SJFB
@mamacita.bsky.social
Registered Psychotherapist with a focus on Sex Therapy and Film&TV Therapy. Torontonian with severe tsundoku. Gal of the 80s. Former filmmaker of taboo film. Una mujer mala. Otrovert. 🏳️🌈👊🏾🏳️⚧️ Fuck AI.
Toronto Hydro's entire website is down, "due to security reasons".
Some hacker?
Some hacker?
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Toronto Hydro's entire website is down, "due to security reasons".
Some hacker?
Some hacker?
This is nothing but trolling by the Alberta govt. How gross.
The Alberta government putting out a statement for Trans Day of Remembrance two days after using the Notwithstanding Clause to override trans kids rights feels like parody at this point
"Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
"Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is nothing but trolling by the Alberta govt. How gross.
This article reads like an outline for mid C20th sci-fi dystopia.
“The Sam Altman-founded company behind the ‘Orb,’ a volleyball-sized metal sphere that scans irises to prove people's humanity, had a message for employees: work weekends and ignore anything outside your job — for the good of humanity.”
Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup told workers not to care about anything outside work
Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania said that "if you should care about something else, and if you want something else, you should just not be here."
www.businessinsider.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This article reads like an outline for mid C20th sci-fi dystopia.
I will die never being able to comprehend how stupidity, malice, and purposeful ignorance are winning tactics for politicians. The theory that politicians are 'representative' is garbage when those same ppl overwhelmingly decide 'what's best for us', charter rights be damned.
@melwoods.me: We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
Danielle Smith Goes Nuclear on Trans Rights | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier is overriding Charter protections. Here’s a fact check on her claims.
thetyee.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I will die never being able to comprehend how stupidity, malice, and purposeful ignorance are winning tactics for politicians. The theory that politicians are 'representative' is garbage when those same ppl overwhelmingly decide 'what's best for us', charter rights be damned.
Ftlog, if you're alt texting a screen grab of actual text, please ALT TEXT THE ACTUAL TEXT.
'screengrab of a page of text' is not helpful. I don't have super vision to read 20 lines of 2pt type.
'screengrab of a page of text' is not helpful. I don't have super vision to read 20 lines of 2pt type.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ftlog, if you're alt texting a screen grab of actual text, please ALT TEXT THE ACTUAL TEXT.
'screengrab of a page of text' is not helpful. I don't have super vision to read 20 lines of 2pt type.
'screengrab of a page of text' is not helpful. I don't have super vision to read 20 lines of 2pt type.
This post reminded me of David Wojnarowicz and James Romberger's graphic novel, 7 Miles a Second, an intensely raw look of living and dying with AIDS. It's so very good.
www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-review...
www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-review...
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This post reminded me of David Wojnarowicz and James Romberger's graphic novel, 7 Miles a Second, an intensely raw look of living and dying with AIDS. It's so very good.
www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-review...
www.graphicmedicine.org/comic-review...
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This will not be news to regular readers, but it's worth noting whenever Toronto council debates housing (or transportation or neighbourhood amenities) that just three of the 25 wards absorbed three-quarters of the city's population growth between 2016 and 2021
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This will not be news to regular readers, but it's worth noting whenever Toronto council debates housing (or transportation or neighbourhood amenities) that just three of the 25 wards absorbed three-quarters of the city's population growth between 2016 and 2021
whalesanctuaryproject.org/updates-on-t...
Ontario has decided they do not have to do anything for the care of these animals. Now it's up to the Feds to decide if they want to step in.
This is deplorable.
Ontario has decided they do not have to do anything for the care of these animals. Now it's up to the Feds to decide if they want to step in.
This is deplorable.
Updates on the Beluga Whales at Marineland Canada - The Whale Sanctuary Project | Back to Nature
Updates from major media on the crisis at Marineland Canada while we work with ally organizations in Canada to create solutions for the 30 surviving beluga whales at Marineland Canada.
whalesanctuaryproject.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
whalesanctuaryproject.org/updates-on-t...
Ontario has decided they do not have to do anything for the care of these animals. Now it's up to the Feds to decide if they want to step in.
This is deplorable.
Ontario has decided they do not have to do anything for the care of these animals. Now it's up to the Feds to decide if they want to step in.
This is deplorable.
Does this means all those 50 Shades books will be pulled from the UK?
The UK is looking at possibly criminalizing a staggering number of things related to adult speech and conduct. This would be devastating for sex workers, and anyone who even tangentially supports us.
One bit would make it pimping to allow sex work ads (up to 10 years in prison) or facilitate prostitution in any way, even for no personal gain
Another would define adult performers pretending to be under 18 as child porn
There's more, too. Check it out here reason.com/2025/11/12/m...
Another would define adult performers pretending to be under 18 as child porn
There's more, too. Check it out here reason.com/2025/11/12/m...
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Does this means all those 50 Shades books will be pulled from the UK?
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Even in THEIR OWN AD, Charlie at the end looks like he’s thinking, “This is sad and weird.” Promising people you can prevent feelings of loss is not only ridiculous; it’s perverse. Sad things and happy things need each other. This company is promising numbness.
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Even in THEIR OWN AD, Charlie at the end looks like he’s thinking, “This is sad and weird.” Promising people you can prevent feelings of loss is not only ridiculous; it’s perverse. Sad things and happy things need each other. This company is promising numbness.
Ok, I'm done. Just DONE.
I don't have enough incredulous swear words in my vocabulary for this.
I don't have enough incredulous swear words in my vocabulary for this.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Ok, I'm done. Just DONE.
I don't have enough incredulous swear words in my vocabulary for this.
I don't have enough incredulous swear words in my vocabulary for this.
THEN WHY ARE WE DOING IT OMG
Up now: starting Jan 1, your recycling will be collected by a private company, not the City of Toronto. Council is pretty concerned that the new company, Circular Materials, is not ready for this transition. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Agenda Item History 2025.IE25.2
Agenda Item History 2025.IE25.2
secure.toronto.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
THEN WHY ARE WE DOING IT OMG
Ford 'making roads safe again' by eliminating all safe-road-making techniques.
<SLAMS HEAD AGAINST WALL AND WALKS INTO THE SEA>
<SLAMS HEAD AGAINST WALL AND WALKS INTO THE SEA>
"Starting tomorrow, 1,000 people could lose their jobs," says Mayor Olivia Chow, including over 900 crossing guards, because the city won't be able to collect revenue from speed cameras after a provincial bill banning them. The ban also takes money away from capital projects like traffic calming.
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Ford 'making roads safe again' by eliminating all safe-road-making techniques.
<SLAMS HEAD AGAINST WALL AND WALKS INTO THE SEA>
<SLAMS HEAD AGAINST WALL AND WALKS INTO THE SEA>
Not wanting to live near a convenience store is just a bonkers concept to me.
This circle overlaps with the one that says '15 minute cities are oppression'.
I assume that these folk will never patronize such a store & will get in their car to go buy milk.
This circle overlaps with the one that says '15 minute cities are oppression'.
I assume that these folk will never patronize such a store & will get in their car to go buy milk.
Councillor Jamaal Myers says some people want nieghbourhood retail, but others might "already have enough retail. And they don't want to live next to a convenience store, and that's perfectly OK as well."
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Not wanting to live near a convenience store is just a bonkers concept to me.
This circle overlaps with the one that says '15 minute cities are oppression'.
I assume that these folk will never patronize such a store & will get in their car to go buy milk.
This circle overlaps with the one that says '15 minute cities are oppression'.
I assume that these folk will never patronize such a store & will get in their car to go buy milk.
Watching the Hinton Lectures on AI safety and my key takeaway for tonight is govt focusing on game theory and "innovating" until essentially paperclip theory becomes a reality.
<walks into the sea>
<walks into the sea>
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Watching the Hinton Lectures on AI safety and my key takeaway for tonight is govt focusing on game theory and "innovating" until essentially paperclip theory becomes a reality.
<walks into the sea>
<walks into the sea>
That tracks.
This is also an interesting thread as I've been thinking about how Predator: Badlands can easily be looked at through a queer lens.
This is also an interesting thread as I've been thinking about how Predator: Badlands can easily be looked at through a queer lens.
predator is a slasher movie and arnold schwarzenegger is the final girl
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
That tracks.
This is also an interesting thread as I've been thinking about how Predator: Badlands can easily be looked at through a queer lens.
This is also an interesting thread as I've been thinking about how Predator: Badlands can easily be looked at through a queer lens.
They really missed an opportunity to create an hysterical scene of dogs and cats living together.
<walks into the sea>
<walks into the sea>
The folks at IntegrityTO have finally weighed in on neighbourhood retail with AI generated scenes of creepy faceless loiterers congregating outside a 7-11…
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
They really missed an opportunity to create an hysterical scene of dogs and cats living together.
<walks into the sea>
<walks into the sea>
Bond films are trash. That some sort of argument arises every time a new one is considered is tired.
I'm all in for a series of Lou films. Allison Janney as Action Spy ftw. Or more from the Atomic Blonde universe.
Bring on the women.
I'm all in for a series of Lou films. Allison Janney as Action Spy ftw. Or more from the Atomic Blonde universe.
Bring on the women.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Bond films are trash. That some sort of argument arises every time a new one is considered is tired.
I'm all in for a series of Lou films. Allison Janney as Action Spy ftw. Or more from the Atomic Blonde universe.
Bring on the women.
I'm all in for a series of Lou films. Allison Janney as Action Spy ftw. Or more from the Atomic Blonde universe.
Bring on the women.
www.joinheard.com/articles/wha...
This is absolutely wild to me. A silver lining to the pandemic is the increase of access the therapy via remote sessions. & with sky high office rental rates, it also helps therapists.
This is absolutely wild to me. A silver lining to the pandemic is the increase of access the therapy via remote sessions. & with sky high office rental rates, it also helps therapists.
What Therapists Need to Know About the Telehealth Policy Cliff | Heard
Learn how the 2025 government shutdown and the end of the CMS telehealth waiver impact therapists treating Medicare and Medicaid clients, and what steps to take to keep your practice compliant.
www.joinheard.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
www.joinheard.com/articles/wha...
This is absolutely wild to me. A silver lining to the pandemic is the increase of access the therapy via remote sessions. & with sky high office rental rates, it also helps therapists.
This is absolutely wild to me. A silver lining to the pandemic is the increase of access the therapy via remote sessions. & with sky high office rental rates, it also helps therapists.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Women's bodies will never not be a battleground.
One thing salient in this piece is the sub-battle of women influencers peddling garbage. They're part of what I call White Women's Wellness.
Women's bodies will never not be a battleground.
One thing salient in this piece is the sub-battle of women influencers peddling garbage. They're part of what I call White Women's Wellness.
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Women's bodies will never not be a battleground.
One thing salient in this piece is the sub-battle of women influencers peddling garbage. They're part of what I call White Women's Wellness.
Women's bodies will never not be a battleground.
One thing salient in this piece is the sub-battle of women influencers peddling garbage. They're part of what I call White Women's Wellness.
Since I just learned that a beloved cafe in Little Italy is being renovicted (despite landlord saying they wouldn't & the cafe investing in reno's), it's especially important to remember to contact your local councillor & demand they allow small biz on residential streets. Do it now.
#topoli
#topoli
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Since I just learned that a beloved cafe in Little Italy is being renovicted (despite landlord saying they wouldn't & the cafe investing in reno's), it's especially important to remember to contact your local councillor & demand they allow small biz on residential streets. Do it now.
#topoli
#topoli
So Predator: Badlands is kinda fun. The charm and elegance of the practical effects of the original is lost, but it's a fun movie (and actually doesn't have to even be a Predator film).
Also very interesting when see through a queer reading.
Also very interesting when see through a queer reading.
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So Predator: Badlands is kinda fun. The charm and elegance of the practical effects of the original is lost, but it's a fun movie (and actually doesn't have to even be a Predator film).
Also very interesting when see through a queer reading.
Also very interesting when see through a queer reading.
Is there a 'good news' aggregator/newsletter of some sort? The newsletters I get are page after page of examples of the world being awful.
I love @404media.co, but man, everything I just read is SO BLEAK.
I love @404media.co, but man, everything I just read is SO BLEAK.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Is there a 'good news' aggregator/newsletter of some sort? The newsletters I get are page after page of examples of the world being awful.
I love @404media.co, but man, everything I just read is SO BLEAK.
I love @404media.co, but man, everything I just read is SO BLEAK.
I'm SO VERY EXCITED FOR THIS.
Killer of Killers was AWESOME.
Killer of Killers was AWESOME.
**** for Predator: Badlands, "an exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters, beautiful and terrifying animals (and plants), a structurally airtight script, and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year’s best." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pred...
Predator: Badlands movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
An exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year's best.
www.rogerebert.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm SO VERY EXCITED FOR THIS.
Killer of Killers was AWESOME.
Killer of Killers was AWESOME.