Sparkapus Human
@sparkapus.bsky.social
That's Sparkapus!
His human is more tolerant, less sharp.
'Expert' behind the scenes in pro photo market.
Profile pic: a beautiful tabby lying upside down in orange comforter.
Banner pic: sunlit reeds in a dried lake bed
His human is more tolerant, less sharp.
'Expert' behind the scenes in pro photo market.
Profile pic: a beautiful tabby lying upside down in orange comforter.
Banner pic: sunlit reeds in a dried lake bed
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Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Democrats would be crazy not to make this comment super-famous tomorrow when the Senate debates health care. Republicans don’t want you to be cared for as a patient when you’re sick. They think of you as a “consumer”—and tough luck if you don’t have the money for the care you need.
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After the $100M privatization boondoggle...
"...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%."
The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.
"...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%."
The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
After the $100M privatization boondoggle...
"...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%."
The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.
"...AHS took over provincial laboratory testing and returned Alberta to a fully public model. By December, 2023, patient waiting times were reduced by 76%."
The same day as this report is released, UCP announced more privatization.
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
Not to be cliche, But that was the best World Series of my lifetime and I think The Blue Jays Should be proud And I'm happy to have been able to watch it.
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Not to be cliche, But that was the best World Series of my lifetime and I think The Blue Jays Should be proud And I'm happy to have been able to watch it.
October 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Any #owl fancier or ornithologist able to identify this bird? Dusk/night calls in St.Paul Alberta.
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Voice 004_sd-1.m4a
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September 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Any #owl fancier or ornithologist able to identify this bird? Dusk/night calls in St.Paul Alberta.
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“Assholes, all of you — and I’m not even drunk yet,” a man tells the FBI and MPD.
August 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Assholes, all of you — and I’m not even drunk yet,” a man tells the FBI and MPD.
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worth repeating
Fundamental to Twain’s understanding of democracy is that nobody wants to hold high office except thieves, swindlers, & autocrats, & the way elections minimize the corrupt exercise of government is not by empowering noble men, but by making the crooks compete with one another in perpetuity.
February 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
worth repeating
That was fun.
@edmontonoilers.bsky.social
@edmontonoilers.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
That was fun.
@edmontonoilers.bsky.social
@edmontonoilers.bsky.social
I don't care what they say about pot and booze.
May 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I don't care what they say about pot and booze.
April 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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A grandma who works at Target. An advocate for farmworkers. A cancer researcher. A grad student who wrote an op-ed. A hairdresser. A sheet metal worker and loving father to an autistic child. At least two people who took a wrong turn on the same bridge in Detroit. A toddler.
April 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A grandma who works at Target. An advocate for farmworkers. A cancer researcher. A grad student who wrote an op-ed. A hairdresser. A sheet metal worker and loving father to an autistic child. At least two people who took a wrong turn on the same bridge in Detroit. A toddler.
Enjoying the hue.
April 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Enjoying the hue.
Replacing waking up with NYT games with adjusting the volume on the old clock radio.
Chucklefuckery to put the volume and (incredibly finicky) tuning dial next to one another.
Chucklefuckery to put the volume and (incredibly finicky) tuning dial next to one another.
April 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Replacing waking up with NYT games with adjusting the volume on the old clock radio.
Chucklefuckery to put the volume and (incredibly finicky) tuning dial next to one another.
Chucklefuckery to put the volume and (incredibly finicky) tuning dial next to one another.
worth repeating
Fundamental to Twain’s understanding of democracy is that nobody wants to hold high office except thieves, swindlers, & autocrats, & the way elections minimize the corrupt exercise of government is not by empowering noble men, but by making the crooks compete with one another in perpetuity.
February 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
worth repeating
(cards to make to avoid conversation with fellow pub regular)
Card:
1. "Forget about labels, individual or state. At some point, there has to be principle if not moral."
2. "I like to think of each soul as a spark or glimmer of light. Some are brighter, but they all make up a more wondrous whole."
Card:
1. "Forget about labels, individual or state. At some point, there has to be principle if not moral."
2. "I like to think of each soul as a spark or glimmer of light. Some are brighter, but they all make up a more wondrous whole."
February 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
(cards to make to avoid conversation with fellow pub regular)
Card:
1. "Forget about labels, individual or state. At some point, there has to be principle if not moral."
2. "I like to think of each soul as a spark or glimmer of light. Some are brighter, but they all make up a more wondrous whole."
Card:
1. "Forget about labels, individual or state. At some point, there has to be principle if not moral."
2. "I like to think of each soul as a spark or glimmer of light. Some are brighter, but they all make up a more wondrous whole."
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As an objective party i believe this is the best way to use the site
Didn't know what I was getting into by swapping Twitter for Bluesky but my experience on here has pretty much just been liking and reposting everything @eve6.bsky.social posts
February 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
As an objective party i believe this is the best way to use the site
The waves of awful, the Broligarchy, the Heritage foundation, Maga, Trump, etc. feels like a tsunami.
I hope it is more akin to the corpse flower that in it's flowering is too odorous to be ignored. And that it doesn't last.
I don't think it will last, but will it be gone before it's too late?
I hope it is more akin to the corpse flower that in it's flowering is too odorous to be ignored. And that it doesn't last.
I don't think it will last, but will it be gone before it's too late?
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
February 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The waves of awful, the Broligarchy, the Heritage foundation, Maga, Trump, etc. feels like a tsunami.
I hope it is more akin to the corpse flower that in it's flowering is too odorous to be ignored. And that it doesn't last.
I don't think it will last, but will it be gone before it's too late?
I hope it is more akin to the corpse flower that in it's flowering is too odorous to be ignored. And that it doesn't last.
I don't think it will last, but will it be gone before it's too late?
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I am convinced that the normalization of fascism in people’s minds is already happening and an enormous danger.
Some people in denial, but I think more people will simply just accept it as how things are. At some point, we just get used to the temperature in the pool.
Which is what they want.
Some people in denial, but I think more people will simply just accept it as how things are. At some point, we just get used to the temperature in the pool.
Which is what they want.
January 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I am convinced that the normalization of fascism in people’s minds is already happening and an enormous danger.
Some people in denial, but I think more people will simply just accept it as how things are. At some point, we just get used to the temperature in the pool.
Which is what they want.
Some people in denial, but I think more people will simply just accept it as how things are. At some point, we just get used to the temperature in the pool.
Which is what they want.