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sloan kilbride

@thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social

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they/them, fka murphyslawyer22. witchy weirdo with himbo hound and more mouth than manners. definitely not one of the "nice" canadians. prone to sudden bursts of french. all opinions mine, you can't have them. header by @caitgreer.bsky.social

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · Jul 27

The wizard will see you now. He does trade in treatos and walkies.

A large black and brown hound dog lying on a couch. He has a hoodie on, with the hood up, so his eyes (and ears) poke out from underneath.

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 6h

dad has been transferred back to our local hospital at home for continuing stroke rehab, now taking bets on how long it'll take him to get these nurses bringing him his morning coffee order lol

sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 6h

what a good sleepy lil buzzy boi

sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 6h

That's because the only thing Poilievre can manage to bring into the country is abject embarrassment.

Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 6h

Large majority of Canadians believe Mark Carney would get a better trade deal with the U.S. than Pierre Poilievre

A large majority of Canadians believe Prime Minister Mark Carney would get a better trade deal with the U.S. than Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.

cultmtl.com

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 7h

Breaking News: Walk Paused for Poop Collection, Local Himbo Outraged

Hoomin says he made the poop in the first place, threw fit anyways

A large floppy eared black and brown hound dog on a paved walking/cycling path. He's wearing a grey harness and a blue plaid collar and leash. He's also on his tiptoes with his head up, yelling about the injustice of holding still to allow for his poops to be picked up.

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 11h

At my first job there was a lady who unironically pronounced Spanish words as if they were phonetic English words. Fah-jie-tahs, tor-till-ahs, juh-lah-puh-nos, etc. 😅

sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Canada, can we do this next please?

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Kittie @kittiepeters.com · 1d

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 1d

faiiiiir lol

sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 1d

Iiiiiiinteresting, now I'm wishing I'd paid more attention to crowd demographics when I saw Sam Smith a few years ago lol

sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 1d

i believe he's come out as queer, so yay for gays supporting gays i guess!

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 2d

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 3d

i just saw someone try to claim that genai garbage is a disability aid and please know if you say that to me, a disabled person, i will eat you.

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 3d

i just saw someone try to claim that genai garbage is a disability aid and please know if you say that to me, a disabled person, i will eat you.

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 4d

“Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon didn’t specify what constitutes an ‘ostentatious’ religious symbol — but the victims are assuredly going to be religious minorities and people of colour.”

An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the Parti Québécois are colossal hypocrites

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the Parti Québécois are colossal hypocrites for trying to ban religious symbols among elementary school kids.

cultmtl.com

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 4d

this is why it's important to have weirdos who like you on your marketing team, so they can catch this stuff and tell you about it instead of just snickering behind their hands.

thanks for the laugh, via, i needed that.

still not paying $110 for 90 minutes on the train, though. <3

Screenshot of Via Rail's homepage advertising "new discount cards for frequent railers" which sounds. Real dirty.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 5d

While waiting for a transfer from ICU, my dad has apparently charmed the nurses to the point that they're bringing him his coffee fix. I guess they like him. 😂

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 9d

to anyone else going through it right now, don't forget to feed yourself

(yes this is an attack)

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 5d

If you don't want to be the one reading stories to your kids or learning about and enthusing about trains with them, why did you even have children?!

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Jeremy @floregonian.com · 5d

Hey, if you love someone go tell them, please. Right now. It won’t take long. Just send them a DM or a text or just do it on main. Whatever it is, just go do it. People need to know how much you love them.

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 5d

I've been vague posting but my dad had.. at least one stroke on Saturday. Mute me if you need to, friends, I'll understand.

sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 5d

I have seen my dad every day but one of the last 5 (including today) and today was the first day he was able to greet me like he normally does and holy SHIT was that a relief

sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 6d

thank you, friend. 💜

sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 6d

it is a privilege and a blessing for both parent and child to live long enough that the role of carer reverses.

it is also an unspeakably shattering heartbreak.

i'm deeply grateful, and i'm absolutely wrecked, at the same time.

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sloan kilbride @thistle-and-thorn.bsky.social · 7d

The word for this is "coward."

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 7d

Fucking disgusting variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

variety.com