Not That Rick Scott 🇨🇦
@shadowspar.bsky.social
Travel nerd, language nerd, software nerd, systems nerd. Trying to make the world a better place.
Available for hire! Looking for a remote devops, backend dev, or software testing role.
Available for hire! Looking for a remote devops, backend dev, or software testing role.
I'm usually up early (~5am), so on miserable weather days I often dig out the car and go have a look around before everybody else is out on the roads.
did not do that today. and given the battles other people are fighting to get out of their driveways, I'm glad I didn't. 🥶 #TheSoo #ONStorm
did not do that today. and given the battles other people are fighting to get out of their driveways, I'm glad I didn't. 🥶 #TheSoo #ONStorm
December 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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"Gepäckstücke sind Ihnen nicht böse, wenn sie die Fahrt in der Gepäckablage verbringen müssen! Fahrgäste freuen sich aber sehr über einen Sitzplatz." (@toosty.bsky.social) #BahnAnsagen
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Gepäckstücke sind Ihnen nicht böse, wenn sie die Fahrt in der Gepäckablage verbringen müssen! Fahrgäste freuen sich aber sehr über einen Sitzplatz." (@toosty.bsky.social) #BahnAnsagen
December 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
mannnn rice cooker reviews by gaijin are wild.
"it takes too long"—why do you think it has a timer?
"we used it to make jasmine rice"—警察を呼んでいる。
"it takes too long"—why do you think it has a timer?
"we used it to make jasmine rice"—警察を呼んでいる。
December 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
mannnn rice cooker reviews by gaijin are wild.
"it takes too long"—why do you think it has a timer?
"we used it to make jasmine rice"—警察を呼んでいる。
"it takes too long"—why do you think it has a timer?
"we used it to make jasmine rice"—警察を呼んでいる。
TiL: amongst other forces, the sinking of the Bismarck (in 1941, in WWII) involved BIPLANE TORPEDO BOMBERS
sometimes The Discourse is deranged but you learn things from it anyway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_...
sometimes The Discourse is deranged but you learn things from it anyway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_...
Fairey Swordfish - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
TiL: amongst other forces, the sinking of the Bismarck (in 1941, in WWII) involved BIPLANE TORPEDO BOMBERS
sometimes The Discourse is deranged but you learn things from it anyway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_...
sometimes The Discourse is deranged but you learn things from it anyway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_...
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Logging onto this app is like logging into a parallel universe, the universe where everyone reads the news
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Logging onto this app is like logging into a parallel universe, the universe where everyone reads the news
🍊 orange alert! 🍊 yaaaaaay, lol 🫠
December 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🍊 orange alert! 🍊 yaaaaaay, lol 🫠
one of the team leads at $former_job had a saying I think about a lot: "Many speak of war but few draw swords"
it *sounds* awful nowadays, what with all the evil in the world (😭)...
but the point remains: it's a lot easier to talk rubbish than it is to follow through with concrete action
it *sounds* awful nowadays, what with all the evil in the world (😭)...
but the point remains: it's a lot easier to talk rubbish than it is to follow through with concrete action
the reason you get a bunch of these “people thinking about leaving” pieces but then nobody much leaves isn’t sinister imo.
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
December 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
one of the team leads at $former_job had a saying I think about a lot: "Many speak of war but few draw swords"
it *sounds* awful nowadays, what with all the evil in the world (😭)...
but the point remains: it's a lot easier to talk rubbish than it is to follow through with concrete action
it *sounds* awful nowadays, what with all the evil in the world (😭)...
but the point remains: it's a lot easier to talk rubbish than it is to follow through with concrete action
retired general: praises the "leadership" of a dipshit national politician
me: "pretty high opinion of a guy who can't even lead his own candidates to a vaccine clinic"
me: "pretty high opinion of a guy who can't even lead his own candidates to a vaccine clinic"
Most of the responses to this are either insults directed at the poster or insults the poster overheard. So: what‘s the insult YOU delivered that you’re personally most proud of?
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
retired general: praises the "leadership" of a dipshit national politician
me: "pretty high opinion of a guy who can't even lead his own candidates to a vaccine clinic"
me: "pretty high opinion of a guy who can't even lead his own candidates to a vaccine clinic"
Boxing Day so far:
• wake up early
• eat breakfast
• look at the raging snowstorm outside
• go back to bed
A++ no notes 😂
• wake up early
• eat breakfast
• look at the raging snowstorm outside
• go back to bed
A++ no notes 😂
December 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Boxing Day so far:
• wake up early
• eat breakfast
• look at the raging snowstorm outside
• go back to bed
A++ no notes 😂
• wake up early
• eat breakfast
• look at the raging snowstorm outside
• go back to bed
A++ no notes 😂
"Is your name not Satō?"
"No, it's Suzuki"
"Well. That's going to cause a little confusion"
"Mind if we call you Satō to keep it clear?"
"No, it's Suzuki"
"Well. That's going to cause a little confusion"
"Mind if we call you Satō to keep it clear?"
okay but what if i want everyone to be named sato-san because i'm bad with names
December 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"Is your name not Satō?"
"No, it's Suzuki"
"Well. That's going to cause a little confusion"
"Mind if we call you Satō to keep it clear?"
"No, it's Suzuki"
"Well. That's going to cause a little confusion"
"Mind if we call you Satō to keep it clear?"
this might be the most Bluesky post to have ever Blueskied 😅
welcome to the Second Annual Bluesky Christmas Eve Snowball Fight!
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
it’s Christmas Eve morning and apparently Bluesky is in a fightin’ mood today.
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
please drop a take in the replies and I or someone else will be along to belligerently interpret whatever you said in the worst possible light
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
this might be the most Bluesky post to have ever Blueskied 😅
the Portal Fracker animation & SFX in the old Ingress client (Scanner [Redacted]) were a million times cooler than the bullshit known as Ingress Prime. yes I'm still bitter about it. 😂
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
December 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
the Portal Fracker animation & SFX in the old Ingress client (Scanner [Redacted]) were a million times cooler than the bullshit known as Ingress Prime. yes I'm still bitter about it. 😂
everybody's using BitTorrent; just downloaded a bunch of MP3s; had to deal with a RAR file at work. "Wild West early Internet" era vibes are back, lol
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
everybody's using BitTorrent; just downloaded a bunch of MP3s; had to deal with a RAR file at work. "Wild West early Internet" era vibes are back, lol
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This story time about Canadian news is *amazing* because everyone keeps forgetting we're a real country up here, and this keeps happening, and I love it so much.
1/ )In the early 2000s I was working on Time magazine’s website when we agreed to delay online publication of the magazine cover story (about a new Mac desktop) for a day so Steve Jobs could announce it first at an Apple event (yes, I know). I spent all of Saturday making sure that everyone who
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This story time about Canadian news is *amazing* because everyone keeps forgetting we're a real country up here, and this keeps happening, and I love it so much.
I find it profoundly funny how often docker, the all-singing all-dancing tool designed to save us from the scourge of versioning problems, itself falls prey to versioning problems 😅
December 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I find it profoundly funny how often docker, the all-singing all-dancing tool designed to save us from the scourge of versioning problems, itself falls prey to versioning problems 😅
there should legit be a break at the new year where we all get to curl up on the couch with a beverage and do nothing but read for two weeks.
So many people posting end-of-year recs, so many new TBR-tagged books in Libby, y’all, I think the whole world should just stop until I’ve gotten to read a few of them, I’ll compromise on ten or twenty, seems fair
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
there should legit be a break at the new year where we all get to curl up on the couch with a beverage and do nothing but read for two weeks.
"This matter comes before the Court on its own initiative" comes across with the same energy as "Ya done messed up, A-aron"
😳 A newly-minted attorney used GROK to assist in drafting and research for briefs and memoranda filed in state and federal court “without verifying the accuracy of the output”
1/
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cases.justia.com/federal/dist...
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"This matter comes before the Court on its own initiative" comes across with the same energy as "Ya done messed up, A-aron"
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No, I was told by many mid writers in many mid pieces over many mid years that cancel culture was out of control. I bet they got a new harper's letter ready to go now.
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
No, I was told by many mid writers in many mid pieces over many mid years that cancel culture was out of control. I bet they got a new harper's letter ready to go now.
hear hear. and at the risk of sounding a little too serious, you can also resolve to stop doing things you've been guilted into—or guilted yourself into—for no good reason.
you would not believe the relief a little change can make. 😌
you would not believe the relief a little change can make. 😌
Reminder: resolutions can be fun! You can resolve to try a new cheese every week, eat all the weird fruits you’ve been curious about at the grocery store, or commit to watching 12 different classic films.
Why make crappy resolutions when you can make happy ones
Why make crappy resolutions when you can make happy ones
December 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
hear hear. and at the risk of sounding a little too serious, you can also resolve to stop doing things you've been guilted into—or guilted yourself into—for no good reason.
you would not believe the relief a little change can make. 😌
you would not believe the relief a little change can make. 😌
the feelings I just went through at recalling this.
The Altadena fire was THIS YEAR for anyone else struggling with time blindness at scale.
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
the feelings I just went through at recalling this.
do you ever wonder how we as a society ever accomplished anything, when so many people clearly have no fucking idea how anything works? 😅
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
do you ever wonder how we as a society ever accomplished anything, when so many people clearly have no fucking idea how anything works? 😅
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Come for the epic defenestration of a stupid pundit. Stay for the really cool thread about US energy policies!
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Come for the epic defenestration of a stupid pundit. Stay for the really cool thread about US energy policies!