Andy Schan
@schan.ca
Proud Canadian, father, husband, foster of dog, ex-Microsoft dude, in no particular order. All posts contain words, or your money back.
Reason eleventy-billion and one to not visit the US
They’re hiding cameras in traffic barrels to track and monitor us
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Reason eleventy-billion and one to not visit the US
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Over at Whatever I'm looking at the phenomenon of people living paycheck to paycheck while making $500k a year, how one gets into that position, and some observations from my own (immensely privileged to be clear) point of view.
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Poor Little Rich People
The YouTube video above fascinates me, because it details how people making $500,000 a year — economically fortunate by any sane measure — are still frequently living paycheck to payche…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Over at Whatever I'm looking at the phenomenon of people living paycheck to paycheck while making $500k a year, how one gets into that position, and some observations from my own (immensely privileged to be clear) point of view.
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/28/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/28/p...
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On this day in 2010, Leslie Nielsen died.
Born in Regina in 1926, he appeared in over 100 films and 150 TV shows portraying over 200 characters. Originally a dramatic actor, he shifted to comedy after his role in Airplane!. Roger Ebert once called him the Olivier of Spoofs.
Born in Regina in 1926, he appeared in over 100 films and 150 TV shows portraying over 200 characters. Originally a dramatic actor, he shifted to comedy after his role in Airplane!. Roger Ebert once called him the Olivier of Spoofs.
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 2010, Leslie Nielsen died.
Born in Regina in 1926, he appeared in over 100 films and 150 TV shows portraying over 200 characters. Originally a dramatic actor, he shifted to comedy after his role in Airplane!. Roger Ebert once called him the Olivier of Spoofs.
Born in Regina in 1926, he appeared in over 100 films and 150 TV shows portraying over 200 characters. Originally a dramatic actor, he shifted to comedy after his role in Airplane!. Roger Ebert once called him the Olivier of Spoofs.
Retalitory tarrifs are "like punching yourself in the face really hard and hoping the downstairs neighbour says "Ouch."" 🤣
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Pluralistic: (Digital) Elbows Up (28 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Retalitory tarrifs are "like punching yourself in the face really hard and hoping the downstairs neighbour says "Ouch."" 🤣
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/28/d...
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1/ “one or more private sector constructed and financed pipelines.” This is such a risky investment for private $$ I don’t see it happening. But still, we obviously shouldn’t even be talking about building pipelines. It's the energy equivalent investing in VHS tapes in 2025.
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
1/ “one or more private sector constructed and financed pipelines.” This is such a risky investment for private $$ I don’t see it happening. But still, we obviously shouldn’t even be talking about building pipelines. It's the energy equivalent investing in VHS tapes in 2025.
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We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
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“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...
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Practicing radical honesty this year 🙏
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Practicing radical honesty this year 🙏
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When I was at NC state, I had lunch with a visiting scholar from Sweden who was visiting US universities for the first time. He described his experience as touring “hedge funds with football teams.”
That is so much money
5:45 pm on Thanksgiving Eve?
Now THIS is how you news dump.
Now THIS is how you news dump.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When I was at NC state, I had lunch with a visiting scholar from Sweden who was visiting US universities for the first time. He described his experience as touring “hedge funds with football teams.”
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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NEWS! Huge, stupid, hapless creature pardoned by Thanksgiving turkey newsthump.com/2025/11/27/h...
Huge, stupid, hapless creature pardoned by Thanksgiving turkey
There were tender scenes at the White House yesterday as a proud but ultimately stupid animal, who is believed to be called ‘Donald’, was offered a pardon by a Thanksgiving turkey.
newsthump.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEWS! Huge, stupid, hapless creature pardoned by Thanksgiving turkey newsthump.com/2025/11/27/h...
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Strong evidence that computers were a mistake.
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Strong evidence that computers were a mistake.
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In lieu of thanksgiving I suggest holding a sort of family court convicting your most annoying relatives of various offenses
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In lieu of thanksgiving I suggest holding a sort of family court convicting your most annoying relatives of various offenses
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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So I got to attend a Q&A with Tom Morello (guitar legend of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE fame), and from him I heard a very smart creative lesson, applicable to more than just musicians -- thought I'd share it, and some further thoughts and stories here:
A Very Good Piece Of Creative Advice From Tom Morello
As a cantankerous alt-rock grunge-loving teenager, I was not particularly a Rage Against the Machine guy — I mean, I liked the music but it didn’t connect with me, and my theory now as …
terribleminds.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
So I got to attend a Q&A with Tom Morello (guitar legend of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE fame), and from him I heard a very smart creative lesson, applicable to more than just musicians -- thought I'd share it, and some further thoughts and stories here:
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Time to post this banger again
January 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Time to post this banger again
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the act of trying to live in some type of midcentury fantasy that didn't exist is like saying "i want to live at disneyland, mickey mouse is real"
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
the act of trying to live in some type of midcentury fantasy that didn't exist is like saying "i want to live at disneyland, mickey mouse is real"
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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How many goes did this take?
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
How many goes did this take?
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before