Eric S. Smith
@smiteri.bsky.social
No idea if this place will work out.
“Why luxury carmakers are now building glitzy skyscrapers.” The answer, I gather, is that everyone involved has far too much money. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why luxury carmakers are now building glitzy skyscrapers - BBC News
Bugatti is the latest auto firm to construct an opulent apartment building for the super rich.
www.bbc.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
“Why luxury carmakers are now building glitzy skyscrapers.” The answer, I gather, is that everyone involved has far too much money. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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338Canada federal update | January 11, 2026
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January 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
338Canada federal update | January 11, 2026
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An amazing detail to reveal 20-odd paragraphs in: “The ‘Royal Park’ subdivision is more than one kilometre away from the town’s next nearest home.” www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic...
‘We don’t want this’: White City residents pushing back against rental development proposal
The proposal from developer Royal Park Estate Group hopes to build 200 new townhome-style rental units in the south-western corner of White City.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
An amazing detail to reveal 20-odd paragraphs in: “The ‘Royal Park’ subdivision is more than one kilometre away from the town’s next nearest home.” www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic...
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“It is the first time the IOPC has investigated a case of a UK civilian being injured by a police drone.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Child hit by Kent Police drone after cable 'not seen' by pilot - BBC News
A child was seriously injured by the police drone, the Air Accident Investigation Branch says.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“It is the first time the IOPC has investigated a case of a UK civilian being injured by a police drone.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Happy birthday, Jack!
Yep, I'm the one who's now 70. In 1969 didn't think this would be 2026 but there you go.
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Happy birthday, Jack!
“The general in command of Venezuela's presidential honour guard, Javier Marcano Tábata, has been sacked…” I guess so! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Venezuela's interim leader sacks man in charge of Maduro's guard - BBC News
General Javier Marcano Tábata was the commander of the inner circle of guards tasked with protecting Maduro.
www.bbc.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
“The general in command of Venezuela's presidential honour guard, Javier Marcano Tábata, has been sacked…” I guess so! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Transport Canada recreational boat registration system is changing. Probably going to be some people who are surprised that there even is one cheknews.ca/transport-ca...
Transport Canada makes changes to recreational boat licence
Transport Canada has made some changes for boat dealers and people who own recreational boats, officially called a Pleasure Craft Licence (PCL).
cheknews.ca
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Transport Canada recreational boat registration system is changing. Probably going to be some people who are surprised that there even is one cheknews.ca/transport-ca...
Ooh! Tonight at 21:15, @ByTowneCinema.bsky.social is playing the beautifully animated Angel’s Egg. It’s like a myth from an imaginary culture. www.bytowne.ca/movies/resto...
Restoration: Angel's Egg - Bytowne Cinema
In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms – a treasure that she believes is an angel’s egg. A boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird he saw in h...
www.bytowne.ca
January 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Ooh! Tonight at 21:15, @ByTowneCinema.bsky.social is playing the beautifully animated Angel’s Egg. It’s like a myth from an imaginary culture. www.bytowne.ca/movies/resto...
“They are beautiful, eloquent—and do not exist. AI-generated girls from the 'Prawilne_Polki' profile called for Polexit and preached right-wing views. The TikTok account has been deleted, but disinformation and propaganda in Poland persist.” www.euronews.com/2025/12/30/a...
www.euronews.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“They are beautiful, eloquent—and do not exist. AI-generated girls from the 'Prawilne_Polki' profile called for Polexit and preached right-wing views. The TikTok account has been deleted, but disinformation and propaganda in Poland persist.” www.euronews.com/2025/12/30/a...
“CIA strike brings Trump closer to grave…” is a heck of a way to begin a headline.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...
Analysis: CIA strike brings Trump closer to grave new year decisions on Venezuela | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has thrust the country into a significant new phase in his showdown with Venezuela with a CIA strike on a port facility.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“CIA strike brings Trump closer to grave…” is a heck of a way to begin a headline.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...
Carbon monoxide strikes again. “Sauvé said he spoke with his sister the day before she and Noël were found dead. She told him she had gone to the hospital because she felt dizzy.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Gatineau couple found dead while vacationing in Dominican Republic | CBC News
The son of Alain Noël and Christine Sauvé found their bodies inside the couple's vacation home on Boxing Day, the family told Radio-Canada.
www.cbc.ca
December 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Carbon monoxide strikes again. “Sauvé said he spoke with his sister the day before she and Noël were found dead. She told him she had gone to the hospital because she felt dizzy.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
An X-Files fan reads this and sees “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” (S03E04, 1995):
“At the age of 15, McLean had a premonition that his father was going to die. He told his grandmother, who asked why he said that. ‘Because it’s going to happen,’ he replied.”
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“At the age of 15, McLean had a premonition that his father was going to die. He told his grandmother, who asked why he said that. ‘Because it’s going to happen,’ he replied.”
www.guitarplayer.com/music/don-mc...
“I cried for two years. I blamed myself.” Don McLean on the “unspeakable” death that haunted the writing of his iconic acoustic hit “American Pie”
Read one of Guitar Player's top stories of 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
An X-Files fan reads this and sees “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” (S03E04, 1995):
“At the age of 15, McLean had a premonition that his father was going to die. He told his grandmother, who asked why he said that. ‘Because it’s going to happen,’ he replied.”
www.guitarplayer.com/music/don-mc...
“At the age of 15, McLean had a premonition that his father was going to die. He told his grandmother, who asked why he said that. ‘Because it’s going to happen,’ he replied.”
www.guitarplayer.com/music/don-mc...
Darn carbon tax
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Gas drops below $1 a litre at some stations across Calgary
Gas prices dropped back under $1 a litre at a number of gas stations across Calgary Sunday.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Darn carbon tax
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
I assume that there’s a stack of boilerplate by the fax machine.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Israel calls countries, including Canada, ‘morally wrong’ for condemning new West Bank settlements
Israel reacted furiously on Thursday to a condemnation by 14 countries including France and Britain of its approval of new settlements in the occupied West Bank, calling the criticism discriminatory a...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I assume that there’s a stack of boilerplate by the fax machine.
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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“Bugs hated having Encyclopedia outsmart him all the time. He longed to knock the boy detective colder than the paint on an icehouse floor.”
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Bugs hated having Encyclopedia outsmart him all the time. He longed to knock the boy detective colder than the paint on an icehouse floor.”
#OCTranspo: there’s been a collision and resulting bus jam at Dominion, on the snowy old Transitway that people like to say was more reliable than the train. www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/com...
From the ottawa community on Reddit: Good luck with OC Transpo
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December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#OCTranspo: there’s been a collision and resulting bus jam at Dominion, on the snowy old Transitway that people like to say was more reliable than the train. www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/com...
“…0.3%…the biggest slump…” www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Imagine a gasoline price headline about how “prices at the pump plunged half a cent,” or whatever. I mean, I guess I can: gas price headlines are also often very dumb.
Imagine a gasoline price headline about how “prices at the pump plunged half a cent,” or whatever. I mean, I guess I can: gas price headlines are also often very dumb.
Canadian economy shrank by 0.3% in October, the biggest slump in almost 3 years | CBC News
The drop was largely due to contraction in the goods and services sectors. Analysts had predicted that growth would dip by 0.2 per cent ahead of the release.
www.cbc.ca
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“…0.3%…the biggest slump…” www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Imagine a gasoline price headline about how “prices at the pump plunged half a cent,” or whatever. I mean, I guess I can: gas price headlines are also often very dumb.
Imagine a gasoline price headline about how “prices at the pump plunged half a cent,” or whatever. I mean, I guess I can: gas price headlines are also often very dumb.
“Russia ‘ready to legally confirm it has no intention of attacking EU or Nato.’” My goodness, *legally!*
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Russia ‘ready to legally confirm it has no intention of attacking EU or Nato’ – Europe live
Comments from deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov carried by state news agency
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Russia ‘ready to legally confirm it has no intention of attacking EU or Nato.’” My goodness, *legally!*
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
“Chevron stands as one of the last big shippers of Venezuelan oil after the U.S. seized a sanctioned tanker last week,” so they’re really not beating the ol’ War For Oil allegations. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
U.S. Tanker Seizure Has Paralyzed Venezuelan Oil Shipping—Except Chevron’s
Vessels are idling at ports or veering away from the region. But for Chevron, it’s business as usual.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“Chevron stands as one of the last big shippers of Venezuelan oil after the U.S. seized a sanctioned tanker last week,” so they’re really not beating the ol’ War For Oil allegations. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
“For example, during times of surplus or transmission congestion, AESO favours electricity generated within Alberta over equally priced U.S. power flowing across the border…” Well of course: if you have a domestic surplus, why would you import? www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
U.S. lists demands Canada must meet to extend CUSMA
U.S. trade officials are signalling that Canada will need to make policy changes if it wants long-term certainty under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) when the pact comes up for mandatory rev...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“For example, during times of surplus or transmission congestion, AESO favours electricity generated within Alberta over equally priced U.S. power flowing across the border…” Well of course: if you have a domestic surplus, why would you import? www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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The car REALY is safe!!
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The car REALY is safe!!