Brona
@mostlydelores.bsky.social
She/her. Ottawa 🏳️🌈🇨🇦Get vaccinated. Wear your mask. Tax the rich until they squeal. Profile pic is one of my three dogs.
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This is very cool - my podcast won best TV & Film podcast at the Canadian Podcast Awards this week! Huge thanks to my wonderful friend and cohost @jocelyngeddie.bsky.social ❤️ and to everyone who listens to/watches/supports us.
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is very cool - my podcast won best TV & Film podcast at the Canadian Podcast Awards this week! Huge thanks to my wonderful friend and cohost @jocelyngeddie.bsky.social ❤️ and to everyone who listens to/watches/supports us.
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It is the exact hill to die on. Even if a person were completely self-absorbed, it would still be the hill to die on. Because civil rights are civil rights and Republicans are trying to use this issue to make Dems look weak and distract from the fact that the Republican Party protects pedophiles.
Sorry but this is just not the hill to die on at the moment. Pro-trans rights here but come on guys…
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It is the exact hill to die on. Even if a person were completely self-absorbed, it would still be the hill to die on. Because civil rights are civil rights and Republicans are trying to use this issue to make Dems look weak and distract from the fact that the Republican Party protects pedophiles.
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Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Absolute bullshit, and authors, if Harlequin has your foreign rights, you should also complain.
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Interesting how I haven’t seen a single person who tried to whitewash MTG’s violent history and claim she’s “coming around to our side now” speak a single word about her latest anti-trans bill.
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Interesting how I haven’t seen a single person who tried to whitewash MTG’s violent history and claim she’s “coming around to our side now” speak a single word about her latest anti-trans bill.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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one upside of trump insisting on a "presidential address" is it interrupted programming on every major broadcast network. so a whole bunch of normies who only see sanitized versions of
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
December 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
one upside of trump insisting on a "presidential address" is it interrupted programming on every major broadcast network. so a whole bunch of normies who only see sanitized versions of
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
him were treated to live video of a rabid fucking hyena behind the presidential seal.
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Without Harvard Law and Yale Law, I don't know if we'd have gotten this particular wave of fascism when we got it in the US.
There is a history book to be written about the role of Harvard Law and Yale Law in the creation of this authoritarian moment in America.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear
Trump’s former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Without Harvard Law and Yale Law, I don't know if we'd have gotten this particular wave of fascism when we got it in the US.
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he doesn’t and the most likely outcome of this is that it doesn’t happen
How does the president have independent authority to mail out Christmas bonuses?
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
he doesn’t and the most likely outcome of this is that it doesn’t happen
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I'm at that stage of work where you go 'Tee hee, I can put this off until January, which is several years away. I'm so clever!'
December 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I'm at that stage of work where you go 'Tee hee, I can put this off until January, which is several years away. I'm so clever!'
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If I were running for president I'd mention in every speech and debate that I intend to seize every asset owned by the Trump family and use it on restarting USAID and immigrant/asylum-seeker protection and naturalization programs, just to see if I can make that fucker so mad his head pops.
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If I were running for president I'd mention in every speech and debate that I intend to seize every asset owned by the Trump family and use it on restarting USAID and immigrant/asylum-seeker protection and naturalization programs, just to see if I can make that fucker so mad his head pops.
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Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!
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Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
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Fuck the three Democrats who were the difference on this passing and especially fuck the Democratic leaders who made no effort to whip them into line and who will do nothing to punish them after the fact. I will never support a party who cannot pass the most basic tests of human decency.
Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Fuck the three Democrats who were the difference on this passing and especially fuck the Democratic leaders who made no effort to whip them into line and who will do nothing to punish them after the fact. I will never support a party who cannot pass the most basic tests of human decency.
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it is terrifying and awful that this passed the House with any Dem support at all (and once again, the continued leadership support for Cuellar is unconscionable)
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
clerk.house.gov
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
it is terrifying and awful that this passed the House with any Dem support at all (and once again, the continued leadership support for Cuellar is unconscionable)
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
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Ronald Reagan's White House, while officially ignoring and dismissing the AIDS pandemic at a policy level, held a press conference where they *actively laughed about people dying of AIDS* at a personal level — while thousands were dying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAzD...
December 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Ronald Reagan's White House, while officially ignoring and dismissing the AIDS pandemic at a policy level, held a press conference where they *actively laughed about people dying of AIDS* at a personal level — while thousands were dying. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAzD...
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7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
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as a longtime Firefox user, I guess I understand why the desperate megacorps who sunk billions into AI are still frantically trying to make us choke on it by jamming it in everywhere uninvited, but I'm surprised anyone new is still pivoting to AI. guys do you really not feel the crash a-comin'?
December 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
as a longtime Firefox user, I guess I understand why the desperate megacorps who sunk billions into AI are still frantically trying to make us choke on it by jamming it in everywhere uninvited, but I'm surprised anyone new is still pivoting to AI. guys do you really not feel the crash a-comin'?
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For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
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every article about Elon that doesn’t start with the fact that he starved thousands of children to death is malpractice
this man should not be walking around free let alone as a respectable member of society
this man should not be walking around free let alone as a respectable member of society
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
every article about Elon that doesn’t start with the fact that he starved thousands of children to death is malpractice
this man should not be walking around free let alone as a respectable member of society
this man should not be walking around free let alone as a respectable member of society
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I'm not sure I've ever seen anything with a larger disconnect between the executive class and the general public than AI - there have been cases where executives want to push something they know is unpopular, but on AI it's like the backlash hasn't penetrated their bubble at all
What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like
December 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm not sure I've ever seen anything with a larger disconnect between the executive class and the general public than AI - there have been cases where executives want to push something they know is unpopular, but on AI it's like the backlash hasn't penetrated their bubble at all
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I have heard from Canadians who don't plan on visiting for the next five years. Five years!
Canadian travel to the US is down 40% in the last year, which tracks. But Canadians are still traveling.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/cons...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/cons...
Travel to the U.S. down 40 per cent over last year: Flight Centre
Many Canadians are continuing to avoid travel to the United States due to trade tensions, tariffs and other economic factors.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I have heard from Canadians who don't plan on visiting for the next five years. Five years!
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I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
prospect.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I remember writing years ago about a then-new initiative by Amazon to disrupt local government procurement of things like office and school supplies. Turns out Amazon's become very popular with school districts, and it's using dynamic pricing to rip those schools off.
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
prospect.org/2025/12/17/a...
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Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
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So what's the best non-"A.i." browser alternative to Firefox for the Mac?
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So what's the best non-"A.i." browser alternative to Firefox for the Mac?
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🎵🎶Nationalize them...🎶🎵
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
🎵🎶Nationalize them...🎶🎵