Jesse Marchand
@jessem.bsky.social
Plain-language & corporate editor with some freelance work mixed in. EAC Certified Proofreader. Parent. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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For the life of me I cannot understand why, in 2025, the only options on these forms are yes and no. “No family history” has totally different implications than “unknown family history”.
Another fun day of navigating the medical system as an adopted person prevented by law from access to my family history. Today I’m getting a 2nd opinion on my unexpected and scary diagnosis of macular degeneration.*
Presuming that the ability to answer these questions matters. But I can’t. 1/2
🥚
Presuming that the ability to answer these questions matters. But I can’t. 1/2
🥚
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For the life of me I cannot understand why, in 2025, the only options on these forms are yes and no. “No family history” has totally different implications than “unknown family history”.
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New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work
www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
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‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
www.404media.co
January 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work
www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
Four year old eating lime-saffron pistachios from Ayoub’s like a boss.
January 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Four year old eating lime-saffron pistachios from Ayoub’s like a boss.
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sometimes im in a position to say something positive in dark times, but right now i just want to say its okay to feel devastation too. thats what this is. it is horrible and we do not need to push through it with smiles. sometimes you can push through it with a heavy heart. both ways prove love
January 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
sometimes im in a position to say something positive in dark times, but right now i just want to say its okay to feel devastation too. thats what this is. it is horrible and we do not need to push through it with smiles. sometimes you can push through it with a heavy heart. both ways prove love
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December 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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goodnight sweet prince
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December 18, 2024 at 5:53 PM
goodnight sweet prince
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Elon Musk, billionaire owner of Tesla, once belonged to a group of businessmen who played ruthless capitalists.
In the game, called "Monopoly," players aggressively pursue a plan of real estate domination, buying land and building homes and even hotels, while trying to avoid being sent to jail.
In the game, called "Monopoly," players aggressively pursue a plan of real estate domination, buying land and building homes and even hotels, while trying to avoid being sent to jail.
December 10, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Elon Musk, billionaire owner of Tesla, once belonged to a group of businessmen who played ruthless capitalists.
In the game, called "Monopoly," players aggressively pursue a plan of real estate domination, buying land and building homes and even hotels, while trying to avoid being sent to jail.
In the game, called "Monopoly," players aggressively pursue a plan of real estate domination, buying land and building homes and even hotels, while trying to avoid being sent to jail.
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A strange book that eventually became a $1B franchise for Disney Marvel. But back in 1968, it was a one-issue tryout that landed with a thud.
Created and written by Arnold Drake and by artist Gene Colan.
I thought this book was so cool when I discovered it as a teenager. It's a bizarre one.
Created and written by Arnold Drake and by artist Gene Colan.
I thought this book was so cool when I discovered it as a teenager. It's a bizarre one.
December 8, 2024 at 5:15 PM
A strange book that eventually became a $1B franchise for Disney Marvel. But back in 1968, it was a one-issue tryout that landed with a thud.
Created and written by Arnold Drake and by artist Gene Colan.
I thought this book was so cool when I discovered it as a teenager. It's a bizarre one.
Created and written by Arnold Drake and by artist Gene Colan.
I thought this book was so cool when I discovered it as a teenager. It's a bizarre one.
“We are waiting to hear from legal on whether there’s anything racist about a panda who’s good at math, so until we hear back on that, please pull all Pandi items from the shelves (especially nail polish).”
"Do not publicize this, but it is Claire’s official position not to prosecute any customers who shoplift items from the journal and/or notebooks section. I repeat, let sad girls who steal journals just have them."
Rules from Claire’s Employee Handbook
1. You have to use the piercing gun. No matter how many times the customers say they have seen The Parent Trap, they will scream in the store if yo...
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December 5, 2024 at 4:42 AM
“We are waiting to hear from legal on whether there’s anything racist about a panda who’s good at math, so until we hear back on that, please pull all Pandi items from the shelves (especially nail polish).”
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Everyone who has witnessed addiction and recovery up close knows that sobriety always sticks when it is offered as a transactional gamble to get yourself out of embarrassment or trouble.
December 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Everyone who has witnessed addiction and recovery up close knows that sobriety always sticks when it is offered as a transactional gamble to get yourself out of embarrassment or trouble.
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These are scams. Block immediately.
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These are scams. Block immediately.
December 1, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Tariff talks 2024
BREAKING NEWS: Trudeau’s plane is on Final Approach to West Palm Beach to meet with President-Elect Donald Trump.
This was an unexpected and unannounced meeting. More to come.
This was an unexpected and unannounced meeting. More to come.
November 29, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Tariff talks 2024
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me: good cranberries this year
family: hey so whatever happened to that big dream of yours that you used to talk about all the time but seems to have slowly faded from your horizon?
family: hey so whatever happened to that big dream of yours that you used to talk about all the time but seems to have slowly faded from your horizon?
November 28, 2024 at 10:53 PM
me: good cranberries this year
family: hey so whatever happened to that big dream of yours that you used to talk about all the time but seems to have slowly faded from your horizon?
family: hey so whatever happened to that big dream of yours that you used to talk about all the time but seems to have slowly faded from your horizon?
Great story by @cyca.bsky.social. Lauzon’s response is full of nonsense and is reminiscent of the age-old racist “Indian princess in our lineage” stories that settler families love to tell.
ICYMI, it's the one-month anniversary of this investigation into the Indigenous identity claims of notable Canadian playwright Jani Lauzon, who spent 30 years calling herself Métis and has said her father was a residential school survivor. thewalrus.ca/an-acclaimed...
An Acclaimed Canadian Playwright Faces Questions of Pretendianism | The Walrus
Jani Lauzon has maintained she is Métis and her play 1939—now touring Canada—is based on her father’s experience at a residential school. What if none of it is true?
thewalrus.ca
November 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Great story by @cyca.bsky.social. Lauzon’s response is full of nonsense and is reminiscent of the age-old racist “Indian princess in our lineage” stories that settler families love to tell.
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got banned for life from the TaleSpin forums for suggesting that Baloo in TaleSpin is NOT the same bear as Baloo in The Jungle Book. People were screaming at me to shut the fuck up even though I provided EVIDENCE
November 27, 2024 at 6:58 PM
got banned for life from the TaleSpin forums for suggesting that Baloo in TaleSpin is NOT the same bear as Baloo in The Jungle Book. People were screaming at me to shut the fuck up even though I provided EVIDENCE
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I just found out someone here was not familiar with the Erdoğan-Gollum trials and must present them for your pleasure
TLDR; an international group of Tolkien experts got Bilgin Çiftçi acquitted by successfully arguing that being called Gollum isn’t an insult because he was redeemed as Sméagol
TLDR; an international group of Tolkien experts got Bilgin Çiftçi acquitted by successfully arguing that being called Gollum isn’t an insult because he was redeemed as Sméagol
Erdoğan–Gollum comparison trials - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 30, 2024 at 9:29 AM
I just found out someone here was not familiar with the Erdoğan-Gollum trials and must present them for your pleasure
TLDR; an international group of Tolkien experts got Bilgin Çiftçi acquitted by successfully arguing that being called Gollum isn’t an insult because he was redeemed as Sméagol
TLDR; an international group of Tolkien experts got Bilgin Çiftçi acquitted by successfully arguing that being called Gollum isn’t an insult because he was redeemed as Sméagol
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***Drug Alert - Vancouver - November 26, 2024***
VCH has issued a drug alert.
Light blue round counterfeit oxycodone tablets with imprint “M/30” sold in Vancouver tested positive for fentanyl and xylazine and negative for oxycodone.
More info: ow.ly/TBOm50SV4jr
VCH has issued a drug alert.
Light blue round counterfeit oxycodone tablets with imprint “M/30” sold in Vancouver tested positive for fentanyl and xylazine and negative for oxycodone.
More info: ow.ly/TBOm50SV4jr
November 26, 2024 at 8:53 PM
***Drug Alert - Vancouver - November 26, 2024***
VCH has issued a drug alert.
Light blue round counterfeit oxycodone tablets with imprint “M/30” sold in Vancouver tested positive for fentanyl and xylazine and negative for oxycodone.
More info: ow.ly/TBOm50SV4jr
VCH has issued a drug alert.
Light blue round counterfeit oxycodone tablets with imprint “M/30” sold in Vancouver tested positive for fentanyl and xylazine and negative for oxycodone.
More info: ow.ly/TBOm50SV4jr
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Trump announces blanket tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China
November 25, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Trump announces blanket tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China
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Yes it is and FFVI is a slightly better game but Chrono Trigger is more fun to revisit because it’s shorter and has robots
Is this where we debate FFVI vs Chrono Trigger?
November 23, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Yes it is and FFVI is a slightly better game but Chrono Trigger is more fun to revisit because it’s shorter and has robots
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Every couple of years in BC, we've had to wage a campaign to persuade the government that involuntary care for people who use substances is a bad fucking idea.
The evidence is on our side, which is why they've backed down every time.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
The evidence is on our side, which is why they've backed down every time.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
Involuntary Care Doesn’t Work. What BC Should Do Instead | The Tyee
We need a compassionate, properly resourced mental health system.
thetyee.ca
November 19, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Every couple of years in BC, we've had to wage a campaign to persuade the government that involuntary care for people who use substances is a bad fucking idea.
The evidence is on our side, which is why they've backed down every time.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
The evidence is on our side, which is why they've backed down every time.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
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(But also: If I've liked your post but haven't reposted it, it might be because your image didn't have alt text.)
If you like something, then hit the like button. But if you REALLY like something and think other people should see it, then you should hit the repost button.
Bluesky works differently than platforms you're already used to. Liked posts don't get boosted to new eyes. The key is reposting.
Bluesky works differently than platforms you're already used to. Liked posts don't get boosted to new eyes. The key is reposting.
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
(But also: If I've liked your post but haven't reposted it, it might be because your image didn't have alt text.)
Personally, I’d rather watch a man losing his mind/family dancing to the Becker theme song for one hour straight… youtu.be/ovsMK9t_pwc?...
October 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Personally, I’d rather watch a man losing his mind/family dancing to the Becker theme song for one hour straight… youtu.be/ovsMK9t_pwc?...