Andy Chalk
@andychalk.bsky.social
The last of the V8s. PC Gamer news by day, angry about Canadian politics by night. Email me at andy.chalk@pcgamer.com. Got a tip? http://pcgamer.com/tips/
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Nuke America before it's too late
December 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Nuke America before it's too late
I really do enjoy how "eat shit" has been mainstreamed in Canada.
Merry Christmas. Eat shit. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...
Group of U.S. distillers complains LCBO, other provinces favouring local alcohol
A group of U.S. alcohol producers claims Canadian retailers are giving unfair advantage to local spirits, including what it calls “discriminatory” markups in Nova Scotia and other provinces.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I really do enjoy how "eat shit" has been mainstreamed in Canada.
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Boxing Day means you should ignore the ads blaring mediocre sales, and instead stay at home in your jammies reading and eating vast quantities of cheese while lightly day drinking. My annual rant (from the Sault, where by bylaw all the stores are closed): www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Get ready for those hot Boxing Day deals – and do absolutely nothing
You could hunt for deals and shop ‘til you drop, or you could stay home and make it an improved version of Christmas with none of its obligations or pressures
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Boxing Day means you should ignore the ads blaring mediocre sales, and instead stay at home in your jammies reading and eating vast quantities of cheese while lightly day drinking. My annual rant (from the Sault, where by bylaw all the stores are closed): www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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An (embarrassing) mastery of the passive voice, here.
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
An (embarrassing) mastery of the passive voice, here.
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Canada isn’t really reacting to Trump's Greenland grab.
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
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The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
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With the U.S. threatening to take over the Arctic island, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she shared the federal government's full support for the sovereignty of Greenland in a conversation with the Danish foreign minister.
youtu.be/AC2pUW5JuSs
youtu.be/AC2pUW5JuSs
Anita Anand stands up for Greenland’s sovereignty
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Canada isn’t really reacting to Trump's Greenland grab.
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
1/5
The U.S. is actively eroding international norms that have held the global order since WWII.
We're reacting to that.
1/5
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Okay, let's fuckin get through this
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Okay, let's fuckin get through this
Who the fuck is this guy and what the hell is he talking about
See Canada. UHC started in one province in 1947. It took till 1984 to be formalized across the country. But hey it's easy !!!
And btw , they are only now working on covering prescriptions outside of hospitals
Who started Canada’s universal health care system? | CMA share.google/Phff1vq3Z5iO...
And btw , they are only now working on covering prescriptions outside of hospitals
Who started Canada’s universal health care system? | CMA share.google/Phff1vq3Z5iO...
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Who the fuck is this guy and what the hell is he talking about
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I’m so happy I cannot name any Canadian supreme justices nor point out what their biases are
December 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I’m so happy I cannot name any Canadian supreme justices nor point out what their biases are
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And I thought Trump telling a five-year-old how great he did with voters in Oklahoma sucked
OpenAI partnered with NORAD Santa Tracker this year to ensure that no corner of American government or childhood tradition is free from the Sacred Slop Funnel:
openai.com/index/norad-...
openai.com/index/norad-...
December 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And I thought Trump telling a five-year-old how great he did with voters in Oklahoma sucked
Smoking is cool but not next to a goddamn gas pump, wtf are you doing
With more actors, pop stars and other celebrities spotted unapologetically smoking, the cultural taboo against it shows signs of ebbing. That worries antismoking advocates. 🔗 on.wsj.com/49om2X4
December 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Smoking is cool but not next to a goddamn gas pump, wtf are you doing
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As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
Congratulations America, you even managed to fuck up this
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Congratulations America, you even managed to fuck up this
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Hegseth: “Arm the missiles.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Hegseth: “Arm the missiles.”
I launched Bloodlines 2 and Steam exploded.
lol, take that, suckers
lol, take that, suckers
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I launched Bloodlines 2 and Steam exploded.
lol, take that, suckers
lol, take that, suckers
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Four former senior British Army officers have called on the UK's government to impose a full two way arms embargo onto Israel and to declare a ban on future involvement with any Israeli-owned or Israeli-supported defence companies.
Stop arming Israel, ex-senior British Army officers tell Keir Starmer
Letter to the prime minister calls for a ban on involvement with Israeli-owned or Israeli-supported defence companies during the war in Gaza
www.thetimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Four former senior British Army officers have called on the UK's government to impose a full two way arms embargo onto Israel and to declare a ban on future involvement with any Israeli-owned or Israeli-supported defence companies.
This Advent calendar is really paying off
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This Advent calendar is really paying off
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@mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social
May you find an entire warehouse of plastic spoons in your most important organs. God damn monsters.
May you find an entire warehouse of plastic spoons in your most important organs. God damn monsters.
Canada suspending ban on single-use plastic exports
Canada suspending ban on single-use plastic exports
The government says the progress on environmental benefit expected with the export ban is not proportional to the economic impact.
www.thestar.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social
May you find an entire warehouse of plastic spoons in your most important organs. God damn monsters.
May you find an entire warehouse of plastic spoons in your most important organs. God damn monsters.
Fuck it, let's play Bloodlines 2
December 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Fuck it, let's play Bloodlines 2
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He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.
It's a complex issue, but if the leading voices on the "bring them back" side are Doug Ford and Erin O'Toole, well, that simplifies things somewhat.
Sir John A. Macdonald was erased from some public spaces. Now there's a movement to bring him back
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Sir John A. Macdonald was erased from some public spaces. Now there's a movement to bring him back | CBC News
The racial reckoning of the COVID era saw Canada grapple with its checkered past — a process that led to statues of some foundational figures being removed, in some instances by force. Five years on, ...
www.cbc.ca
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's a complex issue, but if the leading voices on the "bring them back" side are Doug Ford and Erin O'Toole, well, that simplifies things somewhat.
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Only another nation could make Global News sound like it was doing anything interesting, let alone controversial
Canada is treacherous - The Atlantic
"Global TV may have been merely careless in letting the segment out, but since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery, and an effort to make Americans and their media look silly, no matter their political views." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Global TV may have been merely careless in letting the segment out, but since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery, and an effort to make Americans and their media look silly, no matter their political views." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Only another nation could make Global News sound like it was doing anything interesting, let alone controversial
Exactly one person at PC Gamer was aware of this, and he thought it looked too shitty to bother mentioning.
Wait, there was a new live-action Witcher movie? Starring Dolph Lundgren? On Netflix? In October?
Yep, there was a new live-action Witcher movie starring Dolph Lundgren on Netflix in October.
www.pcgamer.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Exactly one person at PC Gamer was aware of this, and he thought it looked too shitty to bother mentioning.
LET'S HAVE A DRINK
December 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
LET'S HAVE A DRINK