Outside with the chickens and ash started falling in North Saanich, from the Mount Jack wildfire in Sooke. It doubled in size to 100 hectares in less than four hours today and is one of only four wildfires in BC that are currently labelled "out of control". vicnews.com/2026/09/22/m...

UPDATE: Mount Jack fire outside Sooke doubles in size to 100 hectares - Victoria News

Conditions remain drier than typical for this time of year, the BC Wildfire Service reminds residents enjoying the outdoors

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I'm not sure what is more problematic: a chatbot hallucinated false intelligence about nuclear weapon cargo that came close to causing a US attack on a Chinese ship or the fact that the US Intelligence community is using AI to do their thinking for them, after purging so many its professionals.

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The US military was preparing to intercept and board the ship, with air support, before officials discovered that a chatbot had inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying.

Happy 60th anniversary to Star Trek for those who still boldly go.

Startrek Scotty with Enterprise Models

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If elected, I promise to never post any cat pictures or videos. Seriously though, this had better be a joke. bsky38.com

38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026

Vote for the 38 most influential Bluesky posters of 2026.

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Happy White House Burning Eve, when patriotic Canadians commemorate the burning of the White House on August 24th of 1814. Make sure to hang your stockings on the hearth tonight for Major General Robert Ross to come down the chimney in his red coat to fill them with ammunition and rations.

Just two days until happy White House Bonfire Day! That's when Canadians commemorate the burning of the White House on August 24th of 1814.

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The Dobby's Grave time share beach houses are still cool though. Right? I mean they practically sell themselves. ;>) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’

Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach

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Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.

In the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean, young guys spent a lot of time passionately arguing about how many rowers Odysseus had on board during the Odyssey. Thankfully, we're nothing like that today...

The Odyssey Jon Bernthal

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Ireland should be ashamed of supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. You'd think a people being oppressed by their aggressive neighbour would mean something in Ireland.

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Kudos to Irish journalist and film producer Caolan Robertson for single-handedly dismantling the myth of his country's 'neutrality' by exposing the collaboration between Ireland's political elite and the russian terror state!

Figured out what the chickens were so excited about yesterday. Raccoon had kits in the outside nesting box and had to be told to find a new home. I put the kits in an ice cream pail and showed their mom. Mom carried them 1 by 1 to their new den. 3 in picture (ear poking up between siblings).

Unpopular opinion: unless you carried a dog out of a burning building or dove into a surging river to bring a dog to shore it's not a rescue dog. You adopted a dog and let's face it, the dog is probably doing a lot of the work in this relationship.

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The face of war in the 2020s includes wearing anime ears on your combat helmet and to be fair it does make you less likely to get accidentally shot by your own side when you're approaching sentries in low light conditions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFEO...

Tactical Cat Ears In Ukraine

YouTube video by The Armourer's Bench

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Sonny Rollins took a 2+ year break from fame, spending his time doing solo saxophone sessions on Manhattan's Willamsburg Bridge, because he had nowhere else to play. His 1962 return album "The Bridge" brought that experience to the studio. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmc1... #AllThatJazz #musicchallenge

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) FULL ALBUM

YouTube video by Fran Villaveirán

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USS Gerald R. Ford has been at sea nearly 250 days. Systems are breaking down, including many toilets, with sailors waiting up to an hour to use the bathroom or going overboard. These constant deployments are being called 'The Toilet Wars' and morale is as bad as you'd expect. #operationepsteinfury

'Lotus Blossom' is the last track of 1968 tribute album '...And His Mother Called Him Bill', by Duke Ellington for best friend & music collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, who had recently passed away. In the background the band is packing up. #MusicChallenge #Masterpiece www.youtube.com/watch?v=elo6...

Duke Ellington, Lotus Blossom (solo) (Strayhorn)

YouTube video by sofullyours

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"Caravan" is written by Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington, performed by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (1937). Inspired by Tizol watching the camel caravans as a child. One of the earliest examples of 'Afro-Cuban' jazz fusion. #StrictlyInstrumental #MusicChallenge www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMfO...

1937 HITS ARCHIVE: Caravan - Duke Ellington

YouTube video by The78Prof

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There are many pro sports teams owners that are horrible people, but Memphis Grizzlies billionaire owner Robert J. Pera uses his tech company Ubiquiti to support Russian war crimes, the same way Ford and IBM helped the Nazis in WW2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KyM...

Shocking New Report Shows US Company Ubiquiti Aids Russian Military

YouTube video by Preston Stewart

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The US already has a bunch of abandoned Arctic bases they could be manning instead of infuriating allies. Joint Russia-Chinese naval exercises regularly trespass into US waters, disrupting local fisheries, and order American boats out of their own waters: maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

Chinese Shipping Company Wants to Lease the Former U.S. Base at Adak

The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command supports reactivating the naval airbase at Adak, a remote Cold War station in the Aleutian Islands - but the U.S...

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Being a news junkie might mean something else soon. CNN & CNBC signed a deal with the online gambling industry to do to the news what these parasites did with sports betting, so you can wager on what's happening on the news to get the fully immersive dystopian experience. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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In 2026, remember to do your best to hollow out some happiness from the "interesting times" of the Apocalypse Lite we've found ourselves living in. #HappyNewYear

The Epstein Files redactions were done like everything else this White House regime does: comically and/or tragically badly. The NSA standard is 25 redactions of a single document, but many Epstein Files were done with Adobe's one-click redaction option. www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...

It's not Christmas until they play Fairytale of New York by the Pogues. That said, this is the first Christmas where I'm concerned about NORAD tracking Santa. Someone needs to warn him that this is a different world before he gets on his sleigh... www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jb...

The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (Official Video) [HD Upgrade]

YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial

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All these made up LotR (Lord of the Rings) cover bands trending today on Bluesky, but no love given to the actual psychedelic rock albums of the 60s, like "Gandalf" by Gandalf and "Down to Middle Earth" by The Hobbits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhOp...

The Hobbits - Down to Middle Earth (1967) (US, Psychedelic Pop)

YouTube video by Heno Henrich

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A funny thing happened when they released the Epstein Files. The thousand law enforcement agents brought in to redact everything about the Toddler in Chief, to help out a criminal instead of doing actual law enforcement was likely a boon for a lot of criminals outside the White House too.

People saying it's disrespectful to put up Christmas trees before Remembrance Day are the same people that say that Daylight Saving Time is because of the farmers. People shouldn't rope others into their arguments who have nothing to do with it. Eating chocolate before Easter also not disrespectful.

Apparently, 2025 has been so awesome the Powers that Be decided we should have another hour of it. Bon appetit. We ask that Americans refrain from setting their clocks back to 1933.

Go Blue Jays! Win it for the Gipper!

This World Series game keeps on going the teams will be setting up tents and cots because it won't be worth leaving the field before the next game...

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Is Trump dead? Asking for a friend. If he is dead are we going to witness a Weekend at Bernie's thing waving from the White House balcony like a Soviet dictator or are we talking Maga Zombie?