Ally Stewart
@allystewart.bsky.social
Book nerd. Oxford comma enthusiast. I know my way around a cheese plate. Currently blogging about trying to teach high school English Literature in a world where LLMs are a thing https://schrodingerschatgpt.blogspot.com/
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Ally Stewart
@allystewart.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Ally Stewart is never wrong...
Also smut is good and very fun and people should not be snobs about it
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She said something great
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
She said something great
I honestly didn't know if Starbucks manufactured this drama on the eve of a potential barrista strike in order to get customers to yell at their staff
or if they genuinely just couldn't have predicted that their customer base would be this insane over a cup
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
or if they genuinely just couldn't have predicted that their customer base would be this insane over a cup
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Starbucks apologizes for its bear cup drama. What's behind the 'Bearista' frenzy? | CBC News
Coffee chain Starbucks released a $43.95 "Bearista" glass cold cup Thursday as part of its new holiday collection, and not only did the hat-topped tumbler sell out almost immediately, but videos circu...
www.cbc.ca
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I honestly didn't know if Starbucks manufactured this drama on the eve of a potential barrista strike in order to get customers to yell at their staff
or if they genuinely just couldn't have predicted that their customer base would be this insane over a cup
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
or if they genuinely just couldn't have predicted that their customer base would be this insane over a cup
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Flaws and glitches are minor concerns easily dismissed. Being “mid” is fine because someone can promise this will get less mid and plenty of people are willing to believe. GenAI isn’t mid. It’s linear algebraic sociopathy.
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Flaws and glitches are minor concerns easily dismissed. Being “mid” is fine because someone can promise this will get less mid and plenty of people are willing to believe. GenAI isn’t mid. It’s linear algebraic sociopathy.
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Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
OMG I celebrate this so hard
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
OMG I celebrate this so hard
lol, the fact that the last three words are each in their own set of quotation marks makes it even more ominous
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
lol, the fact that the last three words are each in their own set of quotation marks makes it even more ominous
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Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action.
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Upon taking office, the Doug Ford gov't introduced a law to cut the "carbon tax" which also obliged the government to create a climate plan & emissions targets. Now, they’ve repealed that duty—Ontario’s government no longer has to consider climate action.
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
thenarwhal.ca/ford-repeals...
She also presents this argument as if women’s college basketball has been treated the same as men’s basketball and it most assuredly has not
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
She also presents this argument as if women’s college basketball has been treated the same as men’s basketball and it most assuredly has not
I just listened to his dumb podcast.
Something extra insidious about this garbage is that it demonstrates that these people don’t view where people do jobs that they would classify as “feminine” as actual “workplaces.” 1/
Something extra insidious about this garbage is that it demonstrates that these people don’t view where people do jobs that they would classify as “feminine” as actual “workplaces.” 1/
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I just listened to his dumb podcast.
Something extra insidious about this garbage is that it demonstrates that these people don’t view where people do jobs that they would classify as “feminine” as actual “workplaces.” 1/
Something extra insidious about this garbage is that it demonstrates that these people don’t view where people do jobs that they would classify as “feminine” as actual “workplaces.” 1/
Kavanaugh will forever be aggressively page flipping through his boofing calendars
Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during today's second oral arguments has been incredibly obnoxious and rude. He is so eager to kill a service member's lawsuit against a negligent government contractor that he keeps interrupting other justices, raising his voice, and getting emotional. Weird and erratic.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Kavanaugh will forever be aggressively page flipping through his boofing calendars
It’s so infuriating that anyone is voting forright wing isolationists during this global crisis
Planet: am too hot now really much too hot stop pls tnx
China: uh yes but no but infrastructural hegemony
Trump: something something animals IQ test drug boats asylum
Labour: let’s tax EVs it seems like the perfect time
Ecosystems: I might just retire
China: uh yes but no but infrastructural hegemony
Trump: something something animals IQ test drug boats asylum
Labour: let’s tax EVs it seems like the perfect time
Ecosystems: I might just retire
I'm sorry, but this is straw-grasping bollox
Back in the real world, governments are rowing back on green measures and fossil fuel corporations are planning expansion
I, and many others expect 2C to be exceeded by 2050 - perhaps even well before
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Back in the real world, governments are rowing back on green measures and fossil fuel corporations are planning expansion
I, and many others expect 2C to be exceeded by 2050 - perhaps even well before
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It’s so infuriating that anyone is voting forright wing isolationists during this global crisis
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The media’s normalisation of evil really irks me. This tulip meets every definition for a Neo-Nazi - at the very least he should be described as a fascist, or far right. ‘White nationalist’ ignores his antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, anti-miscegenation & Holocaust denial.
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The media’s normalisation of evil really irks me. This tulip meets every definition for a Neo-Nazi - at the very least he should be described as a fascist, or far right. ‘White nationalist’ ignores his antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, anti-miscegenation & Holocaust denial.
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Tom Buchanan of East Egg Endorses Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Tom Buchanan of East Egg Endorses Cuomo
AGREEEEEEEED
The Toronto #BlueJays gave us arguably the closest #WorldSeries in modern history, and the most fun and inspiring playoff run I can remember in any sport. I LOVE THAT TEAM, and 100% believe #TORONTO should have a HUGE CELEBRATION ANYWAY, to thank the team, fans, city and COUNTRY for a legendary run!
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
AGREEEEEEEED
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people like this get security details to make themselves feel important
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
people like this get security details to make themselves feel important
"They were careless people... they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"They were careless people... they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
Ok, I'm starting a thread to catalogue all of the times that the American Administration proves that they don't read. 1/
Once again, the administration proves that none of them them have ever opened a book
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ok, I'm starting a thread to catalogue all of the times that the American Administration proves that they don't read. 1/
I am a Leafs fan and can verify this beyond a doubt.
November 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I am a Leafs fan and can verify this beyond a doubt.
My team did not win tonight, but baseball just makes me really happy, no matter what, I don’t really know how to explain it
I’m not even American
Anyway I think I will watch Field of Dreams tomorrow
I’m not even American
Anyway I think I will watch Field of Dreams tomorrow
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
My team did not win tonight, but baseball just makes me really happy, no matter what, I don’t really know how to explain it
I’m not even American
Anyway I think I will watch Field of Dreams tomorrow
I’m not even American
Anyway I think I will watch Field of Dreams tomorrow
Agreed ❤️
I think we should give our wonderful @torontobluejays.bsky.social a parade anyway. Amazing team, gave us joy and hope in dark days.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Agreed ❤️
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Disappointing, but extra innings in Game 7 of the World Series against the Dodgers was amazing. These Blue Jays played their hearts out and made Toronto proud.
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Disappointing, but extra innings in Game 7 of the World Series against the Dodgers was amazing. These Blue Jays played their hearts out and made Toronto proud.
Thank you, Blue Jays. You are an incredible team. What a season ❤️❤️❤️
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Thank you, Blue Jays. You are an incredible team. What a season ❤️❤️❤️
obviously
baseball will be central to reestablishing liberal democracy
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
obviously
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ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
It cracks me up that packaged Halloween candy bars are called “Fun Size.”
Like yeah, you know what would be more fun? More chocolate
Like yeah, you know what would be more fun? More chocolate
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It cracks me up that packaged Halloween candy bars are called “Fun Size.”
Like yeah, you know what would be more fun? More chocolate
Like yeah, you know what would be more fun? More chocolate