Vivienne
@viviscity.bsky.social
Canadian, total nerd
IDK I’m not that good at the Bluesky game
she/her 🏳️⚧️
🩷💜💙
IDK I’m not that good at the Bluesky game
she/her 🏳️⚧️
🩷💜💙
This downplays things.
Biden increased the debt by 20%, from the start to end of his term
Trumps first term saw a 40% increase over the same time span
Biden increased the debt by 20%, from the start to end of his term
Trumps first term saw a 40% increase over the same time span
August 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This downplays things.
Biden increased the debt by 20%, from the start to end of his term
Trumps first term saw a 40% increase over the same time span
Biden increased the debt by 20%, from the start to end of his term
Trumps first term saw a 40% increase over the same time span
Of J Michael Bailey? Who also has spent a good chunk of his career trying to disprove bisexuality exists? While also taking a pretty ace-phobic stance on how orientation works? And whose most famous book breaches informed consent?
I’m not seeing that comparison
I’m not seeing that comparison
August 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Of J Michael Bailey? Who also has spent a good chunk of his career trying to disprove bisexuality exists? While also taking a pretty ace-phobic stance on how orientation works? And whose most famous book breaches informed consent?
I’m not seeing that comparison
I’m not seeing that comparison
The fact Hirschfeld isn’t the first point both says a lot about the poet and is a real disservice to people’s pop understanding of the history.
August 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The fact Hirschfeld isn’t the first point both says a lot about the poet and is a real disservice to people’s pop understanding of the history.
Dune has remained on my shelf and probably will until after I finish my thesis… at least.
August 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Dune has remained on my shelf and probably will until after I finish my thesis… at least.
That's… an 800 page book. Roughly 8 MA theses or 4 PhD dissertations… And it's just over *half* the median author income (including part-time authors)—and poverty wages at that.
Yikes
Yikes
August 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
That's… an 800 page book. Roughly 8 MA theses or 4 PhD dissertations… And it's just over *half* the median author income (including part-time authors)—and poverty wages at that.
Yikes
Yikes
I did get a poutine on our way out. But it was the bagels we b-lined it for after realizing we had time to go into the city.
August 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I did get a poutine on our way out. But it was the bagels we b-lined it for after realizing we had time to go into the city.
Our last international trip involved a 24 hour layover in Montreal (unplanned) and a week in London. In January.
I do not blame you
I do not blame you
August 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Our last international trip involved a 24 hour layover in Montreal (unplanned) and a week in London. In January.
I do not blame you
I do not blame you
Toronto is about as far north as the north coast of Spain. Further south than all of Washington and half of Oregon.
And yet Toronto claims to be "the north"
And yet Toronto claims to be "the north"
August 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Toronto is about as far north as the north coast of Spain. Further south than all of Washington and half of Oregon.
And yet Toronto claims to be "the north"
And yet Toronto claims to be "the north"
I once sat in a presentation in which a younger gen x guy told the mostly gen x & boomer crowd about how the wisdom saying millennials wanted to live downtown was wrong. His argument rested entirely on the fact that we don't… but didn't look at why.
As if econ & structural barriers weren't an issue
As if econ & structural barriers weren't an issue
August 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I once sat in a presentation in which a younger gen x guy told the mostly gen x & boomer crowd about how the wisdom saying millennials wanted to live downtown was wrong. His argument rested entirely on the fact that we don't… but didn't look at why.
As if econ & structural barriers weren't an issue
As if econ & structural barriers weren't an issue
Yeah, basically you take the output from the pre-amp and treat it like a microphone. I haven’t done it, so that’s the extent of my knowledge.
August 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Yeah, basically you take the output from the pre-amp and treat it like a microphone. I haven’t done it, so that’s the extent of my knowledge.
I definitely fall more in the fantasy side of things, but… the fact there’s no le Guin, let alone classics like Shelley, Verne, and Wells tells me all I need to know. And nothing on the more utopian side?
August 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I definitely fall more in the fantasy side of things, but… the fact there’s no le Guin, let alone classics like Shelley, Verne, and Wells tells me all I need to know. And nothing on the more utopian side?
In other news, one of the algorithms just asked if I'm Jewish. Way to be subtle with the tracking…
August 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In other news, one of the algorithms just asked if I'm Jewish. Way to be subtle with the tracking…
Unfortunately. Which feels like an accessibility issue tbh… Thanks for the focus and the layout options IG but I should still be able to navigate.
August 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Unfortunately. Which feels like an accessibility issue tbh… Thanks for the focus and the layout options IG but I should still be able to navigate.
Sometimes it’s taking a moment to pop up, I’ve had to scroll a bit to get it to pop up…
August 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sometimes it’s taking a moment to pop up, I’ve had to scroll a bit to get it to pop up…
Oh weird! On Sefaria, there’s a little page icon next to the address bar. Clicking on that gives a more focused reading experience—and the bar disappears when you scroll.
Why? Dunno. Not a web design girl 🤷🏻♀️
Why? Dunno. Not a web design girl 🤷🏻♀️
August 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Oh weird! On Sefaria, there’s a little page icon next to the address bar. Clicking on that gives a more focused reading experience—and the bar disappears when you scroll.
Why? Dunno. Not a web design girl 🤷🏻♀️
Why? Dunno. Not a web design girl 🤷🏻♀️
That should probably include single manufacturers contracting out to a bunch of different brands, a la the glasses industry. And I would be remise if I didn’t include owning a union and non-union shop with both submitting bids…
August 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
That should probably include single manufacturers contracting out to a bunch of different brands, a la the glasses industry. And I would be remise if I didn’t include owning a union and non-union shop with both submitting bids…
Don’t make me reflect on the wisdom of bullet journaling and how often I do exactly this…
August 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Don’t make me reflect on the wisdom of bullet journaling and how often I do exactly this…
It’s playing in Edmonton 🤷🏻♀️
Wait, we’re getting something Vancouver isn’t? What is this
Wait, we’re getting something Vancouver isn’t? What is this
July 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It’s playing in Edmonton 🤷🏻♀️
Wait, we’re getting something Vancouver isn’t? What is this
Wait, we’re getting something Vancouver isn’t? What is this