jack speyside
@jackspeyside.bsky.social
i am a juris doctor holding career public policy expert esp. in public sector delegated governance but i am otherwise a good ol' 'berta boy (communist) he/him or they/them is fine too
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
the hero-bro shirt off shot in the movie, the actor just did a pump before shooting, he does a set in between takes.
so its ok if u take ur thirst trap right after a workout when you're at your biggest. it's hollywood's fault.
so its ok if u take ur thirst trap right after a workout when you're at your biggest. it's hollywood's fault.
December 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
the hero-bro shirt off shot in the movie, the actor just did a pump before shooting, he does a set in between takes.
so its ok if u take ur thirst trap right after a workout when you're at your biggest. it's hollywood's fault.
so its ok if u take ur thirst trap right after a workout when you're at your biggest. it's hollywood's fault.
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Amazing how greed turned 80 years of computer tech into this.
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Amazing how greed turned 80 years of computer tech into this.
its very funny for fifa to get into giving prizes for like, the benefit of humankind, when fifa's wikipedia page is dominated by the heading "Corruption" and this particular thing isnt even on there yet
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
its very funny for fifa to get into giving prizes for like, the benefit of humankind, when fifa's wikipedia page is dominated by the heading "Corruption" and this particular thing isnt even on there yet
spotify wrapped reminding me i _could_ do squabble up at karaoke, except just when we're settled on using the n-word in a rap song (no!) kendrick hits us with "ace boon coon from the west coast to senegal / it's a full moon let the wolves out i been a dog //", dot, pls.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
spotify wrapped reminding me i _could_ do squabble up at karaoke, except just when we're settled on using the n-word in a rap song (no!) kendrick hits us with "ace boon coon from the west coast to senegal / it's a full moon let the wolves out i been a dog //", dot, pls.
LFGGGGGGG!
"How do you feel about capitalism and socialism?"
Socialism is a better approach: 29%
Capitalism works best: 28%
Capitalism is good in theory, but is doing more harm than good today: 43%
Spark Insights / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online
Socialism is a better approach: 29%
Capitalism works best: 28%
Capitalism is good in theory, but is doing more harm than good today: 43%
Spark Insights / Nov 11, 2025 / n=2895 / Online
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
LFGGGGGGG!
i put springsteen on my main summer nights playlist and this is what i get.
my artist message was from blackwinterwells and yet,
my artist message was from blackwinterwells and yet,
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i put springsteen on my main summer nights playlist and this is what i get.
my artist message was from blackwinterwells and yet,
my artist message was from blackwinterwells and yet,
does the backpack read visually distinctly enough in the back frames? i don't have enough pixels for another black line
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
does the backpack read visually distinctly enough in the back frames? i don't have enough pixels for another black line
the essay clearly didnt respond to the assignment? like, it didnt cite anything. my wife gets these and the instructor doesnt need to like, argue with the student (who theyd easily dismantle) you can just give them a 0 based on the criteria you set in advance that the student knew or shouldve known.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
the essay clearly didnt respond to the assignment? like, it didnt cite anything. my wife gets these and the instructor doesnt need to like, argue with the student (who theyd easily dismantle) you can just give them a 0 based on the criteria you set in advance that the student knew or shouldve known.
no front door, but at least it has this.
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
no front door, but at least it has this.
kept my work music on while i cooked dinner (it is a drone metal band) and the wife yells from the bathroom
"are you... listening to.... something?"
like, i have done it, she does not even recognize this as music
"are you... listening to.... something?"
like, i have done it, she does not even recognize this as music
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
kept my work music on while i cooked dinner (it is a drone metal band) and the wife yells from the bathroom
"are you... listening to.... something?"
like, i have done it, she does not even recognize this as music
"are you... listening to.... something?"
like, i have done it, she does not even recognize this as music
"competition in a free market will drive innovation, such that we get better products that cost less and improve our collective lives more".
this is the system's own account of itself. we are entitled to demand this, that's the social contract.
this is the system's own account of itself. we are entitled to demand this, that's the social contract.
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"competition in a free market will drive innovation, such that we get better products that cost less and improve our collective lives more".
this is the system's own account of itself. we are entitled to demand this, that's the social contract.
this is the system's own account of itself. we are entitled to demand this, that's the social contract.
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In fact you can pick both of those up for $20 as a bundle with our other two games, an adorable block pushing puzzler and an SMB1-like prequel to the gay foxgirl platformer Kitsune Tails itch.io/s/169922/kit...
My contribution to the game difficulty debate is I made an SMB3 style platformer with a mode where dying simply pops you back up immediately on a flying cloud and with cheats beyond that
Just like I made a turn-based roguelike with a mode that gives you infinite lives, which also has a cheat menu
Just like I made a turn-based roguelike with a mode that gives you infinite lives, which also has a cheat menu
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
In fact you can pick both of those up for $20 as a bundle with our other two games, an adorable block pushing puzzler and an SMB1-like prequel to the gay foxgirl platformer Kitsune Tails itch.io/s/169922/kit...
i have the 600th best high score in the world at spelunky hd but the fact that i can locate groverhaus on google street view without searching, just zoom in from space, is probably more extraordinary. i bet under 600 ppl can do that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
i have the 600th best high score in the world at spelunky hd but the fact that i can locate groverhaus on google street view without searching, just zoom in from space, is probably more extraordinary. i bet under 600 ppl can do that.
happy thanksgiving the population of indigenous americans is reckoned to have decreased from around 175 million people to about 15 million directly from european colonization in the 15th to 17th century (the population of earth was about 500-600 million at the time).
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
happy thanksgiving the population of indigenous americans is reckoned to have decreased from around 175 million people to about 15 million directly from european colonization in the 15th to 17th century (the population of earth was about 500-600 million at the time).
there's really no point in fighting between competing versions of not doing enough tho? they're both wrong. it isn't a win unless it's a win for everyone - including the future that's counting on us.
human dignity is a monolith: it's one thing. what we take from the future, we take from ourselves.
human dignity is a monolith: it's one thing. what we take from the future, we take from ourselves.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
there's really no point in fighting between competing versions of not doing enough tho? they're both wrong. it isn't a win unless it's a win for everyone - including the future that's counting on us.
human dignity is a monolith: it's one thing. what we take from the future, we take from ourselves.
human dignity is a monolith: it's one thing. what we take from the future, we take from ourselves.
morale so bad at work i am looking at jobs with strathcona county (aka sherwood park)
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
morale so bad at work i am looking at jobs with strathcona county (aka sherwood park)
the most kayfabe breaking part of holiday romcoms is the small town the big city heroine is trapped in is always full of hot people her age in designer clothes and like, bright, airy stores.
small towns are full of the most run thru, ratchet people, and the median age is like 60.
she'd be afraid irl
small towns are full of the most run thru, ratchet people, and the median age is like 60.
she'd be afraid irl
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
the most kayfabe breaking part of holiday romcoms is the small town the big city heroine is trapped in is always full of hot people her age in designer clothes and like, bright, airy stores.
small towns are full of the most run thru, ratchet people, and the median age is like 60.
she'd be afraid irl
small towns are full of the most run thru, ratchet people, and the median age is like 60.
she'd be afraid irl
i have been thinking about this and realized a Neverending Story remake is so prime.
"this is the swamp where if you get too sad in it, it will kill you. so just don't get sad! i realize your horse is drowning in front of you."
"this gate blasts anyone with even an iota of self doubt to a red mist!"
"this is the swamp where if you get too sad in it, it will kill you. so just don't get sad! i realize your horse is drowning in front of you."
"this gate blasts anyone with even an iota of self doubt to a red mist!"
it's kind of funny that the two most millennialcore genres are
"epic bacon awesomesauce nostalgia franchise multiverse" and
"come feel the most relentless oppressive anxiety anybody ever in all of history has felt"
"epic bacon awesomesauce nostalgia franchise multiverse" and
"come feel the most relentless oppressive anxiety anybody ever in all of history has felt"
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
i have been thinking about this and realized a Neverending Story remake is so prime.
"this is the swamp where if you get too sad in it, it will kill you. so just don't get sad! i realize your horse is drowning in front of you."
"this gate blasts anyone with even an iota of self doubt to a red mist!"
"this is the swamp where if you get too sad in it, it will kill you. so just don't get sad! i realize your horse is drowning in front of you."
"this gate blasts anyone with even an iota of self doubt to a red mist!"
tail of the sun
This is my favourite game. Every part of it sucks, but each part sucks in a way that GESTURES TOWARD something that would be awesome were it not undermined by every other part. It can't be improved because everything that's terrible about its load-bearing. Did I mention it's the best game ever made?
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
tail of the sun
left arm is smaller than right but not any weaker. re-doubling commitment to good form but ig that's mb how i look when i get swole. arnold had the same condition so ig it's fine.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
left arm is smaller than right but not any weaker. re-doubling commitment to good form but ig that's mb how i look when i get swole. arnold had the same condition so ig it's fine.
imagining a The Ring style thing where you go on the virtual tour of this house and then its cursed ghosts start to haunt you.
wonderfully rancid house w/ 3D walkaround tour
They really don't want to share any interior shots but when they do, you just know that unspeakable acts have been committed within... www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
imagining a The Ring style thing where you go on the virtual tour of this house and then its cursed ghosts start to haunt you.
this really reflects the way this government think that the people who write laws are just like, a fancy typewriter, and not experts who can advise amateur pols on form and content.
If you needed any more proof that @ABDanielleSmith & the #UCP are not bright enough too govern here it is.
Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time | CBC News
The Alberta government is considering using AI technology to write a law for the first time, eyeing a forthcoming piece of whisky legislation as its test case.
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this really reflects the way this government think that the people who write laws are just like, a fancy typewriter, and not experts who can advise amateur pols on form and content.
have a good weekend, work hard, rest hard. everyone wants a village and if that includes you, be a good villager out there.
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
have a good weekend, work hard, rest hard. everyone wants a village and if that includes you, be a good villager out there.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.