Paul Badertscher
@paulbadertscher.bsky.social
Increasingly ticked-off Canadian. Straight but not narrow. Fascinated by astronomy, music, and our canine companions. Unhealthily obsessed with the Chicago Cubs. Pro Oxford Comma. He/him.
That’s on me, folks. Just got home and put the game on. My bad.
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
That’s on me, folks. Just got home and put the game on. My bad.
I’m getting brain freeze just looking at it!
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I’m getting brain freeze just looking at it!
May I recommend “Stranger Than Fiction” for a similar Will Ferrell experience?
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
May I recommend “Stranger Than Fiction” for a similar Will Ferrell experience?
If you get the chance to do the Museum for Human Rights…(though surely you’ve been already yes?)
December 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you get the chance to do the Museum for Human Rights…(though surely you’ve been already yes?)
Slurpee from the sev on Academy.
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Slurpee from the sev on Academy.
Honestly, the details aren’t nearly as important as the principle: my vote should be determined by who I want to support, not who I want to oppose.
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Honestly, the details aren’t nearly as important as the principle: my vote should be determined by who I want to support, not who I want to oppose.
Would be better than what we have now.
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Would be better than what we have now.
Not sure that solves it. You’d still get people saying “Don’t vote for Candidate A. Candidate B is the only one that can beat Candidate C.”
FPTP gives incentives for parties (or candidates) to vote to stop another from winning. The incentives should be to support your party or candidate.
FPTP gives incentives for parties (or candidates) to vote to stop another from winning. The incentives should be to support your party or candidate.
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Not sure that solves it. You’d still get people saying “Don’t vote for Candidate A. Candidate B is the only one that can beat Candidate C.”
FPTP gives incentives for parties (or candidates) to vote to stop another from winning. The incentives should be to support your party or candidate.
FPTP gives incentives for parties (or candidates) to vote to stop another from winning. The incentives should be to support your party or candidate.
It’d be cool to have an electoral system where the parties campaigned to get you to vote FOR them, and not AGAINST the other candidates.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’d be cool to have an electoral system where the parties campaigned to get you to vote FOR them, and not AGAINST the other candidates.
So cringe. FFS Wayne...
December 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So cringe. FFS Wayne...
Hoping your long national knightmare will soon be over...
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hoping your long national knightmare will soon be over...
Kinda reminds me of how Regina and Saskatoon got divided up all these years ago…
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Kinda reminds me of how Regina and Saskatoon got divided up all these years ago…
The algorithm threw this at me just now - what a treat! Absolutely love Nothing but Flowers.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The algorithm threw this at me just now - what a treat! Absolutely love Nothing but Flowers.
I remember that from the 1970s! (It was slightly larger and light bulbs were white)
Wasn't there some story about when the guy who had the place finally left, the new tenants had to agree to keep doing the sign?
Wasn't there some story about when the guy who had the place finally left, the new tenants had to agree to keep doing the sign?
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I remember that from the 1970s! (It was slightly larger and light bulbs were white)
Wasn't there some story about when the guy who had the place finally left, the new tenants had to agree to keep doing the sign?
Wasn't there some story about when the guy who had the place finally left, the new tenants had to agree to keep doing the sign?
James McClean - A-ha!
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
James McClean - A-ha!