scotchneat 🇨🇦
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Book nerd, haphazard gardener, professional knower of things, sometime traveller. I get sucked into weird facts listicles all the time. Canadian. She/her. Elbows up.
Wild story. Also, this is the kind of niche government department we should keep.
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦@dbcurren.bsky.social · yesterday“And when an #artist like that is picked out and abused and treated this way, it affects the entire country. And it’s really important that we’re able to try to stop this in any way that we can.” www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?... 🎁🔗 #NorvalMorrisseau #artfraud #CanadianConservationInstitute #art
10 years ago tonight, #TheTragicallyHip performed their final concert in their hometown, Kingston, ON. It was a night of celebration and grief, as people across the country said farewell to Gord Downie. In late 2015, Gord was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour.
This is a good explanation of the several viewpoints on this: www.techdirt.com/2026/08/20/t...
The EU Wanted A Deepfake Detector. It Got An AI Scarlet Letter.
I spoke a little about this on last week's Ctrl-Alt-Speech, but now that Anthropic has come out with more details about how its text watermarking works, the debate has shifted into overdrive. Many people are upset about it, even though it appears that Google has already been doing something similar with the output from Gemini....
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Oh, hooman! That's science? Very interesting, let me show you physics science . 🤣
Scientists, programmers, and nerds of all kinds have accomplished this journey - I absolutely love that they keep coming up with ways to keep it alive. gizmodo.com/upcoming-hac...
Upcoming Hack to Keep NASA's Voyager 1 Alive Exploits a Quirk in Its 1970s Hardware
After a successful trial on Voyager 2, NASA plans to execute its “big bang” power diversion on humanity’s most distant space probe.
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I'd like to thank Gordon (person) and Remy (dog) for restoring my faith in humanity earlier this week. I had ordered something and when the tracker said the package had been delivered, my porch was empty.
Premium positive vibes programming. Just lovely and competent people restoring things.
Jenny Hamilton@readingtheend.bsky.social · 3w agooh shit you can currently watch The Repair Shop for free on Tubi and the Roku Channel! Let me please take this opportunity to encourage everyone here to watch The Repair Shop! people come with their Old Items, and a bunch of highly skilled craftspeople fix the Items
When the coffee chain announced its new Harry Potter menu and merchandise on Monday — a celebration of the "beloved" movie franchise's 25th anniversary, according to the company's press release — the backlash from the 2SLGBTQ+ community and allies was swift. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
Critics slam Tim Hortons Harry Potter promotion as un-Canadian, anti-trans | RCI
Swift backlash from 2SLGBTQ+ community over series author J.K. Rowling
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GOLD FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 COMMONWEALTH GAMES RECORD JOSH LIENDO HAS DONE IT AGAIN Canadian swimmer Josh Liendo wins the 100m butterfly gold at the Commonwealth Games for a second-straight time. He does it in a brilliant time of 50.42
Driving home and there was a "Back to School" commercial on the radio. Wth? Didn't they just get OUT?
Way to go, boys! www.cbc.ca/sports/commo...
Men's artistic gymnasts earn Canada's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in Scotland | CBC Sports
Canada picked up its first gold medal in Glasgow, with the men's artistic gymnastics team finishing with a score of 241.400 on Friday to defeat England in Scotland.
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Okay yes - she has amazing arms, but she also articulate and clearly passionate about her profession in a very humble way. I like her. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Meet the Canadian woman who was Matt Damon's stunt double in The Odyssey | CBC News
Matt Damon's biceps in The Odyssey have been getting plenty of attention lately — but not for the reason some might think. During a recent interview, Damon was quick to confess that, in at least one k...
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Remember when we used to get gentle rain? Now it seems like we go long periods with no rain at all and then a monster rain day where driving is a hazard.
What a soothing thread! So many cool rocks.
Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social · last mo.It’s Rock Day: Rock Check! Do you have your rock? Do you need a rock? Can you find a rock? I found this lovely porphyritic basalt in my washing machine. I love how the different crystal sizes tell a story of an eruption rudely interrupting cozy subterranean cooling. Photos & stories welcome.
Congrats to the team. www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Kelsey Harshman delivers championship moment as Canada wins 2026 Canada Cup | CBC Sports
Kelsey Harshman delivered the biggest swing of the game, launching a go-ahead three-run home run in the seventh inning as Canada rallied to defeat China 7-3 and capture the 2026 Canada Cup Women’s Int...
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Her hits are part of the soundtrack of my life (and campfire singalongs). www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse of the Heart singer, dead at 75 | CBC News
Singer Bonnie Tyler has died at a hospital in Portugal, according to a statement on her social media accounts. She was 75.
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It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
