Troy Goodfellow
@troyg.bsky.social
PR Manager for Historical Strategy Games at Paradox Interactive. Former podcaster, former games critic.
Mostly happy, always worried.
Ontario, Canada
https://linktr.ee/troygoodfellow
Mostly happy, always worried.
Ontario, Canada
https://linktr.ee/troygoodfellow
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Chopped vegetables for tomorrow’s soup and the new glove saved a finger when a potato got ornery.
You can never go wrong buying me books or miscellaneous kitchen gear.
You can never go wrong buying me books or miscellaneous kitchen gear.
Some year I will get through a holiday season without hacking into my left thumb.
Not this year, though.
( I was even gifted a knife proof glove for Christmas! A very thoughtful gift! And I forgot I had it.)
Not this year, though.
( I was even gifted a knife proof glove for Christmas! A very thoughtful gift! And I forgot I had it.)
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Chopped vegetables for tomorrow’s soup and the new glove saved a finger when a potato got ornery.
You can never go wrong buying me books or miscellaneous kitchen gear.
You can never go wrong buying me books or miscellaneous kitchen gear.
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Proud to present this pictorial thread of Jamelle Bouie insulting you
#1: You're a dumbass
#1: You're a dumbass
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Proud to present this pictorial thread of Jamelle Bouie insulting you
#1: You're a dumbass
#1: You're a dumbass
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Here's newest Blue Jays infielder Kazuma Okamoto hitting two towering no-doubt bombs off of Trevor Bauer in one game
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Here's newest Blue Jays infielder Kazuma Okamoto hitting two towering no-doubt bombs off of Trevor Bauer in one game
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Pretty good opportunity to show you're really the darts champion imo.
oh man an errant bee has invaded the stage of the world darts championship final
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Pretty good opportunity to show you're really the darts champion imo.
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Now past 10 AM, still no statement from the Prime Minister’s Office
8:30 AM, and still no statement from Canada’s prime minister
Perhaps the Governor General should knock on the door of Rideau Cottage to make sure he too was not kidnapped by the US military overnight?
Perhaps the Governor General should knock on the door of Rideau Cottage to make sure he too was not kidnapped by the US military overnight?
"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Now past 10 AM, still no statement from the Prime Minister’s Office
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Being profoundly upset about the 51st state stuff was not an unreasonable reaction.
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Being profoundly upset about the 51st state stuff was not an unreasonable reaction.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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I'm not a sports columnist or else I'd be busy right now banging out my column: "The Enshittification of the NHL Winter Classic."
January 3, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I'm not a sports columnist or else I'd be busy right now banging out my column: "The Enshittification of the NHL Winter Classic."
I love Tragically Hip, but “Courage” is a stupid choice for a goal song by the Canadian Juniors. It’s not really a cheerful song.
And, with it now 4-0 in the first period, I will be very sick of what is, a good tune.
And, with it now 4-0 in the first period, I will be very sick of what is, a good tune.
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I love Tragically Hip, but “Courage” is a stupid choice for a goal song by the Canadian Juniors. It’s not really a cheerful song.
And, with it now 4-0 in the first period, I will be very sick of what is, a good tune.
And, with it now 4-0 in the first period, I will be very sick of what is, a good tune.
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Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes
Taking my Val Vigoda energy into the new year.
"Just Getting Good" by Valerie Vigoda
YouTube video by Val Vigoda
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Taking my Val Vigoda energy into the new year.
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went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
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It's always a little unfair to overbake a quickly tossed-off skeet, but this is a distillation of an idea I see circulating a *lot* in lefty spaces. The context of what Mamdani was saying is in the alt-text; he's obviously being much more nuanced than saying "individualism must end."
But must it?
But must it?
![Anonymised skeet of a clip of Mayor Mamdani's inauguration, saying "they're going to want to kill him for this but he's so right, individualism as an ideology needs to end."
The video is paused over a line in the speech that goes "[replace] rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," after a lengthy discussion about how New York's myriad communities and neighbourhoods are often divided from one another.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3hpkklsnpkv65xf46q7mnibn/bafkreid6hdqjtwuiuqvcbj3ye23wace42k3dmfzprmpnj4qejw6zxhuywu@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
It's always a little unfair to overbake a quickly tossed-off skeet, but this is a distillation of an idea I see circulating a *lot* in lefty spaces. The context of what Mamdani was saying is in the alt-text; he's obviously being much more nuanced than saying "individualism must end."
But must it?
But must it?
Tonight, prime rib with family. The beef took longer to cook than expected, as usual, but it turned out very nicely.
January 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Tonight, prime rib with family. The beef took longer to cook than expected, as usual, but it turned out very nicely.
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It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
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None of this talk about a brain gain makes any sense unless funding for research is dramatically increased across the board in Canada.
Could scholarships be the key to Canada’s brain gain? https://macleans.ca/society/canada-can-be-a-refuge-for-americas-grad-students/
Canada Can Be a Refuge for America’s Grad Students - Macleans.ca
A new scholarship model is scooping up skilled researchers, newly untethered after disastrous funding cuts down south
macleans.ca
January 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
None of this talk about a brain gain makes any sense unless funding for research is dramatically increased across the board in Canada.
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
Have I mentioned today how lucky I am?
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Have I mentioned today how lucky I am?
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2026: the year it happens
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
2026: the year it happens
God let me age as gracefully and grandly as Ian Hanomansing. He’s been doing news almost as long as I can remember and he is greying like a hero.
January 1, 2026 at 5:45 AM
God let me age as gracefully and grandly as Ian Hanomansing. He’s been doing news almost as long as I can remember and he is greying like a hero.
As a national broadcaster, the CBC New Year show is thrown from region to region, managed from a Toronto hub.
Absolutely nobody looks warm, and the comms delay between Toronto and Iqaluit is almost quaint.
Absolutely nobody looks warm, and the comms delay between Toronto and Iqaluit is almost quaint.
January 1, 2026 at 5:16 AM
As a national broadcaster, the CBC New Year show is thrown from region to region, managed from a Toronto hub.
Absolutely nobody looks warm, and the comms delay between Toronto and Iqaluit is almost quaint.
Absolutely nobody looks warm, and the comms delay between Toronto and Iqaluit is almost quaint.
Happy New Year.
I resolve to keep being boring but to make at least one life-altering decision.
I resolve to keep being boring but to make at least one life-altering decision.
January 1, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Happy New Year.
I resolve to keep being boring but to make at least one life-altering decision.
I resolve to keep being boring but to make at least one life-altering decision.