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White & Nerdy (Take #1)
by "Weird Al" Yankovic and Donny Osmond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6OncN6_Fo
i feel seen
via discord
Pulp Fiction Game
by cinefix
https://cosmonautroger.tumblr.com/post/786846884437344256/pulp-fiction-game
this is really well done
via wil
Male stick insect hatches from all-female colony at Science World in 'extremely rare' event
by Cheryl Chan
https://vancouversun.com/news/rare-male-stick-insect-hatched-from-all-female-colony-in-science-world
yay rare insect scenario!
via FB, but not directly, cuz meta hates canadian news and vice-versa
The Simple $1,000,000 Problem No One Can Solve
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x32Zq-XvID4
(it's the Goldbach conjecture)
via rss
Ķ
by Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B6
purely for the disambiguation
via discord

an important announcement
by Amazon MGM Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsK-KPi_w3w
something to look forward to?
via cbc news item
It hurts
by InfinitePeeGlitch reblogging skaldish
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1l9w64y/it_hurts/?share_id=sTbSQxSdrm2AmBR45IV6-
yes, it does hurt
via discord
The Dying Art We All Depend On
by David Cain
https://www.raptitude.com/2025/06/the-dying-art-we-all-depend-on/
~~in which an old man yells at a cloud~~ i've not observed this as much, but i wouldn't be surprised if it's increasingly a thing, yes
via rss
O beautiful
by Paul Wells
https://paulwells.substack.com/p/o-beautiful
as Wells notes, our relationship to the country right beside us is complicated. i wonder if i'll visit it again sometime. i hope so?
via rss
Most Albertans will have to pay for COVID-19 shots starting this fall, province says
by Jack Farrell
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-charging-for-covid-shots-1.7561338
in case you thought we might not be in the darkest timeline....
via rss

Senior Quam Papa Est: When Presidents and Prime Ministers are older than the Pope
by Daneil Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/senior-quam-papa-est-when-presidents-and-prime-ministers-are-older-than-the-pope/
the answer? occasionally!
via rss
A24 Confirms a Live-Action Barney Movie (And It’s Going to Be REALLY Weird)
by Chris Agar
https://comicbook.com/movies/news/barney-live-action-movie-updates-daniel-kaluuya-ayo-edebiri-a24/
this was not on my bingo card
via discord
a helpful translation
by Jacobin
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/785813781229027328
yup, it checks out
via rss
Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
by Ashifa Kassam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/08/canada-wont-become-the-51st-us-state-but-could-it-join-the-eu
if those were the only two options, i know which one i'd pick
via discord
10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days
by Samantha Mills
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/10-visions-of-the-future-or-self-care-for-the-end-of-days/
this feels very nearly not fictional. and its point is well-taken
via discord

Do You Feel Isolated? Rush "Limelight" Vocal ANALYSIS
by the Charismatic Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2UOXecJOgU
an appreciative analysis of the song, although it could have gone further into Neil's lyrics as a personal statement from him
via rss
Well, CAN You Prove You’re a US Citizen?
by John Scalzi
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/06/03/well-can-you-prove-youre-a-us-citizen/
i mean, i can't, cuz i'm not. but i also don't live there.
via discord
‘Dogma’ 25th-Year Anniversary & More
by Kevin Smith speaking with Rich Eisen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWem2DHx6vE
Affleck, as noted, also da bomb in Phantoms
via youtube recommends
Calls to Action
by Indigenous Watchdog
https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/calls-to-action/
in case you're wondering how canada is doing on the various calls to action from the TRC
via cbc news item
Quebecers can wait years to get into co-op housing. So why isn't there more?
by Sharon Yonan-Renold
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-co-op-housing-1.7550460
i mean, it's a fair question for the whole country
via rss

The David Lynch Collection
by Julien's
https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/julien-s-auctions-turner-classic-movies-present-the-david-lynch-collection
if you want something that Lynch owned
via discord
Us vs. Them / Our Government vs. The Government
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/us-vs-them-our-government-vs-the-government/
agreed inre: sortition. i'll be interested in seeing his thoughts on taxation
via rss
Good or Bad
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/good-or-bad
i feel that
via rss
Have I ever shown you guys these weird late 80s Soviet Lord Of The Rings illustrations?
by someone showing weird late 80s Soviet Lord of the Rings illustrations
https://www.tumblr.com/warrioreowynofrohan/785002299158315008/have-i-ever-shown-you-guys-these-weird-late-80s
a fascinating take
via discord
Is this what door handles should have looked like all along?
by Simone Giertz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfhSmrKK3A
she makes a good case!
via rss

This is Martha Wells, a four-time Hugo, two-time Nebula, and five-time Locus Award winner for The Murderbot Diaries, a book series published by Tordotcom. Ask Me Anything
by Martha Wells and reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1kmjkls/this_is_martha_wells_a_fourtime_hugo_twotime/
haven't seen the show yet, likely will. good to see that MW likes it
via discord
Slave (Official Lyric Video)
by Lucky Dube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaB8lXEP1BY
i admit, i'd not realized before that the song was about alcoholism
via remembering the song
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Two Decades Later
by Arthur
https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/peter-jacksons-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-two-decades-later/
it's been an awfully long time since i've watched those movies. perhaps i'll do it again?
via discord

Why the federal cap on international students has hit Alberta — even though it still has room
by Robson Fletcher
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-post-secondary-international-student-declines-sait-bow-valley-auarts-1.7531200
that explains a few things. which will hopefully be fixed
via rss
Campaign aims to see Edmonton cut the lawn and replace with gardens, native plants
by Colin Gallant
https://edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/05/13/campaign-aims-to-see-edmonton-cut-the-lawn-and-replace-with-gardens-native-plants
excellent idea, hope it catches on
via rss
Off the Marx–Hitler Spectrum
by Tom Murphy
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2025/05/off-the-marx-hitler-spectrum/
i take his point
via rss
It's Just BAD FANFIC With A 💰BUDGET💰
by Jill Bearup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8plW8-32Fk
i mean, it's not a new take, but that doesn't make it worng
via rss
Wil Wheaton on His Star Trek Family and His New Podcast Storytime with Wil Wheaton
by Wil Wheaton and Katee Sackhoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5VFvP_zW6g
in case you'd like to listen to a couple of fun folks mutually-admirationing at each other for an hour
via wil's blog

Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.
by Sophia Harris
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/conference-us-travel-1.7531255
this is (sadly) no surprise
via rss
It Awaits Your Experiments.
by Peter Watts
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=11511
in which the good doctor gets eloquent about someone else getting eloquent in bacteria
via rss
What was the first RPG? It ain't what you think...
by Jon Peterson speaking to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXVDKtH4e0
it's rather more complicated than you might expect. now i may need to track down Jon's books....
via rss
the VelociPastor
by Brendan Steere et al
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/
apparently this is a real thing that exists?!?!?
via FB

Babylon 5’s Anti-Fascism Message Hits Harder Than Ever
by Jessie Gender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmQmhVDdZiw
excellent discussion. recommended for those who have seen the series, and those who don't have the time to watch the whole thing. if you have the time to watch the whole series, do that instead
via youtube recommends
How to cook frozen chips
by DRMacIver
https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2025-05-04-09:53.html
mostly for the classy notes
via rss
Three for the Moon
by the Kids in the Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvNoJWPv2lc
The Moon! The!
via memory
Entrepreneurs looking for money to restore historic theatres working across the Prairies
by Aaron Sousa
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/entrepreneurs-looking-for-money-to-restore-historic-theatres-working-across-the-prairies-1.7526203
i have lots of fond memories of the princess. hope these places get back in business!
via rss
something fun for may the fourth
by several members of a popular science fiction franchise
https://cursedtrekedits.tumblr.com/post/782648959760990208
i'm not sure that i trust that wookie, though....
via wil

No. 5802: Modernist Garfield
by Jim Davies, T.S.Eliot, and Manyhills
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5802
hurry up, Garf, it's time
via rss
Explaining the Trump Tariff Equation
by Matt Parker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04IAbWCszg
yup, that's problematic. (note to Matt: examine the spelling of the word "askerisk")
via rss
History and Nationalist Myth-Making in The Lord of the Rings
by Abby Roberts
https://www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/what-lies-and-threats
in case you thought Tolkien was all about nationalism and racial purity
via discord
This time, the border guard asked: "What do you think about Donald Trump?"
by JReynolds
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/04/living-in-interesting-times.html#comment-2209508
or, i could just not try to go there
via reading comments on Charlie Stross's latest post
30 Years Later, Real Genius is Still the Geek Solidarity Film That Nerd Culture Deserves
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
https://reactormag.com/30-years-later-real-genius-is-still-the-geek-solidarity-film-that-nerd-culture-deserves/
having come somewhat late myself to the film, i agree with this assessment
via Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow on the Evils of Copyright Law
by Cory Doctorow speaking to Andrew Heaton
https://player.fm/series/the-political-orphanage/cory-doctorow-on-the-evils-of-copyright-law
in which Cory talks with someone who leans libertarian, and they agree on a bunch of policy proposals?!?
via Cory's blog

No. 5790: Γαρφιελδ Ιν Φαυξ Γρεεσε
by Reisen U. Inaba
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5790
yup, it checks out, up to and including that's not greek
via rss
Sharks... even more amazing than you realised
by Rochelle Constantine
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025/03/11/sharks-.html
the sharktopus content that you've been waiting for
via cbc
列子御風
by 吳文光
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSeeoPSugAA
in case you need some guqin to listen to (and who doesn't?)
via going looking
Stop using anti-extinct creature language
by [citation needed]
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c4af99b88007145aeddc45a8f455b29f/1c6813632e64abc2-de/s1280x1920/cf64db83ffea6129fb3f0ffa43c0c8578be2f10a.jpg
remember Peter Watts:
The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death. And so, neither can there be any winners. There are only those who haven't yet lost.

via wil
Blindsight: Notes and References Longwinded Version
by Peter Watts
https://rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_Blindsight_Endnotes.pdf
[source for comment on previous link. probably of more interest to those who've already read Blindsight.]
via going looking for the precise text
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompetent-or-evil-a-false-dichotomy
grabbing Hanlon's Razor with both hands
via rss
Let's talk about the next US-Canadian friction point....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwjAGFOP18
oh boy, another friction point.
via rss
recreating a famous movie poster
by Carrie, Harrison, and Mark
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/779105851643428864
an excellent use of pastries
via rss
give
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/give
this is not the first discussion i've seen today of hydropower. it is the funniest, however
via rss
Veritas
by Cheapass Games
https://www.greaterthangames.com/products/veritas
could be fun?
via discord

Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February
by John Paul Tasker
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cross-border-trips-decline-235k-february-1.7485695
this is no surprise
via rss
All Games Are Political
by Max Haiven
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/board-games-palestine-daybreak-pandemic/
i've been thinking about this for a while, particularly in the ways that agency is represented in TTRPGs
via Cory Doctorow
This Phantom Swordfight is ⚔️POINTLESS⚔️
by Jill Bearup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbnpHg6D8wc
mostly just because of the continuity stuff in the review
via rss
Kuvarira Mukati
by Thomas Mapfumo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo88ImxL9HA
dat hammond organ with the mbiras!
via looking for more of his stuff on youtube, finding this
Can the city make transit stations safer?
by Emily Fitzpatrick speaking to Anne Stevenson
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6689239
given that they already are safer, i gotta wonder how much of this is some kinds of people not being comfortable in the vicinity of other kinds of people
via rss

You're in the band now
by frogmustardstickers
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/777807782295535616
i also do this
via rss
Here's what we know about the British tourist allegedly detained by ICE
by Amelia Clarke
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/03/10/becky-burke-detained-by-ice/
another reason not to go to the US. yikes!
via email
Trump Is The Best President Of My Life Unless You’re American
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/trump-is-the-best-president-of-my-life-unless-youre-american/
but note the "if" in the penultimate paragraph
via rss
The Real Stars and Scale of Sci-fi
by The Overview Effekt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r2x7G0hwCw
in case you wondered where all the planets in sci fi series are located
via discord
Number 643: I'm onto you, Canucks
by Jeph Jacques
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=643
just a word of warning to any proximate countries who think they can annex us....
via a blast from the past

The True Size
by James Talmage and Damon Maneice
https://www.thetruesize.com/
in case you're wondering how bit a country is, and are tired of the Mercator projection
via wanting to compare Israel and Manitoba
a female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) emerging from brumation in a dry lake mudhole with 18 lbs of dirt & grass on her back
by Timothy C. Roth
https://bsky.app/profile/c0nc0rdance.bsky.social/post/3lguzcusdqs2u
it is, of course, turtles all the way down
via discord
How Hollywood Ruined The Funniest Thing Ever Written
by Giant Freakin Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFTvqWFDSJs
it makes a strong case. (i don't think i've seen this since it was in theatres?)
via youtube recommends
Sabbatical
by Susan on the Soapbox
https://susanonthesoapbox.com/2025/03/09/sabbatical-2/
feeling all of this. rest well, Soapboxji
via rss
Actual footage of me travelling back in time to punch the inventor of Daylight Savings:
by [citation needed], possibly depsidase
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/777577162816536576
precisely. except that it's saving, not savings. and it's not saving anything
via rss

As a nonsense phrase of shady provenance makes the rounds, Elsevier defends its use
by Retraction Watch
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/10/vegetative-electron-microscopy-fingerprint-paper-mill/
for all you lovers of vegetative electron microscopy
via discord
New term: Agnorant
by republicansaredomesticterrorists
https://www.tumblr.com/republicansaredomesticterrorists/774971998352850944
an alarmingly useful term
via wil
The Princess Bride: how does Thibault cancel out Capoferro?
by Guy Windsor
https://guywindsor.net/2014/06/the-princess-bride-how-does-thibault-cancel-out-capoferro/
in case you were wondering about Bonetti's defence
via honestly i don't recall exactly - discord and then some rabbitholing
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson in studio q
by Bruce Dickinson talking to Shad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXYEjTkmPk
several points of interest in here
via looking for an interview with Steve Harris, but lots more interviews with Bruce turned up

Sauron’s Predicament: As a Chess Position
by Daniel Stride
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/saurons-predicament-as-a-chess-position/
yup, precisely this. and precisely the NSFWism that i always think of when i read that passage too
via rss
The Only Girl In The Orchestra
by Molly O'Brien featuring Orin O'Brien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XclJCRae8pk
i'll likely have to watch this
via cbc news story
Brown Rice
by Don Cherry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BgZnyxD-bk
fun! OP suggested this as evidence that Don Cherry invented Krautrock
via FB
XX- Risk.
by Laurie Penny
https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/xx-risk
a point that i wish i could say was fairly obvious, but here we are. well-stated
via rss

Pie Junkie
by Pie Junkie
https://piejunkie.ca/
next time i'm in calgary, this will likely need a visit
via discord
an important sign
by vintage-tigre
https://www.tumblr.com/vintage-tigre/773792155471937536
working on it
via wil
I am a proud African. Moving to Canada and being seen as Black was a culture shock
by Vuyo Ginindza
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/moving-to-canada-african-pride-versus-black-1.7446308
among other things, a good/brief reminder of the cultural diversity in the continent of africa
via rss
Tadka
by Bloodywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nihFu0YjkcE
finally, south asian dholak folk metal about food!
via discord
Things We Sell to Tourists
by Marissa Lingen
https://marissalingen.com/thingswesell.html
i would wear that t-shirt so hard
via a list of her short stories
Made in Canada Grocery Store Guide
by Made in Ca
https://madeinca.ca/grocery-store-guide/
annoyingly relevant
via FB
The Women of David Lynch
by Megan Burbank
https://www.thestranger.com/girly-pop/2025/01/24/79888990/the-women-of-david-lynch
an excellent observation of his life's work
via perusing the stranger

How a unionized job changed my life
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/how-a-unionized-job-changed-my-life/
a good reminder. solidarity, folks
via rss
Doctorow Has the Best Idea for How Canada Should Retaliate to Trump’s Tariffs + Make It So Americans Can’t Drive
by Ian Welsh reblogging Cory Doctorow
https://www.ianwelsh.net/doctorow-has-the-best-idea-for-how-canada-should-retaliate-to-trumps-tariffs-make-it-so-americans-cant-drive/
of course, this won't actually come to pass
via rss
The Secret Reason the Dems Keep Losing
by Adam Conover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKgNrshVdMw
of course, this won't actually come to pass
via youtube recommends
Filmmaker David Lynch, director of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet, dead at 78
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/david-lynch-dead-1.7433266
the world will be less wonderful and strange without him
via rss, fortold on discord

"Rouen is the rainiest place"
by James Joyce after T.S.Eliot
https://www.amerlit.com/humor/HUMOR%20Joyce,%20James%20Parody%20The%20Waste%20Land.pdf
i'd apparently misremembered the first line, whch is why i'd not seen this in some years. still goofy.
via discord
The Mathematician So Strange the FBI Thought He Was a Spy
by Tibees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZQqfy5A1k4
ok, i knew Erdős was a weirdo, but i don't think i'd ever heard about the FBI angle before
via youtube recommends
Documentary Film on Dhrupad
by Ashish Sankrityayan
https://dhrupad1234.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/documentary-film-on-dhrupad/
i'll have of course to watch this at some point
via rss
The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism
by Julie Philips
https://lithub.com/the-way-of-water-on-the-quiet-power-of-ursula-k-le-guins-activism/
excellent reminders about UKLG.
via discord

True Facts: Rays, The Floppy Sombreros of the Sea
by Ze Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbaiBY8De54
everything you ever wanted to know about sting rays, mantas, and their cousins. well, all the silly things.
via rss
On Community
by Ed Yong
https://buttondown.com/edyong209/archive/the-eds-up-on-community/
some thoughts about what makes for community
via rss
Religions
by John Green/Crash Course
https://thecrashcourse.com/topic/religions/
might have to watch through these at some point, but i'll probably let John finish talking first
via discord
The River Tam Sessions
by S.Glau and some chappie named "Joe"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFuwllLKdbE
still as creepifying as ever
via remembering that it exists

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