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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 8h

The other word for objections to diversity, equity, and inclusion is "racism"

Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 9h

The DEI debate comes to Canada. www.thestar.com/diversity-eq...

Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a

www.thestar.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 16h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 17h

Any #Drupal developers set up a locally-hosted LLM coding assistant? Preferably highly specialized to Drupal, but even some general #PHP.

In theory it would be better results, free (if you have the hardware), less environmentally destructive, and not beholden to the whims of for-profit tech giants.

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Geoff McGhee @geoffmcghee.bsky.social · 3d

Who among us wouldn’t welcome high speed rail even with a reasonable number of zombies

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 1d

I turned on the option for my Pixel Watch to log "body responses" in Fitbit which are supposed to be things like stress or excitement and so far I think about 3/4 of them have been when I am eating. Do I just get that excited about eating, or is this feature not very good?

Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 1d

Seems bad.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

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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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

Give us trains. 🚆

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

General Motors will record a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed. https://to.pbs.org/4n9lQyK

GM takes $1.6 billion hit as incentives for EVs slashed and emission rules eased

General Motors will book a negative impact of $1.6 billion in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed. S

www.pbs.org

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 2d

Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 2d

We don’t speak enough about the actual monetary cost of climate change.

Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 2d

#CostOfClimate #ClimateChange www.weforum.org/stories/2023...

Climate change is costing the world $16 million per hour: study

Climate change costs $16 million per hour in damage, mostly due to extreme weather events. Policymakers should use this data to allocate funds to help countries rebuild.

www.weforum.org

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 2d

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Mad Max Fury Road "that's bait" meme.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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🎃 Scarecrow Baggins 🎃 @nerdobaggins.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, and fuck Christopher Columbus.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 4d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

As we all know, real activists who achieve real things talk about doing federal crimes on public social media all the time

(do not trust anyone who talks about how cool doing federal crimes is on public social media)

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3d

Sign that your 9YO may have two lawyers for parents:

Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?”

9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 3d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 3d

Raptors fans often joked online about Kyle Lowry's big ass. But there was never a nickname being used more often than his actual name in mainstream media based on the fact he has a big ass. I'm not sure the NBA would have ever allowed it.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 3d

I don't know much about baseball but I do appreciate that it's the kind of league where a player can be universally known as Big Dumper.

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Ryan Robinson @ryanrobinson.ca · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"DNS is down again."

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 4d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 4d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 4d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 4d

"The chancellor approved it"

🫧 Spark Elation 🫧 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 4d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“a supply chain attack”

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Isaac (from the Internet) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 5d

just gonna say if you support biblical governance then you should generally oppose a race-baiting leader who is being plagued by frogs

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 3d

As noted in @graphicmatt.com's City Hall Watcher, Chow "asks staff to send every MPP stats about road deaths in their area & to send notifications to every household near a camera location letting them know about the potential safety impacts they could face if/when the cameras are switched off."

a woman wearing a shirt that says run capita

ALT: a woman wearing a shirt that says run capita

media.tenor.com

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3d

most normies are mad at thiel for being incomprensible

we are mad at thiel for not understanding philosophy and theology

Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 3d

I DEEPLY resent that I have to take seriously the stunted, juvenile political and theological opinions of Peter Thiel

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo at Jubilee Mass: “Let us take care to avoid any exploitation of the faith that could lead to labelling those who are different — often the poor — as enemies, ‘lepers’ to be avoided and rejected.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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