Well, this sucks. The 2026 Farmers Almanac will be the last one ever. They are shutting down.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

If you haven't been to the Kichesippi taproom before, tomorrow afternoon is a great time to come visit! Lovely venue with some terrific authors who will be signing books; bring your pup, get out of the cold, and get some Christmas book shopping done! 1-4 p.m. - stick around for Happy Hour!

It must be frightening to be a conspiracy theorist and see monsters lurking under every bed. Life-shortening.

I'm finding it harder and harder to keep an open mind about AI with stories like this. We're using up vast amounts of our precious fresh water resources for what, exactly? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Don’t support this, don’t use it, don’t touch it. Burn it with fire. If you are an indie author, I cannot overstate how much genAI publishing tools are intended to fuck you. If you rely on an online presence, you are working in an environment where this stuff can take everything of value from you.

Serious question. What is going to happen to the government programs that shift to AI when this AI bubble bursts?

Beautiful.

Her husband was at Broadview one month and she was never able to talk to him. Not until he was already in Mexico. He had been in Chicago for 20 years. Her husband shared that the numbers of people there were astounding. It just makes me think how many people that are not counted/just disappeared.

Awesome.

CBC panel discusses Poilievre's declining fortunes: "He was inevitable and he was invincible, and now he's none of those things."

Interesting prediction.

Burn. MTG says she respects Nancy Pelosi because she did more as a speaker for her party than "our speaker has done for ours". I'm sure Johnson is going to love that.

Watching CNN and Trump looks like shit. He has aged 20 years in the last couple of weeks.

A young Tory MP's name gets mentioned as someone ready to cross the floor. He goes to ground and then suddenly announces he is stepping down. Young MPs just don't quit politics unless someone dumped a political horse head in the bed. #cutthroatontherideau #carneyneedsjust1

The same nut.

ROSIE: "I do think that we should say that from what we understand, there was an enormous amount of pressure on Matt Jeneroux from the leader's office and the people around him to not only stay in the party but to understand what would happen if he left. I'll just leave it at that."

Getting Kiss and Sell, my real estate blog up and running again! Over 245,000 visitors - amazing! These were the most popular posts:

These were my predictions for Ottawa real estate in 2025, written on January 6. peggyblairrealtor.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/t...

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

Out of budget lockup. I recently wrote: "Ottawa imposes a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts... yet a family buying a semi in Scarborough pays the equivalent of 15 percent in [DCs] and land transfer taxes." Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.

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BREAKING - Jury finds DC sandwich guy not guilty www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus... by @ryanjreilly.com

Another basket sold! This one was bought by a reader who hadn't yet read UMBRELLA MAN and decided to get herself a treat for Christmas! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/u...

To make this clear, the media need to walk people through what happens when tariffs goods arrive in a US port. Who has to fork over the tariff money? The US importer. Where does the money go? The US Treasury. It's a tax.

Federal judge blasts Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino for lying and extends an order restricting his agents' use of force in Chicago. blockclubchi.co/3WJRPe5

This Friday 1-4 and it's pet-friendly! C'mon by!

DoJ: "The submarine sandwich floats, and is therefore made of wood, and therefore weighs as much as a duck."

Trying to remember the last time I was this sick from food poisoning. Uncontrollable shaking last night, couldn't stand up without falling, chills: I was actually too sick to call for an ambulance. Better today but still weak, tired, and very sore. Wowsers.

Most potential pet owners consider things like breeding, size, coat, intelligence, trainability, and temperament. Often overlooked is the crucially important element of aerodynamics, which can greatly affect your gas mileage, raising the overall cost of ownership significantly.

It’s unimaginable the horror of the entire episode. I remember flying my scout helicopter in combat praying none of those bastards had hoagies.

I was an FBI agent for 25 years. I never felt the horror of a fully wrapped Subway sandwich caroming off my tactical vest in the darkness of night on the mean city streets; the smell of cheap yellow mustard and raw onions lingering in my olfactory banks only to retraumatize at every family picnic.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion” futurism.com/artificial-i...

Saturday, people! Local authors, books for sale and CHRISTMAS IS COMING! Grab a brew and a book! Pet-friendly venue!!!! #BooksOnTap #KichesippieBrewery #Ottawa #GreatReads #shopLocal

Updated: ReBound Press Christmas Gift Baskets! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/u...

Confirmed! Chris d’Entremont crosses the floor to join the Liberals! He was the only Conservative who won in all of Nova Scotia.

CBC just said that Chris d’Entremont is considering crossing the floor and joining the Liberals! Depends on what he sees in the budget. #canpoli #budget2025

If the sandwich didn't explode when it hit, you must acquit.

We will not have our Border Patrol officers smeared

If the sandwich stayed whole, the defense meets its goal

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Saturday, people! Local authors, books for sale and CHRISTMAS IS COMING! Grab a brew and a book! Pet-friendly venue!!!! #BooksOnTap #KichesippieBrewery #Ottawa #GreatReads #shopLocal

Just placed an order for my new business cards and signs! And yes, "For Sale" signs will actually have an "updated" photo, which is almost unheard of, ammaright? One April 1, I posted that our governing body was going to require us all to update our photos on our signage and people freaked out!

Ottawa to turn off photo radar cameras on Nov. 14

Worked with First Nations chiefs for almost 30 years. This government has to stop telling them to submit questions in advance when it is briefing them. Really disrespectful. They did this at the first meeting of Chiefs with Cabinet Ministers and Carney as well. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/11/04/e...

Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…