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Iver

@iver.bsky.social

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Co-owner, Canada I just take it one game at a time. CEO Session Games. Canonical knowledge of Dune, Star Trek, and Star Wars, Metroid, Mario, and Zelda. Equally adept with keyboard and chainsaw. Generally produce more than I consume.

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Iver @iver.bsky.social · 1d

Works on my machine.

Iver @iver.bsky.social · 10d

If an eel lunges out
And bites off your snout
That’s a moray

Iver @iver.bsky.social · 22d

Not sure Disney saw the irony in this line from Andor:

"“Wait, I’m just a tourist!”

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Iver @iver.bsky.social · 23d

Exactly.

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Iver @iver.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thank you for this. “Moving goalposts” just doesn’t cut it.

Overton Window FTW

Iver @iver.bsky.social · Sep 9

Done

Iver @iver.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'm likin' it!

Iver @iver.bsky.social · Aug 13

This and Galaxy Quest

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · Aug 10

Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · Jul 11

IT'S BRACKET TIME

We're doing the Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol, and voting begins Monday.

HERE IS THE ANIMAL QUADRANT

BIRDS, ORCAS, AND ENTIRE SECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE BEST SALMON AND BEARS

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Iver @iver.bsky.social · Jul 10

Will turn sharp right only I bet.

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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · Jul 9

1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar

2025: ohhh ok

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Iver @iver.bsky.social · Jun 20

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Cannot recommend this book enough!

The Lost Art of Finding Our Way — Harvard University Press

Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes ...

www.hup.harvard.edu

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Iver @iver.bsky.social · Jun 15

Yeah, I’m going to have to go ahead and ask you to uh, get the uh, texture index back in range. Ok Mike? Thanks.

Iver @iver.bsky.social · Jun 9

US license plates in BC: The “Not my President” bumper sticker is not some kind of hall pass. He IS your president. When you go back home, do something about it.

Iver @iver.bsky.social · Jun 5

@bcferrys.bsky.social full credit, but in case you were wondering @jmcelroy.bsky.social, Duke Point that way.

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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · Jun 4

“Jordan Peterson is a bad and lazy thinker, and an even worse writer,” writes Luke Savage. “But he is also symptomatic of a more generalized decline in the quality of public intellectuals.” thewalrus.ca/is-jordan-pe... thewalrus.ca/is-jordan-pe...

Is Jordan Peterson Just Making It Up as He Goes? | The Walrus

The culture war’s favourite prophet can’t finish a straight thought

thewalrus.ca

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · Jun 3

“A key to the pathology of the radical right it offers both a powerful sense of aristocratic elevation and a deep sense of wounded victimization…this combined sense of being better and being wronged is exceptionally attractive.” @mattpolprof.bsky.social

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-far-righ...

The Far Right Canon

The radical right has its own canon of intellectuals—aristocratic, resentful, and a profound challenge to liberal philosophy.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Iver @iver.bsky.social · May 28

Can we please stop burning an entire lake just to generate a stupid image of a Canada Goose in an RCMP dress uniform with "Elbows Up!" text? It's stupid, and Canada Geese don't have elbows.

Iver @iver.bsky.social · May 27

I was in THAT line. That is outside The Vogue theatre on Granville Street in Vancouver. Star Wars opened a month later here.

Iver @iver.bsky.social · May 24

#caturday off to a fine start.

Iver @iver.bsky.social · May 22

Iver @iver.bsky.social · May 21

12 episodes, each one an hour of Cassian flying to Kafrene from Yavin.

Iver @iver.bsky.social · May 21

It’s the major attraction in Awatto.

Iver @iver.bsky.social · May 11

Where's Sugi?

#caturday

The paw of a black cat poking out from a Hudson's Bay blanket.