BaskingSnark 🇨🇦
@baskingsnark.bsky.social
🇨🇦, atheist, skeptic, knitter, 🍺 judge. Bird looker. Sciences for a living. Muskox are smaller than you think. She/her, Niagara area.
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For What?
Frederick Varley
1918
Frederick Varley
1918
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
For What?
Frederick Varley
1918
Frederick Varley
1918
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It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
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Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
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tl;dr "trashy people eat this food, which makes this food trashy, and if I then eat that food, I will become trashy myself" is a social opinion (a shitty one), not a scientific opinion, but people will never stop trying to use nutritional terminology to legitimize their shitty social opinions
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
tl;dr "trashy people eat this food, which makes this food trashy, and if I then eat that food, I will become trashy myself" is a social opinion (a shitty one), not a scientific opinion, but people will never stop trying to use nutritional terminology to legitimize their shitty social opinions
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pop quiz: does molecular gastronomy produce ultraprocessed food? is this something we should instigate a moral panic about? why or why not? show your work
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
pop quiz: does molecular gastronomy produce ultraprocessed food? is this something we should instigate a moral panic about? why or why not? show your work
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still fleshing out this theory (pun intended, I guess?) but there is so much magical and symbolic thinking going on when people talk about "nutrition"
people seem to food as a source of not just potential biological contagion, but social, and, even weirder, symbolic contagion via sympathetic magic
people seem to food as a source of not just potential biological contagion, but social, and, even weirder, symbolic contagion via sympathetic magic
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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🎵The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early🎶
50 years, today, Edmund Fitzgerald.
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early🎶
50 years, today, Edmund Fitzgerald.
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🎵The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early🎶
50 years, today, Edmund Fitzgerald.
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early🎶
50 years, today, Edmund Fitzgerald.
Because @tkingfisher.com has a new book out, I finally got around to reading "Swordheart ", which led me to "Clockwork Boys", and this ✨absolutely delightful✨ line:
"Hours passed, like a kidney stone."
10/10, no notes.
"Hours passed, like a kidney stone."
10/10, no notes.
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Because @tkingfisher.com has a new book out, I finally got around to reading "Swordheart ", which led me to "Clockwork Boys", and this ✨absolutely delightful✨ line:
"Hours passed, like a kidney stone."
10/10, no notes.
"Hours passed, like a kidney stone."
10/10, no notes.
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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I think this bag is fake.
Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.
This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.
Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.
This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think this bag is fake.
Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.
This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.
Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.
This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.
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Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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Starting to believe that the invocation of the notwithstanding clause in any piece of legislation should automatically trigger an election #canpoli
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Starting to believe that the invocation of the notwithstanding clause in any piece of legislation should automatically trigger an election #canpoli
I literally do not know how anyone affords healthcare in the US.
The Canadian system has a lot of problems (most of which could be solved by adequately funding it), but at least I don't have to come up with $25,000 a year for healthcare 😳
The Canadian system has a lot of problems (most of which could be solved by adequately funding it), but at least I don't have to come up with $25,000 a year for healthcare 😳
And also I just want to register how fucked up it is that we can have a plan where you pay $1800 / month and then that plan pays absolutely bupkis for medical care until you have paid an additional $3400.
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I literally do not know how anyone affords healthcare in the US.
The Canadian system has a lot of problems (most of which could be solved by adequately funding it), but at least I don't have to come up with $25,000 a year for healthcare 😳
The Canadian system has a lot of problems (most of which could be solved by adequately funding it), but at least I don't have to come up with $25,000 a year for healthcare 😳
🥩🧵!!
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🥩🧵!!
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In all my years of inhabiting craft spaces, I learned this: when people meet and hands are busy creating, minds are changed.
That is why some of the most radical policies can be traced back through quilts, needle points, and lacemaking.
That tradition is alive & kicking.
That is why some of the most radical policies can be traced back through quilts, needle points, and lacemaking.
That tradition is alive & kicking.
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In all my years of inhabiting craft spaces, I learned this: when people meet and hands are busy creating, minds are changed.
That is why some of the most radical policies can be traced back through quilts, needle points, and lacemaking.
That tradition is alive & kicking.
That is why some of the most radical policies can be traced back through quilts, needle points, and lacemaking.
That tradition is alive & kicking.
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Update: as someone else said, this is astonishingly good and easy. Sorcery, I tell you.
Unexpectedly home for dinner tonight and there isn't a lot in the cupboard. Seems like the right day to try this legendary and slightly incomprehensible recipe. food52.com/recipes/1372...
Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce With Onion & Butter
Food52 Site.
food52.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Update: as someone else said, this is astonishingly good and easy. Sorcery, I tell you.
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Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)
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Women should have jobs, but Ross Douthat shouldn’t.
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Women should have jobs, but Ross Douthat shouldn’t.
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“I see, the sandwich exploded, and you got onions on you. Very upsetting. Thank you for your time, I’m sure you’re very busy….
Oh, there’s just one more thing… there were no onions on that sub”
Oh, there’s just one more thing… there were no onions on that sub”
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“I see, the sandwich exploded, and you got onions on you. Very upsetting. Thank you for your time, I’m sure you’re very busy….
Oh, there’s just one more thing… there were no onions on that sub”
Oh, there’s just one more thing… there were no onions on that sub”
Time to pull out the old paper maps, I guess...
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Time to pull out the old paper maps, I guess...
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...