Jeff B
@jeff-maljjin.bsky.social
One, two, is this on?
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I mostly yell to the void if I'm honest.
FR/EN, parce que je think in both languages tout le temps.
Tech - Baseball - Wrestling - News - Video games - Board Game
I mostly yell to the void if I'm honest.
FR/EN, parce que je think in both languages tout le temps.
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Jeff B
@jeff-maljjin.bsky.social
· Nov 18
La moitié de mes posts sont en français. The other half is in English. C'est ainsi que mon cerveau fonctionne. That's just how my life is, half-n-half. Heureusement, l'accès aux traductions est facile. Thankfully it's easy to translate anything using the 3 dots menu in each post.
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The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
understandingwar.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Good grief. This is the document being used to claim that the Detroit minor-league soccer stadium will generate a $25 mil economic impact *per year*. It's nothing but ridiculous assertions. Reporting this as some sort of credible assessment is negligence. detroitmigov.app.box.com/v/DCFC-CBO-R...
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good grief. This is the document being used to claim that the Detroit minor-league soccer stadium will generate a $25 mil economic impact *per year*. It's nothing but ridiculous assertions. Reporting this as some sort of credible assessment is negligence. detroitmigov.app.box.com/v/DCFC-CBO-R...
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Why Canadian bosses love hiring foreign workers vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Why Canadian bosses love hiring foreign workers
Douglas Todd: Low-skill guest workers toil longer hours, with fewer absences, for less pay than Canadian domestic workers.
vancouversun.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Why Canadian bosses love hiring foreign workers vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
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A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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I've come to the conclusion that journalism has fundamentally changed. The expectation that media members are supposed to inform readers is a vestige of the past. It's now up to knowledgeable individuals to spread correct information outside traditional outlets.
November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've come to the conclusion that journalism has fundamentally changed. The expectation that media members are supposed to inform readers is a vestige of the past. It's now up to knowledgeable individuals to spread correct information outside traditional outlets.
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"Denmark gets ready to cancel Christmas cards" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Denmark gets ready to cancel Christmas cards" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Toujours le fun de revoir mon ancienne gang "Taleo". Je retravaillerais n'importe quand avec eux s'ils n'étaient pas dans l'empire d'un géant de l'informatique qui n'a pas besoin d'être nommé.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Toujours le fun de revoir mon ancienne gang "Taleo". Je retravaillerais n'importe quand avec eux s'ils n'étaient pas dans l'empire d'un géant de l'informatique qui n'a pas besoin d'être nommé.
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"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
NEW: Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather. ⬇️🧵
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
Clans of Caledonia proved again tonight it is a great game that I like very much even though I don't seem to figure out the combos as much as my friends. 😅
#Boardgames
#Boardgames
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Clans of Caledonia proved again tonight it is a great game that I like very much even though I don't seem to figure out the combos as much as my friends. 😅
#Boardgames
#Boardgames
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Interesting note (well, that's really up to you):
Even assuming Dylan Cease gets $30 million in 2026, #Bluejays will be paying him and Trey Yesavage less than they paid Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer this past season.
Even assuming Dylan Cease gets $30 million in 2026, #Bluejays will be paying him and Trey Yesavage less than they paid Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer this past season.
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Interesting note (well, that's really up to you):
Even assuming Dylan Cease gets $30 million in 2026, #Bluejays will be paying him and Trey Yesavage less than they paid Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer this past season.
Even assuming Dylan Cease gets $30 million in 2026, #Bluejays will be paying him and Trey Yesavage less than they paid Chris Bassitt and Max Scherzer this past season.
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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 6:02 PM
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.
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The problem with this article is that it assumes that the Canadian terrorism listing process hasn't been politicized to the point of irrelevance. It assumes process, deliberation, and rationality. I'm not sure any of that is true anymore.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Why hasn’t Canada declared Terrorgram a terrorist organization?
Australia, the U.S. and U.K. have labelled Terrorgram a terrorist group, and two men in Canada were recently convicted of spreading its propaganda
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The problem with this article is that it assumes that the Canadian terrorism listing process hasn't been politicized to the point of irrelevance. It assumes process, deliberation, and rationality. I'm not sure any of that is true anymore.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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uh, that's bad.
Exclusive: Officials from Tulsi Gabbard's office arrived unannounced at a secret CIA archival facility in April to seize still-classified files on the JFK, RFK and MLK Jr. assassinations, sources told Reuters reut.rs/3XRquHg
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
uh, that's bad.
My hot take is that this privacy invading rule probably doesn't prevent many doping cases. 🤷
globalnews.ca/news/1154285...
globalnews.ca/news/1154285...
Penny Oleksiak gets 2-year competition ban for anti-doping rule violation | Globalnews.ca
The International Testing Agency (ITA) said in a statement that Oleksiak has accepted the penalty for three whereabouts failures between October 2024 and June 2025.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My hot take is that this privacy invading rule probably doesn't prevent many doping cases. 🤷
globalnews.ca/news/1154285...
globalnews.ca/news/1154285...
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“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
If you are surprised by this, I don't know what to tell you. 🤷
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you are surprised by this, I don't know what to tell you. 🤷
The worst timeline, I'm telling ya.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The worst timeline, I'm telling ya.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
Titre alternatif: Encore une fois, l'installateur Jeux 1000 Pattes trompe un client.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
Le parc de la déception : 77 000 $ pour un module de jeu non conforme
Une structure achetée d’une entreprise québécoise, mais fabriquée à l'étranger, déçoit et inquiète.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Titre alternatif: Encore une fois, l'installateur Jeux 1000 Pattes trompe un client.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...
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Remember the online outrage over Cracker Barrel on Twitter? Research indicates much of it was amplified by bots. Fake accounts fueling outrage isn’t new, but most people don’t realize how often it happens.
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...
Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?
gizmodo.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Remember the online outrage over Cracker Barrel on Twitter? Research indicates much of it was amplified by bots. Fake accounts fueling outrage isn’t new, but most people don’t realize how often it happens.
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...
gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...
But oh my, oh my, all that juicy oil they could get their grubby hands on!
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
But oh my, oh my, all that juicy oil they could get their grubby hands on!
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Unruly Card Games - Gator Days
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Unruly Card Games - Gator Days