Canadian Curmudgeon

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Unrepentant woke democratic socialist, semi-retired writer & editor, ukulele player, aficionado of ERB, Godzilla, tequila, Chaucer, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Stoics, Homer, scifi, trilobites, Horace, & Wodehouse. Pro-science, pro-vaccine, anti-crypto, avid reader, skeptic, bread baker & pasta maker, anti-creationist. Tax the rich! Tax the churches! #NeverVoteConservative
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Canadian Curmudgeon1h ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/listen-beowulf-opening-line-misinterpreted-for-200-years-8921027.html
Listen! Beowulf opening line misinterpreted for 200 years
The opening line 'Listen!' is not a proclamation and should not have an exclamation mark, according to new research
Listen! Beowulf opening line misinterpreted for 200 years | The Independent

The opening line 'Listen!' is not a proclamation and should not have an exclamation mark, according to new research

The Independent
Canadian Curmudgeon4h ago
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/donny-to-allies-help-me-win-my-illegal
reporter: “thank you, Mr. President. I’m not CNN, I’m Daily Wire, but numerous countries have told you they’re on their way, can you give us a hint what they are, what that entails, how soon they might be there?”
Donny to allies: ‘help me win my illegal war’ — allies to Donny: ‘fuck straight off’

no one could have seen this coming

everyone is entitled to my own opinion
Canadian Curmudgeon5h ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/seedance-2-0-suspended-has-the-global-backlash-against-unchecked-generative-ai-begun/ar-AA1YL6dn
Seedance 2.0 suspended: Has the global backlash against unchecked generative AI begun?
Launched only a few months ago, Seedance 2.0 has proven to be the best example of both the potential and perhaps the arrogance of the generative AI video revolution.
MSN

Canadian Curmudgeon5h ago
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/carney-criticized-for-british-spelling-9.7015702
Linguistic experts urge Carney government to stop using British spellings
Advocates say government should utilize (not 'utilise') Canadian English in official documents.
Canadians sometimes opt for a spelling that may have originated in the U.S. — or more accurately, North America, the letter says. "For other words we follow the British style."
Linguistic experts urge Carney government to stop using British spellings | CBC News

Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents, including the 2025 federal budget.

CBC
Canadian Curmudgeon6h ago
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/nebraska-prophet-says-god-needs-him
Pseudo-Christian Nebraska "prophet" says God needs him to have access to a private jet
Hank Kunneman said "even Jesus was concerned about going to certain ports and airports."
Recently, he was flying to Idaho, but his flight was delayed 10 hours. The problem, he concluded, wasn’t the weather or the specific airline. It was flying commercial in general.
Nebraska "prophet" says God needs him to have access to a private jet

Hank Kunneman says "even Jesus was concerned about going to certain ports and airports." Which is news to anyone who understands time.

Friendly Atheist
Canadian Curmudgeon6h ago
https://www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/proposal/52494
Proposed boundaries for the regional consolidation of Ontario's conservation authorities #onpoli #ontario
Canadian Curmudgeon8h ago
https://torontolife.com/deep-dives/murder-in-the-blue-mountains-the-story-behind-the-killing-of-ashley-schwalm/
Murder in the Blue Mountains
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Canadian Curmudgeon8h ago
https://www.engadget.com/ai/senators-tell-bytedance-to-shut-down-seedance-20-ai-video-app-immediately-112146241.html?src=rss
Senators tell ByteDance to shut down Seedance 2.0 AI video app 'immediately'
They said the company 'has shown it is willing to... steal the intellectual property of American creators.'
Senators tell ByteDance to shut down Seedance 2.0 AI video app 'immediately'

'Seedance 2.0 poses a direct threat to the American intellectual property system,' US senators said in a letter to ByteDance.

Engadget
Canadian Curmudgeon8h ago
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02791-z
A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Organic molecules delivered from extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for life on Earth.
A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu - Nature Astronomy

Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu contain all five canonical nucleobases (A, G, C, T and U). Their presence in Ryugu and Bennu supports the hypothesis that carbonaceous asteroids contributed to the prebiotic chemical inventory of early Earth.

Nature
Canadian Curmudgeon8h ago
https://marygeddry.com/p/what-to-follow-right-now-the-backup
...the afternoon story is no longer “Trump rallies the world.” It is “Trump is learning that threats are not the same thing as persuasion.”
What to Follow Right Now: The Backup Isn’t Coming

The White House can still threaten, bluff, and posture. The question this afternoon is who, exactly, is willing to help carry the consequences.

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