LesleyTC
@tenuredrebel.bsky.social
Art Historian & Professor of Aesthetics at Humber Polytechnic, Toronto. Research: Surrealism & Indigenization; decolonial pedagogy. Director at VeritaFineArt.com 🎨
I’ve survived rape, kidnapping, and cancer. I’m a tired mom with no time for bullshit.🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🫶
I’ve survived rape, kidnapping, and cancer. I’m a tired mom with no time for bullshit.🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🫶
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Depressingly well-made point.
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Depressingly well-made point.
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It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
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Regurgitating obvious bullshit isn’t journalism, Reuters, its propaganda
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Regurgitating obvious bullshit isn’t journalism, Reuters, its propaganda
In addition to the horrific racism, the man does not understand irony.
The man in an administration using women as incubators.
The man in an administration using women as incubators.
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In addition to the horrific racism, the man does not understand irony.
The man in an administration using women as incubators.
The man in an administration using women as incubators.
There exists a drug, in a syringe, in my pharmacy, that would completely treat my chronic pain. It would cost me $4,500 annually.
I’ve been fighting with insurance for 1.5 years to have it covered.
Welcome to being disabled in the socialist republic of Canada.
I’ve been fighting with insurance for 1.5 years to have it covered.
Welcome to being disabled in the socialist republic of Canada.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There exists a drug, in a syringe, in my pharmacy, that would completely treat my chronic pain. It would cost me $4,500 annually.
I’ve been fighting with insurance for 1.5 years to have it covered.
Welcome to being disabled in the socialist republic of Canada.
I’ve been fighting with insurance for 1.5 years to have it covered.
Welcome to being disabled in the socialist republic of Canada.
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How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.
Americans: for the love of whatever, please make your conferences virtual. It’s getting stupid.
-nobody wants to visit your country
-COVID still exists and & immunocompromised people are scholars too.
-the world is on fire. We don’t need hundreds of people flying in to read a 20 min paper
-nobody wants to visit your country
-COVID still exists and & immunocompromised people are scholars too.
-the world is on fire. We don’t need hundreds of people flying in to read a 20 min paper
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Americans: for the love of whatever, please make your conferences virtual. It’s getting stupid.
-nobody wants to visit your country
-COVID still exists and & immunocompromised people are scholars too.
-the world is on fire. We don’t need hundreds of people flying in to read a 20 min paper
-nobody wants to visit your country
-COVID still exists and & immunocompromised people are scholars too.
-the world is on fire. We don’t need hundreds of people flying in to read a 20 min paper
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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
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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The fact that basic users can talk to AI Jesus and only premium users can talk to AI Satan is sending me.
Buried the lede: "(Premium users can also converse with Satan.)"
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The fact that basic users can talk to AI Jesus and only premium users can talk to AI Satan is sending me.
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Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Nothing about the news should surprise you. The only new evidence we have is that boomers are even more horrendous with their emails than we thought.
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Nothing about the news should surprise you. The only new evidence we have is that boomers are even more horrendous with their emails than we thought.
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guy who finally decides today he has enough information to conclude donald trump is a pedophile
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
guy who finally decides today he has enough information to conclude donald trump is a pedophile
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I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
Marxism intensifying
Alerting all New Yorkers to go outside and look up
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Marxism intensifying
Meanwhile Ontario is getting ready to ban speed cameras.
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death, largely by upgrading pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and reducing speed limits to 30kmph, via @semafor.com yle.fi/a/74-20174831
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Meanwhile Ontario is getting ready to ban speed cameras.
Same! This is what ✨digital literacy✨looks like 😂
I may have rotted my brain with a lifetime on the internet but I could smell that the Hot Louvre Thief pic wasn’t real from the jump
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Same! This is what ✨digital literacy✨looks like 😂
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Furthermore public transit teaches you how to live with temporary minor annoyances and cars teach you that you're god's most special baby and your moment-to-moment comfort is the only important thing in the world
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Furthermore public transit teaches you how to live with temporary minor annoyances and cars teach you that you're god's most special baby and your moment-to-moment comfort is the only important thing in the world
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I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
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I don't want to be over the top, but I hate Joe Rogan with all my heart and wish only terrible things to happen to him for the rest of his life
Joe Rogan is confusing measles with chicken pox
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I don't want to be over the top, but I hate Joe Rogan with all my heart and wish only terrible things to happen to him for the rest of his life
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Stop me if I am off base, here, but: Not sure that we want to learn how to manage our business rivals from *checks notes to make sure* a man assassinated by his rivals? www.management-issues.com/opinion/7761...
What leaders can learn from how Julius Caesar won followers and managed rivals
One of the secrets to Julius Caesar's success was the way that he developed and marketed a personal brand based on values and delivering on these values.
www.management-issues.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Stop me if I am off base, here, but: Not sure that we want to learn how to manage our business rivals from *checks notes to make sure* a man assassinated by his rivals? www.management-issues.com/opinion/7761...
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I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
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(Guy who’s every belief is informed by his racism) why do you have to make everything about race
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
(Guy who’s every belief is informed by his racism) why do you have to make everything about race