Rich Baldry
rich.baldrys.ca
Rich Baldry
@rich.baldrys.ca
Canadian Englishman. Network Security Product Manager by day, tuba-playing bread-making book-reading family guy by preference.
I may be late to this, but it occurred to me today that the red card in the final regular season game not only let Dallas in the playoffs but also more or less guaranteed the MLS Cup Final won't be in Canada :-(
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Sunset in Prince Rupert, British Columbia
July 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Forest reflections
July 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Taking a break
June 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I want to pass on this message from my backyard hummingbird who was clearly very keen to make sure I heard it today.
June 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
England have faced bigger cricketing challenges than Zimbabwe, true, but it wasn't quite as one-sided as the Grauniad reports... @theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ünder over there
May 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I was about to toss this out, but then I realised "Wow, a whole book on the shape of turds. That's a keeper."/
May 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Dear BBC, he's invited because he's the reigning Canadian monarch, not because he's the British monarch. bbc.com/news/videos/...
Carney explains rare step of asking King Charles to open Canada parliament
The prime minister also laid out how he will approach forthcoming talks with President Donald Trump.
bbc.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Luis Suárez looks like your Dad.
May 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The commentators curse also applies to writers. #vwfc
April 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reposted by Rich Baldry
Vatican Coroner Confirms Eucharistic Overdose
Vatican Coroner Confirms Eucharistic Overdose
VATICAN CITY—In a stunning discovery that revealed the full extent of the pontiff’s addiction, Vatican coroner Fernando Ruini released a report Thursday confirming Pope Francis died of a eucharistic o...
theonion.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
They said Lionel Messi is small. They weren't joking.
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A sellout? A lot of disappointed would-be scalpers out there tonight, I think.
April 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why are they singing anthems? The no anthem thing was always the best part of a CONCACAF game.
April 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Nature.
April 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Does anyone else wonder who might have gotten advance notice of the various tariff announcements? It would be the mother of all insider trading opportunities...
April 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The team that ties with TFC retain the #1 spot in the power rankings? ESPN fighting hard for their position sucking on the teat of Messi League Soccer. www.espn.com/soccer/story...
MLS Power Rankings: Messi's Miami stays No. 1, Columbus holds on to No.2 spot
A big weekend in Major League Soccer ends with the top three holding steady in our Power Rankings, as Messi and Miami stay on top closely pursued by the always tough Columbus Crew and upstarts Vancouv...
www.espn.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Iona Beach a couple of nights ago
April 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Rain Forest stream. Cumberland, BC.
April 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Nurse stump, still nursing well after any self-respecting individual would be standing on their own two feet.
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Whoever decided that 'Enter' means 'Send' and not 'New line' when writing messages in Teams, Slack and other messaging apps should suffer as follows:
March 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reposted by Rich Baldry
TLDR: The 51st state talk is not a joke. It is a consistent delivery of threats to Canadian sovereignty at the highest levels of government.

Our reporting out today.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious (Gift Article)
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Your reminder that AI does not do its own workings out.
March 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM