Cranky Northerner 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Northern Canadian. Cranky. #ElbowsUp
Also: EV owner/enthusiast/advocate, Jeopardy! S24 1-day champ.
Also: EV owner/enthusiast/advocate, Jeopardy! S24 1-day champ.
Okay, here’s a prompt: drop a film or TV performance that made you completely reevaluate your opinion of the performer.
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Okay, here’s a prompt: drop a film or TV performance that made you completely reevaluate your opinion of the performer.
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
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A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
I’m sad to hear of the death of Tom Stoppard. I still think Shakespeare in Love was a better Shakespeare movie than many lofty adaptations.
I was also lucky to act in Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth, one of Stoppard’s early scripts and a great absurdist protest. #RIP
I was also lucky to act in Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth, one of Stoppard’s early scripts and a great absurdist protest. #RIP
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I’m sad to hear of the death of Tom Stoppard. I still think Shakespeare in Love was a better Shakespeare movie than many lofty adaptations.
I was also lucky to act in Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth, one of Stoppard’s early scripts and a great absurdist protest. #RIP
I was also lucky to act in Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth, one of Stoppard’s early scripts and a great absurdist protest. #RIP
Watching Falling Down, for the first time since its release. I get a sense that there’s a current that connects this movie directly to Trumpism.
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Watching Falling Down, for the first time since its release. I get a sense that there’s a current that connects this movie directly to Trumpism.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Absolutely true⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Absolutely true⬇️
I'm not going to try to psychoanalyze Carney, nor apologize for him. I think this MOU with Smith is a bad idea, but my own take is that he's decided to simply make sure the federal government isn't an obstacle. That doesn't mean he wants the project. #CDNpoli
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm not going to try to psychoanalyze Carney, nor apologize for him. I think this MOU with Smith is a bad idea, but my own take is that he's decided to simply make sure the federal government isn't an obstacle. That doesn't mean he wants the project. #CDNpoli
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This is why more decision makers at corporations need to face criminal charges.
Not just civil lawsuits.
Not just civil lawsuits.
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is why more decision makers at corporations need to face criminal charges.
Not just civil lawsuits.
Not just civil lawsuits.
You're really gonna go with this, huh? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide
OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.
arstechnica.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
You're really gonna go with this, huh? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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To say that MAGAs are bat-shit crazy, is an insult to bats.
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
To say that MAGAs are bat-shit crazy, is an insult to bats.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
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bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
Ghislaine Maxwell is the poster child for why inheritance tax is healthy and necessary
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell is the poster child for why inheritance tax is healthy and necessary
Elon’s been taking the piss for years. He’s been training hard.
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Elon’s been taking the piss for years. He’s been training hard.
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Here's the deal: Trump reversed course on the Epstein files when he became convinced he could weaponize it against Dems. And I'm sure he can. But I'm not sure he's able to do that without blowback; however clever he thinks he is, any release at all runs a risk for him.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Here's the deal: Trump reversed course on the Epstein files when he became convinced he could weaponize it against Dems. And I'm sure he can. But I'm not sure he's able to do that without blowback; however clever he thinks he is, any release at all runs a risk for him.
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A little brainteaser I wrote:
Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay
Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A little brainteaser I wrote:
Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay
Writing 'not unlike' is not unlike writing 'like', unlike writing 'unlike', which, unlike writing 'not unlike', is not like writing 'like'.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #WordPlay
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I think this is true. Also: I think it won't work.
The DOJ investigating Dems in the Epstein files means they will refuse to release those files while an active investigation is taking place. Thus tRump’s flipping on the votes in Congress
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I think this is true. Also: I think it won't work.
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Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.