Bess Hamilton
@besshamilton.bsky.social
Writer. Canadian. May I be a star in the dark time. She/her. My opinions & views are mine alone. Am guaranteed AI-free.
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"Hi, I'm Mr. Hyde..." *drinks weird potion, turns into giant man-beast and promptly gets hit in the nuts by a golf cart* "WelCoME tO DoCToR JacK-AsS!"
February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
"Hi, I'm Mr. Hyde..." *drinks weird potion, turns into giant man-beast and promptly gets hit in the nuts by a golf cart* "WelCoME tO DoCToR JacK-AsS!"
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Serious question: did all of the men have a group chat poll about ai this week or something?
Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Serious question: did all of the men have a group chat poll about ai this week or something?
Alt right ghouls are using Tumbler Ridge as an excuse to further demonize trans people.
But we really need to be focused on issues like our healthcare system's inability to deal with complex mental health needs and how police are often responders when people have serious mental health crises.
But we really need to be focused on issues like our healthcare system's inability to deal with complex mental health needs and how police are often responders when people have serious mental health crises.
www.thestar.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Alt right ghouls are using Tumbler Ridge as an excuse to further demonize trans people.
But we really need to be focused on issues like our healthcare system's inability to deal with complex mental health needs and how police are often responders when people have serious mental health crises.
But we really need to be focused on issues like our healthcare system's inability to deal with complex mental health needs and how police are often responders when people have serious mental health crises.
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I'm aware it's been said many times but "Snoop Dogg, corporate mascot" is still remarkable to me
at this point NBC can just tell me if Snoop Dogg is not at an Olympic event
February 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I'm aware it's been said many times but "Snoop Dogg, corporate mascot" is still remarkable to me
Here's a list of verified fundraisers for Tumbler Ridge families.
Looks like one of our local nonprofits will endeavour to keep all the verified links in one spot for easy access:
www.johnnymalcolm.com
www.johnnymalcolm.com
www.johnnymalcolm.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Here's a list of verified fundraisers for Tumbler Ridge families.
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I’m loving watching all of the centrist pedants try and make AI happen and watching in real time as they try and make up conspiracy theories, as to why every normal person is against the fascist plagiarism machines.
The centrist pundit class is doing the ai grift speed run as fast as possible
The centrist pundit class is doing the ai grift speed run as fast as possible
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I’m loving watching all of the centrist pedants try and make AI happen and watching in real time as they try and make up conspiracy theories, as to why every normal person is against the fascist plagiarism machines.
The centrist pundit class is doing the ai grift speed run as fast as possible
The centrist pundit class is doing the ai grift speed run as fast as possible
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Now you may ask yourself, "How did i get this land?"
And you may tell yourself, "This is now my beautiful land"
And you may tell yourself, "This is now my beautiful land"
same as it ever was
In other news.
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Now you may ask yourself, "How did i get this land?"
And you may tell yourself, "This is now my beautiful land"
And you may tell yourself, "This is now my beautiful land"
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Almost all people in power are writing dangerously unhinged and ridiculous fictions.
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
This stock is a play on lunar infrastructure and connectivity, the firm said.
cnb.cx
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Almost all people in power are writing dangerously unhinged and ridiculous fictions.
Wonder how this applies to men.
My brother was obsessed with Betty Boop when he was little.
Somehow, my dad found a VHS tape that was a compilation of old Fleischer cartoons that my brother watched constantly.
My brother was obsessed with Betty Boop when he was little.
Somehow, my dad found a VHS tape that was a compilation of old Fleischer cartoons that my brother watched constantly.
Every woman with a strong personal connection to Betty Boop is a stone cold psychopath, including me.
February 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Wonder how this applies to men.
My brother was obsessed with Betty Boop when he was little.
Somehow, my dad found a VHS tape that was a compilation of old Fleischer cartoons that my brother watched constantly.
My brother was obsessed with Betty Boop when he was little.
Somehow, my dad found a VHS tape that was a compilation of old Fleischer cartoons that my brother watched constantly.
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Why is the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board investing your money in xAI? The CPPIB has invested nearly half a billion dollars in the artificial intelligence company behind Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok. It’s a big investment with an even bigger story: lnk.to/bigstory
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Why is the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board investing your money in xAI? The CPPIB has invested nearly half a billion dollars in the artificial intelligence company behind Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok. It’s a big investment with an even bigger story: lnk.to/bigstory
"Ontario is overhauling OSAP, so that financial aid will be mainly loans with far fewer non-repayable grants."
I graduated university in 2003. I finished paying off my student loans in 2017.
Even in the 2000s, they held me back in many ways. I felt like I couldn't take risks. 1/
I graduated university in 2003. I finished paying off my student loans in 2017.
Even in the 2000s, they held me back in many ways. I felt like I couldn't take risks. 1/
www.thestar.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
"Ontario is overhauling OSAP, so that financial aid will be mainly loans with far fewer non-repayable grants."
I graduated university in 2003. I finished paying off my student loans in 2017.
Even in the 2000s, they held me back in many ways. I felt like I couldn't take risks. 1/
I graduated university in 2003. I finished paying off my student loans in 2017.
Even in the 2000s, they held me back in many ways. I felt like I couldn't take risks. 1/
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Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
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Leonid Meteor Shower over Niagara Falls (1892) by Anonymous.
Source: National Digital Library of Poland
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7b675a2c-abeb-42ce-b98f-3772e7b47a1b
#waterfalls #meteors #astronomy #water #comets #art #publicdomain
Source: National Digital Library of Poland
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7b675a2c-abeb-42ce-b98f-3772e7b47a1b
#waterfalls #meteors #astronomy #water #comets #art #publicdomain
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Leonid Meteor Shower over Niagara Falls (1892) by Anonymous.
Source: National Digital Library of Poland
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7b675a2c-abeb-42ce-b98f-3772e7b47a1b
#waterfalls #meteors #astronomy #water #comets #art #publicdomain
Source: National Digital Library of Poland
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7b675a2c-abeb-42ce-b98f-3772e7b47a1b
#waterfalls #meteors #astronomy #water #comets #art #publicdomain
Vile.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Vile.
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The response to the #TumblerRidgeShooting from far-right media, online commentators and even an elected official in Canada is another dark example of how pervasive anti-trans misinformation has become, even in Canada.
Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
As Tumbler Ridge Mourns, Anti-Trans Misinfo Spreads | The Tyee
No good will come from the conservative rush to weaponize the shooter’s identity in this story.
thetyee.ca
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
The response to the #TumblerRidgeShooting from far-right media, online commentators and even an elected official in Canada is another dark example of how pervasive anti-trans misinformation has become, even in Canada.
Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
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Very much appreciate @thetyee.ca taking the time to compile this explainer looking at AI policies in Canadian newsrooms
Also glad to see @pressprogress.ca's AI policy cited in this round-up – don't worry, only humans create our editorial content:
thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Also glad to see @pressprogress.ca's AI policy cited in this round-up – don't worry, only humans create our editorial content:
thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Very much appreciate @thetyee.ca taking the time to compile this explainer looking at AI policies in Canadian newsrooms
Also glad to see @pressprogress.ca's AI policy cited in this round-up – don't worry, only humans create our editorial content:
thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
Also glad to see @pressprogress.ca's AI policy cited in this round-up – don't worry, only humans create our editorial content:
thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
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“Do we want a technology that normalizes and amplifies deception? That transforms privacy into a commodity? A society where a techno-oligarch can interfere, as one of them did yesterday, in the…phones of millions of citizens to tell them lies? The answer must be a clear no, and we will not give in.”
For Spain’s Sánchez, the fight against tech billionaires is personal
The prime minister has endured years of abuse on the social media platforms he now seeks to regulate.
www.politico.eu
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 AM
“Do we want a technology that normalizes and amplifies deception? That transforms privacy into a commodity? A society where a techno-oligarch can interfere, as one of them did yesterday, in the…phones of millions of citizens to tell them lies? The answer must be a clear no, and we will not give in.”
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People! Always making little guys :)
A little blue hippo made by an Egyptian artisan around 4,000 years ago! 🦛 ❤️
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Decorated with river plants and lotus flowers, blue faience hippos are associated with the life-giving Nile and rebirth. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 AM
People! Always making little guys :)
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J2485
What is behind you.
What is behind you.
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 AM
J2485
What is behind you.
What is behind you.
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NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]
Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan to Stay Until 'Land Back' - UNICORN RIOT
Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of "returning Fort Snelling" to the Dakota pe...
unicornriot.ninja
February 12, 2026 at 4:42 AM
NEW: Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling and near the Whipple Federal Building -- headquarters of ICE's Operation Metro Surge -- establishing an occupation demanding 'land back' in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people. [Video]
When I was in university, my friend and I were drinking and somehow ended up in a dorm room with a guy who thought showing women his extensive military knife collection was a great pickup move.
Heard later he applied for the RCMP & was rejected for psychological reasons. Anyway...
Heard later he applied for the RCMP & was rejected for psychological reasons. Anyway...
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
When I was in university, my friend and I were drinking and somehow ended up in a dorm room with a guy who thought showing women his extensive military knife collection was a great pickup move.
Heard later he applied for the RCMP & was rejected for psychological reasons. Anyway...
Heard later he applied for the RCMP & was rejected for psychological reasons. Anyway...
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Rockwell would have painted this.
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Rockwell would have painted this.
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you