Bess Hamilton
@besshamilton.bsky.social
Writer. Canadian. May I be a star in the dark time. She/her. My opinions & views are mine alone. Am guaranteed AI-free.
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Reminder that in high school, Tucker Carlson listed himself as a member of the "Dan White Society," named after the man who shot and killed Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reminder that in high school, Tucker Carlson listed himself as a member of the "Dan White Society," named after the man who shot and killed Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official.
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A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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Weird. Accommodating extremists only makes them insatiable. This has only happened every other time.
Danielle Smith’s oil deal with Mark Carney was supposed to quiet Alberta’s separatists. Too bad they didn’t get the message
Danielle Smith’s oil deal with Mark Carney was supposed to quiet Alberta’s separatists. Too bad they didn’t get the message
Separatists swiftly criticized the lack of immediate action on a pipeline and the agreement from Alberta to increase its industrial price on carbon.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Weird. Accommodating extremists only makes them insatiable. This has only happened every other time.
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Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
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Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Young people in the U.S. have been priced out of their dreams. Stop acting like it’s their fault.
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Legendary musician & activist Peter Gabriel celebrates the Internet Archive hitting 1 trillion pages & reflects on its role in preserving humanity’s memory.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Legendary musician & activist Peter Gabriel celebrates the Internet Archive hitting 1 trillion pages & reflects on its role in preserving humanity’s memory.
More ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/10/v...
#Wayback1T @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
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#Wayback1T @itspetergabriel.bsky.social
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📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
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people using genAI have a deeply rooted hatred of artists because the narrative has been shifting to "artists don't contribute meaningfully to society" for decades, as capitalism continues to backslide into the shit pit, but this (incorrect) attitude cannot mask the cultural significance of creation
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
people using genAI have a deeply rooted hatred of artists because the narrative has been shifting to "artists don't contribute meaningfully to society" for decades, as capitalism continues to backslide into the shit pit, but this (incorrect) attitude cannot mask the cultural significance of creation
More details on this plan and its drawbacks.
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
More details on this plan and its drawbacks.
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social can you please encourage Ontario residents to review Ford's proposed changes to conservation authorities & submit their feedback? By amalgamating 36 organizations into several, their role will be diminished & local expertise lost.
It's unclear why Ford is pushing this.
It's unclear why Ford is pushing this.
Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario’s conservation authorities | Environmental Registry of Ontario
Ontario is proposing changes to improve the conservation authority (CA) system to free up resources for front-line service delivery to help protect communities and better align the work of CAs with pr...
ero.ontario.ca
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
@maritstilesndp.bsky.social can you please encourage Ontario residents to review Ford's proposed changes to conservation authorities & submit their feedback? By amalgamating 36 organizations into several, their role will be diminished & local expertise lost.
It's unclear why Ford is pushing this.
It's unclear why Ford is pushing this.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Help the Trans Youth Emergency Project: they need it more than ever now 🏳️⚧️💙
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Fuck this guy.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Fuck this guy.
When the inevitable rail blockades and other protests start, I'll support them. Thos government so blatantly doesn't give a shit about anything except short-term capitalist gains.
David Cochrane asks about the fact that it would’ve been impossible for the coastal First Nations to travel from their communities to meet the feds on the timeline the govt offered.
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When the inevitable rail blockades and other protests start, I'll support them. Thos government so blatantly doesn't give a shit about anything except short-term capitalist gains.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
[My backyard edition]
Coyote
Racoon
Turkey vulture
Great blue heron
Eastern gartersnake
[My backyard edition]
Coyote
Racoon
Turkey vulture
Great blue heron
Eastern gartersnake
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Bobcat
Iguana
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles
Tarantula
Ring-tailed cat
Bobcat
Iguana
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles
Tarantula
Ring-tailed cat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
[My backyard edition]
Coyote
Racoon
Turkey vulture
Great blue heron
Eastern gartersnake
[My backyard edition]
Coyote
Racoon
Turkey vulture
Great blue heron
Eastern gartersnake
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
#Ontario friends, the Ford government wants to consolidate our conservation authorities from 36 to about 7.
Each watershed has unique needs & the authorities already do very well at working together where watersheds abut or overlap.
Let Ford know you don't support this scheme. Give your input! 1/
Each watershed has unique needs & the authorities already do very well at working together where watersheds abut or overlap.
Let Ford know you don't support this scheme. Give your input! 1/
Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario’s conservation authorities | Environmental Registry of Ontario
Ontario is proposing changes to improve the conservation authority (CA) system to free up resources for front-line service delivery to help protect communities and better align the work of CAs with pr...
ero.ontario.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#Ontario friends, the Ford government wants to consolidate our conservation authorities from 36 to about 7.
Each watershed has unique needs & the authorities already do very well at working together where watersheds abut or overlap.
Let Ford know you don't support this scheme. Give your input! 1/
Each watershed has unique needs & the authorities already do very well at working together where watersheds abut or overlap.
Let Ford know you don't support this scheme. Give your input! 1/
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If I can't do a task, I put on a costume of a person who can do a task. I can't clean my kitchen, but the tavern wench who pours the grog can.
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If I can't do a task, I put on a costume of a person who can do a task. I can't clean my kitchen, but the tavern wench who pours the grog can.
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In the end, my refrain continues to be "if no one felt invested enough in this to actually write it, why should I invest in reading it? If no one felt invested enough in this to draw/record it, why should I invest as much or more effort as an audience?"
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
In the end, my refrain continues to be "if no one felt invested enough in this to actually write it, why should I invest in reading it? If no one felt invested enough in this to draw/record it, why should I invest as much or more effort as an audience?"
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Remember how in Middlemarch, Causabon's Key to All Mythologies is revealed to be a pointless, indeed impossible, task that's consumed his life, even beyond when he knew it wasn't feasible? Ultimately, he wastes his life.
That's what I think of when a tech CEO wants their tool to be the one source.
That's what I think of when a tech CEO wants their tool to be the one source.
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Remember how in Middlemarch, Causabon's Key to All Mythologies is revealed to be a pointless, indeed impossible, task that's consumed his life, even beyond when he knew it wasn't feasible? Ultimately, he wastes his life.
That's what I think of when a tech CEO wants their tool to be the one source.
That's what I think of when a tech CEO wants their tool to be the one source.
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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Sorry America still can’t send to you, but everyone else, you have until Monday to order from my website. And I do gift cards so that’s a great way to send my stuff to others without having to pick it out yourself. :)
Made by me in the Yukon! More than just earrings at Loxythemaker.com
#bsnm
Made by me in the Yukon! More than just earrings at Loxythemaker.com
#bsnm
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sorry America still can’t send to you, but everyone else, you have until Monday to order from my website. And I do gift cards so that’s a great way to send my stuff to others without having to pick it out yourself. :)
Made by me in the Yukon! More than just earrings at Loxythemaker.com
#bsnm
Made by me in the Yukon! More than just earrings at Loxythemaker.com
#bsnm
"When women and girls, mothers and babies are put at the centre of economic and social investments, societies are safer, more peaceful and more prosperous."
Considering the percentage of their voters who are women, this latest shift by Carney's government is extremely disappointing.
Considering the percentage of their voters who are women, this latest shift by Carney's government is extremely disappointing.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"When women and girls, mothers and babies are put at the centre of economic and social investments, societies are safer, more peaceful and more prosperous."
Considering the percentage of their voters who are women, this latest shift by Carney's government is extremely disappointing.
Considering the percentage of their voters who are women, this latest shift by Carney's government is extremely disappointing.