Abbey St. Brendan
@abbeystbrendan.bsky.social
Artistic director of a certain amount of miscellany, provider of opinions and silliness. Half fey on my mother's side. abbeystbrendan.com & suspiciouslyconvenient.com
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All of my friends and family are here. My kids are here. My aging parents are here. Why should I leave when it's Republicans who suck?
It's hard to more succinctly sum up 2025 than a heartfelt, serious lament from a targeted minority about whether she needs to uproot her life for safety that also contains a pop culture quote reference.
Despite how selfish it may seem in the face of the world on fire and the mad king trying to provoke WW3 and everything, sometimes... sometimes I just have to cry a little, wishing simply that i could ever have been pretty.
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Despite how selfish it may seem in the face of the world on fire and the mad king trying to provoke WW3 and everything, sometimes... sometimes I just have to cry a little, wishing simply that i could ever have been pretty.
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It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
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I love "older" furries so much it reminds me there is still whimsy in the world. "I'm 46 years old and a squeaky pool toy dog" FUCK yes I'm 42 years old and I love old anime and robot toys. Come to my place we can play Super Mario Kart and chill and maybe get high
January 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I love "older" furries so much it reminds me there is still whimsy in the world. "I'm 46 years old and a squeaky pool toy dog" FUCK yes I'm 42 years old and I love old anime and robot toys. Come to my place we can play Super Mario Kart and chill and maybe get high
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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He didn't think a woman should be able to take a sharp tone with him, so he decided to kill her. Happens every day, but now it's government policy.
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
He didn't think a woman should be able to take a sharp tone with him, so he decided to kill her. Happens every day, but now it's government policy.
"What took you so long" is always bad, because you must *never punish the behavior you want to see*.
Today is an extremely good opportunity to bring people into poI/ice abolition, and saying "we told you so" is counterproductive no matter how badly you want to say it. Take a breath, think strategically, and offer people a welcoming onramp towards organizing. "Yes and," not "what took you so long"
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
"What took you so long" is always bad, because you must *never punish the behavior you want to see*.
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Finally got around to updating my Canada Anti-Trans Risk Map. Here it is:
J’ai finalement eu le temps de mettre à jour ma carte de risque de lois anti-trans au Canada. Le voici:
(Web version TBA | version en ligne à venir)
J’ai finalement eu le temps de mettre à jour ma carte de risque de lois anti-trans au Canada. Le voici:
(Web version TBA | version en ligne à venir)
January 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Finally got around to updating my Canada Anti-Trans Risk Map. Here it is:
J’ai finalement eu le temps de mettre à jour ma carte de risque de lois anti-trans au Canada. Le voici:
(Web version TBA | version en ligne à venir)
J’ai finalement eu le temps de mettre à jour ma carte de risque de lois anti-trans au Canada. Le voici:
(Web version TBA | version en ligne à venir)
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Trans people were not born in the wrong body. They were born in the wrong society.
January 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Trans people were not born in the wrong body. They were born in the wrong society.
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The scope of Trump's campaign to drive trans Americans from public life is vast. On the last day of 2025, Evan Urquhart attempts to capture all of what we lost.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The Year We Lost Everything — Assigned
An authoritarian government, a captured press and cowardice at the head of most major institutions led to a year of losses for trans people’s safety and equality in the US.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The scope of Trump's campaign to drive trans Americans from public life is vast. On the last day of 2025, Evan Urquhart attempts to capture all of what we lost.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
I'd say worse than that. Billionaires aren't corrupt, they're the *corruption*.
Politicians could, theoretically, be not corrupt, could be 'cured'. Billionaires cannot be cured because they are the disease.
Politicians could, theoretically, be not corrupt, could be 'cured'. Billionaires cannot be cured because they are the disease.
AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt — Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt"
December 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'd say worse than that. Billionaires aren't corrupt, they're the *corruption*.
Politicians could, theoretically, be not corrupt, could be 'cured'. Billionaires cannot be cured because they are the disease.
Politicians could, theoretically, be not corrupt, could be 'cured'. Billionaires cannot be cured because they are the disease.
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I want to talk about how junk science ruins innocent lives.
The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE.
If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention.
Let me explain. 🧵/x
The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE.
If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention.
Let me explain. 🧵/x
July 4, 2023 at 3:59 AM
I want to talk about how junk science ruins innocent lives.
The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE.
If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention.
Let me explain. 🧵/x
The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE.
If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention.
Let me explain. 🧵/x
I wonder if this is a subtle way to shut down everything, since in reality nobody in the world actually has "an understanding of how gender dysphoria has arisen" for anyone.
So 'we can't proceed until we know why', on each paytent, forever.
So 'we can't proceed until we know why', on each paytent, forever.
Ew: "Biopsychosocial & complexity assessment should lead to a holistic, individualised formulation for each patient. This formulation should include an understanding of how gender dysphoria has arisen; complexity assessment should not simply be confined to the identification of additional conditions
December 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I wonder if this is a subtle way to shut down everything, since in reality nobody in the world actually has "an understanding of how gender dysphoria has arisen" for anyone.
So 'we can't proceed until we know why', on each paytent, forever.
So 'we can't proceed until we know why', on each paytent, forever.
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The thing where conservatives think they should be able to go to college to teach experts instead of to learn from them shows how coddled they have been by society. We need to stop disrespecting them by shielding them with accommodation; let’s respect their beliefs by releasing them to the effects.
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The thing where conservatives think they should be able to go to college to teach experts instead of to learn from them shows how coddled they have been by society. We need to stop disrespecting them by shielding them with accommodation; let’s respect their beliefs by releasing them to the effects.
This unironically sounds great? Most of the people I know would watch the hell out of this. You're making *me* want to write it. Shit, this might even be the solution to "What would Studio Ghibli mechsploitation look like?"
going to start writing reverse mechsploitation where a severely traumatized pilot & her barely-functional mech find themselves cast aside as used up by the empire that brainwashed them & repurposing their mech into an agricultural tool while the pilot is slowly coaxed to heal by her new community
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This unironically sounds great? Most of the people I know would watch the hell out of this. You're making *me* want to write it. Shit, this might even be the solution to "What would Studio Ghibli mechsploitation look like?"
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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vancouver city council voted in an egregious budget that only benefits millionaires, billionaires, and cops. here's a very simple action we can all take:
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
vancouver city council voted in an egregious budget that only benefits millionaires, billionaires, and cops. here's a very simple action we can all take:
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One of my ongoing frustrations with software engineering as a professional practice is that LLMs were in no way the thing that caused this (though they do exacerbate it). Every company I’ve seen in my career fetishized producing solution-shaped objects for problems they didn’t (care to) understand.
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
One of my ongoing frustrations with software engineering as a professional practice is that LLMs were in no way the thing that caused this (though they do exacerbate it). Every company I’ve seen in my career fetishized producing solution-shaped objects for problems they didn’t (care to) understand.
Rome's got it coming.
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Rome's got it coming.
Ah, another beautiful Christmas in Innsmouth!
🎶 It's beginning to look a lot like fish men...
🎶 It's beginning to look a lot like fish men...
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ah, another beautiful Christmas in Innsmouth!
🎶 It's beginning to look a lot like fish men...
🎶 It's beginning to look a lot like fish men...
... Pretty sure amongst my friends it's me.
we all got that one homie who's drawn in a different art style
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
... Pretty sure amongst my friends it's me.
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Both the dog’s cool confidence and the cat’s bitchiness are hilarious.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Both the dog’s cool confidence and the cat’s bitchiness are hilarious.
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When the great lines of cinema are discussed no one ever brings up Kevin Bacon in Tremors exclaiming, “I found the ass end!” Because in that moment I really BELIEVED he’d located the ass end of a Precambrian life form buried beneath the desert. Like, he and the writer delivered that reality to me.
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When the great lines of cinema are discussed no one ever brings up Kevin Bacon in Tremors exclaiming, “I found the ass end!” Because in that moment I really BELIEVED he’d located the ass end of a Precambrian life form buried beneath the desert. Like, he and the writer delivered that reality to me.