Uhm... maybe it's time to stop waiting for someone to save us and maybe we should save ourselves? (Which I can't help thinking is a better slogan for a T-Shirt... Hmmmm... gets out the Cricut and a heat press...)

I think I've been getting too many French articles from Google... I was reading an ad that actually says "Rediscover Canada" but they put a maple leaf partially covering the "er"... and my brain read it as "Redéscouvrez Canada". So I had to translate something written in English... into English.

When translations just go wrong... The Chinese says "Butterfly Flower Brand Spicy Broad Bean Series"

I think I may have hit peak US Politics. I've always known that the way the US conducts and structures its politics is weird relative to the rest of the world, and this is quite intentional given the actual text of the US Constitution and how it's being abused... But it's like watching someone...

May the 4th Be filled with refreshing drinks from Batuu. :)

Mon cerveau a cessé de fonctionner. J'ai la peste. Mon Dieu, pourquoi est-ce en français? Je ne parle pas français!

One of the most joyous moments as a software dev is when you discover that your client is using your app to do something it wasn't designed to do, but does it really well because you designed it thoughtfully and this "new" feature is an artifact of that design. :)

Without going into the specific posts... I've noticed that people who feel disenfranchised tend to overreact to anyone who claimed they were in the same group deciding that they are not. It seems to be the exact same reaction people have when someone they think isn't in their group claims to be.

Thought for the day: Contrary to what most people think - you CAN use "parsecs" as a unit of time. It's just a very bad way to do it. 1 parsec = 3.26156 years at the speed of light. So, Solo doing the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs meant it took him 39.13872 years. I'm not impressed. :)

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

I bought a 3DMakerPro Raven LiDAR scanner and it should be here in the next few weeks... then I'm going to Universal and Disney World. Guess what I'm taking with me. I wonder if I can make it look like Thor's Hammer. :)

Whoa! I think this is the first time an actual head of an EU nation - especially Finland - has straight out said Canada should be in the EU. And since he seems to be good friends with Carney, one has to assume this subject has come up. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

How you know you're in Canada... THIS has been a headline story for a week... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

. And everyone knows that this will never happen, of course . . . Here is a FUN FACT: ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

And Carney makes his first major misstep... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Why look... Trump is releasing a new *checks notes* distraction... www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

You know you're in the twilight zone when Pam Bondi's response to being asked how many of the people in the Epstein files have been arrested or even questioned (zero) was to blame Merrick Garland and ask why they weren't cheering the Dow going over 50,000 points because THAT'S relevant...

So, the House just passed the SAFE Act that will essentially require all voters to provide proof of citizenship before being allowed to register to vote. You might want to call your Senator and if you don't have a passport, find your birth certificate because if it passes, that's it for proof.

Meanwhile in China... (I think those are Unitree G1s that start around US$13,000.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUml...

And no one got shot or killed and only one person arrested... www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

"The All-American Halftime Show’ is an opportunity for all Americans to enjoy a halftime show with no agenda other than to celebrate faith, family, and freedom" In other words, "No agenda other than ours".

Things may be rough, but at least Mock the Week is back! I swear HIGNFY was getting a wee bit too bitchy for my taste... and what's Ian Hislop's problem with Canada - or is that just a general UK problem?

Called it. I've been posting on YT that the Epstein files ARE the distraction and reminding people Trump was elected while having 37 felony fraud, 2 sexual abuse and a defamation conviction. The electorate, House, Senate and SCOTUS seem uninterested his criminality. apnews.com/article/trum...

Legally, it would be weird, but of course we would love to have Minnesota join us as our newest province - but only if that was the people's informed choice and was agreed to by the majority of the state. I mean it's already Little Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...

Good for you, sir. You made the right choice. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Thought for the day: In 2024, there were 244,666,890 eligible voters in the US. The turnout was 64% or 156,766,239 voters. Of them, 49.8% voted for Trump (77,284,118) or 32.6% of all eligible voters and Harris got 48.3% (74,999,166) or 30.7% of all eligible voters.. 1/3

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

New alliances will be formed and Canada will play a central part in that. I don't know if the US will ever recover from this. Not without drastically changing the political system and getting rid of the Electoral College and the massive influence of big money on politics.

Went for a quick flight in the fog with my DJI Neo 2... I keep it in my shoulder sling bag JUST for moments like this. :)

We had a customer at the shop who was concerned with what was happening in the US... but made it clear he approves of ICE and deporting "illegal" immigrants. I tried to explain why the latter is a big cause of the problems in the US and even made progress while being civil. But... (Boss said yes)

So a hint for my American friends... When Orange Tumor started threating Canada with annexation, we stopped going to the US. That's resulted in billions of lost US dollars. In the same way, stop dealing with businesses that support the GOP and ICE. This can help: www.goodsuniteus.com

"The dispute is looming large in the lives of Greenlanders. Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said on Tuesday that “if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU.”"

If you plan on voting by mail in the US in November, be aware that the feds have changed what qualifies as a valid mailed in vote. You might consider voting in person, or getting your ballot hand postmarked at a post office near you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug9o...

Thought for the day: "France and Germany teaming up to try and push back against the US invading a European nation" was NOT on my 2026 bingo card...

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

It's like a Lay's potato chip... Or Pringles "Once you pop the top..." Did you really think he was going to stop at just one? www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/0...

Ok... I think humans have officially jumped the shark... this is a fake turntable that simulates playing a record by showing an image of it on a circular touchscreen (so you can move the record around...)

This may be the dictionary definition of "walking a fine line"... Sorry, but two wrongs do not make a right. Invading a foreign nation and kidnapping the head of its government, no matter how illegitimate they are, is an international crime. The US had no right to do this.

And here we go... Who's next? www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvFI...

But, I thought the US didn't need anything from Canada... I guess that didn't include our money? Also when did NAFTA/CUSMA *obligate* Canadians to buy or resell American products? If they bring in US booze, Canadians won't buy it, so why bring it in? www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...

Oh gods... this sugar free "chocolate caramel" non-dairy creamer's sweetener is like drinking a soprano's high C note. *adds some Spicebox chocolate whisky* Ahhh... there we go... Now it's just one octave above middle C. Much more mellow.

You KNOW it's true. :)

Heh.. FAFO, I guess... More than half of Smith's party now has recall petitions underway - and the two NDP recalls are for MLAs who supported the UCP. Merry Christmas! :) www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

FFS: Trump is like that awful guy who keeps hitting on you and wants to move in even though you keep telling him "I'm not interested and I'm going to call the cops..." www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

Gonna let you in on a secret... and I posted this when I was on X and it's still true. Every time I think about logging onto BSky, I get a wave of dread because I expect to find a flood of angry posts describing, in great detail, all of my intellectual, moral and ethical lackings...

OH BOY OH BOY! DC Comics is launching a new line of comics called "Next Level" after "KO" that will feature all new, never seen before titles like "Batwoman", "Deathstroke", "Firestorm", "Zatanna", "Lobo", "The Demon", "Barbara Gordon" and another Batman title! Yes, that's sarcasm.

Thoughts for the day: "Sometimes it's the very people of whom no one imagines anything that do the things that no one can imagine." (Not Alan Turing :) and "Would the people who think something is impossible please get out of the way of the people who are actually doing it."

Ok.. it's a coincidence that these happened in this order but....

The Fraser Institute, the Canadian conservative "thinktank", issued its "Human Freedom Index". It ranked Canada at 12th, dropping by 0.03 pts between 2019 and 2023, and the US at 14th, dropping by 0.04 pts. It will be interesting to see the 2026 scores... www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...