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Trystan
@trystancarter.bsky.social
· May 28
Today is the International Day against Homophobia and as a librarian I need to convey this message (image by @bossdog.bsky.social)
Reposting this and pinning it since it's an evergreen sentiment unfortunately
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some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
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valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Littke something to pin on Insta after the wave of A/I slop from this weekend
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Littke something to pin on Insta after the wave of A/I slop from this weekend
Discord has always sucked ass and I’m glad this face scanning thing is making people realize it
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Discord has always sucked ass and I’m glad this face scanning thing is making people realize it
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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I would never argue all self-publishing is bad, but I realized years ago that Amazon designed KDP for exactly this purpose: to incentivize people to adopt new tech to churn out more slop titles in a clear attack on the publishing industry with little regard for readers or even the writers themselves
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I would never argue all self-publishing is bad, but I realized years ago that Amazon designed KDP for exactly this purpose: to incentivize people to adopt new tech to churn out more slop titles in a clear attack on the publishing industry with little regard for readers or even the writers themselves
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BRING HIM HOME
The Utah Jazz plan to waive Chris Boucher, a league source told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social. Boucher will have the opportunity to sign with a playoff team and is expected to draw interest. He’s averaged 8.7 points and 5.1 rebounds in his nine-year NBA career.
February 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
BRING HIM HOME
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 🐢🍕✨
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 🐢🍕✨
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Resisting the might-makes-right order, in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba and Greenland.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Resisting the might-makes-right order, in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba and Greenland.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
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Raps got some injury luck on that trip, including Wallace leaving this game. But 4-1, winning all sorts of ways? You have to start to believe this team is a bit more than the sum of its parts.
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Raps got some injury luck on that trip, including Wallace leaving this game. But 4-1, winning all sorts of ways? You have to start to believe this team is a bit more than the sum of its parts.
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Donald Trump’s threat against Canada for making a deal with China shows exactly why Canada needs a deal with China
Trump threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if Canada 'makes a deal with China' | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods entering the United States if Canada "makes a deal with China" — a forceful message that comes days aft...
www.cbc.ca
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Donald Trump’s threat against Canada for making a deal with China shows exactly why Canada needs a deal with China
I wrote a bit of a response to this weird, bad, article on my blog cartography.pika.page/posts/keep-w...
January 22, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I wrote a bit of a response to this weird, bad, article on my blog cartography.pika.page/posts/keep-w...
Teaching AI how to sound more human is cop behaviour www.theverge.com/news/865627/...
This plugin uses Wikipedia’s AI-spotting guide to make AI writing sound more human
A ‘Humanizer’ skill for Claude removes phrases and patterns based on a guide that Wikipedians use to spot AI-generated text.
www.theverge.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Teaching AI how to sound more human is cop behaviour www.theverge.com/news/865627/...
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You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
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the perennial "is this a good replacement for twitter / can it become as big as twitter" discussion is so confused. hominids became bipedal about 7 million years ago. for most of the time since we did not have microblogging. it's not a necessity it's a habit, if it all goes away that's fine
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 AM
the perennial "is this a good replacement for twitter / can it become as big as twitter" discussion is so confused. hominids became bipedal about 7 million years ago. for most of the time since we did not have microblogging. it's not a necessity it's a habit, if it all goes away that's fine
I will never “go live” BlueSky I already hate what I’m doing here already
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I will never “go live” BlueSky I already hate what I’m doing here already
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in case you needed YET ANOTHER reason to leave spotify: it's now the most expensive one of these things out there.
(plus all of the other reasons which never went away)
consequence.net/2026/01/spot...
(plus all of the other reasons which never went away)
consequence.net/2026/01/spot...
Spotify Hikes US Subscription Prices, Making It Most Expensive Major Music Streamer
Spotify has raised prices across all US plans, including Individual, Family, and Student tiers, making it more expensive than Apple Music and TIDAL.
consequence.net
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
in case you needed YET ANOTHER reason to leave spotify: it's now the most expensive one of these things out there.
(plus all of the other reasons which never went away)
consequence.net/2026/01/spot...
(plus all of the other reasons which never went away)
consequence.net/2026/01/spot...
Sheepy by @mrsuicidesheep.bsky.social is genuinely one of the best platformers I’ve ever played, and maybe games, honestly. Buy it right now, play it right soon.
January 15, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Sheepy by @mrsuicidesheep.bsky.social is genuinely one of the best platformers I’ve ever played, and maybe games, honestly. Buy it right now, play it right soon.
In a sane world, Kelowna’s vacancy rate hitting almost 7% would have lead to an even further drop in rent prices. Instead, it’s just a gambit to let Airbnb further encroach into the community: www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Kelowna to begin lobbying the province for early opt-out of short-term rental legislation
As expected, Kelowna city council has given staff the green light to begin lobbying efforts with the province for an early opt-out of short-term rental legislation.
www.castanet.net
January 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
In a sane world, Kelowna’s vacancy rate hitting almost 7% would have lead to an even further drop in rent prices. Instead, it’s just a gambit to let Airbnb further encroach into the community: www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
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just to clarify: the ads stopped because the ad campaign ended, not because someone at spotify suddenly grew a spine
variety.com/2026/digital/news...
variety.com/2026/digital/news...
Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform
Spotify has confirimed that ICE recruitment ads are no longer running on its platform following criticism from last year.
variety.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
just to clarify: the ads stopped because the ad campaign ended, not because someone at spotify suddenly grew a spine
variety.com/2026/digital/news...
variety.com/2026/digital/news...
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
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