This is my quarterly statement, which anybody who follows me would know, that I think far left is about as problematic as far right. One must be stopped now: Trump GOP worst movement in recent US history. The reaction can’t be so bad it throws the baby out with bathwater.

Habs don’t need to make any more moves. Only guys I’d sign are people coming off contract next summer when we have tons of cap space. And that could also happen during season. I’m good with this roster… will not be an easy season but season after next will be major step after.

Saw this bumper sticker poking fun at the tech bro longevity movement and it made me laugh

I’m reading about Grace Hopper … holy shit what a life of achievement

even if you are not a big fan of glen hansard this story about him meeting van morrison is something you need to watch if you care about music at all: youtu.be/29abxJgCyOI?... - thank you to the random person on here or twitter who insisted that i watch it all those years ago

Glen Hansard meets Van Morrison

YouTube video by bannedfromchina

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We lost a great one today far too early… here he is singing Drive All Night with Eddie Vedder. Beautiful cover of Bruce song. youtu.be/BkQpxOs6K6w?...

Glen Hansard - "Drive All Night (feat. Eddie Vedder and Jake Clemons)" (Full Album Stream)

YouTube video by ANTI- Records

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The treatment of Fauci will go down as some of the cruelest and horrible things to ever do to a lifelong service. 85 years old. Needs to pay own security since Trump pulled it. All for 38 years of excellence. It’s almost too upsetting to me to think about.

Would you give up Guhle, Fowler and a first for Marchenko? Painful thought… but what if that’s what it took?

There’s nothing wrong with pot but I think the gateway drug stuff was mostly a ‘we don’t need more things for people to use to escape reality or cause addiction’. And I tend to agree with that. Alcohol was bad. Gambling, social media, pot are more. We have to actually face reality as a species.

Ristolainen and Marchenko rumored as targets… any truth to them?

Thank you to Bright Eyes for releasing a beautiful cover of Wonderful Life by The Felice Brothers which led me to go listen to The Felice Brothers version which I didn’t know and is even better

This goalie is something rlse

First actual violent contact in soccer history

13 in a row and took my six year old today to her first game. I’m bandwagoning hard for Red Sox this month.

Dach deal as a back up plan until someone shows up, eminently tradable, one year… it’s insane to me people are saying this has anything questionable about it

I walked through hell on earth & interviewed families who lost everything during the LA Firestorm. Listened to them tell stories about how they dragged their elderly parents out of their burning homes and barely escaped with their lives. This is horrific, truly dark shit. Placing bets on destruction

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3w ago

yeah we’re gonna have to ban prediction markets

The Red Sox are on a remarkable run

Trump’s stupid ‘hold Canada accountable’ post today reminded me of this insane / inane take back before he ever became president

The sheer stupidity of these people is truly making me want to cry.

Global News@globalnews.ca · 3w ago

"If Canada will not manage its forests to prevent these fires, the United States will look elsewhere, and act on our own, to protect our people,” said a group of U.S. lawmakers. globalnews.ca/news/1196860...

Jim Marchese, the great photographer who traveled with the E Street Band on the 1980 River Tour throughout Europe, has passed away...

Alec Guinness thought his role as Obi-Wan Kinobe in the original Star Wars was such dumb, poorly written fantasy that he did shit like this

Au revoir, France

It’s easy to buy into the hate and retribution. I still think the only way out for civil society is to try to find common ground. It worked for a long while. Still can. Doesn’t mean some people are to be forgiven or forgotten. Just that I won’t change my orientation because some pricks abuse it.

I have rejoiced over nobody’s death in my life. Not how doctor’s are trained. Each one is precious. Some are beyond rehabilitation and have to be kept from society or responsibility due to being unfit or ill. Lindsey Graham is a cautionary tale: a man who once knew better and chose power and hiding.

Belgian team celebrating their win in the locker room.

Too many people have stopped judging faith by its teachings and started judging it by its extremists. That distinction may matter more than ever. #Faith #Perspective https://grumpa.ca/2026/07/06/the-quiet-courage-of-belief/

The Quiet Courage of Belief

Faith has never been particularly fashionable. Even in generations when church attendance was common and religion played a larger role in daily life, belief often invited scepticism from one corner or another. Today, however, it feels different. It is no longer simply questioned. Increasingly, it is mocked, dismissed, or viewed with suspicion. For many people, openly expressing faith can feel like stepping into a crosswind that grows stronger with every passing year.

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The US in-studio soccer guys sound like lunatics. So dramatic at all times. Really unintentionally hilarious. They act like it’s a world war and they never ever crack a joke; zero evidence of a sense of humor.

Crazy ass, great game. Still think Cape Verde game was the best game thus far, though.

Is that a Mexican player lying out of bounds offsides