Barry Beldam
@bbeldam.bsky.social
Dad, husband, software-management-type overhead, painter of little warhammer models, beer appreciator. Highest ranked Apex player, Netrunner worlds 2022. He/him.
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I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
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China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
The whole warband. Really happy with how these guys came together - Frostgrave has fantastic plastic kits from Northstar but it's so much fun to come up with a crazy idea and lean into it for your warband.
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The whole warband. Really happy with how these guys came together - Frostgrave has fantastic plastic kits from Northstar but it's so much fun to come up with a crazy idea and lean into it for your warband.
My Frostgrave rat warband needed an Infantryman so I quickly kitbashed something that I'm pretty pleased with.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My Frostgrave rat warband needed an Infantryman so I quickly kitbashed something that I'm pretty pleased with.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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When Bashir told Garak about the boy who cried wolf.
August 30, 2024 at 7:10 PM
When Bashir told Garak about the boy who cried wolf.
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People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.
Okay, who told every exec to start using "white space" as their new buzzword?
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
People thinking they’re inventing network television after 10 years of destroying network television, I am going to walk into the fucking ocean.
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Fountain pens really are special. When you start writing with one, there's a great satisfaction to the ritual of writing. And choosing an ink that reflects your character is fun, too.
I shall always advocate for them: they're better for the environment, smooth and fast to write with...look cool too.
I shall always advocate for them: they're better for the environment, smooth and fast to write with...look cool too.
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Fountain pens really are special. When you start writing with one, there's a great satisfaction to the ritual of writing. And choosing an ink that reflects your character is fun, too.
I shall always advocate for them: they're better for the environment, smooth and fast to write with...look cool too.
I shall always advocate for them: they're better for the environment, smooth and fast to write with...look cool too.
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I know everyone is rightly talking about the election right now and not baseball, but this is hugely good news for the #bluejays! Let's run it back! Only better!
An early, unexpected offseason win for the #BlueJays: Shane Bieber has opted in.
Full story on the news from last night:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Full story on the news from last night:
www.mlb.com/bluejays/new...
Bieber opts in to return to Blue Jays rotation
TORONTO -- Just days into the offseason following their loss in Game 7 of the World Series to the Dodgers, the Blue Jays have already tallied their first win.
Shane Bieber on Wednesday opted in with t...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I know everyone is rightly talking about the election right now and not baseball, but this is hugely good news for the #bluejays! Let's run it back! Only better!
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Ernie deserved a Golden Glove & I will remain angry about this for a good long time.
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Ernie deserved a Golden Glove & I will remain angry about this for a good long time.
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As a lifelong fan of #Toronto, #baseball and #sports in general, I've never seen nor experienced anything as tragic & crushing than what happened to the #BlueJays in the #WorldSeries.
This article by @barryp.bsky.social describes how I feel right now, and will likely be feeling for quite some time.
This article by @barryp.bsky.social describes how I feel right now, and will likely be feeling for quite some time.
Toronto Will Never Get Over This | Defector
Baseball makes you feel bad. I don’t mean that in a literate sense ripping off Bart Giamatti’s lede, the sense of dreading a sullen winter spent longing for the sensory pleasures of the game. I mean t...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
As a lifelong fan of #Toronto, #baseball and #sports in general, I've never seen nor experienced anything as tragic & crushing than what happened to the #BlueJays in the #WorldSeries.
This article by @barryp.bsky.social describes how I feel right now, and will likely be feeling for quite some time.
This article by @barryp.bsky.social describes how I feel right now, and will likely be feeling for quite some time.
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notice how we're emulating the stuff that the PLA and Russia puts out with giant flaming hoops and so forth.
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
notice how we're emulating the stuff that the PLA and Russia puts out with giant flaming hoops and so forth.
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Strong endorse.
My annual plea to leave the damn clocks alone, and why morning people are the worst:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Overthrow the Tyranny of Morning People
Leave the clocks alone.
www.theatlantic.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Strong endorse.
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Nation’s therapists know what they’re going to be talking about this week
Nation’s therapists know what they’re going to be talking about this week
TORONTO – Canada’s psychologists, psychiatrists and PTSD specialists are all pretty confident they know what they’ll be covering with their patients this week. “Usually it’s a bit of a mystery,” said ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nation’s therapists know what they’re going to be talking about this week
Some thoughts from a lifetime Blue Jays fan.
1. That was hard. So close.
2. The Jays were the best team in the league this year. Full credit to the Dodgers who are a great team and played hard, but the Jays should have won that series.
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1. That was hard. So close.
2. The Jays were the best team in the league this year. Full credit to the Dodgers who are a great team and played hard, but the Jays should have won that series.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Some thoughts from a lifetime Blue Jays fan.
1. That was hard. So close.
2. The Jays were the best team in the league this year. Full credit to the Dodgers who are a great team and played hard, but the Jays should have won that series.
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1. That was hard. So close.
2. The Jays were the best team in the league this year. Full credit to the Dodgers who are a great team and played hard, but the Jays should have won that series.
/1
From a last place team to coming within inches of beating the defending champions. This was an amazing season. They played their hearts out, never gave up, and achieved unbelievable things.
What a year.
#gojaysgo
What a year.
#gojaysgo
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
From a last place team to coming within inches of beating the defending champions. This was an amazing season. They played their hearts out, never gave up, and achieved unbelievable things.
What a year.
#gojaysgo
What a year.
#gojaysgo
FUCK YES BO YOU BRILLIANT BASTARD
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
FUCK YES BO YOU BRILLIANT BASTARD
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Other countries are not coming to save scientific research & academia. Maybe to poach a few high-profile scholars. But no one is going to do things at scale to replace 🇺🇸, & most every other rich country is also doing educational austerity.
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We are in an era of deadweight loss - this stuff just won't happen. Even a country committed to filling the gap cannot possibly do it by an order of magnitude overnight - they would need to do something like double every year for a decade. And we'd need a lot of countries to do the same.
The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Other countries are not coming to save scientific research & academia. Maybe to poach a few high-profile scholars. But no one is going to do things at scale to replace 🇺🇸, & most every other rich country is also doing educational austerity.
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A lot of people seem to be confused about what Carney's job is.
November 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A lot of people seem to be confused about what Carney's job is.
If that ball doesn't wedge under the wall, I think the Jays win that game.
But you know, the Blue Jays way is the hard way, so we'll see y'all tomorrow for game 7.
#gojaysgo
But you know, the Blue Jays way is the hard way, so we'll see y'all tomorrow for game 7.
#gojaysgo
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
If that ball doesn't wedge under the wall, I think the Jays win that game.
But you know, the Blue Jays way is the hard way, so we'll see y'all tomorrow for game 7.
#gojaysgo
But you know, the Blue Jays way is the hard way, so we'll see y'all tomorrow for game 7.
#gojaysgo
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