The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

I’m from Whoville, and I say kill the Grinch!

“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.” Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas

My money is on Weiss spiking the story on CBS but not knowing she had to alert the international broadcasters who already had their copies of the show with the segment, so they simply aired/uploaded it. No their fault Weiss is unqualified and incompetent.

Joy not being at the mall today or yesterday.

Ah, there’s that Canadian pride.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

If you’re not listening to the annual Christmas special or the Cheese and Crackers show on CHLY 101.7FM, you should be. chly.ca/listen

this shouldn't be surprising to anyone: specialization is for insects fairly certain i qualify as a high performance adult by these standards and i wasn't good at anything as a kid besides reading a shitload of random books www.wsj.com/science/elit...

51%(!!!) of the Google Discover feed is now AI. community.marfeel.com/t/google-dis...

Listening to book three of the Hyperion Cantos. The scene describing the Shrike at battle with a cyborg is fantastic. I don't often say "OH, F*CKING RAD" out loud with science fiction. This series is a *ride*.

"Luigi Mangione cannot take a bad picture" is rapidly reaching "mass can neither be created nor destroyed" levels of scientific validity

December 13, 2025 Cliff Swallow Background Paint: Raw Sienna #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #OnlyBeautifulThings #BCBirds #birdArt #cliffSwallow #swallow

Well shit.

Risebridge wants no one to celebrate the holidays alone in Nanaimo and Oceanside. Listen—or read more—at www.chly.ca/news in #Nanaimo. Broadcasting on the Salish Sea.

"DoneBC"

Always remember.

South Korea will require advertisers to label their ads made with artificial intelligence technologies from next year as it seeks to curb a surge of deceptive promotions featuring fabricated experts or deep-faked celebrities endorsing food or pharmaceutical products on social media.

Really really annoying for Grants and Contributions Online Services to be down the day I'm submitting my Canada Summer Job Grant application...

No, it’s seems pretty silly to name a brand new bridge after the shitty old bridge, no matter how attached one might be to the name. Pattullo being a pretty mid Liberal Premier with some *checks notes* incredibly problematic takes on enfranchisement.

Hail le Français. 😈

Ok, so I’m onto book two of Dan Simmon’s Hyperion Cantos. This is probably the craziest sci-fi series I’ve ever read or listened to. Enjoying it tremendously!

Ah, to be Instagram Official. One day I will be so lucky myself.

Working on a story re: Development Cost Charges. Is there anybody today arguing that they should be kept higher? Need multiple perspectives.

Brilliant.

I am not a lawyer, but it sure seems like the BC Conservatives are trying to get rid of Rustad by using a clause in their constitution meant for a situation where the leader is, you know, in a coma or something

Midcoast Morning's Joe Pugh talks electoral reform with VIU's Michael MacKenzie, Jarislowsky Chair in Trust & Political Leadership about the recommendations. He also spoke to MLAs Blatherwick and Stamer who acted as chair and vice chair of the Special Committee for Democratic & Electoral Reform.

SADDLE UP COWBOYS!

Whole lot of Conservative MLA's apparently not on side with this, and apparently it's not quite clear what "professionally incapacitated" here means. Their bylaws reference "incapacitation:, but in legal terms, that's generally a specific thing. I'm sure this is going to get even more spicy.

tfw you're professionally incapacitated

The Rustad Rodeo is over? It was a sight to behold.

Mathew Rhys is a delight. A Netflix series based on the Power Broker would be super cool. I also need to finish the Americans…

The mill closure in Crofton BC (just down the highway from Nanaimo), got me reading about pulp supply...

What's got your attention music wise?

UBCM has red flags over Bill M216 that would fast-track housing in British Columbia. Listen—or read more—at www.chly.ca/news in #Nanaimo. Broadcasting on the Salish Sea.

Dress for success: new VIU ‘Career Closet’ offers free professional clothing for students. Listen—or read more—at www.chly.ca/news in #Nanaimo. Broadcasting on the Salish Sea.

Today at 4PM, until probably later than 6PM!

Why? Why do we do this to ourselves? This just feels like a waste of everybody's time. Why on earth do we think we need neighbours to weigh in on this?! Just build it already. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Got thinking of colloquialisms today that I use frequently, and I think my favourite (which is a tad old-timey) is "Oh, they're a good egg". Anybody got their own favourites?

Life recently in the fall.

Substitute out “gender affirming care” with cancer care. Or congenital organ defect repair. Or mental health care. This isn’t about providing fully informed consequence free care, because that simply doesn’t exist. It’s about believing trans kids shouldn’t exist. #abpoli

SPIT TAKE.

The joy of having a Google Alert set up my name is occasionally I get updates regarding my Nelson City Council name twin Jesse Woodward—who funny enough, ran the year I had looked at running for council in Nanaimo. Instead, I ended up taking the job I had today which has been incredibly rewarding.

Great work from CHLY and DigFM's Heather Watson. Wonderful to see a resurgence of Humpback Whales on the coast. Glad to see people working to navigate how we can reduce collisions with these gentle giants on the Salish Sea.

It was really great to pop into this event and see the work that has been done. I worked at A&B Sound in Nanaimo during it's final years! Great memories.

UVic students plan to run from Victoria to Nanaimo to raise money for men’s mental health. Listen—or read more—at www.chly.ca/news in #Nanaimo. Broadcasting on the Salish Sea.

Looking forward to some delicious grub, good drink, and talking cycling with friends and new acquaintances!

Frankensteeeeein.