Dr Samuel McLean
@canadianerrant.bsky.social
Maritime Historian. Chief Mate (150 GT). Dad & Husband. Gardener, Cook & Brewer. Ngāi Tahu & McLean of Duart. Toitū te Tiriti. TCEU 416/CUPE L79. Canadian & Kiwi. Go Blue Jays. Cymru am byth. Alba gu brath. Go All Blacks. He/Him. Likes fashion/style
Pinned
Seriously everyone. Don’t be a bitch.
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Anyone know the timeline of the current BL strikes? I really really need to go (which will involve several hundred quid in expenditure) and I don’t cross picket lines.
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Anyone know the timeline of the current BL strikes? I really really need to go (which will involve several hundred quid in expenditure) and I don’t cross picket lines.
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You'd be right to wonder about the "public benefit" part of eminent domain use here.
Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.
A $100 Billion Chip Project Forced a 91-Year-Old Woman From Her Home
Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.
wrd.cm
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You'd be right to wonder about the "public benefit" part of eminent domain use here.
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Wake up to the news that the Raptors-Knicks Cup knockout game is in Toronto on Dec. 9 at the not-so-delightful start time of 8:30 p.m.ET
Sunday’s Raptors- Knicks game is first of 5 this season between the teams now. Toronto and New York will play in NBA Cup knockout game in Toronto either Dec. 9 or 10 after matchups set tonight. Miami at Orlando in other East game
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wake up to the news that the Raptors-Knicks Cup knockout game is in Toronto on Dec. 9 at the not-so-delightful start time of 8:30 p.m.ET
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The UCP seems more and more like they are playing with live ammo
Danielle Smith is delivering her keynote address to the UCP Convention at 10am. Based on the reception that she had yesterday, I will be watching the crowd as much as the speaker.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The UCP seems more and more like they are playing with live ammo
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League confirms the Raptors will host the Knicks in the NBA Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, Dec. 9th at 8:30pm ET.
The entire NBA Cup knockout stage is available on Amazon Prime.
The entire NBA Cup knockout stage is available on Amazon Prime.
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
League confirms the Raptors will host the Knicks in the NBA Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, Dec. 9th at 8:30pm ET.
The entire NBA Cup knockout stage is available on Amazon Prime.
The entire NBA Cup knockout stage is available on Amazon Prime.
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A loss for the #CanWNT last night, falling 3-0 to Japan.
A fourth loss in a row and fourth game without scoring a goal. It’s their first four game losing streak since 2019.
If they lose the final game of 2025, it would be the first 5 game streak since 2005.
A fourth loss in a row and fourth game without scoring a goal. It’s their first four game losing streak since 2019.
If they lose the final game of 2025, it would be the first 5 game streak since 2005.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A loss for the #CanWNT last night, falling 3-0 to Japan.
A fourth loss in a row and fourth game without scoring a goal. It’s their first four game losing streak since 2019.
If they lose the final game of 2025, it would be the first 5 game streak since 2005.
A fourth loss in a row and fourth game without scoring a goal. It’s their first four game losing streak since 2019.
If they lose the final game of 2025, it would be the first 5 game streak since 2005.
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Folks, I hate to tell you: the funding formula does not determine how much money the sector gets. The legislature, via the budget, does that. The funding formula determines how that money is divided up. A new funding formula, on it's own, will not change anything re: system starvation.
Ontario weighing changes to formula that funds colleges, universities | Globalnews.ca
The province's public colleges and universities have endured two years of cuts and layoffs since a federal cap on the number of international students was introduced.
globalnews.ca
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Folks, I hate to tell you: the funding formula does not determine how much money the sector gets. The legislature, via the budget, does that. The funding formula determines how that money is divided up. A new funding formula, on it's own, will not change anything re: system starvation.
I .. well not fear.. but I'm entirely sure that the smut author community has already explored all of these options. In detail.
Including, I'm sure, versions informed by Derrida, Foucault and Judith Butler.
i mean it's well establishes that Santa is a performative construct, right?
Including, I'm sure, versions informed by Derrida, Foucault and Judith Butler.
i mean it's well establishes that Santa is a performative construct, right?
There are 3 canonical interpretations of Mommy kissing Santa:
1. The narrator’s mother and father are participating in Santa cosplay kink (family friendly)
2. Mama is cheating w a philanderer disguised as Santa (unclear if she knows)
3. Mama is hooking up w the ACTUAL Santa (moral gray area)
1. The narrator’s mother and father are participating in Santa cosplay kink (family friendly)
2. Mama is cheating w a philanderer disguised as Santa (unclear if she knows)
3. Mama is hooking up w the ACTUAL Santa (moral gray area)
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I .. well not fear.. but I'm entirely sure that the smut author community has already explored all of these options. In detail.
Including, I'm sure, versions informed by Derrida, Foucault and Judith Butler.
i mean it's well establishes that Santa is a performative construct, right?
Including, I'm sure, versions informed by Derrida, Foucault and Judith Butler.
i mean it's well establishes that Santa is a performative construct, right?
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2. ‘Biological Male’ and ‘Biological Female’. These are nonsense terms that attempt to gain credibility by using what sounds ‘scientific’. The truth is that everyone is ‘biological’ because we’re alive. 3/41
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
2. ‘Biological Male’ and ‘Biological Female’. These are nonsense terms that attempt to gain credibility by using what sounds ‘scientific’. The truth is that everyone is ‘biological’ because we’re alive. 3/41
Mate shift today. Hopefully they means I get to do most of the driving (if it's one captain I can probably do all of it).
It'll be good to get a bunch of runs in, get better at docking at Wards, and demonstrate again that I'm capable of running the boat
It'll be good to get a bunch of runs in, get better at docking at Wards, and demonstrate again that I'm capable of running the boat
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Mate shift today. Hopefully they means I get to do most of the driving (if it's one captain I can probably do all of it).
It'll be good to get a bunch of runs in, get better at docking at Wards, and demonstrate again that I'm capable of running the boat
It'll be good to get a bunch of runs in, get better at docking at Wards, and demonstrate again that I'm capable of running the boat
Fascism?
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Fascism?
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James Barber was known to Canadians as The Urban Peasant.
A beloved cooking icon in Canada, his cooking show was syndicated to over 100 countries. His message was one of simple cooking and connecting with others over food.
This is his story.
📸 Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
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A beloved cooking icon in Canada, his cooking show was syndicated to over 100 countries. His message was one of simple cooking and connecting with others over food.
This is his story.
📸 Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
🧵 1/10
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
James Barber was known to Canadians as The Urban Peasant.
A beloved cooking icon in Canada, his cooking show was syndicated to over 100 countries. His message was one of simple cooking and connecting with others over food.
This is his story.
📸 Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
🧵 1/10
A beloved cooking icon in Canada, his cooking show was syndicated to over 100 countries. His message was one of simple cooking and connecting with others over food.
This is his story.
📸 Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
🧵 1/10
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An important thread on how norms for what it means to study, learn, and even read have been eroded to the point where they mean nothing beyond "type some prompts."
Educational administrators have failed students and faculty by normalizing ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines.
Pushing back:
1/
Educational administrators have failed students and faculty by normalizing ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines.
Pushing back:
1/
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
An important thread on how norms for what it means to study, learn, and even read have been eroded to the point where they mean nothing beyond "type some prompts."
Educational administrators have failed students and faculty by normalizing ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines.
Pushing back:
1/
Educational administrators have failed students and faculty by normalizing ecocide-plagiarism-psychosis machines.
Pushing back:
1/
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5/ Administration explanation to Congress seems to be a bold-face falsehood: claiming double-tap strike was to clear debris, not to kill survivors.
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
5/ Administration explanation to Congress seems to be a bold-face falsehood: claiming double-tap strike was to clear debris, not to kill survivors.
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
I love charts like these. Somewhere on my phone I've got screenshots of others that are like, different types of zippers, different types of necklines, different types of swimsuits. I hate, hate not having the right terminology
The fantastic @ethymologynerd must’ve put tons of work into this great graphic showing the name and story behind the name of popular patterns used in clothing. I knew exactly nothing!
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I love charts like these. Somewhere on my phone I've got screenshots of others that are like, different types of zippers, different types of necklines, different types of swimsuits. I hate, hate not having the right terminology
Exactly
To pay millions in taxes, you must have been earning tens of millions. If, out of those tens of millions, you're unable to afford an extra £2,500 a year per £2m house you own, then you're an idiot. But you're not an idiot, are you? You're just a liar. Of course you can afford it. Shut up.
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Exactly
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To pay millions in taxes, you must have been earning tens of millions. If, out of those tens of millions, you're unable to afford an extra £2,500 a year per £2m house you own, then you're an idiot. But you're not an idiot, are you? You're just a liar. Of course you can afford it. Shut up.
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
To pay millions in taxes, you must have been earning tens of millions. If, out of those tens of millions, you're unable to afford an extra £2,500 a year per £2m house you own, then you're an idiot. But you're not an idiot, are you? You're just a liar. Of course you can afford it. Shut up.
I'm up as mate tomorrow. Should get a bunch of driving time so that's good
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm up as mate tomorrow. Should get a bunch of driving time so that's good
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Nick & Nora / Gomez & Morticia are absolute proof that what the audiences hunger for are two married people who flirt shamelessly and relentlessly and I don’t know how come Hollywood can’t just give us that again
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Nick & Nora / Gomez & Morticia are absolute proof that what the audiences hunger for are two married people who flirt shamelessly and relentlessly and I don’t know how come Hollywood can’t just give us that again
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On the second day of his inaugural overseas trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the ancient site of the First Council of Nicaea, in Turkey, urging Christians — and all faiths — to reject the use of religion to justify violence. n.pr/44zFUDK
Pope Leo prays for unity at historic Nicaea site
On the second day of his inaugural overseas trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the ancient site of the First Council of Nicaea, in Turkey, urging Christians — and all faiths — to reject the use of religion to justify violence.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On the second day of his inaugural overseas trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the ancient site of the First Council of Nicaea, in Turkey, urging Christians — and all faiths — to reject the use of religion to justify violence. n.pr/44zFUDK
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The fantastic @ethymologynerd must’ve put tons of work into this great graphic showing the name and story behind the name of popular patterns used in clothing. I knew exactly nothing!
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The fantastic @ethymologynerd must’ve put tons of work into this great graphic showing the name and story behind the name of popular patterns used in clothing. I knew exactly nothing!
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A little twofer today
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A little twofer today
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This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This Bill could invalidate the votes of enough people to swing the next election in favour of the current government for no reason other than that they failed to fill out the correct piece of paper by the "proper" time (as defined by the people who benefit from the rule change).
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This White House? Protecting sex traffickers? Inconceivable!
Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This White House? Protecting sex traffickers? Inconceivable!