Darcy Casselman

Gas Prices - What The Actual News?

ROCK & RULE quite literally rocks and rules. Says so right on the title. Beloved Nelvana classic.

If you've ever found yourself wondering "What's the deal with the #NewYorkTimes lately?," you owe it to yourself to watch Lily Alexandre's latest.

https://youtu.be/ztQJ7XGuPhc?si=1xRZBFCHUq_TYVqV

#NYT

Today @ghost.org crossed $10M ARR, as a bootstrapped non-profit foundation building open source software.

Indie publisher revenue earned with Ghost now ~$130M, and accelerating.

Paternal grandfather was a homemaker, but took up volunteer nursing once the nest was empty.

Maternal grandmother was women's editor at the local paper.

Not sure what this is in reference to, but I'll bite.

Paternal grandfather drove truck.

Maternal grandfather was a city building inspector.

Hey that's me

I feel like this new research showing that Covid *literally* infects the heart and gives "healthy" people new serious cardiac problems should somehow be bigger news.

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David Ferguson suggests some starting points for enjoying a huge range of Doctor Who adventures never seen on TV…

https://downthetubes.net/five-places-to-start-listening-to-doctor-who-audio-adventures/

Where I live in Ontario it should be possible to see the total phase from around 6am until the Moon sets around 7. I am setting an alarm!

Probably FASA Star Trek.

TAAAABARNAC Denis!! 😅😂

sorry I'm orthodox, I only recognize one Ikea monkey and THIS AIN'T IT

TVO Today Live | TVO Today Steve Paikin hosts a series of discussions on the future of democracy with prominent public figures, including Bob Woodward, Naheed Nenshi, Bob Rae and many others.

Digital life in Canada happens largely on foreign platforms. Join Steve and #cdntech experts in Waterloo this Friday night for why that matters more than you think.
Free tix: tvo.org/tvo-today-live
@eslfairy.bsky.social you about?

Ontario cities fight to end Enbridge’s ‘free ride’ on public land as agreements come up for renewal For decades, the gas utility has run pipelines beneath the roads and parks in Guelph — and many other Ontario municipalities — without paying a cent to the cities hosting the infrastructure. Municipal...

Waterloo Region is joining many other communities in seeking a modern and fair agreement with Enbridge. I was happy to contribute some thoughts with Canada’s National Observer as to why this is so important.

Enbridge Gas to face Waterloo Region at Ontario’s energy regulator | The Narwhal Fossil fuel giant Enbridge Gas says its agreement to build pipelines on public land for free ‘works for communities,’ as it faces down Guelph and Waterloo Region for refusing to renew

"Enbridge Gas will face Waterloo Region in a hearing before the Ontario Energy Board to renew an agreement that would allow the company to continue building pipelines on public land without charge for another 20 years." This agreement seems so outdated. Glad to see #WatReg challenging it.

UBI has extremely good side effects.

The World's Best Rubber Duck Trying to avoid writing a LinkedIn post, but also I have some thoughts.

God help me, I wrote an "AI" blog post. And I'm probably going to write more.

https://flyingsquirrel.ca/posts/2026/2026-02-18-the-worlds-best-rubber-duck/

To digress, a difference between current oligarchs and the robber barons is that these guys can easily look up their relative wealth rankings and don’t need to build museums and foundations to compete with one another

It's time to make an X-it: Senator Simons questions the Canadian government's continued use of X YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons

I had the opportunity to rise during Senate Question Period this week, to ask about the Canadian government's continued commitment to using X for official communications - and about their failure to use sites such as Bluesky and Mastodon. What do you think? #cdnpoli #Canada #Grok #X #Bluesky

Just saw that Xing Zhilei, the Chinese DIY influencer, posted an update on his self-built cat town which went viral last year.

youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU

I did a fun interview!

Deep red hellebore bloom with greenish yellow center and stamens.

Black hellebore bloom

Love the hellebores. Bloom way before anything else and stay there for months and months. 🌱

An original Venn Diagram by me, Matt. The circles are labeled: 1. Mentioned by Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl 2. Sovereign nations of the Americas 3. Places in "Kokomo" Here's the breakdown of countries that appear in every circle and overlap. 1 only: Puerto Rico, The Antilles[note 1] 1 and 2: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, República Dominicana, Canada 2 only: Belize, Suriname, then a group of countries that also fall under [note 1]: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.† 1, 2 and 3 overlap: Jamaica, USA, Haiti 1 and 3: Bahamas 3 only: Kokomo*, Aruba, Bermuda, Key Largo, Montego, Martinique, Montserrat NOTE 1: † Group of 8 countries mentioned as “The Antilles” by Bad Bunny but not specifically mentioned by name

VENN DIAGRAM:
Countries and territories of the Americas based on sovereignty status, whether they were mentioned by Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, and whether they are mentioned in the song "Kokomo"

This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine.

Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.

Speaking as someone who was a complete space colony nut in the 1970s, someone who makes their living writing about science fiction and its influences, I cannot express how angry I am that these shallow, monstrous fools have commandeered space for their own playground. Although I will sure try.

Me: Show me some weird news.

Search Engine: [Returns results]

Me: Those are today's headlines.

Search Engine: I KNOW. RIGHT?!?

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