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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 16h

Wow this one really got to me. Sitting here staring blankly at the wall of my apartment.

Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you @undertow.bsky.social! I'm excited to burrow myself into these on the Canadian long weekend.

My weird fiction exposure so far has been Vandermeer, Mieville, and mostly older works and I'm trying to read more widely and discover new authors because: what a gorgeous genre.

Two books, published by Undertow Publications, lie on a wooden table: The Best Weird Fiction of the Year Volume One by Michael Kelly, and Uncertain Sons and Other Stories by Thomas Ha. Both have beautiful evocative covers.

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 5d

I loved Bring Her Back so much (and was very shaken by it emotionally). Thank you for the Borderlands suggestion!

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 7d

QUESTIONABLE DESIGN?! is that ever the understatement of the year. By which I mean: that is stunning. I will very much be tuning in 🕯️⚔️

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Lissa Harris🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 9d

they are destroying US climate science on purpose, and it hurts my heart. but take it from an MIT-trained nerdass:

all most of us need to know is that we have to stop burning stuff

stop burning stuff for heat

stop burning stuff for make car go

stop burning stuff for power

we have the tools

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 10d

Yesss my reason for heading to WOTS!

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Dr. Catherine Scott @cataranea.bsky.social · 13d

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?

How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13d

"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.

"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 12d

Just got refunded for my @kneecapceol.bsky.social tickets in @toronto.ca and am absolutely livid that they are barred entry in Canada @vgasparro.bsky.social you are the one acting contrary to Canadian values and chose the side of genocide and repression of free speech.

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 14d

Holy holy

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 17d

There is a radio in the distance. A radio of the world. Playing sounds - Good morning, Elysium. Soon you will return to the world.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Our problem isn't a lack of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 20d

Hahaha yes - although I guess no one will realize unless they've played it!

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 20d

"After Harry Du Bois wakes up on the floor" ehh spoiler alert!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27d

Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 27d

Oh wow. Sorry to be an Internet stranger commenting but that is sumptuous. And guess who just got a new wine red kaweco sport to match...

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 27d

Timeline cleanse

(It's for me just as much as for you)

You are stared at intently by two beautiful but judging light blue eyes belonging to Albie, a ginger Cornish Rex cat with huge ears. He would like you to stop scrolling.

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 27d

Subscribed 👍 thank you

Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · 27d

Esp from a former (albeit elitist) climate champion. Hard right turn from his Tragedy of the Horizons speech to let's market ourselves as greener oil vs non-democratic oil countries under guise of global peace and cont to reap massive royalties, while the taxpayer funds stranded future assets

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 27d

Mark Carney continues to use the phrase “decarbonized oil” to try to greenwash a new oil pipeline for Alberta. It’s so shameless and I would argue it even shows contempt for the public to be so dishonest.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 27d

When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. “Do they expect students not to be anarchists?” he said. “What else can the young be? When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up”

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · Sep 8

SHIVERS - A grey rain falls on Martinaise. The city soaks in it, cold and dripping. Waves hit the concrete breakers. The homeless huddle by the fires behind the fences. There, among the shacks, is your home. Stay. Have a drink. Forever.

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · Sep 5

Flagging fake news left and right on YouTube. At first it was funny and now I am tired. Any other Canadians see this influx of ads featuring either Mark Carney or Jagmeet Singh being "arrested"?

Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · Aug 23

I think about this a lot: I grew up in the Netherlands and moved to Canada in my twenties. Both have white dominant cultures but were still *very* distinct. Now when I travel back home the aesthetics and customs have shifted to be much more North American. I feel it as a profound loss.

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · Aug 21

The public will pay for very expensive pipelines that are not necessary (see: cheap low carbon alternatives) and saddles us with stranded assets. Investors don't wanna pay for that shit, they have already figured out it's not a good return UNLESS the taxpayer holds the bag. Don't be fooled Canada!

Paul DeCampo @pauldecampo.bsky.social · Aug 21

No public funds for pipelines

Pass it on

🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · Aug 21

Vipond says he’s worried that, if funded by tax dollars, a pipeline won’t payback its initial investments.

“At a time where building a pipeline is a risky endeavour, that risk should be taken on by private capital,”

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · Aug 19

As a childless I beg my partner to read to him and he is lukewarm so I often whisper-read to myself with a little light under the covers and I'm such an enraptured audience. Sometimes my cat joins and purrs along

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Rosa (Swamp Rose) de Haas @roseoftheswamp.bsky.social · Aug 15

"I'm not really worried about that part" ❤️ We aren't either!

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