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Mark Demeny 🇨🇦
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I guess I am on this site now.

Ottawa, Canada.
For any baseball fan that is looking to understand this whole curling rock touching fiasco, here is your comparison.

It's a balk.

It's not cheating. It's a minor violation that is fairly uncommon, has little effect on play and is not well understood even by those that play the game. #curling #🥌👈
February 18, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I love the weird disjointed corporate strategy of Japanese sporting goods companies:

Shimano - bicycle components and... fishing tackle.

Yonex - tennis and.... snowboards.
February 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The Swiss goaltender Saskia Maurer was an absolute wall in the Canada game. I look forward to seeing her in the PWHL one day.
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
John Candy, Stuart McLean, Gord Dowie, Terry Fox, Catherine O'Hara.

We've lost a generation of Canadian icons before their time.
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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His immigration message isn't getting lost. It became crystal clear to a wider audience
We are going to win.
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Property taxes are like libraries in that people would scream they are an impossible leftist fantasy if they hadn't already existed forever.
December 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Community is the opposite of convenience.
We all say we want the street on the left, but the street on the right is the receipt for our online shopping habits.

You can't have Amazon convenience and Main Street charm. Corporate convenience shopping will cannibalize small businesses commerce.
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My wife and I have been driving for at least 10 hours over the last few days to visit friends and family (Canada is a big country). "Driving home for Christmas" was our soundtrack for the trip.

RIP Chris Rea.

www.bbc.com/news/live/c0...
Driving Home for Christmas singer Chris Rea dies aged 74
A statement from his wife and two children says he
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
May the holiday season grant *every* FA'er some FO this year.
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Back in my day we only had 216 colours and you had to mix them up to get any sort of shading..."

"Sure, sure grandma. Let's get you to bed".
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Putin has the best blackmail. The biggest, most beautiful blackmail. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Trump to hand Putin Ukraine’s occupied territories
US president sends envoys to Moscow with peace plan that recognises Russia’s war gains
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
So Stellantis really went with the digital equivalent of "the dog ate my homework"? Bold move. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MPs ‘speechless’ after Stellantis fails to show up to hearing, citing technical issues | CBC News
Members of Parliament from multiple parties slammed Stellantis on Tuesday for failing to show up to a committee hearing about the federal government’s multimillion-dollar funding deals with the global...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Earlier this year, I re-read the @scalzi.com "Old Man's War" series in prep for "The Shattering Peace".

I'm doing the same for @cstross.bsky.social and "The Laundry Files" in prep for "The Regicide Report" but, man, "Quantum of Nightmares" is hitting a little too hard given, you know, everything.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
can’t fucking catch a breath

make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Somewhere out there is an alternate universe in which Gore beat Bush and MySpace beat Facebook and Nuzzi didn't release a book of Vogon poetry-level prose.

It's lovely and those blissfully ignorant people have no idea what fate they dodged.
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Folks will not provide ALT TEXT for images, yet, will write very detailed and descriptive prompts to get the right image for Gen #AI. Make it make sense. There's a talk and presentation tucked away in there. #a11y
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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the elite class becomes easier to understand when you realize they think everybody is as dumb as they are
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Cal is six! Happy birthday you big furry muppet.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Oh yes please, sign me up for this 51st state bullshit.
American rules, you can get a bill for a medical visit from six months ago and it’s just like completely normal.
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM