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for the boys
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
for the boys
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Winter Song Part 1 (Thread 1/3)
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Winter Song Part 1 (Thread 1/3)
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Three kids dead this month, just in our region.
It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously.
All these measures prevent Covid, too!
It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously.
All these measures prevent Covid, too!
Three children dead in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario region after flu-related complications
Medical officers of health warn of rapid rise in influenza-A, urge vaccination ahead of holidays
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Three kids dead this month, just in our region.
It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously.
All these measures prevent Covid, too!
It's never too late to start masking again, get your vaccinations and clean the air. Get a HEPA for your home this holiday season (if you can) and crack a window/run a fan. Wash your hands religiously.
All these measures prevent Covid, too!
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On this day in 1964, Parliament voted 163-78 to accept the new Canadian flag. The House of Commons rose and sang O Canada. Diefenbaker stayed seated and sang God Save The Queen.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
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Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
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December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On this day in 1964, Parliament voted 163-78 to accept the new Canadian flag. The House of Commons rose and sang O Canada. Diefenbaker stayed seated and sang God Save The Queen.
Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
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Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇
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You know what I need to finish my creative projects faster? More time not at my day job. That's it.
Universal basic income would help me and other writers and artists more than bullshit tech built on plagiarism.
Universal basic income would help me and other writers and artists more than bullshit tech built on plagiarism.
I have creative projects that I've been struggling to finish for *years* that I would rather fling into a fire than let a computer complete them for me.
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You know what I need to finish my creative projects faster? More time not at my day job. That's it.
Universal basic income would help me and other writers and artists more than bullshit tech built on plagiarism.
Universal basic income would help me and other writers and artists more than bullshit tech built on plagiarism.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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It doesn’t matter how well the sidewalks are cleared if this is what the curb cuts look like after they clear the roads down to the pavement for benefit of people in their 3000 pound motorized and heated boxes on wheels.
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It doesn’t matter how well the sidewalks are cleared if this is what the curb cuts look like after they clear the roads down to the pavement for benefit of people in their 3000 pound motorized and heated boxes on wheels.
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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Researchers have found two new vulnerabilities in React Server Components while attempting to exploit the patches last week.
These are new issues, separate from the critical CVE last week. The patch for React2Shell remains effective for the Remote Code Execution exploit.
These are new issues, separate from the critical CVE last week. The patch for React2Shell remains effective for the Remote Code Execution exploit.
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Researchers have found two new vulnerabilities in React Server Components while attempting to exploit the patches last week.
These are new issues, separate from the critical CVE last week. The patch for React2Shell remains effective for the Remote Code Execution exploit.
These are new issues, separate from the critical CVE last week. The patch for React2Shell remains effective for the Remote Code Execution exploit.
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Unpopular Opinion? Our roadways should be designed with built in safety features for pedestrians and cyclists first because pedestrians and cyclists aren't protected by a 1800kg metal cage with seatbelts, airbags, and crumple zones. #visionzero #winnipeg #roadwaysafety
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Unpopular Opinion? Our roadways should be designed with built in safety features for pedestrians and cyclists first because pedestrians and cyclists aren't protected by a 1800kg metal cage with seatbelts, airbags, and crumple zones. #visionzero #winnipeg #roadwaysafety
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When these outlets say "AI is inevitable" maybe take a look at other "sure things" they have backed in the past.
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When these outlets say "AI is inevitable" maybe take a look at other "sure things" they have backed in the past.
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We also welcome @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social with Together, Tomorrow, where an old puppet show isn't the only thing coming to an end
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We also welcome @duchessofwinnipeg.bsky.social with Together, Tomorrow, where an old puppet show isn't the only thing coming to an end
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BORB SEASON!
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BORB SEASON!
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COMIC: Occupational Hats
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
COMIC: Occupational Hats
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
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In my dream-yet-not-impossible world, we'd tax the rich appropriately so that we could fund UBI to a level everyone has a guaranteed livable income that covers not only food & shelter, but treats too. And truly universal healthcare that covers physical/mental/dental & meds, equipment, therapies etc.
Anyone who thinks it’s possible to fake disability for fraudulent benefits has clearly never known anyone even obliquely who has had to interact with the systems involved. Driven by a false FEAR of fraud: labyrinthine friction and ridiculous obstacles, designed to get the user to give up.
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In my dream-yet-not-impossible world, we'd tax the rich appropriately so that we could fund UBI to a level everyone has a guaranteed livable income that covers not only food & shelter, but treats too. And truly universal healthcare that covers physical/mental/dental & meds, equipment, therapies etc.
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AI is a climate issue. AI is a climate crisis.
A few important points here
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
AI is a climate issue. AI is a climate crisis.
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I am wondering if the government could amend the Competition Act to prevent this type of surge pricing - e.g. by limiting the number of times in a day/week that the price can be changed?
Or as often as the manager wants to hit the edit button...
www.popsci.com/technology/e...
www.popsci.com/technology/e...
Digital price tags can change the cost of groceries 6 times per minute
Electronic shelf labels bring Uber-style dynamic pricing to your grocery store. Walmart plans to expand these “digital shelf labels” to 2,300 stores.
www.popsci.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I am wondering if the government could amend the Competition Act to prevent this type of surge pricing - e.g. by limiting the number of times in a day/week that the price can be changed?
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I just heard that Manitoba is going to be selling off the back stock of US liquor until Christmas, giving proceeds to the Cheer Boards in Winnipeg, Brandon, and Thompson - essentially dealing with the dormant product we’d already paid for in a way that benefits us locally. Genius idea.
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I just heard that Manitoba is going to be selling off the back stock of US liquor until Christmas, giving proceeds to the Cheer Boards in Winnipeg, Brandon, and Thompson - essentially dealing with the dormant product we’d already paid for in a way that benefits us locally. Genius idea.
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the rabbits outside my office window have achieved a near perfect roundness
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the rabbits outside my office window have achieved a near perfect roundness
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Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
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This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
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In case you didn’t know. This will save me the time explaining it as well.
I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In case you didn’t know. This will save me the time explaining it as well.