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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · Jul 18

Okay but hear me out: instead of AI, let's do whatever this is

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That 1 Guy - Buttmachine

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 10h

Needs more tubas. Someone should be out there around the clock. With a tuba.

Playing Bella Ciao.

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 10h

Had a friend tell me that rhere's a bit of a problem downtown with fent addicts, they're not exactly dangerous except to themselves and other addicts, but there's yelling and violence that makes it hard to live there - so he moved. But by there I mean..m a few square blocks.

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 10h

My favourite of his lies are the sir stories, when he claims people said "sir, you really did an amazing thing!" They always call him sir, his imaginary people.

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 1d

Some of those decisions date back to before the US had an oil boom, FTR.

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 1d

But refineries take awhile to build, and the types aren't interchangeable. Source: afpm.org/newsroom/blo...

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 1d

It's not, it's the opposite. Apparently light crude, what the US has in the ground, is more desirable and sells at a premium. But the country chose to build out its refinery capacity based on what was far more available globally, to ensure it always had a supply.

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 1d

Different kind of oil and gas I believe (heavy vs light crude). The US actually takes and refines Canadian oil for its domestic gas supply due to it being better for that. Don't recall all the details but something like that.

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 2d

Lol the fact that Carney hasn't figured out that every meeting to negotiate with Trump just encourages him to do shit like this is the disappointment of the millenium.

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

That and rotten dot com and oh, so many weird niche blogs from odd, odd people. Star Whores fanfic and pirating Adobe off Usenet. Sigh.

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

I miss deez early internuts :( and that was late early internet too, god, it was the Strongbaddest of times, it was the goatse of times.

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

Sheesh. It sounds like there isn't anyone actually laying charges (I'm guessing AB is one where the crown doesn't themselves recommend charges, unlike in BC) or pursuing a judgement, so I wonder even who is dropping the ball: Elections Alberta? The RCMP?

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

See also, the right amount of cleavage or thigh to show; also, current mode of self-expression: Teens Are Doing It Wrong, News at 11

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

Back in my day teens were having too MUCH sex

"Whatever the right amount of sex to be having is, teens haven't been doing that." - the older generation

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

It's so hard to say which is worse, but together? The Geneva Convention would hold you blameless

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 5d

we're not going to have a good, sustainable social media site as long as it is made or run by tech people. that is why I am building my own out of water, small rocks, moss, snails, brightly colored shrimp, one of those sucking fish, a mermaid statue. I'll be honest, this may actually be an aquarium.

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

Also murder: see measles.

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

Spoiler: Hooch is (still) crazy!

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 5d

This describes my LC to a tee
I'm better now, but it took awhile to find the right meds/management strategies.

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 6d

”The pain of being able to touch someone who is no longer there is unbearable. And when the second death comes, the death of body, there is almost a sense of relief, and along with that, of course, the shame of feeling it.“

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 6d

I wish they'd realize that'll happen anyway, so they might as well care about doing journalism regardless of what people who hate them and their mission say 🤷

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 6d

Our doorbell is this cool vintage chime that sounds amazing too so like, their loss!?

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 6d

I just thought he was high or something.

Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 6d

Oh my gosh is this a generational thing?! I had a delivery guy SO MAD as we were in our front room far away from the front, he called us to tell us he was there and he'd been knocking for TEN MINUTES. I'm like... "Oh did the doorbell not work??" and he didn't seem to even understand the question.

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 6d

"Buzzworthy site with contrarian bent" is a heck of a way to say "selling rage-bait lies"

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Renée @reneestephen.bsky.social · 6d

The original French rioters faced worse.