lorax b. horne 🍉
@bbhorne.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy
Writer's Trust of Canada Rising Star 2020 / no tengo amigxs, tengo fuentes / turn all prisons into libraries.
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Pronouns: they/them
[bridged from https://kolektiva.social/@bbhorne on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Five good things today:
-Jubilee holiday lights display
-mess of children coming over
-a respectable 7000 steps, mostly in nature
-cheese fried mash potatoes and homemade salad
-living rent free in your head
-Jubilee holiday lights display
-mess of children coming over
-a respectable 7000 steps, mostly in nature
-cheese fried mash potatoes and homemade salad
-living rent free in your head
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Five good things today:
-Jubilee holiday lights display
-mess of children coming over
-a respectable 7000 steps, mostly in nature
-cheese fried mash potatoes and homemade salad
-living rent free in your head
-Jubilee holiday lights display
-mess of children coming over
-a respectable 7000 steps, mostly in nature
-cheese fried mash potatoes and homemade salad
-living rent free in your head
Five good things today:
-running downtown
-a chocolate lab at the neighbourhood tree lighting
-hot apple cider and a grilled cheese off the children's menu at the pub
-my brain on 8 hours of sleep
-finished a very annoying task that has been hanging over my head for months
-running downtown
-a chocolate lab at the neighbourhood tree lighting
-hot apple cider and a grilled cheese off the children's menu at the pub
-my brain on 8 hours of sleep
-finished a very annoying task that has been hanging over my head for months
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Five good things today:
-running downtown
-a chocolate lab at the neighbourhood tree lighting
-hot apple cider and a grilled cheese off the children's menu at the pub
-my brain on 8 hours of sleep
-finished a very annoying task that has been hanging over my head for months
-running downtown
-a chocolate lab at the neighbourhood tree lighting
-hot apple cider and a grilled cheese off the children's menu at the pub
-my brain on 8 hours of sleep
-finished a very annoying task that has been hanging over my head for months
This is why you don't put your real jobs on your LinkedIn profile... https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is why you don't put your real jobs on your LinkedIn profile... https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/
Five good things today:
-cheesy mashed potatoes
-outreach to lawyers gets an offer of pro bono
-giving good things away
-getting to the event just in the nick of time
-the air is heavy because it will soon snow
-cheesy mashed potatoes
-outreach to lawyers gets an offer of pro bono
-giving good things away
-getting to the event just in the nick of time
-the air is heavy because it will soon snow
December 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Five good things today:
-cheesy mashed potatoes
-outreach to lawyers gets an offer of pro bono
-giving good things away
-getting to the event just in the nick of time
-the air is heavy because it will soon snow
-cheesy mashed potatoes
-outreach to lawyers gets an offer of pro bono
-giving good things away
-getting to the event just in the nick of time
-the air is heavy because it will soon snow
Five good things today:
-the sunset over the skyline above the lake
-olive and feta tourbillon
-battery operated cordless vacuum cleaners
-everybody is heading towards the island
-good at writing
-the sunset over the skyline above the lake
-olive and feta tourbillon
-battery operated cordless vacuum cleaners
-everybody is heading towards the island
-good at writing
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Five good things today:
-the sunset over the skyline above the lake
-olive and feta tourbillon
-battery operated cordless vacuum cleaners
-everybody is heading towards the island
-good at writing
-the sunset over the skyline above the lake
-olive and feta tourbillon
-battery operated cordless vacuum cleaners
-everybody is heading towards the island
-good at writing
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It's December 2nd, which means that for the next 23 days, there's a high probability that you will encounter the classic film A Christmas Story broadcast on TV or streaming services.
One of the plot points in the film concerns decrypting a radio message from Orphan Annie's Secret Society, which […]
One of the plot points in the film concerns decrypting a radio message from Orphan Annie's Secret Society, which […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It's December 2nd, which means that for the next 23 days, there's a high probability that you will encounter the classic film A Christmas Story broadcast on TV or streaming services.
One of the plot points in the film concerns decrypting a radio message from Orphan Annie's Secret Society, which […]
One of the plot points in the film concerns decrypting a radio message from Orphan Annie's Secret Society, which […]
Reposted by lorax b. horne 🍉
This is *amazing*.
At a New Zealand cybersecurity conference, attendees had a dashboard on air quality in the venue and could choose their risk level, room by room. Fascinating piece by @violetblue in @Wired […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
At a New Zealand cybersecurity conference, attendees had a dashboard on air quality in the venue and could choose their risk level, room by room. Fascinating piece by @violetblue in @Wired […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is *amazing*.
At a New Zealand cybersecurity conference, attendees had a dashboard on air quality in the venue and could choose their risk level, room by room. Fascinating piece by @violetblue in @Wired […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
At a New Zealand cybersecurity conference, attendees had a dashboard on air quality in the venue and could choose their risk level, room by room. Fascinating piece by @violetblue in @Wired […]
[Original post on mstdn.ca]
"Really very irritating to see some bonehead sitting there smoking out of some crackpipe and make some pronouncement about how dirty and unsafe, they would never use a needle, you know? Like they are so much more sensible than you.
Why did you start?
Why does anybody? My girl left me! Girl at […]
Why did you start?
Why does anybody? My girl left me! Girl at […]
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kolektiva.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"Really very irritating to see some bonehead sitting there smoking out of some crackpipe and make some pronouncement about how dirty and unsafe, they would never use a needle, you know? Like they are so much more sensible than you.
Why did you start?
Why does anybody? My girl left me! Girl at […]
Why did you start?
Why does anybody? My girl left me! Girl at […]
Five good things today:
-the smell of palo santo on a clean cotton shirt
-popcorn shrimp with salsa golf
-best friends who forget to pick you up in the rain
-Virginia Woolf and George Orwell
-blocking it all out
-the smell of palo santo on a clean cotton shirt
-popcorn shrimp with salsa golf
-best friends who forget to pick you up in the rain
-Virginia Woolf and George Orwell
-blocking it all out
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Five good things today:
-the smell of palo santo on a clean cotton shirt
-popcorn shrimp with salsa golf
-best friends who forget to pick you up in the rain
-Virginia Woolf and George Orwell
-blocking it all out
-the smell of palo santo on a clean cotton shirt
-popcorn shrimp with salsa golf
-best friends who forget to pick you up in the rain
-Virginia Woolf and George Orwell
-blocking it all out
Five good things today:
-solitude
-donations picked up to Gaza fundraiser after a too quiet month
-two tech support success stories
-getting all Xmas shopping done before Dec 1
-parmesan cheese
-solitude
-donations picked up to Gaza fundraiser after a too quiet month
-two tech support success stories
-getting all Xmas shopping done before Dec 1
-parmesan cheese
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Five good things today:
-solitude
-donations picked up to Gaza fundraiser after a too quiet month
-two tech support success stories
-getting all Xmas shopping done before Dec 1
-parmesan cheese
-solitude
-donations picked up to Gaza fundraiser after a too quiet month
-two tech support success stories
-getting all Xmas shopping done before Dec 1
-parmesan cheese
Five good things today:
-the transgender underground railroad
-cheese blintzes with homemade strawberry compote
-Rummikub with found family
-the COVID vaccine
-not having to answer the LIMDIS email inbox anymore
-the transgender underground railroad
-cheese blintzes with homemade strawberry compote
-Rummikub with found family
-the COVID vaccine
-not having to answer the LIMDIS email inbox anymore
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Five good things today:
-the transgender underground railroad
-cheese blintzes with homemade strawberry compote
-Rummikub with found family
-the COVID vaccine
-not having to answer the LIMDIS email inbox anymore
-the transgender underground railroad
-cheese blintzes with homemade strawberry compote
-Rummikub with found family
-the COVID vaccine
-not having to answer the LIMDIS email inbox anymore
"And you love her, yes? But not too much."
"Why would you say that?"
"Because you are not mad, or wild, or grieving! You are not roaring out to choke her with your own bare hands! Which means your soul is not too mixed up with hers. And that is good. Here is my experience. Stay away from the […]
"Why would you say that?"
"Because you are not mad, or wild, or grieving! You are not roaring out to choke her with your own bare hands! Which means your soul is not too mixed up with hers. And that is good. Here is my experience. Stay away from the […]
Original post on kolektiva.social
kolektiva.social
November 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"And you love her, yes? But not too much."
"Why would you say that?"
"Because you are not mad, or wild, or grieving! You are not roaring out to choke her with your own bare hands! Which means your soul is not too mixed up with hers. And that is good. Here is my experience. Stay away from the […]
"Why would you say that?"
"Because you are not mad, or wild, or grieving! You are not roaring out to choke her with your own bare hands! Which means your soul is not too mixed up with hers. And that is good. Here is my experience. Stay away from the […]
Five good things today:
-fresh Montreal bagels with cream cheese
-stand-up comedy
-a day without computers
-couch stuffed with feathers
-Joni Mitchell and Monet
-fresh Montreal bagels with cream cheese
-stand-up comedy
-a day without computers
-couch stuffed with feathers
-Joni Mitchell and Monet
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Five good things today:
-fresh Montreal bagels with cream cheese
-stand-up comedy
-a day without computers
-couch stuffed with feathers
-Joni Mitchell and Monet
-fresh Montreal bagels with cream cheese
-stand-up comedy
-a day without computers
-couch stuffed with feathers
-Joni Mitchell and Monet
Five good things today:
-fur-lined slippers
-a new puzzle
-the happy news
-the peace and quiet
-making new friends at a strategic consulate office
-fur-lined slippers
-a new puzzle
-the happy news
-the peace and quiet
-making new friends at a strategic consulate office
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Five good things today:
-fur-lined slippers
-a new puzzle
-the happy news
-the peace and quiet
-making new friends at a strategic consulate office
-fur-lined slippers
-a new puzzle
-the happy news
-the peace and quiet
-making new friends at a strategic consulate office
I've seen the brightest minds of my generation, string themselves out on ketamine and co-dependent relationships.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I've seen the brightest minds of my generation, string themselves out on ketamine and co-dependent relationships.
Five good things today:
-my parents keeping me sane
-runner's high
-scoring a New Yorker as a date for a Christmas tree lighting
-endless supply of cozy hats
-getting someone money for their kid's first year
-my parents keeping me sane
-runner's high
-scoring a New Yorker as a date for a Christmas tree lighting
-endless supply of cozy hats
-getting someone money for their kid's first year
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Five good things today:
-my parents keeping me sane
-runner's high
-scoring a New Yorker as a date for a Christmas tree lighting
-endless supply of cozy hats
-getting someone money for their kid's first year
-my parents keeping me sane
-runner's high
-scoring a New Yorker as a date for a Christmas tree lighting
-endless supply of cozy hats
-getting someone money for their kid's first year
Five good things today:
-confederacy of ducks and pigeons
-menestra de frejol with lots of cilantro
-outsmarting Western Union
-registering for football
-integrated health care
-confederacy of ducks and pigeons
-menestra de frejol with lots of cilantro
-outsmarting Western Union
-registering for football
-integrated health care
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Five good things today:
-confederacy of ducks and pigeons
-menestra de frejol with lots of cilantro
-outsmarting Western Union
-registering for football
-integrated health care
-confederacy of ducks and pigeons
-menestra de frejol with lots of cilantro
-outsmarting Western Union
-registering for football
-integrated health care
Five good things today:
-absolutely crushing it on my record of work permit applications (5 out of 5 approved, no rejections)
-politically-incorrect priests
-baja fish tacos con arroz
-the view from the top of the hill
-wool trousers
-absolutely crushing it on my record of work permit applications (5 out of 5 approved, no rejections)
-politically-incorrect priests
-baja fish tacos con arroz
-the view from the top of the hill
-wool trousers
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Five good things today:
-absolutely crushing it on my record of work permit applications (5 out of 5 approved, no rejections)
-politically-incorrect priests
-baja fish tacos con arroz
-the view from the top of the hill
-wool trousers
-absolutely crushing it on my record of work permit applications (5 out of 5 approved, no rejections)
-politically-incorrect priests
-baja fish tacos con arroz
-the view from the top of the hill
-wool trousers
Five good things today:
-a cake with a cheesecake filling
-greek pasta salad
-hearing from friends in Jamaica, Berlin, London and Barcelona
-legal weed
-The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
-a cake with a cheesecake filling
-greek pasta salad
-hearing from friends in Jamaica, Berlin, London and Barcelona
-legal weed
-The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Five good things today:
-a cake with a cheesecake filling
-greek pasta salad
-hearing from friends in Jamaica, Berlin, London and Barcelona
-legal weed
-The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
-a cake with a cheesecake filling
-greek pasta salad
-hearing from friends in Jamaica, Berlin, London and Barcelona
-legal weed
-The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
"The BBC is at the heart of the Government’s creative industry strategy. Outsourcing and potentially offshoring large numbers of jobs runs totally counter to the growth agenda. It would also negatively impact the many opportunities the BBC provides for the creative workforce to develop […]
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kolektiva.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"The BBC is at the heart of the Government’s creative industry strategy. Outsourcing and potentially offshoring large numbers of jobs runs totally counter to the growth agenda. It would also negatively impact the many opportunities the BBC provides for the creative workforce to develop […]
Five good things today:
-having a cozy couch for watching a storm
-potato salad
-finishing a journal
-childhood friends who are still around
-holding hands
-having a cozy couch for watching a storm
-potato salad
-finishing a journal
-childhood friends who are still around
-holding hands
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Five good things today:
-having a cozy couch for watching a storm
-potato salad
-finishing a journal
-childhood friends who are still around
-holding hands
-having a cozy couch for watching a storm
-potato salad
-finishing a journal
-childhood friends who are still around
-holding hands
I know it's very journalist-inside-baseball, but Ryan Lizza's narrative on the slob that is his ex is also cathartic to read 😂 https://www.telos.news/p/part-1-how-i-found-out Amor fati indeed.
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I know it's very journalist-inside-baseball, but Ryan Lizza's narrative on the slob that is his ex is also cathartic to read 😂 https://www.telos.news/p/part-1-how-i-found-out Amor fati indeed.
Five good things today:
-sunset tinting the edges of the industrial wasteland
-people writing in from Malaysia to say they miss me
-veggie burger
-sleeping in
-books gifted from a vintage library
-sunset tinting the edges of the industrial wasteland
-people writing in from Malaysia to say they miss me
-veggie burger
-sleeping in
-books gifted from a vintage library
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Five good things today:
-sunset tinting the edges of the industrial wasteland
-people writing in from Malaysia to say they miss me
-veggie burger
-sleeping in
-books gifted from a vintage library
-sunset tinting the edges of the industrial wasteland
-people writing in from Malaysia to say they miss me
-veggie burger
-sleeping in
-books gifted from a vintage library
Here's a little chore today for those of you using Gmail, Google Workspace, Google Photos, etc: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
How to disable Gemini on Android & stop Google accessing your WhatsApp and more. | Tuta
Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity on your phone. But what does this Android update really mean, and how can you stop it? Let’s take a deep dive!
tuta.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here's a little chore today for those of you using Gmail, Google Workspace, Google Photos, etc: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
Five good things today:
-shivering ducks in the reeds
-a tarot reading with a hopeful end
-candlelight vigil on the green with collective screaming into the void
-eating clementines and talking about our childhood pets
-ceviche de camaron
-shivering ducks in the reeds
-a tarot reading with a hopeful end
-candlelight vigil on the green with collective screaming into the void
-eating clementines and talking about our childhood pets
-ceviche de camaron
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Five good things today:
-shivering ducks in the reeds
-a tarot reading with a hopeful end
-candlelight vigil on the green with collective screaming into the void
-eating clementines and talking about our childhood pets
-ceviche de camaron
-shivering ducks in the reeds
-a tarot reading with a hopeful end
-candlelight vigil on the green with collective screaming into the void
-eating clementines and talking about our childhood pets
-ceviche de camaron