scott dagostino
@scottdagostino.ca
Gay Irish-Canadian AuADHD Buddhist journalist.
Chaotic good.
JEDI consultant with Breakfast Culture.
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Chaotic good.
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scott dagostino
@scottdagostino.ca
· Nov 28
I was foolishly invited to a swanky business awards dinner Tuesday night where I mingled with the Great and the Good and found myself chatting with a proud Trump voter. Look at me, all patient and understanding of the other side! Here’s a little thread of my adventure in reasoning 👇🏼
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i said to a friend it was a slow news day and then had to remind myself the president called for the execution of congress members and it’s just crazy how his blood lust has become routine
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
i said to a friend it was a slow news day and then had to remind myself the president called for the execution of congress members and it’s just crazy how his blood lust has become routine
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Google removes a variety of longstanding GMail features if you try to withdraw your default consent (!) to having all your content read and used by Google Gemini via "Smart Features." That's an obvious attempt to coerce consent for privacy violations. Legislatures must act to make this illegal.
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Google removes a variety of longstanding GMail features if you try to withdraw your default consent (!) to having all your content read and used by Google Gemini via "Smart Features." That's an obvious attempt to coerce consent for privacy violations. Legislatures must act to make this illegal.
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Researchers stunned by wolf's use of crab traps to feed.
Captured on video in British Columbia, a wolf completes multiple steps to retrieve a crab trap, sophisticated behavior researchers say marks "the first known potential tool use in wild wolves"
u.afp.com/Shkv
Captured on video in British Columbia, a wolf completes multiple steps to retrieve a crab trap, sophisticated behavior researchers say marks "the first known potential tool use in wild wolves"
u.afp.com/Shkv
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Researchers stunned by wolf's use of crab traps to feed.
Captured on video in British Columbia, a wolf completes multiple steps to retrieve a crab trap, sophisticated behavior researchers say marks "the first known potential tool use in wild wolves"
u.afp.com/Shkv
Captured on video in British Columbia, a wolf completes multiple steps to retrieve a crab trap, sophisticated behavior researchers say marks "the first known potential tool use in wild wolves"
u.afp.com/Shkv
Booze-makers have been flocking to Montreal, you love to see it ❤️
NEW: Today the Siebel Institute—the US' oldest/most prestigious brewing school & a cornerstone of the industry globally—announced its relocation from Chicago to Montreal, citing "[r]ecent regulatory changes in the US [that] have made it much more challenging for many of our international students."
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Booze-makers have been flocking to Montreal, you love to see it ❤️
noooooooooooo
I looked at the JD Vance photo and now I can’t undo that 😭
I looked at the JD Vance photo and now I can’t undo that 😭
a man in a suit and bow tie says " take my memories "
Alt: The Eleventh Doctor says "take my memories"
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
noooooooooooo
I looked at the JD Vance photo and now I can’t undo that 😭
I looked at the JD Vance photo and now I can’t undo that 😭
“Bitter Chrysalis” is such a precise joke in a scene so very melancholy.
PLURIBUS is just firing on all cylinders, what a show 🖤
PLURIBUS is just firing on all cylinders, what a show 🖤
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“Bitter Chrysalis” is such a precise joke in a scene so very melancholy.
PLURIBUS is just firing on all cylinders, what a show 🖤
PLURIBUS is just firing on all cylinders, what a show 🖤
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Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (@mbsycamore.bsky.social) discusses “Terry Dactyl,” her latest novel about a trans woman coming of age in the club world, the art world, and the AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics. (@alexdueben.bsky.social)
The Queer Club Culture Novel We Didn’t Know We Needed - Electric Literature
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s “Terry Dactyl” is an epic of radiant queerness amidst the AIDS crisis and COVID-19 pandemic
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (@mbsycamore.bsky.social) discusses “Terry Dactyl,” her latest novel about a trans woman coming of age in the club world, the art world, and the AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics. (@alexdueben.bsky.social)
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Thanks to everyone @strandbookstore.bsky.social for an incredible event last night, it was everything I could have dreamed of, and more!! To @alexanderchee.bsky.social for the lovely conversation I keep thinking about, all the amazing audience questions, all the writers there, & so many great hugs 💕
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Thanks to everyone @strandbookstore.bsky.social for an incredible event last night, it was everything I could have dreamed of, and more!! To @alexanderchee.bsky.social for the lovely conversation I keep thinking about, all the amazing audience questions, all the writers there, & so many great hugs 💕
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Disneyland in Anaheim has long celebrated Gay Days and they have, in recent, years added a mid-winter fest called "Mini-Gay days." Well, guess what? MAGA cultists have decided they're going to invade the celebration this year.
They just can't stop being assholes.
disneytips.com/trump-takeov...
They just can't stop being assholes.
disneytips.com/trump-takeov...
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Disneyland in Anaheim has long celebrated Gay Days and they have, in recent, years added a mid-winter fest called "Mini-Gay days." Well, guess what? MAGA cultists have decided they're going to invade the celebration this year.
They just can't stop being assholes.
disneytips.com/trump-takeov...
They just can't stop being assholes.
disneytips.com/trump-takeov...
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I spent lots of time chatting with the Nazi bot on Nazi dot com and giving ad revenue to the world’s richest Nazi in order to create these screenshots that you’ll hate. Enjoy
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I spent lots of time chatting with the Nazi bot on Nazi dot com and giving ad revenue to the world’s richest Nazi in order to create these screenshots that you’ll hate. Enjoy
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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The WICKED bullies are out and about, beware! Pissed-off flying monkeys are nicer.
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The WICKED bullies are out and about, beware! Pissed-off flying monkeys are nicer.
Talking about Mel Brooks with a friend today, I remembered how much I adore this photo of him and Anne Bancroft. Relationship goals ❤️❤️
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Talking about Mel Brooks with a friend today, I remembered how much I adore this photo of him and Anne Bancroft. Relationship goals ❤️❤️
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Mr. Prime Minister, I’d appreciate it if you read up on the UAE before you gush about its “peace and harmony” 😡
United Arab Emirates | Human Dignity Trust
The United Arab Emirates criminalises same-sex sexual activity between men and between women. The gender expression of trans people is also criminalised. Sentences include a maximum penalty of death.
www.humandignitytrust.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mr. Prime Minister, I’d appreciate it if you read up on the UAE before you gush about its “peace and harmony” 😡
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I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
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I think these numbers remind us that we need to grapple with whether Twitter gets the amount of attention it does because people use it or because journalists still use it as their assignment editor and as the laziest, most inaccurate “Here’s the word on the street” source on earth.
NEW: YouTube remains king of the social media platforms in @pewresearch.org polling, with 84% of US adults saying they use it. TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit are notable gainers in recent years. Five times more adults use X than Bluesky (21% vs. 4%). www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I think these numbers remind us that we need to grapple with whether Twitter gets the amount of attention it does because people use it or because journalists still use it as their assignment editor and as the laziest, most inaccurate “Here’s the word on the street” source on earth.
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Crave making Canadian shows that can live alongside and complement HBO content should mean it is making shows that HBO Max might acquire in the States - and lo and behold. www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...
Bell Media’s Original Series HEATED RIVALRY Scores Major International Sales Ahead of Premiere, Including HBO Max in the U.S. and Australia - Bell Media
TORONTO (November 19, 2025) – Bell Media’s new hockey romance series HEATED RIVALRY is building significant international sales momentum, with Sphere Abacus securing deals across multiple territories ...
www.bellmedia.ca
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Crave making Canadian shows that can live alongside and complement HBO content should mean it is making shows that HBO Max might acquire in the States - and lo and behold. www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...
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I love stuff like @flaminghydra.com but I gotta be honest with you all: as an old alt-weekly alum I think the culture/essay type stuff is so much better and lands so much harder when it’s grounded in a geographic community
when it’s FOR a place that it loves
I miss the alts so bad
when it’s FOR a place that it loves
I miss the alts so bad
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I love stuff like @flaminghydra.com but I gotta be honest with you all: as an old alt-weekly alum I think the culture/essay type stuff is so much better and lands so much harder when it’s grounded in a geographic community
when it’s FOR a place that it loves
I miss the alts so bad
when it’s FOR a place that it loves
I miss the alts so bad
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My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
*LEAVITT: TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
PREACH 🔥🔥🔥
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
PREACH 🔥🔥🔥
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In case anyone wonders how things are going in The Other Place
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In case anyone wonders how things are going in The Other Place
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social