Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)
@antonpnym.bsky.social
Proud Canadian living in #LdnOnt. (see banner above)
Interested in SF, science, games both video and tabletop, a little bit of finance & economics, and alas US and Canadian politics because I have to. Used to write until I went broke trying.
Interested in SF, science, games both video and tabletop, a little bit of finance & economics, and alas US and Canadian politics because I have to. Used to write until I went broke trying.
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Wilhelm von Osten was a German math teacher, mystic, phrenologist. He also owned a very clever horse he named HANS.
Around 1894, he took his horse on tour, demonstrating his exceptional number sense skills.
van Osten would ask a question: "What is 2 x 6 ?"
Clever Hans would tap his hoof 12 times.
Around 1894, he took his horse on tour, demonstrating his exceptional number sense skills.
van Osten would ask a question: "What is 2 x 6 ?"
Clever Hans would tap his hoof 12 times.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Wilhelm von Osten was a German math teacher, mystic, phrenologist. He also owned a very clever horse he named HANS.
Around 1894, he took his horse on tour, demonstrating his exceptional number sense skills.
van Osten would ask a question: "What is 2 x 6 ?"
Clever Hans would tap his hoof 12 times.
Around 1894, he took his horse on tour, demonstrating his exceptional number sense skills.
van Osten would ask a question: "What is 2 x 6 ?"
Clever Hans would tap his hoof 12 times.
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And here's the story that goes with it!
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And here's the story that goes with it!
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Peregrine
Coyote
Fox
Red Tailed Hawk
Deer
Peregrine
Coyote
Fox
Red Tailed Hawk
Deer
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Fox
Puffin
Ibis
Slow Worm
Quokka
Fox
Puffin
Ibis
Slow Worm
Quokka
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Rattlesnake
Hyena
Tuatara
Orca
Puerto Rican giant millipede
Rattlesnake
Hyena
Tuatara
Orca
Puerto Rican giant millipede
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Peregrine
Coyote
Fox
Red Tailed Hawk
Deer
Peregrine
Coyote
Fox
Red Tailed Hawk
Deer
Meanwhile Canada's tourism sector made a record-breaking C$59bn from May to August of 2025, up 6% from the same period last year, mostly because of people choosing to travel domestically, according to Destination Canada, a national tourism organisation. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Canadian boycott of US travel shows no sign of slowing
October marked the 10th month of decreased Canadian travel to the US, with many staying away over political and trade tensions.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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The standard you walk past is the standard you accept
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept
Well, look at what just cropped up on my YouTube feed: I guess it really is 50 years since... www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-e9...
Bohemian Rhapsody - 50th Anniversary 360 Video
YouTube video by Queen Official
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well, look at what just cropped up on my YouTube feed: I guess it really is 50 years since... www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-e9...
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
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This was a very interesting and fairly nuanced read:
Gripen E vs F-35? The Wrong Question to Ask
Mikael Grev is a former Gripen pilot and co-founder and CEO of Avioniq. In this column for Nordic Defence Sector, he compares the Gripen E and the F-35, arguing for a more nuanced view of fighter capa...
nordicdefencesector.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This was a very interesting and fairly nuanced read:
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Discuss.
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Discuss.
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Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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So speeding more than doubled over one week.
Imagine how much worse this is going to get as entitled drivers get used to the "freedom" to endanger their community members in Ontario under Ford's misrule.
He'll have children's blood on his hands.
Imagine how much worse this is going to get as entitled drivers get used to the "freedom" to endanger their community members in Ontario under Ford's misrule.
He'll have children's blood on his hands.
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So speeding more than doubled over one week.
Imagine how much worse this is going to get as entitled drivers get used to the "freedom" to endanger their community members in Ontario under Ford's misrule.
He'll have children's blood on his hands.
Imagine how much worse this is going to get as entitled drivers get used to the "freedom" to endanger their community members in Ontario under Ford's misrule.
He'll have children's blood on his hands.
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Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
i also liked the fact that most of us who had come from the other site had the mentality of not giving "bad actors" the benefit of the doubt on here , and told all to block, not mute, an move on
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.
Can't resist popping this one up on my timeline. "After the 'Rapture'." www.youtube.com/shorts/FGr-4...
When the Rapture didn’t go as planned #comedyskit
YouTube video by Ashley Ottesen
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Can't resist popping this one up on my timeline. "After the 'Rapture'." www.youtube.com/shorts/FGr-4...
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He had brain damage and was told he had to be put to sleep.
Today I took Stormzy to run on the beach.
I promise this will set you up for the weekend ❤️
Today I took Stormzy to run on the beach.
I promise this will set you up for the weekend ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
He had brain damage and was told he had to be put to sleep.
Today I took Stormzy to run on the beach.
I promise this will set you up for the weekend ❤️
Today I took Stormzy to run on the beach.
I promise this will set you up for the weekend ❤️
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New in PN: Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams
"It’s far too early to know if Trump will share George W. Bush's fate. But unless he manages some remarkable turnaround in the public’s esteem, Republicans will continue to edge away from him, and his problems will only grow."
"It’s far too early to know if Trump will share George W. Bush's fate. But unless he manages some remarkable turnaround in the public’s esteem, Republicans will continue to edge away from him, and his problems will only grow."
Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams
Turns out they're not in it for Trump, they're in it for themselves.
www.publicnotice.co
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New in PN: Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams
"It’s far too early to know if Trump will share George W. Bush's fate. But unless he manages some remarkable turnaround in the public’s esteem, Republicans will continue to edge away from him, and his problems will only grow."
"It’s far too early to know if Trump will share George W. Bush's fate. But unless he manages some remarkable turnaround in the public’s esteem, Republicans will continue to edge away from him, and his problems will only grow."
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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Engagement is one of the things I like best about Bluesky, and I followed a lot of folks in the early days here because they were just plain fun and interesting to talk to.
One of the great things about early Bsky is that we promoted the idea of engagement. That is, instead of follow for follow, we followed those who conversed with us. Engagement leads to connection. So please, let’s not lose that! Engage, not just like—that’s why I follow folks, myself!
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Engagement is one of the things I like best about Bluesky, and I followed a lot of folks in the early days here because they were just plain fun and interesting to talk to.
"There is no enemy like a friend betrayed."
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"There is no enemy like a friend betrayed."
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Like 90% of Trumpism can be understood as "fascism theater;" doing actually LESS substantive immigration "removal" than (just one example) Obama at varying points but doing it via ICE doorkicks instead of via paperwork because their ghoul voters like to see bullying videos.
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Like 90% of Trumpism can be understood as "fascism theater;" doing actually LESS substantive immigration "removal" than (just one example) Obama at varying points but doing it via ICE doorkicks instead of via paperwork because their ghoul voters like to see bullying videos.
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even if you don’t agree with his politics/views over this, you gotta respect him for actually sticking to his own principles when so many others would’ve chosen to stay quiet to stay in cabinet
thanks for fighting the good fight, Steven 🫡
thanks for fighting the good fight, Steven 🫡
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
even if you don’t agree with his politics/views over this, you gotta respect him for actually sticking to his own principles when so many others would’ve chosen to stay quiet to stay in cabinet
thanks for fighting the good fight, Steven 🫡
thanks for fighting the good fight, Steven 🫡
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The beast has been sated. The kingdom is safe for now.
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The beast has been sated. The kingdom is safe for now.
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Please give them your food. They have never been fed.
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Please give them your food. They have never been fed.
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Flooding the zone with more shit than anyone can imagine.
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Flooding the zone with more shit than anyone can imagine.
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I know it may be hard to find something to be thankful for this year, but remember, there are always cats.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I know it may be hard to find something to be thankful for this year, but remember, there are always cats.