Darcy Casselman
@flyingsquirrel.ca
I'm mostly over at @flyingsquirrel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy. You can always find (reasonably) up-to-date socials on http://darcycasselman.com
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more shameless ego-boosting. Thank you, collider.
collider.com/doctor-who-p...
collider.com/doctor-who-p...
10 Years Ago, This ‘Doctor Who’ Story Became the Show's Masterpiece Across Its 800+ Episodes
This Doctor Who episode remains a high point in the series, showcasing powerful writing, acting, and direction that make it the show's best episode.
collider.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
more shameless ego-boosting. Thank you, collider.
collider.com/doctor-who-p...
collider.com/doctor-who-p...
I love Jane. I'm struggling to read for pleasure these days, but I did at least pick this up.
I'd rather she was on council, but if it means we get biting commentary on council in the form of murder mysteries, I can live with that.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
#wrpoli #wrawesome #WaterlooRegion
I'd rather she was on council, but if it means we get biting commentary on council in the form of murder mysteries, I can live with that.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
#wrpoli #wrawesome #WaterlooRegion
From regional councillor to murder mystery author: Jane Mitchell on her new book Bad Council
In-camera council meetings, a secretive development on the waterfront and the murder of a town councillor with a commemorative brick. These are plot points in a new murder mystery novel called Bad Cou...
www.cbc.ca
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I love Jane. I'm struggling to read for pleasure these days, but I did at least pick this up.
I'd rather she was on council, but if it means we get biting commentary on council in the form of murder mysteries, I can live with that.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
#wrpoli #wrawesome #WaterlooRegion
I'd rather she was on council, but if it means we get biting commentary on council in the form of murder mysteries, I can live with that.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
#wrpoli #wrawesome #WaterlooRegion
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
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Transit Signal Priority on ion Light Rail, Region of Waterloo, Ontario (2019).
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
December 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Transit Signal Priority on ion Light Rail, Region of Waterloo, Ontario (2019).
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
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December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Goddam why does 1918 go so hard
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Did this Labour government...just do a good thing??
Britain ends new fossil fuel exploration. The government has introduced a legal moratorium on all new oil and gas exploration licences, ending five decades of North Sea expansion and aligning policy with 1.5°C targets. buff.ly/Il1RhPb
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: …
buff.ly
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Did this Labour government...just do a good thing??
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A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
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Kyoto conference centre 1966 is a brutalist wonderland
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Kyoto conference centre 1966 is a brutalist wonderland
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New post: Star Trek's Greatest Christmas Episodes. Because I was watching the episode where Quark drags Odo up a mountain, and really it was quite festive in a way. lmmyles.com/2025/12/10/s...
Star Trek’s Greatest Christmas Episodes
“But Star Trek doesn’t have any Christmas episodes,” you might say. And you would be correct. Technically. But you don’t need actual Christmas when you have the spirit of Ch…
lmmyles.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New post: Star Trek's Greatest Christmas Episodes. Because I was watching the episode where Quark drags Odo up a mountain, and really it was quite festive in a way. lmmyles.com/2025/12/10/s...
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did it in four words hemmingway
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
did it in four words hemmingway
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
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Working on a unifying theory of "all blue-skinned characters are varying forms of leftist"
Smurfs (agrarian socialism)
Avatar Navi (green left)
Captain Planet (eco-anarchism)
Bluey (Australian Labor Party)
Cookie Monster (anarcho-primitivism)
Smurfs (agrarian socialism)
Avatar Navi (green left)
Captain Planet (eco-anarchism)
Bluey (Australian Labor Party)
Cookie Monster (anarcho-primitivism)
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Working on a unifying theory of "all blue-skinned characters are varying forms of leftist"
Smurfs (agrarian socialism)
Avatar Navi (green left)
Captain Planet (eco-anarchism)
Bluey (Australian Labor Party)
Cookie Monster (anarcho-primitivism)
Smurfs (agrarian socialism)
Avatar Navi (green left)
Captain Planet (eco-anarchism)
Bluey (Australian Labor Party)
Cookie Monster (anarcho-primitivism)
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
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Christkindl at night is pretty amazing.
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Christkindl at night is pretty amazing.
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‘Smith Blade’ could replace Swiss Army, Leatherman and it’s being made in Cambridge, Ont.
‘Smith Blade’ could replace Swiss Army, Leatherman and it’s being made in Cambridge, Ont.
YouTube sensations and engineering wizards Hacksmith Industries, based on Cambridge, Ont., are introducing a 21st-century take on the classic pocketknife.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
‘Smith Blade’ could replace Swiss Army, Leatherman and it’s being made in Cambridge, Ont.
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Liner notes for the #christmasmix are now on the blog!
https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2025/2025-12-03-christmas-mixtape-2025/
#holidays #music #holidaymix #christmas
https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2025/2025-12-03-christmas-mixtape-2025/
#holidays #music #holidaymix #christmas
December 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Liner notes for the #christmasmix are now on the blog!
https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2025/2025-12-03-christmas-mixtape-2025/
#holidays #music #holidaymix #christmas
https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2025/2025-12-03-christmas-mixtape-2025/
#holidays #music #holidaymix #christmas
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Wow. Huge news for the Bruce Trail & Beaver Valley. There were fears the old ski resort was to become a sprawl housing development.
BTC purchases former Talisman Mountain Resort lands | Bruce Trail Conservancy
The Bruce Trail Conservancy (BTC) is excited to announce the purchase of the former Talisman Mountain Resort lands in the Beaver Valley. This landmark
brucetrail.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Wow. Huge news for the Bruce Trail & Beaver Valley. There were fears the old ski resort was to become a sprawl housing development.
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#christmas mixtape is up.
Liner notes on the blog still to come.
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/flying_squirrel/christmas-mixtape-2025/
Youtube: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrQiyiblKq1RobU7UenMMgALhPvpfxsgy
#christmasmixtape #music #holidays #xmas
Liner notes on the blog still to come.
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/flying_squirrel/christmas-mixtape-2025/
Youtube: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrQiyiblKq1RobU7UenMMgALhPvpfxsgy
#christmasmixtape #music #holidays #xmas
Mixcloud
www.mixcloud.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#christmas mixtape is up.
Liner notes on the blog still to come.
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/flying_squirrel/christmas-mixtape-2025/
Youtube: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrQiyiblKq1RobU7UenMMgALhPvpfxsgy
#christmasmixtape #music #holidays #xmas
Liner notes on the blog still to come.
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/flying_squirrel/christmas-mixtape-2025/
Youtube: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrQiyiblKq1RobU7UenMMgALhPvpfxsgy
#christmasmixtape #music #holidays #xmas
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I can’t find great US data, but in Canada it ranges from 68% of people in BC using winter tires to 100% in Quebec (where they’re mandatory).
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I can’t find great US data, but in Canada it ranges from 68% of people in BC using winter tires to 100% in Quebec (where they’re mandatory).
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This was a fun read! I love a good Canadianism and as someone who called something a "gong show" as recently as yesterday I had no idea it was uniquely Canadian
How a campy 1970s game show became part of Canada's national lexicon: defector.com/how-a-campy-...
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he…
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This was a fun read! I love a good Canadianism and as someone who called something a "gong show" as recently as yesterday I had no idea it was uniquely Canadian
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New blog, new bullets!
https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2025/2025-11-23-new-blog-new-bullets/
Finally got my new @11ty to a point where I'm ready to publish. Still pretty rough around the edges, but it does the basic blog things. And doesn't expose me to all the horrors of running Wordpress on […]
https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2025/2025-11-23-new-blog-new-bullets/
Finally got my new @11ty to a point where I'm ready to publish. Still pretty rough around the edges, but it does the basic blog things. And doesn't expose me to all the horrors of running Wordpress on […]
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mastodon.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
New blog, new bullets!
https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2025/2025-11-23-new-blog-new-bullets/
Finally got my new @11ty to a point where I'm ready to publish. Still pretty rough around the edges, but it does the basic blog things. And doesn't expose me to all the horrors of running Wordpress on […]
https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2025/2025-11-23-new-blog-new-bullets/
Finally got my new @11ty to a point where I'm ready to publish. Still pretty rough around the edges, but it does the basic blog things. And doesn't expose me to all the horrors of running Wordpress on […]