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Emily m Klassen
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Web software person (TypeScript, some rust, python)

Stone/brick butch trans menno-dyke.

Unceded territories/stolen land of the Coast Salish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh nations.
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Emily m Klassen @forivall.com · Nov 22
This is the oldest skeet possible
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Cities are you listening?
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3d
Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
“the truth about a city’s aspirations isn’t found in its vision. It’s found in its budget.” — Brent Toderian
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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botmatrix.myatproto.social
RT with alt text

Fuck RMS forever
⸻ I GREW UP a tomboy, climbing trees, making mudpies, and splashing in ponds, so I know what happens when you turn over rocks that haven’t been disturbed in a long time: when daylight hits the creepy-crawly things underneath, it makes them squirm. When the deposition in which I named the late MIT scientist Marvin Minsky among my abusers became public, for example, a colleague of Minsky’s blasted out an email to a mailing list for MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In the email, renowned computer scientist Richard Stallman suggested that I had been a willing participant in my encounter with Minsky. Stallman questioned whether Minsky “applied force or violence” and seemed to be arguing that if he did not, I must have opted in. “The most plausible scenario is that she presented herself to him as entirely willing,” Stallman wrote of me. Stallman was criticized by some who received this email, but still it was clear that not everyone agreed that the girls and women whom Epstein and Maxwell trafficked to others were victims who deserved compassion. “They took the money, didn’t they?” was the most common refrain from people in this camp—as if someone can’t be victimized while being paid two hundred dollars. While I wasn’t pen pals with people who believed these things, their opinions reached me through social media and, occasionally, through email. My point: Stallman wasn’t alone in his skepticism. Just as Stallman defended Minsky, many friends and colleagues of MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito defended him after it was revealed that he had cultivated a close (and lucrative) relationship with Epstein. Ito apologized, and for a
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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"be woke" - Paul of the Bible, Romans 13:11-12
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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thewaroncars.bsky.social
A fun first night in Vancouver on our LIFE AFTER CARS book tour. Got to hang with @tomflood.bsky.social @visionzerovancouver.ca @lucymaloney.bsky.social. So cool to see the Vision Zero campaign Tom designed on a billboard!
Tom Flood in black jacket and black hat in front of billboard that says There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet, strong enough or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Billboard shows a picture of a child with a green backpack, riding a bicycle and a painted bicycle lane. Doug Gordon in baseball hat and brown shirt in forefront with group of people behind him posing in front of billboard
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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greeble.io
It's On Like Donkey Kong implies the existence of It's Off Like Doffkey Koffg
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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secretaboutbox.bsky.social
if you didn't follow the VA governor race you didn't know that Earle-Sears ran like a billion anti-trans campaign ads and Spanberger didn't flinch or pull a Newsom.

going all-in against trans people is a losing move, especially when the federal government has made harming and killing us a priority.
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8d
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
2 0 2 5 Updates Key Races N.Y.C. Mayor Va. Gov. County Margin Shift from 2024 pres. T Votes Loudoun Spanberger +29 * 12 pts. 164,366 Prince William Spanberger +34 × 16 pts. 161,419 Portsmouth Spanberger +47 * 8.1 pts. 29,956 Washington Earle-Sears +49 * 4.5 pts. 20,927 Louisa Earle-Sears +20 * 6.5 pts. 18,719 Orange Earle-Sears +15 * 9.3 pts. 17,127 Powhatan Earle-Sears +40 * 4.4 pts. 16,957 Pulaski Earle-Sears +38 * 7.1 pts. 12,466 Dinwiddie Earle-Sears +17 ~ 6.3 pts. 11,974 Harrisonburg Spanberger +41 × 15 pts. 11,753 Manassas Spanberger +30 * 16 pts. 11,514 Carroll Earle-Sears +57 ~ 6.1 pts. 11,277 Wise Earle-Sears +59 ~ 4.6 pts. 10,962 Fairfax City Spanberger +45 * 11 pts. 10,232 Fredericksburg Spanberger +43 * 11 pts. 10,191 Salem Earle-Sears +12 6.9 pts. 9,374 King William Earle-Sears +34 * 7.1 pts. 8,999 Russell Earle-Sears +63 * 4.9 pts. 8,860
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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there.is.no.aarch64.mov
lrt: old world dying, new world struggles to be born, etc
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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What's your musical taste journey?

1997-2002: Oldies station on the radio

2003-2006: Post-hardcore, alt rock, Screamo

2006-2010: indie & alt rock

2011-2015: ambient electronica, underground hip hop

2016-2018: anti-folk, and a lo-fi rock
now: vaporwave, synthwave, city pop, future funk
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
$1.9M for unanticipated public safety costs related to protests and demonstrations
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. THAT Council approve a one-time 2025 budget increase of $1.9 million to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) for unanticipated public safety costs related to protests and demonstrations, to be funded through General Stabilization Reserve
November 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
the police want $17,000,000 more for THIS YEAR'S budget

something shady is happening with this process

cc @isabellazavarise.bsky.social

@copevancouver.bsky.social @onecityvan.bsky.social

council.vancouver.ca/20251105/doc...
THAT Council approve a permanent 2025 budget increase of $2.2 million to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) to match the final 2025 fringe benefit rates, to be transferred from the General Government contingency budget. B. THAT Council approve a permanent 2025 budget increase of $0.8 million to the Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Department (VFRS) to match the final 2025 fringe benefit rates, to be transferred from the General Government contingency budget. C. THAT Council approve a one-time 2025 budget increase of $1.9 million to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) for unanticipated public safety costs related to protests and demonstrations, to be funded through General Stabilization Reserve. D. THAT Council approve a one-time 2025 budget increase of $5.0 million to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) for Task Force Barrage initiative, to be funded through General Stabilization Reserve. E. THAT Council approve a one-time 2025 budget increase to address the forecasted Vancouver Police Department (VPD) budget deficits for a total of $7.9 million, to be funded through General Stabilization Reserve. F. THAT Council approve a one-time 2025 budget increase to address the forecasted Vancouver Fire Rescue budget deficits related to fleet maintenance costs for a total of $3.8 million, to be funded through General Stabilization Reserve.
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Idea: fusion between a Nanaimo Bar and Dubai Chocolate

a Nanaimo bar that substitutes or flavours the custard with pistachio and replaces coconut with kadayif

Nabaimo bar
November 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
forivall.com
Austin Powers, maybe?
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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leftistlawyer.com
Miss Major is an incalculable loss for the trans community and a reminder that our movement is always led by Black trans women. Always.

May we all prove to be worthy students of her example.
October 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Looking at the prompts in the source for some "AI" tools often feels like telling the LLM to be like the Good Doctor "I am a surgeon" meme: "you are an expert!"
October 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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dystopiabreaker.xyz
i made a thing that hopefully makes this clearer or is at least fun to play with: sgd.fyi
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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kwardvancouver.bsky.social
Recall petition applications will be accepted starting April 20, 2026.

for Dallas Brodie

elections.bc.ca/events-servi...
August 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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sobittersosweet.bsky.social
Here's Hansard's draft transcript of the exchange
www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-cont...
Dallas Brodie: I have a point of order to raise. I’m looking at section 40(2) and 40(3) of the standing orders. The first one is: “Disrespectful or offensive language forbidden.” That’s sub 2. “Irrelevance in debate.” That’s sub 3. Sub 2 says: “No member shall use offensive words against any member of this House.” The Premier has repeatedly referred to me as being racist, denialist and hateful. Am I now allowed to use words like “stupid,” “incompetent,” “financially illiterate” and “anarchist”? How far does this go? The second one is: “No member shall be irrelevant in debate.” He takes shots at me sideways whenever he can, and I’m not accepting it anymore. It’s unacceptable language in this House. I could call him lots of names — believe me — but I’m not taking this anymore. Raising questions about public expenditures of money in this province is not against the rules. Anybody who takes public money is open to questioning, and you shouldn’t be questioned about whether you’re racist. If you want no questions, don’t take public money. I would like a declaration from the Speaker about whether people can call each other names in this House anymore. Hon. David Eby: I feel like I should be paying the member rent for the amount of space I’m occupying in her head. Interjection. The Speaker: Shhh. Please. Hon. David Eby: In my answer, I was specifically referring to the staff member that was hired by the Leader of the Opposition who was fired recently for being a racist residential school denialist — properly fired, by the way. I congratulate him for taking that appropriate stand. A little late, but he did take it. I support it. You wouldn’t find me hiring people like that. If the member thought I was talking about her, perhaps that’s her issue.
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I'm looking forward to the upcoming 4/20
Wrestling meme featuring a terrified A.J. Styles (labeled "Dallas Brodie") looking forward while being intensely stared down from behind by The Undertaker (labeled "Constituents waiting to submit a recall petition on April 20, 2026").
October 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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If it isn't already, "frontage cottage" should be a common homage in French rap/hip hop
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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In September, the Apache Software Foundation rebranded as the ASF and eliminated all of their Indigenous imagery. It's not my call on whether this fixes the original issue, I will defer to Native people.

I think this action shows how absurd DHH and his anti-woke ilk's identification as builders...
Introducing The ASF’s New Logo  - The ASF Blog
Last year we shared that The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF) would be evolving its corporate logo and brand system to better represent our enduring ethos of community over code. Today, we are proud ...
news.apache.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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jenleecbc.bsky.social
Tragic news in Alberta

The province is reporting its first measles death since its outbreaks began in March

A baby, born prematurely, after the mother contracted measles

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta baby born prematurely dies due to measles, in province's first death | CBC News
Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in the province in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became...
www.cbc.ca
October 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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WRTO pranks and the Terminal Emulator post ...
Back when I was a computer security researcher, we still had real DEC VT100 terminals. I read the manual. I noticed that the Escape code for Factory Self-test could be received on the RS-232 port, didn't have to be typed (makes factory testing easier!)
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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edzitron.com
Hahaha you stupid assholes!
September 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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zkat.tech
Additionally, there’s an open letter calling for the forking of Rails, and a pledge to adopt the alternative: github.com/Plan-Vert/op...
GitHub - Plan-Vert/open-letter: An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence
An open letter calling for a hard fork of Rails to remove DHH's influence - Plan-Vert/open-letter
github.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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jaystapleton.ca
`stty sane` has been helpful for when I accidentally cat a binary file and it garbled my terminal.
September 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM