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Hark an oil sands memoir

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Biked over to West Van earlier, and just dropped the average net worth by my mere presence :D

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reminder to Americans that North of North is now on Netflix and you should show it some love so it does numbers, and so CBC can make more shows like it.

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These people only care about the issues of posterity when it comes to having an indentured work force to take care of them as they age and protect the economy they’ve invested in. Raise the issue of any other can kicking or future safety and they could give a fuck. Birth future workers only.

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I think people realized it was mostly a substance-free costume party for which the visionaries were unable to articulate any true use beyond yet more ad revenue and crypto scams.

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We 'ave zis in Ireland too

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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

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dollars to donuts, there was a Big Meeting and Someone Important said that "AI is the future" and that [Insert Library System here] needs to embrace it. Then there was a smaller meeting wherein the boss told the lackeys that AI use was now a KPI. Doing more with less, folks.

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…just as every other survey and experiment has found for decades. The “problem” with UBI is that greedy rich fucks want captive victims and UBI causes supplies of those to plummet.

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Imagine how deeply pathetic your life has to be to cheer for canceled library funding. We might be hurting right now, but at least we aren't them.

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shit, sorry Ingersoll.

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I would say I’m amazed that the “cancel culture” and “free speech warrior” variety of dipshit seeming to disappear is a shock, but it’s not, because a whole lot of us said those fucking turd nuggets never cared about either free expression or intellectual exploration. Where are the “questions” now?

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"“We started developing a class called ‘Community Defense and Care’ after Drag Queen Story Hour readings across libraries in Queens started to attract increasingly vocal and aggressive opposition from right-wing extremists,” says Lowry." From 2023. 📚 www.slj.com/story/newsfe...

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I present to you a transit system that has done the amazing feat of making Dublin Bus look good.

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End of week crash out and migraine extravaganza. Check.

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Bleedin' banjaxed

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"free speech absolutism"

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Nap time?

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they really, really need to get lives.

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Even the real life Poilievre looks like an AI generated image of "Man who rubs your left flap vigorously then asks if you've came". I am begging him and his simps to explain what they think "Woke" even means but that would require they think on their own and they are only capable of parroting.

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Dafuq

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Even if, indeed, there is trouble ahead.

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Review: The Canadian version of Trumpism: derivative, unevenly written, and with lower production values; but faithful enough that you can tell the original sucked

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Was talking with a friend of mine about common sense and how “common sense” is not that common and it’s just used as an excuse to throw people under the bus and defend people’s harsh actions because the victim should just “know that already”.

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Hedge schools 21st century style.

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So, next time someone suggests running the government like a startup, wonder aloud: "so bought out in three years or bankrupt in five?"

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one of the towns adjoining the one where i work is on the brink of losing its library altogether. the residents voted down a tax override to cover its budget shortfall. part of what is so infuriating about situations like this is that libraries are just a drop in the public budgetary bucket. 📚

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ah one, ah two, ah three... oh... Did you keep a watch for the dead man's wind? Did you see the woman with the comb in her hand? Wailing away on the wall on the strand As you danced to the Turkish song of the damned I give you the Thursday morning gift of an earworm

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"Their duties focused on responding to drug poisonings but they also helped educate business owners, pick up needles & refer people to services." This is exactly the type of program Vancouver needs as well. To "educate business owners" I would add "and the public".

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Black women in America being victimized and unprotected is an unfortunate long standing American tradition.

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executive micromanagement + minimal support staff means the things we're there to do don't get done

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" If you don’t have a foundational understanding of the world or a content area, you don’t know that what generative AI produces can often be wrong. Its results simply sound right." ~Ruth from Part 1 of our conversation about AI in Academic Libraries 📚 crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

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The Exile's Lament, from my favorite book in the world, specifically because I found the perfect font #KushielsDart

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"Facts don't care about your feelings." Unless, you know, those facts are deeply rooted in science and say things you don't like because you feel different. The USA is ending funding for climate change science, including prediction models. www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

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Is there some reason the roads were alive with people speeding in Land Rovers and Jeeps? Sloan Ranger (PNW Edition) tosser-a-thon?

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I'm a huge pain in the arse. I'm moody, grouchy and snarky and I've had the emotional shit kicked out of me for a decade and a bit. The results are a bit rubbish.

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It's a collective noun for a group of white men

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Apropos of not much, Silvio Berlusconi swept to power promising an end to government corruption, fraud and waste

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Aww, this is too cute not to repost. :3

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Friday Afternoon teas are wonderful, I strongly recommend!

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A woman just walked in, looked at me, mouthed "oh my god, it's you" waved excitedly and left. I have no clue who this person is.

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Further PROOF we actually didn’t talk about slavery enough.

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