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Laef Kucheran
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i run VoteMate.org. aspiring to be a journalist and no longer be a software dev. laef.ca
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I'm in a coffee shop right now, and they have these charming signs on the washroom doors.
A round wooden sign on a door. On the sign are two representations of people, one representing a man, one representing a woman. The icons are shaped like coffee cups, with a round coffee cup and saucer representing the woman and a cylindrical one representing the man. A round wooden sign on a door. On the sign are three representations of people, one representing a man, one representing a woman, and one representing a wheelchair users. The icons are shaped like coffee cups, with a round coffee cup and saucer representing the woman, a cylindrical one representing the man, and a topdown view with a spoon representing the wheelchair.
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Oh, so my heart's an old tomato? With mouldy purple spots? So much for the tolerant left.
A cartoon of the Grinch (yes, the one who stole Christmas) looking mad. He has a speech bubble at the top of the image, indicating that the post's text is something he's saying.
December 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", in the original Thurl Ravenscroft version.

I'm a sucker for Christmas songs that aren't directly festive (see also "Fairytale of New York").

Laef in Vancouver. Dedicated to the cat I'm catsitting: Chebby.
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Mr Bond... I have placed cookies at strategic locations on your device. With a single pull of this lever, I, and I alone, can improve your browsing experience.
A cookie consent dialogue with the text "We've placed cookies on your device to improve your browsing experience."
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Article by Thomas L Friedman: Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come
October 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Reminder that governments operate with sums of money that our puny human minds simply cannot comprehend
Text reading "All figures in thousands of dollars"
October 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Also a good context paragraph on Kirk's relevance to Canada. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
But at the same time there has been growing attention to Kirk’s views on abortion and place of women in society, racist characterization of Black people as violent or unqualified for white-collar jobs; willingness to hurl slurs at LGBTQ+ people; and his warnings that immigrants would replace white people. He espoused the controversial cause of Christian nationalism — the belief that the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation and its laws should reflect Christian religious principles. Kirk at times weighed in on Canadian politics. In a Sept. 1, 2023, X post, Kirk said that unmarked grave investigations at Canadian residential schools were a hoax. “Canada didn’t have racial guilt as a founding myth,” he wrote, “so it invented a genocidal atrocity to atone for.”
September 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Good article by @jenstden.bsky.social, especially because it contains the only accurate description of Kimmel's remarks I've seen:
In the United States numerous people have been fired from their jobs or faced professional repercussions after making comments about Kirk’s death that were deemed offensive, callous or insensitive. Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show was suspended indefinitely after he made comments about the MAGA movement’s political exploitation of Kirk’s killing.
September 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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People get traffic cones wrong. They're not guards. They're umarell.
A group of four traffic cones standing around a hole in the road. A fifth traffic cone stands inside the hole.
August 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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If we use our time wisely, the world might just survive
New York Times article. Headline reads "'Hot Wasps' Found at Nuclear Facility in South Carolina". Sub-head reads "Four radioactive wasp nests may indicate previously undetected environmental contamination at the decades-old Savannah River Site. Here's what to know." Screenshot of a Wikipedia article about "The Swarm (1978 film)". Intro text reads "The Swarm is a 1978 American natural horror film directed and produced by Irwin Allen and based on Arthur Herzog's 1974 novel of the same name. It starts an ensemble cast, including Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark --"
August 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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@jmcelroy.bsky.social, thoughts on the controversial choice of mountains to represent BC Day made by Vancouver's own transportation authority?
A notice on a TransLink bulletin board about service on BC Day. The notice has an green mountain icon next to the title "BC Day". A zoomed in shot of the green mountain icon next to the title.
August 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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In the live-updates article about the shutdown, they pretty explicitly say that Republicans are afraid of their supporters' ongoing wrath. Yet in the header for the live-updates page, the first-linked story is still "MAGA's Wrath Deflected".
July 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Scientists have detected the largest black hole merger yet. What it is and what it means for Democrats' chances the midterms
CBC News push notification reading "Scientists have detected the largest black hole merger yet. What it is and why it matters"
July 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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This is true of all Trump surrogates. Trump is unpredictable because he's dumb as bricks. No matter what he does, Trump surrogates spend the next hours/days/weeks telling us (and Trump, via Fox) how brilliant Trump's decision was, until he changes his mind

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Excerpt of an Atlantic article "For some anti-Trump liberals, people like Bannon, Carlson, and Vance provide a perverse sort of reassurance. Trump’s opponents may find the ideologies of these men to be odious, but at least they suggest a method to the president’s madness. The presence of even a rough philosophical framework provides the false hope that what Trump will do next will be predictable and follow from first principles, rather than from haphazard impulse. Better, some may feel, to live in the realm of an evil but explicable king than in that of a demented one."
July 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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It's not the biggest NYT meta-story today, but the fact that The Daily ran an episode comprehensively and accurately explaining the themes of the Megabill TODAY, only AFTER it had passed is, uh, very funny
An episode listing for The Daily for July 4, 2025. The episode is titled "How the Megabill Will Change America". The episode's description reads "We walk through what the new legislation will change, and those whose lives it will change the most."
July 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Good qualities in a man
Screenshot of the title portion of a Stack Overflow question with the title "Fast to query, slow to create table"
November 25, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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Incredible
Screenshot of a New York Times Editors' Note reading: Editors’ Notes: July 25, 2024 The Times removed comments from one voter in an earlier version of this article after learning that the person had been convicted in an extortion scheme in which she made fraudulent claims.
July 26, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Good work from the Times' photo editor: Juxtaposing the Supreme Court's ruling with the reality of January 6th

People need to be reminded what J6 was like
A screenshot of the New York Times app. A headline reads “Supreme Court Says Prosecutors in Jan. 6 Case Overstepped”. Beneagh the headline is a photo of insurrectionists rioting on the Capitol on January 6th. In the foreground, a man wearing a red coat, an American flag bandana over his mouth, and a helmet waves a flag. In the background, people stand on top of the Capitol, waving American and Don’t Tread on Me flags. The general vibe is of chaos, treachery, and insurrection.
June 28, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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On the one hand, high-speed rail, walkable cities, and reliable public transit

On the other hand, Mr Burns's sunblock plan
Screenshot of an expanded NYTimes app notification. The notification has a photo of a giant white screen in space casting a shadow on the earth. The notification text reads "Sending the equivalent of a giant beach umbrella into space to combat climate change was once a fringe idea. Not anymore."
February 6, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Not allowed: looking like a cool mf
A photo of a yellow sign on the glass doors of a bus. The sign shows a stylised person looking cool, their arms and legs crossed, leaning with their back against a pair of doors. A red circle with a line through it covers the person, indicating the activity is banned. Text on the sign in English and French reads "Do not lean against door. Thank you."
February 5, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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BBC Breaking News alert reading: "Six people arrested over suspected plot to target London Stock Exchange in 'disruptive and damaging stunt'" Frames from the movie The Dark Knight Rises, showing Bane holding up the Gotham Stock Exchange. A trader tells Bane "This is a stock exchange! There's no money you can steal." Bane replies "Really? Then why are you people here?"
January 14, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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BBC: Nerds finally procreate
A BBC News alert saying "Scientists grow whole model human embryo without sperm or egg for first time — providing new insight into earliest moments of life"
September 6, 2023 at 4:04 PM