Birds_rocks 🇨🇦
@birdsrocks.bsky.social
In normal times I just skeet about my garden and Star Wars, but regrettably I was right when I became a full-blown doomer in November 2016.
Nationalism sucks, but being annexed by a fascist state sucks more.
Nationalism sucks, but being annexed by a fascist state sucks more.
Idk if I were a multi billion dollar megacorp that mines and classifies images for data and ai training, I probably wouldn’t offer up a “then and now” post from with a pic of a dog from twelve years ago
That’s just me though.
That’s just me though.
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Idk if I were a multi billion dollar megacorp that mines and classifies images for data and ai training, I probably wouldn’t offer up a “then and now” post from with a pic of a dog from twelve years ago
That’s just me though.
That’s just me though.
The Napoleonic Code was a mistake.
Just because you CAN prescribe something into law doesn’t mean you should. But apparently it’s sooo tempting to use it to legislate “undesirables” out of society.
Just because you CAN prescribe something into law doesn’t mean you should. But apparently it’s sooo tempting to use it to legislate “undesirables” out of society.
Quebec’s Bill 9 is legalized discrimination
“The CAQ’s expanded secularism legislation is the opposite of religious neutrality.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#polqc
“The CAQ’s expanded secularism legislation is the opposite of religious neutrality.”
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#polqc
Quebec's Bill 9 is legalized discrimination
The government of Quebec tabled a new secularism bill today aiming to build on Bill 21 — more legalized discrimination from the CAQ.
cultmtl.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Napoleonic Code was a mistake.
Just because you CAN prescribe something into law doesn’t mean you should. But apparently it’s sooo tempting to use it to legislate “undesirables” out of society.
Just because you CAN prescribe something into law doesn’t mean you should. But apparently it’s sooo tempting to use it to legislate “undesirables” out of society.
Banh-mi is the perfect food 🥖
Vietnamese food has a concept I don't often see in western cuisine - "ngán."
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Banh-mi is the perfect food 🥖
Watching an old people trying to buy butter on sale get charged full price because they don’t have the PC optimum card on their smartphones.
And the cashiers are all exasperated dealing with this for the fiftieth time today.
And the cashiers are all exasperated dealing with this for the fiftieth time today.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Watching an old people trying to buy butter on sale get charged full price because they don’t have the PC optimum card on their smartphones.
And the cashiers are all exasperated dealing with this for the fiftieth time today.
And the cashiers are all exasperated dealing with this for the fiftieth time today.
HMM I WONDER WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BETWEEN
VERMONT
????
OTTAWA
in the last week of july.
MYSTERY
VERMONT
????
OTTAWA
in the last week of july.
MYSTERY
All 2026 tour dates and ticket info up RIGHT NOW at
www.weirdal.com/tour
www.weirdal.com/tour
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
HMM I WONDER WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BETWEEN
VERMONT
????
OTTAWA
in the last week of july.
MYSTERY
VERMONT
????
OTTAWA
in the last week of july.
MYSTERY
Rode the new REM all the way to Deux Montagnes today while I waited for my iPhone battery to get swapped.
Some insane land use immediately adjacent to the stations:
- junkyard (Sunnybrooke)
- Ile Bigras altogether
- golf course (Sainte Dorothee)
- parking lots (Sunnybrooke - Deux montagnes
Some insane land use immediately adjacent to the stations:
- junkyard (Sunnybrooke)
- Ile Bigras altogether
- golf course (Sainte Dorothee)
- parking lots (Sunnybrooke - Deux montagnes
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Rode the new REM all the way to Deux Montagnes today while I waited for my iPhone battery to get swapped.
Some insane land use immediately adjacent to the stations:
- junkyard (Sunnybrooke)
- Ile Bigras altogether
- golf course (Sainte Dorothee)
- parking lots (Sunnybrooke - Deux montagnes
Some insane land use immediately adjacent to the stations:
- junkyard (Sunnybrooke)
- Ile Bigras altogether
- golf course (Sainte Dorothee)
- parking lots (Sunnybrooke - Deux montagnes
I spent literally ALL day today trying to dig up a citation that concretely says you shouldn’t purposefully deprive immigrants from public services because that’s bad. Academia ✨
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I spent literally ALL day today trying to dig up a citation that concretely says you shouldn’t purposefully deprive immigrants from public services because that’s bad. Academia ✨
i hope this whole fiasco has made things crystal clear that the executive class are morons who also live in a fantasy land.
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 1:47 PM
i hope this whole fiasco has made things crystal clear that the executive class are morons who also live in a fantasy land.
Received my 30 year old lady 🎶 Sears catalogue
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Received my 30 year old lady 🎶 Sears catalogue
Quick question: WTF?
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Quick question: WTF?
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Me in the Costco food court:
i still want a 3rd dog, i am insane and a mad person
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Me in the Costco food court:
Yiayia had better look out
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yiayia had better look out
We had an old, ugly light fixture on our front porch ceiling but I never found anything I liked to replace it with so I just left it
Went to change the light bulb last week and it exploded (??) and fried the smart switch it was attached to. Alrighty then!
Went to change the light bulb last week and it exploded (??) and fried the smart switch it was attached to. Alrighty then!
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
We had an old, ugly light fixture on our front porch ceiling but I never found anything I liked to replace it with so I just left it
Went to change the light bulb last week and it exploded (??) and fried the smart switch it was attached to. Alrighty then!
Went to change the light bulb last week and it exploded (??) and fried the smart switch it was attached to. Alrighty then!
Checking out what the local puppy mills are up to...
oh. ok.
oh. ok.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Checking out what the local puppy mills are up to...
oh. ok.
oh. ok.
Bet George feels dumb for having gone to see the new Yorgos Lanthimos movie and leaving me at home (because I hate his movies with a fiery passion) to eat homemade pho.
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Bet George feels dumb for having gone to see the new Yorgos Lanthimos movie and leaving me at home (because I hate his movies with a fiery passion) to eat homemade pho.
How far off are we from hostile metricization when prices per lb get so high that grocers try to pull a fast one on consumers by switching to advertising prices per 100g? 🤔
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
How far off are we from hostile metricization when prices per lb get so high that grocers try to pull a fast one on consumers by switching to advertising prices per 100g? 🤔
It's that time of year again (making a warranty claim on yet another heated blanket). Like clockwork.
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's that time of year again (making a warranty claim on yet another heated blanket). Like clockwork.
What must it be like to be George, who when I asked what he wanted for breakfast said “strudel” and a strudel just… appeared.
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What must it be like to be George, who when I asked what he wanted for breakfast said “strudel” and a strudel just… appeared.
So easy a dog could do it
November 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So easy a dog could do it
LFG!!!! 🐦⬛⚾️⚾️🐦⬛
November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
LFG!!!! 🐦⬛⚾️⚾️🐦⬛
Our shitty Amazon pepper mill shit the bed (the second one in not very long), but I just remembered my brother in law is coming back from Greece next week and they make DELUXE solid brass salt & pepper mills.
And they cost half as much as they do here. 👀
And they cost half as much as they do here. 👀
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Our shitty Amazon pepper mill shit the bed (the second one in not very long), but I just remembered my brother in law is coming back from Greece next week and they make DELUXE solid brass salt & pepper mills.
And they cost half as much as they do here. 👀
And they cost half as much as they do here. 👀
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW… THE MOVIE!!!
October 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW… THE MOVIE!!!
Did you know if you DON’T pay to watch baseball, the nice pirates filter out the commercials for you?
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Did you know if you DON’T pay to watch baseball, the nice pirates filter out the commercials for you?
Huge endorsement for sweet focaccia. This one is apple caramel w/cinnamon and cardamom.
The top got a bit overdone but it was still extremely tasty.
The top got a bit overdone but it was still extremely tasty.
October 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Huge endorsement for sweet focaccia. This one is apple caramel w/cinnamon and cardamom.
The top got a bit overdone but it was still extremely tasty.
The top got a bit overdone but it was still extremely tasty.