pikiora.bsky.social
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"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood."

- Luc van Donkersgoed
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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This an awesome music video by scaredketchup. He has produce some of the greatest videos monking the Regime. Please support his work!
youtube.com/watch?v=8w3o...
NO KINGS 2.0 - The Music Video
YouTube video by scaredketchup
youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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it's wild to think that when i was born credit ratings didn't exist and stock buybacks were illegal. so much of the world has gotten so much worse for the average person in my lifetime, but we're gaslit about it because a few things got cheaper or more convenient.
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.
October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Canada vs. America
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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My fav Ghandi quote:

‘What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?’
October 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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This explains everything.
October 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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NNELS is at the SaskAbilities Shaping Inclusive Communities Conference today! Stop by the NNELS booth to chat with us, learn more about accessible reading, and explore the resources we offer.

For more information about the conference, visit: 75.saskabilities.ca/conference/
September 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Yeah, i know what you mean.
July 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I was saying this years ago. Saved the screenshots from Xitter.
July 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Ozzy Osborne
1948 - 2025
July 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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For the Epsteinth time, an 'underage woman' is called a CHILD.

Thanks for coming to my Pred Talk.
July 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I literally just found out (five minutes ago!) that they have finished shooting Neuromancer by @greatdismal.bsky.social and I can’t wait. This is the book that made me come out of the closet and tell people that I loved science fiction, which was unusual for a 20 yr old girl. It’s still unusual!
June 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Said some more stuff about AI, particularly that whole "hey we let it make up a bunch of fake books and then we published that list of fake books in the real world as part of a newspaper" thing. At the blog. Enjoy! Or don't! I'm not your boss.
Repeat After Me: AI Doesn’t Know Anything
Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times (and then also the Philly Inquirer) published an issue of their newspaper that included an insert about fun summer things, and in that was a list of fifteen great s…
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May 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Every single budget in Aotearoa New Zealand has been built of the backs of unpaid/underpaid women, and if you don't like to hear this tough titty

At some point we need to stop & say not one more Budget! Not one more Year! & this seems like a good Time!

Times up!

We Are The 51%
#PayEquity #NZPol
May 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Image of library book display labeled:

“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”

Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World

~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I know this is just because we’ve been in the worst timeline for forever but I swear every time the met gala comes around it really feels like some dystopian hunger games shit.
May 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Wow crazy you guys must be giving her a big raise, right?
May 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Mark Graham (@mark.bsky.social), director of the #WaybackMachine, explains how the Wayback Machine archives over half a billion pages daily to ensure vital information remains accessible.

Full video ➡️ youtu.be/ETpNMXeiR7c

#InternetArchive #DigitalHistory #Preservation
April 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Okay, this made me laugh out loud.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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You have to see this.

PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Vancouver! Join me and my brother Seth Klein for The New Shock Doctrine: Charting Canada’s Path in a Time of Crisis.

To beat Trump and his oligarchs, we must innovate, not imitate

In person at UBC’s Chan Centre on April 26 at 7:30pm.
March 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM