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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 21h

I may be a rando, but I am *not* an anonymous rando!

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 22h

Now do northern vs. southern India.

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 23h

The Oklahoma City bombing happened in 1995, and even back then far-right militias and white nationalists were nothing remotely new.

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 23h

Hey, quick question apropos of nothing in particular: how do they pronounce Dalhousie in Amherstburg?

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 2d

Design vocabulary aside, the big problem with Adisoke is that it's too small. It would be cramped enough if it was just serving as the central branch of the Ottawa Public Library. It would be insufficient if it only housed the Library and Archives of Canada. Trying to accommodate both is ridiculous.

Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 2d

The near-complete Adisoke, Ottawa’s new central library. Presented without comment.

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, and for anyone still in doubt about how to pronounce Rideau, I give you this ridiculous ad from 1986.

youtu.be/jkz9pz9L9EI?...

RIDEAU CENTRE RENDEZ VOUS (1986)

YouTube video by Retrontario

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 3d

Splitters!

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 3d

On the other hand, do not ask me to pronounce Mono Township, Orono, or Adjala Tosorionto.

Oliver Paipoonge is right out.

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 3d

The eastern Ontario Anglo pronunciation is not quite the French pronunciation, but closer to that than how Anglo-Canadians from other places want to pronounce it.

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 3d

It's definitely not "Elmer."

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 3d

When I was a kid growing up in Ottawa I used to know how to pronounce Dalhousie just fine, but then I became friends with people from Halifax and St. Catharines. Now I just try to avoid saying Dalhousie out loud.

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 3d

Do you like to read? Oh!

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 4d

Rideau is absolutely an eastern Ontario shibboleth. You only have to go as far west as Belleville or Peterborough before people start pronouncing it the wrong way.

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 4d

Davis called your joke "uniquely American." I'm offended on your behalf.

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 4d

It's all just variations on that New Yorker cover.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of...

View of the World from 9th Avenue - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah. Where's your Hollywood deal?

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 6d

Modern conservatism is fundamentally a parasitic ideology most popular with people born on third base who think they hit a triple. Of course they are going to assume that their preferences (detached suburban homes, total car-dependency) are more fiscally sound than the people they hold in contempt.

Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 6d

@nameshiv.bsky.social call your brother-in-law. I just had an idea.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 6d

It's the same problem that so many right-wing militia-types failed to grasp. Asymmetrical warfare might work if you're on the other side of the planet, but in any scenario involving fighting on U.S. soil, the side with all the expensive hardware and training is going to win 100% of the time.

Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 6d

There's a Grand Theft Auto joke somewhere here, but I'm too tired to come up with it.

Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 6d

O. Henry.

www.krabarchive.com/ralphmag/IT/...

O. Henry | William Sydney Porter | Famous Last Words

O.

www.krabarchive.com

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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 7d

Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...

Indian Railways to achieve net zero targets in 2025 itself - 5 years ahead of 2030 goal - Times of India

India Business News: Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric tr

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 7d

Hey @mightygodking.com, it's The Monocle!

Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 7d

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 8d

6. Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells an exhausted Jesus that he's got a plan to get around the wine tariffs but he just needs a water-to-wine guy to really get this business popping off

German painting, 1500s era, showing a fat loudmouth bureaucrat yelling at an emaciated and wounded Jesus Christ

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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 8d

I'm also pretty sure that no units in any army "parachuted into combat zones in both world wars."

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