Melonie
@quioui.bsky.social
With an /o/ - many interests... politics - communication - education - writer and reader - NZer in Canada - COVID-informed - she/her/they/them - @qui_oui
I think it is 2 years since I've posted there. What's interesting to me is the number of people I followed who are still there, still posting (how?)
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think it is 2 years since I've posted there. What's interesting to me is the number of people I followed who are still there, still posting (how?)
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This is a journalism scandal that is quite literally killing thousands of people, more or less directly.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is a journalism scandal that is quite literally killing thousands of people, more or less directly.
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Important to remember that the British public is actively being misinformed on this issue.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Important to remember that the British public is actively being misinformed on this issue.
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Also can someone research the impact of constantly being told to get a job but also you are useless, you are not needed, you’re a leech in society for exchanging your labour for money to put a roof over your head and eat. For me at least it’s been psychologically damaging. Don’t want to exist.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Also can someone research the impact of constantly being told to get a job but also you are useless, you are not needed, you’re a leech in society for exchanging your labour for money to put a roof over your head and eat. For me at least it’s been psychologically damaging. Don’t want to exist.
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I want to go to work get paid and use that money to spend time with my family, eat food, and help my community. That’s it. The constant layoffs and job losses and the “you’re not owed a living” is so fucking distressing. None of us deserve to be bullied and abused like this by powerful rich people.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I want to go to work get paid and use that money to spend time with my family, eat food, and help my community. That’s it. The constant layoffs and job losses and the “you’re not owed a living” is so fucking distressing. None of us deserve to be bullied and abused like this by powerful rich people.
I am so sick of governments that simply don't give a shit about an ever-larger proportion of the population, including of course the people who are most vulnerable to begin with. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ford tells protesters to 'go find a job' as controversial housing bill passes at Queen's Park | CBC News
Shouts and chants rained down upon politicians at the Ontario legislature Monday as the government passed a housing bill that critics say makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I am so sick of governments that simply don't give a shit about an ever-larger proportion of the population, including of course the people who are most vulnerable to begin with. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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New: If you're queer, you know that the holidays can be rough. Maybe you have a bad relationship with your family and holidays carry painful memories. I spoke to LGBTQ+ Texans across the state about how they find community this time of year: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Where can LGBTQ+ Texans go for Thanksgiving when home is off-limits?
"I just couldn't deal with knowing that I have people that have nowhere to go."
www.chron.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New: If you're queer, you know that the holidays can be rough. Maybe you have a bad relationship with your family and holidays carry painful memories. I spoke to LGBTQ+ Texans across the state about how they find community this time of year: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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To commemorate Jessica Riedl's leaving the Manhattan Institute for the Brookings Institution, I wrote up a profile. Conservative transmedicalism and scientism did not spare Riedl from what's happening in this country. It's a cautionary tale for all of us. www.transgendermap.com/people/jessi...
Jessica Riedl and transgender people – Transgender Map
www.transgendermap.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
To commemorate Jessica Riedl's leaving the Manhattan Institute for the Brookings Institution, I wrote up a profile. Conservative transmedicalism and scientism did not spare Riedl from what's happening in this country. It's a cautionary tale for all of us. www.transgendermap.com/people/jessi...
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Still learning that caucus isn't just there to be dictated to, no matter what it might look like from the outside.
Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources. Concerns raised internally that ex-environment minister Steven Guilbeault could resign, @davidwcochrane.bsky.social & JP Tasker report www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources | CBC News
With Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to lay out a path forward for an oil pipeline to northwest B.C. on Thursday, senior people around him have had to assuage skittish MPs and at least one cabinet...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Still learning that caucus isn't just there to be dictated to, no matter what it might look like from the outside.
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And many folks talking about UBI still cannot conceive of people who don't do paid employment because they literally can't, nor do they consider what the lives of those people would be like in a world where they are still categorically assured fewer resources than "normal" folks.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
And many folks talking about UBI still cannot conceive of people who don't do paid employment because they literally can't, nor do they consider what the lives of those people would be like in a world where they are still categorically assured fewer resources than "normal" folks.
If you look at the cases (not just Peterson's) where people in professional orgs have gone to court over this, it's clear why the Alberta gov't wants to change how things work right now 😬 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities | CBC News
Many Alberta workers could no longer be investigated by their licensing bodies for what they say outside of work hours, should the legislature pass a new bill.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you look at the cases (not just Peterson's) where people in professional orgs have gone to court over this, it's clear why the Alberta gov't wants to change how things work right now 😬 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"The tech libertarians don’t even want us. We’re too hard to manage, too human, and that’s why they’ve flooded their sites with fake people, more likely to say what they want, and much easier to reconfigure ... if they don’t." thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Why 2025 Was the Loneliest Year | The Tyee
Connection online has rotted on the vine. With few alternatives, I’ve found myself more isolated than before.
thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"The tech libertarians don’t even want us. We’re too hard to manage, too human, and that’s why they’ve flooded their sites with fake people, more likely to say what they want, and much easier to reconfigure ... if they don’t." thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh please just fuck off
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another day, another heterodox thinkers club issuing a statement on authoritarian attacks on academia that starts by attacking “DEI” instead
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
another day, another heterodox thinkers club issuing a statement on authoritarian attacks on academia that starts by attacking “DEI” instead
My phone screen switches to black and white at 10pm, and it turns out that if you look at this photo in black and white, it looks like a Victorian death portrait.
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My phone screen switches to black and white at 10pm, and it turns out that if you look at this photo in black and white, it looks like a Victorian death portrait.
I still find it frustrating when accounts with large numbers of followers post "info" without any source.
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I still find it frustrating when accounts with large numbers of followers post "info" without any source.
@hypervisible.blacksky.app some of this article reminds me of things you discussed in the 404 media podcast.
So...that leaves Meta off the hook when its sites are accessed on desktop? Because we don't insist that children have laptops for school?
Come on.
Come on.
Meta pitching app store age verification law to Liberal government
OTTAWA - Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level — which would place the burden on companies like
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
@hypervisible.blacksky.app some of this article reminds me of things you discussed in the 404 media podcast.
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I have developed zero recipes for NYTimes Cooking, and more than 100 for ATK, this is correct
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I have developed zero recipes for NYTimes Cooking, and more than 100 for ATK, this is correct
I forgot to add this puff piece about Heterodox Academy to the thread here... because guess who else promotes "institutional neutrality" 😬 universityaffairs.ca/features/tim...
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I forgot to add this puff piece about Heterodox Academy to the thread here... because guess who else promotes "institutional neutrality" 😬 universityaffairs.ca/features/tim...
Before there were podcasts...
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Before there were podcasts...
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That's all? Do it. Do it immediately. That is a hot hot deal!
Extending OC Transpo transfer window could cost nearly $1 million, staff say
Extending OC Transpo transfer window could cost nearly $1 million, staff say
Extending the OC Transpo transfer window an additional 30 minutes would cost Ottawa’s transit service nearly $1 million in lost revenue, according to staff.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
That's all? Do it. Do it immediately. That is a hot hot deal!
I saw someone post about Linehan "Will we ever be free of this turd who just won't flush?" and I think it's applicable here too
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I saw someone post about Linehan "Will we ever be free of this turd who just won't flush?" and I think it's applicable here too
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It's easy to miss because this piece doesn's mention the word trans or transgender at all, but anyone who understands how the professional transphobia class messages, this is the klaxon call of transphobia.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's easy to miss because this piece doesn's mention the word trans or transgender at all, but anyone who understands how the professional transphobia class messages, this is the klaxon call of transphobia.
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I have written a post on the impact of international student enrolment volatility at UBC.
(This post links to previous posts I wrote while a Faculty Governors on UBC's Board of Governors.)
blogs.ubc.ca/poincaredual...
(This post links to previous posts I wrote while a Faculty Governors on UBC's Board of Governors.)
blogs.ubc.ca/poincaredual...
UBC in Transition: Impact of ISI Enrolment Volatility | Some Random Thoughts of a Mathematician
blogs.ubc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I have written a post on the impact of international student enrolment volatility at UBC.
(This post links to previous posts I wrote while a Faculty Governors on UBC's Board of Governors.)
blogs.ubc.ca/poincaredual...
(This post links to previous posts I wrote while a Faculty Governors on UBC's Board of Governors.)
blogs.ubc.ca/poincaredual...
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it’s so interesting how every trans person, even children, are “activists” for defending their basic humanity and dignity, whereas people who devote countless hours attacking trans people and their legal rights obsessively are never “anti-trans activists.” somehow all trans people are agender too.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
it’s so interesting how every trans person, even children, are “activists” for defending their basic humanity and dignity, whereas people who devote countless hours attacking trans people and their legal rights obsessively are never “anti-trans activists.” somehow all trans people are agender too.