarters was in Robocop. I cannot emphasize how much we need to protect Dallas City Hall, it is art, it was designed by I.M. Pei and it must be protected!

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: I wrote about Dallas City Hall. Designed by I.M. Pei, it's an incredible feat of architecture that was meant to embody progressivism and a new start after the JFK assassination. At the end of the month, city leaders could vote to tear it down: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

One of Texas' architectural masterpieces could soon face demolition

The building was designed by foundational architect I.M. Pei.

www.chron.com

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 14h

I will also note that the mayor is also putting out incorrect information over his own motion.

We’ll see what the proposed budget looks like in a month or two, what the discussion is like, and when the actual vote is scheduled.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14h

Cuomo on how he’d handle Trump sending troops into NYC:

Oh they’ll violate the constitution and break the law and violate civil rights and terrorize people but let’s not get all dramatic about it.

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"[I want to] be ready here in New York, and let's be smart. They're going to send in ICE in New York.
They are going to do things that are illegal and unconstitutional, but let's not overreact."
- Andrew Cuomo said in June after Trump deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles

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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 14h

Canadians have new travel requirements for trips to India

Find out everything you need to know.

dlvr.it

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING🚨

ABC votes unanimously to lock in huge cuts to Vancouver’s public services, throw out the 2026 budget consultation, and sell out the city we love to the rich.

A shameful day for the city, with impacts to be felt for years to come.

#vanpoli

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MicRohBot Monster @microh.bsky.social · 15h

Who is the best at that exotic music from across the water? The water being the Irish Sea.

Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 1d

lmao a list of the top 20 blues artists of all time where the top 5 are all white guys... hellorayo.co.uk/planet-rock/...

The Top 20 Greatest Blues Artists of All Time

Here at Planet Rock, our resident blues expert Bernard Doherty brings you the...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 16h

they’re Big Fucking Mad that we greeted them with an inflatable costume rave rather than all out war

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MicRohBot Monster @microh.bsky.social · 17h

Still impressively relentless every time I hear it.

Nomeansno - Sex mad

YouTube video by KLAJBERZABLE

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rhaco_dactylus, phd @rhacodactylus.bsky.social · 18h

chatgpt helping cause the palisades fires is very on brand for the societal and environmental impact of using chatgpt at all

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17h

With insurers unwilling to provide comprehensive coverage, OpenAI and Anthropic are considering using investor funds to settle potential claims from multibillion-dollar lawsuits.

Insurers balk at paying out huge settlements for claims against AI firms

OpenAI, Anthropic consider using investor funds to settle potential lawsuits.

arstechnica.com

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MicRohBot Monster @microh.bsky.social · 18h

An interesting thing here is the amount of data centres getting built in Nairobi and a coming nuclear power plant located elsewhere in the country. Pretty sure the data centres are gonna be able to pay their bills, right?

Nairobi Water Announces Mass Water Disconnections

Nairobi Water has announced it will disconnect water for consumers with outstanding bills.

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MicRohBot Monster @microh.bsky.social · 18h

It's a disturbing trend anywhere, but it gets more bleakly funny in theocracies that can't keep the lights on.

Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi Urges Use of AI in Seminary Education

Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi has called on Islamic seminaries to embrace modern technology, particularly artificial intelligence, to advance religious scholarship and propagation.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from the line outside the courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges.

I’m here for @lawfaremedia.org.

Follow along for updates ⬇️

Federal courthouse in EDVA, with line of people out front and a guy holding a “show trial” sign

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 19h

Women: Hey, how's it goi—

Men: So here's what I think your breeding quota should be.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 20h

You cannot buy this kind of publicity, the ruling party thinks your upcoming televised mini concert is sexually demonic liberalism and keeps telling the media about why

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 21h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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