Alyssa Schwartz
@alyssaschwartz.bsky.social
Vaguely exotic and totally obscure. Writer. Friends don't let friends call me A-liss-a. She/her
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Just saw a post on Mastodon (which, honestly, I like very much) that said "if you like Bluesky's starter packs, you can do the same thing here, all you have to do is upload a CSV...", which I think explains some of the comparative popularity of the platforms.
November 20, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Just saw a post on Mastodon (which, honestly, I like very much) that said "if you like Bluesky's starter packs, you can do the same thing here, all you have to do is upload a CSV...", which I think explains some of the comparative popularity of the platforms.
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As God is my witness, I will never forgive Oprah Winfrey for foisting Dr. Oz upon all of us. Never.
November 19, 2024 at 9:53 PM
As God is my witness, I will never forgive Oprah Winfrey for foisting Dr. Oz upon all of us. Never.
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BEST thing about this site,, I can hide negative replies and unattach my posts from reposts that are rude,,, I ain’t gonna take no negativity or trolling on my page.
You will not build up by tearing others down here.
You will not build up by tearing others down here.
November 15, 2024 at 10:28 PM
BEST thing about this site,, I can hide negative replies and unattach my posts from reposts that are rude,,, I ain’t gonna take no negativity or trolling on my page.
You will not build up by tearing others down here.
You will not build up by tearing others down here.
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Pro-tip for journalist colleagues and others who do interviews: After years of tinkering, I've settled on a workflow system using Tape-A-Call Pro on my phone and Rev for AI transcripts and it is...a game changer.
I highly recommend each. The recorder is reliable and the transcripts are accurate.
I highly recommend each. The recorder is reliable and the transcripts are accurate.
November 15, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Pro-tip for journalist colleagues and others who do interviews: After years of tinkering, I've settled on a workflow system using Tape-A-Call Pro on my phone and Rev for AI transcripts and it is...a game changer.
I highly recommend each. The recorder is reliable and the transcripts are accurate.
I highly recommend each. The recorder is reliable and the transcripts are accurate.
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Stephen King, master of the horror novel, just quit Twitter because it'd become too "dark."
That's how horrifying Twitter is right now.
There may never be a more perfect expression of this fact.
That's how horrifying Twitter is right now.
There may never be a more perfect expression of this fact.
November 15, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Stephen King, master of the horror novel, just quit Twitter because it'd become too "dark."
That's how horrifying Twitter is right now.
There may never be a more perfect expression of this fact.
That's how horrifying Twitter is right now.
There may never be a more perfect expression of this fact.
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the gradual replacement of “exchanging money for goods” with “exchanging money for a license to use goods as a service” has been one low key one of the worst changes of the 21st century
this is exactly why i still buy discs in 2023. it's crazy to think that we are reaching a point where piracy will be the only option to own media once dvds and blu-rays are gone.
December 2, 2023 at 1:29 PM
the gradual replacement of “exchanging money for goods” with “exchanging money for a license to use goods as a service” has been one low key one of the worst changes of the 21st century
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Today’s essential read.
Controversial opinion. I stand with @SKGandhiMD who made an honest mistake and BC’s political world is poorer for it.
charliesmithvancouver.substack.com/p/what-dr-sa...
Controversial opinion. I stand with @SKGandhiMD who made an honest mistake and BC’s political world is poorer for it.
charliesmithvancouver.substack.com/p/what-dr-sa...
November 12, 2023 at 4:06 PM
Today’s essential read.
Controversial opinion. I stand with @SKGandhiMD who made an honest mistake and BC’s political world is poorer for it.
charliesmithvancouver.substack.com/p/what-dr-sa...
Controversial opinion. I stand with @SKGandhiMD who made an honest mistake and BC’s political world is poorer for it.
charliesmithvancouver.substack.com/p/what-dr-sa...
It makes me so sad that the people who need to read this probably never will yuval-idan.medium.com/to-my-wester...
To my Western leftist friends, from your leftist Israeli friend
The last two weeks (or almost three) have been the worst of many of our lives. I started writing this on October 7th, and I’ve been writing…
yuval-idan.medium.com
November 3, 2023 at 1:22 AM
It makes me so sad that the people who need to read this probably never will yuval-idan.medium.com/to-my-wester...
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A cyber attack is still ongoing at the Toronto Public Library too.
Almost like it's coordinated, turnips.
Part of #NoNewsAtAll
#IDUPlaybook
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Almost like it's coordinated, turnips.
Part of #NoNewsAtAll
#IDUPlaybook
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
November 2, 2023 at 3:10 PM
A cyber attack is still ongoing at the Toronto Public Library too.
Almost like it's coordinated, turnips.
Part of #NoNewsAtAll
#IDUPlaybook
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Almost like it's coordinated, turnips.
Part of #NoNewsAtAll
#IDUPlaybook
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
This absolutely works. Recommend.
If you’re dealing with an unpleasant man who constantly interrupts you, the trick is simply *continuing to talk* whenever he does it, adjusting your volume in such a way that you’re louder than he is
This is shockingly effective and also confuses the shit out of them
This is shockingly effective and also confuses the shit out of them
November 2, 2023 at 3:29 PM
This absolutely works. Recommend.
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"the fact that the killers were clearly having so much fun is a special aspect of the massacre that must be reckoned with in any historically and psychologically complete account."
What I saw when I watched videos of the Hamas attack
What I saw when I watched videos of the Hamas attack
Opinion | What I saw when I watched videos of the Hamas attack
The video record of Hamas’s rampage on Oct. 7 shows how helpless men, women and children died — and how their murderers celebrated.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2023 at 1:16 AM
"the fact that the killers were clearly having so much fun is a special aspect of the massacre that must be reckoned with in any historically and psychologically complete account."
What I saw when I watched videos of the Hamas attack
What I saw when I watched videos of the Hamas attack
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We've been telling Republicans for years now that "If there's one Nazi at your rally, then it's a Nazi Rally."
We must now have the courage to apply those same principles to ourselves.
We must now have the courage to apply those same principles to ourselves.
October 29, 2023 at 8:23 PM
We've been telling Republicans for years now that "If there's one Nazi at your rally, then it's a Nazi Rally."
We must now have the courage to apply those same principles to ourselves.
We must now have the courage to apply those same principles to ourselves.
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Hopped onto Twitter to see updates on Lewiston, and my feed is basically:
Terminally online person
News organization
Scummy Ad
News org
News org
Scummy Ad
Scummy Ad
Terminally online person
We've talked about how impt Twitter is during breaking news, and it's clear: Elon killed a public service.
Terminally online person
News organization
Scummy Ad
News org
News org
Scummy Ad
Scummy Ad
Terminally online person
We've talked about how impt Twitter is during breaking news, and it's clear: Elon killed a public service.
October 26, 2023 at 12:10 PM
Hopped onto Twitter to see updates on Lewiston, and my feed is basically:
Terminally online person
News organization
Scummy Ad
News org
News org
Scummy Ad
Scummy Ad
Terminally online person
We've talked about how impt Twitter is during breaking news, and it's clear: Elon killed a public service.
Terminally online person
News organization
Scummy Ad
News org
News org
Scummy Ad
Scummy Ad
Terminally online person
We've talked about how impt Twitter is during breaking news, and it's clear: Elon killed a public service.
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Four skills for these times, I think:
1. Updating perceptions of reality to what it currently is, not some remembered "normal."
2. Not lowering you vision of the world you want to see.
3. Holding the tension created by distance between the #1 & #2.
4. Cultivating communities to help with #1-#3
1. Updating perceptions of reality to what it currently is, not some remembered "normal."
2. Not lowering you vision of the world you want to see.
3. Holding the tension created by distance between the #1 & #2.
4. Cultivating communities to help with #1-#3
October 26, 2023 at 3:24 AM
Four skills for these times, I think:
1. Updating perceptions of reality to what it currently is, not some remembered "normal."
2. Not lowering you vision of the world you want to see.
3. Holding the tension created by distance between the #1 & #2.
4. Cultivating communities to help with #1-#3
1. Updating perceptions of reality to what it currently is, not some remembered "normal."
2. Not lowering you vision of the world you want to see.
3. Holding the tension created by distance between the #1 & #2.
4. Cultivating communities to help with #1-#3
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Toronto Public Library is the best. Really. I took it for granted growing up. I thought every library system had this stuff.
As a kid, we’d borrow 16mm movies and a projector from the library and do family movie nights on the wall at home.
The clickety clack of that projector is a fond memory.
As a kid, we’d borrow 16mm movies and a projector from the library and do family movie nights on the wall at home.
The clickety clack of that projector is a fond memory.
October 26, 2023 at 3:35 AM
Toronto Public Library is the best. Really. I took it for granted growing up. I thought every library system had this stuff.
As a kid, we’d borrow 16mm movies and a projector from the library and do family movie nights on the wall at home.
The clickety clack of that projector is a fond memory.
As a kid, we’d borrow 16mm movies and a projector from the library and do family movie nights on the wall at home.
The clickety clack of that projector is a fond memory.
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seems bad, to me
A man broke into a Jewish family’s home in Los Angeles, attacked them with a knife, and said, “I’m going to kill you because you are Jewish… Israel kills people.”
The family was all home, including the wife, who is 9 months pregnant, and their four children. The husband managed to fight him off.
The family was all home, including the wife, who is 9 months pregnant, and their four children. The husband managed to fight him off.
Studio City home intruder shouted antisemitic insults, victim says
A man who was arrested for a home invasion in Studio City early Wednesday morning shouted “Free Palestine” as he was cuffed and placed in a police cruiser, video shows.
ktla.com
October 26, 2023 at 2:10 AM
seems bad, to me
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Signal boost please 🙏🏽
Hey Toronto friends, if you know of anyone who's struggling financially and needs internet access. The Wi-Fi lending program opens up November 1st. First come, first serve, one per household with a valid library card.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/using-the-li...
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/using-the-li...
Wi-Fi Hotspots
Toronto Public Library's Wi-Fi Lending program provides Wi-Fi hotspots to customers who do not have Internet access at home.
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca
October 25, 2023 at 11:54 PM
Signal boost please 🙏🏽
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What’s happening with Twitter is like a reverse stone soup parable. As people exit for Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky etc, we each take our small contributions away and the potluck stew gets progressively thinner and less appetizing.
October 25, 2023 at 2:13 PM
What’s happening with Twitter is like a reverse stone soup parable. As people exit for Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky etc, we each take our small contributions away and the potluck stew gets progressively thinner and less appetizing.
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In related news, Doug Ford says new park benches at Ontario Place will each count as a new single-family dwelling.
October 25, 2023 at 11:35 PM
In related news, Doug Ford says new park benches at Ontario Place will each count as a new single-family dwelling.
Even the pharmacies tasked with vaccinating us don’t want to say the c-word
October 25, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Even the pharmacies tasked with vaccinating us don’t want to say the c-word
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casually looking for apartment advice on Reddit
October 24, 2023 at 10:13 PM
casually looking for apartment advice on Reddit
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If you are in Toronto and looking for #rapidtests, they are free at all Toronto Public libraries, please share:
www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
October 23, 2023 at 7:16 PM
If you are in Toronto and looking for #rapidtests, they are free at all Toronto Public libraries, please share:
www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
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The number of people I see open-mouth coughing when I travel is bonkers. Remember the ten minutes when people speculated that handshakes would never come back? Good news, we’re back to people in Salt Life shirts hacking like they have Captain Trips and not even trying to cover it
October 24, 2023 at 12:02 AM
The number of people I see open-mouth coughing when I travel is bonkers. Remember the ten minutes when people speculated that handshakes would never come back? Good news, we’re back to people in Salt Life shirts hacking like they have Captain Trips and not even trying to cover it
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Doug Ford's wretched, crooked government has firmly embedded itself in power. How did we end up with this sad lot, and what has it cost us?
I run down the many sins of the Ford government for the Walrus.
thewalrus.ca/we-may-be-st...
I run down the many sins of the Ford government for the Walrus.
thewalrus.ca/we-may-be-st...
We May Be Stuck with Doug Ford | The Walrus
Failure and corruption seem to follow Ontario’s premier at every turn. Why can’t we get rid of him?
thewalrus.ca
October 23, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Doug Ford's wretched, crooked government has firmly embedded itself in power. How did we end up with this sad lot, and what has it cost us?
I run down the many sins of the Ford government for the Walrus.
thewalrus.ca/we-may-be-st...
I run down the many sins of the Ford government for the Walrus.
thewalrus.ca/we-may-be-st...
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reading this gave me the same cozy feeling as being on vacation somewhere sunny, reading about some terrible weather tearing up the place i live
went on twitter for five seconds and everybody had been whipped into a fury by whether hiking was colonialism
October 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
reading this gave me the same cozy feeling as being on vacation somewhere sunny, reading about some terrible weather tearing up the place i live