ShiftKicker
@shiftkicker.bsky.social
Reader, nerd, gardener, derby retiree, Kneecap fan
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Trans rights=human rights
Here because of socialized medicine. Masking saves lives
TERFS, nazis & sealions automatically blocked
she/her
Trans rights=human rights
Here because of socialized medicine. Masking saves lives
TERFS, nazis & sealions automatically blocked
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Cyclothymia sounds like a mystical place in a Greek epic
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Cyclothymia sounds like a mystical place in a Greek epic
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Can anyone help with id? A fungus parasitizing another fungus. PNW. Hardwood log. The parasitized fungus is Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa). Other fungus growing on it is dry and hard to the touch, so not a slime mold?
#mycology #fungi #mushrooms
#mycology #fungi #mushrooms
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Can anyone help with id? A fungus parasitizing another fungus. PNW. Hardwood log. The parasitized fungus is Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa). Other fungus growing on it is dry and hard to the touch, so not a slime mold?
#mycology #fungi #mushrooms
#mycology #fungi #mushrooms
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My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Best time of year. The dogs get bored waiting for me to take eleventy jillion photos of all the mushrooms, slimes and lichens that suddenly appear.
#fungifriday
#fungifriday
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Best time of year. The dogs get bored waiting for me to take eleventy jillion photos of all the mushrooms, slimes and lichens that suddenly appear.
#fungifriday
#fungifriday
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Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, 📸 by @andyharnik
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, 📸 by @andyharnik
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.
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Fun fact: if you're looking for space opera novels written by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors, I've got a handy spreadsheet just for you!
I've maintained this list for several years, and it's still growing! #sciencefiction #books
Give it a look. Bookmark it!
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
I've maintained this list for several years, and it's still growing! #sciencefiction #books
Give it a look. Bookmark it!
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Fun fact: if you're looking for space opera novels written by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors, I've got a handy spreadsheet just for you!
I've maintained this list for several years, and it's still growing! #sciencefiction #books
Give it a look. Bookmark it!
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
I've maintained this list for several years, and it's still growing! #sciencefiction #books
Give it a look. Bookmark it!
tiny.cc/spaceoperali...
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Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…
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Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot!
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Hey everyone! Can I get 50 reposts for this program? It would mean a lot!
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
www.jccsf.org/event/michae... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
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🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees
And this here AI junk is just worse NFTs
And this here AI junk is just worse NFTs
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees
And this here AI junk is just worse NFTs
And this here AI junk is just worse NFTs
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Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players in history.
He revolutionized the sport with his homerun hitting but he may have never found his way to baseball immortality if not for a priest from Cape Breton.
This is the story of Brother Matthias.
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He revolutionized the sport with his homerun hitting but he may have never found his way to baseball immortality if not for a priest from Cape Breton.
This is the story of Brother Matthias.
🧵 1/8
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players in history.
He revolutionized the sport with his homerun hitting but he may have never found his way to baseball immortality if not for a priest from Cape Breton.
This is the story of Brother Matthias.
🧵 1/8
He revolutionized the sport with his homerun hitting but he may have never found his way to baseball immortality if not for a priest from Cape Breton.
This is the story of Brother Matthias.
🧵 1/8
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To be fair, Ireland hasn't had a female president since the two they had before the last one.
October 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
To be fair, Ireland hasn't had a female president since the two they had before the last one.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
For Vancouver friends!
Halloween is the one night of the year kids get to take over the neighbourhood - but when it comes to the risk of being hit by drivers, it's also by far the most dangerous.
@lucymaloney.bsky.social has a motion to fix this! Please read & email council (and call if you can) with your support!
@lucymaloney.bsky.social has a motion to fix this! Please read & email council (and call if you can) with your support!
Take Action: Supporting “Safe Streets for Trick or Treats”
Kids love Halloween. It’s the one night where they get to take over the streets. Unfortunately, it’s also by far the most dangerous night of the year when it comes to their safety from …
visionzerovancouver.ca
October 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
For Vancouver friends!
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honestly i'm kind of in awe at this company ngl
like in any other country remodeling the symbol of the nation that is owned by the country would be a multiyear effort with massive research and contingency plans and remediations and etc
and these mad lads just let jimmy go nuts with a backhoe
like in any other country remodeling the symbol of the nation that is owned by the country would be a multiyear effort with massive research and contingency plans and remediations and etc
and these mad lads just let jimmy go nuts with a backhoe
"The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure."
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
honestly i'm kind of in awe at this company ngl
like in any other country remodeling the symbol of the nation that is owned by the country would be a multiyear effort with massive research and contingency plans and remediations and etc
and these mad lads just let jimmy go nuts with a backhoe
like in any other country remodeling the symbol of the nation that is owned by the country would be a multiyear effort with massive research and contingency plans and remediations and etc
and these mad lads just let jimmy go nuts with a backhoe
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Looking to connect with a Canadian health reporter.
Several provinces, are no longer offering the COVID vaccine to kids under 12.
This decision needs public attention. DM if you're interested in covering the story. #cdnpoli #covid19 #healthnews
Several provinces, are no longer offering the COVID vaccine to kids under 12.
This decision needs public attention. DM if you're interested in covering the story. #cdnpoli #covid19 #healthnews
October 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Looking to connect with a Canadian health reporter.
Several provinces, are no longer offering the COVID vaccine to kids under 12.
This decision needs public attention. DM if you're interested in covering the story. #cdnpoli #covid19 #healthnews
Several provinces, are no longer offering the COVID vaccine to kids under 12.
This decision needs public attention. DM if you're interested in covering the story. #cdnpoli #covid19 #healthnews
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Fucking rad. Given Anchorage's population dude is probably an actual bush pilot, too
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Fucking rad. Given Anchorage's population dude is probably an actual bush pilot, too
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Hey Bluesky followers who think that local gov't should do things to make the city better, like vote FOR affordable housing, FOR active transportation, FOR renter protections etc: come to a little fundraiser on Thursday & meet some like-minded #NewWest folks! www.communityfirstnw.ca/burgers_beve...
Let's Chat over Burgers & Beverages
www.communityfirstnw.ca
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Hey Bluesky followers who think that local gov't should do things to make the city better, like vote FOR affordable housing, FOR active transportation, FOR renter protections etc: come to a little fundraiser on Thursday & meet some like-minded #NewWest folks! www.communityfirstnw.ca/burgers_beve...