Andrew.
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The vibes are out of joint— O cursèd site,
That ever I logged on to poast them right!
That ever I logged on to poast them right!
Announced witn great fanfare but no real plan. Never properly funded, and eventually quietly dropped.
That's the real John Tory legacy.
That's the real John Tory legacy.
Well now Metrolinx has removed King-Liberty from their list of ongoing projects. So glad the City of Toronto decided to defund it and dare Metrolinx to cancel it. Great work everyone.
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Announced witn great fanfare but no real plan. Never properly funded, and eventually quietly dropped.
That's the real John Tory legacy.
That's the real John Tory legacy.
Going to be honest here: I'm surprised the West German version was only 25 minutes shorter.
February 16, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Going to be honest here: I'm surprised the West German version was only 25 minutes shorter.
I believe this is the point where I normally mention that the Playmates Star Trek toys got *WEIRD* towards the end.
Which is why there's a "Mutated Tom Paris" action figure that came complete with a trio of space salamander babies.
Which is why there's a "Mutated Tom Paris" action figure that came complete with a trio of space salamander babies.
February 16, 2026 at 6:02 AM
I believe this is the point where I normally mention that the Playmates Star Trek toys got *WEIRD* towards the end.
Which is why there's a "Mutated Tom Paris" action figure that came complete with a trio of space salamander babies.
Which is why there's a "Mutated Tom Paris" action figure that came complete with a trio of space salamander babies.
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See in the past tv shows could have 1 really shitty episode and we would go "damn that was a shitty episode" and that's kinda the end of it. Now a shitty episode or plot can tank a whole season of TV.
February 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
See in the past tv shows could have 1 really shitty episode and we would go "damn that was a shitty episode" and that's kinda the end of it. Now a shitty episode or plot can tank a whole season of TV.
Every now & then I remember that Ontario has an income tax surtax — introduced by the PCs as a way to avoid saying they were raising taxes — and I have to suppress the urge to punch Mike Harris
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Every now & then I remember that Ontario has an income tax surtax — introduced by the PCs as a way to avoid saying they were raising taxes — and I have to suppress the urge to punch Mike Harris
Somehow my fixer wasn't exhausted, despite having sat around since the autumn
February 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Somehow my fixer wasn't exhausted, despite having sat around since the autumn
There was a joke in post-Communist Poland that the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky located in the centre of Warsaw should be kept as a monument to the Pole who had killed the most Communists.
sadly the world Communist killing record continues to be held by Communist countries by a long, long distance.
The United States has killed more communist than any other currenly existing countries on earth
February 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
There was a joke in post-Communist Poland that the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky located in the centre of Warsaw should be kept as a monument to the Pole who had killed the most Communists.
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"All the parts with the nazis were removed"..... do... how do you have a movie after that!? How does the "world War 2-less cut of CASABLANCA" even exist? It's like asking for a cut of STAR WARS without all the sci-fi!
February 15, 2026 at 4:21 AM
"All the parts with the nazis were removed"..... do... how do you have a movie after that!? How does the "world War 2-less cut of CASABLANCA" even exist? It's like asking for a cut of STAR WARS without all the sci-fi!
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roses are red
cherenkov is blue
just use a screwdriver
what's the worst it could do
cherenkov is blue
just use a screwdriver
what's the worst it could do
February 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
roses are red
cherenkov is blue
just use a screwdriver
what's the worst it could do
cherenkov is blue
just use a screwdriver
what's the worst it could do
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Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
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This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
#RandomGameSaturday In acknowledgment of the day, here's Binary Land. The Hudson Soft puzzle game that sees you trying to reunite the penguin couple Gurin & Malon.
It's simple. It's cute. It's Valentine's Day appropriate.
It's simple. It's cute. It's Valentine's Day appropriate.
February 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
#RandomGameSaturday In acknowledgment of the day, here's Binary Land. The Hudson Soft puzzle game that sees you trying to reunite the penguin couple Gurin & Malon.
It's simple. It's cute. It's Valentine's Day appropriate.
It's simple. It's cute. It's Valentine's Day appropriate.
I get remarkably specific & poorly targetted IG ads.
February 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I get remarkably specific & poorly targetted IG ads.
Practically shorts weather
February 14, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Practically shorts weather
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Ten years ago I was ambivalent about commercial gambling. I'd like to say it was the social harms that made me firmly against, but to be honest it was the sheer ubiquity of their fucking ads everywhere
Fantastic campaign, with Christoper Eccleston, to end gambling ads. It's sooo notable how many adverts for gambling there are every where you look - television, YouTube, social media, everywhere
Ruining families and it doesn't have to be this way
www.instagram.com/reel/DUIMYiP...
Ruining families and it doesn't have to be this way
www.instagram.com/reel/DUIMYiP...
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Tired of being bombarded with dishonest gambling ads that devastate families?Here's another take.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Ten years ago I was ambivalent about commercial gambling. I'd like to say it was the social harms that made me firmly against, but to be honest it was the sheer ubiquity of their fucking ads everywhere
This just reminded me that there was a brief but intense argument on Wikipedia over whether or not the film's article should be Star Trek: Into Darkness, which allows the title to be parsed coherently, or Star Trek Into Darkness, which is what the filmmakers actually went with.
I think Star Trek Into Darkness is Not Good, but I appreciate a lot that one of the ways that it’s Not Good is that at one point they call up Leonard Nimoy and they’re basically like “hey you were in some of these movies before, was a guy named Khan in any of them? What’s his deal?”
i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This just reminded me that there was a brief but intense argument on Wikipedia over whether or not the film's article should be Star Trek: Into Darkness, which allows the title to be parsed coherently, or Star Trek Into Darkness, which is what the filmmakers actually went with.
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it's simply not healthy to look directly at the rays. that's not a "blue sky" that's Cherenkov glow. some tweets should have "DROP AND RUN" engraved on them.
February 13, 2026 at 5:18 AM
it's simply not healthy to look directly at the rays. that's not a "blue sky" that's Cherenkov glow. some tweets should have "DROP AND RUN" engraved on them.
Though this did remind me that you can accurately prefix a demand that someone kiss your ass with "In the words of the poet Goethe…"
"Hey honey, is this [large, leather-bound copy of Faust] yours?"
"I've never seen it before. It's not yours?"
Well, that's not ominous at all.
"I've never seen it before. It's not yours?"
Well, that's not ominous at all.
February 14, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Though this did remind me that you can accurately prefix a demand that someone kiss your ass with "In the words of the poet Goethe…"
Still library sorting, and somehow I wound up with two copies of Burton Watson's translation of "Chinese Rhyme Prose"?
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Still library sorting, and somehow I wound up with two copies of Burton Watson's translation of "Chinese Rhyme Prose"?
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
I've made clear more than once that I dislike the Batgod, ready for every contingency Batman
But I have to admit he's only my second least favourite common comic character. The worst is Batgod-as-a-villain
Characters whose initial victories never feel earned, and whose defeats are never satisfying
But I have to admit he's only my second least favourite common comic character. The worst is Batgod-as-a-villain
Characters whose initial victories never feel earned, and whose defeats are never satisfying
"batman ready for every contingency" factoid actualy just statistical error. average batman ready for zero contingencies. Morrison Batman, who lives in cave & develops plans for 10000 contingencies a day, is an outlier
adn should not have been counted
adn should not have been counted
February 13, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I've made clear more than once that I dislike the Batgod, ready for every contingency Batman
But I have to admit he's only my second least favourite common comic character. The worst is Batgod-as-a-villain
Characters whose initial victories never feel earned, and whose defeats are never satisfying
But I have to admit he's only my second least favourite common comic character. The worst is Batgod-as-a-villain
Characters whose initial victories never feel earned, and whose defeats are never satisfying
There are typically blackout dates around financial reports where they don't let employees trade.
But now I'm wondering if polymarket &c have wagers on things like "Will Apple hit their earnings target?" Would seem like a good way for an insider to offset an expected stock price drop.
But now I'm wondering if polymarket &c have wagers on things like "Will Apple hit their earnings target?" Would seem like a good way for an insider to offset an expected stock price drop.
not just military, but, like, earnings reports, product releases, etc., etc., and i suspect there are very organizations who have adjusted their insider threat models for any of this shit
February 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
There are typically blackout dates around financial reports where they don't let employees trade.
But now I'm wondering if polymarket &c have wagers on things like "Will Apple hit their earnings target?" Would seem like a good way for an insider to offset an expected stock price drop.
But now I'm wondering if polymarket &c have wagers on things like "Will Apple hit their earnings target?" Would seem like a good way for an insider to offset an expected stock price drop.
I get why they did this, but I'm just going to say it: it doesn't look good.
This is not a judgment on the show or anything. It's a judgment on this trailer.
It doesn't look like a B&W work. It looks like something primarily dressed & lit for colour that's been desaturated.
This is not a judgment on the show or anything. It's a judgment on this trailer.
It doesn't look like a B&W work. It looks like something primarily dressed & lit for colour that's been desaturated.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I get why they did this, but I'm just going to say it: it doesn't look good.
This is not a judgment on the show or anything. It's a judgment on this trailer.
It doesn't look like a B&W work. It looks like something primarily dressed & lit for colour that's been desaturated.
This is not a judgment on the show or anything. It's a judgment on this trailer.
It doesn't look like a B&W work. It looks like something primarily dressed & lit for colour that's been desaturated.
The US Navy's eventual response to this danger, in April 1942, was to order all oil tankers bound to or from American, Caribbean, or Gulf ports held in port until further orders.
(The order would not last that long, but convoys would still not be regularly organized until August.)
(The order would not last that long, but convoys would still not be regularly organized until August.)
The Atlantic coast in spring & early summer of 1942 was so dangerous that the British were routing tankers from the Caribbean across to Africa, rather than risk sailing along the eastern United States.
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The US Navy's eventual response to this danger, in April 1942, was to order all oil tankers bound to or from American, Caribbean, or Gulf ports held in port until further orders.
(The order would not last that long, but convoys would still not be regularly organized until August.)
(The order would not last that long, but convoys would still not be regularly organized until August.)
May 18, 1942!
Prior to that coastal cities were merely requested to observe a blackout, and most refused claiming it would damage tourism.
Prior to that coastal cities were merely requested to observe a blackout, and most refused claiming it would damage tourism.
With the US it took a long time to actually get coastal cities to turn off their lights so they weren't providing a convenient backdrop for German U-boats to sink merchant ships at night
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
May 18, 1942!
Prior to that coastal cities were merely requested to observe a blackout, and most refused claiming it would damage tourism.
Prior to that coastal cities were merely requested to observe a blackout, and most refused claiming it would damage tourism.