BaskingSnark 🇨🇦
@baskingsnark.bsky.social
🇨🇦, atheist, skeptic, knitter, 🍺 judge. Bird looker. Sciences for a living. Muskox are smaller than you think. She/her, Niagara area.
Cool. I always love to be made to feel unwelcome in the place we built. Hey @bsky.app should all we progressives delete our accounts now, or wait until you make this too a toxic cesspool?
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
The exception is: romance. Romance sales numbers are not permitted to measure importance. When multiauthor romance box sets started to dominate the NYT bestseller list in the early ebook era, they *changed the rules of the list* to exclude them. Sales are what romance gets *instead* of importance.
I will reiterate: Christians in the West evangelize in public for the same reason men catcall. Neither is trying to persuade you; both are reminding you that the public sphere belongs to them and you exist in it at their sufferance.
My very first comics collection is getting reissued next tuesday, on July 28, and if you preorder it (or already preordered it!) you can fill out a form and get a printable PDF of one of my most popular comics! site.andrewsmcmeel.com/birding-is-m...
The anti-regulations factions always say that industries will self-regulate, because otherwise, they face lawsuits. It's a giant lie. This is what happens when you loosen safety regulations. Because this is why the regulations were created in the first place.
Karly Kingsley@karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2w agoHave we ever seen so much food recalled for being contaminated? No. The answer is no.
Perpetual reminder that making fun of "bad" fat people means that "good" fat people are one infraction away from you being an asshole at them about their bodies and it is completely at your whim and mercy. It's not a good look.
The answer to "why does everything suck now" almost ALWAYS goes back to "venture capital." Which goes back to "a lot of people have too much money and don't know what to do with it." Which goes back to: "We need to tax rich people more." It's like it's the solution to 99% of our problems!!
@laperry2.bsky.social · 2w agoJust a quick note - neither of these brands are Canadian. They are both owned by large multinational companies. For truely Canadian spirits, support your local craft distillery!
Heidi n Joe@heidinjoe.bsky.social · 2w agoas for their spirits Canada has much better wines produced across the country , and way better spirits like 40 creek and Crown royal
The fabulous detail of this infographic, for anyone not wearing their glasses.
good article and, crucially, a good list at the end of cookware/kitchenware lines that are still quality (and family owned)
@laperry2.bsky.social · 2w ago
This is why I won’t read your Substack, people.
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd as a commenter welcomes, guess who just welcomed Andrew Tate onboard? Yep, Substack.
For any American who wants to complain about the "Canadian" wildfire smoke - one of our pilots just died fighting a fire in Colorado. There are zero Americans helping here. You're welcome. Now shut up.
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social
For your convenience, the Pride and Prejudice live-posting super-thread 📚
Trung Le Nguyen@trungles.com · 2mo agoSo I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.
I can't breathe the air, I can't eat lettuce, I can't afford gas, and my kids have measles. But at least now our soldiers will have enough testosterone.
The sheer irony of using an AI generated image to share your horror of the current forest fires.....
I keep thinking the US government can't get any stupider, and yet.....
The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121@fightingliberal.bsky.social · 3w agoPete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency US defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’ ...
You know it's an "interesting" wordle when the dictionary weighs in!
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3w agoFWIW, the first known use of the Wordle word today was in 1607.
I do rather feel that they are attempting to set themselves up as sovereign citizens of Catholicism which, like, we already have they're called Protestants you can break away from the Catholic Church and do whatever you want, buddy. be the Henry VIII you wish to see in the world
Meg@marbenais.bsky.social · 3w agoSo that makes me wonder what’s the overlap with the Sovereign Citizen nutjobs
stunning Paris was how this whole mess got started
Pop Crave@popcrave.com · 4w ago‘The Odyssey’ women Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, and Charlize Theron stun in Paris.
WILD DYES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST is already in layout, and we need your help to get it printed! Loads of info about this incredible book is over on the Kickstarter page, and early-bird pricing is available on book pre-orders only for the first week! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
Or 80+ year old father who never in his life lived alone until he had to put his wife of 60 years in a home for dementia dinner, but I guess it's easy to score internet points by scoffing.
