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Kate Gregory
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I advise, develop, mentor, write, and speak. C++ mostly. One of the Carbon leads. Limited availability; you can ask. Want me to speak? http://gregcons.com/SpeakerKit.aspx She/her.
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
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.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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cabinradio.ca
"One of the most eloquent and empathetic voices for young Inuit." Up Here magazine selected North of North star Anna Lambe as its Northerner of the Year.
Anna Lambe named Up Here’s Northerner of the Year
"One of the most eloquent and empathetic voices for young Inuit." Up Here magazine selected North of North star Anna Lambe as its Northerner of the Year.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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samfr.bsky.social
A good example of someone using "economically inactive" to mean "available for work but choosing not to" and forgetting it covers students, early retirees, carers, severely disabled people, parents with very young children etc...
anthonypainter.bsky.social Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 11h
What on earth is this nonsense from a Blue Labour MP?

What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?

Just not serious policy/politics.
"The actual numbers that matter are the number of people who are economically inactive who are British citizens,” he said. “Where we want that number to be is zero. I want zero economically inactive British workers. If you can get that as close to zero as possible, then we can talk about how we feel about gaps in our labour market.
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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mekka.mekka-tech.com
Periodic reminder: Ukraine has the gayest, transest, most women in combat army in Europe. Russia doesn't have women in combat.

🇺🇦👩🏼👩🏻 "Yes we're women. Yes we brush our hair, wear makeup, and have clean hands. But why do you care? We're here in combat on the front lines in Pokrovsk. Where are you?"
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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jsthrill.modphi.com
For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae:

“this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good”

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But lo and behold! I found myself famous. Frankenstein had prodigious success as a drama, and was about to be repeated, for the twenty-third night, at the English Opera House. The play-bill amused me extremely, for, in the list of dramatis personce, came "———, by Mr. T. Cooke." This nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good. On Friday, 29th August, Jane, my Father, William, and I went to the theatre to see it. Wallack looked very well as Frankenstein. He is at the beginning full of hope and expectation. At the end of the first act the stage represents a room with a staircase leading to Frankenstein's workshop; he goes to it, and you see his light at a small window, through which a frightened servant peeps, who runs off in terror when Frankenstein exclaims "It lives!" Presently Frankenstein himself rushes in horror and trepidation from the room, and, while still expressing his agony and terror, "———" throws down the door of the laboratory, leaps the staircase, and presents his unearthly and monstrous person on the stage. The story is not well managed, but Cooke played ———'s part extremely well; his seeking, as it were, for support; his trying to grasp at the sounds he heard; all, indeed, he does was well imagined and executed. I was much amused, and it appeared to excite a breathless eagerness in the audience. It was a third piece, a scanty pit filled at half-price, and all stayed till it was over. They continue to play it even now.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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jamesrball.com
Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses

Right: What Donald Trump actually said.

Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
“Fifteen minutes into the speech, what Trump actually said: ‘We are gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.’ It was completely misleading to edit the clip in the way Panorama aired it.” “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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ianboudreau.com
It's so bizarre that the breaking news today is yet more proof that Trump did exactly what everyone already knows he did
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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isaaccallan.bsky.social
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants to tunnel an expressway under the 401.

Digging below a small cross section for the Scarborough Subway Extension, however, caused lane closures and the machine needed 8 months for repairs. #OnPoli
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Metrolinx struggled to tunnel under Hwy. 401, forcing lane closure and repairs | Globalnews.ca
Since early 2023, a tunnel boring machine has been slowly making its way south from Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, digging out a route for the Scarborough Subway Extension.
globalnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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grammalou.bsky.social
Of 1,607 Canadians surveyed in October, 70% said they would be uncomfortable travelling to the U.S. this winter.

Top 3 reasons to avoid the country were
*a resolve to stand up for Canada *America’s current political climate *concerns about heightened border security

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home | CBC News
Many Canadians continue to boycott travel to the United States, and the U.S. economy is paying the price. A U.S. Travel Association report forecasts a 3.2 per cent decline in international tourism spe...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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kawarthanow.bsky.social
Kawartha Home Hardware to open pop-up store in downtown #Lakefield before Christmas. General manager Frank Geerlinks confirms location as former Cheesy Fromage location on Queen St, while reaffirming commitment to build a new Lakefield store. kawarthanow.com/2025/11/10/k...
Kawartha Home Hardware to open pop-up store in downtown Lakefield before Christmas | kawarthaNOW
By Paul Rellinger. General manager Frank Geerlinks confirms location as former Cheesy Fromage location on Queen Street, while reaffirming commitment to build a new Lakefield store.
kawarthanow.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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kawarthanow.bsky.social
For his new 'Dedicate a Canoe' social project, artist Daniel Marlatt at Miskwaa Art Studio & Outdoor Gallery in #TrentLakes will engrave a hand-carved mini canoe with your chosen message and you can set it free in the Miskwaa Ziibi river. kawarthanow.com/2025/11/09/y...
You can ‘Dedicate a Canoe’ and send it down the river in new social project at Miskwaa Art Studio & Outdoor Gallery in Trent Lakes | kawarthaNOW
By Megan Gallant. Free of charge, artist Daniel Marlatt will engrave a hand-carved mini canoe with your chosen message and you can set it free in the Miskwaa Ziibi river.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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sarahmay1.bsky.social
As I rapidly approach my 60th Birthday I am increasingly enraged by being called a 'kid' by folks that are younger than me because I support policies which threaten their unquestioned lives of privilege. Thomson is only 2 years younger than me, but she has had a much narrower life.
Screenshot of the Wikipedia entry for Alice Thomson. Text reads: Education and career Thomson was educated at Bute House Preparatory School for Girls in West London, the School of St Helen and St Katharine in Abingdon, Oxfordshire and Marlborough College, Wiltshire. She graduated from Bristol University with a BA in history and received an MA in newspaper journalism from City University London. Thomson became a trainee on The Times in 1990 before becoming a foreign correspondent, feature writer and political reporter for the newspaper. In 1997 she moved to The Daily Telegraph as a columnist and leader writer and also wrote the restaurant reviews and political interviews before re-joining The Times in 2008. [2] She has written for Vogue and The Spectator and appeared on Question Time and Newsnight. In 2014, jointly with colleagues from The Times, she was Political Journalist of the Year in the Press Gazette awards. [3] She was previously a Trustee of the think tank Policy Exchange, [4] on the Policy Committee of the CPRE, and a governor of Bute House preparatory school. [5] Thomson presents the podcast interview series What I Wish I'd Known with fellow Times columnist Rachel Sylvester which has now run for eight series [6] on Times Radio, which began in July 2020.[7] In December 2022, Thomson was chosen as the Interviewer of the Year at the Press Gazette British Journalism Awards. [8]
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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sarahmay1.bsky.social
So beautiful, needs to be shared with alt text
Photo, from the post below, of a hand holding a pebble, standing on a beach. The pebble is a bit larger than the hand, rounded and grey. In the centre there is a white spiral created by a fossilised shell being eroded so that the shell is bisected, so there is a white spiral with a grey spiral inside it
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
A bright red glow reaches up into the darkness, illuminating the silhouettes of tall slightly scraggly, spruce trees Swirls of green and red light sweep down from the sky, lighting up the forest and contrasting against the Stark silhouettes of trees Dramatic swirls of green and red light swirl down from the middle of the sky, starkly contrasting against the bear of Poplar, tall Spruce trees. Still more dramatic curtains of light sweep down from above in sheets of green and red. The tall bear poplars and spruce spires our starkly silhouetted.
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social
So the full title is COLOR TASTE TEXTURE: Recipes for Picky Eaters, Those with Food Aversion, and Anyone Who’s Ever Cringed at Food. I know that “picky eaters” is a loaded term, the sole purpose of it in the title is so it can be found by the most people. It’s used sparingly within the book itself.
mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · Aug 1
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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hazelmonforton.com
I really hope I never attract the attention of Joyce Carol Oates, Kendrick Lamar, or menswear guy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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kawarthanow.bsky.social
#Lakefield Curling Club fundraiser brings in over $15,000 for people affected by Kawartha Home Hardware fire. November 1 bonspiel aimed to raise $5,000 through participation, player pledges, and a silent auction.
kawarthanow.com/2025/11/11/l...
Lakefield Curling Club fundraiser brings in over $15,000 for people affected by Kawartha Home Hardware fire | kawarthaNOW
By kawarthaNOW. November 1 bonspiel aimed to raise $5,000 through participation, player pledges, and a silent auction.
kawarthanow.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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marypcbuk.bsky.social
wrenching this out of context as an evergreen skeet
okbjgm.bsky.social javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d
everyone who serves a despot thinks they will be the exception to daddy’s capricious ways
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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nochorus.bsky.social
Screenshot of Tweets that say: "Once at my granny's house my uncle excitedly said a James Bond film was on the tv. My Da said "sure they're all the same, a load of lads shooting at one lad then a mountain blows up." My uncle got really mad at how reductive that was then became furious when the mountain blew up. My Da, of course, knew it was the one where the mountain blows up at the end. This was a foundational lesson which illustrated to me that walking the path of the hater means knowing more about something that people who profess to like it."
February 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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lookitup.baby
This is, no joke, my favorite part about consulting. I love finding the engineer (there’s always at least one) who has been trying to say the thing everyone has been ignoring and then getting to make the recommendation they’ve been trying to make and have it actually be listened to
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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clareblackwood.bsky.social
the internet and its wonderful people have given me so many lovely things ⚾💙
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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alexdecampi.bsky.social
This is not something to fear, but it is something to plan for. Support disability rights and ADA compliance with everything you have.

And if you’re spending money redesigning a home, make sure it will also suit you if your mobility/ balance / etc decreases. Because it will.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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meakoopa.bsky.social
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
samthielman.com CHOAM Nomsky (thankful) @samthielman.com · 1d
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates: "wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation. QT of @avidreader1000 Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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On this day in 1813, the Battle of Crysler's Farm was fought near present-day Morrisburg, Ontario. In the battle, 800 Canadian and British troops faced 8,000 Americans. The battle was a defeat for the Americans, who then abandoned their Saint Lawrence campaign.
A historical painting depicting a large-scale battle scene with numerous soldiers engaged in combat on an open field. The scene includes infantry formations, cavalry, and artillery, with smoke rising from the battlefield. Flags are visible, including one with a British design, and the background features a cloudy sky, scattered trees, and a few distant buildings.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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bk4us.com
This blog post in no way answers your question about the British, but it's one of the most clarifying explanations of social class I have ever read, and re-read, and sent to all my friends, so I have to post it here:
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November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM