Scott Gibson
@reallyachilles.bsky.social
Father/Husband. Telecom Project Manager. Graduate student at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
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Scott Gibson
@reallyachilles.bsky.social
· Nov 17
a few of my favorite things: liberal arts • Jane Austen • mimetic studies • board games • libraries • art nouveau • mimesis • philosophy • dungeons and dragons • Socrates • Canada • literature • poetry • videos games • prog rock • mythology • fantasy novels
For Canadians who are thinking of using Rogers' new satellite to cell service, you might want to think again since it's backed by Elon Musk. cabinliving.ca/rogers-launc...
Rogers Launches Satellite-to-Mobile Service Across Canada
Rogers Communications has become the first Canadian wireless provider to launch satellite-to-mobile text messaging, extending coverage to 5.4 million square kilometers – approximately 2.5 times more a...
cabinliving.ca
July 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
For Canadians who are thinking of using Rogers' new satellite to cell service, you might want to think again since it's backed by Elon Musk. cabinliving.ca/rogers-launc...
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A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Jane Austen wythout her x-wing.
May 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Jane Austen wythout her x-wing.
Excited to have just emailed the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Special Collections to request access to Tolkien’s materials for my course on Life Writing at Oxford this fall. It feels surreal to link my SFU GLS research with the archives that helped shape Middle-earth.
May 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Excited to have just emailed the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Special Collections to request access to Tolkien’s materials for my course on Life Writing at Oxford this fall. It feels surreal to link my SFU GLS research with the archives that helped shape Middle-earth.
Tom Morello speaking truth. I wonder if anyone who consider themselves anti-woke will reflect meaningfully on it.
May 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Tom Morello speaking truth. I wonder if anyone who consider themselves anti-woke will reflect meaningfully on it.
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new video
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CONSPIRACY | contrapoints
YouTube video by ContraPoints
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March 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
new video
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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This video series is worth watching. Posted by renowned Canadian broadcaster Lisa Laflamme, these short modules can help you and your families understand the realities of our overwhelmingly digital world. teamdemocracy.ca/preview/vide...
Module 1 | Video Series | Canadian Democracy @ Work
This module explores how we consume information online and offers practical strategies for evaluating content and finding reliable, useful information.
teamdemocracy.ca
March 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This video series is worth watching. Posted by renowned Canadian broadcaster Lisa Laflamme, these short modules can help you and your families understand the realities of our overwhelmingly digital world. teamdemocracy.ca/preview/vide...
"You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination." - Charles de Gaulle
March 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination." - Charles de Gaulle
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Hmmm this guy is on to something
March 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hmmm this guy is on to something
Libraries have always been a key part of society and if we continue to support them, they can nurture the missing pieces of our social life in unexpected ways. Plus, it's better than Starbucks.
Are Libraries the New ‘Third Places’ We’re Looking For?
They just might be. They’re doing a lot of things that don’t have much to do with books but do have a lot to do with community. And you don’t hear “Shhh” much anymore.
www.governing.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Libraries have always been a key part of society and if we continue to support them, they can nurture the missing pieces of our social life in unexpected ways. Plus, it's better than Starbucks.
Well said @vincegilligan.bsky.social ! Stories of all types are needed, but our elevation of anti-heroes has not done any favours to our societies over the past couple decades. From Walter White to Kylo Ren and many others, our sympathy for the devil may have gone too far.
‘Breaking Bad’ Creator Vince Gilligan Urges More Good Guys in Stories Now That Bad Guys Have Taken Over the World: ‘God Help Us, They’ve Become Aspirational’
In his speech at the WGA Awards, 'Breaking Bad' creator Vince Gilligan said we need more good guys on TV, that Walter White shouldn't be aspirational.
variety.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Well said @vincegilligan.bsky.social ! Stories of all types are needed, but our elevation of anti-heroes has not done any favours to our societies over the past couple decades. From Walter White to Kylo Ren and many others, our sympathy for the devil may have gone too far.
This is so the vibe right now.
February 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is so the vibe right now.
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Collins: Is there a tangible concession in your view?
Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl
Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago.
Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it
Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl
Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago.
Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it
February 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Collins: Is there a tangible concession in your view?
Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl
Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago.
Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it
Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl
Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago.
Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it
Trump's executive order on gender defines me as a woman and I am here for it. www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/22/s...
Sarah McBride points out a fatal flaw in Trump's anti-trans executive order
Sarah McBride has pointed out a fatal flaw in President Donald Trump’s executive orders which targets the trans community.
www.thepinknews.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump's executive order on gender defines me as a woman and I am here for it. www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/22/s...
I would un-Facebook so fast it would make your head spin. Let's hope this getsade. Save us, Bluesky!
Project to 'free social media from billionaire control' plans to take on Musk and Zuck using Bluesky's open source protocol: 'It will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars'
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, actor Mark Ruffalo, and more have endorsed Free Our Feeds.
www.pcgamer.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I would un-Facebook so fast it would make your head spin. Let's hope this getsade. Save us, Bluesky!
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Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
I managed to both laugh AND cry at this.
Ozempic
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
youtu.be
January 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I managed to both laugh AND cry at this.
Fascinating article, though it raises more questions than it answers.
3 of Jane Austen’s 6 brothers engaged in antislavery activism − new research offers more clues about her own views
The author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and other classic novels used the words ‘slave’ and ‘slavery’ nearly a dozen times in her books.
theconversation.com
December 31, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Fascinating article, though it raises more questions than it answers.
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Libraries should be our backups! Articles like this help us see the fault lines in our dependence on electronic infrastructure. TV dramas like The Last Ship show us how badly things can go wrong by blithely putting all our eggs in the electronic basket.
I'm at @theverge.com today talking about digital decay, link rot, watching my work slowly being erased from the internet, and how it makes me feel like I am fading away.
What happens when the internet disappears?
Huge swaths of the web are vanishing. What does that do to our culture?
www.theverge.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Libraries should be our backups! Articles like this help us see the fault lines in our dependence on electronic infrastructure. TV dramas like The Last Ship show us how badly things can go wrong by blithely putting all our eggs in the electronic basket.
Domination politics "It's not that the middle-class professional family doesn’t know or care that the driver bringing them their food delivery makes what a British doctor does. I think when they are aware, they’re often quite angry about it. They like having the people who serve them be desperate."
I’m not quite entirely persuaded by this essay but goddam it is very good and bracing. Really worth a read.
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
A Disease of Affluence
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Domination politics "It's not that the middle-class professional family doesn’t know or care that the driver bringing them their food delivery makes what a British doctor does. I think when they are aware, they’re often quite angry about it. They like having the people who serve them be desperate."
Dr. Lawtoo spoke at the 5th biannual Girard lecture on the critical topic of the infective and affective nature of mimesis in context of (new) fascism and Donald Trump, ahead of another Trump turn for the US.
The Urgency of Mimetic Studies: From Imitation to (New) Fascism. Girard Lecture by Nidesh Lawtoo
YouTube video by HOM Videos ERC Project Homo Mimeticus
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Dr. Lawtoo spoke at the 5th biannual Girard lecture on the critical topic of the infective and affective nature of mimesis in context of (new) fascism and Donald Trump, ahead of another Trump turn for the US.
Here's another example of the critical need for Humanities. Science may fix our problems but Humanities will give us the cultural memory to remember tragedies like this. If we had more Humanities graduates maybe we would have less anti-vaxxers.
Important lessons from old books: "Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty of diseases largely unfamiliar today, they also warn against being lulled into thinking that child deaths can never be inevitable again." theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Here's another example of the critical need for Humanities. Science may fix our problems but Humanities will give us the cultural memory to remember tragedies like this. If we had more Humanities graduates maybe we would have less anti-vaxxers.
Kilroy was here
The Medieval mason who did this definitely had quite a sense of humor 🫣😃
(Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, 1050 AD)
#drthehistories #medieval #masonery #stonemason #religion #history
(Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, 1050 AD)
#drthehistories #medieval #masonery #stonemason #religion #history
December 11, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Kilroy was here