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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this is the way to govern right now. center your people, center voters, eschew party politics and procedure. lives depend on it.
really wish your national counterparts had not thrown you under the bus
really wish your national counterparts had not thrown you under the bus
We followed a court order and worked quickly to make sure that nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites who rely on FoodShare, including about 270,000 kids, had food to eat.
Now, President Trump wants to yank that money away from hungry kids, families, and seniors in Wisconsin? Hell no.
Now, President Trump wants to yank that money away from hungry kids, families, and seniors in Wisconsin? Hell no.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
this is the way to govern right now. center your people, center voters, eschew party politics and procedure. lives depend on it.
really wish your national counterparts had not thrown you under the bus
really wish your national counterparts had not thrown you under the bus
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Georgina Pope served in both the Second Boer War and the First World War.
As a nurse, she ran military hospitals, helped thousands of soldiers and was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross.
This is her amazing story.
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As a nurse, she ran military hospitals, helped thousands of soldiers and was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross.
This is her amazing story.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Georgina Pope served in both the Second Boer War and the First World War.
As a nurse, she ran military hospitals, helped thousands of soldiers and was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross.
This is her amazing story.
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As a nurse, she ran military hospitals, helped thousands of soldiers and was the first Canadian to receive the Royal Red Cross.
This is her amazing story.
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also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
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we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Getting pretty freaked out that I won’t be able to pay my mortgage this month, so all my lovingly hand painted original landscapes are now 60% off the listed price AND I will ship free within the US.
Help a gal out, please.
KateAveryArt.com
Help a gal out, please.
KateAveryArt.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Getting pretty freaked out that I won’t be able to pay my mortgage this month, so all my lovingly hand painted original landscapes are now 60% off the listed price AND I will ship free within the US.
Help a gal out, please.
KateAveryArt.com
Help a gal out, please.
KateAveryArt.com
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It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
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incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
incredibly funny that Joyce Carol Oates owned Musk so hard he's started trying to post like a regular person with normal interests
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
The thing that Canadian leaders never seem to say plainly is that if grocery, housing, gas and utility costs are going up, our wages are going down in terms of buying power. Cost of living raises haven't kept pace with actual costs for decades. Wage stagnation and wage theft are massive issues. 1/
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The thing that Canadian leaders never seem to say plainly is that if grocery, housing, gas and utility costs are going up, our wages are going down in terms of buying power. Cost of living raises haven't kept pace with actual costs for decades. Wage stagnation and wage theft are massive issues. 1/
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Isn't it convenient how the left has almost no societal power, yet we're responsible for the right and center (who hold virtually all of the wealth and power) not stepping up to deal with a chronic problem like male loneliness.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Isn't it convenient how the left has almost no societal power, yet we're responsible for the right and center (who hold virtually all of the wealth and power) not stepping up to deal with a chronic problem like male loneliness.
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It's really sad that conservatives can't even talk about male loneliness without bringing their own culture wars bullshit into it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
Opinion: We owe it to Canadian men and boys to prioritize their mental health
Male Canadians are less likely to seek help, and more likely to suffer devastating consequences because of it
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's really sad that conservatives can't even talk about male loneliness without bringing their own culture wars bullshit into it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
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In case you missed it over the weekend, my op-ed on the federal budget.
GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney’s budget is blind to the real causes of Canada’s problems
The prime minister's first budget emphasizes infrastructure and resource extraction but fails to leverage our most significant economic drivers.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In case you missed it over the weekend, my op-ed on the federal budget.
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AOC comes out swinging
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
AOC comes out swinging
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Can we jump people who don't put links with screenshots? Can we not "Just trust me bro" on a screenshot of a quote about something that could kill us? I don't care if it's paywalled, just provide the link.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Can we jump people who don't put links with screenshots? Can we not "Just trust me bro" on a screenshot of a quote about something that could kill us? I don't care if it's paywalled, just provide the link.
Genetics are fun. I'm built like and have the colouring of my dad's Scottish ancestors. Yet, my nose is directly from my maternal great-grandmother.
I wonder which body language and vocal habits have carried on through. Things that couldn't be recorded. I laugh like my mom and her mom, for example.
I wonder which body language and vocal habits have carried on through. Things that couldn't be recorded. I laugh like my mom and her mom, for example.
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Genetics are fun. I'm built like and have the colouring of my dad's Scottish ancestors. Yet, my nose is directly from my maternal great-grandmother.
I wonder which body language and vocal habits have carried on through. Things that couldn't be recorded. I laugh like my mom and her mom, for example.
I wonder which body language and vocal habits have carried on through. Things that couldn't be recorded. I laugh like my mom and her mom, for example.
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Paging the ghost of M. R. James…
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
Somerset church tomb collapse exposes 1700s stone crypt
The church says it is currently unclear whether the collapse has damaged any surrounding graves.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Paging the ghost of M. R. James…
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frame: smart glasses are just like an iPhone
negation: no, they're different in important ways
kirby: THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE TOOL. THEY WANT TO NORMALIZE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE. they are making a bad faith comparison bc they want to move the boundaries of acceptable behavior
negation: no, they're different in important ways
kirby: THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE TOOL. THEY WANT TO NORMALIZE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE. they are making a bad faith comparison bc they want to move the boundaries of acceptable behavior
while i appreciate @404media.co explaining this, if you ever find yourself explaining to someone why smart glasses recording people is different from a smartphone, i think you have to consider that they're playing with you, and you're playing back in turn.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
frame: smart glasses are just like an iPhone
negation: no, they're different in important ways
kirby: THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE TOOL. THEY WANT TO NORMALIZE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE. they are making a bad faith comparison bc they want to move the boundaries of acceptable behavior
negation: no, they're different in important ways
kirby: THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE TOOL. THEY WANT TO NORMALIZE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE. they are making a bad faith comparison bc they want to move the boundaries of acceptable behavior
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carpe jugulum, Joyce
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
carpe jugulum, Joyce
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This is Nuremberg Laws shit
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is Nuremberg Laws shit
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...