Andy Chalk
@andychalk.bsky.social
The last of the V8s. PC Gamer news by day, angry about Canadian politics by night. Email me at andy.chalk@pcgamer.com. Got a tip? http://pcgamer.com/tips/
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lol, eat shit America
The U.K., which controls some territories in the Caribbean, operates an intelligence network in the area. In a major break between longtime allies, it has stopped sharing this intelligence with the U.S. government. trib.al/8CtoMyu
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
lol, eat shit America
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Gaza has dropped out of the conversation in many places post ceasefire - similar to Lebanon, subject to daily Israeli attacks all year despite a ceasefire here.
But the attacks are ongoing and people continue to die regularly in both places.
But the attacks are ongoing and people continue to die regularly in both places.
"Israel violated the ceasefire agreement at least 282 times from October 10 to November 10, through the continuation of attacks by air, artillery and direct shootings, the Government Media Office in Gaza reports."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
www.aljazeera.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Gaza has dropped out of the conversation in many places post ceasefire - similar to Lebanon, subject to daily Israeli attacks all year despite a ceasefire here.
But the attacks are ongoing and people continue to die regularly in both places.
But the attacks are ongoing and people continue to die regularly in both places.
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JOHNS: “I don't think it was a far stretch for Chris d'Entremont to cross over and join the Liberal Party of today, ’cause Carney's running on...a Progressive Conservative agenda. And the Conservative Party has certainly pivoted back to more the Reform Party of the past and a MAGA-type party.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
JOHNS: “I don't think it was a far stretch for Chris d'Entremont to cross over and join the Liberal Party of today, ’cause Carney's running on...a Progressive Conservative agenda. And the Conservative Party has certainly pivoted back to more the Reform Party of the past and a MAGA-type party.”
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The previously unreported intelligence pointed to doubts within the Israeli military about the legality of its tactics that contrasted sharply with Israel’s public stance defending its actions. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say
The previously unreported intelligence pointed to doubts within the Israeli military about the legality of its tactics that contrasted sharply with Israel’s public stance defending its actions.
www.reuters.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The previously unreported intelligence pointed to doubts within the Israeli military about the legality of its tactics that contrasted sharply with Israel’s public stance defending its actions. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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“Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.”
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers.”
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The stories will get worse over time as censorship erodes. But we knew and didn’t stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Imagine being such a loser that your loserdom is now international news. This is yet another step in the humiliation ritual that is the Conservative Party
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Imagine being such a loser that your loserdom is now international news. This is yet another step in the humiliation ritual that is the Conservative Party
not
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
not
America will ban this before the end of summer '26
"Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new protein-based gel that can restore tooth enamel by mimicking the body’s natural growth processes."
Goodbye, Cavities? Scientists Just Found a Way to Regrow Tooth Enamel
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new protein-based gel that can restore tooth enamel by mimicking the body’s natural growth processes. A newly developed material has been us...
scitechdaily.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
America will ban this before the end of summer '26
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If the Twitter/X meltdown over Eurogamer's Arc Raiders review contains anything useful, it's a reminder that the average scroller does not think that hard about things outside themselves.
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If the Twitter/X meltdown over Eurogamer's Arc Raiders review contains anything useful, it's a reminder that the average scroller does not think that hard about things outside themselves.
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6/ You can help us identify the rest. If you know about any of these individuals, please contact us directly so we can engage in a verification process.
White Nationalist Networking: Help us Identify the Organizers and Guests
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
6/ You can help us identify the rest. If you know about any of these individuals, please contact us directly so we can engage in a verification process.
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
And that's the way it goes
Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for his role in securing funding for his 2007 presidential campaign.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison
Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for his role in securing funding for his 2007 presidential campaign.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And that's the way it goes
oh no
THE DAWN CAME LATE, AND THE BREAKFAST HAD TO WAIT
WHEN THE GALES OF NOVEMBER CAME SLASHIN'
WHEN AFTERNOON CAME, IT WAS FREEZING RAIN
IN THE FACE OF A HURRICANE WEST WIND
THE DAWN CAME LATE, AND THE BREAKFAST HAD TO WAIT
WHEN THE GALES OF NOVEMBER CAME SLASHIN'
WHEN AFTERNOON CAME, IT WAS FREEZING RAIN
IN THE FACE OF A HURRICANE WEST WIND
50 years ago today, Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank beneath the waves of Lake Superior during a massive storm.
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
🧵1/20
The sinking took the lives of all 29 men on the ship, and became immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
This is the story of this terrible tragedy.
🧵1/20
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
oh no
THE DAWN CAME LATE, AND THE BREAKFAST HAD TO WAIT
WHEN THE GALES OF NOVEMBER CAME SLASHIN'
WHEN AFTERNOON CAME, IT WAS FREEZING RAIN
IN THE FACE OF A HURRICANE WEST WIND
THE DAWN CAME LATE, AND THE BREAKFAST HAD TO WAIT
WHEN THE GALES OF NOVEMBER CAME SLASHIN'
WHEN AFTERNOON CAME, IT WAS FREEZING RAIN
IN THE FACE OF A HURRICANE WEST WIND
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
I was playing Arc Raiders tonight and I left a match before I was ready to go because two guys were holding an elevator for me and I was like "damn I don't want to be rude here," so I bailed with them.
This is my favourite thing about Arc Raiders.
This is my favourite thing about Arc Raiders.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I was playing Arc Raiders tonight and I left a match before I was ready to go because two guys were holding an elevator for me and I was like "damn I don't want to be rude here," so I bailed with them.
This is my favourite thing about Arc Raiders.
This is my favourite thing about Arc Raiders.
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The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
Anyway if anyone out there can explain to me how Canada had a choice about which party came into power in the last election beyond LPC/CPC I'd love to hear it. Telling me that "we don't vote for a PM" and then blocking me when I reply that I'm aware of this nuance in our system is not cutting it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Anyway if anyone out there can explain to me how Canada had a choice about which party came into power in the last election beyond LPC/CPC I'd love to hear it. Telling me that "we don't vote for a PM" and then blocking me when I reply that I'm aware of this nuance in our system is not cutting it.
Progressives sure are a tightly wound bunch
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Progressives sure are a tightly wound bunch
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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We call on BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans to drop their ~$81.54M stake in Tesla. Far worse than Tesla’s litany of labour + safety issues, its CEO and 13% owner is a raging fascist threatening the US, Canada, and others. Pensions will be worthless if brownshirt billionaires kill democracy. 1/x
Elon Musk's speech in Germany raises concerns about his increased political meddling abroad | CBC News
Elon Musk's comments at a rally for Germany's far-right AfD party last weekend have raised concerns about the billionaire’s escalating political interference in foreign countries — including Canada.
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
We call on BCI + BC Public Sector Pension Plans to drop their ~$81.54M stake in Tesla. Far worse than Tesla’s litany of labour + safety issues, its CEO and 13% owner is a raging fascist threatening the US, Canada, and others. Pensions will be worthless if brownshirt billionaires kill democracy. 1/x
I didn't get an answer, but one dude got mad and blocked me, so that's kind of a win.
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I didn't get an answer, but one dude got mad and blocked me, so that's kind of a win.
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omg.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
omg.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM