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Slulder Bilnie
@badguybirnie.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Fancy some strange stories set in the wilds of western Canada? Look no further, bud malarkeybooks.com/store/pavement
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Small victories are still victories.
January 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Small victories are still victories.
Fuck Amazon, you guys
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 28, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Fuck Amazon, you guys
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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Looking forward to one day again enjoying a tumbler full of good bourbon — over crushed ICE. 🥃 😎
January 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Looking forward to one day again enjoying a tumbler full of good bourbon — over crushed ICE. 🥃 😎
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
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“There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Postscript: Here are two people who brought guns to a protest and are not only still alive, but were subsequently invited to speak at the 2020 RNC. The fact that this protest was in support of George Floyd does not imply a contradiction in the gun nut world view.
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
“There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Everything’s computer bud
January 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Everything’s computer bud
Watching the Nutty Professor with the family.
January 26, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Watching the Nutty Professor with the family.
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I could be mistaken, but I think a subsidiary of Canada's largest IT corporation, CGI, sells asset management software to ICE. In other words, A Canadian company is directly profiting from tracking ICE's stuff. Canadian digital sovereignty eh
more on the contract here: www.highergov.com/contract/GS3...
A license for their "Sunflower Asset Management Solutions" www.cgi.com/us/en-us/fed...
Looks like software for tracking ICE's "personal property, real property, IT assets, materials, vehicles, sensitive assets and more." Seems newsworthy 🤷
A license for their "Sunflower Asset Management Solutions" www.cgi.com/us/en-us/fed...
Looks like software for tracking ICE's "personal property, real property, IT assets, materials, vehicles, sensitive assets and more." Seems newsworthy 🤷
Sunflower asset management solutions
Sunflower asset management solutions enable organizations to improve decision-making, accountability and regulatory compliance for all types of assets, including federal property, personal property, r...
www.cgi.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I could be mistaken, but I think a subsidiary of Canada's largest IT corporation, CGI, sells asset management software to ICE. In other words, A Canadian company is directly profiting from tracking ICE's stuff. Canadian digital sovereignty eh
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Feeling very grateful to have spent some quality time out on the ODR this weekend with friends and neighbours. My son took the team photo, too. Trying not to take these times for granted.
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Feeling very grateful to have spent some quality time out on the ODR this weekend with friends and neighbours. My son took the team photo, too. Trying not to take these times for granted.
Feeling very grateful to have spent some quality time out on the ODR this weekend with friends and neighbours. My son took the team photo, too. Trying not to take these times for granted.
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Feeling very grateful to have spent some quality time out on the ODR this weekend with friends and neighbours. My son took the team photo, too. Trying not to take these times for granted.
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any good editor would delete "appear"
January 24, 2026 at 11:25 PM
any good editor would delete "appear"
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We seem to have no mechanism with which to break up the state’s monopoly on violence. The state’s power grows, year after year, as what checks we once had are hollowed out from within. Our so-called leaders paint “Abolish ICE” as extremism but in reality it is an extremely moderate position.
January 24, 2026 at 4:58 PM
We seem to have no mechanism with which to break up the state’s monopoly on violence. The state’s power grows, year after year, as what checks we once had are hollowed out from within. Our so-called leaders paint “Abolish ICE” as extremism but in reality it is an extremely moderate position.
Squeeze everything you can out of these fleeting years, friends — just after we thaw out.
Hoping to avoid frostbite and maybe win a game or two at the RVCC 4x4 outdoor hockey tourney this weekend. 🌲😺🥶
January 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Squeeze everything you can out of these fleeting years, friends — just after we thaw out.
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THEY’RE NOT EVEN COLD
It's already demoralizing to be a federal thug, a barely sentient ogre. Nobody likes or respects you. But then you go to work in -19 weather thinking surely today you'll get a break from people yelling at you. But no there they are. They're not even cold
Outside the Twin Cities this morning, where it is -19F—
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
January 23, 2026 at 9:59 PM
THEY’RE NOT EVEN COLD
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
Hoping to avoid frostbite and maybe win a game or two at the RVCC 4x4 outdoor hockey tourney this weekend. 🌲😺🥶
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Hoping to avoid frostbite and maybe win a game or two at the RVCC 4x4 outdoor hockey tourney this weekend. 🌲😺🥶
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New story for you today via @somewordslit.bsky.social
“On the day they ran the new system at work, they had us speak our names into the machine … I said my name, slowly, clearly, with conviction. The machine spat out a new badge that read Slulder Bilnie”
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“On the day they ran the new system at work, they had us speak our names into the machine … I said my name, slowly, clearly, with conviction. The machine spat out a new badge that read Slulder Bilnie”
somewords.boards.net/thread/52/sh...
somewords.boards.net
January 21, 2026 at 1:36 PM
New story for you today via @somewordslit.bsky.social
“On the day they ran the new system at work, they had us speak our names into the machine … I said my name, slowly, clearly, with conviction. The machine spat out a new badge that read Slulder Bilnie”
somewords.boards.net/thread/52/sh...
“On the day they ran the new system at work, they had us speak our names into the machine … I said my name, slowly, clearly, with conviction. The machine spat out a new badge that read Slulder Bilnie”
somewords.boards.net/thread/52/sh...
Reading Gringos. Man, Portis is fun.
January 23, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Reading Gringos. Man, Portis is fun.
Cheers to Kirsti for making the trek from TBay during the coldest stretch of winter to read some wonderful words in Winnipeg.
had a great time reading for some folks in YWG. thank you @badguybirnie.bsky.social for being a great host (and for talking shit on BOS and VGK with me)
January 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Cheers to Kirsti for making the trek from TBay during the coldest stretch of winter to read some wonderful words in Winnipeg.
Ever get the sense that computer is not your friend?
New story for you today via @somewordslit.bsky.social
“On the day they ran the new system at work, they had us speak our names into the machine … I said my name, slowly, clearly, with conviction. The machine spat out a new badge that read Slulder Bilnie”
somewords.boards.net/thread/52/sh...
“On the day they ran the new system at work, they had us speak our names into the machine … I said my name, slowly, clearly, with conviction. The machine spat out a new badge that read Slulder Bilnie”
somewords.boards.net/thread/52/sh...
somewords.boards.net
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Ever get the sense that computer is not your friend?
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As usual, @nikostratis.com gets it: “Heated Rivalry works not just because it is a well-crafted icon of modern television, but because it is unafraid to commit to the version of itself it sees in the mirror, never needing to translate the unspoken parts of it.” www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...
OPINION | Canadian TV needs to get weird again | CBC Arts
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, English Canadian screens were filled with bizarre, fever dream-like shows. Writer Niko Stratis argues that we need to back to that
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
As usual, @nikostratis.com gets it: “Heated Rivalry works not just because it is a well-crafted icon of modern television, but because it is unafraid to commit to the version of itself it sees in the mirror, never needing to translate the unspoken parts of it.” www.cbc.ca/arts/canadia...
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RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 PM
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
5 concerts by way of introduction:
Propagandhi - Vancouver 2001
James Brown - Winnipeg 2002
Drive By Truckers - Vancouver 2003
Bob Dylan / Merle Haggard - Seattle 2004
GWAR - Vancouver 2005
Propagandhi - Vancouver 2001
James Brown - Winnipeg 2002
Drive By Truckers - Vancouver 2003
Bob Dylan / Merle Haggard - Seattle 2004
GWAR - Vancouver 2005
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Laura Gibson
The Black Keys
Rufus Wainwright
Gogol Bordello
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Laura Gibson
The Black Keys
Rufus Wainwright
Gogol Bordello
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
MC Hammer
Neurosis
Kid Rock
Odd Future
Jonas Brothers
Demi Lovato
MC Hammer
Neurosis
Kid Rock
Odd Future
Jonas Brothers
Demi Lovato
January 21, 2026 at 7:13 PM
5 concerts by way of introduction:
Propagandhi - Vancouver 2001
James Brown - Winnipeg 2002
Drive By Truckers - Vancouver 2003
Bob Dylan / Merle Haggard - Seattle 2004
GWAR - Vancouver 2005
Propagandhi - Vancouver 2001
James Brown - Winnipeg 2002
Drive By Truckers - Vancouver 2003
Bob Dylan / Merle Haggard - Seattle 2004
GWAR - Vancouver 2005