Yoopka
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I booked a meeting room at work for 15 minutes so I could sit in silence instead of overhearing 100 different MS Teams calls at once.
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I booked a meeting room at work for 15 minutes so I could sit in silence instead of overhearing 100 different MS Teams calls at once.
There's no chair at my desk at work again 👎
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
There's no chair at my desk at work again 👎
Jared Goff can't play in cold weather.
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Jared Goff can't play in cold weather.
Larry Summers should be doing hard labour in a cobalt mine.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Larry Summers should be doing hard labour in a cobalt mine.
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The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
With those ostriches now defeated, I think Canada is the first country to go to war with a species of bird and win.
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
With those ostriches now defeated, I think Canada is the first country to go to war with a species of bird and win.
Just saw a guy walking around downtown Ottawa in hip waders.
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just saw a guy walking around downtown Ottawa in hip waders.
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Wireless internet with the Motorola MicroTAC and HP 100LX
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Wireless internet with the Motorola MicroTAC and HP 100LX
Trying to make it to the end of the work day without screaming at my bosses.
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trying to make it to the end of the work day without screaming at my bosses.
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It's really amazing how few MPs understand how parliament or the government of Canada work.
Meanwhile in Canada: Tory MP crosses the floor to the Liberals on budget week, citing poor Tory leadership; in response, Polievre talks too much in the House and somehow gets usurped by the Bloc in opposition:
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's really amazing how few MPs understand how parliament or the government of Canada work.
There's going to be a lot of people posting graphs and maps today.
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There's going to be a lot of people posting graphs and maps today.
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Solitaire is in many ways the loneliest card game.
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Solitaire is in many ways the loneliest card game.
They're literally using the Charles Taylor playbook
Defend NYC, a pro-Cuomo super PAC operated by Trump adviser Jason Meister, is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on sending out this text message to NYC voters, hoping it'll convince them to vote Cuomo for mayor, new filings show.
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
They're literally using the Charles Taylor playbook
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Explaining the Hanseatic League to an American: imagine an association of burghers
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Explaining the Hanseatic League to an American: imagine an association of burghers
I think Internet Maoism is going to make a big comeback soon.
October 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I think Internet Maoism is going to make a big comeback soon.
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The funny thing about the invention of the wheel is the guy who invented it died penniless. It wasn't until much much later that pennies were invented
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The funny thing about the invention of the wheel is the guy who invented it died penniless. It wasn't until much much later that pennies were invented
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![Comic. [diploma from East State University for Doctor of Philosophy in Document Forgery] [caption] If you put one of these up in your office, and no one notices, you’ve earned it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreif2hl6u2eqv7rmq27tenpy5s5d7egkhwzvfw4ohpskh67ibuw52ym@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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"Lord make me chaste but not yet" is like one of the only things st. Augustine ever said that you could also imagine Rodney Dangerfield saying
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"Lord make me chaste but not yet" is like one of the only things st. Augustine ever said that you could also imagine Rodney Dangerfield saying
That was a real classic Dave Roberts disasterclass last night.
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
That was a real classic Dave Roberts disasterclass last night.
As someone who has to wear glasses, I'm not looking forward to the future of having to constantly reassure people that I'm not recording them.
People are opening up Meta AI Ray Ban glasses and modding out the LED recording light, then selling them on eBay. There is huge interest in disabling this functionality, which means basically you cannot trust anyone wearing these (i'm sure you already weren't)
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co
October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As someone who has to wear glasses, I'm not looking forward to the future of having to constantly reassure people that I'm not recording them.
"The City of Ottawa is not expected to receive any distributions from the partnership over the 40-year term of the agreement."
So why throw another $400 million at this? Even OSEG isn't making money on this.
So why throw another $400 million at this? Even OSEG isn't making money on this.
Lansdowne partnership posts $11 million loss in 2024-25 as council prepares to vote on Lansdowne 2.0
Lansdowne partnership posts $11 million loss in 2024-25 as council prepares to vote on Lansdowne 2.0
The Lansdowne Park partnership posted a revenue loss for the 11th straight year, despite a boost in revenue and a higher number of events at the park in Ottawa’s Glebe neighbourhood.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"The City of Ottawa is not expected to receive any distributions from the partnership over the 40-year term of the agreement."
So why throw another $400 million at this? Even OSEG isn't making money on this.
So why throw another $400 million at this? Even OSEG isn't making money on this.
Why not just add this responsibility to FINTRAC? They already (allegedly) do half of this.
Canada to launch new agency to fight financial crime reut.rs/4htekgY
Canada to launch new agency to fight financial crime
Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Monday announced the creation of a new financial crime agency to combat fraud, tackle money laundering and recover criminal proceeds.
reut.rs
October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Why not just add this responsibility to FINTRAC? They already (allegedly) do half of this.
My favourite part of working in a hybrid office is coming in and finding out my office for the day doesn't have a chair or mouse.
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My favourite part of working in a hybrid office is coming in and finding out my office for the day doesn't have a chair or mouse.