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susanbrazier.bsky.social
Canadian, technical Brit, Environment Canada, mother of two, reader, runner, Spanish-learner, AVFC fan, hater of bios
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Yup - Everyone I knew read this book at *way* too young an age.

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Too much Main Char Syndrome combined with (and fueled by!) too many people who have ceased interacting with the real world in any meaningful way. Not eager to see anyone suffer, eager to see people understand that this is not just entertainment and words on social media. It's real life.

submitted 17 hours ago • 5 comments

It’s the thought of a strengthened Europe (hopefully Europe+) that keeps me from losing my mind these days. Good article.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Love every word - except maybe the bit about gravy stains :).

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Qatar 2022 was a human catastrophe, and Saudi Arabia 2034 will be worse. Yet it is so far away that attention fatigue will set in. Suffering will be trivialised, brutality normalised. This is what those inflicting it are hoping for. Thus why they must be fought all of the way.

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

Dear lord, FIFA really is appalling.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

A fascinating read. Not least because taking a trip via container ship has long been on my bucket list.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Please can you help @hellenicsociety.bsky.social. They have left X 🥳 and would like to be added to relevant starter packs. Give them a follow. And please reskeet!

submitted 35 days ago • 6 comments

quite a spicy column in this week's newsletter, on the politics of telling people that their lives need to get worse: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-things...

submitted 48 days ago • 46 comments

It's rare for the US press to notice events in central Africa, so hats off to James North for highlighting the crisis in Eastern DRC and the Apple lawsuit. www.truthdig.com/articles/the...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

I have a new role model. She is St. Margaret of Antioch, martyred at 15 in 304. She was swallowed alive by Satan in the guise of a dragon, vomited back out, and also killed a demon with a hammer. Before having her head cut off for refusing to renounce Christ. Badass.

submitted 80 days ago • 31 comments

There’s a weird (terrible) component of modern life that things can’t be *left alone*. If a tool fulfills its purpose, it doesn’t need to be innovated or re-imagined or upended. It can just do the job people want it to do. (And yes, I know the answer is “capitalism”.)

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Remember, it's always gradually and then suddenly.

submitted 82 days ago • 9 comments

Partial counterpoint (not on Assad; Assad is terrible): the decision to *set* a redline in the absence of the political will to enforce it was the problem. More broadly, the mistake, shared by both Bush and Obama, was to get involved in the region w/o the political will to see anything through.

submitted 82 days ago • 5 comments

Yes, ridiculously late, not frequent enough, etc, etc, but the idea of being able to take the train to the airport, like in big boy and girl cities, is great.

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submitted 84 days ago • 10 comments

Punters, do please take note. And on behalf of myself and so many of my friends who are pro, semi-pro, or starting out musicians I say thanks for your support. 🙏 Say what you will about my fellow musicians, you cannot say they are overpaid. 😳🎻🎸🪕

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 85 days ago • 79 comments