Dr Samuel McLean
@canadianerrant.bsky.social
Maritime Historian. Chief Mate (150 GT). Dad & Husband. Gardener, Cook & Brewer. Ngāi Tahu & McLean of Duart. Toitū te Tiriti. TCEU 416/CUPE L79. Canadian & Kiwi. Go Blue Jays. Cymru am byth. Alba gu brath. Go All Blacks. He/Him. Likes fashion/style
Pinned
Seriously everyone. Don’t be a bitch.
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Sure, the Raptors went 1 for 9 from 3 in the first quarter. But I'd be more concerned that they've generated just 15 looks in the 2.25 quarters since then.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sure, the Raptors went 1 for 9 from 3 in the first quarter. But I'd be more concerned that they've generated just 15 looks in the 2.25 quarters since then.
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Cease was ranked as the number 3 free agent in this year’s class by MLBTR, behind Kyle Tucker and Bo.
They predicted a 7-year, $189M deal, with none of their pundits identifying the Jays as a potential landing spot (though their write up mentions the Jays as a possible pursuer.)
They predicted a 7-year, $189M deal, with none of their pundits identifying the Jays as a potential landing spot (though their write up mentions the Jays as a possible pursuer.)
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Cease was ranked as the number 3 free agent in this year’s class by MLBTR, behind Kyle Tucker and Bo.
They predicted a 7-year, $189M deal, with none of their pundits identifying the Jays as a potential landing spot (though their write up mentions the Jays as a possible pursuer.)
They predicted a 7-year, $189M deal, with none of their pundits identifying the Jays as a potential landing spot (though their write up mentions the Jays as a possible pursuer.)
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Dylan Cease and the Blue Jays are in agreement on a 7-year, $210 million contract pending physical, source confirms to me & Shi
Biggest pitching contract in Blue Jays history leads to projected rotation of Cease/Gausman/Bieber/Berrios/Yesavage
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Biggest pitching contract in Blue Jays history leads to projected rotation of Cease/Gausman/Bieber/Berrios/Yesavage
@jonheyman.bsky.social was first
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Dylan Cease and the Blue Jays are in agreement on a 7-year, $210 million contract pending physical, source confirms to me & Shi
Biggest pitching contract in Blue Jays history leads to projected rotation of Cease/Gausman/Bieber/Berrios/Yesavage
@jonheyman.bsky.social was first
Biggest pitching contract in Blue Jays history leads to projected rotation of Cease/Gausman/Bieber/Berrios/Yesavage
@jonheyman.bsky.social was first
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I had not heard this. Yikes.
By now
you have probably seen the news
about how bird flu
has “wiped out
nearly half of the females
in the world’s largest
elephant seal population,”
which is a tragic reminder
that we are in an era of plagues,
and that “we”
does not only refer to humans.
you have probably seen the news
about how bird flu
has “wiped out
nearly half of the females
in the world’s largest
elephant seal population,”
which is a tragic reminder
that we are in an era of plagues,
and that “we”
does not only refer to humans.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I had not heard this. Yikes.
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Fantastic news!
Vaccinating boys and girls WORKS and now we're seeing the benefits! 🥰 Love a good win in the medical field (especially when it mostly feels like a lot of lose these days). 😃
(Image reposted from the original quoted post below, with alt text added)
Vaccinating boys and girls WORKS and now we're seeing the benefits! 🥰 Love a good win in the medical field (especially when it mostly feels like a lot of lose these days). 😃
(Image reposted from the original quoted post below, with alt text added)
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Fantastic news!
Vaccinating boys and girls WORKS and now we're seeing the benefits! 🥰 Love a good win in the medical field (especially when it mostly feels like a lot of lose these days). 😃
(Image reposted from the original quoted post below, with alt text added)
Vaccinating boys and girls WORKS and now we're seeing the benefits! 🥰 Love a good win in the medical field (especially when it mostly feels like a lot of lose these days). 😃
(Image reposted from the original quoted post below, with alt text added)
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The current zeitgeist can be summed up by the fact that I exclaim, "What is WRONG with these people?!?" at least once a day.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The current zeitgeist can be summed up by the fact that I exclaim, "What is WRONG with these people?!?" at least once a day.
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First big $ signing of the offseason is a top starter quickly choosing Toronto. That's a statement
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
First big $ signing of the offseason is a top starter quickly choosing Toronto. That's a statement
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NORM!
“Everything feels like it’s falling into place.” I profiled Heat star Norman Powell @theathletic.com A story about home, belonging and Jamaica: www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
NORM!
I think I rather like Simon Illyan. At least I think we're vaguely similar in some ways.
I don't want to be like Simon when he was ImpSec chief.
I don't want to be like Simon when he was ImpSec chief.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I think I rather like Simon Illyan. At least I think we're vaguely similar in some ways.
I don't want to be like Simon when he was ImpSec chief.
I don't want to be like Simon when he was ImpSec chief.
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Publication day! I spent so long building a mahoosive dataset and GIS that it would be a waste not to share the results. The Greeks didn't build many amphitheatres, but gladiatorial epigraphy has been found on huge numbers. Where did eastern gladiators fight?
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Venues for Spectacle in the Greek East: Architectural Adaptation and Cultural Adoption
PDF | The scarcity of canonical amphitheatres in the culturally Greek eastern parts of the Roman empire has been used as evidence to suggest a... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Res...
www.researchgate.net
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Publication day! I spent so long building a mahoosive dataset and GIS that it would be a waste not to share the results. The Greeks didn't build many amphitheatres, but gladiatorial epigraphy has been found on huge numbers. Where did eastern gladiators fight?
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
This is one reason I like the ferry I work on. In summer it's so queer-coded you can watch people's bubbles bursting
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is one reason I like the ferry I work on. In summer it's so queer-coded you can watch people's bubbles bursting
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Putting this on a sign and parading around campus with it
I don't want a LLM, I want an LMS that actually fucking works.
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Putting this on a sign and parading around campus with it
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Makers of medieval rotae would approve
First saw this on Xtwtter 3 years ago.
Best wishes to all foodies, cooks, & their loved ones this week.
Best wishes to all foodies, cooks, & their loved ones this week.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Makers of medieval rotae would approve
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We are talking about LAKE ERIE, the big one on top of Ohio—not a little lake. Do you know how much wind needs to blow to reveal the lake bottom?? A LOT.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We are talking about LAKE ERIE, the big one on top of Ohio—not a little lake. Do you know how much wind needs to blow to reveal the lake bottom?? A LOT.
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Call for Papers: TALKING STONES – OBJECT AND MATERIALITY IN EARLY MODERN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE International Conference – Prague, 17–18 April 2026.
See H-Sicily for the full Call for Papers: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
See H-Sicily for the full Call for Papers: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Call for Papers: TALKING STONES – OBJECT AND MATERIALITY IN EARLY MODERN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE International Conference – Prague, 17–18 April 2026.
See H-Sicily for the full Call for Papers: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
See H-Sicily for the full Call for Papers: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Not surprised at all!
And how many women right now are being threatened by their abusers with “if you leave me I’m calling ICE.”
Dream scenario for abusers.
And how many women right now are being threatened by their abusers with “if you leave me I’m calling ICE.”
Dream scenario for abusers.
I mean, the original article on this heavily implies his dad turned his mom in to win the custody battle. www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
Woman with family connection to White House press secretary arrested by ICE in Revere
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere.
www.wcvb.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Not surprised at all!
And how many women right now are being threatened by their abusers with “if you leave me I’m calling ICE.”
Dream scenario for abusers.
And how many women right now are being threatened by their abusers with “if you leave me I’m calling ICE.”
Dream scenario for abusers.
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The Office of Budget "Responsibility" just accidentally published their analysis of the whole Budget, half an hour before Reeves is due to start talking.
Nice one, lads.
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
Nice one, lads.
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Office of Budget "Responsibility" just accidentally published their analysis of the whole Budget, half an hour before Reeves is due to start talking.
Nice one, lads.
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
Nice one, lads.
obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
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This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*.
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Evidence has now emerged of the adverse consequences of the laws banning GAHT for trans youth in both the US and UK. This includes sharp declines in mental health and increased suicide attempts among transgender young people.
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01979-5
t.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*.
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
I believe a thread dedicated to strongwomen will be appreciated
Katie Sandwina or Brumbach (1884 – 1952) was an Austrian American circus strongwoman.
In 1902 she defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City.
In 1902 she defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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There is moving deckchairs on the Titanic, and then there is moving deckchairs on the Titanic over a century later ready for the safe arrival of the OceanGate submersible Titan
#BREAKING 🚨 A FOURTH Liberal Party leadership change is being flagged, with Ashton Hurn emerging as a possible replacement for South Australian opposition leader Vincent Tarzia
Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%
Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
There is moving deckchairs on the Titanic, and then there is moving deckchairs on the Titanic over a century later ready for the safe arrival of the OceanGate submersible Titan
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NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Let me fix that for you:
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
Texas A&M is limiting how instructors may discuss gender identity and race in classrooms in an assault on academic freedom unseen in America since the Red Scare.
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“Dad, that looks like the guy from Home Alone.”
“It is. And he made the same year.”
Tonight my 17 year-old is watching Goodfellas for the first time.
“It is. And he made the same year.”
Tonight my 17 year-old is watching Goodfellas for the first time.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“Dad, that looks like the guy from Home Alone.”
“It is. And he made the same year.”
Tonight my 17 year-old is watching Goodfellas for the first time.
“It is. And he made the same year.”
Tonight my 17 year-old is watching Goodfellas for the first time.