Mx. Machine
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The semi-constructive complaints and semi-coherent musings of a queer metalhead. They/whatever.
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
Between Fan Expo and the My Chemical Romance show, Toronto is gonna be chalk full of the weirdest people tonight, and I can't wait
August 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Between Fan Expo and the My Chemical Romance show, Toronto is gonna be chalk full of the weirdest people tonight, and I can't wait
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Mikey Madison winning is such a fun epilogue to the Substance
March 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Mikey Madison winning is such a fun epilogue to the Substance
are delivery people allergic to call boxes??
February 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
are delivery people allergic to call boxes??
The comment section of every YT yoga video: Great practice. This flow felt amazing. I feel so good!
The comment section of every Yoga With Adrienne video: Here is an itemized list of every hardship I have ever faced.
The comment section of every Yoga With Adrienne video: Here is an itemized list of every hardship I have ever faced.
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The comment section of every YT yoga video: Great practice. This flow felt amazing. I feel so good!
The comment section of every Yoga With Adrienne video: Here is an itemized list of every hardship I have ever faced.
The comment section of every Yoga With Adrienne video: Here is an itemized list of every hardship I have ever faced.
I would like to make it through one (1) comedy show without hearing the phrase "raw dog" please
January 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I would like to make it through one (1) comedy show without hearing the phrase "raw dog" please
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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Fascinating video on Steam trends, especially these statistics- of all the games released in Steam in 2024, just 2.5% had the "LBGTQ+" tag and 7% had the "female protagonist" tag. This is supposedly the political trend that's overwhelming and destroying gaming.
youtu.be/qiNv3qv-YbU?...
youtu.be/qiNv3qv-YbU?...
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Fascinating video on Steam trends, especially these statistics- of all the games released in Steam in 2024, just 2.5% had the "LBGTQ+" tag and 7% had the "female protagonist" tag. This is supposedly the political trend that's overwhelming and destroying gaming.
youtu.be/qiNv3qv-YbU?...
youtu.be/qiNv3qv-YbU?...
Remember what they took from you
December 28, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Remember what they took from you
Uhhhhhhhhhhh
Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died
Ex-OpenAI engineer and whistleblower has died | CTV News
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 24, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Uhhhhhhhhhhh
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Well well well, if it isn't the obvious consequences every employee was saying would happen.
Return-to-office (RTO) mandates lead to abnormally high employee turnover, especially for female/more senior/more skilled employees.
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 19, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Well well well, if it isn't the obvious consequences every employee was saying would happen.
Sorry to put either of these faces on people's feeds, but if we make enough of these images and spread them around, do you think we can get inside Donald's head and break the two up?
December 19, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Sorry to put either of these faces on people's feeds, but if we make enough of these images and spread them around, do you think we can get inside Donald's head and break the two up?
Gods give me the strength to survive group therapy chit chat. In the span of two minutes the same kid asked me "if I have pronouns" and "if I live [several blocks away from a semi-affluent neighbourhood], why do I still have an Android"
December 18, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Gods give me the strength to survive group therapy chit chat. In the span of two minutes the same kid asked me "if I have pronouns" and "if I live [several blocks away from a semi-affluent neighbourhood], why do I still have an Android"
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Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...
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why i always click though to read the article—you find a gold nugget like this. (thank you BlueSky for not down-posting links)
November 23, 2024 at 2:28 PM
why i always click though to read the article—you find a gold nugget like this. (thank you BlueSky for not down-posting links)
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Poilievre's Conservative Party, per its members:
"Everybody is being watched. What we say, what we do, who we talk to. We're told not to fraternize with MPs from the other parties. And that's not normal.
Those who follow these rules are rewarded. Those who don't often have to suffer consequences."
"Everybody is being watched. What we say, what we do, who we talk to. We're told not to fraternize with MPs from the other parties. And that's not normal.
Those who follow these rules are rewarded. Those who don't often have to suffer consequences."
Poilievre's office maintains tight control over what Conservative MPs say and do in public | CBC News
Pierre Poilievre rules his caucus with iron discipline and control. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the leader keeps members of Parliament in line.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Poilievre's Conservative Party, per its members:
"Everybody is being watched. What we say, what we do, who we talk to. We're told not to fraternize with MPs from the other parties. And that's not normal.
Those who follow these rules are rewarded. Those who don't often have to suffer consequences."
"Everybody is being watched. What we say, what we do, who we talk to. We're told not to fraternize with MPs from the other parties. And that's not normal.
Those who follow these rules are rewarded. Those who don't often have to suffer consequences."
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Here’s a list of Indigenous (to US/Canada) follows on BSky. I’ve added a dozen more people since the first version. Let me know if I missed anybody. go.bsky.app/22LJsC3
November 13, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Here’s a list of Indigenous (to US/Canada) follows on BSky. I’ve added a dozen more people since the first version. Let me know if I missed anybody. go.bsky.app/22LJsC3
I get that people are looking for a single thing to direct their anger towards, but aren't voter suppression, gerrymandering, + election fatigue all v present things that can also result in low support and turnout? I feel like "dem campaign bad" isn't invalid, but is like, a piece of the whole story
November 8, 2024 at 6:49 AM
I get that people are looking for a single thing to direct their anger towards, but aren't voter suppression, gerrymandering, + election fatigue all v present things that can also result in low support and turnout? I feel like "dem campaign bad" isn't invalid, but is like, a piece of the whole story
Do you think the Livenation antitrust lawsuit has monopolists sweating a bit
Because good
Because good
BREAKING: Over 200,000 Washington Post subscribers, or 8%, canceled after Jeff Bezos blocked Kamala Harris endorsement - NPR
October 29, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Do you think the Livenation antitrust lawsuit has monopolists sweating a bit
Because good
Because good