The new AI features on my S24 that I didn't ask for have already failed me. Country, Sammy? Really? It's like you don't even know me. Facebook can show me an ad for a car I pointed out to my son in the street 20 minutes earlier, but you've never picked up on my feelings about country?

When Harper attacks Bonhomme Carnaval, he attacks ALL of us.

Further to my post the other day about not engaging with the official US government trolls that joined Bluesky en masse on Friday just before the No Kings protest, here's one of several article that confirms they are verified US gov't accounts and they're here to troll.

I agree with this. CBC should nurture its international presence again, and not just because Moscow is doing it. For one thing, as I've said previously, there may be a need for a Canadian version of Radio Free Europe broadcasting into the Soviet Union.

Oh, boo-boo-baby. ICE agents are putting innocent people in a terrible position, how about that? Listen, I'm not without empathy. I get how a long-term career agent might be stressed out by the new Nazi expectations. You have a choice to make. But the new thugs they've hired, they fuckin love it.

He's literally telling you that he shits on democracy, free speech and the right to assemble. He can't say it any more clearly than this.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Some GTA bands you probably remember

Do not engage with US government Bluesky accounts. Don't let them get under your skin with their rage bait. And don't give them the opportunity to collect data. This goes for us in Canada as well, we don't know what the next four years holds, so let's block these fucksticks now.

Well friends, it looks like I'm in the market for a new-to-me car. What do you suggest? I'm thinking a family SUV where the cargo area is big enough for the dog, like a Sorento, but not a Sorento. And its used but I'd still like to buy from a non-US company, cause I'll probably need to buy parts.

And then everyone on the bus clapped! Does anyone believe for a second that Dougie threatened to beat up a shoplifter in Home Depot this summer? It feels like a setup for his complaints about the bail system. And why wasn't he shopping at Home Hardware? Did he forget we're having a trade war?

I'm fighting off a claustrophobic panic attack just thinking about this full body Wrap device. Combined with my heart issues I don't think I'd survive the stress of this. One more reason not to visit the States. apnews.com/article/immi...

Today isn't just Thanksgiving, it's also International Skeptics Day! There's a difference between healthy skepticism and contrarianism. "No there isn't!"

Meet the planets! What's Mars saying back there? "I'ma cut education and health funding and sell off the greenbelt" Fuck off, Mars Ford.

My cat #Sidfishes learns what happens when you don't come home for dinner on time. Rocket and Rocky have a lovely Racoonsgiving at your expense. Happy #Thanksgiving!

Looking at this product causes me some claustrophobic stress but also raises some important functional questions. For starters I'm not sure how she got here without help, or how she'll get out.

This is just one of several reasons why nobody ever asks me to say grace.

That's a good stick.

And if he DOES win it, nobody will ever take the Nobel peace prize or the Nobel committee seriously ever again. Let him have his tantrum, it will only make him look even worse than he already does. It will give the nations of the world one more reason not to play his game.

Soooon I hope. Well the Beta is soon.

One thing I learned from having closed captioning on is that a Klingon sneeze just sounds like one of my sneezes, but the Klingon doesn't sneeze 12 times. My sneeze streaks bring honour to my house. Nobody says "Bless you" when I sneeze, they say "Jesus Christ". But Jesus can't stop this.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

New names for MAGAts: Pro-fa. Just start calling them that, all the time, to their face, online, whatever. If they ask what it means, jsut say "Well you're not anti-fa, soooo..." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Let them work out what the Fa means. Maybe they won't. Maybe they'll just adopt it and tell on themselves.

Found my nephew's trail cam

The dangers of ordering groceries for pickup. I ordered 500g of Brussels sprouts. I got a plastic bag with a single Brussels sprout in it. Just one. Thanksgiving dinner is gonna be like "Who wants another slice of the Brussels sprout?"

I have to imagine that some democratic governors must be weighing the implications of activating their state's National Guard before Trump does, to protect their state's residents against ICE.

Well now I'm just imagining yelling over an alarm and through a closed window to try to explain to someone how to operate the door locks or turn off the alarm, and they're not getting it. Sad thing is I'm not having trouble imagining it.

I've heard that this bothers people.

“Fuck them kids.” That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other. abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

It's clear what the US is becoming under Trump and project 2025. You have to be a fool not to see it.

Hillary Clinton: “It takes a village” to raise children Trump’s ICE: “Fuck them kids” as they rip naked children from their homes, zip tie them, put them in Uhaul vans Anyone who normalizes hurting children belongs in prison #DefundICE

I know it's nowhere near the most important thing to worry about right now, but I'm at an 842 day streak in Fake Wordle on FB. I went to load it up just now and got this 😭

I need a 1969 Dodge Charger immediately

Not my country but they're on my doorstep and have threatened annexation, so I have a right to comment. Read this very carefully. If you're an atheist, LGBTQ, an ally, a person who fights for black rights, a scholar of certain subjects... Trump just branded you a terrorist.

“I just take great offence at Canadians saying our president is uninformed, our president is untrustworthy, those types of things,” Hoekstra said. But Pete, your president IS uninformed and untrustworthy! Isn't anyone telling you this back home?

I'm excited for this, non-US based social media, and it looks pretty slick so far. I'll be making the transition as soon as it's public.

Canada should have snuck in and bought TikTok while we had the chance, if only so that we could rebrand it TikToque and adjust the algorithm so it prioritizes angry Canada Goose videos.

Wrong again, AI. I happen to know he does.

Seems about right

Here's me evaluating jet fighters like I'm picking one out for the family. 🤦 For my needs I should stick with the airship. Gonna need a bigger garage.

It's funny, since 2016 I've occasionally joked "I'm surprised there are no airships in this timeline" Fastest way to know you're in a dark timeline is airships in the sky. And Spock and Abed have a goatee. That said, I'm actually pretty into this idea. This could open up the north in many ways.

As I read recently in "On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder: Do Not Obey in Advance.

MY reaction, looking at the ambassador's body of work as a whole, is that the US has sent us an unrepentant gaslighter, who tries to tell us that we didn't hear what we heard, that we shouldn't feel what we're feeling, that threats are expressions of fondness, and that we should be grateful for it.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli

This might be worse than the annexation threats. Cheesus Fries, I can't boycott you guys any harder.

I hate Donald Trump for making me agree with Tucker Carlson and Karl Rove. But... It's fine. Right now the only morally sound position is to stand against fascism, proudly and defiantly, alongside whomever stands with you, whoever they may be.

Maintaining shared cross-border professional standards is only possible when you share the similar values, and the US government has abandoned values that are important to Canada.

If there was any doubt before, you can't deny it any more: freedom of speech is dead in the United States of America. apnews.com/article/jimm...

Now this is something I've been banging on about since the US passed the Patriot Act. We need Canadian-based cloud solutions, or at least options in countries with data security.