Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦
@sschwinghamer.bsky.social
Inadequate cat servant. Husband. Dad. Historian of #CdnImm. Public & oral history. Museums. Bikes. PhD candidate (Hist) @ Carleton. Kjipuktuk / Hfx.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Readers aren't interested in context. We know this because our AI editor says so.
Just a little restful moment. Mindfulness and contemplation. Stillness, even.
a man with a beard is touching another man 's face and says shhhh
Alt: a man with a beard is touching another man 's face and says shhhh
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November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just a little restful moment. Mindfulness and contemplation. Stillness, even.
Also
"Correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job."
(I hope every historian of labour and race doesn't die laughing.)
Congratulations, techbros. You've discovered structural and systemic bias! Now if only you were smart enough to recognize it, instead of reinforcing it...
"Correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job."
(I hope every historian of labour and race doesn't die laughing.)
Congratulations, techbros. You've discovered structural and systemic bias! Now if only you were smart enough to recognize it, instead of reinforcing it...
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Also
"Correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job."
(I hope every historian of labour and race doesn't die laughing.)
Congratulations, techbros. You've discovered structural and systemic bias! Now if only you were smart enough to recognize it, instead of reinforcing it...
"Correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job."
(I hope every historian of labour and race doesn't die laughing.)
Congratulations, techbros. You've discovered structural and systemic bias! Now if only you were smart enough to recognize it, instead of reinforcing it...
I don't think I've ever waited longer than maybe a month to see a specialist, and that was not urgent. I needed a CAT scan recently to check a lung result, and I got that three days after it was recommended.
I hear wait time horror stories, but...🤷♂️
Not me.
I hear wait time horror stories, but...🤷♂️
Not me.
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I don't think I've ever waited longer than maybe a month to see a specialist, and that was not urgent. I needed a CAT scan recently to check a lung result, and I got that three days after it was recommended.
I hear wait time horror stories, but...🤷♂️
Not me.
I hear wait time horror stories, but...🤷♂️
Not me.
In fairness, RFK Jr has only promoted the use of beef tallow instead of other oils, not actually drinking it... yet.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
America Stopped Cooking with Tallow for a Reason
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s view on fats is about bucking convention, not promoting health.
www.theatlantic.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
In fairness, RFK Jr has only promoted the use of beef tallow instead of other oils, not actually drinking it... yet.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Even if they don't, Americans are supposed to believe these companies will give individuals better rates than groups of thousands of clients whose care is directed by law and federal regulation?
Oh yes, you're going to be MUCH better off on your own in an unregulated marketplace with a tiny cheque.
Oh yes, you're going to be MUCH better off on your own in an unregulated marketplace with a tiny cheque.
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Even if they don't, Americans are supposed to believe these companies will give individuals better rates than groups of thousands of clients whose care is directed by law and federal regulation?
Oh yes, you're going to be MUCH better off on your own in an unregulated marketplace with a tiny cheque.
Oh yes, you're going to be MUCH better off on your own in an unregulated marketplace with a tiny cheque.
I would shock the conscience of the Bluesky moderation team with the things I would do for an edit button
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I would shock the conscience of the Bluesky moderation team with the things I would do for an edit button
(I, uh, made that up. Sorry.)
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
(I, uh, made that up. Sorry.)
"Trees are for mature taxpayers only! If we put them near schools the children will want to be trees and then how many genders will there be?!"
*faints across the Mayor's desk*
*faints across the Mayor's desk*
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Trees are for mature taxpayers only! If we put them near schools the children will want to be trees and then how many genders will there be?!"
*faints across the Mayor's desk*
*faints across the Mayor's desk*
How could the present EVER become historical?!
Really, the very idea.
Really, the very idea.
a black and white photo of a man with glasses and a scarf
Alt: A man huffs and sputters. His hair drowned in beef tallow and his ascot has turned into a runaway affair that threatens to overwhelm his shirt. His eyes are wide behind small round-rimmed glasses and one can smell the astringents and mustiness through the black and white image.
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
How could the present EVER become historical?!
Really, the very idea.
Really, the very idea.