venetus.bsky.social

venetus.bsky.social

@venetus.bsky.social

“The ceremony of innocence is drowned; the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” - WB Yeats

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I missed the detail that Mark Carney ditched the luxury tax on private jets, yachts, and vehicles over $100,000 in the budget, though I also can’t say I’m surprised. The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.

cbc.caHere's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC NewsTuesday's federal budget  offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...

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Dear tech companies: Stop offering AI solutions that will do the thinking and creating for me. Thinking and creating aren't the obstacles to my goal... they're the whole point of why I wanted to do it in the first place.

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Excited to be teaching a new seminar on "Order and Anarchy in Twelfth-Century England" in January 2025. I'll be posting some of the illuminations I'll be using in the class to Bluesky. This one's interesting (to me, at least). For more info, see the Alt text.

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Women couldn't be outlawed in 13th-century England because they were never put in law. Instead, women accused of crimes were ordered to be waived if they failed to appear at trial. The consequence of waivery was the same as outlawry's: execution (often immediately and without trial). 🧵1/4

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I am angry at the lack of social housing in my city, in my province, and in my country. I am angry at the lack of mental health services in my city, in my province and in my country. I am angry at the lack of supportive housing supports and lack of public toilets so even when I want to use a

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When legal cases begin like a joke: Three men and a priest are having a drink in the house of Libert the merchant... Wanna know how this case from the year 1235 ends? Libert got killed, the accused fled and the priest buried Libert before the coroner arrived to examined the body.

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