I would like to announce that I WILL NOT be a candidate for Pope in the upcoming election. This is due to family reasons as my married-with-kid lifestyle is incompatible with the papacy. Also, there is the fact that as an atheist my views may sometimes conflict with those of the church. Thank you.

What it feels like pushing 8 months of work to production… youtu.be/zVf-rehP4b8

Son: “DAD! This is an ALLOSAURUS!” Me: “But you can call him Al.” My 80’s references are lost on these Gen Alphas.

My totally meaningless protest. The bird site is completely blocked at this house.

Seriously? Are people just now cottoning on to the fact that Wayne Gretzky is a Trump-loving, anti-Canada MAGAt? He’s been a douchebag for a long, long time! #Canada

I don’t understand the house across the way from us. During the PSAC strike they had big “I support my union!” and “Union proud!” signs. Yet every election they have a lawn sign for the Conservative candidate… 🤔

For all of his “51st State” rhetoric and the Maple Magats who love it people seem to forget that Canada would not be a “state” under any circumstance. Canada would be a territory with no voting rights. His Canada hatred isn’t puzzling when you realize his goal is to seize ALL of North America.

Trump’s rhetoric and Canada hatred is only escalating and it’s goddamn scary. Canada needs to declare a national security emergency immediately and start placing troops at the border. I fear that Trump’s next move will be sending US troops over our border by May. In fact, I’ll put money on that.

I think Venom is done for…

My son was trying to say “tyrannosaurus” but it came out sounding more like “tranosaurs”. The image that put in my head made me say: “The way the US is going lately they’ll probably soon make tranosaurs illegal too.” It’s bad joke, but sometimes you have to try to find humour in the bad things.

I’ve come around on this issue. I don’t think Canada should shut off the power we supply to the US. Slap a 25% export tax on it. Double it every month the tariffs remain. When everyone’s power bill suddenly doubles or triples you’ll see them wake up and take action.

I'm glad that America is doing real classic end of empire stuff. A king who is visibly losing his mind declaring a war based on a dream he had. Greedy courtiers feuding over access to the treasury. Some looks are timeless.

Honestly, I’d say cut off the power flowing to the US right at the kickoff of the Super Bowl next week. But I’m also terribly afraid that would just lead to The Very Unstable Genius carpet bombing Toronto.

The President of the United States has just issued a declaration of war against the sovereign nation of Canada calling for out total and complete submission to his will. Cool, cool. And totally normal. What the actual fuck, America?!? Deal with this.

You know what? I think I’m done with social media. At least for a while. I comment on the illegal tariffs being implemented by the United States and I get flooded with Trumpers and fascists in my replies. I’m done. Y’all are just so tiring.

I have reached the age where I have progressives and “computer progressives” for working. Switching between the two is very disorienting.

My 5 year old son has been running around the house naked this morning yelling “PENIS SUPERHERO!!!!”. And I’d just like to say, it’s nice to hear my old high school nickname again.

My 5 year old son: “If I ever see an abandoned baby on the side of the road I’ll nurse it back to health and adopt it!” What roads are you on, kid?!?

I have the data and continually scrape it (yeah, yeah huge nerd) so I created a bot account that post the current playing track on 5 modern rock radio stations in Canada. bsky.app/profile/mode...

My wife just noted that her astrological sign is an Earth sign, our son’s is an Air sign, and mine is a Fire sign. Collectively our family is “Earth, Wind, and Fire”.

The other night I watched an episode of “Hockey: A People’s History” about hockey from 1900-1930. Now, watching this game has me wondering the reaction if we could teleport someone from 1925 to watch a 2025 hockey game. What would their reaction be? (Aside from “Holy shit! I time travelled!!!)

Cheers, beers, and Leaf jeers. #GoSensGo

I think I may be obsessed with making apple chips on our new food dehydrator.

I moved my experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API’s to a new BlueSky account. If you want to know what I’m listening to you can now follow @webhamster-tunes.bsky.social. It’ll only post when I’m actively listening to Spotify. Yes, I’m a huge nerd. I write code for a living.

What I'm listening to right now: "bella" by EKKSTACY from the album "bella / i can't find anyone" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Cannonball" by The Breeders from the album "Last Splash" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "I Feel Alive" by Art d'Ecco from the album "I Feel Alive" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Downtown" by The Sheepdogs from the album "Future Nostalgia" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Everything You've Done Wrong" by Sloan from the album "One Chord to Another" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Au Naturel" by See Spot Run from the album "Ten Stories High" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Mass Romantic" by The New Pornographers from the album "Mass Romantic" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "I Fought the Law" by The Clash from the album "Hits Back" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

I had an interesting conversation with a young co-worker this week. The dynamics of me (50) who’s “been there, done that” giving career advice to a twentysomething was an interesting experience. But the best advice I can give is in this article I wrote a few years ago.

What I'm listening to right now: "2 Heads" by Coleman Hell from the album "2 Heads" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "I'll Stick Around" by Foo Fighters from the album "Foo Fighters" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Beverly Hills" by Weezer from the album "Make Believe" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Back in Your Head" by Tegan and Sara from the album "The Con" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Twist My Arm" by The Tragically Hip from the album "Road Apples" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Trampoline" by SHAED from the album "MELT" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "Little Black Backpack" by Stroke 9 from the album "Nasty Little Thoughts" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

What I'm listening to right now: "broken" by lovelytheband from the album "finding it hard to smile" Note: This is an experiment with the Spotify and BlueSky API's and posts automatically via a cron job. I'll probably move this to a different account later. ;)

Excellent article. How did I not know about #8 until I started at my current place?

Stories like this just serve to remind you of how precarious the structure of this whole internet thing really is. krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/mast...

“But but but Elon is a brilliant engineer and businessman!” Well, actually, he’s neither of those things. What he is is an actual Nazi.

Is it clear to those of you in the back yet? The government of the United States is controlled by a literal, unapologetic, Heil Hitler saluting, Nazi. Your grandparents and great-grandparents fought this kind of evil before. Don’t let them down now or it was all for nothing.

Honestly, Mark Carney is the only one who can legitimately say he’s an “outsider”. I like Freeland but she’s going to get tagged for everything this government has done. Carney to save us from PP!

Can honestly say I didn’t have “Snoop is MAGA” on my 2025 bingo card. You just can’t make this shit up anymore.

Since Threads is becoming yet another right wing cesspool I’ll probably be around here a little more than I have.

Ironically, “Arnold Palmer” was my high school nickname.