Cal Deobald
@calmudgeon.bsky.social
Woodworker. Retired educator. Reluctant participant in the dumbest timeline ever. Saskatchewan.
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Cal Deobald
@calmudgeon.bsky.social
· Feb 3
If you've got zero posts, follow 10 times as many people as follow you, please know that I will assume you're a bot and block you.
We recently discovered that in 2023 they resurrected Happy Valley (2014-2016) for one more season, so we watched it. Great stuff. Laugh your head off one minute, shit yer pants the next.
Turn on closed captions, though, 'cause the Yorkshire accents are as thick as treacle.
Turn on closed captions, though, 'cause the Yorkshire accents are as thick as treacle.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We recently discovered that in 2023 they resurrected Happy Valley (2014-2016) for one more season, so we watched it. Great stuff. Laugh your head off one minute, shit yer pants the next.
Turn on closed captions, though, 'cause the Yorkshire accents are as thick as treacle.
Turn on closed captions, though, 'cause the Yorkshire accents are as thick as treacle.
Watched season 1 of the thriller Mr. Mercedes (Netflix) and enjoyed it, but two episodes into season 2 it took a weird turn toward fantasy, and we both agreed to drop it.
Too bad. Not even Brendan Gleeson could convince us to continue.
Too bad. Not even Brendan Gleeson could convince us to continue.
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Watched season 1 of the thriller Mr. Mercedes (Netflix) and enjoyed it, but two episodes into season 2 it took a weird turn toward fantasy, and we both agreed to drop it.
Too bad. Not even Brendan Gleeson could convince us to continue.
Too bad. Not even Brendan Gleeson could convince us to continue.
"Wrong Turn at Albuquerque"
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"Wrong Turn at Albuquerque"
When you're force-fed American Exceptionalism from the cradle ...
If you're incapable of understanding why a free, democratic country might value its sovereignty, perhaps an ambassadorship just isn't for you.
If you're incapable of understanding why a free, democratic country might value its sovereignty, perhaps an ambassadorship just isn't for you.
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
When you're force-fed American Exceptionalism from the cradle ...
If you're incapable of understanding why a free, democratic country might value its sovereignty, perhaps an ambassadorship just isn't for you.
If you're incapable of understanding why a free, democratic country might value its sovereignty, perhaps an ambassadorship just isn't for you.
I have trouble understanding the practice of rapid-fire reposting 25 people saying the same thing on a given issue.
Timeline clutter aside, It feels like a jackhammer to the brain, as if the reposter considers his/her followers too dim to get it the first, second, or fifth time.
Timeline clutter aside, It feels like a jackhammer to the brain, as if the reposter considers his/her followers too dim to get it the first, second, or fifth time.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I have trouble understanding the practice of rapid-fire reposting 25 people saying the same thing on a given issue.
Timeline clutter aside, It feels like a jackhammer to the brain, as if the reposter considers his/her followers too dim to get it the first, second, or fifth time.
Timeline clutter aside, It feels like a jackhammer to the brain, as if the reposter considers his/her followers too dim to get it the first, second, or fifth time.
In the battle for the hearts & minds of Americans, you have, on one side, a decorated veteran, astronaut & popular senator, on the other, the guy whose mother labeled him "an abuser of women, the cosplaying alcoholic doofus who doesn't wash his hands for 10 yrs. This couldn't go either way, folks.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In the battle for the hearts & minds of Americans, you have, on one side, a decorated veteran, astronaut & popular senator, on the other, the guy whose mother labeled him "an abuser of women, the cosplaying alcoholic doofus who doesn't wash his hands for 10 yrs. This couldn't go either way, folks.
As educators we spent years teaching kids, and others, how to sift through search results to distinguish authoritative content from the dross and schlock.
Then Google said, "What if we push all the legit results off the screen by smearing three paragraphs of turdsplat at the top?"
Then Google said, "What if we push all the legit results off the screen by smearing three paragraphs of turdsplat at the top?"
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As educators we spent years teaching kids, and others, how to sift through search results to distinguish authoritative content from the dross and schlock.
Then Google said, "What if we push all the legit results off the screen by smearing three paragraphs of turdsplat at the top?"
Then Google said, "What if we push all the legit results off the screen by smearing three paragraphs of turdsplat at the top?"
There's been an immature goldfinch hanging around the feeders the last couple of days. I have concerns.
#birds
#birdwatching.
#birds
#birdwatching.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There's been an immature goldfinch hanging around the feeders the last couple of days. I have concerns.
#birds
#birdwatching.
#birds
#birdwatching.
We haven't had broadcast/satellite TV for several years now. I don't miss it much, but I do miss occasionally watching a cooking or home reno show (and Rider games).
So I was happy to discover that Alton Brown, one of my old favourites, now has a Youtube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUX...
So I was happy to discover that Alton Brown, one of my old favourites, now has a Youtube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUX...
Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 1: The Big Bird
YouTube video by Alton Brown
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We haven't had broadcast/satellite TV for several years now. I don't miss it much, but I do miss occasionally watching a cooking or home reno show (and Rider games).
So I was happy to discover that Alton Brown, one of my old favourites, now has a Youtube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUX...
So I was happy to discover that Alton Brown, one of my old favourites, now has a Youtube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdUX...
Remember when CeeLo Green and the other coaches on The Voice performed Hallelujah as a response to the Sandy Hook Massacre? Fuuuuuccck. How do you *sing* lyrics without ever hearing them?
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Remember when CeeLo Green and the other coaches on The Voice performed Hallelujah as a response to the Sandy Hook Massacre? Fuuuuuccck. How do you *sing* lyrics without ever hearing them?
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
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I'm just excited for MTG to go back to being about Magic The Gathering again
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I'm just excited for MTG to go back to being about Magic The Gathering again
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my beard is getting too long but not long enough that i can do magic
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
my beard is getting too long but not long enough that i can do magic
There is ONLY ONE smart feature that I want on any appliance - that it communicate with an NTP server to maintain consistent, accurate time and to reset the time after a power blip. That is all.
I'm not asking for !@#$in' sharks with laser beams here.
I'm not asking for !@#$in' sharks with laser beams here.
Your fancy schmancy Samsung smart fridge will now show you ads for your 'convenience'
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There is ONLY ONE smart feature that I want on any appliance - that it communicate with an NTP server to maintain consistent, accurate time and to reset the time after a power blip. That is all.
I'm not asking for !@#$in' sharks with laser beams here.
I'm not asking for !@#$in' sharks with laser beams here.
Damn, this is both unusual and incredibly tragic.
Eleven injured after grizzly bear attacks schoolchildren and teachers in Canada | Canada | The Guardian share.google/OCDb7XaCcLOs...
Eleven injured after grizzly bear attacks schoolchildren and teachers in Canada | Canada | The Guardian share.google/OCDb7XaCcLOs...
Eleven injured after grizzly bear attacks schoolchildren and teachers in Canada
Two critically hurt after attack on walking trail in British Columbia as police and conservation officers search for bear
share.google
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Damn, this is both unusual and incredibly tragic.
Eleven injured after grizzly bear attacks schoolchildren and teachers in Canada | Canada | The Guardian share.google/OCDb7XaCcLOs...
Eleven injured after grizzly bear attacks schoolchildren and teachers in Canada | Canada | The Guardian share.google/OCDb7XaCcLOs...
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Some dog walks are a little more epic than others.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Some dog walks are a little more epic than others.
Dude watched one too many episodes of Night Court.
lol come on
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Dude watched one too many episodes of Night Court.
The guy who yelled at homeless people had more sense..
A quote from former Alberta premier Ralph Klein I hadn't come across before (in a column @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social wrote in 2024).
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The guy who yelled at homeless people had more sense..
Is there some sort of ultrasound bombardment treatment these people undergo to pulverize their frontal cortex, 'cause for the life of me I can't see any scars.
Martha Blackburn defends Trump's call to arrest (and execute) Democratic elected officials
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Is there some sort of ultrasound bombardment treatment these people undergo to pulverize their frontal cortex, 'cause for the life of me I can't see any scars.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Huh. I wonder if they'll also examine what precedents precipitated those changes?
As former Vice President Dick Cheney is honored at a memorial service at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, many eyes will focus on who comes — and who does not. Here's what we know.
Cheney Service to Underscore How Politics Has Changed Since He Was in Office
As the former vice president is honored at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, many eyes will focus on who comes — and who does not.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Huh. I wonder if they'll also examine what precedents precipitated those changes?
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this email could’ve been a swift kick to the nuts
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
this email could’ve been a swift kick to the nuts
What in the unholy nightmares of Hieronymus Bosch?
Had to go see this for myself, and oh my gods is it worse than I expected. There’s another one of them as well that is even worse than this one just next to it
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
What in the unholy nightmares of Hieronymus Bosch?