Owen
@derficus.bsky.social
Feed may include fiction, TTRPGs, motorsport, bad puns, IT/infosec, other miscellany. Straight cis guy (he/him). Trans rights are human rights.
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It's Transgender Day of Remembrance and I just want to say that a world without trans people would be a rainbow with many colors missing. We are brighter and more colorful in this world because of trans people, and have lost too many too early. I love you for being more you than most of us can be
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's Transgender Day of Remembrance and I just want to say that a world without trans people would be a rainbow with many colors missing. We are brighter and more colorful in this world because of trans people, and have lost too many too early. I love you for being more you than most of us can be
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This is a very good case in point - if BlueSky wants to moderate heavily, then moderate heavily, but you gotta hit all the offenders, *especially* the powerful ones
this is a far more explicit death threat from people with the actual means to carry it out
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is a very good case in point - if BlueSky wants to moderate heavily, then moderate heavily, but you gotta hit all the offenders, *especially* the powerful ones
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If you’re not at @halconscificon.bsky.social you’re missing out on Chappell Roan of Arc.
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If you’re not at @halconscificon.bsky.social you’re missing out on Chappell Roan of Arc.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
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I am actually reading the “Curbing Traffic” book for the first time, but this paragraph feels like a more articulate version of what I say on here every time someone talks about “enforcement” as a solution to traffic woes.
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am actually reading the “Curbing Traffic” book for the first time, but this paragraph feels like a more articulate version of what I say on here every time someone talks about “enforcement” as a solution to traffic woes.
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A Captain Clutch jersey? Fuck yeah.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arriving with *this* vibe 💯 Wearing the jersey of 3x Olympic hockey gold-medalist Marie-Philip Poulin.
📷 Screengrab from Sportsnet
#WorldSeries
📷 Screengrab from Sportsnet
#WorldSeries
November 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A Captain Clutch jersey? Fuck yeah.
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Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
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If you are able, please clear the leaves from storm drains.
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you are able, please clear the leaves from storm drains.
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I have just finished this and it is superbly demented. also was very relieved that my least favorite horror trope was, as I suspected/hoped, averted. I won't spoil, but if you get a short ways into it you will probably guess what I am referring to.
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I have just finished this and it is superbly demented. also was very relieved that my least favorite horror trope was, as I suspected/hoped, averted. I won't spoil, but if you get a short ways into it you will probably guess what I am referring to.
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GOOD NEWS! For the first time ever, Huntington's disease has been successfully treated. A groundbreaking new miRNA treatment, AMT-130, slowed the progression of the disease by 75%. These results are likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the rare neurodegenerative condition.
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! For the first time ever, Huntington's disease has been successfully treated. A groundbreaking new miRNA treatment, AMT-130, slowed the progression of the disease by 75%. These results are likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the rare neurodegenerative condition.
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if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
bookvaccine.alberta.ca
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
if you're in Alberta and you want your flu and covid shot in 2026 - yes you read that correctly - you have to preorder them right now. So here's the link. go do that. Just in case none of those people get removed from power by then.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
please repost this, as the province seems bent on killing us.
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You can read the entirety of DotL online FOR FREE on its website: www.daughterofthelilies.com
...and if you get caught up and just can't wait to find out what happens next, you can support me on Patreon and join the Discord where I post various WIPs. ❤️😉❤️
www.patreon.com/MegSyv
...and if you get caught up and just can't wait to find out what happens next, you can support me on Patreon and join the Discord where I post various WIPs. ❤️😉❤️
www.patreon.com/MegSyv
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You can read the entirety of DotL online FOR FREE on its website: www.daughterofthelilies.com
...and if you get caught up and just can't wait to find out what happens next, you can support me on Patreon and join the Discord where I post various WIPs. ❤️😉❤️
www.patreon.com/MegSyv
...and if you get caught up and just can't wait to find out what happens next, you can support me on Patreon and join the Discord where I post various WIPs. ❤️😉❤️
www.patreon.com/MegSyv
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Removing the bridge toll is is effectively removing a bit of congestion pricing. The result? More congestion. NYC recently implemented a congestion price, found traffic to improve dramatically. We are doing the opposite, and not surprisingly congestion is worse.
“buried in the modelling results” of the LinkNS report is “that even if the government pulled off its fantasy plan, congestion would still get worse.”
“There is simply no plan to keep Halifax moving, but the premier would rather distract you with a bike lane drama to distract from his inaction.”
“There is simply no plan to keep Halifax moving, but the premier would rather distract you with a bike lane drama to distract from his inaction.”
Deny Sullivan: Halifax bridge toll blunder: Houston’s election gimmick worsens gridlock
The promise to save drivers time is backfiring. The reason? Simple economics.
www.saltwire.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Removing the bridge toll is is effectively removing a bit of congestion pricing. The result? More congestion. NYC recently implemented a congestion price, found traffic to improve dramatically. We are doing the opposite, and not surprisingly congestion is worse.
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It’s true that Antifa is violent; Gramp was Antifa and he killed a whole bunch of Nazis.
My grandfather, Ernest Victor Adams, enlisted in the Canadian army in September 1939. He served until October 1945, fighting the Nazis in Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In peacetime, he returned to his family and fishing in Yarmouth, N.S. He died in 2005.
October 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s true that Antifa is violent; Gramp was Antifa and he killed a whole bunch of Nazis.
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There is currently a working forest fire in Halifax near the intersection of St. Margaret's Bay Rd and Dunbrack St. near First Chain Lake. The staging area for the fire is on Crown Dr.
If you have a reason to be in the area today, no you don't (unless you live there). Stay out of the area!
If you have a reason to be in the area today, no you don't (unless you live there). Stay out of the area!
HRFE Station 06 (Halifax) - Smoke Investigation Call - Visible from Walter Havill Drive in the direction of Chain Lake Drive - 08:22
Assisting:
HRFE Station 03 (Halifax)
HRFE Station 05 (Halifax)
Arrival: Confirmed working woods fire in the area of St. Margaret’s Bay Road and Dunbrack
Assisting:
HRFE Station 03 (Halifax)
HRFE Station 05 (Halifax)
Arrival: Confirmed working woods fire in the area of St. Margaret’s Bay Road and Dunbrack
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
There is currently a working forest fire in Halifax near the intersection of St. Margaret's Bay Rd and Dunbrack St. near First Chain Lake. The staging area for the fire is on Crown Dr.
If you have a reason to be in the area today, no you don't (unless you live there). Stay out of the area!
If you have a reason to be in the area today, no you don't (unless you live there). Stay out of the area!
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“Socktober” sock donation bin at Insight Optometry, 1575 Brunswick St, just inside the front door.
Donate new socks of all sizes for all genders here (for Phoenix & Adsum).
Donate new socks of all sizes for all genders here (for Phoenix & Adsum).
October 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“Socktober” sock donation bin at Insight Optometry, 1575 Brunswick St, just inside the front door.
Donate new socks of all sizes for all genders here (for Phoenix & Adsum).
Donate new socks of all sizes for all genders here (for Phoenix & Adsum).
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I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
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Seriously? This is ridiculous
October 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Seriously? This is ridiculous
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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It’s October 1st, and Nova Scotia’s Heating Assistance Rebate Program (HARP) has started again. If you or someone you know may qualify feel free to pass it on. It’s $400 this year. Info’s at the link below. Tagging Halisky in as well.
Apply for a heating assistance rebate: Heating Assistance Rebate Program
The Heating Assistance Rebate Program helps low-income Nova Scotians with the cost of home heating.
beta.novascotia.ca
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It’s October 1st, and Nova Scotia’s Heating Assistance Rebate Program (HARP) has started again. If you or someone you know may qualify feel free to pass it on. It’s $400 this year. Info’s at the link below. Tagging Halisky in as well.
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LIVE FROM WAR RAVAGED PORTLAND:
I just saw a punk rock kid in clown make up and a tulle skirt roller skating down the street
I just saw a punk rock kid in clown make up and a tulle skirt roller skating down the street
September 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
LIVE FROM WAR RAVAGED PORTLAND:
I just saw a punk rock kid in clown make up and a tulle skirt roller skating down the street
I just saw a punk rock kid in clown make up and a tulle skirt roller skating down the street