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DennineD
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Picking up the pieces yet again. Eclectic interests, strong opinions; mostly listening.
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Happy birthday to Eugene Levy, born on this day in 1946 in Hamilton!
Starting with SCTV, he has appeared in many classic productions including American Pie, the Christopher Guest mockumentaries, National Lampoon's Vacation and Schitt's Creek. He has won three Emmys and a Grammy.
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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If Charles Dickens had written a Christmas story set on a space station...

"Jingle Stars"

Meet the spaceship who plays Santa.

#booksky #Xmas
Jingle Stars (Shamans & Shifters Space Opera Book 4)
Jingle Stars (Shamans & Shifters Space Opera Book 4) - Kindle edition by Schwartz, Jenny. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Jingle Stars (Shamans & Shifters Space Opera Book 4).
www.amazon.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Northern Cardinals are such lovely pops of color this time of year, especially on snowy days.
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Blue Ice Lake Wonish
Anne Savage
1935
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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And I will admit I am not enjoying being in a federally mandated relationship with a shitty gaslighting family of assholes. I appreciate it's a formative experience for a lot of my friends I missed, but I am not enjoying this ride.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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This is an Administration of warped, weak, broken men playacting mid-century masculinity, and the women enabling them. It may be the apotheosis of the late 20th Century.
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I admit this was my election disconnect, the appeal of the "daddy's home!" GOP vibe for Trump, because I immediately thought "My father wakes up every day thinking about how to do the right thing, he's absolutely the opposite of Trump" but then I realized no, there are a ton of those Dads out there.
December 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles saying in an interview she's able to deal with Trump because she was used to dealing with her alcoholic father is just another strut in the "we're living in the hell shitty dads built" model of current reality.

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/taki...
Taking notes on a criminal conspiracy and then publishing them in major media outlets - Lawyers, Guns & Money
LOL nothing matters: President Trump’s chief of staff said she tried to get him to end his “score settling” against political enemies after 90 days in office, but acknowledged that the administration’...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Peninsula-based fashion startup scores coveted UK glossy mag spot

Read more at: vicnews.com/2025/12/16/p...
Peninsula-based fashion startup scores coveted UK glossy mag spot - Victoria News
Stelly’s grad packs the orders herself in ‘Grantie’s’ Brentwood spare bedroom
vicnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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this thread is sharp.
I hadn't given much thought to the actual philosophy behind the "empathy is bad, actually" movement, because the people espousing it are so transparently anti-human that I never thought of it as having more depth than wolves having the philosophy "Sheep are tasty".

But I realized it matters to AI.
December 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I hadn't given much thought to the actual philosophy behind the "empathy is bad, actually" movement, because the people espousing it are so transparently anti-human that I never thought of it as having more depth than wolves having the philosophy "Sheep are tasty".

But I realized it matters to AI.
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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reminder that in nature, only predators are opposed to others herding
Kindness and empathy aren’t weaknesses, they are strengths. 300,000 years of human evolution hinge on our caring about and protecting one another. Hold onto it. Never let them make you forget it.
December 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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“Soelberg did not turn violent until ChatGPT became his sole confidant, validating a wide range of wild conspiracies, including a dangerous delusion that his mother was part of a network of conspirators spying on him, tracking him, and making attempts on his life.”
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
arstechnica.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Tomorrow would have been Colleen Jones 66th birthday.

And we are going to honour and celebrate Colleen at the @grandslamcurl in Saskatoon.

We will be making a significant announcement at the Slam tomorrow evening ahead of the 6:30pm draw. More to come.
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I want to drive a dump truck of cow manure to the Microsoft headquarters and drop it off in the lobby as a thank you.

They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it, but maybe they can figure out how to get rid of it.
Is there a way to get this mind-numbing Co-Pilot shit off Microsoft Word?
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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When we miss the Old Internet it's not just nostalgia, it's missing a time when online culture was driven by people who were really good at written communication rather than people who really liked to be on camera and hear themselves talk.
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Saw the post, won't share it. Don't let anyone scold or scare you out of being tapdance happy on the Big Day.
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Awfully sad news about the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.
Rob brought so much joy and passion to the world.
A tragedy.
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
That's the narrative I'll re-post.
Not the screed of an unhinged lunatic.
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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