Crary
@crary.bsky.social
He/him. Originally from the Finger Lakes, moved to the Canadian prairie. Not because it rhymes with my name, but I don't mind that. Lawyer in two countries, competent adult in neither.
Best Thanksgiving movie: The Lion in Winter. Sure, it takes place at Christmas, but it will make your family breakdown seem SO minor in comparison.
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Best Thanksgiving movie: The Lion in Winter. Sure, it takes place at Christmas, but it will make your family breakdown seem SO minor in comparison.
Fun fact: in Arabic, bitumen was called mūmiyā, which is the origin of our word "mummy" since it was often used in Egyptian embalming.
This is all a way of proclaiming that Canada wants to create a Mummy Pipeline.
This is all a way of proclaiming that Canada wants to create a Mummy Pipeline.
The MOU states a new “bitumen pipeline to Asian markets” is a priority for Canada, and that if a new pipeline is ultimately approved under the Building Canada Act, the federal government will exempt it from the oil tanker moratorium.
BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Fun fact: in Arabic, bitumen was called mūmiyā, which is the origin of our word "mummy" since it was often used in Egyptian embalming.
This is all a way of proclaiming that Canada wants to create a Mummy Pipeline.
This is all a way of proclaiming that Canada wants to create a Mummy Pipeline.
This is really the issue for me with "USian." I have no issue with it on theoretical or linguistic grounds, but the way I usually see it used in context is problematic.
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is really the issue for me with "USian." I have no issue with it on theoretical or linguistic grounds, but the way I usually see it used in context is problematic.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: free speech absolutism
I guess it’s a good thing we were so concerned about the right to speak our opinions being outlawed by a ruling class that we guaranteed it by making it the very first amendment in our Bill of Rights when we formed the country.
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: free speech absolutism
Want to turn a fruit into a Lovecraftian horror? Well....
To all those celebrating today, a very happy #Thanksgiving! If you are in need of some last minute improvised table decorations this could be of use... The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling, from 1910: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-ornamental-orange-peeling-1910
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Want to turn a fruit into a Lovecraftian horror? Well....
This is the content I need today.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is the content I need today.
There's a famous anecdote about John Coltrane, where he said to Miles Davis "I'm sorry I play so long, but I just have so many ideas" and Miles replied "Take the horn out of your mouth." I feel like this is somehow applicable to Nolan, especially as to Tenet.
it might be the most Nolan movie ever in that it's got the most insanely cool set pieces and aura moments in film but the actual plot and characters are made of tissue paper
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
There's a famous anecdote about John Coltrane, where he said to Miles Davis "I'm sorry I play so long, but I just have so many ideas" and Miles replied "Take the horn out of your mouth." I feel like this is somehow applicable to Nolan, especially as to Tenet.
Dogs really are the best people.
...and I married a bird person.
...and I married a bird person.
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dogs really are the best people.
...and I married a bird person.
...and I married a bird person.
As an old dude who still plays in rock bands, I naturally love the Dead. But also, as a child, my grandmother gifted me a small, soft leather-bound copy of Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát. While I now know how inauthentic it is, it is still a work near and dear to my heart.
From T. S. Eliot to the Grateful Dead: echoes of FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:26
From T. S. Eliot to the Grateful Dead: echoes of FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:26
it was used by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley for a Grateful Dead poster in 1966, and for the cover of the group's second live album in 1971
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
As an old dude who still plays in rock bands, I naturally love the Dead. But also, as a child, my grandmother gifted me a small, soft leather-bound copy of Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát. While I now know how inauthentic it is, it is still a work near and dear to my heart.
Both of these are great books, but I found "Oathbreakers" had the kind of cinematic sweep that allows me to recommend it to even the (few) non-history nerds in my life.
And our @lollardfish.bsky.social recent OATHBREAKERS - this one about a medieval empire that devolves into brutal bloodshed between brothers when elites abandon the public good and only care about enriching themselves
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Oathbreakers
“Fascinating.” — The Wall Street Journal
“An enlightening portrait of the medieval mindset.” — Publishers Weekly
The authors of The Bright Ages return with ...
www.harpercollins.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Both of these are great books, but I found "Oathbreakers" had the kind of cinematic sweep that allows me to recommend it to even the (few) non-history nerds in my life.
When I first moved to Canada, I absolutely binged Murdoch Mysteries, and I LOVE the arc of the show. It sort of starts out as "mostly serious period piece" and quickly turns into "I'm inventing maglev trains and solving crimes with H.P. Lovecraft."
best we've got right now is Murdoch Mysteries, a detective show set in late 1800's Toronto, where the lead characters regularly invent modern technology by accident. Detective Murdoch created the Roomba. Tatiana Maslany's brother plays a gay jewish cop. It's incredible.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
When I first moved to Canada, I absolutely binged Murdoch Mysteries, and I LOVE the arc of the show. It sort of starts out as "mostly serious period piece" and quickly turns into "I'm inventing maglev trains and solving crimes with H.P. Lovecraft."
I can't quite explain it, but every time I look at this picture, I think I am looking at a giraffe wearing a giraffe-themed sweater
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I can't quite explain it, but every time I look at this picture, I think I am looking at a giraffe wearing a giraffe-themed sweater
I am not sure who is representing Open AI here, but I know they have used Wachtell, MoFo, etc. in the past. This strikes me as a biglaw kind of oddity: you must always make all available arguments no matter what. My experience of biglaw was not one of nuance.
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I am not sure who is representing Open AI here, but I know they have used Wachtell, MoFo, etc. in the past. This strikes me as a biglaw kind of oddity: you must always make all available arguments no matter what. My experience of biglaw was not one of nuance.
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Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
very odd that the Post would write up someone’s speciation as if it’s news. What are we doing here
If there were any justice in the world, the plural would be mens of warses
1. Pretty.
2. Plural is “man of warS” because one colony is a “man of war”
3. Saline is better than urine.
2. Plural is “man of warS” because one colony is a “man of war”
3. Saline is better than urine.
Just don't confuse these blue meanies with "baby jellies."
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If there were any justice in the world, the plural would be mens of warses
Keystone Kash blows it again: The perpetrator that he’s going to use all available resources to track down in the DC guardsman shooting is already in the hospital. Idiot.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
Two things about this: (1) I must be tired, because I thought Trump was obsessed with the biggest little city in the world; and (2) again, I can't imagine anything but tearing these abominations down and starting again. www.thedailybeast.com/reno-obsesse...
Reno-Obsessed Trump Reveals His Next D.C. Remodel Target
The MAGAfication of the nation’s capital is not slowing down.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Two things about this: (1) I must be tired, because I thought Trump was obsessed with the biggest little city in the world; and (2) again, I can't imagine anything but tearing these abominations down and starting again. www.thedailybeast.com/reno-obsesse...
It gives me no pleasure to report that the most accurate predictors of our world were Zager and Evans
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It gives me no pleasure to report that the most accurate predictors of our world were Zager and Evans
These absolute numpties. It's like there's not a single adult of baseline competence left in the Republican party.
“We are now receiving conflicting reports about the condition of our two Guard members…”
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
These absolute numpties. It's like there's not a single adult of baseline competence left in the Republican party.
I feel personally attacked.
...I probably deserve it.
...I probably deserve it.
"Thanksgiving should be an opportunity to respectfully put our differences aside—to laugh about our shared memories and strengthen our familial bonds. Instead, my uncle lectures me about the production quality of the band’s Grammy Award-winning album Aja."
Thanksgiving Is Always Ruined by That One Uncle Obsessed with Steely Dan
There are so many reasons to look forward to Thanksgiving. There’s the food, of course, but there’s also the chance to reconnect with our families ...
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I feel personally attacked.
...I probably deserve it.
...I probably deserve it.
Calm down, everyone. I know how her name looks, but it is actually pronounced "wish I were prostitutin'."
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Calm down, everyone. I know how her name looks, but it is actually pronounced "wish I were prostitutin'."
Bold new frontiers in international racism.
“To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them.”
“Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year.”
“Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Bold new frontiers in international racism.
Wow. This is the first personnel case I can recall that hasn't gone all "unitary executive." At least yet.
BREAKING: SCOTUS will not grant the Trump administration’s request to allow it to fire Shira Perlmutter, the director of the Copyright Office, at this time. It puts off any decision while the court is considering the other two firings cases. Perlmutter stays in office during that time.
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wow. This is the first personnel case I can recall that hasn't gone all "unitary executive." At least yet.