Heather Burns
@heatherburns.bsky.social
Quirky bird / odd duck / silly goose. Brand Strategist and story teller. Mom / stepmom. Sports / Raptors / NBA fan. Helped relaunch the board game Personal Preference. Gamer. Writer. Reader. Library lover. ADHD. Minecraft. Bluey.
Parkdale, Toronto, Canada.
Parkdale, Toronto, Canada.
Everyone should have the chance to sit in first class on a plane once in their lives so they can experience the looks of absolute disgust that people give you as they walk by. The others have clearly deemed me unworthy of these seats. Don’t know how people do this regularly?! It’s uncomfortable!
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Everyone should have the chance to sit in first class on a plane once in their lives so they can experience the looks of absolute disgust that people give you as they walk by. The others have clearly deemed me unworthy of these seats. Don’t know how people do this regularly?! It’s uncomfortable!
I’m sorry but do people start Elf on the Shelf Nov 1 because with all due respect that makes me want to barf
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’m sorry but do people start Elf on the Shelf Nov 1 because with all due respect that makes me want to barf
I just read that Dolly Parton is unwell and I don’t think I could handle us losing Dolly right now! Ahhhhhh
October 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I just read that Dolly Parton is unwell and I don’t think I could handle us losing Dolly right now! Ahhhhhh
I’m reading The Nightingale and I wonder if when @kristin-hannah.bsky.social wrote she imagined people seeing such parallels in modern life. If you aren’t terrified, you aren’t paying attention.
October 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’m reading The Nightingale and I wonder if when @kristin-hannah.bsky.social wrote she imagined people seeing such parallels in modern life. If you aren’t terrified, you aren’t paying attention.
Is there any greater glow up than LGA?! Like, you go girl. You did it.
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Is there any greater glow up than LGA?! Like, you go girl. You did it.
I love how I don’t eat breakfast unless it’s free and then I eat allllll the breakfast. Never met a breakfast buffet I didn’t devour.
September 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I love how I don’t eat breakfast unless it’s free and then I eat allllll the breakfast. Never met a breakfast buffet I didn’t devour.
@worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social - looking to chat with someone from the pod re: Clue! Sent a IG DM too.
September 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social - looking to chat with someone from the pod re: Clue! Sent a IG DM too.
@seejanemarie.bsky.social - I’ve been bingeing recent Dream episodes and literally every episode spurs at least one long and intense conservation with someone. So good. 10/10. No notes. (Also love magic, fyi)
August 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@seejanemarie.bsky.social - I’ve been bingeing recent Dream episodes and literally every episode spurs at least one long and intense conservation with someone. So good. 10/10. No notes. (Also love magic, fyi)
I keep getting served up these “airlines hate ChatGPT because I got this $2k flight for $200” and then they explain that they took 8 connections on weird budget airlines and left 3 weeks later than planned and vacationed for one night before heading home. Pass.
July 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I keep getting served up these “airlines hate ChatGPT because I got this $2k flight for $200” and then they explain that they took 8 connections on weird budget airlines and left 3 weeks later than planned and vacationed for one night before heading home. Pass.
@realgdt.bsky.social - my seven year old is a quirky bird in the most beautiful and wonderful way. He is obsessed with “bad guys” and monsters and he’s always creating. When you are next in Toronto, if we can buy you coffee, I want him to see that the world in his head can lead him to great things!
June 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
@realgdt.bsky.social - my seven year old is a quirky bird in the most beautiful and wonderful way. He is obsessed with “bad guys” and monsters and he’s always creating. When you are next in Toronto, if we can buy you coffee, I want him to see that the world in his head can lead him to great things!
@donhopkins.bsky.social - on a desperate search to introduce my son to Sim City 1989-1991 edition and casting a WIDE net on how to do that. Not just willing to pay, but WANT to pay. The memories I have of that game are worth their weight in gold.
June 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@donhopkins.bsky.social - on a desperate search to introduce my son to Sim City 1989-1991 edition and casting a WIDE net on how to do that. Not just willing to pay, but WANT to pay. The memories I have of that game are worth their weight in gold.
According to the InStyle newsletter I’m somehow signed up for, a LOT of celebrities usher in seasons with controversial clothing.
March 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
According to the InStyle newsletter I’m somehow signed up for, a LOT of celebrities usher in seasons with controversial clothing.
I’m so obsessed with these. All the crypto bros hyping these around inauguration - look at the crashes! Not such a great investment now is it?!
March 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’m so obsessed with these. All the crypto bros hyping these around inauguration - look at the crashes! Not such a great investment now is it?!
I feel like mom-life means the pangram in todays @nytimes.com #spellingbee was an instant get! @sbsolver.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I feel like mom-life means the pangram in todays @nytimes.com #spellingbee was an instant get! @sbsolver.com
Every now and then I’m just going to write things like “sorry I’ve been quiet lately on here” as if I have legions of fans waiting my next pearl of wisdom.
February 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Every now and then I’m just going to write things like “sorry I’ve been quiet lately on here” as if I have legions of fans waiting my next pearl of wisdom.
Guys I just invented a song called “I’m cold and I’m grumpy” and I don’t want to suggest that it’s the best song ever but it’s def top ten
February 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Guys I just invented a song called “I’m cold and I’m grumpy” and I don’t want to suggest that it’s the best song ever but it’s def top ten
HOW IS THIS REAL?!?
February 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
HOW IS THIS REAL?!?
I alternate between finding this all funny, and then being terrified at what it could become. I don’t want to be the 51st state. I don’t want war. I don’t want to be in opposition. And I have read enough history to know those things aren’t impossible.
February 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I alternate between finding this all funny, and then being terrified at what it could become. I don’t want to be the 51st state. I don’t want war. I don’t want to be in opposition. And I have read enough history to know those things aren’t impossible.
Wyna’s phoning it in a little bit here… #connections
January 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wyna’s phoning it in a little bit here… #connections
Reposted by Heather Burns
What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.?
In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently
In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently
January 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.?
In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently
In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently
If you’re still on TikTok after all that Trump love you probably deserve to be controlled by the Chinese governments sketchy algorithms.
January 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you’re still on TikTok after all that Trump love you probably deserve to be controlled by the Chinese governments sketchy algorithms.
@bicyclebaskets.bsky.social @amyayers.bsky.social had to screen grab the top of my feed! How’s this for proof that BlueSky attracts all types?!? ;)
January 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
@bicyclebaskets.bsky.social @amyayers.bsky.social had to screen grab the top of my feed! How’s this for proof that BlueSky attracts all types?!? ;)
Someone with more time than me needs to create a forum where you can ask a group of librarians if a book exists - but not publicly in case your goal is to then write said book. #librarians #books #writing (do we hashtag here?)
January 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Someone with more time than me needs to create a forum where you can ask a group of librarians if a book exists - but not publicly in case your goal is to then write said book. #librarians #books #writing (do we hashtag here?)
Social media algorithms are hilarious because they give you a click-bait posts where you click to find out what it’s about, then whatever it was about, they serve you a MILLION TRILLION more of those posts, even though you only clicked on it in the first place because you didn’t KNOW what it was.
January 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Social media algorithms are hilarious because they give you a click-bait posts where you click to find out what it’s about, then whatever it was about, they serve you a MILLION TRILLION more of those posts, even though you only clicked on it in the first place because you didn’t KNOW what it was.
@99pi.org @romanmars.bsky.social - this Mini Story on the snooze button COULD NOT BE MORE TIMELY for us. Ooooooh boy. (I’m the guilty party - snooze-a-holic over here!)
January 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@99pi.org @romanmars.bsky.social - this Mini Story on the snooze button COULD NOT BE MORE TIMELY for us. Ooooooh boy. (I’m the guilty party - snooze-a-holic over here!)