alterosen
@alterosen.bsky.social
Canadian, library lady, BPALista, she/her
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Girl Guides of Canada say: Be prepared to protect trans rights.
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Congrats to Justin on getting “It is more important than ever that we...get our shit together" as an on-the-record quote from a sitting MLA published by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Here’s my story on John Rustad’s very bad day, why his failures appear to be rooted politics rather than ideology, and what questions the party will have to quickly answer the moment they stop having two leaders
ANALYSIS | Actual leader of the B.C. Conservatives up in the air — and so are their next moves | CBC News
Wednesday was the final day the B.C. legislature was in session for 2025 — and it sure delivered a season finale.
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Congrats to Justin on getting “It is more important than ever that we...get our shit together" as an on-the-record quote from a sitting MLA published by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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this book banning shit is *infuriating* to me, not only as a writer and a human being, but as a parent. I do not give a tiny rat’s ass what you allow or don’t allow your own kids to read. but how fucking dare you decide what MY kid gets to have access to. parent your own kids, you loser weirdos!!!
If you don't want to read a book about a magnificent unicorn who accidentally sits in some paint and feels silly (and then discovers he's still lovable in his mistake), then that's fine. But to ban this book (for 10 years!) to make sure no one else can read it because of the word "heinie"? SMH. 8/
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
this book banning shit is *infuriating* to me, not only as a writer and a human being, but as a parent. I do not give a tiny rat’s ass what you allow or don’t allow your own kids to read. but how fucking dare you decide what MY kid gets to have access to. parent your own kids, you loser weirdos!!!
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There is someone here at the natural history museum using Chat GPT on speaker to ask it questions that are ably answered by the exhibit he is standing in front of: should I kill him y/n
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There is someone here at the natural history museum using Chat GPT on speaker to ask it questions that are ably answered by the exhibit he is standing in front of: should I kill him y/n
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How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
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Your weather for today:
- possible showers
- possible sunbreaks
- everything is possible in an infinite multiverse
- there's another you out there who is piloting a solar space blimp through the cosmos, smuggling bootleg gin & forbidden books
- wear layers
- possible showers
- possible sunbreaks
- everything is possible in an infinite multiverse
- there's another you out there who is piloting a solar space blimp through the cosmos, smuggling bootleg gin & forbidden books
- wear layers
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Your weather for today:
- possible showers
- possible sunbreaks
- everything is possible in an infinite multiverse
- there's another you out there who is piloting a solar space blimp through the cosmos, smuggling bootleg gin & forbidden books
- wear layers
- possible showers
- possible sunbreaks
- everything is possible in an infinite multiverse
- there's another you out there who is piloting a solar space blimp through the cosmos, smuggling bootleg gin & forbidden books
- wear layers
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my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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as a kid I honestly thought that the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was about something that happened in the 1800s, dying in a maritime disaster on Lake Superior just does not seem like the kind of thing that can happen to people who heard Supertramp on the radio
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
as a kid I honestly thought that the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was about something that happened in the 1800s, dying in a maritime disaster on Lake Superior just does not seem like the kind of thing that can happen to people who heard Supertramp on the radio
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Everybody's laughing, but large exododus only do this when they're in extreme distress.
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Everybody's laughing, but large exododus only do this when they're in extreme distress.
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when another labour dispute in British Columbia is solved
(illustration by Indiana Joel)
(illustration by Indiana Joel)
October 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
when another labour dispute in British Columbia is solved
(illustration by Indiana Joel)
(illustration by Indiana Joel)
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i like that if your robbery is sufficiently cool it becomes a heist
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
i like that if your robbery is sufficiently cool it becomes a heist
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JUSTICE FOR CHARLIE BROWN
"One rock? Okay, fine. But every house in the neighborhood? This was obviously a coordinated effort to humiliate our family."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...
A Letter to the Parents that Gave My Son Charlie a Bunch of Rocks for Halloween
Fellow parents, I am so angry and drunk right now that I am shaking. This evening, our young son spent several unsupervised hours trick-or-treating...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
JUSTICE FOR CHARLIE BROWN
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i am friends with and related to a lot of white men and exactly zero of them have had a Nazi phase
we really do not need to normalize Having a Lil Nazi Phase
we really do not need to normalize Having a Lil Nazi Phase
this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!
October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
i am friends with and related to a lot of white men and exactly zero of them have had a Nazi phase
we really do not need to normalize Having a Lil Nazi Phase
we really do not need to normalize Having a Lil Nazi Phase
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The Sylvia, an autumn icon in #Vancouver 🍁🍂
October 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Sylvia, an autumn icon in #Vancouver 🍁🍂
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The Newfoundland and Labrador public libraries continue to make the absolute best free pins that you can just have if you go to borrow a book
October 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Newfoundland and Labrador public libraries continue to make the absolute best free pins that you can just have if you go to borrow a book
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Last year I demanded @avec2accents.bsky.social teach me how to speak French on the drive between Ottawa and Montreal and he was like "Let's start with how to say 'I am a writer,'" and I was like great, and he said "You say JE SUIS PAUVRE" 😭😭😭
"Oh, do you speak French?"
NON
But I used to
Unfortunately after I left school I stopped using it and now I am more like Miss Piggy ("Don't tell anyone, but the only French she knows is from perfume labels")
NON
But I used to
Unfortunately after I left school I stopped using it and now I am more like Miss Piggy ("Don't tell anyone, but the only French she knows is from perfume labels")
October 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Last year I demanded @avec2accents.bsky.social teach me how to speak French on the drive between Ottawa and Montreal and he was like "Let's start with how to say 'I am a writer,'" and I was like great, and he said "You say JE SUIS PAUVRE" 😭😭😭
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Day 2 of drawing a rat every day in October
October 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Day 2 of drawing a rat every day in October
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There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
October 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
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A lot of people treat boycotts like dieting. If you "mess up" once you may as well eat a whole cake.
Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.
Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.
September 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A lot of people treat boycotts like dieting. If you "mess up" once you may as well eat a whole cake.
Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.
Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.
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We apparently have $150 Billion per year to spend on our military, but not $1 Billion to make Canada Post the not for profit service is should be and should have been all along.
September 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We apparently have $150 Billion per year to spend on our military, but not $1 Billion to make Canada Post the not for profit service is should be and should have been all along.
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I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.