White House astonished as Pete Hegseth reads Franklin book all by himself

Lights are on but nobody is home. We have a broken Roomba for President.

I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

25 Years Ago Today: A PlayStation Shopping Frenzy - But Would Microsoft's Xbox Make It Obsolete? https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/10/25/2228255/25-years-ago-today-a-playstation-shopping-frenzy---but-would-microsofts-xbox-make-it-obsolete?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Simply this.

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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, two of the nation's largest rail companies, are trying to merge. Unions and impacted industry groups oppose the deal. That hasn't stopped the rail behemoths from trying to astroturf the appearance of public support. A guest post from Brett Heinz:

@errorjustin.bsky.social I've been a Gamepass subscriber since I started it to try out The Outer Worlds in 2019 (I loved the game). With Ultimate at $34CAD a month, I have unsubscribed less than a month before The Outer Worlds 2 (I'll buy it on Steam instead). Do you still think it's a good value?

Heya. So after 2 1/2 years the first real episode of The Top 100 Games Podcast is LIVE. If you like silly conversations about great games, you will really dig this convo with @mikedrucker.bsky.social about Planescape: Torment! Also available on Spotify. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Best video:

Got my new work boots today. Since Dayton Boots burned down earlier in the year (RIP) I've changed brands. The workmanship and materials on these Canada West boots look excellent though. #MadeInCanada

I know a fae trap when I see one

If I saw Melania glide towards me down a dark Silent Hill corridor, I’d shit myself.

...and straight to the top of my podcasts!

MPs gave a standing ovation to kirk in the dirt in the House of Commons and called neo-Naziism a difference in political beliefs We’re lost in the sauce as a country

"The Door" (season 6, Game of Thrones) is one of the best episodes of TV ever made. (now you know where I am in my rewatch)

Yep, I saw it last week and it was AWESOME!

Collective bargaining isn’t a privilege. It’s a right — protected by Canadian law and international labour standards. The government should protect workers, not corporate profits. 3/4 #UnionStrong #AirCanadaStrike #SolidarityForever

Here's my video on why Orcas versus Totem Poles is a particularly interesting end to this competition for B.C.'s Best Symbol, and yes, it was very important for me to be on top of a symbol while children crowded around me

Johnny Mnemonic

Debating Israel Supporters Is Pointless, Because They Don't Care About Facts Or Morality Their goal is never to communicate or to have a conversation, it’s to advance the information interests of a genocidal apartheid state. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/debating-i...

@cardy.bsky.social I feel like this is the endgame podcast snack bsky.app/profile/junl...

a message; a word.

The person who invented the video game joystick has disappeared, they down right up and left.

Happy Don't Be A Dick Day, to all who celebrate. dontbeadickday.com

What's good about the Arctic / Antarctic is that it's actually named because the Arctic is under Ursa Major, and the Antarctic because it's just at the other end. So they're named the Bear Zone and the No Bear Zone and it's just a coincidence that this is completely correct.

The people of Vancouver East continue to call on the Canadian government for immediate and decisive action to end Israel’s siege of Gaza and allow unimpeded delivery of lifesaving aid: water, food, fuel, and medicine. #Gaza #Canada #CeasefireNow 1/

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: "I'm allowed to do it"

🚨B.C. is listening!🚨 The all-party committee on electoral reform wants your input. Think every vote should count? Speak up for proportional representation! Submit your feedback by July 25 at 2 PM PT: consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultation...

Happy birthday to Lyudmila Pavlichenko (born July 12, 1916), Soviet sniper in World War II, with 309 confirmed kills. A true role model for today.

For too long people have generated their own racist content. Finally we can give that over to computers, freeing time so people can find new things to hate that are responsible for the shitty aspects of their unexamined lives. Losers that ♥️ this bot should be required to slam their heads in a door.

Ingenuity

"As a sentiment and a commitment, it’s important to examine and understand nationalism since it’s also a kind of currency that can be spent, or a force that can be mobilized, and not necessarily for good," writes @davidmoscrop.com. thewalrus.ca/is-this-canada-o...

Luigbee Mangionbee

It's Murderbot Day for all who celebrate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sq_...

If Bill C-2 passes, the RCMP and CSIS can secretly compel any service providers and their referrals including doctors, banks, landlords, even therapists - to disclose information about Canadians without a warrant or judicial oversight based only on vague "reasonable grounds". 2/

Florida, Calgary win Stanley Cup Final

It's launch day and we're going to space! The US edition of THE FOLDED SKY is available now in ebook, TPB, and hardcover, and there are wonderful new Stephen Youll covers for ANCESTRAL NIGHT and MACHINE. books2read.com/b/mBB0QZ

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

Fight the Empire.

Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.

Petition to rename measles to Kennedypox. 🐿

Oh look, a whole thread full of great books for me to read when I wonder "what next?"

Murderbot faithfully adapts its source material into a surprisingly warm story about choosing to make connections.