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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 8d

[5] Hitler turned his bodyguard into ‘political soldiers’ & grew their number dramatically. They were known as the Schultztaffel or SS & were especially feared, during the Reich. They combined military & police powers. By 1939 there were 250,000 of them. Here’s an overview:

SS | Schutzstaffel, Definition, Meaning, Officers, Nazi Party, & Facts | Britannica

SS (abbreviation of Schutzstaffel [German: ‘Protection Squad’]), the black-uniformed elite corps and self-described ‘political soldiers’ of the Nazi Party. Founded by Adolf Hitler in 1925 as a small p...

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 8d

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. How corrosive it is that public figures are--more and more shamelessly--ripping the copper wiring out of the walls. Integrity is for suckers. Abusing power is fun. Caring about anything bigger than yourself is lame. An elite class of evil toddlers

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 8d

I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.

Charles PM @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 8d

Fuckin yikes, man

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · 13d

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Fighting the Empire – Spectre Journal

Occasioned by the release of Andor, Jonathan Brown reflects on the class politics of the Star Wars media empire and capitalism's cultural logic.

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · 13d

Sorry - sending thoughts

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · 13d

Weird that you're only getting to my medical records now 🤔

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Aug 10

Also what is going on over there?

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Aug 10

Being real weird this morning because anxiety obviously

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jul 21

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”

#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing to go further each year.

Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level

Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 17

Nothing like waking up every 40 minutes from several nightmares to give you a refreshing coherent and productive day

She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is Sylvester and maeve on Date night. Maeve was unimpressed with him being in her hallway.

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 16

Maeve suggests they belong to Sylvester, who lives next door to us and is responsible for a very large number of things (according to Maeve)

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Andrea Learned | Climate Influence Catalyst Ⓥ 🚲 @andrealearned.bsky.social · Jul 10

Yes! Also - the joy of biking for local transportation is hard to put a value on. Been doing it for 25+ years. #ClimateInfluence

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jul 10

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”

“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.”
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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss

Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 14

Anyone else notice their #sonos speaker randomly deciding that and audiobook chapter has ended ... no matter how much of the chapter remains? mostly with #libby

She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 14

I call in and argue for a $20CAD all acces sub every year in November. Because it has a lot of great coverage of many things and we need free press

This year might be the last bc of the worsening transphobic slide, and also because their participation in the Jonathan Majors apology tour - but ugh

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · Jul 11

State transphobia is fascism, especially if you think it doesn’t count.

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 11

Everytime I see fyp my brain creates an acronym ending in pussy

Ahahahahah

She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 11

Elon Musk has made me very confident in asserting that deaths of people who aren't inside cars and cyber trucks or are insude cars and cyber trucks and highway medians are the inevitable cost of progress and we just need to accept that

She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 11

Its like you dont even care if her car door was damaged

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 11

I thought I was going to go for a bike ride but then I walked across my apartment and collapsed on the bed in exhaustion

#fibromyalgia

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 10

As well a woman complained about the orange day parade having to move because they're white

I pointed out Santa and St Patrick are white and haven't had to move and suggested "as an Irish-catholic" maybe there was another reason

Then I learned the troubles had nothing to do with the Protestants

She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 10

Yesterday at the museum my niece wanted to go look at stuff so began quietly making puppy noises at me. Because I was not finished my coffee I made cat noises back. Much later I considered that many people might've tried using their words.

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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · Jul 6

I sadly agree with this assessment.

In April of 2017 my daughter Robyn went to the People's Climate March in New York City.

Eight years later, I see very little being done to address climate change.

Many people live in the dislusion this is not happening or humanity will figure it out in the end.

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 6

Every time it happens I am delighted and exasperated and amused.

Also, we aren't allowed to pick non fiction since I chose The Island Of The Colorblind #bookclub #musings

She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 6

I've been in a book club 20 years now and I keep accidentally picking books with magical realism. This has become my hallmark. It's tough on Stephanie.

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She/her/is/getting/away!!! @sdtoronto.bsky.social · Jul 6

I find alt text very helpful at times for delivering images but I hadnt considered AI implications.

Making accommodations is a pain til its routine, but limitations are real and its not right to presume someone has capacity to do any extra thing or demand performance of additional work

Humans!

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