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Lyle Bateman aka Elron aka Elly
@mothershipelly.bsky.social
Writer, SF and computer geek, poker lover, Very complex collection of quantum fields - might also be human. He/Him with hints of she/her LGBTQ+. I hit more than one letter and find a few new ones ...
I'm still waiting for my call for the FIFA Award for Literature.

It's such a shame the rest of the nominees are so transparent though; I mean, it's so obvious that the FIFA Prize for Physics is going to Putin 🙄
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Drag him.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It's not Guinness @seanferrick.bsky.social ... But if f you are ever in southern Alberta looking for a stout to try, you could do a lot worse than this one from Medicine Hat Brew Co
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
My side-passion alongside poker is sim-racing, and I'm in a big race with ESports Racing Canada (part of the FIA-affiliated ASN Canada). I put together a preview of sim-racing and the upcoming race for my poker magazine poker.pro.

www.poker.pro/poker-news/p...
poker.pro on the E-Streets
Canadian poker.pro editor Lyle Bateman takes the wheel in a sim-racing event, repping poker.pro in the e-streets.
www.poker.pro
April 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
WSOP-C Calgary Jan 2025
Deerfoot Inn and Casino
Jan 8 - 20, 2025

Event: Event #2: $600 NLH/PLO Mix ($515 + $85)
Date: Jan 8, 2025, 3 PM
Entries: 178
Prizes: $91,670
Winner: Praba Siva ($21,980)

Praba Siva Wins NLH/PLO MIx for $21,980
January 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
WSOP-C Calgary Jan 2025
Deerfoot Inn and Casino
Jan 8 - 20, 2025

Event #1: $400 Big 30 Stack ($330 + $70)
Date: Jan 8, 2025, 11 AM
Entries: 455
Prizes: $150,150
Winner: Antoine Saddleback ($28,680)

Antoine Saddleback Wins Opening Event at WSOP-C Cal Jan
January 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
WSOP-C Calgary Jan 2025
Deerfoot Inn & Casino
Jan 8 - 20, 2025

Event #1: $400 Big 30 Stack ($330 + $70)
Date: Jan 8, 2025, 11 AM
Blinds: 25 Min
Starting Stack: 30k
Late Entry: 10 Levels (~3:50 PM)
Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event

Level 5: 300/600/600
Entries: 266/345
Prizes: $113,850
January 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
WSOP-C Calgary Jan 2025
Deerfoot Inn & Casino
Jan 8 - 20, 2025

Event #1: $400 Big 30 Stack ($330 + $70)
Date: Jan 8, 2025, 11 AM
Blinds: 25 Minutes
Starting Stack: 30k
Late Entry: 10 Levels (~3:50 PM)
Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event

www.poker.pro/live-reporti...
January 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
After 6 years of flying the Unibet Poker skies, MotherShip Poker is moving on to different poker adventures! TY to Unibet Poker for 6 years of support for the stream,

www.poker.pro/poker-news/a...
A New Era for MotherShip Poker
All good things must come to an end. Change is the only constant. Humans have lots of cliches and sayings about how life is in constant flux but cliches are there for a reason — they represent a hard…
www.poker.pro
January 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
HNY to everyone! I put together a look at the Canadian poker scene in 2025 for Poker.Pro - there's some speculation as some tours are yet to announce their schedules, but consider it a tentative planner.

www.poker.pro/poker-news/a...
A New Year Dawns on Canadian Poker
With 2024 drawing to a close, a new year in Canadian poker is dawning. The 2025 season in Canada promises to look a lot like 2024 in broad strokes, but the new year will bring some fine-level detail…
www.poker.pro
January 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#simracing

Come join the fun as I do training laps in F4 and USF with live racing to follow perhaps.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8sz...
F4 & USF Training for Week 3 - iRacing
YouTube video by MotherShip Media
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:54 PM
I am pretty astonished with my final results from 2024 Season 3 of the SIMAGIC Formula Vee series on iRacing. It was my first official series and I started in Sept with no experience in iRacing or the car. I'd spent time previously in racing "games" like Forza or Need for Speed ...

#SimRacing
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December 14, 2024 at 3:27 PM
~110k late in day 1b of Midgrande at Ace Airport Casino... 7 to go until the bags... Day 2 is in the money tomorrow
December 11, 2024 at 4:19 AM
And here I thought GenX nostalgia for the 80s was just a human thing ...
November 29, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this worldview just because of a handful of exceptions
November 28, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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And let’s not forget that the gay liberation movement was spurred by the activism of POC transwomen—Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.

Pride was for the liberation of all queers — our lesbian sisters, our they/them siblings, our bis, and our trans fam too.
November 28, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Out today in ApJL! Our discovery of the first long-period radio transient with a stellar counterpart:
www.icrar.org/binarytransi...
At least *some* of these objects might be explicable as binary systems!
Astronomers find possible source for mystery radio signals - ICRAR
New data suggests mysterious 'long period transients' could be two orbiting objects, which together create a powerful repeating radio signal.
www.icrar.org
November 27, 2024 at 3:58 AM
When I watch a new show with adverts I do everything I can to skip the ads. When I watch a vintage show that still has the vintage ads in it? OMG, I am fascinated by the nostalgia and the "look" at a world of the past lol
Kids today will never know how it feels to own a copy of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom taped off the TV at Christmas and you've watched it fifty times so you know the order of the adverts off by heart and you just flat-out watch them every time.
November 26, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Share a crush you have, no explanation.
November 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Terrible take from the Globe here. It's NOT an echo chamber as alternate voices are as free to join and speak as anyone else is. But free speech has ALWAYS meant that ppl are legally allowed to speak, but NO ONE is legally required to listen to them, engage with them, or platform them.
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Remember that free speech means I can't legally prevent you from speaking, but it has NEVER meant I have to listen to you or platform you. My freedom allows me to ignore what you have to say, if I so choose.

I can't stop you from talking, but I sure as hell don't have to listen to it lol ...
Social media IS for debating ideas, but the idea that I have to be willing to debate ANYONE who wants to on ANY subject is absurd. Just like real life, I can walk away from an "absurd argument" and just ignore it. That's not an echo chamber, that's simply curating who I want to talk with ...
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 23, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Social media IS for debating ideas, but the idea that I have to be willing to debate ANYONE who wants to on ANY subject is absurd. Just like real life, I can walk away from an "absurd argument" and just ignore it. That's not an echo chamber, that's simply curating who I want to talk with ...
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 23, 2024 at 2:05 AM
I've been playing driving games most of my life, though until recently, they were the more "arcade style" games rather than true sims. I bought an iRacing subscription for my birthday this year and jumped into the Formula Vee series, Season 4.

#simracing

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November 16, 2024 at 12:46 AM
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BREAKING: Doug Ford makes Starlink deal with Elon Musk to bring high-speed election interference to remote Ontarians
November 15, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Bluesky friends, say hi with
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One tv show 📺
November 8, 2024 at 11:51 AM