Rob Drimmie
@drimmie.net
"Once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
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big fan of whichever city hall staff came up with using .cityof. for handles
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
big fan of whichever city hall staff came up with using .cityof. for handles
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Calling LGBTQIA+ Newcomers in Ontario: $50 Honorarium for a 90-minute virtual consultation
Uthando Collective is hosting a virtual community consultation for LGBTQIA+ newcomers. To sign up, go to: https://bit.ly/LGBTNewcomersForm
Uthando Collective is hosting a virtual community consultation for LGBTQIA+ newcomers. To sign up, go to: https://bit.ly/LGBTNewcomersForm
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Calling LGBTQIA+ Newcomers in Ontario: $50 Honorarium for a 90-minute virtual consultation
Uthando Collective is hosting a virtual community consultation for LGBTQIA+ newcomers. To sign up, go to: https://bit.ly/LGBTNewcomersForm
Uthando Collective is hosting a virtual community consultation for LGBTQIA+ newcomers. To sign up, go to: https://bit.ly/LGBTNewcomersForm
Today's the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Wikipedia page is a quick read if you're looking for a place to learn a little bit about it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transge...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transge...
Transgender Day of Remembrance - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Today's the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Wikipedia page is a quick read if you're looking for a place to learn a little bit about it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transge...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transge...
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Dutch liberal party overtakes far-right nationalists in snap parliamentary election.
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), whose leader Geert Wilders has argued against aid to Ukraine, lost nearly a third of its seats in parliament, exit polls show.
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), whose leader Geert Wilders has argued against aid to Ukraine, lost nearly a third of its seats in parliament, exit polls show.
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Dutch liberal party overtakes far-right nationalists in snap parliamentary election.
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), whose leader Geert Wilders has argued against aid to Ukraine, lost nearly a third of its seats in parliament, exit polls show.
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), whose leader Geert Wilders has argued against aid to Ukraine, lost nearly a third of its seats in parliament, exit polls show.
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Today is Intersex Awareness Day! Intersex folks are people who have both male and female biology, or their biology is ambiguous in some way. Want to learn more about intersex people? Check out the website for InterACT, Advocates for Intersex Youth: https://interactadvocates.org/
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today is Intersex Awareness Day! Intersex folks are people who have both male and female biology, or their biology is ambiguous in some way. Want to learn more about intersex people? Check out the website for InterACT, Advocates for Intersex Youth: https://interactadvocates.org/
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Doug Ford is showing his true disdain for renters and is testing how much he can get away with.
We can’t let him.
Now is the time to get organized and fight back if you haven’t already!
YSW Tenant Union is hosting a mass zoom call Sunday Oct 26 8pm to fight back.
www.tenantunion.ca/allout
We can’t let him.
Now is the time to get organized and fight back if you haven’t already!
YSW Tenant Union is hosting a mass zoom call Sunday Oct 26 8pm to fight back.
www.tenantunion.ca/allout
October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Doug Ford is showing his true disdain for renters and is testing how much he can get away with.
We can’t let him.
Now is the time to get organized and fight back if you haven’t already!
YSW Tenant Union is hosting a mass zoom call Sunday Oct 26 8pm to fight back.
www.tenantunion.ca/allout
We can’t let him.
Now is the time to get organized and fight back if you haven’t already!
YSW Tenant Union is hosting a mass zoom call Sunday Oct 26 8pm to fight back.
www.tenantunion.ca/allout
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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Nothing warms my heart as much as seeing someone doing this. The world is *full* of people doubling down on shit they don’t even believe out of a sense of pride, and seeing someone graciously acknowledge being wrong, in full public view, is quite inspiring.
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nothing warms my heart as much as seeing someone doing this. The world is *full* of people doubling down on shit they don’t even believe out of a sense of pride, and seeing someone graciously acknowledge being wrong, in full public view, is quite inspiring.
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City of Kitchener warns of phishing scam involving claims about the Christkindl Market
City of Kitchener warns of phishing scam involving claims about the Christkindl Market
The City of Kitchener has put out a warning to small businesses about an email phishing scam.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
City of Kitchener warns of phishing scam involving claims about the Christkindl Market
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Today is International Lesbian Day! We 🩷🧡❤️ our Lesbian Community.
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today is International Lesbian Day! We 🩷🧡❤️ our Lesbian Community.
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What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!
October 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!
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Landback book list to get your truth & reconciliation reading on 🧡 #booksky #decolonize
September 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Landback book list to get your truth & reconciliation reading on 🧡 #booksky #decolonize
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And new paper out: Pleias 1.0: the First Family of Language Models Trained on Fully Open Data
How we train an open everything model on a new pretraining environment with releasable data (Common Corpus) with an open source framework (Nanotron from HuggingFace).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How we train an open everything model on a new pretraining environment with releasable data (Common Corpus) with an open source framework (Nanotron from HuggingFace).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
And new paper out: Pleias 1.0: the First Family of Language Models Trained on Fully Open Data
How we train an open everything model on a new pretraining environment with releasable data (Common Corpus) with an open source framework (Nanotron from HuggingFace).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How we train an open everything model on a new pretraining environment with releasable data (Common Corpus) with an open source framework (Nanotron from HuggingFace).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wrote this for all my Gen-X broken-brained ladies 💜
"As the last generation to come of age at a time when both neurodivergence and menopause were considered shameful secrets, Gen X includes a lot of women who arrive at middle age feeling like their brains are broken and not knowing why."
Gen X women are going through it
Many Gen X women are navigating the
www.salon.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Wrote this for all my Gen-X broken-brained ladies 💜
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September 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Canada's Women's Rugby team going for the gold! Pretty amazing. #RWC2025. www.tsn.ca/rugby/articl...
Canada beats New Zealand to advance to 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup Final
Canada held off a furious late rally from New Zealand to beat the Black Ferns 34-19 to advance to the final of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup.
www.tsn.ca
September 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Canada's Women's Rugby team going for the gold! Pretty amazing. #RWC2025. www.tsn.ca/rugby/articl...
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
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Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:
Building ION to Cambridge, Costs and Benefits
Things are heating up on ION stage 2, with more voices for LRT and with Regional Council hearing next week about the preliminary results of the Initial Business Case. In November, staff will share the...
ionizewr.ca
September 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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Court rules in favour of Kitchener encampment residents, pausing plans to evict them
Court rules in favour of Kitchener encampment residents, pausing plans to evict them
The Region of Waterloo’s plans to evict residents at a Kitchener encampment have been put on hold after a judge ruled in favour of the residents.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Court rules in favour of Kitchener encampment residents, pausing plans to evict them
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Spectrum Waterloo Region is officially here on BlueSky! If you've never heard of us before, we are a 2SLGBTQIA+ community space in Waterloo Region, Ontario. We run over 40 different support and drop-in groups every month for members of the rainbow community here in the region.
August 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Spectrum Waterloo Region is officially here on BlueSky! If you've never heard of us before, we are a 2SLGBTQIA+ community space in Waterloo Region, Ontario. We run over 40 different support and drop-in groups every month for members of the rainbow community here in the region.
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University of Waterloo study finds female pilots outperform their male counterparts under pressure
University of Waterloo study finds female pilots outperform their male counterparts under pressure
A new study from researchers at the University of Waterloo is challenging the gender biases in aviation.
bit.ly
July 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
University of Waterloo study finds female pilots outperform their male counterparts under pressure
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This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
June 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
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Chappell Roan announces tour and pledges to donate $1 from each ticket to trans youth charities
Chappell Roan announces tour and will donate $1 per ticket to trans youth charities
Chappell Roan has announced a US tour ahead of her new album, and $1 from the concerts' tickets will go to charities supporting trans youth.
www.thepinknews.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Chappell Roan announces tour and pledges to donate $1 from each ticket to trans youth charities
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imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?
July 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?