Tilde Swiñton

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Zine dude. Web dev. Ⓐ with DemSoc leanings. AF af. Canadien français. Toronto. #GoHabsGo #BlackSails 🪶☀️🍉 Born at 332ppm.

A short video of my fingers in a clawing position, showcasing my freshly-made acrylic gel nails, with a pearly cat-eye backing, and torn panty hose print overlaid on top.
a photo of my freshly-made acrylic gel nails, with a pearly cat-eye backing, and torn panty hose print overlaid on top.
Screenshot of a YouTube comment: We got grindcore on Tiny Desk before GTA 6
Burlington's yearly temperature average graphic, with the color representing whether it's warmer or cooler than the historical baseline. On top of following the global warming trend, it looks like Burlington had a 10 year heatwave in the 1890s...
screenshot of the Magnets game
Photo of my plants being doused in sunlight, with my dirty windows in the background.
Third, we examine the meaning of power in international politics. Should power be conceived of in primarily military terms, or in economic or cultural terms? Who are the great powers of today, and of tomorrow? Should the United States strive for hegemony in the international system? What is power for? Fourth, we will consider the significance of democracy for international politics. Are democracies more peaceful? Will the spread of democracy make the world more peaceful? Is liberal democracy an appropriate or desirable form of government for all cultures and societies? Is there a necessary conflict between democracies and non-democracies? Between the West and non-Western cultures? Is the world dividing into two zones, one of democracy and prosperity, the other of war and chaos? Is it possible to create democratic forms of international governance to meet the demands of globalization? Finally, we explore the implications of globalization on the structure of the international system. Does the extraordinary transformation of communications technology, global finance, transnational business, the environment, international institutions, among other changes, mean that we need entirely new theories of international politics?
The first major theme of the course is the interplay between anarchy -- the absence of a central international authority -- and governance. How do states manage the complexity of international politics without an international government? Does anarchy necessarily mean war? Can the international system today be meaningfully described as anarchical? A second major theme is the question of change. For many students of international politics, little has changed in the nature of the international system in thousands of vears. States today continue to balance against external threats and power, to pursue national interests, and to maximize security and prosperity. For others, the extraordinary growth of technology, communications, democracy, economic interdependence, environmental degradation, nuclear proliferation, and international organization represents a fundamental change in the nature of international politics. Has the world changed?
PSCI 202 International Relations Professor Marc Lynch Spring 2000 Tuesday/Thursday, 11:20-12:35. Discussion Sections: Tues 2-3; Wed 10-11, 1-2, 2:30-3:30 Office: Stetson G-10, phone x-2010 Office Hours: Monday 1-2, Tuesday 1-2, and by appointment. E-mail: mlynch@williams.edu. This is always the best way to contact me. Teaching Assistant: Judd Greenstein (Judd.S.Greenstein@williams.edu; x-6717) My Home Page: http://lanfiles.william williams.edu/~mlynch/mlynch/marc_lynch.htm Course Home Page: http://lanfiles.williams.edu/~mlynch/mlynch/psci_20200.htm Will the United States remain a superpower? Will Europe unify -- and if it does, will united Europe clash with the United States? Will China emerge as a great power? What can the United States do about its stalemate with Iraq? Should the United States deploy a Ballistic Missile Defense system? Why did the United States go to war with Yugoslavia? Why did protestors disrupt the World Trade Organization meet meeting in Seattle? Does the rising "tyranny ranny" of financial markets indicate a crisis of state sovereignty? Specific challenges and questions such as these are rooted within fundamental questions about the nature of international relations. International politics is the realm of war, competition, interests and danger. At the same time, the international system is a forum for for cooperation, the formation of global human rights norms, and the production of wealth. War and peace, conflict and cooperation, power and prosperity, clashes and dialogues of cultures... these are recurring themes in the history of international relations. By engaging with classical and new critical theoretical approaches to international relations, and applying them to major contemporary issues, this course aims at providing a foundation for a critical understanding of international politics.
Photo of Trinity in The Matrix
Photo of the interior of a TTC Flexity streetcar, framed to focus on all the holding posts rather than the open space.
Screen capture of a comment from one "Droo Ranalloo" on Facebook: Only player that can't wear all of his Stanley Cup rings at once. Has to carry the eleventh one in his "pocket".
Seen in image: Vandalized version of @danambra.mov's post: i think quoting is better with screenshotting. if you’re inviting someone into pvp mode they shouldn't be able to run away like a coward. you should be able to keep staring at their dead carcass. harsh but fair Not seen in image, the original post, without my vandalism: i think quoting is better without screenshotting. it’s like you’re inviting someone into pvp mode but they should be able to abandon your quest and then you just get an ugly tombstone. harsh but fair
Picture of a young Chuck Taggart wearing some sort of Panama hat, with a link to his old page, gombopages.com/looks , dated 1999, and a short biography.
The flag of the European Union, showcasing 12 stars, which is the current number of member states.
Software horror: litellm PyPI supply chain attack. Simple `pip install litellm` was enough to exfiltrate SSH keys, AWS/GCP/Azure creds, Kubernetes configs, git credentials, env vars (all your API keys), shell history, crypto wallets, SSL private keys, CI/CD secrets, database passwords. LiteLLM itself has 97 million downloads per month which is already terrible, but much worse, the contagion spreads to any project that depends on litellm. For example, if you did `pip install dspy` (which depended on litellm>=1.64.0), you'd also be pwnd. Same for any other large project that depended on litellm. Afaict the poisoned version was up for only less than ~1 hour. The attack had a bug which led to its discovery - Callum McMahon was using an MCP plugin inside Cursor that pulled in litellm as a transitive dependency. When litellm 1.82.8 installed, their machine ran out of RAM and crashed. So if the attacker didn't vibe code this attack it could have been undetected for many days or weeks.
Someone just poisoned the Python package that manages AI API keys for NASA, Netflix, Stripe, and NVIDIA.. 97 million downloads a month.. and a simple pip install was enough to steal everything on your machine. The attacker picked the one package whose entire job is holding every AI credential in the organization in one place. OpenAI keys, Anthropic keys, Google keys, Amazon keys… all routed through one proxy. All compromised at once. The poisoned version was published straight to PyPI.. no code on GitHub.. no release tag.. no review. Just a file that Python runs automatically on startup. You didn’t need to import it. You didn’t need to call it. The malware fired the second the package existed on your machine. The attacker vibe coded it… the malware was so sloppy it crashed computers.. used so much RAM a developer noticed their machine dying and investigated. They found LiteLLM had been pulled in through a Cursor MCP plugin they didn’t even know they had.
Photo de Rokhaya Diallo en noir et blanc. Elle est une femme noire avec des dreads au boûts blonds attachés sur sa tête, elle porte de jolies boucles d'oreilles épaisses, et regarde la caméra avec confiance, menton sur la main.
Colorized photo of Marshall Zhukov in uniform, wearing an obscene number of military medals on his uniform.
"Two guys pointing" meme overlaid a photo of a dirigible in the sky, with "Zeppelins mentioned!" I'm red arial text written between them.
1990s red Honda Civic with some sort of stock spoiler.
Screenshot of a fediverse post by @snow: « new tech war crime: ppl always complain that the clock on my microwave never shows the right time because I can't be assed to set it manually so now I have an unfuck-microwave.sh cronjob which briefly kills its power every day at midnight » Two images are included: 1) power bar with the microwave's electrical plug set in some sort of remotely programmable domotics pass-through socket 2) a screen capture of a terminal, one line setting up a daily cronjob to turn off the power, and a nearly identical one turning the power back on
Screenshot of an article: « Jacob Tierney: We just saw Connor on Saturday. He’s very offline in a healthy way and he was like, “I think it just hit me how big this show is.” On Friday, he was driving around L.A. and saw a lineup that was like four blocks long to get into a “Heated Rivalry” rave. I was » The words "Heated Rivalry rave" are highlighted.
Stock photography. Photo of a sign being held up by someone. In stylized grey text on a red background, it says "NOT AFRAID TO STRIKE"
Picture of my hands, featuring my copper-coloured chromed fingernails.
Merriam-Webster. Your 2026 Word: besotted.
Screenshot of an Evernote model dialog. Title: Enter a Backup Code Prompt: Enter one of your backup codes from the previous screen to confirm you have a copy. This [code] will remain valid after setup. [Input field] Buttons: Back, Cancel, Complete Setup.
Photo of a large metal barrel labeled "Used Cooking Oil Only"
« After their release, according to news reports and court filings, the men revealed that their time in CECOT had been marked by physical violence, inadequate nutrition, medical neglect, and, in some cases, sexual assault. The Washington Post reported that, at one point, the detainees tried to stage a hunger strike. When that failed, they used shards from metal pipes to cut into their skin so that they could write messages on their sheets in blood. One read: “We are not terrorists, we are migrants.” »
Grace Scheele bowing her small harp
screenshot from @deck.blue where the font kerning for spaces is NEGATIVE
Drawing of an angry black cat with the words "Wildcat Strike" surrounding it.
Old cover of Broken Pencil featuring an artsily pixelated of an unfortunate choice of photo of Merritt even though it must have come from an actual photo shoot they did for did 6 cover
A selfie where I have two soft glo sticks weaved through my glasses frame and where I give the camera a demented look
A long line of people on the sidewalk, waiting in the blistering sun.
Screenshot of NYT headline and Lede: "Trump Threatens India With Steep Tariffs, Including Penalty Over Russian Oil The president said Wednesday that imports from India would be subject to a 25 percent tariff as of Friday, as trade talks between the countries hit a stumbling block."
Photo of a hand with curled fingers, showing off a fresh manicure with black nails, and punk-style stud nail and chain nail insets / charms nl8n said nails, over a leafy green background
Photo of a printed drawing on a t-shirt: a snarling opposum is holding a rainbow flag which says "Be Crime', and underneath it says "Do Gay"
Me, wearing bedazzled sunglasses, with diamond stick-ons on the frame, and "stud" bedazzling stickers on the lenses themselves, at the Tranzac club, a members' cooperative indie music bar and community space
About 14 musicians in front of crowd that isn't growing to be any bigger
Photo of 10 musicians standing in front of about 5 people sitting at tables. An eleventh musician, sporting a string instrument, is playing *behind* the crowd.
Screenshot of a tweet from @CanadiensMTL, posted today. Text: "Joe Habs Joe" Two photos: Photo 1: A smiling Joe Veleno taking a selfie of himself in the empty Habs' dressing room. Photo 2: That selfie, where Veleno has framed the large Habs' logo from the carpeted floor in the background of the shot.
Facebook post from Dogan: Text: "Less than half an hour after holding a weapons handover ceremony by the PKK Cadres, the Turkish Air Force targeted the PKK positions in the villages of Amadia. The attack, according to some analysts, is considered a blatant violation of any diplomatic initiative in the region." Image: A young female PKK fighter besides the pile of weapons that the PKK symbolically set on fire today as a gesture of good will toward the recent "diplomatic process"
Saw: "Because I understand it. Because she's my sister rhydo, and she loves me! That itch, that burn... You feel how badly she wants to explode? Remember this. Remember this moment! This perfect night. You think I'm crazy? Yes, I am. Revolution is not for the sane. Look at us: unloved, hunted, cannon fodder. We'll all be dead before the republic is back and yet... here we are. Where are you, boy? You're here! You're not with Luthen. You're here! You're right here, and you're ready to fight! We're the rhydo, kid. We're the fuel. We're the thing that explodes when there's too much friction in the air. Let it in, boy! That's freedom calling! Let it in! Let it run! Let it run wild!"