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@bartlebooth.bsky.social

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data processor. recovering mathematician. lazy anarchist. tech mercenary. parent. immigrant. child of the corn. unpronounceable. toronto rodent. seeking puzzlement. nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · Jan 9

La gente a la que le gustan cosas me gusta más que la gente a la que no le gustan cosas.

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 2h

You are only missing the faint shadow of the giant monster approaching.

javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 4h

THE INSTITUTE is not available for streaming in Canada, Mr. King. 😞

javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 4h

I’m usually envious when someone discovers something I love. They get to see it for the first time.

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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 16h

I’m in standing room at @torontobluejays.bsky.social , behind accessible seating, where a kid/teen in a wheelchair is distraught because he can’t see anything with everyone standing up. If anyone happens to be in a box or something with extra seats, this is your chance to do a good deed.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 20h

#ITWelcomeToDerry premieres tomorrow at 9pm on HBO Max.

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 22h

Todo eso lo entiendo. Pero el desprecio personal y agresivo an ella en particular me parece desmedido.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 23h

There’s a month long of the late Kelly Mark’s work at locations around Toronto. Just stopped by Olga Korper’s retrospective. Worth your time.

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 23h

Me sorprende mucho el rechazo visceral y animoso a K. Harris por parte de mucha gente progresista. Pareciera que los repugna peor que Trump.

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Barequeo @barequeo.bsky.social · 3d

#Vetas "La educación de calidad que solamente recibe la gente que puede pagar por ella tiene como resultado una sociedad dividida": @animesa.bsky.social en "Bien que se acabe el Opus Dei". barequeo.com/vetas/bien-q...

Bien que se acabe el Opus Dei - Barequeo

La educación de calidad que solamente recibe la gente que puede pagar por ella tiene como resultado una sociedad dividida.

barequeo.com

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 23h

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 1d

¿Qué pasó?

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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 1d

Can I interest anyone in the new most Bluesky reply of all time

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erin pineda @erinrpineda.bsky.social · 1d

Important update from two months into my “experiment” (lol) assigning college juniors and seniors to read whole physical books and then having a seminar where they use the physical book and physical notebooks and their ideas and questions to fill three hours of class time:

It rules

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 1d

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature

mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

www.nature.com

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Helmut Kramer @helmutkramer.bsky.social · 1d

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 1d

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感じ方

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 1d

Tan poquito que dura todo esto.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free

A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 1d

Less than the anonymity, it is the feeling that you are just reacting to words, not to a real person right in front of you.

javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 1d

Destroying one of the US most renowned strategic advantages to own the libs.

Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 4d

Fewer grad students means less science, but many STEM PhD programs in the US are cutting back on admissions this year due to federal funding uncertainties. Words by me for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@emsque.bsky.social @ucsdcooperlab.bsky.social @julieposselt.bsky.social 🧪

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

www.nature.com

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · 2d

Redditor asks how things are looking at strip clubs, a known indicator of economic downturn. The answers are pretty bleak (albeit not all responses are from strippers)

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u/AutumnForestWitch • 9d
We need the real recession indicator.
Strippers of Reddit, how is business going?
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FourEyesAndThighs • 9d
Not a stripper, but my dive bar is down $50,000 compared to this time last year, and my booze is cheap. We're fucked if alcoholics aren't drinking.
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Appropriate_Total875 • 9d
I've worked in the industry for years. It's been bad for the last three years now and continuing to get worse.
Prior to covid, at my club you could expect a ratio of 5 or 6 customers per girl. Since covid it dropped to 1 to 1 or worse. And not just my club but the whole area. The first couple years after covid money got stupid good but that all dried up a few years ago.
Previously when the industry slowed, the girls would bounce to other clubs and eventually come back after a month or two. However, girls are now leaving the industry entirely
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SherbetLoud185 • 9d
NYC girl. I know of multiple girls who have lost their apartments. It's the worst anyone has ever seen the industry.
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SomethingNeatnClever • 9d
My earnings have definitely declined in the past year.
I'm still doing okay because of my past regulars but they're coming in less as well. Tourism is down in my state. It isn't great. It isn't my only source of income but l'd be struggling a bit if it was.
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anivex • 8d
It's bad. Real bad. Worse than it was in 2008, and that's saying something.
I stopped by my old club last week and the manager said they made more money during Covid.
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Mistealakes • 9d
Left the industry entirely this year, after the past 3 years of decreasing pay with no bounce back at all.
Most dancers at the last place I worked were lucky to leave with $200 at the end of a shift, at this point.
We're not getting naked for warehouse pay, ladies and gentlemen. The only women that are left are there because they have no other options at all.
Everyone with an option is gone. The money is gone.
Our clients no longer have enough money for the club and many dancers have a second job now.
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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 1d

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party kills me（パーティーに殺される！）

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 1d

Mayor Johnson is cooking

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 1d

If the Rogers Centre had a parking lot that covered the same surface area as the Dodgers' parking lot, it would stretch from Queen Street on one end to the Lake Ontario waterfront on the other

Map of the Dodgers Stadium parking lot on the left and the same size and shape overlaid over downtown Toronto on the right, showing it covering a wide swath of downtown

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 1d

www.techdirt.com/2025/10/22/e...

Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means

Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like …