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!
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.
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It is this humble servant's duty to report that Arnaud Bertrand is never beating the charges of being a thoroughly historically-illiterate dumbass...
February 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
It is this humble servant's duty to report that Arnaud Bertrand is never beating the charges of being a thoroughly historically-illiterate dumbass...
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[most viscerally unhealthy-seeming person you've ever met] i'm going to lead a mass movement of health
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
[most viscerally unhealthy-seeming person you've ever met] i'm going to lead a mass movement of health
"I have a WW1 trench knife embedded in my bedroom wall just in case. 1917 edition. More useful than a gun in close quarters."
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"I have a WW1 trench knife embedded in my bedroom wall just in case. 1917 edition. More useful than a gun in close quarters."
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I need to be clear that I am NOT!
trying to restart World War I
trying to restart World War I
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I need to be clear that I am NOT!
trying to restart World War I
trying to restart World War I
You can't fool me. That's just the Lady of Pain.
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
You can't fool me. That's just the Lady of Pain.
God, the Kodak box designs look so much better than Alaris.
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
God, the Kodak box designs look so much better than Alaris.
So that Kodak/Alaris deal, huh?
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
So that Kodak/Alaris deal, huh?
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They've made it a sleek mean shopping machine, and that ain't a compliment. Almost all the delight has been stripped out of it.
I miss all the pop-nautical touches, the curves, the greenery and the trees. The splashes of colour everywhere.
(photo of 70's tile uncovered during a recent renovation)
I miss all the pop-nautical touches, the curves, the greenery and the trees. The splashes of colour everywhere.
(photo of 70's tile uncovered during a recent renovation)
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 AM
They've made it a sleek mean shopping machine, and that ain't a compliment. Almost all the delight has been stripped out of it.
I miss all the pop-nautical touches, the curves, the greenery and the trees. The splashes of colour everywhere.
(photo of 70's tile uncovered during a recent renovation)
I miss all the pop-nautical touches, the curves, the greenery and the trees. The splashes of colour everywhere.
(photo of 70's tile uncovered during a recent renovation)
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But it is correct if you read "transit stops" not as a single noun, but as a noun ("transit") followed by a verb ("stops")
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
But it is correct if you read "transit stops" not as a single noun, but as a noun ("transit") followed by a verb ("stops")
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Bought a black sesame latte mix, and I can only describe the appearance of the final product as existing somewhere between concrete & the water after all the kids have finished washing their paint brush in art class.
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Bought a black sesame latte mix, and I can only describe the appearance of the final product as existing somewhere between concrete & the water after all the kids have finished washing their paint brush in art class.
Pirro has more L's than a Welsh village name
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Pirro has more L's than a Welsh village name
One of the fun things about travelling is finding out what the locals think foreign cuisine consists of.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I went to an "American style" restaurant in Istanbul - American crow mascot and everything - out of the sheer weirdness of anything even being American style, given the history of food here. A good memory, because man that was WEIRD pizza and I'll never have anything like it again lol
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
One of the fun things about travelling is finding out what the locals think foreign cuisine consists of.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
It's always fun to figure out when the stock photos the local papers use were taken.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
It's always fun to figure out when the stock photos the local papers use were taken.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
Pasternak, who is so upset about the city losing federal housing money due to failing to meet their obligations, has of course opted Ward 6 into the plan to permit sixplexes, right?
...right?
...right?
Councillor Pasternak has FOUR motions. ("It was a late night," he says.)
1. Report on creating a "Major Gifts Office"
2. Accelerate design for Downsview Community Centre
3. Report on DVP/Gardiner negotiation status
4. "Vigorously" oppose $10 million cut to the federal Housing Accelerator Fund
1. Report on creating a "Major Gifts Office"
2. Accelerate design for Downsview Community Centre
3. Report on DVP/Gardiner negotiation status
4. "Vigorously" oppose $10 million cut to the federal Housing Accelerator Fund
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Pasternak, who is so upset about the city losing federal housing money due to failing to meet their obligations, has of course opted Ward 6 into the plan to permit sixplexes, right?
...right?
...right?
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On this day in 1977, the Toronto Eaton Centre opened! Designed by Zeidler Partnership and Bregman and Hamann, the huge light-filled complex opened in multiple stages, with phase 2 extending the mall to Queen Street a couple of years later.
From the Harvey R. Naylor fonds: https://ow.ly/ocv050YarBU
From the Harvey R. Naylor fonds: https://ow.ly/ocv050YarBU
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
On this day in 1977, the Toronto Eaton Centre opened! Designed by Zeidler Partnership and Bregman and Hamann, the huge light-filled complex opened in multiple stages, with phase 2 extending the mall to Queen Street a couple of years later.
From the Harvey R. Naylor fonds: https://ow.ly/ocv050YarBU
From the Harvey R. Naylor fonds: https://ow.ly/ocv050YarBU
This is basically someone day trading while trying to tell themselves that it's something that they consider to be more manly.
February 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
This is basically someone day trading while trying to tell themselves that it's something that they consider to be more manly.
As I've said before: Conservatives are really betting on "Carney & the Liberals become less popular" as their campaign strategy.
Because nothing they've done seems to be able to move voters' perceptions of Poilievre. (And with good reason: he's a known quantity at this point.)
Because nothing they've done seems to be able to move voters' perceptions of Poilievre. (And with good reason: he's a known quantity at this point.)
📊New polls released in the week following the Calgary convention show little movement toward the Conservatives and, in many cases, a widening Liberal lead.
🔵No Sign of a Post-Convention Bump for Poilievre ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/no-sign-of...
🔵No Sign of a Post-Convention Bump for Poilievre ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/no-sign-of...
No Sign of a Post-Convention Bump for Poilievre
New polls released in the week following the Calgary convention show little movement toward the Conservatives and, in many cases, a widening Liberal lead.
www.338canada.ca
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
As I've said before: Conservatives are really betting on "Carney & the Liberals become less popular" as their campaign strategy.
Because nothing they've done seems to be able to move voters' perceptions of Poilievre. (And with good reason: he's a known quantity at this point.)
Because nothing they've done seems to be able to move voters' perceptions of Poilievre. (And with good reason: he's a known quantity at this point.)
Running this joke into the ground.
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Running this joke into the ground.
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This is two different Zevon songs in one.
Keep him!
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This is two different Zevon songs in one.
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it's one of my favorite thin lizzy songs — what follows is not a burn — but you get the distinct impression that phil lynott was writing about cowboys in a similar way to how medieval artists would try to paint exotic animals they had never seen whenever you listen to "cowboy song"
March 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
it's one of my favorite thin lizzy songs — what follows is not a burn — but you get the distinct impression that phil lynott was writing about cowboys in a similar way to how medieval artists would try to paint exotic animals they had never seen whenever you listen to "cowboy song"
