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Creator, Pages Past, a podcast where your favourite people revisit their old favourite books. Editor, college instructor, library lurker, luddite. Opinions mine. Torontonian. Listen: https://pod.link/1753505445 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PagesPast

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Latest posts by genna.bsky.social on Bluesky

one thing I don't like is a podcast with a steady regular cast that brings on a guest. like ... that's not my real mom

31.10.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

unfortunately loves it

31.10.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

welcome!!!!!!

31.10.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@ Ira Glass I can't wait for Giant Pool of Money 2

31.10.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

pre-nominating Giant Pool of Money 2 for Peabody awards rn

31.10.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
you just lost the game

you just lost the game

dat boy

dat boy

charlie the unicorn says you took my kidney

charlie the unicorn says you took my kidney

powerthirst man milk meme

powerthirst man milk meme

millennials panicking about Gen Alpha brainrot ... I fear we are losing recipes

31.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

WHY was he so rude about it. it was "acceptable" -- it definitely fit the brief. no need to be MEAN

31.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it REALLY hurt that he went home for lack of knowledge about a niche custard subtype. If it's possible to save yourself with a showstopper, that should have done it!

31.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it ain't over til it's over! anything can happen on the day!

31.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot believe how nasty these prescription dog treats smell lol. I need an anti-nausea prescription to deal with them

31.10.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country. The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive β€œmedical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a β€œsocietal norm” ...

South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.

That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

26.10.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2106    πŸ” 1042    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 101

(not that they're not getting harassed here, but skilled immigrants from the Global South area literally carrying the GTA economy on their shoulders)

31.10.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
well give me some flork of crows meme -- drawn carton man with empty plate

well give me some flork of crows meme -- drawn carton man with empty plate

Canada looking at skilled immigrants who are getting harassed and marginalized in the U.S. and U.K.:

31.10.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

they remind him of the couch 😍

31.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

girl STAND UP

31.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Usha Vance Wario arc, take down the next admin from the inside with your knowledge of weak points. AO3 get on this right now

31.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the upside is I tell them MY age and they act like they're falling down dead SHOCKED that someone in their late 30s is still alive and walking around. great ego boost if you don't think about it too hard!

31.10.2025 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they're getting preventative botox marketed to them at 23 and this is the result tbh

31.10.2025 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's definitely a thing among a subset of the particularly brainrotted, but it's a thing. I recently saw someone get complimented that they "look good for their age" (28). someone IRL I know was denigrating their girlfriend for going to a bar when she's "pushing 30." men get called "unc" by 25

31.10.2025 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

one thing about bluesky is that it is the home of the ugly bespoke Gen X meme revival

31.10.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yes. although this generation has hang-ups about age that are unimaginable to us (i.e. there was a violent discourse on tiktok last week about whether 25 is too old to go to a certain artist's concert)

31.10.2025 05:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

update: very few of them said over 30. many said something like people "all the way up to their 30s" buy certain products (like books). where are they getting this (I know where they're getting it)

31.10.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

rite of passage in near-middle-age: When people you haven't seen in a while look noticeably thinner, your first thought is cancer

31.10.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
@jon_snow_420
god: i have made Mankind angels: you fucked up a perfectly good monkey is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

18:54 β€’ 28 Oct 15

@jon_snow_420 god: i have made Mankind angels: you fucked up a perfectly good monkey is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety 18:54 β€’ 28 Oct 15

just shared this in a group and realised it’s the anniversary of this absolute s tier tweet by @jon-snow-420.bsky.social

28.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1264    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 16

not only was I annoying, I'll do it again

31.10.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this feels like 500 years ago

31.10.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I get them on a spirtual level. I am the dead centre of the millennial generation but at heart I believe I am gen z. I love how they say "you're so funny please don't go bald"

31.10.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am grading assignments where communications students have to determine audiences for their work, and NOT A SINGLE ONE has included anyone over 40. I love you kids but we don't just crumble into dust at this age

31.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

this video was SO fun (and such a novelty; dan and phil record indoors in front of their computer 90%+ of the time). we need to needle them to do a series visiting National Trust sites!

31.10.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Equal Pay Public Service Announcement from 1972 styled after the Batman TV series. Burt Ward and Yvonne Craig reprised their roles Robin and Batgirl, respectively. However, Dick Gautier assumed the role of Batman because Adam West was, at the time, trying to distance himself from the role.

30.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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