Jordan Carlson
@jordantcarlson.bsky.social
Canadian postdoc in Japan.
Energy, sustainability, unrelated ramblings.
Energy, sustainability, unrelated ramblings.
gotta get the anti-choice opinions straight from the source
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
gotta get the anti-choice opinions straight from the source
isn't the last one just Blind Guardian?
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
isn't the last one just Blind Guardian?
There's an old (apocryphal) quote I learned from a Brit that goes something like:
"Americans think the special forces are all about equipment and flashbangs and fanciful entry strategies. The SAS just send someone into your bedroom with a knife in the dead of night."
"Americans think the special forces are all about equipment and flashbangs and fanciful entry strategies. The SAS just send someone into your bedroom with a knife in the dead of night."
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
There's an old (apocryphal) quote I learned from a Brit that goes something like:
"Americans think the special forces are all about equipment and flashbangs and fanciful entry strategies. The SAS just send someone into your bedroom with a knife in the dead of night."
"Americans think the special forces are all about equipment and flashbangs and fanciful entry strategies. The SAS just send someone into your bedroom with a knife in the dead of night."
<waves tiny CF-18 sign>
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
<waves tiny CF-18 sign>
because the people who made it are watching more porn than the average 4channer
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
because the people who made it are watching more porn than the average 4channer
A lot of it, from what I've seen, is more from Gates aligning himself with deniers (Lomberg most prominently, who is a close associate) than nitpicking the development angle.
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A lot of it, from what I've seen, is more from Gates aligning himself with deniers (Lomberg most prominently, who is a close associate) than nitpicking the development angle.
@foldablehuman.bsky.social monkey's paw-invoking by doing that retrospective this summer
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@foldablehuman.bsky.social monkey's paw-invoking by doing that retrospective this summer
The primary reason I stopped using it in 2020
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The primary reason I stopped using it in 2020
far more american politics and healthcare talk than is healthy for any canadian to engage in (i say this with care, lol)
also science fiction and video games
also science fiction and video games
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
far more american politics and healthcare talk than is healthy for any canadian to engage in (i say this with care, lol)
also science fiction and video games
also science fiction and video games
if they're an anprim and they're complaining about what people say about them on social media, they're not doing the "prim" part right
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
if they're an anprim and they're complaining about what people say about them on social media, they're not doing the "prim" part right
It's almost as if the Brits who wrote it could look at a map...
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It's almost as if the Brits who wrote it could look at a map...
No representation? Cadia, as Space Canada, has been central for decades. Can't have Space Canada without Official Multiculturalism and conscription crises
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
No representation? Cadia, as Space Canada, has been central for decades. Can't have Space Canada without Official Multiculturalism and conscription crises
I mean, I've been following here or on the other place for... uh. I forget how long. so.
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I mean, I've been following here or on the other place for... uh. I forget how long. so.
not much of a spoiler if someone follows you long enough
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
not much of a spoiler if someone follows you long enough
One path is flat and takes no effort, the other requires work with each step.
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
One path is flat and takes no effort, the other requires work with each step.
i now get to (very slightly) ruin it: that whole bit was staged
still extremely funny
still extremely funny
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
i now get to (very slightly) ruin it: that whole bit was staged
still extremely funny
still extremely funny
It's a "care" of implied judgement, from the sounds of it?
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It's a "care" of implied judgement, from the sounds of it?
perhaps the invention of the written word was a mistake
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
perhaps the invention of the written word was a mistake
blastbeat cats
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
blastbeat cats
Will Farrell, but specifically in comedies, because for some reason he always plays a "stupid everyman" and it's infuriating to watch
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Will Farrell, but specifically in comedies, because for some reason he always plays a "stupid everyman" and it's infuriating to watch
I imagine many people at the time thought so - but I do think the history shows the government didn’t particularly plan for it. And now we all get to live with it. (Though as a Canadian in Japan, rather distantly)
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I imagine many people at the time thought so - but I do think the history shows the government didn’t particularly plan for it. And now we all get to live with it. (Though as a Canadian in Japan, rather distantly)