Mark Demeny 🇨🇦
@markdemeny.com
I guess I am on this site now.
Ottawa, Canada.
Ottawa, Canada.
Somewhere out there is an alternate universe in which Gore beat Bush and MySpace beat Facebook and Nuzzi didn't release a book of Vogon poetry-level prose.
It's lovely and those blissfully ignorant people have no idea what fate they dodged.
It's lovely and those blissfully ignorant people have no idea what fate they dodged.
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Somewhere out there is an alternate universe in which Gore beat Bush and MySpace beat Facebook and Nuzzi didn't release a book of Vogon poetry-level prose.
It's lovely and those blissfully ignorant people have no idea what fate they dodged.
It's lovely and those blissfully ignorant people have no idea what fate they dodged.
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the elite class becomes easier to understand when you realize they think everybody is as dumb as they are
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
the elite class becomes easier to understand when you realize they think everybody is as dumb as they are
Cal is six! Happy birthday you big furry muppet.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Cal is six! Happy birthday you big furry muppet.
Oh yes please, sign me up for this 51st state bullshit.
American rules, you can get a bill for a medical visit from six months ago and it’s just like completely normal.
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Oh yes please, sign me up for this 51st state bullshit.
Not even satire.
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Not even satire.
Thanks @katebeaton.bsky.social for the laughs this morning. "Maybe you shouldn't cut your own hair on opioids" made me snort in my coffee.
Hope you are feeling better.
Hope you are feeling better.
September 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thanks @katebeaton.bsky.social for the laughs this morning. "Maybe you shouldn't cut your own hair on opioids" made me snort in my coffee.
Hope you are feeling better.
Hope you are feeling better.
Someday anthropologists may study this in the same way that we question the logic of pulling down trees to build bigger and bigger maoi statues at Easter island.
Texas, which famously has not enough freeways, to spend $146b on more freeways.
Abbott Announces $146 Billion Transportation Investment
Governor Greg Abbott this week announced a new 10-year transportation plan with a total projected investment of over $146 billion. The plan by the Texas Department of Transportation will invest in loc...
www.newsradioklbj.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Someday anthropologists may study this in the same way that we question the logic of pulling down trees to build bigger and bigger maoi statues at Easter island.
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Half my neighbors want cops to arrest 10yo kids for riding ebikes. Local stores and restaurants allow max of two teenagers in the store at once. Kids played Pokemon Go outdoors and people reacted like it was the end times.
We took everywhere away from them. Of course they’re on their phones.
We took everywhere away from them. Of course they’re on their phones.
Remember when the malls were saying kids couldn't come there without an adult unless they worked there...? Remember that one city that gave all its kids a curfew...? Remember the kids police killed for playing unsupervised...? Or the parents charged with crimes for leaving their kids in parks...?
"Most of the children in our survey said that they aren’t allowed to be out in public at all without an adult. Fewer than half of the 8- and 9-year-olds have gone down a grocery-store aisle alone; more than a quarter aren’t allowed to play unsupervised even in their own front yard."
August 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Half my neighbors want cops to arrest 10yo kids for riding ebikes. Local stores and restaurants allow max of two teenagers in the store at once. Kids played Pokemon Go outdoors and people reacted like it was the end times.
We took everywhere away from them. Of course they’re on their phones.
We took everywhere away from them. Of course they’re on their phones.
Whelp, I guess I know what I will be re-reading over the summer.
The Shattering Peace gets a starred review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social: "Scalzi’s legion of fans... won’t be disappointed by the latest installment in the long-running, groundbreaking, utterly epic 'Old Man’s War' series."
UTTERLY EPIC Y'ALL
www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-s...
UTTERLY EPIC Y'ALL
www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-s...
The Shattering Peace
www.libraryjournal.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Whelp, I guess I know what I will be re-reading over the summer.
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I'm honestly surprised we still have Juneteenth as a federal holiday. I am not even a little bit joking
June 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I'm honestly surprised we still have Juneteenth as a federal holiday. I am not even a little bit joking
🎶 Stagflation.... 🎶
* FED LOWERS 2025 GDP ESTIMATE TO 1.4%, LIFTS INFLATION TO 3% 🇺🇸
June 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🎶 Stagflation.... 🎶
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June 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
These self-proclaimed alpha males are *so afraid* of everything and everyone.
Duffy: "If you're liberal, they want you to take public transportation ... the problem is that it's dirty. You have criminals. It's homeless shelters. It's insane asylums. It's a work ground for the criminal element of the city to prey upon the good people."
May 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
These self-proclaimed alpha males are *so afraid* of everything and everyone.
Choice quote: "Once you stop taking Elon’s words at face value, you can never see or hear him the same again".
Also applies to the entirety of the United States at this point. Canada and Ukraine know this already. The bond market is *only just* waking up to this reality.
Also applies to the entirety of the United States at this point. Canada and Ukraine know this already. The bond market is *only just* waking up to this reality.
10 years ago today I was about to drive from Oregon to the middle of nowhere in California's Central Valley on a whim that would forever transform my life.
What a long, strange trip it's been... and I've never been so convinced it's almost over.
This piece is from 2022 👇
slate.com/technology/2...
What a long, strange trip it's been... and I've never been so convinced it's almost over.
This piece is from 2022 👇
slate.com/technology/2...
When I First Saw Elon Musk for Who He Really Is
At a charging station. In the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by cows.
slate.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Choice quote: "Once you stop taking Elon’s words at face value, you can never see or hear him the same again".
Also applies to the entirety of the United States at this point. Canada and Ukraine know this already. The bond market is *only just* waking up to this reality.
Also applies to the entirety of the United States at this point. Canada and Ukraine know this already. The bond market is *only just* waking up to this reality.
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
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Unless Seattle restauranteurs and hoteliers know someone who can compel ICE to respect the writ of habeas corpus, not sure this is going to cut it.
Seattle, feeling the pinch from lack of Canadian tourism with border crossings down 50%, have started a tourism campaign where local restaurants/hotels take Canadian dollars at par this weekend for the annual Jays-Mariners series
!['Open Arms for Canada' discount offered to Canadian tourists in Seattle this weekend
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/discount-canadian-tourists-seattle
Canadian tourists vising Seattle for the Toronto Blue Jays series will get a roughly a 30% discount at select restaurants and businesses this weekend.
It's part of the "Open Arms for Canada" campaign, an effort to bring in more Canadian tourists.
SEATTLE - Dozens of Seattle restaurants, attractions and hotels are taking part in the Open Arms for Canada campaign to bring in more Canadian tourists.
What they're saying:
"We're approaching 40 businesses and organizations that will accept Canadian currency at par, roughly a 30% discount, if they come to Seattle and show us a [Canadian] driver's license or passport," said Bob Donegan, President and CEO of Ivar's.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bumu6s332o24fppobse7j3ms/bafkreid7s6njzwbppymcms7jnkxapnoyxzlmz5fqoypl4zcsesekftxdia@jpeg)
May 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Unless Seattle restauranteurs and hoteliers know someone who can compel ICE to respect the writ of habeas corpus, not sure this is going to cut it.
Evergreen joke.
Excuse this personal post, but has anyone found a Navy Jet, I lost it around the Red Sea, DM me.
May 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Evergreen joke.
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This weekend’s cartoon from @deadder.bsky.social in @theglobeandmail.com absolutely nails the sinister essence of DT’s mile-wide red tie.
May 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This weekend’s cartoon from @deadder.bsky.social in @theglobeandmail.com absolutely nails the sinister essence of DT’s mile-wide red tie.
As much as Jack Layton was personally popular and led the NDP to electoral success, in the long run, I think history may look more kindly on @jagmeetsingh.ca
Layton toppled Martin to lead to a decade of rule under Harper, while Singh pushed the Libs to pass dentalcare and prevented a CPC win.
Layton toppled Martin to lead to a decade of rule under Harper, while Singh pushed the Libs to pass dentalcare and prevented a CPC win.
April 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
As much as Jack Layton was personally popular and led the NDP to electoral success, in the long run, I think history may look more kindly on @jagmeetsingh.ca
Layton toppled Martin to lead to a decade of rule under Harper, while Singh pushed the Libs to pass dentalcare and prevented a CPC win.
Layton toppled Martin to lead to a decade of rule under Harper, while Singh pushed the Libs to pass dentalcare and prevented a CPC win.
Pretty clear that Donald is equating a vote for the Conservatives as a vote for being subsumed by the United States.
I hope that Canadians are taking him seriously and literally when they vote today.
I hope that Canadians are taking him seriously and literally when they vote today.
This election day message to Canadians may wind up in a museum
April 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Pretty clear that Donald is equating a vote for the Conservatives as a vote for being subsumed by the United States.
I hope that Canadians are taking him seriously and literally when they vote today.
I hope that Canadians are taking him seriously and literally when they vote today.
From a purely business-school case study perspective, this is going to be amazing to watch. It's like Canute ordering the tides to "get written, 90-day permission".
"Albertsons tells suppliers to eat the cost of tariffs: ‘We are not accepting cost increases’" fortune.com/2025/04/25/a...
April 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
From a purely business-school case study perspective, this is going to be amazing to watch. It's like Canute ordering the tides to "get written, 90-day permission".
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The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure