@varnam.bsky.social
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Explains crop shifts I’ve seen in my lifetime: corn now north of Saskatoon, once only in S Manitoba. Soybeans now in S Manitoba, once only in S Ontario. Grapes in Saskatoon, tomatoes & peppers in La Ronge.
December 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Explains crop shifts I’ve seen in my lifetime: corn now north of Saskatoon, once only in S Manitoba. Soybeans now in S Manitoba, once only in S Ontario. Grapes in Saskatoon, tomatoes & peppers in La Ronge.
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LOL
I left a review for our resort.
Unsolicited, TripAdvisor asked me to provide a review and photos. I obliged because our resort was amazing.
Tripadvisor sent an email to inform me they’d removed my review as it violated their AI policy. They told me to “make the required edits and resubmit”.
I left a review for our resort.
Unsolicited, TripAdvisor asked me to provide a review and photos. I obliged because our resort was amazing.
Tripadvisor sent an email to inform me they’d removed my review as it violated their AI policy. They told me to “make the required edits and resubmit”.
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
LOL
I left a review for our resort.
Unsolicited, TripAdvisor asked me to provide a review and photos. I obliged because our resort was amazing.
Tripadvisor sent an email to inform me they’d removed my review as it violated their AI policy. They told me to “make the required edits and resubmit”.
I left a review for our resort.
Unsolicited, TripAdvisor asked me to provide a review and photos. I obliged because our resort was amazing.
Tripadvisor sent an email to inform me they’d removed my review as it violated their AI policy. They told me to “make the required edits and resubmit”.
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Saskatchewan is promoting growing private investment in long-term care, diagnostics, hospital support services, surgery facilities, & addictions treatment. 2/
December 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Saskatchewan is promoting growing private investment in long-term care, diagnostics, hospital support services, surgery facilities, & addictions treatment. 2/
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They say #MeToo went too far and yet, this shit is still the norm.
VSO faces backlash after legal threat against violinist who spoke out about alleged retaliation
Orchestra sends cease and desist letter to Esther Hwang after she broke an NDA to speak out about her sexual-assault complaint
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
They say #MeToo went too far and yet, this shit is still the norm.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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It's time for the end of year @lionesselise.bsky.social many things on sale.
Elise just marked the entire "Inspired by Celia Lake" category down 50%, but check out the many other gorgeous things too.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Elise just marked the entire "Inspired by Celia Lake" category down 50%, but check out the many other gorgeous things too.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
www.etsy.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It's time for the end of year @lionesselise.bsky.social many things on sale.
Elise just marked the entire "Inspired by Celia Lake" category down 50%, but check out the many other gorgeous things too.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
Elise just marked the entire "Inspired by Celia Lake" category down 50%, but check out the many other gorgeous things too.
www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...
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Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
December 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
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Weirdly enough, I have experienced a career full of half a century of psychic damage from repeated exposure to violence (among other, worse things) and I still have avoided joining the Homegrown Schutzstaffel
Just thinking... we give so much attention (as we should!) to the victims of state violence, ie, people sent to CECOT.
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Weirdly enough, I have experienced a career full of half a century of psychic damage from repeated exposure to violence (among other, worse things) and I still have avoided joining the Homegrown Schutzstaffel
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Fantastic thread from @michael-hoerger.bsky.social on the psychological defense mechanisms people tend to employ when downplaying the risk of Covid:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17375...
#CovidConscious #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17375...
#CovidConscious #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth
Thread by @michael_hoerger on Thread Reader App
@michael_hoerger: As a clinical health psychologist, I notice that many people are using psychological defense mechanisms to downplay the risk of COVID. These are my Top 7 examples: 🧵 #1 – Denial – Pr...
threadreaderapp.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Fantastic thread from @michael-hoerger.bsky.social on the psychological defense mechanisms people tend to employ when downplaying the risk of Covid:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17375...
#CovidConscious #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17375...
#CovidConscious #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth
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Lesbian figure skating “Heated Rivalry” set in the “Heated Rivalry” universe where one of them is on the Canadian national team with Shane in Sochi and they have to do a bunch of photo ops together as like the king & queen of the ice and then we cut from that coffee shop to her story like with Scott
lesbian-Heated-Rivarly would actually work best outside of most team sports, which are often openly queer now.
- gymnastics
- competitive cheer
- figure skating
some of it even works better outside of sports altogether.
- modeling
- pop music
- news anchors
- ballroom dance
- beauty pageants
- gymnastics
- competitive cheer
- figure skating
some of it even works better outside of sports altogether.
- modeling
- pop music
- news anchors
- ballroom dance
- beauty pageants
i think we should get a lesbian heated rivalry for every sport
we deserve a fucking bakery's worth of cakes
we deserve a fucking bakery's worth of cakes
December 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Lesbian figure skating “Heated Rivalry” set in the “Heated Rivalry” universe where one of them is on the Canadian national team with Shane in Sochi and they have to do a bunch of photo ops together as like the king & queen of the ice and then we cut from that coffee shop to her story like with Scott
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[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
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This is a petition to help protect trans rights as minority rights, specifically due to things being done by the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments. The Charter exists to protect the rights of Canadians regardless of residence.
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is a petition to help protect trans rights as minority rights, specifically due to things being done by the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments. The Charter exists to protect the rights of Canadians regardless of residence.
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Over the summer, I discovered my most recent hyperfixation: The #americanwoodcock, or timberdoodle! I wanted a plush toy of one, but couldn’t find one, so I just… taught myself to needle felt and made one. Meet Tim B. Doodle!
#needlefelting #fiberart #birdart
#needlefelting #fiberart #birdart
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Over the summer, I discovered my most recent hyperfixation: The #americanwoodcock, or timberdoodle! I wanted a plush toy of one, but couldn’t find one, so I just… taught myself to needle felt and made one. Meet Tim B. Doodle!
#needlefelting #fiberart #birdart
#needlefelting #fiberart #birdart
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Yellow Winter Birds🌻❄️
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Yellow Winter Birds🌻❄️
"as you may observe, I am trapped by cats until January 5th and will be unable to respond to your email until then. Or later.
If this is an urgent cat-petting situation, please contact your local cat rescue or foster."
If this is an urgent cat-petting situation, please contact your local cat rescue or foster."
December 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"as you may observe, I am trapped by cats until January 5th and will be unable to respond to your email until then. Or later.
If this is an urgent cat-petting situation, please contact your local cat rescue or foster."
If this is an urgent cat-petting situation, please contact your local cat rescue or foster."
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It is wild to watch higher education's values crumble
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It is wild to watch higher education's values crumble
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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"When they finished work, they weren't going to a home. They were going to a shelter."
"[A]ctively written out of the story we as a nation have told ourselves about who becomes homeless, and why."
"[P]eople are not falling into homelessness; they're being pushed."
#Georgia #USA #Housing #Labour
"[A]ctively written out of the story we as a nation have told ourselves about who becomes homeless, and why."
"[P]eople are not falling into homelessness; they're being pushed."
#Georgia #USA #Housing #Labour
Working, homeless, hidden: A talk with Brian Goldstone
Street Sense editor-in-chief chats with author of “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America,” Brian Goldstone.
streetsensemedia.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Had we but falcons enough, and time,
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Had we but falcons enough, and time,
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
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#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon where the season of blue on blue continues
December 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon where the season of blue on blue continues
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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This is just a note to say
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
December 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is just a note to say
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
that I have eaten the falcon
in a widening gyre
and that you were probably saving for anarchy
Forgive me
it was delicious
so rough
and full of passionate intensity
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PMC COVID Update, Dec 22, 2025 (U.S.)
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
PMC COVID Update, Dec 22, 2025 (U.S.)
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
All indicators are that million of Americans are about to get COVID-19 "surprise" holiday infections.
pmc19.com/data
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Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August.
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August.
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends