troyliss
@troyliss.bsky.social
Troy Lissoway. Graphic Designer. Ape seeking understanding. Albertan. He/Him. Product of Canada*
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
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the conspiratorial part of me wants to say that there's no way Adobe is so stupid as to spontaneously shut down an industry-wide used program so it must be deliberate sabotage on art to artificially force usage of gAI
but on the other hand "they are in fact that stupid" is a valid counter-argument
but on the other hand "they are in fact that stupid" is a valid counter-argument
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
the conspiratorial part of me wants to say that there's no way Adobe is so stupid as to spontaneously shut down an industry-wide used program so it must be deliberate sabotage on art to artificially force usage of gAI
but on the other hand "they are in fact that stupid" is a valid counter-argument
but on the other hand "they are in fact that stupid" is a valid counter-argument
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If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If a university student group had celebrated Charlie Kirk being killed, complete with a graphic made from an actual picture of the killing, the whole lot of them would have been expelled before the ink on the digital story was dry.
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Want a spell I wrote mmmm 5-ish years ago but is still really unpleasantly pertinent? Okay, here's "A Simple Banishing Ritual For The Age Of Shitty People (Usually Men, But Feel Free To Adapt For Other Genders As Necessary)."
February 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Want a spell I wrote mmmm 5-ish years ago but is still really unpleasantly pertinent? Okay, here's "A Simple Banishing Ritual For The Age Of Shitty People (Usually Men, But Feel Free To Adapt For Other Genders As Necessary)."
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They should be impeaching him every single day. New crime, new impeachment. They should keep impeaching him once he’s out of office. They should keep impeaching him after he’s dead.
Impeachment is the only Constitutional check Congress has against a lawless president and talking about it would be a good start to reasserting Congressional power in the future. Assuming of course Congress wants to do that
Speaking out like this is all they can do now. Impeachment is a total and complete joke, and threatening to use it is akin to threatening to hit someone with a wet noodle. Impeachment is no longer a viable tool to use against Republican politicians.
February 3, 2026 at 2:37 AM
They should be impeaching him every single day. New crime, new impeachment. They should keep impeaching him once he’s out of office. They should keep impeaching him after he’s dead.
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Do NOT give JK a pass here. He CREATED the Frankenstein political monster that is the UCP. He doesn’t get to create an agent of chaos and then say “Whoa! Hold up you silly people” when he started the stampede of cray-cray. He deserves blame, not kudos.
February 3, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Do NOT give JK a pass here. He CREATED the Frankenstein political monster that is the UCP. He doesn’t get to create an agent of chaos and then say “Whoa! Hold up you silly people” when he started the stampede of cray-cray. He deserves blame, not kudos.
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USian trans people aren't telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom to cause you distress and despair.
USian trans people are telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom so you don't vote for his transphobic ass in the primaries.
They are giving you actionable information.
USian trans people are telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom so you don't vote for his transphobic ass in the primaries.
They are giving you actionable information.
July 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
USian trans people aren't telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom to cause you distress and despair.
USian trans people are telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom so you don't vote for his transphobic ass in the primaries.
They are giving you actionable information.
USian trans people are telling you they won't vote for Gavin Newsom so you don't vote for his transphobic ass in the primaries.
They are giving you actionable information.
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i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
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Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
From the guy who thanked God and trans people at the Golden Globes…
(Context: he wasn’t there so Wanda Sykes accepted on his behalf and made that speech to piss him off)
(Context: he wasn’t there so Wanda Sykes accepted on his behalf and made that speech to piss him off)
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Gervais cited his own 2020 Golden Globes monologue, in which he urged winners not to use their acceptance speeches "as a platform to make a political speech."
decider.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:27 AM
From the guy who thanked God and trans people at the Golden Globes…
(Context: he wasn’t there so Wanda Sykes accepted on his behalf and made that speech to piss him off)
(Context: he wasn’t there so Wanda Sykes accepted on his behalf and made that speech to piss him off)
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It’s so funny that this guy’s entire thing is “Oh are you triggered by what I have to say about marginalized people” but he loses it when someone more well-liked than he will ever be talks about an actual injustice
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Gervais cited his own 2020 Golden Globes monologue, in which he urged winners not to use their acceptance speeches "as a platform to make a political speech."
decider.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 AM
It’s so funny that this guy’s entire thing is “Oh are you triggered by what I have to say about marginalized people” but he loses it when someone more well-liked than he will ever be talks about an actual injustice
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furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
In Neil Gaiman’s “I did nothing wrong ever” statement he says there’s been no good journalism about him or his assaults. There has been, of course.
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
Thing is, he said the same thing in 2018 when @moryan.bsky.social reported on issues behind the scenes on American Gods www.moryan.com/a-burn-it-do...
A Burn It Down video extravaganza, and thoughts on Neil Gaiman, creative gods, American Gods and rotten pedestals
Hello!
Chicago folks, on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m., I’ll be in conversation with my friend Steve Darnall at The Book Cellar in Chicago. The occasion is the reissue of Uncle Sam, a brilliant graph...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
furthermore, fuck Neil Gaiman
Thank you to the Grammys for letting me know about Bilal, and that Lola Young is a powerhouse.
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Thank you to the Grammys for letting me know about Bilal, and that Lola Young is a powerhouse.
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Not to be too vulnerable on main, but I think what is really upsetting and ultimately hurtful to me about the Stancil stuff is that a lot of us (especially women) have put in a ton of work slowly, unglamorously trying to build the sorts of organizing frameworks that made his adventurism possible.
February 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Not to be too vulnerable on main, but I think what is really upsetting and ultimately hurtful to me about the Stancil stuff is that a lot of us (especially women) have put in a ton of work slowly, unglamorously trying to build the sorts of organizing frameworks that made his adventurism possible.
She’s trying to pretend she’s above the fray, but it’s disqualifying to be premier and say you don’t care one way or another which way a referendum might go. It tells us that all she cares about is being in power (until such time as she retires to her Panama property…)
February 2, 2026 at 10:23 PM
She’s trying to pretend she’s above the fray, but it’s disqualifying to be premier and say you don’t care one way or another which way a referendum might go. It tells us that all she cares about is being in power (until such time as she retires to her Panama property…)
More to the point, she doesn’t give a shit what the actual definition of “sovereign” is. She uses it to mean that the provincial government should be allowed to do whatever it wants, ignoring the federal government and the courts, while still taking advantage of any benefits of Confederation.
February 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
More to the point, she doesn’t give a shit what the actual definition of “sovereign” is. She uses it to mean that the provincial government should be allowed to do whatever it wants, ignoring the federal government and the courts, while still taking advantage of any benefits of Confederation.
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She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause.
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
Yes, Danielle Smith is a separatist
Alberta's premier says she supports "a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." Her actions tell a much different story — one that makes her position on the issue impossible to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
She keeps getting chances to show some loyalty to Canada -- and keeps turning them away in order to defend Alberta separatists and their cause.
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
It's who she is. It's time we all started saying it. #cdnpoli #abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
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Trump take bluegrass festival
February 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Trump take bluegrass festival
Honestly, I don’t know if 20K angry gun nuts is a number that makes a big difference in the overall American scenario. I guess it depends on how much of law enforcement would be sympathetic to them under a hypothetical Dem admin. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Honestly, I don’t know if 20K angry gun nuts is a number that makes a big difference in the overall American scenario. I guess it depends on how much of law enforcement would be sympathetic to them under a hypothetical Dem admin. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
No doubt! Just noting that the firearms aren’t dependent on employment.
February 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
No doubt! Just noting that the firearms aren’t dependent on employment.
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Those who were sent to Japanese Internment camps during WWII lost their land/houses/any personal possessions left behind to their white neighbors.
DHS literally posted "Want cheaper housing?" with a number to report your neighbors.
We did this in the Trail of Tears. We used weak people's desire for free land to get them turn on the Natives. That was the "Destiny" our nation made manifest.
We did this in the Trail of Tears. We used weak people's desire for free land to get them turn on the Natives. That was the "Destiny" our nation made manifest.
February 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Those who were sent to Japanese Internment camps during WWII lost their land/houses/any personal possessions left behind to their white neighbors.
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My latest for Canadian Dimension -- rejecting Bianca Muguenyi's candidacy shows that the party isn't about to fix it's deep democratic problems, and only one candidate has anything about changing the vetting process in their platform.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
By barring Bianca Mugyenyi, NDP shows it’s not interested in renewal
After the NDP barred Bianca Mugyenyi from its leadership race, the party’s claims of renewal ring hollow. As Nora Loreto writes, her disqualification exposes how ideological gatekeeping and internal b...
canadiandimension.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
My latest for Canadian Dimension -- rejecting Bianca Muguenyi's candidacy shows that the party isn't about to fix it's deep democratic problems, and only one candidate has anything about changing the vetting process in their platform.
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
The fact that no one is publicly sniffing around the job yet leads me to think you’re correct. I’m convinced Kenney is waiting to throw his hat in, but doesn’t like the timing.
February 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The fact that no one is publicly sniffing around the job yet leads me to think you’re correct. I’m convinced Kenney is waiting to throw his hat in, but doesn’t like the timing.
Him pulling 60% out of his ass tells me that even among his like-minded friends and family, four out of ten think it’s a bad idea
February 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Him pulling 60% out of his ass tells me that even among his like-minded friends and family, four out of ten think it’s a bad idea
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Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
The Montreal Canadiens are playing the Minnesota Wild in Minneapolis tonight. The players have been recommended to stay in/eat at the hotel, take the team bus to the arena, and carry passports.
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Perhaps we shouldn't be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics...
Le voyagement est aussi affecté → www.danslescoulisses.com/ice-le-canad...
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
Ashley Padilla is this season’s MVP. Her characters are note-perfect. Last week’s incompetent career coach was a highlight for me, but she’s nailing every sketch. It feels like the show is really leaning on her, to the point that it seems like the other feature players are being short-changed.
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Ashley Padilla is this season’s MVP. Her characters are note-perfect. Last week’s incompetent career coach was a highlight for me, but she’s nailing every sketch. It feels like the show is really leaning on her, to the point that it seems like the other feature players are being short-changed.