Norman Wilson (Good morning, Mr Scrooge!) 🔵
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Programmer, UNIX old fart, friend of cats, once and maybe future cyclist, non-motorist, rail passenger (>766000 miles), amateur^2 photographer, iconoclast, cynic, observer of odd things, revolve top insights (11). Cis he/they. Also @[email protected].
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Government services aren't businesses. Delivering mail to citizens is something we pay for.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Government services aren't businesses. Delivering mail to citizens is something we pay for.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
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Junius on Winnipeg opening Portage and Main w/o the feared traffic chaos..
Mayors need fight status quo bias cause future hard to predict and pessimists not always right. Plus, there’s a cost to doing nothing. So just try something. City can always backtrack
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Mayors need fight status quo bias cause future hard to predict and pessimists not always right. Plus, there’s a cost to doing nothing. So just try something. City can always backtrack
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: Cities need to overcome the fear of the first step in change
Critics will always claim the sky is about to fall. Those predictions too often get in the way of reforms
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Junius on Winnipeg opening Portage and Main w/o the feared traffic chaos..
Mayors need fight status quo bias cause future hard to predict and pessimists not always right. Plus, there’s a cost to doing nothing. So just try something. City can always backtrack
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Mayors need fight status quo bias cause future hard to predict and pessimists not always right. Plus, there’s a cost to doing nothing. So just try something. City can always backtrack
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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#Hammy and I hope you all have a healthy, happy, peaceful holiday. Eat yourselves into oblivion and rest while you can.
Never give up.
💝
December 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#Hammy and I hope you all have a healthy, happy, peaceful holiday. Eat yourselves into oblivion and rest while you can.
Never give up.
💝
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"how can you suddenly dislike your delicious steak dinner when you find out the chef dropped it on the ground and never washed his hands?"
“How can you suddenly dislike art when you find out it’s made by AI?”
For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.
Because I care about people.
You dipshit.
For the same reason I can dislike art when I find out the employees were overworked and underpaid.
Because I care about people.
You dipshit.
December 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"how can you suddenly dislike your delicious steak dinner when you find out the chef dropped it on the ground and never washed his hands?"
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Because I ate it for lunch.
December 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Because I ate it for lunch.
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Weird how you never hear about the U.S. Military facing a “tight squeeze” or “losing money”
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Weird how you never hear about the U.S. Military facing a “tight squeeze” or “losing money”
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Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
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Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
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"The 38-year-old condo manager said he used to volunteer at the Toronto Railway Museum"
Rail nerd FTW
Rail nerd FTW
TTC commuter’s quick thinking on a subway platform helped save a life. He wants others to know how he did it
TTC commuter’s quick thinking on a subway platform helped save a life. He wants others to know how he did it
Richard White said if he didn’t know about the TTC’s emergency power cut button or telephone, he might not have been able to save a stranger’s life.
www.thestar.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"The 38-year-old condo manager said he used to volunteer at the Toronto Railway Museum"
Rail nerd FTW
Rail nerd FTW
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happy holidays, kids
December 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
happy holidays, kids
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Longish thread but worth the time.
Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Longish thread but worth the time.
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I wonder how much of the "affordability crisis" is really about this particular stat.
It wasn't that long ago that you could go to the supermarket and get a week of groceries for $100.
$100 groceries are like $4/gallon gas -- a psychological line that you are asked to confront constantly.
It wasn't that long ago that you could go to the supermarket and get a week of groceries for $100.
$100 groceries are like $4/gallon gas -- a psychological line that you are asked to confront constantly.
December 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I wonder how much of the "affordability crisis" is really about this particular stat.
It wasn't that long ago that you could go to the supermarket and get a week of groceries for $100.
$100 groceries are like $4/gallon gas -- a psychological line that you are asked to confront constantly.
It wasn't that long ago that you could go to the supermarket and get a week of groceries for $100.
$100 groceries are like $4/gallon gas -- a psychological line that you are asked to confront constantly.
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
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Republicans’ final gift to Americans before the holidays was locking in higher health care costs for millions.
December 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Republicans’ final gift to Americans before the holidays was locking in higher health care costs for millions.
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
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Wrapping all the gifts I got for my neighbour Steve and I'm really struggling because they're all such odd shapes so next year I'm going to be sure to ask him if he's got the original box they came in when I borrow any of his tools.
December 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wrapping all the gifts I got for my neighbour Steve and I'm really struggling because they're all such odd shapes so next year I'm going to be sure to ask him if he's got the original box they came in when I borrow any of his tools.
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There are twists and then there are Twists.
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
There are twists and then there are Twists.
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"Since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery" is such a hilarious line because it is in fact 100% backwards.
You can't be a traitor to a country you're not from??????
You can't be a traitor to a country you're not from??????
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"Since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery" is such a hilarious line because it is in fact 100% backwards.
You can't be a traitor to a country you're not from??????
You can't be a traitor to a country you're not from??????
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Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
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Absolutely incredible R142 sign failure
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Absolutely incredible R142 sign failure
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by far the funniest use case for AI is “I use it for powerpoints because I hate making them and nobody looks at them” because it kinda sounds like the real workflow savings would be to stop making powerpoints
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
by far the funniest use case for AI is “I use it for powerpoints because I hate making them and nobody looks at them” because it kinda sounds like the real workflow savings would be to stop making powerpoints
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The case Pam Bondi brought against Rep McIver in New Jersey isn't going well for DOJ. In discovery, a DHS employee gloats over having assaulted McIver, while other messages show DHS officers using racist slurs against the New Jersey congresswoman.
December 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The case Pam Bondi brought against Rep McIver in New Jersey isn't going well for DOJ. In discovery, a DHS employee gloats over having assaulted McIver, while other messages show DHS officers using racist slurs against the New Jersey congresswoman.