The Broad Majestic Shannon
@shanathalas.bsky.social
Historical Research Consultant/Archaeologist.
Australian-Canadian beverage goblin.
Professional Cassandra.
Interested in sustainable urbanism, housing, birds, and eating the rich. Vancouver, Canada.
Australian-Canadian beverage goblin.
Professional Cassandra.
Interested in sustainable urbanism, housing, birds, and eating the rich. Vancouver, Canada.
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Once more for the people in the back: GenAI is the weapon of the oppressors. You cannot support a progressive message with GenAI images.
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Help the West End Seniors' Network prepare 150 Holiday Gift Baskets for local seniors in need. They are collecting new, unopened items such as warm accessories, large-print puzzles or books, non-perishable treats, and nice toiletries.
To donate, follow this link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
To donate, follow this link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Help the West End Seniors' Network prepare 150 Holiday Gift Baskets for local seniors in need. They are collecting new, unopened items such as warm accessories, large-print puzzles or books, non-perishable treats, and nice toiletries.
To donate, follow this link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
To donate, follow this link: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
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Bluesky has felt sleepy for a while now. I want to encourage everyone to post more. Text is fine, but you know what? People enjoy damn near any picture of something neat. Food, your bike, a cat, whatever. Also, liking is nice, but reposting is what actually helps exposure.
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bluesky has felt sleepy for a while now. I want to encourage everyone to post more. Text is fine, but you know what? People enjoy damn near any picture of something neat. Food, your bike, a cat, whatever. Also, liking is nice, but reposting is what actually helps exposure.
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P.S. THIS ENDS CANADIAN DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW, ACTUALLY.
It’s naked corruption and a decimation of the rule of law:
“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years. “ #cdnpoli
apple.news/Ai261EfiGREW...
“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to grant cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or company from any federal law on the books — except for the Criminal Code — for up to six years. “ #cdnpoli
apple.news/Ai261EfiGREW...
Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers — Toronto Star
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
P.S. THIS ENDS CANADIAN DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW, ACTUALLY.
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Jimmy Fallon: ...so you'll just consume everything.
Artaxias, The Screeching Void From Beyond the Sun: ALL SHALL LIVE WITHIN MY MAW.
Fallon: That's so wild.
Artaxias, The Screeching Void From Beyond the Sun: ALL SHALL LIVE WITHIN MY MAW.
Fallon: That's so wild.
December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jimmy Fallon: ...so you'll just consume everything.
Artaxias, The Screeching Void From Beyond the Sun: ALL SHALL LIVE WITHIN MY MAW.
Fallon: That's so wild.
Artaxias, The Screeching Void From Beyond the Sun: ALL SHALL LIVE WITHIN MY MAW.
Fallon: That's so wild.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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A Statement from UBC's Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
UBC
irshdc.ubc.ca
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A Statement from UBC's Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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Just Six Corporations Remain https://theonion.com/just-six-corporations-remain-1819564741/
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Just Six Corporations Remain https://theonion.com/just-six-corporations-remain-1819564741/
"I'll take 'Graft' for $500 please Alex"
Getting little anecdotes from the contestants on Jeopardy! between rounds
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"I'll take 'Graft' for $500 please Alex"
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Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
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It's enough to make you sick, it really is, but it's a helpful moment to clarify our current moment of global moral collapse
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It's enough to make you sick, it really is, but it's a helpful moment to clarify our current moment of global moral collapse
Holy Hell. They didn't even give Hitler a participation medal at the 1936 Olympic games. FIFA is a such a farce
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Holy Hell. They didn't even give Hitler a participation medal at the 1936 Olympic games. FIFA is a such a farce
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
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welcome to the surveillance state
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
welcome to the surveillance state
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Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-tree protection law? (BC)
Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-tree protection law? - BC News
Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.
www.castanetkamloops.net
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-tree protection law? (BC)
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Over the next six months, The Tyee will be publishing a series of stories on the games and their impact on Vancouver, including the financial, social and cultural costs and benefits of hosting the #FIFAWorldCup.
But first, we answer basic yet critical questions. ⚽️ @tyolsen.bsky.social reports.
But first, we answer basic yet critical questions. ⚽️ @tyolsen.bsky.social reports.
How the World Cup Will Change Vancouver, for Better or Worse | The Tyee
The world’s largest sporting event is coming to BC in 2026. Here’s what you need to know.
thetyee.ca
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Over the next six months, The Tyee will be publishing a series of stories on the games and their impact on Vancouver, including the financial, social and cultural costs and benefits of hosting the #FIFAWorldCup.
But first, we answer basic yet critical questions. ⚽️ @tyolsen.bsky.social reports.
But first, we answer basic yet critical questions. ⚽️ @tyolsen.bsky.social reports.
I have no idea what my Spotify Wrapped is this year as gave that POS the boot last month. Should have done it ages ago.
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I have no idea what my Spotify Wrapped is this year as gave that POS the boot last month. Should have done it ages ago.
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John Rustad is Schroedinger's leader at the moment. He both is, and is not still leading the BC Conservative Party.
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
John Rustad is Schroedinger's leader at the moment. He both is, and is not still leading the BC Conservative Party.
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I miss the days when folks made money by doing something of value.
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I miss the days when folks made money by doing something of value.
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Speak up fur endangered species! Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act would severely weaken our most powerful tool for saving wildlife.
Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Dec. 22
Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Dec. 22
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Speak up fur endangered species! Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act would severely weaken our most powerful tool for saving wildlife.
Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Dec. 22
Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Dec. 22
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all my cat wants from life is to destroy my curtains and scream and I couldn't be more proud
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
all my cat wants from life is to destroy my curtains and scream and I couldn't be more proud