Cathie from Canada

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Sunday, April 30, 2023

Weekend funnies: Nostalgia and Dark Brandon and Orcas

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A little nostalgia: The reason you think things were better when you were younger is that you were too stupid to know how bad things were ...
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Thursday, April 27, 2023

COVID Update: Life Expectancy, Long Covid, and World Immunization Week

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We got our semi-annual booster today so Covid is on my mind tonight.  It's still hard to grasp the impact of the Covid pandemic worldwid...
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Sunday, April 23, 2023

Weekend funnies: From steam-punk to Ted Lasso to a golfer dog

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An historian Craig Baird is using AI to generate "steam-punk" versions of Canadian legends. Here's a couple: 4. Farley Mowat ...
Friday, April 21, 2023

Today's edition of "Christ, what an asshole"

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So today our hero Elon Musk struck a blow for the working man by taking away those elitist blue verification checks! Sort of. I'll ne...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Around the Substacks: from Van Gogh Sneakers, to Delaware courts, to Pierre Poilievre and the CBC

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First up, here is an example of the type of creative thing that AI can now do:  Van Gogh Sneakers !  For anyone interested in creating fasc...
Sunday, April 16, 2023

Weekend funny stuff: Some stories, some writing, and some animal crackers, of course

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Here are some interesting stories for your weekend. First, this is an absolutely wonderful story: Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to...
Friday, April 14, 2023

Just another "friendly sausage maker"?

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The US media reaction to the news about 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, a National Guard technology support staffer who leaked dozens of secret ...
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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Today's Comments: Just wondering who will be next on the hit list?

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Canada continues to watch Poilievre and the CPC shoot themselves in the foot every time they open their mouths.  And funny, isn't it, h...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Today's Random Comments: from Liberals to Conservatives, from Tennessee to Twitter, plus a little Joan Baez

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I'm seeing a lot of good comments lately on the substacks and on Twitter - here's a selection: First up, here's Scrimshaw on ...
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Saturday, April 08, 2023

Missing the Boomers

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So here is the problem: My latest article....Canadian troops in Poland not being reimbursed for meals https://t.co/GCKdKM4T84 via @ottawaci...
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Friday, April 07, 2023

"Beer, bedrooms and bathrooms"

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I'm reading lots of tweets and comments these days about how banana-pants crazy some Republicans are these days, and it worries me tha...
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Wednesday, April 05, 2023

"Florida man charged"

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I didn't bother watching any of the White Bronco chase yesterday, the Manhattan court proceedings today, or the Mar-a-Lardo speech tonig...
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Tuesday, April 04, 2023

Substack Roundup: "Don't Panic"

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Before the news became completely dominated by the Orange Turd being hauled into court, I saw some interesting substack columns that are wor...
Saturday, April 01, 2023

Today's Random Stuff: News, views and pizza

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Lots of news this week -- in Canada, the Mass Casualty Commission report was released: Here is the essence of the Mass Casualty Commission ...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Today's News: The Absolute Worst

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The school shootings are the worst, the absolute worst.  Here is an incredible photo -- a child weeping as she is being transported away fro...
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