beentsy
@beentsy.bsky.social
I love books, yarn, beasties, movies, and pop culture. Left coast of Canada and so liberal I'm almost a communist, kidding, but definitely a socialist. 🇨🇦🍁🧶🐾
Ummm, those of you with large yarn stashes...what do we think of this as a storage solution? 😁🧶
alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21h agoi don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
I finally did it. On the train I said out loud "damn, someone's headphones aren't connected" and they stopped playing their music out loud.
I wanted to share a few of the beautiful (and perfectly fitting) sweaters our Sweater Society knitters have created over the past year. 🥰 We’ll soon be reopening for another year. Get notified here: stolenstitches.com/products/swe...
Covering AI slop flyers advertising rental scams with something better.
He is basically Anthony Hopkins (playing Kellog) in this scene www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMKu...
The Road to Wellville - your stool sir, is pathetic
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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 23h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Like, Lloyd was there my entire life. This makes me a very sad Canadian.
Unofficial CTV News Mirror@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 18h ago#BREAKING: Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...
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I don’t think the church alone can eliminate stigma because it’s still in the mainstream culture. But part of what the church can do is to stop buying into some of the wider culture’s tendencies to value productivity, image, performance, and “success”. gracek.substack.com/p/book-inter...
Book Interview with Jean Neely: Christ in the Abyss
Books help us in so many ways.
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Caroline Goldsmith@goldcaro.bsky.social · 2d agoFinished this today - inhaled in two days - and cannot recommend enough. Rumbling around my brain are questions about addiction, masculinity, societal expectations, mental health care and - you know - the general state of it all. Steel yourself and get ‘Keshed’ by @stuhennigan.bsky.social
Reading Emma for the first time. My goodness, Mrs. Elton certainly sets my teeth on edge. Well done by, Ms. Austen.
Dear 🇨🇦 As we saw with the Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto, this government actually listens to the ppl. So now they want to know what you want from AI! So be loud & proud 🇨🇦 voice your concerns, instead of screaming at the sky.... fill in the survey! #BuyCanadian 🇨🇦 #BoycottUSA 🇺🇸/🇮🇱
SoundsKugle 🐝🌅@soundskugle.bsky.social · 3d agoReminder to fellow 🇨🇦ians that we can currently have a say on #AI ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en... #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📢
A short-notice media briefing on the British Columbia fire situation is being held right now. Will try to sum up some of what we hear in a bit of a thread.
I came across what I think is my first slime mould yesterday in the park. It's so cool! And now I guess I'm now a person who gets excited about things like slime moulds. So that's cool.
“Sandwich guy case” “Harvard clawed frog embryo smuggling case” “Olympic canoeist reflecting pool vandalism case” “James Comey seashells Instagram post case” New rule: If the case sounds like a Mad Libs story, it’s probably about to implode.
This is gorgeous. I want yarn that exact colour of orange and beautiful light.
womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4d agoLeah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt #Sunday
Don't forget that Audible is owned by Amazon and you should use @libro.fm instead, which allows you to support an indie bookstore in the process
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
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$75 for a drawing of any cat (YOUR cat, friend's cat, imaginary cat) reading any book (YOUR book, their book, a favorite read) You get a digital illustration file you can use to make stickers, bookmarks, posters, etc. — DM for info see previously drawn reading cats: www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
Right? I would pay (as my mother would say) buckshee money for a no ai computer environment. Email, browser, pdf reader, all of it. I'd subscribe for heaven's sake and I effing hate all this subscription nickle and dining.
Fred Coppersmith@unrealfred.bsky.social · 6d agoThere is so much money to be made by the companies unafraid to run very far away from generative AI.
There is so much money to be made by the companies unafraid to run very far away from generative AI.
