Colette Riley
cfriley.bsky.social
Colette Riley
@cfriley.bsky.social
Traductrice A-F retraitée. Retired E-F translator. Concerned about the state of the world and the planet. Soucieuse devant l'état du monde et de la planète.
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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#GillesVigneault
#Anniversaire
Merci
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de nous rappeler que c'est la fête du plus grand poète contemporain du Québec!
97 ans aujourd'hui!

"Un livre c'est un arbre
qui cherche comment dire
à toute la forêt qu'il y a
une vie... après la vie."

Bonne fête Monsieur Vigneault🙏😊
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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YES! THIS on GenAI!

Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Thing I think about a lot

How long does it take people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
July 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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This is passion.

This is great leadership.

This is about equity.
July 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Canadian family physician here. The US war on vaccines is hurting infants and children beyond the US border. We, too, are seeing an unprecedented increase in measles and other vaccine preventable diseases due to disinformation and to travel of unvaccinated populations.

Wish Canada could sue RFK Jr.
July 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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✍️ Valoriser la créativité des traducteurs, c’est privilégier la diversité culturelle et la beauté des langues contre l’uniformisation numérique des textes, fait valoir Philippe Robinet, le président–directeur des éditions Calmann-Lévy.

Sa tribune dans Libé 👇
La traduction littéraire fait appel à la sensibilité humaine : défendons-la face à l’IA !
Valoriser la créativité des traducteurs, c’est privilégier la diversité culturelle et la beauté des langues contre l’uniformisation numérique des textes, fait valoir Philippe Robinet, le directeur-général des éditions Calmann-Lévy.
www.liberation.fr
July 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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‼️Friends,this is very important. Please share this& send the information to media.

The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️

📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
July 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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A fun catch while shore fishing during our trip to the Elliot Lake area!
#elliotlake #shorefishing #smallmouthbass #bassfishing
July 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Share this.
ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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America: pretty bad day when the Nazis lost huh

Germany: what
MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe

TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day

MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
June 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe

TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day

MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
June 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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this is amazing
June 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

Paywall is down for non-subscribers. Great opinion piece by Ken Jennings
Opinion | Ken Jennings: Trivia and ‘Jeopardy!’ Could Save Our Republic
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.
June 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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May 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Public services are not businesses.
May 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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EXACTLY!
May 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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I think even if someone loses an election we should still pause to recognize them for all the hard work, money and time they put into trying to win the election so hat’s off to PostMedia.
April 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I’ve faced down economic challenges before.

I’m ready to do it again. #CanadaStrong
April 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Prime Minister Mark Carney does an interview with 22 Minutes
April 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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April 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM