@quyksilver.bsky.social
Show love and kindness to the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. she/her
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Imagine a British PhD student having to write entire thesis in fluent Chinese. Deliver talks & network at Chinese conferences and Chinese dominated social media. Without any support. Weird? That's a norm for every academic not born in an Anglophone country. And it's not treated as a crisis. 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Imagine a British PhD student having to write entire thesis in fluent Chinese. Deliver talks & network at Chinese conferences and Chinese dominated social media. Without any support. Weird? That's a norm for every academic not born in an Anglophone country. And it's not treated as a crisis. 🤔
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Uma Musume posts are like "ive fallen deeply in love with a Beautiful Woman named Steak Dinner"
June 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Uma Musume posts are like "ive fallen deeply in love with a Beautiful Woman named Steak Dinner"
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A taur fursona means you have twice as many bellies for pie 🥧
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A taur fursona means you have twice as many bellies for pie 🥧
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
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November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
I like how Barnett Newman's Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue being vandalised implies that someone was in fact afraid of red, yellow, and blue
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I like how Barnett Newman's Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue being vandalised implies that someone was in fact afraid of red, yellow, and blue
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I'm like a bloodhound that sniffs out employment law violations and the heresy of Arianism 🦊
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'm like a bloodhound that sniffs out employment law violations and the heresy of Arianism 🦊
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please be mindful when browsing furry art, as it sets a wildly unrealistic beauty standard (being fluffy)
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
please be mindful when browsing furry art, as it sets a wildly unrealistic beauty standard (being fluffy)
Fall breeze wafts
From a postcard sent
Atop Fuji-SanA
From a postcard sent
Atop Fuji-SanA
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Fall breeze wafts
From a postcard sent
Atop Fuji-SanA
From a postcard sent
Atop Fuji-SanA
Behold, an Italian!
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Behold, an Italian!
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If there is a negotiated deal here somewhere - and I don't think there is - it almost certainly would take the form of land-for-security: Ukraine gets an army and EU membership in exchange for giving up the Donbass to Russia.
But 'land for fuck you, that's what' is not a deal and has never been.
But 'land for fuck you, that's what' is not a deal and has never been.
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If there is a negotiated deal here somewhere - and I don't think there is - it almost certainly would take the form of land-for-security: Ukraine gets an army and EU membership in exchange for giving up the Donbass to Russia.
But 'land for fuck you, that's what' is not a deal and has never been.
But 'land for fuck you, that's what' is not a deal and has never been.
a mini-story I wrote back in the Twitter days I remembered just now
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
a mini-story I wrote back in the Twitter days I remembered just now
*Tom Scott voice* I am at the International Museum of the Horse
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
*Tom Scott voice* I am at the International Museum of the Horse
As a business major: part of the function of a business is as a place of employment to provide jobs to people. If your business can't pay employees adequately, then it's incapable of fulfilling a critical role in the economic engine.
Gee, maybe you shouldn't open/own a business if you can't afford to pay your staff a living wage.
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
As a business major: part of the function of a business is as a place of employment to provide jobs to people. If your business can't pay employees adequately, then it's incapable of fulfilling a critical role in the economic engine.
Remember that McDonald's corporate is a real estate company--they make money from buying land, building the restaurant, then collecting rent from the franchisee.
The restaurant itself serves to generate revenue to pay rent.
The restaurant itself serves to generate revenue to pay rent.
Not ONE mention of the word "profit" in that article.
LOTS of breathless concern about beef prices and salaries from McD's execs!
But not even ONE SENTENCE bothering to reference the ever-increasing net profits that the corporation enjoys.
LOTS of breathless concern about beef prices and salaries from McD's execs!
But not even ONE SENTENCE bothering to reference the ever-increasing net profits that the corporation enjoys.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Remember that McDonald's corporate is a real estate company--they make money from buying land, building the restaurant, then collecting rent from the franchisee.
The restaurant itself serves to generate revenue to pay rent.
The restaurant itself serves to generate revenue to pay rent.
I have a fairly expensive closet, but I realised that other than a pair of shoes, I haven't bought any new clothes since 2021, I think, because the old ones wore out (I have bought a number of items just because I wanted to try new styles)
Don't just think about the price. Consider how much you'll love wearing the garment, which will be about finding a manufacturer that produces things to your taste. A $100 hoodie worn for a decade is cheaper than a $40 hoodie you replace in a year.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
As usual, the key is to buy less, buy better.
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I have a fairly expensive closet, but I realised that other than a pair of shoes, I haven't bought any new clothes since 2021, I think, because the old ones wore out (I have bought a number of items just because I wanted to try new styles)
Recent events make me wish that Fukuyama had been correct that we were at the end of history
instead, I have to live through history
instead, I have to live through history
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Recent events make me wish that Fukuyama had been correct that we were at the end of history
instead, I have to live through history
instead, I have to live through history
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Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
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i hope one day we get election reform so i can finally stop voting for the Democratic Party every two years to preserve a modicum of democracy
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
i hope one day we get election reform so i can finally stop voting for the Democratic Party every two years to preserve a modicum of democracy
Greece has universa heathcare but it’s common to bribe doctors for faster/better care
eternal fucking pet peeve of mine is americans posting maps of how "the rest of the world" has universal healthcare but literally 40-60% of those countries the programs are so piecemeal, understaffed, and underfunded that they might as well not exist
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Greece has universa heathcare but it’s common to bribe doctors for faster/better care