David William Sheridan
@dwsheridan.bsky.social
Irish-Canadian Twitter exile finally moving to an alternative platform and starting again from scratch: sci-fi writing, fantasy, horror, books, science … cats. If you see this, let me know what you're reading.
What happens when the US government wants something on land that belongs to someone else? A historical perspective: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1012...?
Working Class History
stories.workingclasshistory.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What happens when the US government wants something on land that belongs to someone else? A historical perspective: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1012...?
Time is the process of things happening to things that exist, apparently.
theconversation.com/physicists-a...
theconversation.com/physicists-a...
Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s why
How can time feel so obvious, so woven into the fabric of our experience and yet, for thousands of years, remain the bane of every thinker who has tried to explain it?
theconversation.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Time is the process of things happening to things that exist, apparently.
theconversation.com/physicists-a...
theconversation.com/physicists-a...
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A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take a Meta break. Deactivated my IG and deleted the app and Threads off of my phone.
Of course, it prompted me to sign out instead of deactivating. My income isn’t tied to being on there though, so there wasn’t a huge hurdle.
Of course, it prompted me to sign out instead of deactivating. My income isn’t tied to being on there though, so there wasn’t a huge hurdle.
Meta’s surveillance systems are pervasive, but there are ways to limit how it collects and uses your personal data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect
www.eff.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take a Meta break. Deactivated my IG and deleted the app and Threads off of my phone.
Of course, it prompted me to sign out instead of deactivating. My income isn’t tied to being on there though, so there wasn’t a huge hurdle.
Of course, it prompted me to sign out instead of deactivating. My income isn’t tied to being on there though, so there wasn’t a huge hurdle.
One for my American friends.
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
One for my American friends.
Snowy and cold in Oshawa today. Brrrrr!
a person in a blue coat walking through the snow
ALT: a person in a blue coat walking through the snow
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Snowy and cold in Oshawa today. Brrrrr!
Reposted by David William Sheridan
One of my absolute favourite monologues from Star Wars.
“There is a wound that won’t heal at the centre of the galaxy, there is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow. And now it’s here.”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKr...
“There is a wound that won’t heal at the centre of the galaxy, there is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow. And now it’s here.”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKr...
Andor | Maarva Andor’s Monologue | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
m.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One of my absolute favourite monologues from Star Wars.
“There is a wound that won’t heal at the centre of the galaxy, there is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow. And now it’s here.”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKr...
“There is a wound that won’t heal at the centre of the galaxy, there is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow. And now it’s here.”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TaKr...
Reposted by David William Sheridan
Never has the British legal system
been more blatantly biased
than since it was set up
by the property owning class
to protect their interests
meme via Matt Kennard
been more blatantly biased
than since it was set up
by the property owning class
to protect their interests
meme via Matt Kennard
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Never has the British legal system
been more blatantly biased
than since it was set up
by the property owning class
to protect their interests
meme via Matt Kennard
been more blatantly biased
than since it was set up
by the property owning class
to protect their interests
meme via Matt Kennard
You humans are wrecking a perfectly good planet.
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
You humans are wrecking a perfectly good planet.
And he was SO close to making a breakthrough…
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
And he was SO close to making a breakthrough…
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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There’s a lot to be said for the quiet joy of being satisfied with what you have.
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
There’s a lot to be said for the quiet joy of being satisfied with what you have.
Irish schoolboy humor. I’ve heard versions of this story since I was a lad at my mother’s knee.
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Irish schoolboy humor. I’ve heard versions of this story since I was a lad at my mother’s knee.
Frankepstein.
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Frankepstein.
November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So, did you ever strain yourself sneezing?
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
So, did you ever strain yourself sneezing?
Star Wars, but stormtroopers get eyecare and they all have 20/20 vision: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9bD...
#StarWars
#StarWars
Stormtroopers, but They're ACCURATE
YouTube video by Corridor Digital
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Star Wars, but stormtroopers get eyecare and they all have 20/20 vision: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9bD...
#StarWars
#StarWars
Creating a “new age” starts with reshaping a society’s values — Hitler did it, Stalin did it. Trump and the GOP are working from the same playbook today: intolerance framed as “Christianity,” brutality as “strength.”
#USpol #history #authoritarianism #democracy
#USpol #history #authoritarianism #democracy
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Creating a “new age” starts with reshaping a society’s values — Hitler did it, Stalin did it. Trump and the GOP are working from the same playbook today: intolerance framed as “Christianity,” brutality as “strength.”
#USpol #history #authoritarianism #democracy
#USpol #history #authoritarianism #democracy