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Curtis
@soccurt.bsky.social
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Overly caffeinated prof in SW Ontario, and probably having another cup of coffee way too late as you read this. Liberal socialist and limitarian politics. Posts my own and do not reflect my employer. He/him. 🏳️‍🌈
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New book day featuring @ebharrington.bsky.social and @ruha9.bsky.social.
A copy of Brooke Harrington's "Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism" and Ruha Benjamin's "Imagination: A Manifesto."
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Today's baking is complete.
A batch of strawberry jam streusel squares cools in a foil lined aluminum baking tray on a cooling rack. Next to the bars is a batch of no-bake chocolate-peanut butter oat cookies in a white, rectangular, plastic container.
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Key dinner ingredient acquired.
A box of Salem Foods freekeh. "Ble vert entier" is whole green wheat in French. The box has pictures of wheat heads next to a bowl of freekeh.
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Christmas baking starts today with...
The header for an America's Test Kitchen recipe for raspberry streusel bars created by Erika Bruce. A picture shows a tempting shortbread style crust covered with a thin layer of raspberries and raspberry jam, and covered with an oaty streusel. The recipe has received 4.5 stars and 49 comments.
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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All aboard the gravy boat.
Linda Belcher, and her sister Gail and son Gene, are singing "Sailors in your mouth, Sailors in your mouth!!" to their family and guests Teddy and Mort.
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Why do you want Alberta to make the same mistakes as Ontario?
A graph from the gridwatch app that shows that Ontario is generating about 41% of its electricity from nuclear, 23% from wind, 22% from hydro, and 13% from methane. In case it's not obvious I'm not actually saying this is a mistake, look at that freaking wind blow.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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What would you have Alberta do instead, go big on solar merely because it's got some of the sunniest locations in Canada?
A map of Canada and the US from the Global Solar Atlas. It shows that much of Alberta is orange, indicating sun shine capable of generating up to 1600 killowatt hours per year per kilowatt peak.
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Oh, so you're not a fan of a refreshing drink?
$6 bottles of asparagus water from Whole Foods, circa 2015. They are clear plastic bottles filled with water and a few asparagus stalks each.
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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That business school is going to be like
It's gnarski's (@lignar) classic tweet, "its always 2 dumb bitches telling each other exactlyyyyyy" edited to "its always 2 dumb LLMs telling each other exactlyyyy"
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Baking pupdate: The kitchen shark has arrived.
Our white shih tzu Smoky sits on a grey kitchen mat. He's waiting for treats, which in this case will be crunchy bits of rutabaga.
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I don't know exactly what it is, but I can guess, and this seems like a smart call.
A Calvin and Hobbes panel where they are turned away. Hobbes asks, "Is it a right to remain ignorant?" Calvin replies, "I don't know, but I refuse to find out."
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Summary of the day.
Two text messages that say "Jesus it was a crazy day in American politics." and "I think I may have a bluesky addiction."
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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High choking risk, low practicality? Aren't you forgetting someone?
A picture of Nintendo's Kirby inhaling the entire Earth.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Working on updating my lectures on sexual assault in Canada after not teaching my sexuality class for quite some time. Looking at the most recent reporting and persecution statistics is just gutting.

Image source: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-62...
Sexual assault cases experience attrition at all stages of the criminal justice system. Attrition refers to the phenomenon whereby, at each stage of the criminal justice process, some cases “drop out” and do not proceed. Fewer cases remain or are retained throughout the entirety of the process. There are many reasons for attrition. For example, police or courts can determine that there is not enough evidence to support charges, or victims may decide to not participate. Sexual assault is a gendered crime. 89% of victims are women and girls. 97% of accused are men and boys. Few (6%) sexual assaults are reported to police. This compares with 36% of physical assaults. Overall, about 1 in 19 sexual assaults that were reported to police led to an accused person being sentenced to custody. For every 1,000 sexual assaults reported to police: 640 did not lead to charges 141 led to charges, but did not go to court 114 went to court, but did not lead to a guilty finding 52 led to a guilty finding, but not to a sentence of custody 52 led to a guilty finding and a sentence of custody For every 1,000 physical assaults reported to police: 499 did not lead to charges 102 led to charges, but did not go to court 209 went to court, but did not lead to a guilty finding 125 led to a guilty finding, but not to a sentence of custody 65 led to a guilty finding and a sentence of custody Attrition levels were below average for sexual assaults that: were classified as more serious by police were perpetrated by a stranger resulted in major injury or had a weapon present took place in an open area or on public transit
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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When I see this, I think of Myrtle from Superstore. (And after they turned her into a computer program, she started glitching.)
Myrtle, an elderly woman, appears on a screen dressed in a blue vest that looks suspiciously like the ones Wal-Mart employees wear, says "Don't worry. I'm in heaven now."
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Artisanal electricity production.
On a lawn covered with patchy snow, in front of a porch with many frost killed vines, three solar panels are set up facing the sun, connected to a Jackery battery.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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So data releases are going to be like this from now on.
Brad, the Powersauce energy bar guy from the Simpsons, says "Powersauce is Amazing!"
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Now reading, fiction edition
A copy of Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin. It shows a lush field with an owl flying overhead.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Christmas baking 2025 begins with new recipe testing. Today's test was a hit: partner made fudgy sesame chocolate oat cookies.
22 fudgy sesame oat cookies sit on parchment paper on a cookie tray on a stove. There are several oily marks from the cookies taken and eaten by me and partner.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I sighed deeply when I first noticed it.
A settings screen for logitech hardware. In the background is a keyboard. In the foreground is a window displayed after clicking on the three sparkle stars icon. The pop up says "Enable AI prompt builder: To use AI prompt builder and access ChatGPT through AI prompt builder, it must be enabled. You can disable it any time in the application settings."
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Maybe he had the same problem as Burns.
Homer, who is wearing a charred chef's uniform, has just served Mr. Burns a breakfast of a bag of Lard Lad donuts and coffee. Mr. Burns says, "Dough-nuts?! I told you I don't like ethnic food."
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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My university had one of those guys (Phillipe Rushton).
First-year psychology students who took Rushton's classes said that he had conducted a survey of students' sexual habits in 1988, asking "such questions as how large their penises are, how many sex partners they have had, and how far they can ejaculate".[50] First-year psychology students at the University of Western Ontario are required "to participate in approved surveys as a condition of their studies. If they choose not to, they must write one research paper. Also, many students feel subtle pressure to participate in order not to offend professors who may later be grading their work. However, if a study is not approved, these requirements do not apply at all."[50] For his failing to tell students they had the option not to participate in his studies without incurring additional work, the university barred Rushton for two years from using students as research subjects. He had tenure at UWO.
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I give you... Elon cake.
A cake decorated with a crude Bart Simpson. The cake reads "eat pant"
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Did Women ruin the workplace
Linda Belcher is behind the restaurant counter appearing to dance. Behind her, in the restaurant's kitchen, is her husband Bob, looking at her somewhat dubiously.
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Now reading.
"The Big Myth: How American Business Taught us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market," by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, published by Bloombury.
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM