Sort of defeats the purpose of an AMA, but I'm also not into the way he publicly blames staffers for this, when he probably made the other decisions himself (like doing an AMA at a time when he couldn't write his own responses)

In a normal world, where our political system functioned well, #onpoli would be hot with the abject failure of the government to adequately address this crisis.

This 👇

But I'm sure we can leave it up to developers to fix this with affordable units, right? And Doug Ford's new policies will totally help // heavy sarcasm

I know I've said it before, but I feel like PJ's LotR films were influenced by "Willow" (and not just because the latter was no doubt inspired by Tolkien too)

This is incredible scholarship - gut-wrenching, vital, ethical work that’s such an important contribution to the history of medicine & disability studies & the worlds of knowledge & social justice. Congratulations @drkyliesmith.bsky.social ♥️

New paper! Attacks on transgender rights are part of a global attack on what conservatives call gender ideology. In this paper, grad student Fiona Rodger and I investigate the links between anti-democratic attitudes and opposition to trans rights policies after the 2024 election...

This is a serious situation. It appears Baseline, Eastbound, will remain closed for several hours. The road has been compromised. The City is aiming to have the repair completed to reopen the road by PM peak.

The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.

Every time I see post about LEGO, it's about a special kit. But as a child, all I wanted were the generic blocks so I could build my own thing. Can you still buy those?

You're like stenographera for JK Rowling on trans issues. Why haven't you asked her for money? She owes you.

I am delighted to welcome Nadhim Zahawi to Reform UK. He will bring useful experience, such as claiming £6,000 to heat his stables and avoiding £3.7m tax by hiding £27m offshore and threatening to sue anyone who asked about it.

The "adult" version of this is the 2.5 hour video I just watched about how 20 different kinds of cheese are made

my kingdom for a series called "They saw this coming" featuring interviews with people who predicted today's hellscape

Jacques-Louis David is currently at The Louvre, and while 'Death of Murat' or 'Bonaparte crossing the Alps' gather the crowds, this portrait of Antoine and Angélique Mongez, who, as Bonapartists, joined David in exile in Brussels after Napoleon's fall, is my fav. It's the expression on their faces

Did a pod with my friend Peter about how to thrift for menswear (and why buying vintage is sometimes better than buying new anyway). pod.link/blamo/episod...

I use it way too much, I don't like to be dependent on one tool so much but it's just good 🥺

For those of you who know the song "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie, the part where the singer gets drafted and sees the psychiatrist and they both end up jumping up and down yelling "kill! kill!" - that's how I imagine they recruit for ICE.

What proportion of the followers are seeing these posts?

Hello Bluesky new joiners, if you're into Sourdough I've created a nice starter pack to help you find more people to follow. go.bsky.app/Su1cnbR

A friend of a friend had a cat named Diane from HR which remains one of my favorite pet names ever. “I can’t make that meeting, I’ll be with Diane from HR.” “I have a hard stop at noon to go talk to Diane from HR.” “Sorry I missed your Slack, I was meeting with Diane from HR.”

We were overdue for a 'sea lion in the suburbs' story www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...

"Simply put: a good Christian, Bonhoeffer believed, could not be a good Nazi." www.christiancentury.org/critical-ess...

High-five to my past self for prepping sourdough starter so it was ready to use today.

Is the takeaway that this should be a paid position? The RS is given hundreds of millions in tax payers money each year to distribute on our behalf. Is it unreasonable to expect the top role to be a paid position so it can be filled by the best possible candidate rather than the only one available?

I remember the giggles the first time I took my cats to the vet and everyone heard a call for "Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy" via the intercom

In fairness, cats are far more likely to start decades-long wars for petty shit than dogs, so this tracks.

I know it's hard to shock these days but Elon Musk going full Rhodesia defender and calling for the ethnic cleansing of the US should still shock you. These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.

Midsomer Murders has apparently lost or fired whoever it was who was keeping the dialogue interesting, because this new series is really dragging.

There's a common thread I think that all of these things are property, tools—to be protected like property, not like humans with lives and agency. As long as they function and obey as tools, they are to be protected as such. They are not to be listened to or respected as equals.

NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good. Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.

The "nothing bad would happen to me, personally" crowd

Anyone who was on early Twitter will remember that there was far more cat content than political content.

do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao

A deleted tweet by a Toronto Sun national politics reporter.

One free trip a week. Just for para transit. Just for seniors. This could only come from a guy who thinks affordability just happened and this should do the trick. #ottawa

When you can't sweep it under the rug anymore and you need to acknowledge the lump. That buys you another month...

Lol. When you put a Brit in charge of your newspaper and all the Americans who might tell him he's revealing who wrote the piece hate him enough not to reveal what he's done...

A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣

Today in “Dudes Rock”: A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

Oh yeah. I wouldn't listen to his commentary on the scooter I was riding (ffs), and along with these words he almost attacked me.

I'm happy to see an article about this, it's been getting to me the way people speak about these tools - word choices have impact and implications

Vancouverites - sharing this widely! It's about time. If other dentists want more business, it's time to adapt to meet the reality we're living in 🦷

Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship This is it

Maybe it's because of my comms experience, but I get so irritated when I see accounts doing annoying things that are unnecessary, but designed to make you click and engage with a specific type of post (like reels) for the metrics. A page I follow on FB just started doing this and they got muted 😂

Important perspective from an expert.

Just stumbled across this in the local library catalogue... as if I needed another book on the "to-read" list www.hachette.co.uk/titles/simon...

I'm heartbroken she's gone, and honored to have gotten to call this amazing human a friend.

If you're afraid, it's better to journal or to talk to a friend than to post online.