Gerald
@xedregulus.bsky.social
Just trying to find my way in the big, crazy, mixed-up world.
He/Him
Punch a Nazi everyday!
He/Him
Punch a Nazi everyday!
I just read about Rob Reiner and his wife. This is horrible news. What a deep and senseless tragedy. I grieve for their loved ones.
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I just read about Rob Reiner and his wife. This is horrible news. What a deep and senseless tragedy. I grieve for their loved ones.
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Wow, this is fantastic news! Now we just need to kick the GOP out of power in the government so we can take advantage of this.
This is incredible (good news too): “After a 40% fall in 2024 in battery equipment costs, it’s clear we’re on track for another major fall in 2025…The economics for batteries are unrecognizable, & the industry is only just getting to grips with this new paradigm”
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wow, this is fantastic news! Now we just need to kick the GOP out of power in the government so we can take advantage of this.
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From the Larchives: Gryla and her Yule Cat
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
From the Larchives: Gryla and her Yule Cat
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Cartoon: Christmas Music! Christmas At Ground Zero! @alyankovic.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Cartoon: Christmas Music! Christmas At Ground Zero! @alyankovic.bsky.social
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
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Shrooms 2 just dropped
Experts Explore New Mushroom Which Causes Fairytale-Like Hallucinations
Between traditional folklore and modern biology, the wild forest floor and the sterile scientific laboratory, lies the story of the lilliputian mushroom.
nhmu.utah.edu
December 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Shrooms 2 just dropped
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replacing ‘male loneliness epidemic’ with ‘male maturity epidemic’ never misses
17k dudes who are not emotionally mature enough to be in the workforce
December 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
replacing ‘male loneliness epidemic’ with ‘male maturity epidemic’ never misses
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The Liberals just gained another Conservative floor crosser, leaving them just one seat short of a majority.
What does this tell us about Carney’s conservat— er, Liberal party? Is this a death knell for Poilievre’s leadership?
@parismarx.com joined me to discuss all this and more!
What does this tell us about Carney’s conservat— er, Liberal party? Is this a death knell for Poilievre’s leadership?
@parismarx.com joined me to discuss all this and more!
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Liberals just gained another Conservative floor crosser, leaving them just one seat short of a majority.
What does this tell us about Carney’s conservat— er, Liberal party? Is this a death knell for Poilievre’s leadership?
@parismarx.com joined me to discuss all this and more!
What does this tell us about Carney’s conservat— er, Liberal party? Is this a death knell for Poilievre’s leadership?
@parismarx.com joined me to discuss all this and more!
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Hi folks:
For those asking, here's a link to this morning's "History Matters" conversation about Swiss gold bars, FIFA awards, QATAR jets, and why they're dangerous.
www.youtube.com/live/cVmh471...
For those asking, here's a link to this morning's "History Matters" conversation about Swiss gold bars, FIFA awards, QATAR jets, and why they're dangerous.
www.youtube.com/live/cVmh471...
Profiting Off the Presidency: Why Gold and Gifts Matter
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hi folks:
For those asking, here's a link to this morning's "History Matters" conversation about Swiss gold bars, FIFA awards, QATAR jets, and why they're dangerous.
www.youtube.com/live/cVmh471...
For those asking, here's a link to this morning's "History Matters" conversation about Swiss gold bars, FIFA awards, QATAR jets, and why they're dangerous.
www.youtube.com/live/cVmh471...
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LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
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what are your favorite cozy novels for someone who really enjoys legends and lattes and the like?
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
what are your favorite cozy novels for someone who really enjoys legends and lattes and the like?
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I think a bunch of things are at play here. Guy seems to have been from a "good Mormon family" and the mainstream GOPers don't want to piss off that part of their base. Candace Owens has the conspiracy theorists saying the Jews did it, so they're trying to ignore that too. As for Dems and the Left..
It’s kind of incredible how little has been published about this guy and how little conservatives seem to care. Did people just forget these people were screeching for civil war when they thought he was a liberal?
Suspected Charlie Kirk assassin makes first in-person court appearance
The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I think a bunch of things are at play here. Guy seems to have been from a "good Mormon family" and the mainstream GOPers don't want to piss off that part of their base. Candace Owens has the conspiracy theorists saying the Jews did it, so they're trying to ignore that too. As for Dems and the Left..
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This story is wild.
'That was my granddaughter's voice': Senior suspects scammers used AI in Regina, #Saskatoon
Jill Finn says call recreated her granddaughter's voice 'to perfection'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'That was my granddaughter's voice': Senior suspects scammers used AI in Regina, #Saskatoon
Jill Finn says call recreated her granddaughter's voice 'to perfection'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'That was my granddaughter's voice': Senior suspects scammers used AI in Regina, Saskatoon | CBC News
Jill Finn suspects thieves used AI to recreate her granddaughter's voice in the latest phone scam targeting seniors in Regina and Saskatoon.
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This story is wild.
'That was my granddaughter's voice': Senior suspects scammers used AI in Regina, #Saskatoon
Jill Finn says call recreated her granddaughter's voice 'to perfection'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'That was my granddaughter's voice': Senior suspects scammers used AI in Regina, #Saskatoon
Jill Finn says call recreated her granddaughter's voice 'to perfection'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Oh my GOD.
This is the Shopify broligarch-involved pet project to influence Canadian policy.
Build Canada told journalist Taylor Noakes that Carney's office "has reached out to Build Canada on occasion to ask about our memos."
www.desmog.com/2025/12/08/m...
This is the Shopify broligarch-involved pet project to influence Canadian policy.
Build Canada told journalist Taylor Noakes that Carney's office "has reached out to Build Canada on occasion to ask about our memos."
www.desmog.com/2025/12/08/m...
Mark Carney Took Speech Ideas From Billionaire-Founded ‘Build Canada’
The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that it’s great to see its ideas “get taken up by government.”
www.desmog.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Oh my GOD.
This is the Shopify broligarch-involved pet project to influence Canadian policy.
Build Canada told journalist Taylor Noakes that Carney's office "has reached out to Build Canada on occasion to ask about our memos."
www.desmog.com/2025/12/08/m...
This is the Shopify broligarch-involved pet project to influence Canadian policy.
Build Canada told journalist Taylor Noakes that Carney's office "has reached out to Build Canada on occasion to ask about our memos."
www.desmog.com/2025/12/08/m...
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In Canada the loudest voices of the “Victims of Communism” movement don’t like it when you ask them questions about what their families were up to during World War II
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In Canada the loudest voices of the “Victims of Communism” movement don’t like it when you ask them questions about what their families were up to during World War II
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God this rocks. ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
Government retreats on Victims of Communism memorial names in aftermath of Nazi controversy
Historians raised alarms years ago. Ottawa changed course only after the memorial opened.
ottawacitizen.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
God this rocks. ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
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“She was so afraid they would take her baby”
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“She was so afraid they would take her baby”
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
Why?
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…
So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
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I just remembered that GenAI audio summaries is how Canada's AI minister Evan Solomon gets his news.
It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly.
macleans.ca/technology-3...
It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly.
macleans.ca/technology-3...
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I just remembered that GenAI audio summaries is how Canada's AI minister Evan Solomon gets his news.
It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly.
macleans.ca/technology-3...
It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly.
macleans.ca/technology-3...
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I’m not a huge fan of taking away people’s livelihoods just because they did or said something stupid but someone in a customer facing position getting fired for calling customers racial slurs is actually a perfect example of when a person should absolutely be fired
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’m not a huge fan of taking away people’s livelihoods just because they did or said something stupid but someone in a customer facing position getting fired for calling customers racial slurs is actually a perfect example of when a person should absolutely be fired
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Replacing working men with billionaires.
Hard to imagine a better way of summing up 2025.
Hard to imagine a better way of summing up 2025.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Replacing working men with billionaires.
Hard to imagine a better way of summing up 2025.
Hard to imagine a better way of summing up 2025.
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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There is absolutely no right price for transphobia.
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There is absolutely no right price for transphobia.
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From the Larchives. See?! He's not a pin up.
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
From the Larchives. See?! He's not a pin up.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Snag a one-of-a-kind item for the indie comics fan in your life!
Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
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Our Winter Auction features art and experiences from top publishers and comics icons like Junji Ito, @ryannorth.ca, Jillian Tamaki, @laufman.bsky.social, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social & more.
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