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Writer, editor, film classification researcher (censorship, children's rights). Recent romance novel: Ocean's Lure http://bit.ly/3llHbIV Nova Scotian by choice. he/him
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· Dec 26
My first romance novel. Another is in editing, and more are drafted. Available in eBook or paperback from online retailers, or order from any bookstore. More at this link: somewhatgrumpypress.com/oceans-lure-...
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A holiday season solo wasn’t a daunting prospect for Shelley. She enjoyed her solitude. “But when a mutual friend said, ‘I’ve got a friend going out of town who is in desperate need of a pet sitter,’ I said, ‘Why not? I don’t have plans to spend Christmas with anyone.’”
www.cnn.com/travel/chris...
www.cnn.com/travel/chris...
That Christmas she had completely given up on love. Then the house sitter showed up | CNN
Lauren Thomas was heading home for Christmas. Housesitter Shelley Couch was staying in Lauren’s house for the holidays. The two formed an unexpected connection which changed their lives forever.
www.cnn.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A holiday season solo wasn’t a daunting prospect for Shelley. She enjoyed her solitude. “But when a mutual friend said, ‘I’ve got a friend going out of town who is in desperate need of a pet sitter,’ I said, ‘Why not? I don’t have plans to spend Christmas with anyone.’”
www.cnn.com/travel/chris...
www.cnn.com/travel/chris...
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Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
Just watched Big Trouble (2002) for the first time. Funnier than I expected from the trailer and from reading about it. Non-stop silliness.
youtu.be/LcrZNczl3tU?...
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Big Trouble (2002) Theatrical Trailer [4K] [FTD-1065]
YouTube video by FT Depot
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December 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Just watched Big Trouble (2002) for the first time. Funnier than I expected from the trailer and from reading about it. Non-stop silliness.
youtu.be/LcrZNczl3tU?...
youtu.be/LcrZNczl3tU?...
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Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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A new post! It's Dec. 27 and I am thinking about resolutions for 2026 and beyond.
suzannerent.substack.com/p/resolution...
suzannerent.substack.com/p/resolution...
Resolutions for a 55-year-old woman with a lot left to learn, see, and do
A list for any day of any year, really.
suzannerent.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A new post! It's Dec. 27 and I am thinking about resolutions for 2026 and beyond.
suzannerent.substack.com/p/resolution...
suzannerent.substack.com/p/resolution...
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Grumpy old man here still trying to figure out why podcasts aren't just called radio shows.
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grumpy old man here still trying to figure out why podcasts aren't just called radio shows.
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Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.
December 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Pay close attention to who is saying that 14 year-olds *can* consent to sex with trump and other damp billionaires but *can’t* consent to gender affirming care provided in close and collaborative partnership with their doctor.
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This has been the autocrat’s playbook for a decade or two: have friendly oligarchs buy up independent media and then they impose government-friendly editorial policies so the autocrat doesn’t have to get their hand directly dirty killing the free press.
Iowa-based journalist Laura Belin compares Bari Weiss' adventures at CBS to Putin's makeover of supposedly independent Russian media, which she covered for RFE-RL twenty years ago. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/25/o...
On "fair" reporting and what happened at "60 Minutes"
Laura Belin: I was alarmed (though not surprised) when CBS News boss Bari Weiss intervened to stop “60 Minutes” from airing a segment.
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This has been the autocrat’s playbook for a decade or two: have friendly oligarchs buy up independent media and then they impose government-friendly editorial policies so the autocrat doesn’t have to get their hand directly dirty killing the free press.
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They’re not sending their best.
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
They’re not sending their best.
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CBC says: "intercepted after allegedly crossing illegally"
Your apparently necessary reminder: every person seeking asylum in another country has the right to get to safety however the heck they can, including by irregular border crossing and without documents.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Your apparently necessary reminder: every person seeking asylum in another country has the right to get to safety however the heck they can, including by irregular border crossing and without documents.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Group of asylum seekers arrested in Montérégie, Que. | CBC News
Nineteen asylum seekers of Haitian origin were arrested Thursday night in the Havelock area of Montérégie, Que., according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
www.cbc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
CBC says: "intercepted after allegedly crossing illegally"
Your apparently necessary reminder: every person seeking asylum in another country has the right to get to safety however the heck they can, including by irregular border crossing and without documents.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Your apparently necessary reminder: every person seeking asylum in another country has the right to get to safety however the heck they can, including by irregular border crossing and without documents.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Only one gay friend out of many who have been watching has expressed reservations, complaining that the hockey scenes are unconvincing. I rolled my eyes and gave the only suitable response: “Bitch, no one is watching that show for the hockey.”'
[This story references plot points from the entire first season of Heated Rivalry, including the finale.]
Critic’s Notebook: In Praise of ‘Heated Rivalry’ and Gay Happy Endings
[This story references plot points from the entire first season of Heated Rivalry, including the finale.]
bit.ly
December 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
'Only one gay friend out of many who have been watching has expressed reservations, complaining that the hockey scenes are unconvincing. I rolled my eyes and gave the only suitable response: “Bitch, no one is watching that show for the hockey.”'
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You don't know what day it is.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
December 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
You don't know what day it is.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
You're eating countless meals a day with lots of snacks in between.
You're napping throughout they day.
Either it's the time between Christmas and New Year or you're a cat.
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Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Side note: Sinatra’s mom Natalina “Dolly” Garaventa, a midwife by trade, ran an underground free abortion clinic, chained herself to a fence to fight for women’s suffrage and was an extremely influential organizer for the Democratic Party
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/eamo...
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A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America
December 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
When was this golden age of perfectly crafted code?
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When was this golden age of perfectly crafted code?
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26 December 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Hélène Pokoïk, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
26 December 1933 | A French Jewish girl, Hélène Pokoïk, was born in Paris.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 17 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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▶ The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
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Modest #GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we could all do with some
www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/...
www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/...
EXCLUSIVE: Endangered flat-headed cat sighted after 29 years
The endangered flat-headed cat, also one of the world's rarest wild felines, has been rediscovered in southern Thailand for the first time in nearly three decades, Thailand's Department of National Pa...
www.bangkokpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Modest #GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we could all do with some
www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/...
www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/...
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All the people in favour of public executions for crime might want to think about why we tried it for hundreds of years and decided it was wrong and ineffective.
December 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
All the people in favour of public executions for crime might want to think about why we tried it for hundreds of years and decided it was wrong and ineffective.
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What annoys me most about this is that this pic was from Easter. The cross really isn't used at Xmas, they use a star because it's about the birth. But if being atheist has taught me anything it's that Christians don't know shit about their myth
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What annoys me most about this is that this pic was from Easter. The cross really isn't used at Xmas, they use a star because it's about the birth. But if being atheist has taught me anything it's that Christians don't know shit about their myth
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In addition to how deeply wrong I believe this to be, it makes clear how complex our fight for the future will be.
We all need to REALLY understand why this is wrong and dangerous. And this is not only about people with dementia.
We all need to REALLY understand why this is wrong and dangerous. And this is not only about people with dementia.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
In addition to how deeply wrong I believe this to be, it makes clear how complex our fight for the future will be.
We all need to REALLY understand why this is wrong and dangerous. And this is not only about people with dementia.
We all need to REALLY understand why this is wrong and dangerous. And this is not only about people with dementia.
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What's a few life-threatening mass blackouts when you can type in a few keywords and get a picture of Sydney Sweeney as Lara Croft but with 3 boobs
Texas faces a power grid overload due to a surge in demand from Al
Utility CEO on the data center crunch: America's 'check engine light' is on and 'no one's going to pay attention until it breaks down' | Fortune
"We are telling policy makers the warning lights are on," Exelon CEO Calvin Butler told Diane Brady at Fortune Brainstorm AI in San Francisco.
share.google
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What's a few life-threatening mass blackouts when you can type in a few keywords and get a picture of Sydney Sweeney as Lara Croft but with 3 boobs
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Another actuarial report from June 2025 concerning excess mortality.
"The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,
"The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Another actuarial report from June 2025 concerning excess mortality.
"The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,
"The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,