Karen Baskins 🇨🇦
@karen1.bsky.social
Twitter escapee in 2022. Lives on the west coast of Canada.
#WoTSkies
FUCK TRUMP
#elbowsup
#WoTSkies
FUCK TRUMP
#elbowsup
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On Dec. 6, 1917 at 8:45 a.m., the Imo and Mont-Blanc (which was packed with explosives) collided in Halifax Harbour.
At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
📸 LAC
🧵 1/12
At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
📸 LAC
🧵 1/12
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On Dec. 6, 1917 at 8:45 a.m., the Imo and Mont-Blanc (which was packed with explosives) collided in Halifax Harbour.
At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
📸 LAC
🧵 1/12
At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
📸 LAC
🧵 1/12
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"Say it!"
"No!"
"Say it, Hans."
"My name's not Hans!"
"I WILL drop you."
“Fine, okay, you win!”
“I need to hear you say it.”
"Die Hard is a Christmas movie!"
"No!"
"Say it, Hans."
"My name's not Hans!"
"I WILL drop you."
“Fine, okay, you win!”
“I need to hear you say it.”
"Die Hard is a Christmas movie!"
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Say it!"
"No!"
"Say it, Hans."
"My name's not Hans!"
"I WILL drop you."
“Fine, okay, you win!”
“I need to hear you say it.”
"Die Hard is a Christmas movie!"
"No!"
"Say it, Hans."
"My name's not Hans!"
"I WILL drop you."
“Fine, okay, you win!”
“I need to hear you say it.”
"Die Hard is a Christmas movie!"
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Reposted by Karen Baskins 🇨🇦
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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Incredibly well dressed and accessorized: Elizabeth Poulett in 1616. Painter Robert Peake, whose day is today, does justice to her A+ wardrobe.
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Incredibly well dressed and accessorized: Elizabeth Poulett in 1616. Painter Robert Peake, whose day is today, does justice to her A+ wardrobe.
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A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
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Look, it's bad that it's a cat. What if it's a kid?
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Look, it's bad that it's a cat. What if it's a kid?
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NIGHTFROST (2011)
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 9” x 6”
A breath of the fantastic… 1/2
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 9” x 6”
A breath of the fantastic… 1/2
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NIGHTFROST (2011)
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 9” x 6”
A breath of the fantastic… 1/2
Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 9” x 6”
A breath of the fantastic… 1/2
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While this could pass for a SFF illustration, it was actually painted for the family holiday card in 2011. 2/2
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ni...
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ni...
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
While this could pass for a SFF illustration, it was actually painted for the family holiday card in 2011. 2/2
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ni...
www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/ni...
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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Anyway is this the story I had published this year that made the most people claim to have leaked their precious vital essences out of their eyes? MAYBE. Am I thinking about the end of the world a lot? (A lot a lot a lot?) YES.
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
Everyone Keeps Saying Probably - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Publisher's Note: Please enjoy this short story by Premee Mohamed, who, coincidentally(!!), has a book out from Psychopomp on February 11th. It's called One
psychopomp.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Anyway is this the story I had published this year that made the most people claim to have leaked their precious vital essences out of their eyes? MAYBE. Am I thinking about the end of the world a lot? (A lot a lot a lot?) YES.
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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Christmas is coming! If you can, please consider a donation to my holiday fundraiser for our wonderful local animal shelter. No donation is too small - it adds up! 🎄 givebutter.com/n5l31M
December 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Christmas is coming! If you can, please consider a donation to my holiday fundraiser for our wonderful local animal shelter. No donation is too small - it adds up! 🎄 givebutter.com/n5l31M
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This is some bullshit. My bid for Warner Bros was completely ignored after some asshole leaked my plans to call it Whatnot Bros.
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is some bullshit. My bid for Warner Bros was completely ignored after some asshole leaked my plans to call it Whatnot Bros.
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Nuzzi lasted 8 Scaramuccis at Vanity Fair
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Nuzzi lasted 8 Scaramuccis at Vanity Fair
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Calling it now that she'll eventually end up at CBS www.wsj.com/business/med...
Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi Agree to Part Ways
Nuzzi and the magazine will let her contract expire at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Calling it now that she'll eventually end up at CBS www.wsj.com/business/med...
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How are 'taken by surprise' that she did the thing which she is most famous for?
Olivia Nuzzi and Vanity Fair Will Part Ways
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
How are 'taken by surprise' that she did the thing which she is most famous for?
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Who thought FIFA would give out participation trophies
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Who thought FIFA would give out participation trophies
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Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
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Embarrassed to admit it but I really thought I had a shot at the FIFA Peace Prize this year
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Embarrassed to admit it but I really thought I had a shot at the FIFA Peace Prize this year
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
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god no one does bribery quite like FIFA
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
god no one does bribery quite like FIFA