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Adam @chalicotherex.bsky.social · Jun 10

I'm in the new issue of the @thetemzreview.bsky.social with a look at Kate Beaton's latest. Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour is a call for working-class art and a survey of the literature of Cape Breton, full of the great anecdotes she's known for. www.thetemzreview.com/mcphee-31.html

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Curious that Jeremy Clarkson and Karl Ove Knausgård both publicly revealed their PIN numbers but only Clarkson’s was taken advantage of

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 2d

Le Champ de la Justice in Autun (Saône-et-Loire) was an alignment of at least 30 menhirs running for 200m. Only 3 of them remain standing, the tallest at 2.5m, and 5 others lay fallen among hedges. This card issued for the Congrès Préhistorique visit in 1907.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2d

things bullets say

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 2d

Almost every time I go thru JFK something weird happens.

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 2d

please post rare turing_polices

Turing Police @turing_police
when I was like 12 I went to the California science center which had a "drunk driving simulator" educational arcade type game and if you were too good at it the game would automatically crash the car after a while so you didnt undermine their message

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Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 2d

I love Neal Adams. Even got to work with him a couple of times. Every once in a while you come across a Neal image that may not be as known as others but... still. wow.

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Adam @chalicotherex.bsky.social · 2d

People say there's no difference between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving but I think it's significant that we say a land acknowledgment at the dinner table instead of grace

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 3d

All of these jobs have been destroyed by AI. Where will it end?

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 3d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 6d

The 7m long menhir of La Tiemblais in St-Samson-sur-Rance (Côtes-d’Armor) now lies at an angle probably due to C19 treasure seekers. One of several legends about it says it is a stopper for the sea and if pulled out the sea would rush in and flood the land.

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 5d

The dolmen of La Pierre Couvretière in Ancenis (Loire-Atlantique) has a slipped 4x4m capstone on 2 orthostats; all the rest was robbed for building material. Just the sort of site to visit in your best dress and hat with your goat on a lead!

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 4d

The allée-couverte Aquitaine of La Pierre Folle in Montguyon (Charente-Maritime) gradually rises in height towards the end of the chamber which is covered by a massive chunky capstone which improbably spun around 3 times on Christmas eve.

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 3d

La Pierre de la Hune in Bazougers (Mayenne) is 5.6m tall and the biggest menhir in the département. This card by a publisher called Guégan c.1905. #StandingStoneSunday.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 4d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Naomi Elizabeth @naomielizabeth.bsky.social · 3d

I’m genuinely spacing out and reading AI as like Albert. Who is Albert Bubble??

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 4d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 5d

On Spec was the very first SF magazine I ever bought a copy of, way way back when I was a teenager growing up in Alberta. They'll leave behind a big legacy, especially here in Canada.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 6d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 6d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing