leftcoastscott.bsky.social
He/him, mostly harmless.
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My favorite thing was that Messi got massive cheers when he put balls in the net during warmup, and by the end of the game he was getting resoundingly booed every time he touched the ball. Beautiful!
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Roof will be open, right? Right?
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I dunno, for me learning that I'm definitely not Bruce Lee was a useful, if humbling, exercise.
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The first wave of Millenials were like 10 when this song was released. It'd be like GenX claiming Staying Alive - sure, we know the song and it's pretty cool, but it wasn't really ours.
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If he wants to have referenda in place of having to do difficult things like lead or make decisions, I suggest a good place to start would be a series of questions on his makeup routine.
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I remember playing one of the Pern ones way back when. Wish I still had it!
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9/11 divide, maybe? In the '90s, we went on trips all the time where our plan was "we'll stay wherever." My preference now is to know where I'm sleeping ahead of time (or mostly to not go at all), but I can understand the inclination to go on an adventure.
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Because of FPTP, for a lot of people it's "every election." For example, this is my fourth federal election in which my vote does not matter - who I choose to vote for makes no difference to the outcome in my riding. With no ability to affect who wins, I just have to deal with whatever happens.
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TransLink has a bluesky account, they just haven't used it yet. Not sure what they're waiting for. FratBro Sim is a big Musk fan. Dunno about BC Ferries.
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Originally, I thought their strategy was to orient everything more towards their virtual tabletop. But they cancelled that, so now I dunno, and I don't think they do, either.
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It was only 2019?! When I saw his weird ad, I thought "oh, that guy, been what, 10 or 15 years?"
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They sold out of jerseys within about an hour of this story hitting the Canadian soccer subreddit. Hopefully they restock soon.
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Best we can offer at this time is fourth territory. Deal?
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And in any event, the folks who really have the power to end this are the people of the US, who haven't offered much beyond a symbolic resistance to Trump's authoritarian takeover. Unless that changes, we're stuck on a bad road. (2/2)
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China's pretty much the only country that can do this. Other nations that try to go toe-to-toe with the US in a tariff war will harm themselves more, so they need to find other ways to respond. (1/2)
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If he were to lose 99.9% of his wealth, he'd still have over $400 million. So he's still a few orders of magnitude short of earning any sympathy.
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Doritos has a "Magic Masala" flavour which is actually pretty good - more heat than I'd expect from a big brand. I'm assuming it's a limited edition thing for Vaisakhi.
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Yeah, I came across a post of quotes on tariffs and trade deficits, was nodding along saying "finally, a US talking head who makes sense," and then realized it was Rand fucking Paul. I feel dirty. But on this one topic, guy's talking sense.
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Did a little poking around after work, and found a Reddit thread from five or so years back that says Dan acquired the Sandman secret when he bought the rest of Pacesetter's stuff so... there's a chance!
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I don't have my copy anymore, but I've sometimes wondered if anyone looked up the author(s) and asked if they knew.
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Sandman was the treasure hunt game, right? I'm assuming they never finished the series, or handed out the prize?
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To be more serious, I loved this game back in the day, and appreciated it far more on a re-read a few years back. New edition is an autobuy for me, assuming the global economy still exists. So y'know, hurry!
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You may have to work pretty hard to make it seem fictional these days.
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I think there's about 50 or 60 ridings with no NDP candidate, which is pretty odd. I dunno if this is a party-level thing or just a bunch of riding associations that don't have their act together, but neither reflects well on the party.
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In that case, they should probably wait a bit, because the dip ain't nowhere close to done dipping.
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Neither the IOC nor FIFA are particularly shy about running events in pariah states, so I don't really expect either to move.
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Wasn't it based on the experience from the COVID-era elections? Seems like they assumed people would continue to avoid voting in person, where possible. Some of us do, but apparently not as many as expected.
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And if you're curious about the pre-1970 folks, they (well, we) are assumed to have been exposed to the actual disease and have immunity from that.
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Here in Canuckistan, the blanket advice is that anybody born between 1970 and 1996 should get an MMR shot, unless they're sure they've had two. Standard advice during that period was one shot, research shows that's not quite enough.
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Navarro is apparently also one of the main drivers behind the hostility towards Canada.
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Wait until she tells you that "fish" is just a vibe!
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I feel like I have made so many enemies over the last few years by telling people there's a line to get on the bus.
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I dunno if he realizes, but his advisors certainly do. That's why all the noise about trade deficits only counts physical goods; the US generally runs a trade surplus in services, which includes digital products.
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400 billion is a lot. Musk could lose 99.9% of his wealth and he'd "only" be worth 400 million, still vastly more than any working stiff will ever have.
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Hit points aren't physical, they're a measure of plot importance. A 1st level goober is a nobody who can be written out of a story by falling down the stairs. A 10th level character is a major action hero who we know isn't going to die from getting knocked off that cliff.
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If you can stand Reddit, there's a "degoogle" subreddit which has guides for replacing various services and apps with privacy focused and/or non-US alternatives - not just Google's, though it started that way.
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Green Party also mentioned the day:
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Pfft, like anybody's going to be slow enough to hike prices "in response!"
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Nice!
Okay, not actually nice, a bit terrifying, but it's a meme so... no, I really have no good excuse. As penance, I'm going to reread The Misplaced Legion.
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Yes. In fact, everyone should pay for that through taxes, because housing should be a right. Prior to the onset of capitalism, humanity went 300000ish years with the idea that communities exist to help the people in them survive, time to bring that back.
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He honest to god believes that when he runs for his third term and gets 60%+ of the vote despite polling below 40, he can say polls are fake rather than fielding questions about the "discrepancy."
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In fairness, the cons haven't done much other than campaign for years.
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It doesn't seem like Starmer understands that he should be forging alliances against the rise of the global right. If anything, he seems to think they have some cool ideas he's eager to try out at home.
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Pity, if he really were a Satanist I'd feel better about the prospect of a Liberal majority.
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From the "Toronto isn't actually the only place in Canada" department: there are plenty of other science education centers in Canada, most a fair bit closer to this find.
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Honestly more of a mercy killing.
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Heck, with the "carbon emissions cap? What carbon emissions cap?" attitude that seems to be taking hold, I'd be impressed if we keep the population that low, what with climate refugees and migrants. Not that I'll be around to be surprised, but y'know. (2/2)
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It's weird this is considered some radical thing. Canada's population in 1925 was about 9 million, by Y2K it had more than tripled to a bit over 30 million. We're around 40 million now, so 100 million is only a 2.5x increase. Doesn't seem that much of a stretch to me. (1/2)