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Mostly Centretown, sometimes Town Centre
A notch for Canadian sovereignty *and* indigenous reconcilliation!
The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Washington is moving across the border to Tsawwassen Mills, BC.
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The owners say Canadians have stopped coming, and tariffs have driven up the cost of ducks.
Listen Here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A notch for Canadian sovereignty *and* indigenous reconcilliation!
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United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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On this day 55 years ago, blubber went boom at the Oregon Coast.
That's when officials made the legendary decision to blow up a dead whale.
Here's a look back at the explosive piece of Oregon lore with a 2020 story by OPB's Tiffany Camhi written ahead of the whale of a tale's 50th anniversary.
That's when officials made the legendary decision to blow up a dead whale.
Here's a look back at the explosive piece of Oregon lore with a 2020 story by OPB's Tiffany Camhi written ahead of the whale of a tale's 50th anniversary.
‘It was like a blubber snowstorm’: Why Oregon blew up a whale in 1970
The exploding whale is a piece of Oregon lore that just won’t go away. It’s one of those real-life stories that just sounds too strange to be real.
www.opb.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On this day 55 years ago, blubber went boom at the Oregon Coast.
That's when officials made the legendary decision to blow up a dead whale.
Here's a look back at the explosive piece of Oregon lore with a 2020 story by OPB's Tiffany Camhi written ahead of the whale of a tale's 50th anniversary.
That's when officials made the legendary decision to blow up a dead whale.
Here's a look back at the explosive piece of Oregon lore with a 2020 story by OPB's Tiffany Camhi written ahead of the whale of a tale's 50th anniversary.
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Photos last year from Juno, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bosnia.
Remembering, mourning, and hoping this century does not fall victim to the same needless horrors as the last one.
Remembering, mourning, and hoping this century does not fall victim to the same needless horrors as the last one.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Photos last year from Juno, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bosnia.
Remembering, mourning, and hoping this century does not fall victim to the same needless horrors as the last one.
Remembering, mourning, and hoping this century does not fall victim to the same needless horrors as the last one.
Is there a rule where if you use a food for an eating contest, it has be an innuendo?
Can we get a 6-part prestige drama about Curtis Sliwa's career as a professional eater. Dude came in 3rd in Nathan's Famous Hotdog Eating, holds a record for most pickles, was DQed from a matzah ball eating contest for illegal ball handling, and the mob kicked him from a meatball contest.
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Is there a rule where if you use a food for an eating contest, it has be an innuendo?
istg if you just leave Japanese news on for hours for linguistic osmosis purposes, the term you are guaranteed to pick up is 「大統領」
October 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
istg if you just leave Japanese news on for hours for linguistic osmosis purposes, the term you are guaranteed to pick up is 「大統領」
TIL Neko Case is not Japanese and pronounced NEEko not Nehko 🐈
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
TIL Neko Case is not Japanese and pronounced NEEko not Nehko 🐈
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Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
MONTECITO, CA—Signaling a new chapter in her career, pop star Katy Perry released a new single Monday about the superiority of Canadian manufacturing. “When I learned about the strength of Canadian au...
theonion.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing
Usually I don't use the kanji hint but c'mon you have both 起きます and 置きます as choices 😑
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Usually I don't use the kanji hint but c'mon you have both 起きます and 置きます as choices 😑
When @kgreifeld.bsky.social and @matt-levine.bsky.social asked on this week's Money Stuff who's going to be trading at 3am Eastern
October 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
When @kgreifeld.bsky.social and @matt-levine.bsky.social asked on this week's Money Stuff who's going to be trading at 3am Eastern
Learning the CN Tower is 3x the height of the Space Needle is the most I've learned watching baseball, like, ever
October 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Learning the CN Tower is 3x the height of the Space Needle is the most I've learned watching baseball, like, ever
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On the two antizionisms thecjn.ca/opinion/pers...
The Manchester synagogue attack inspires 'her skirt was too short' antisemitism
I do not opine on this from some lofty arena where Jews are not targets. No such place exists.
thecjn.ca
October 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
On the two antizionisms thecjn.ca/opinion/pers...
"I'm reminded of how Hemingway said, 'people go bankrupt gradually, and then suddenly.' The Roman political systems had been in a state of degradation for years, decades, generations, even, but then the whole thing collapsed in on itself in a matter of months."
-HistoricaCivilis
youtu.be/Sj2UksH_nSI
-HistoricaCivilis
youtu.be/Sj2UksH_nSI
Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)
YouTube video by Historia Civilis
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"I'm reminded of how Hemingway said, 'people go bankrupt gradually, and then suddenly.' The Roman political systems had been in a state of degradation for years, decades, generations, even, but then the whole thing collapsed in on itself in a matter of months."
-HistoricaCivilis
youtu.be/Sj2UksH_nSI
-HistoricaCivilis
youtu.be/Sj2UksH_nSI
I see those stories about Vermonters begging us to cross the border again and like guys I can forgive and forget, forgive and not forget, not forgive and not forget, but before either forgiving or forgetting, there is the prerequisite of _not doing the thing_
I get the impulse but you’re not going to undo the damage of electing Trump with one weird trick. Absolution only follows penance
September 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I see those stories about Vermonters begging us to cross the border again and like guys I can forgive and forget, forgive and not forget, not forgive and not forget, but before either forgiving or forgetting, there is the prerequisite of _not doing the thing_
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"American oil sanctions forces Japan into Pearl Harbor" is true and seems like a compelling argument until you learn literally anything about why America put those oil sanctions in place
December 27, 2024 at 4:08 AM
"American oil sanctions forces Japan into Pearl Harbor" is true and seems like a compelling argument until you learn literally anything about why America put those oil sanctions in place
The funniest thing about Ishimaru Shinji quitting his party so they're gonna use an LLM leader is I could've sworn Team Mirai was already doing that and I'm shocked they got beaten to the punch.
September 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The funniest thing about Ishimaru Shinji quitting his party so they're gonna use an LLM leader is I could've sworn Team Mirai was already doing that and I'm shocked they got beaten to the punch.
Hebah on #Jeopardy today is a "social media moderator" ["Oh no!"] who is a PhD candidate in "horror studies" ["Oh her job is for research!"]
September 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hebah on #Jeopardy today is a "social media moderator" ["Oh no!"] who is a PhD candidate in "horror studies" ["Oh her job is for research!"]
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For Americans who want a play-by-play of what an authoritarian transition looks like in the 2020s, I strongly recommend catching up on what’s been happening in national security-era Hong Kong.
One of the first shots fired in the ongoing crackdown was cancelling a comedy show for “insulting police.”
One of the first shots fired in the ongoing crackdown was cancelling a comedy show for “insulting police.”
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
For Americans who want a play-by-play of what an authoritarian transition looks like in the 2020s, I strongly recommend catching up on what’s been happening in national security-era Hong Kong.
One of the first shots fired in the ongoing crackdown was cancelling a comedy show for “insulting police.”
One of the first shots fired in the ongoing crackdown was cancelling a comedy show for “insulting police.”
支持中央人民政府继续捍卫（美国）人民固有基本权利！
Comedians in China still allowed to make fun of US government.
JUST IN: Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. https://cnn.it/3VmUl9n
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
支持中央人民政府继续捍卫（美国）人民固有基本权利！
This is the best demonym in Canada, and it's not even close www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-t...
September 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is the best demonym in Canada, and it's not even close www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-t...
Dearly departed Haru Urara:
日本語：ハルウララ
中文：春麗 (Chun-Li)
日本語：ハルウララ
中文：春麗 (Chun-Li)
@aohsusometimesy.bsky.social I’ve made this observation before about the Kobayashi Maru.
The kicker is 小林丸 is read in Japanese as entirely kun'yomi.
The kicker is 小林丸 is read in Japanese as entirely kun'yomi.
September 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Dearly departed Haru Urara:
日本語：ハルウララ
中文：春麗 (Chun-Li)
日本語：ハルウララ
中文：春麗 (Chun-Li)
There are seven guys at the gym incl myself wearing blue tees and black shorts
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There are seven guys at the gym incl myself wearing blue tees and black shorts
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Finally. Mobile Wikipedia links are unnecessary and annoying.
Requests for comment/Mobile domain sunsetting/2025 Announcement - MediaWiki
www.mediawiki.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Finally. Mobile Wikipedia links are unnecessary and annoying.