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The public was 100% ready for trans rights just a few years ago. What we’re seeing now is a massive shift in public opinion after a coordinated and expensive propaganda blitz, one that Dems happily ignored. Trans rights aren’t new. We had them for years and everything was cool.

submitted 3 days ago • 42 comments

Halifax narrowly dodged a bike lane pause, but misinformation persists. Today, a Vélo Canada Bikes board member & Dalhousie Prof, @sflkirk.bsky.social in the @halifaxexaminer.ca has the receipts: "Bike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do.": www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/b... #bikehfx

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather “The children refused to disbelieve in the monsters because, frankly, they knew damn well the things were there. But she’d found that they could, very firmly, also believe in the poker.”

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

Two patio beverages of your choice to any Halifax journalist who asks Andy Fillmore the following: 1) Whether he really only read the IMP for the first time last week 2) How he came to change his mind on active transportation from his well-documented previous position to his current one

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

this is incredibly illegal and the cops are out of control this guy should be gone from the force immediately and prosecuted, it’s all on camera

submitted 15 days ago • 37 comments

[space coven] Mary Robinette Kowal: listen up, boys! Kowal: I've got a story for you... the story of the lady astronaut! Kowal: that's right Kowal: a lady wants to be an astronaut Kowal: how about that?!

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

How cyberpunk Run With the Hunted is depends on the narrator, so the first book is kind of Breakfast at Tiffany's meets Ocean's 8 (RWTH pre-dates Ocean's 8) It's also just 99¢ in ebook! books2read.com/runwiththehu...

submitted 203 days ago • 0 comments

You know you can just not use AI, right? You can make a choice not to be part of this. Even if your job uses it, YOU don’t have to in your normal life. You don’t have to let your kids use it. You didn’t have it three years ago. You can just…be on Team Human. You can choose.

submitted 18 days ago • 46 comments

I don’t even bike in this city, and I’m big mad about this. The cost won’t get less by delaying. The bike lanes don’t seem to be holding up traffic where I’ve driven. Bikes connect people to transit options so they can go further, faster. You can’t achieve systemic change this way.

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Glad to amplify @dropkickmurphys.com. I'll stand with you. youtu.be/5BRHuiRyVEE?...

submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

the fact most reports are leaving out that he was killed protecting his husband during a homophobic hate crime where his dead dog's skull was placed in their mailbox as a threat is leaving some important details out i think

submitted 21 days ago • 131 comments

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Unbound is, in fact, in administration, but has not completed winding up. There is an administrator’s proposal that is seeking creditor input — AUTHORS, THAT IS YOU.

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments

headline construction masterclass

submitted 23 days ago • 489 comments

Think of the musician who wrote this song 400 years ago. Think of them writing it down, folding up the paper, putting it away, losing that paper at some point — never knowing that the last time they played it wouldn’t be the last time someone heard their music. Hey buddy. I really like your song.

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

This is a one-night event but is viewable on a livestream (or for two weeks after the performance) and is a fundraiser for a UK trans charity.

submitted 26 days ago • 16 comments

ICYMI! Catch @valerievaldes.bsky.social chat with @sarahgailey.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Love this series! One of my new favorites!

submitted 30 days ago • 6 comments

Looking for some fun reads to while away a Sunday? These are a few of my recent favourites 📚 Don’t be fooled by titles like ‘butcher’, ‘lifeless’, and ‘burning’ (not shown: ‘darkness’ and ‘void’). These tales are often much, much more disturbing - and hopeful - than that. Thanks @premeemohamed.com

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

JK Rowling now has an online form for TERFs who want to sue trans people. Everyone keep a careful eye out to make sure nobody accidentally pastes the Bee Movie script in there. jkrwf.org/check-eligib...

submitted 30 days ago • 37 comments

Halifax urban farm staging comeback after parent organization’s closure #Halifax #NovaScotia www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

“May 20, 2025 (12:20 p.m.) Police investigate bomb threat Police are investigating a bomb threat that was received at Saint Mary’s University today. Police are asking the public to evacuate and avoid the area while responding agencies conduct their investigation…”

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

This is good news. And no, poor families do NOT have to have Netflix to access Sesame Street. Netflix will release episodes to PBS the same day they drop on Netflix, which is significantly better than the prior deal with HBO, which delayed episodes for 9 MONTHS before porting them over to PBS.

submitted 35 days ago • 50 comments

Never shrink your shine 🏳️‍⚧️✨

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Widely covered MIT paper saying AI boosts worker productivity is, in fact, complete bullshit it turns out. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-behind-students-ai-research-paper-11434092?st=sF3Wvo&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

submitted 38 days ago • 34 comments

Gesture a Slim Guide is available with a 30% discount code (AUFLY30) on the global.oup.com/academic website - for the hardcover (and it looks like it works for the very cute softcover too) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

submitted 50 days ago • 4 comments

I started reading Side Quested on tapas after hearing that they actually were paying the creators and I love this webcomic so much I encourage everyone to do it and dare anyone not to fall in love with it.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s arrested after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

submitted 40 days ago • 362 comments

The Oasis in Halifax has booked a white nationalist comedy group for a show this month. Known for making antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-Indigenous, and misogynistic jokes, the group has associations with Diagolon, and numerous white nationalist groups.

submitted 43 days ago • 15 comments

Dear tradcaths: see how easy it is to respect somebody’s chosen name?

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

I will remind Canadians at this time that Australia has preferential voting.

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan. (thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

submitted 53 days ago • 142 comments

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching. Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

submitted 54 days ago • 46 comments

THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics to come.) www.32auctions.com/organization...

submitted 58 days ago • 66 comments