Appalbarry
@appalbarry.com
Writer, Nova Scotia, France, Vancouver. and now Cambridge UK, Barry’s writing is focused on how people live, and how the environment around them influences their choices.
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Appalbarry
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· Jul 19
This is where I always ask: Tell me about one example of a government service being privatized, and offering the same or better service for less cost. Just one example.
Response: <crickets>
Response: <crickets>
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The way I was living my life in the early 2000s was like a slower, more analog version of how young people were living fifteen years later
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The way I was living my life in the early 2000s was like a slower, more analog version of how young people were living fifteen years later
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As an experiment, I just attempted to use Google AI to resolve a simple CP Style question. In 10 minutes of back and forthing, it confidently provided multiple incorrect responses. When challenged to cite its source, it offered a link to PornHub. I shit you not.
February 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
As an experiment, I just attempted to use Google AI to resolve a simple CP Style question. In 10 minutes of back and forthing, it confidently provided multiple incorrect responses. When challenged to cite its source, it offered a link to PornHub. I shit you not.
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
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I’m still so tempted to put this prompt in somewhere in my books:
[Written in the style of Cait Gordon. Because Cait Gordon actually wrote it.]
😝
[Written in the style of Cait Gordon. Because Cait Gordon actually wrote it.]
😝
February 10, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I’m still so tempted to put this prompt in somewhere in my books:
[Written in the style of Cait Gordon. Because Cait Gordon actually wrote it.]
😝
[Written in the style of Cait Gordon. Because Cait Gordon actually wrote it.]
😝
Always amazed when Susan's fancy intuitive MacBook software is unable to do simple tasks that are no-brainer stuff on my Mint Linux box. And have been for a decade.
(Reorder scanned in pages in the scanning software)
(Reorder scanned in pages in the scanning software)
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Always amazed when Susan's fancy intuitive MacBook software is unable to do simple tasks that are no-brainer stuff on my Mint Linux box. And have been for a decade.
(Reorder scanned in pages in the scanning software)
(Reorder scanned in pages in the scanning software)
No, I didn't waste time reading it, but... Muslim???
Megyn Kelly Melts Down Over Bad Bunny: The Super Bowl Shouldn’t Be “Spanish” or “Muslim”
Megyn Kelly Melts Down Over Bad Bunny: The Super Bowl Shouldn’t Be “Spanish” or “Muslim”
“That kind of football is ours,” the conservative pundit snarled in conversation with Piers Morgan, adding that the Super Bowl halftime show shouldn’t be “anything other than good old-fashioned Americ...
www.vanityfair.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
No, I didn't waste time reading it, but... Muslim???
Even if you're only vaguely interested in #curling, you need to read this incredible story.
Had a blast speaking to curler and geologist Derek Leung about the geology of curling rocks. 🥌 🧪
Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Even if you're only vaguely interested in #curling, you need to read this incredible story.
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Had a blast speaking to curler and geologist Derek Leung about the geology of curling rocks. 🥌 🧪
Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Had a blast speaking to curler and geologist Derek Leung about the geology of curling rocks. 🥌 🧪
No they won't.
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster. n.pr/4quIGm5
'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
n.pr
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
No they won't.
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Yeah this is one of those things that just has to stay in your mind whenever you cover RCMP
What's your favourite Canada fact? Mine is that the RCMP bombed an oil site in Alberta in 1998 "with the full support of the energy company that owned it" and blamed a farmer for it.
RCMP bombed oil site in 'dirty tricks' campaign | CBC News
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Yeah this is one of those things that just has to stay in your mind whenever you cover RCMP
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A New York cab driver gone insane.
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
A New York cab driver gone insane.
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Post a banger that isn't in English.
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Post a banger that isn't in English.
I resemble this remark!
really enjoy being a foreigner living in Britain because like once a week the rest of the internet will make fun of the Brits for something and each time I get to choose between "hey buddy, watch out! that's my pals you're talking about!!" and "[whispering] oh thank god someone else has noticed"
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I resemble this remark!
To honour filmmaker Elizabeth Barret's passing, Appalshop has made her film "Stranger with a Camera" available on YouTube. It's a beautiful film, and one with special resonance for Canadian filmmakers, as it tells the story of the killing of Canadian Hugh O’Connor.
youtu.be/VnzL7OYu6pc?...
youtu.be/VnzL7OYu6pc?...
Stranger With A Camera
YouTube video by Appalshop
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
To honour filmmaker Elizabeth Barret's passing, Appalshop has made her film "Stranger with a Camera" available on YouTube. It's a beautiful film, and one with special resonance for Canadian filmmakers, as it tells the story of the killing of Canadian Hugh O’Connor.
youtu.be/VnzL7OYu6pc?...
youtu.be/VnzL7OYu6pc?...
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Counterpoint: we should send him to the moon ASAP just to be sure.
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Counterpoint: we should send him to the moon ASAP just to be sure.
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"Every man has a go-to McConaughey film, a go-to Pitt film, a go-to DiCaprio film, and a go-to Gosling film."
Every man has no such thing.
Every man has a go-to Bette film, a go-to Joan film, a go-to Irene film, and a go-to Sylvia film.
Every man has no such thing.
Every man has a go-to Bette film, a go-to Joan film, a go-to Irene film, and a go-to Sylvia film.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"Every man has a go-to McConaughey film, a go-to Pitt film, a go-to DiCaprio film, and a go-to Gosling film."
Every man has no such thing.
Every man has a go-to Bette film, a go-to Joan film, a go-to Irene film, and a go-to Sylvia film.
Every man has no such thing.
Every man has a go-to Bette film, a go-to Joan film, a go-to Irene film, and a go-to Sylvia film.
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Kids in the Hall Sick of the Swiss
YouTube video by VHS Comedy And Music Vault
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Explains a LOT about the current state of the US.
Some context from that Lays ad.
People are very stupid and don’t realize that potato chips are literally made out of potatoes.
That’s why they were parading around a potato in that ad like it’s the fucking Rosetta Stone.
People are very stupid and don’t realize that potato chips are literally made out of potatoes.
That’s why they were parading around a potato in that ad like it’s the fucking Rosetta Stone.
Lay’s revamps to make clear that chips are made from potatoes | Capital Press
Lay's will revamp its brand after 42% of consumers didn't know their potato chips come from potatoes.
capitalpress.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Explains a LOT about the current state of the US.
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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Bad Bunny shouts “God Bless America” and then lists all the countries that actually ARE American (not just the one with the people that call themselves Americans), including Canada. #BadBunny #SuperBowl
Bad Bunny shows love to all the Latin flags and shouts out Canada!🇨🇦
YouTube video by The Brandon Gonez Show
youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Bad Bunny shouts “God Bless America” and then lists all the countries that actually ARE American (not just the one with the people that call themselves Americans), including Canada. #BadBunny #SuperBowl
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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The couple invited BB to their wedding. And BB said, I have a better idea...
The wedding was real! 😂😘
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The couple invited BB to their wedding. And BB said, I have a better idea...
Why I'm not worried about the #anti-vax idiots:
1) Mandatory vax in schools will return when they realize that it's little white kids dying of polio, measles, and smallpox.
2) Or, natural selection will fairly quickly remove stupid people from the gene pool.
1) Mandatory vax in schools will return when they realize that it's little white kids dying of polio, measles, and smallpox.
2) Or, natural selection will fairly quickly remove stupid people from the gene pool.
February 9, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Why I'm not worried about the #anti-vax idiots:
1) Mandatory vax in schools will return when they realize that it's little white kids dying of polio, measles, and smallpox.
2) Or, natural selection will fairly quickly remove stupid people from the gene pool.
1) Mandatory vax in schools will return when they realize that it's little white kids dying of polio, measles, and smallpox.
2) Or, natural selection will fairly quickly remove stupid people from the gene pool.