Gavin B
@ghostflaneur.bsky.social
Leabharlannaí
Ireland, Canada, Etc.
MLIS and migraines
Ireland, Canada, Etc.
MLIS and migraines
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Exactly this. 👇
Yes. It’s the exact same dynamic in spousal abuse. When the abuser gets wind of the possibility that the abused spouse might leave, the abuser has nothing more to lose and often resort to violence.
We are all the abused spouse in this situation
We are all the abused spouse in this situation
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Exactly this. 👇
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I really, really, REALLY don't like that the concept of Lebensraum is making a comeback in 2025.
DHS’s post suggesting “if you help kick people out of the country you’ll be able to afford housing” is OG Nazism.
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I really, really, REALLY don't like that the concept of Lebensraum is making a comeback in 2025.
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Lowest arts funding in the country despite a tourism industry that relies heavily on the local artists and artisans…. But it’s no problem to find $500k to subsidise Dave flipping Grohl?!? Are you kidding?
#politas #auspol
#politas #auspol
So the Foo Fighters are coming to Tasmania because the government paid $500k to "help facilitate that." I wonder how much "facilitation" will be going on to entice acts to the stadium. To the 40% who so desperately wanted this, you have been conned. #politas
Live: Hobart AFL stadium likely to go ahead after key independent declares her support
Independent MLC Bec Thomas tells ABC Mornings her support for the Hobart stadium is "one of the hardest decisions that I've had to make". The project is now extremely likely to have the required numbe...
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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I don’t need Hillary Clinton to tell me How to Jew Properly any more than I need Donald Trump to tell me How to Jew Properly.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I don’t need Hillary Clinton to tell me How to Jew Properly any more than I need Donald Trump to tell me How to Jew Properly.
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I dislike my coworkers SO MUCH that I just played the chorus from Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime", so it implants in their heads for the rest of the month. MUAAHAHAHAHA
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I dislike my coworkers SO MUCH that I just played the chorus from Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime", so it implants in their heads for the rest of the month. MUAAHAHAHAHA
This morning: silvery sunshine turning the last of the leaves golden red in the hazy light while beyond the mountains are misted with a soft dusting of new fallen snow while fog gently wreathes around the peak.
Me: oh feck off and stop showing off
Me: oh feck off and stop showing off
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This morning: silvery sunshine turning the last of the leaves golden red in the hazy light while beyond the mountains are misted with a soft dusting of new fallen snow while fog gently wreathes around the peak.
Me: oh feck off and stop showing off
Me: oh feck off and stop showing off
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“Must be nice to play video games all day.” I wouldn’t know, man, because making them is very different to playing finished versions for fun.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Must be nice to play video games all day.” I wouldn’t know, man, because making them is very different to playing finished versions for fun.
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"No matter that the overwhelming majority of deaths and incidents on our roads are caused by drivers in ever bigger cars, the single biggest issue seems to always be cyclists running red lights, or how awful it is that money might be spent on making cycling easier, safer, and nicer."
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"No matter that the overwhelming majority of deaths and incidents on our roads are caused by drivers in ever bigger cars, the single biggest issue seems to always be cyclists running red lights, or how awful it is that money might be spent on making cycling easier, safer, and nicer."
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You know what actually impedes emergency services? Rows of parked cars on every street.
In yet another blow for opponents of active travel schemes who claim - almost always without any evidence - that they impede blue light services, a new report finds the majority of Limerick’s protected cycle lanes do not impede ambulances, and in fact some improve access.
road.cc/content/news...
road.cc/content/news...
Majority of new cycle lane projects “maintained or enhanced” ambulance accessibility in city, new report from Irish council finds
The designs “effectively facilitated the movement of emergency vehicles by ensuring adequate carriageway widths and junction radii” while also enhancing pedestrian and cyclist safety, Limerick City Co...
road.cc
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
You know what actually impedes emergency services? Rows of parked cars on every street.
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Do you ever go to the Power Corporation of Canada wikipédia page and just marvel at how fucked up Canada is. How is this a country. The joke that Canada is three resource extraction corps in a trench-coat ... it would be funny if it were a little less real.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Do you ever go to the Power Corporation of Canada wikipédia page and just marvel at how fucked up Canada is. How is this a country. The joke that Canada is three resource extraction corps in a trench-coat ... it would be funny if it were a little less real.
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ICYMI
My interview with Vanessa Fogg about her debut, The House of Illusionists, is up!
"Speculative fiction allows me the distance, the disguise of the metaphorical [...] to write about things that would otherwise be too personal, too vulnerable, for me to write about."
medium.com/interstellar...
"Speculative fiction allows me the distance, the disguise of the metaphorical [...] to write about things that would otherwise be too personal, too vulnerable, for me to write about."
medium.com/interstellar...
The Connecting Image
Interview with Vanessa Fogg, author of The House of Illusionists
medium.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
ICYMI
Patron wanted to donate his collection of The Apprentice DVDs "that everyone could learn from"
Wasn't thrilled when I wasn't excited by this
Wasn't thrilled when I wasn't excited by this
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Patron wanted to donate his collection of The Apprentice DVDs "that everyone could learn from"
Wasn't thrilled when I wasn't excited by this
Wasn't thrilled when I wasn't excited by this
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My favorite algorithm is the books the librarians put out 😍
Libby also has booklists made by librarians. 🤩
Libby also has booklists made by librarians. 🤩
Now "browsing" means Netflix compiles your recent watch history and feeds you more of the exact same thing. Or Amazon analyzes your buy history and gives you a list of 15 books with basically the same title. You rarely stumble upon something new or different by chance. It's eroding our curiosity.
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My favorite algorithm is the books the librarians put out 😍
Libby also has booklists made by librarians. 🤩
Libby also has booklists made by librarians. 🤩
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The results are clear. Painted lanes lead to more cyclists being killed or seriously injured. Cycle tracks (i.e. protected lanes) are much safer and lead to huge increases in cycling.
This is data from Vancouver. Our politicians should stop ignoring it.
This is data from Vancouver. Our politicians should stop ignoring it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The results are clear. Painted lanes lead to more cyclists being killed or seriously injured. Cycle tracks (i.e. protected lanes) are much safer and lead to huge increases in cycling.
This is data from Vancouver. Our politicians should stop ignoring it.
This is data from Vancouver. Our politicians should stop ignoring it.
Noticed the local driving was a bit shit did we?
‘Difficult to keep up’: Vancouver police issue 20 distracted driving tickets in 2 hours
‘Difficult to keep up’: Vancouver police issue 20 distracted driving tickets in 2 hours
Police in Vancouver issued hefty fines to 20 drivers caught using their cell phones during Friday’s rush hour.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Noticed the local driving was a bit shit did we?
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The word surprisingly jars a little
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The word surprisingly jars a little
I do so love how The Discourse reminds me of when I was gifted with the AD+D PhB and DMG and I looked at it with what I can only describe as pure and utter mystification.
(Later, I was informed that it was the game for those who basically could afford to spend all weekend playing, mind you)
(Later, I was informed that it was the game for those who basically could afford to spend all weekend playing, mind you)
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I do so love how The Discourse reminds me of when I was gifted with the AD+D PhB and DMG and I looked at it with what I can only describe as pure and utter mystification.
(Later, I was informed that it was the game for those who basically could afford to spend all weekend playing, mind you)
(Later, I was informed that it was the game for those who basically could afford to spend all weekend playing, mind you)
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Nothing forgotten, is actually quoting Godwin.
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nothing forgotten, is actually quoting Godwin.
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NPC ATTITUDE, RANDOM TOWN ENCOUNTER (roll d%)
01-02 - extremely hostile
03-05 - hostile
06-07 - standoffish
08-10 - wary
11-99 - horny
00 - extremely horny
01-02 - extremely hostile
03-05 - hostile
06-07 - standoffish
08-10 - wary
11-99 - horny
00 - extremely horny
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NPC ATTITUDE, RANDOM TOWN ENCOUNTER (roll d%)
01-02 - extremely hostile
03-05 - hostile
06-07 - standoffish
08-10 - wary
11-99 - horny
00 - extremely horny
01-02 - extremely hostile
03-05 - hostile
06-07 - standoffish
08-10 - wary
11-99 - horny
00 - extremely horny
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ffs, can't even impose racial level restrictions anymore because of woke
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
ffs, can't even impose racial level restrictions anymore because of woke
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Yuppppppppppppppppppppppp
@moryan.bsky.social’s excellent BURN IT DOWN makes me think it’s not just about rehabbing talent but about a desire of some to return to the culture of the bad old days….
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Yuppppppppppppppppppppppp
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Without saying Star Wars, name a science fiction film.
'Flash Gordon'
'Flash Gordon'
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Without saying Star Wars, name a science fiction film.
'Flash Gordon'
'Flash Gordon'
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tired: idiocracy is a documentary from the future
wired: wall-e is a documentary from the future
wired: wall-e is a documentary from the future
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
tired: idiocracy is a documentary from the future
wired: wall-e is a documentary from the future
wired: wall-e is a documentary from the future
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Still one of my favorite interactions from that old site & one of the best compliments I've ever received.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Still one of my favorite interactions from that old site & one of the best compliments I've ever received.