A Dave you know you know
@notjustdave.bsky.social
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I swear a lot, double space after a period, and use Oxford commas. 1st gen Canadian; Calgary, AB He/him; B.Sc. Geography (geomorph, soils/biogeog, climate); Red Seal Landscaper; husband; cat dad; skier Team Compassion
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notjustdave.bsky.social
I would like more cat pictures, please. Riddle my timeline with them.

Dogs and other pets very much welcome.
#CatSky #DogSky #FerretSky #BeardedDragonSky #SomehowDomesticatedSkunkSky
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faineg.bsky.social
I repeat: these Meta Ray-Ban perverts should be mercilessly and ruthlessly bullied and excluded from society.
chessercat.bsky.social
Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:                            
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms. 

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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bowlerhatscience.org
gonna start carrying around spraypaint for reasons
chessercat.bsky.social
Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:                            
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms. 

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
.
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jennyleeshee.bsky.social
Of course Doug Ford said he wanted to beat up a suspected shoplifter in the Home Depot parking lot.

I'd be grumpy too if my 19-week summer holiday was almost over.

P.S. If you believe Doug Ford was in a Home Depot parking lot, I have some beer to sell you. But it'll cost you more than a buck.
Doug Ford glares menacingly at something off screen. 
It's probably a teacher, a nurse, or a child with autism. The sitting calendar for Queen's Park shows the last sitting day on June 5. The next time MPPs meet is on October 20. That's 19 weeks off, in case you don't feel like counting.
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melissagiragrant.com
we’ve gone so far past “sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine” re: internet freedom, to an internet that’s run off and robbed from all the sex workers in order to replace them with planet-destroying simulations of sex workers
mattburgess1.bsky.social
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
notjustdave.bsky.social
CC: Alberta, where the UCP have made sure Alberta policy is more draconian than the former East Germany.
#AbLeg
vibingvalerie.bsky.social
Posting this short article until morale improves.
WILL GERMAN REUNIFICATION HURT TRANSSEXUAL RIGHTS?
Now that East and West Germany are being united into one country, the laws concerning transsexuals and sex change operations are being re-evaluated. East Germany scores higher on transsexual rights than West Germany, but East Germany's more humane laws may not prevail in the new reunited country. As it stands now in East Germany, men and women 18 years and older have been able to receive govern-ment-sponsored sex reassignment surgery, get married and adopt children. According to Professor Goerlich of East Germany, who spoke at a meeting on the subject in Hamburg, in two cases a transsexual mother gained custody of her adopted children after a divorce. Goerlich plans to fight to retain these more liberal laws in the future Germany.
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verybadllama.bsky.social
The housing crisis has defined people's lives - they've deferred university, turned down job offers and delayed having families because they can't afford the housing they need.

But the real tragedy here is that investors who bought at the top of a bubble might make less money.
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verybadllama.bsky.social
These landlords are not upset about the international student cap - they are upset that they no longer have unlimited access to a vulnerable population of renters who are desperate for housing, do not know local laws or price ranges, and don't yet have local friends to rent with.
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verybadllama.bsky.social
the landlord interviewed in this article is the owner of Granville Hall here in Halifax, a “student accommodation” not affiliated with any university, which charges nearly $1200/month to *share a bedroom* with a stranger
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cait.bsky.social
damn that's so crazy, who is killing them. who is killing all the men
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I am tired of hearing how women are afraid
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Sex / Gender / Dating
If you check statistics, you will find out that men are the main victims of violent crime. Yet we keep hearing how many women are afraid for their safety. All men know you need to take some precautions, and do it. And yet, way too many people pretend men can walk around safely, while women need to be very cautious. Tell that to all the men who get assaulted, and/or killed on the streets.
Such morons are doing a disservice to women and men.
Women feel they are in more danger than they really are, which is stressful. And men are being treated as offenders simply based on their sex. It also prevent society to engage with the real issue of male on male violence as men are allegedly already safe.
It is so hard to check basic statistics?
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diplomatofnight.com
On MSNBC, Kamala Harris was asked if she agreed that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

“I will tell you that when you look at the number of children that have been killed [...] the refusal to give aid, we should all step back and ask this question and be honest about it, yeah.”
Former Vice President Kamala Harris held back from labeling Israel's actions in Gaza a "genocide" on Sunday but said it was an appropriate question.
"A lot of folks in your party have called what's happening in Gaza a genocide. Do you agree with that?" correspondent Eugene Daniels asked Harris during an interview on MSNBC's "The Weekend."
"Listen, it is a term of law that a court will decide," Harris responded. "But I will tell you that when you look at the number of children that have been killed, the number of innocent civilians that have been
killed, the refusal to give aid and support, we should all step back and ask this question and be honest about it, yeah."
notjustdave.bsky.social
One full minute later and it's 551 to 11.
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thatheatherc.bsky.social
This is who they are, believe them.
robsonfletcher.com
"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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napaaqtuk.bsky.social
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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mayawest.online
porn created by consenting adults - bad, immoral

porn created by ripping off unconsenting humans of all ages - fine, great even
mattburgess1.bsky.social
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
notjustdave.bsky.social
PP not only peaked in high school, he has made a herculean effort to make sure that he doesn't learn a god damn thing since then.
clareblackwood.bsky.social
Wake up babe, Pierre Poilievre's on Twitter claiming the Nazis were socialists again
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blueheronfarm.bsky.social
This could explain the entire manosphere
paris.nyc
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
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scotnational.bsky.social
Human remains from the 19th and 20th centuries are set to be repatriated from a Scottish museum to South Africa 🇿🇦

Professor Steph Scholten said: 'The repatriation ... is a small step towards addressing the historical injustices caused by unethical colonial-era practices.'
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phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
This reminds me of something I read recently (paraphrased): Criminals (& the accused) deserve to have their rights protected, because if criminals don't have rights, then you might not have rights either if lawmakers decide that your activities are now a crime. @internethippo.bsky.social
internethippo.bsky.social
Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means
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kashana.blacksky.app
Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”