andy s 🇨🇦
@nsnw.ca
caffeine and lisdexamfetamine-powered opinionated idiot. amateur radio license-haver (VE6LY/M0VKG). professional nerd. rapidly greying lefty. east of the Rockies and west of the rest. immigrant. he/him. so very tired.
Pinned
since I seem to occasionally post things that other people see I figure I should write a pinned post.
I'm a 40-something professional nerd who has Thoughts on things, some better than others. I live in Calgary, Alberta with my wife and two cats, but I'm originally from the UK.
I'm a 40-something professional nerd who has Thoughts on things, some better than others. I live in Calgary, Alberta with my wife and two cats, but I'm originally from the UK.
speaking of risk assessments, it reminds me of the time I saw a guy longboarding down the street wearing an N95 but not a helmet.
If you spent all your time worrying about getting carjacked but meanwhile texting while driving every day, I’d say your risk assessment was leading you to make suboptimal choices. Same with activists who don’t want cameras on them when they’re confronting ICE thugs, for fear of being indicted later
YES. Drivers have spent too much time worrying about wearing seatbelts and checking their mirrors in an effort to avoid after-the-fact consequences. But those consequences are extremely unlikely
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 PM
speaking of risk assessments, it reminds me of the time I saw a guy longboarding down the street wearing an N95 but not a helmet.
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First, the UCP said there was an “election integrity crisis," which led to a voter ID law.
Then a “national unity crisis” → a sovereignty referendum.
Now a “crisis of confidence” in the courts → defunding judges.
There is no evidence of these crises.
The UCP is trying to manufacture them.
Then a “national unity crisis” → a sovereignty referendum.
Now a “crisis of confidence” in the courts → defunding judges.
There is no evidence of these crises.
The UCP is trying to manufacture them.
February 5, 2026 at 1:15 AM
First, the UCP said there was an “election integrity crisis," which led to a voter ID law.
Then a “national unity crisis” → a sovereignty referendum.
Now a “crisis of confidence” in the courts → defunding judges.
There is no evidence of these crises.
The UCP is trying to manufacture them.
Then a “national unity crisis” → a sovereignty referendum.
Now a “crisis of confidence” in the courts → defunding judges.
There is no evidence of these crises.
The UCP is trying to manufacture them.
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Money can buy happiness. If Elon Musk built a rocket and shot himself into the fucking sun that would generate massive happiness.
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Money can buy happiness. If Elon Musk built a rocket and shot himself into the fucking sun that would generate massive happiness.
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That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
4 months after a stranger recommended it to me at a Halloween party, last night I finished the seventh and (so far) last book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
man I feel empty now.
man I feel empty now.
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
4 months after a stranger recommended it to me at a Halloween party, last night I finished the seventh and (so far) last book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
man I feel empty now.
man I feel empty now.
another article making some good points, although I gotta say I'm less enthusiastic about focusing on getting Facebook et al to unblock news articles.
Donald Trump probably (!) won't order a military attack on Canada. But his administration is happy to interfere in our politics, and we have to respond accordingly: by thickening our informational borders and holding tech companies to account. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/04/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/04/o...
Trumpism's war on the truth is coming to Canada. We need to be ready
The Trump administration has made it clear that it will use almost everything at its disposal in its broader war on the truth. If we're not careful here in Canada, we'll become one of its casualties.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
another article making some good points, although I gotta say I'm less enthusiastic about focusing on getting Facebook et al to unblock news articles.
deeply unserious people.
Occupy was the first time "people from the internet" showed up in on-the-ground activism, and it so infamously sucked for existing activists that it basically destroyed the counter-globalization era movement.
February 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
deeply unserious people.
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I'm on the edge of my seat. You don't realize how much you miss the Olympics until they're back and you're huffing pure uncut curling on a Wednesday afternoon before the game have even started officially.
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I'm on the edge of my seat. You don't realize how much you miss the Olympics until they're back and you're huffing pure uncut curling on a Wednesday afternoon before the game have even started officially.
Cory Doctorow's writing often rubs me the wrong way for reasons I can't fully explain but he's not wrong here.
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
Pluralistic: Disenshittification Nation (29 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
February 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Cory Doctorow's writing often rubs me the wrong way for reasons I can't fully explain but he's not wrong here.
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
pluralistic.net/2026/01/29/p...
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This is a monumentally irresponsible move. Whoever advised the premier should resign or be fired.
Smith shouldn't just withdraw the threat. She should apologize for threatening to cut off Albertans' access to their own justice system.
Tomorrow.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/03/a...
Smith shouldn't just withdraw the threat. She should apologize for threatening to cut off Albertans' access to their own justice system.
Tomorrow.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/03/a...
Alberta seeks more input on picking judges
Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding for new judicial appointments in Alberta until Ottawa allows the province to provide input on who is picked. In a letter to Prime Minis...
edmonton.citynews.ca
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
This is a monumentally irresponsible move. Whoever advised the premier should resign or be fired.
Smith shouldn't just withdraw the threat. She should apologize for threatening to cut off Albertans' access to their own justice system.
Tomorrow.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/03/a...
Smith shouldn't just withdraw the threat. She should apologize for threatening to cut off Albertans' access to their own justice system.
Tomorrow.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/03/a...
amazing how many people on the "left" turn into petty authoritarians when given the chance.
After the Pretti shooting, one of those guys straight-up suckerpunched me for “filming faces”… as I filmed him and fully-masked friends lighting fires directly in front of the dozens of gathered press crews. Nonsensical; just dudes wanting someone to give them a reason. Not that different from ICE.
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 AM
amazing how many people on the "left" turn into petty authoritarians when given the chance.
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“/pol/ was created after moot met with jeffrey epstein” is maybe the single most cursed true sentence I have ever had the displeasure of writing
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 AM
“/pol/ was created after moot met with jeffrey epstein” is maybe the single most cursed true sentence I have ever had the displeasure of writing
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Carney + 40 in Quebec lmao
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Carney + 40 in Quebec lmao
quite frankly I could not give less of a fuck about the US tourism industry.
U.S. scrutiny of visitors' social media could hammer tourism: trade group calgaryherald.com/news/world/u...
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 AM
quite frankly I could not give less of a fuck about the US tourism industry.
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It's Woke 2, motherfuckers. Get in or get lost.
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 AM
It's Woke 2, motherfuckers. Get in or get lost.
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Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
fuck me sideways.
This was an argument for banning Will Stancil from the Minneapolis resistance movement.
I sort of let go of arguing that activists should try to do a good job and not a bad job because I got yelled at a lot, but I think brain rot around the plight of Palestinians is going to undo us.
I sort of let go of arguing that activists should try to do a good job and not a bad job because I got yelled at a lot, but I think brain rot around the plight of Palestinians is going to undo us.
January 30, 2026 at 1:09 AM
fuck me sideways.
what a way to fuck up your own airline industry.
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 AM
what a way to fuck up your own airline industry.
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The Ship & Anchor has launched careers, built community, and kept Calgary’s music scene alive for decades. Redevelopment can’t come at the cost of our culture.
#SaveTheShip #ProtectLiveMusicYYC
#SaveTheShip #ProtectLiveMusicYYC
January 29, 2026 at 7:24 PM
The Ship & Anchor has launched careers, built community, and kept Calgary’s music scene alive for decades. Redevelopment can’t come at the cost of our culture.
#SaveTheShip #ProtectLiveMusicYYC
#SaveTheShip #ProtectLiveMusicYYC
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Today’s news that separatists have been conspiring with U.S. officials to undermine Canada is deeply disturbing.
Smith emboldened separatists by cozying up to Trump, weakening our country at a fragile moment when we need to stand firmly against this.
WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/4wPrLwa...
Smith emboldened separatists by cozying up to Trump, weakening our country at a fragile moment when we need to stand firmly against this.
WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/4wPrLwa...
Time to Denounce Separatism
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Today’s news that separatists have been conspiring with U.S. officials to undermine Canada is deeply disturbing.
Smith emboldened separatists by cozying up to Trump, weakening our country at a fragile moment when we need to stand firmly against this.
WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/4wPrLwa...
Smith emboldened separatists by cozying up to Trump, weakening our country at a fragile moment when we need to stand firmly against this.
WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/4wPrLwa...
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Did not have Jason Kenney defending a LIBERAL Prime Minister while going full “yeah well your POTUS is a pedophile!” on my 2026 bingo card, and yet here we are.
Surreal.
#cdnpoli
Surreal.
#cdnpoli
January 29, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Did not have Jason Kenney defending a LIBERAL Prime Minister while going full “yeah well your POTUS is a pedophile!” on my 2026 bingo card, and yet here we are.
Surreal.
#cdnpoli
Surreal.
#cdnpoli