Jane
@seejanecricket.bsky.social
all round geek, special nerdery reserved for cricket and words.
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And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Let me explain why my reporting isn’t making a consistent case for or against the ban:
Because I’m not on anyone’s team. I’m a journalist just trying to report what’s happening and why.
Because I’m not on anyone’s team. I’m a journalist just trying to report what’s happening and why.
Crikey: the ban is terrible people are dying
Also Crikey; the ban isn’t doing anything and everyone is getting around it
Also Crikey; the ban isn’t doing anything and everyone is getting around it
December 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Let me explain why my reporting isn’t making a consistent case for or against the ban:
Because I’m not on anyone’s team. I’m a journalist just trying to report what’s happening and why.
Because I’m not on anyone’s team. I’m a journalist just trying to report what’s happening and why.
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
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So annoying that companies that promote GenAI and LLMs called it AI and didn’t differentiate it from the advanced machine learning algorithms and tools that enable so many great things that are also AI but actually solving a problem, and good.
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So annoying that companies that promote GenAI and LLMs called it AI and didn’t differentiate it from the advanced machine learning algorithms and tools that enable so many great things that are also AI but actually solving a problem, and good.
When you want a Starc t shirt but also love women’s cricket 💛 … mum sent me Christmas money today, guess where it’s going!
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
When you want a Starc t shirt but also love women’s cricket 💛 … mum sent me Christmas money today, guess where it’s going!
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this isn't even a moral thing, sports gambling just sucks that bad and makes the entire experience worse both for gamblers and non-gamblers
Everywhere you look there is an opening for leadership.
What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
this isn't even a moral thing, sports gambling just sucks that bad and makes the entire experience worse both for gamblers and non-gamblers
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a momentary interlude from the news cycle to share that my book with @arielbogle.bsky.social CONSPIRACY NATION has been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards non-fiction prize
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
a momentary interlude from the news cycle to share that my book with @arielbogle.bsky.social CONSPIRACY NATION has been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards non-fiction prize
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When I am finally victorious and my ideological enemies thwarted, all who opposed me shall be lined up and dutifully distributed their equitable share of the rights I fought for and they so vigorously opposed, because That Was The Fucking Point
nah dawg this is petty as shit
these people got brainwashed with propaganda and fearmongering
wanting only people who didn't vote for Trump to survive is misanthropic and gross
these people got brainwashed with propaganda and fearmongering
wanting only people who didn't vote for Trump to survive is misanthropic and gross
This.
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When I am finally victorious and my ideological enemies thwarted, all who opposed me shall be lined up and dutifully distributed their equitable share of the rights I fought for and they so vigorously opposed, because That Was The Fucking Point
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The voting for our #WordOfTheWeekOfTheYear2025 is going apace. You can vote, but you can also come to the live show if you're a patron — even a free one.
Just follow this link to find out when it is, and sign up. Thanks to all our patrons for your support.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The voting for our #WordOfTheWeekOfTheYear2025 is going apace. You can vote, but you can also come to the live show if you're a patron — even a free one.
Just follow this link to find out when it is, and sign up. Thanks to all our patrons for your support.
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Just follow this link to find out when it is, and sign up. Thanks to all our patrons for your support.
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(Hard mode allows for Shakespeare, fortunately)
(Hard mode allows for Shakespeare, fortunately)
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(Hard mode allows for Shakespeare, fortunately)
(Hard mode allows for Shakespeare, fortunately)
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"Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s microwave will be able to cook an entire Thanksgiving Dinner. Ten years from now a microwave may even be able to run the country."
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s microwave will be able to cook an entire Thanksgiving Dinner. Ten years from now a microwave may even be able to run the country."
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
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starc making more runs than he conceded
functionally took 6 for -2
functionally took 6 for -2
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
starc making more runs than he conceded
functionally took 6 for -2
functionally took 6 for -2
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If I was a West Indian cricket fan I'd 100% be posting about how sad it is to see the decline of English cricket and how the world needs a strong England.
December 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
If I was a West Indian cricket fan I'd 100% be posting about how sad it is to see the decline of English cricket and how the world needs a strong England.
@leaguetees.bsky.social any chance of an ‘I’m here to see Alyssa Healy’s husband’ shirt? credit to @crystallised-cricket.com who helped me pin down what I wanted
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@leaguetees.bsky.social any chance of an ‘I’m here to see Alyssa Healy’s husband’ shirt? credit to @crystallised-cricket.com who helped me pin down what I wanted
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Ooo look at me, I’m Mitchell Starc and I’m going to win a day/night test match all by myself.
Grow up.
Grow up.
A superb innings from Mitchell Starc comes to an end 🙌
Truly making these Ashes his own 🔥
Truly making these Ashes his own 🔥
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ooo look at me, I’m Mitchell Starc and I’m going to win a day/night test match all by myself.
Grow up.
Grow up.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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The Nobel people should start a football prize and just hand it to some random tennis guy
December 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Nobel people should start a football prize and just hand it to some random tennis guy
Chico is ready for his close up, Mr Fenelon
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Chico is ready for his close up, Mr Fenelon