R.I.P. Moya Brennan. The Lady was the voice of Irish music if you grew up in thr 80s. Clannad were everywhere. Their haunting melodies were ingrained in my brain with Robin of Sherwood and Harry's Game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHT...

Curious to see if this is just blocking the Bluesky site, or if they’re doing some sort of DPI to detect ATproto, because it’ll be **super** fucking hilarious if all the independent PDSs and appviews end up still working. Looking forward to welcoming comrades at Russky dot social to the network. 🤝

Furry culture, sports, FPS video games, mainstream fiction, plane-spotting, home brewing, painting miniatures, keeping bees, heterosexuality, monogamy, colourful clothing, chamber music, flying suits, skiing (downhill or cross country), calligraphy, paper-making, knitting, quilting, most of my exes.

Just got confirmation that - though finances still need to be finalized - I’m officially enrolled as as a student at $BCBasedCollege. It’s more of a certificate program than academic, but after being forced to drop out of both cégep & uni 30yrs ago, this really has me feeling all kinds of ways atm.

The blood distribution network is always short and has a number of complicated mechanisms for processing and transporting new donations. If you donate in the wake of a disaster, you are at best backfilling, at worst overloading the front end of the system. Ethically, donate often and proactively.

For decades, cross-border efforts to recover grizzly bears in the North Cascades region have been hindered by government funding cuts. But a First Nations-led effort has kept moving forward — and later this year, they plan to reintroduce grizzlies to their territories. thenarwhal.ca/north-cascad...

Reminding everyone this is a pirate ship. 🏴‍☠️

Sometimes I wish I believed in the anthropomorphized manifestations of concepts like "Sleep" so I could hope to one day meet them in person and punch them in the face. Sorry, meant to say I woke up around 6:30 am and am not especially happy about it. /headdeskbutthedeskisapillowandithatesme

I have tried numerous times to explain to friends outside or new to Canada that (at least on a federal level), Canadians habitually vote **against** rather than **for** candidates and parties. This is an excellent example of this.

Liberal bouncers tell MPs to wait in line to join party

The guy who tossed the Molotov at Sam Altman's house did it for the funniest possible reason.

Okay bluesky I need your help I live in Massachusetts. You might think we're a bastion of lefty intellectualism but our state government a clusterfuck of post-puritan real estate bros Reskeet this. Text it to your "friends from home" Help this find every masshole poster who will know what to do

“Cucumber Dropout” Which honestly sorta slaps, IMO.

If you're looking to decamp from substack, ghost.io has been making strides in its discoverability features and has the added benefit of not making you throw up in your own mouth when you have to plug your blog

Finished submitting documentation and jumping through official hoops for both a job *and* a work-education program on Friday & this morning, so now I'm waiting back on TWO different organizations to say yay or nay, and holy cow it IS actually 2x as stressful as waiting back on ONE job response ffs.

I dare you to read this without smiling. C'mon, try!!

Hamilton Ontario! Looking forward to seeing you all tonight - event information is online here, if you're curious: www.eventbrite.ca/e/dungeons-d...

“Sir, are you aware that you are a cat, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani is standing right behind you?”

Has anybody considered that JD Vance is the political re-incarnation of Jessica Fletcher? People invite/allow him to join some sort of undertaking and people/processes just...die.

if you see this post an image you saved because it made you laugh. (also, here's today's #Cancon!)

The late great Bob McKnight's artwork is at risk of being seized and destroyed if something isn't done about it. His dearest friend and mentee Rob Griggs has set up a GoFundMe to help save his property, including his extensive art archives. Bob LOVED animation and it's history, help preserve it!

God, I really had forgotten the morning ritual from the first Trump Administration of getting on social media in the morning, seeing fragments go by, and then spending 15 minutes saying “Wait, WHAT the fuck is going on? This makes no sense.”

I forgot the word “tourniquet” so I called it a first aid scrunchie.

An ill-timed cold has meant I’ve done less promo than usual on our current Kickstarter. We’ve got 48 hours left in our campaign, and we’re about $1700 short of our goal All you need to do to help is boost this post! Ready to learn more? Visit our Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... 🌈📚

This is a really interesting way of discovering and surfacing new services/elements of the ATmosphere that doesn't require a central sign-up location or anything.

If you’re Trans+ and love cyberpunk, I want to hear from you. Share your insights and experiences via these four surveys:

Hey, everyone – to cover the costs of editing and the rest of the work needed to get the current manuscript out, decided to start a campaign. Haven't launched yet, but we're going to need at least 30 followers in the next few weeks to go live. No commitment other than two clicks needed right now!

Pour mes ami(e)s à #Paris, veuillez SVP partager ce Skeet-la ou l’envoyer directement aux eux qui peuvent utiliser ces vêtements.

100% an anti-buddy flick with the two (yes 2🙄) guys I knew who always tried to hook up with my exes after we split. It would be a road-movie where they steal my phone book after I die & criss-cross Canada looking for any ex of mine still single, only to find they’d all started a lesbian polycule.

If Swalwell made you or someone you know sign an NDA or settlement agreement, email [email protected] We have a lawyer for you. You will be anonymous. You are not the only one.

1/2 Not gonna @ the post that prompted this, because it's not the first time I've thought this, but : if you really want to avoid causing a dogpile, use a screenshot of a post you're calling negative attention to rather than a QP. It introduces friction between viewers' immediate reaction...

Graze, Skyfeed & Feed Creator are folks that make it possible to create all kinds of custom feeds (including the Mutuals feed so many of us use!), & as we grow, so does the load they have to support. If we want to stay ad-free & community based, paying those that make this work is key. Sign up, fam!

Listening to this week's Gargle & @alicefraser.bsky.social made a joke coining the word "Fuck-tracker" so now I'm desperately trying to keep my stupid stupid brain from "plotting" a 70's style bisexual sword & sorcery soft-core porn movie à la Beastmaster, but he summons & commands hotties. help!😭

Testing the edit function, wanted to know if I could add elements like follow-up posts to an edit. Nope. (Edited 10:07 PM)

Liking the new @skeetsapp.com update. The Germ integration (well, connection anyways, though integration would be swwwweeeet!) seems solid, the duplicate posts thing seems to have finally been nailed, and OMG am I thrilled to see the automatic threading of posts on the Pro version.

With all the Marvel/DC stuff going on, this feels like an obvious pairing. I would just like everyone to know I would be happy to write it if @charliejane.bsky.social is busy.

Hire Rachel! She's done three book covers for me so far and they totally fuckin cook

By the way, open-ear bone conduction headphones have really improved and are worth a try, even if they didn’t work for you in the past. I actually liked the regular openrun better than the pro 2 version I tried first. Also much cheaper to replace.

Oooh, finally got the offer letter for my new PT job (2 wks late, but whatevs), but it's rife with issues. New challenge : can I get them corrected & sign off on it **before** I need to leave for physio in 45 minutes? Only The Shadow (ok, HR, but they're pretty shadowy, right?) knows...

Fuck..now I’m craving a Brio, and I know I’ll hate it unless it’s super-warm out.

I’m giving a presentation on malfunctioning storage containers for hazardous medical waste. Leaks in Bio

1/2 Changing night-time meds for reasons of $$ and slept pretty lousy last night, but I definitely got some REM sleep because I vividly remember the depressing nightmehr (which is a “meh” kinda nightmare) I woke up from. Still, lovely breakfast, got stuff done and it’s not even 9am. I even sewed..

I’ve decided to start a university course about professional networking for Italian sodas. LinkedIn Brio

Omg there’s a Bag of Holding! I will never run out of room for my stash! (Also lmao “Eye and Hand of Vecna.”)

Hey, hello, hi!! Are you an SFF book reviewer who doesn't randomly hate urban fantasy? Would you like more queer books in your TBR? Then please feel free to HMU, I'm always happy to provide review copies for press people 😘

Yo, #Alberta

Ready to scream atm. I got an overpayment from the CPP back when I was on disability after I started working again, which they advised me of in September. I have been trying to make payment arrangements on it since then, and somehow they have been unable to access the damned file, but because of...

Today's #Cancon apparently requires multiple posts, since it's Carney's Shitty Policy Decisions Two-for-Thursday.