BaskingSnark 🇨🇦
@baskingsnark.bsky.social
🇨🇦, atheist, skeptic, knitter, 🍺 judge. Bird looker. Sciences for a living. Muskox are smaller than you think. She/her, Niagara area.
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"... it is resistance that is overwhelmingly done by women"
Yep.
Yep.
I'm concerned at your choice to denigrate important tactics that don't look how YOU want them to look.
Craftivism has had crucial role in resistance movements. It is often criticized as being less-than bc it is seen as feminine, bc it is resistance that is overwhelmingly done by women.
Craftivism has had crucial role in resistance movements. It is often criticized as being less-than bc it is seen as feminine, bc it is resistance that is overwhelmingly done by women.
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"... it is resistance that is overwhelmingly done by women"
Yep.
Yep.
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Is craftivism performative? Yes. That's the point. Resistance includes a public demonstration of opposition at accessible events with a low barrier to entry.
The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
Angela, the pussy hats weren't very effective. Knitting is cool, especially if you put resistance messages in it, but it's not resistance. It's performative. It's only actually effective if you're a spy and putting messages in or something. Otherwise it's a hobby, and the pussy hats were just silly.
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Is craftivism performative? Yes. That's the point. Resistance includes a public demonstration of opposition at accessible events with a low barrier to entry.
The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
The red resistance hat pattern has raised $300k for the people of Minnesota. That's not effective?
February 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Dancing Moka coffee pots at the Olympics opening ceremony! Italy, I love you
February 7, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Dancing Moka coffee pots at the Olympics opening ceremony! Italy, I love you
Canada is far from perfect, but at least we don't get booed at the Olympics 🤷🏼♀️
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Canada is far from perfect, but at least we don't get booed at the Olympics 🤷🏼♀️
Mr. Baggs, and his son Harold 😬
I support turning off Bluesky comments if you're into that, but this thread has become a wonderful demonstration of how every middle school in America had one teacher named, like, "Harry Dickbuttsky."
February 5, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Mr. Baggs, and his son Harold 😬
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"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
I'm much more concerned about the tearing down of democracy and science and the environment and national parks than I am about a building that can be rebuilt 🤷🏼♀️
February 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I'm much more concerned about the tearing down of democracy and science and the environment and national parks than I am about a building that can be rebuilt 🤷🏼♀️
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🤔 It’s definitely not suspicious at all to have people point out your common Twitter sign off is in the Epstein files and ten completely delete your yacht’s logs right?
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
🤔 It’s definitely not suspicious at all to have people point out your common Twitter sign off is in the Epstein files and ten completely delete your yacht’s logs right?
The article is locked and I refuse to pay for a subscription, so based on the headline I'm just going to assume that @smhaustralia.nzcow.com is promoting state-sanctioned rape.
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The article is locked and I refuse to pay for a subscription, so based on the headline I'm just going to assume that @smhaustralia.nzcow.com is promoting state-sanctioned rape.
Being a landlord isn't for everyone because most of us can't afford one let alone more than one residence.
Yeah.
Yeah.
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Being a landlord isn't for everyone because most of us can't afford one let alone more than one residence.
Yeah.
Yeah.
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Just a note: you need to unfollow first and then block
Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.
February 3, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Just a note: you need to unfollow first and then block
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Chrétien on Harper: "We're political opponents, but we're not enemies. Not today, anyways. Because he's afraid of the Shawinigan Handshake."
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Chrétien on Harper: "We're political opponents, but we're not enemies. Not today, anyways. Because he's afraid of the Shawinigan Handshake."
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No one believes me when I say Canada has a term for when a Prime Minister manhandles a protester who got past security 🤷♂️
Chrétien on Harper: "We're political opponents, but we're not enemies. Not today, anyways. Because he's afraid of the Shawinigan Handshake."
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 AM
No one believes me when I say Canada has a term for when a Prime Minister manhandles a protester who got past security 🤷♂️
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I'll just add, as someone who's been doing investigative reporting for decades, all publications doing real journalism (i.e., not a sockpuppet or Some Guy on the Internet)--they have MANY layers of editorial & legal review. Every major investigation I've done has had EVERY WORD checked many times.
I find the entire genre of "tens of thousands of words minutely refuting every point of an abuse clam" intrinsically unpersuasive. If any of the evidence were actually damning they'd just highlight that instead of doing a tedious Gish Gallop.
I haven't read that massive Substack thing that Gaiman linked to in his whinge, and nor am I going to. If you need tens of thousands of words of rant and innuendo to embed your "shocking evidence" in, you don't have shocking evidence, you have a conspiracy manifesto.
February 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I'll just add, as someone who's been doing investigative reporting for decades, all publications doing real journalism (i.e., not a sockpuppet or Some Guy on the Internet)--they have MANY layers of editorial & legal review. Every major investigation I've done has had EVERY WORD checked many times.
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Want to see what a dream coming true looks like? What to hear what it sounds like?
Also: Be cool, Wil. Stephen King typed out your name, and you absolutely can NOT make it weird. Be. Cool.
Also: Be cool, Wil. Stephen King typed out your name, and you absolutely can NOT make it weird. Be. Cool.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Want to see what a dream coming true looks like? What to hear what it sounds like?
Also: Be cool, Wil. Stephen King typed out your name, and you absolutely can NOT make it weird. Be. Cool.
Also: Be cool, Wil. Stephen King typed out your name, and you absolutely can NOT make it weird. Be. Cool.
People.
LOOK at this absolutely adorable needle threader from @acmefibres.com 😍
#sewing #crafting #knitting #embroidery #crossstitch
LOOK at this absolutely adorable needle threader from @acmefibres.com 😍
#sewing #crafting #knitting #embroidery #crossstitch
February 2, 2026 at 10:48 PM
People.
LOOK at this absolutely adorable needle threader from @acmefibres.com 😍
#sewing #crafting #knitting #embroidery #crossstitch
LOOK at this absolutely adorable needle threader from @acmefibres.com 😍
#sewing #crafting #knitting #embroidery #crossstitch
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Globe and Mail cartoon
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Globe and Mail cartoon
Ditto 🤷🏼♀️
I have never been able to get into macarons. Yes, I’ve had good ones. Yes, I’ve had them in France. The colors are pretty, though.
Guys, I really need to talk about something dumb and meaningless. What's a universally beloved sweet treat that you think is just mid? For me, it's meringue.
February 2, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Ditto 🤷🏼♀️
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We shouldn't, but why would it change? The last two Word Cups were in Qatar and Russia.
Teams deal with authoritarian countries regularly.
People need to realize the Cup will happen in the US. Change your own behavior (eg, don't watch or buy tix); don't expect Gianni Infantino etc to change theirs
Teams deal with authoritarian countries regularly.
People need to realize the Cup will happen in the US. Change your own behavior (eg, don't watch or buy tix); don't expect Gianni Infantino etc to change theirs
February 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
We shouldn't, but why would it change? The last two Word Cups were in Qatar and Russia.
Teams deal with authoritarian countries regularly.
People need to realize the Cup will happen in the US. Change your own behavior (eg, don't watch or buy tix); don't expect Gianni Infantino etc to change theirs
Teams deal with authoritarian countries regularly.
People need to realize the Cup will happen in the US. Change your own behavior (eg, don't watch or buy tix); don't expect Gianni Infantino etc to change theirs
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ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Newfoundland (starts this week) birdscanada-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
MarshWatch – Maritimes is a self-study you can visit whenever you are ready (in French & English).
Great Lakes: birdscanada-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Newfoundland (starts this week) birdscanada-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
MarshWatch – Maritimes is a self-study you can visit whenever you are ready (in French & English).