Russell Janzen
@russjan.bsky.social
Sometime thinker, onetime activist, occasional writer, always advocate for social, environmental justice
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It was such a treat to find these gorgeous little green cup mushrooms in the forest this morning. Usually all I can ever find is the bright turquoise mycelia in the rotting wood. Finding the thumbnail size fruiting bodies is pretty rare for me. Their colour is unreal. 🍄🌿
September 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
It was such a treat to find these gorgeous little green cup mushrooms in the forest this morning. Usually all I can ever find is the bright turquoise mycelia in the rotting wood. Finding the thumbnail size fruiting bodies is pretty rare for me. Their colour is unreal. 🍄🌿
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every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.
AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Abruptly Switches Languages Mid-Interview
Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.
www.forbes.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:29 AM
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
Thinking @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social might want to see this
Heart pounding in my ears, I run, the muted sound of webbed feet slapping the pavement behind me. I dive into the car and slam the door, shouting in triumph. Turning the key, I am rewarded with nothing but a single dry click. My blood runs cold. From outside the window, I hear a dark, throaty laugh.
September 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Thinking @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social might want to see this
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So rude! I feel too seen!
September 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
So rude! I feel too seen!
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A friend refers to the "a pedestrian was struck by a car" construction as the "exonerative" tense, and that shall be its name henceforth and hereafter.
September 3, 2026 at 1:17 AM
A friend refers to the "a pedestrian was struck by a car" construction as the "exonerative" tense, and that shall be its name henceforth and hereafter.
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I mean, butter chicken poutine is nice after a drunken night out, I wouldn't call it an unspeakable atrocity
September 1, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I mean, butter chicken poutine is nice after a drunken night out, I wouldn't call it an unspeakable atrocity
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Just passed the most existential door
June 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Just passed the most existential door
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August 29, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness.
They produced NOTHING we still read.
Thinking about that a lot lately.
They produced NOTHING we still read.
Thinking about that a lot lately.
August 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness.
They produced NOTHING we still read.
Thinking about that a lot lately.
They produced NOTHING we still read.
Thinking about that a lot lately.
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ass out
flower ate
this is how i like pollinate
flower ate
this is how i like pollinate
July 17, 2026 at 3:25 AM
ass out
flower ate
this is how i like pollinate
flower ate
this is how i like pollinate
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Twelve metres of museum space
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: Twelve metres of museum space
It is striking that one of the smallest exhibitions at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has generated one of the largest public controversies in the museum’s history. Palestine Uproote...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
July 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Twelve metres of museum space
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
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if there's one conclusion that the study of both labor history and imperialism converge on, it is that the richest people in the world are happy to burn money on control, power, impunity. and the "everything is about profit" version of anti-capitalism does not survive serious contact with either
Adding to this thread: it’s a common mistake (I’ve made it myself, many times) to think of the motivations of the capitalist elites as essentially mercantilist: that is, that they are largely still motivated *entirely* by profit and loss, selling product, etc. This has not been true for a while.
It's still smart for Brin. He's worth $240 billion; this tax could theoretically cost him $12 billion. This is a fraction of that.
But *even if the math didn't work for him*, he'd still do it. He'd spend $20 billion to save $1 billion of it came to that, because the numbers aren't the point.
But *even if the math didn't work for him*, he'd still do it. He'd spend $20 billion to save $1 billion of it came to that, because the numbers aren't the point.
March 20, 2026 at 12:46 AM
if there's one conclusion that the study of both labor history and imperialism converge on, it is that the richest people in the world are happy to burn money on control, power, impunity. and the "everything is about profit" version of anti-capitalism does not survive serious contact with either
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In Vinnytsia, Ukraine, a female stork was widowed when her mate died. She is incubating her eggs & unable to feed herself; local residents have started feeding her: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
May 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
In Vinnytsia, Ukraine, a female stork was widowed when her mate died. She is incubating her eggs & unable to feed herself; local residents have started feeding her: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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Katalin Karikó is one of the most extraordinary scientific stories of this era.
A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide.
In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.
A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide.
In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.
May 21, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Katalin Karikó is one of the most extraordinary scientific stories of this era.
A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide.
In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.
A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide.
In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.
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This is why we need gender based analysis in every conversation.
A corporate data breach or the sharing of voter registry information is annoying for most people but downright lethal for those who must take extreme precaution with their address in order to keep themselves safe.
A corporate data breach or the sharing of voter registry information is annoying for most people but downright lethal for those who must take extreme precaution with their address in order to keep themselves safe.
May 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM
This is why we need gender based analysis in every conversation.
A corporate data breach or the sharing of voter registry information is annoying for most people but downright lethal for those who must take extreme precaution with their address in order to keep themselves safe.
A corporate data breach or the sharing of voter registry information is annoying for most people but downright lethal for those who must take extreme precaution with their address in order to keep themselves safe.
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this is why the anti-trans movement is not some fringe culture war issue. it is fundamentally exterminationist and its current discursive function is to normalize exterminationism by targeting one of the most marginalized and misunderstood groups in our society. it is about mainstreaming genocide
Brianna Wu advocates for the extermination of trans people by engaging in eugenicist selective abortions of fetuses determined to be trans.
April 22, 2026 at 11:41 PM
this is why the anti-trans movement is not some fringe culture war issue. it is fundamentally exterminationist and its current discursive function is to normalize exterminationism by targeting one of the most marginalized and misunderstood groups in our society. it is about mainstreaming genocide
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We need more baby goats 🐐 ♥️
April 18, 2026 at 6:36 PM
We need more baby goats 🐐 ♥️
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A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the acquisition of the former with the same urgency and ruthlessness we use to prevent the acquisition of the latter.
"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."
"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
April 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the acquisition of the former with the same urgency and ruthlessness we use to prevent the acquisition of the latter.
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poems with titles longer than the poem vs poems with a title so tucked and short it feels hardly there at all
March 21, 2026 at 8:37 PM
poems with titles longer than the poem vs poems with a title so tucked and short it feels hardly there at all