Don Macfarlane

@revmod.bsky.social

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p.s. I am not a crackpot he/him, Treaty Six territory

Randy Jackson, young and hip American Idol judge, says the line: "That's gonna be a NO for me, dawg."
Selma, our vigilant guard cat, keeps watch from the lower-left corner of our bedroom window, overlooking a field of bright yellow canola.
Devin Dreeshan in a MAGA hat on US election night 2016 toasts the end of modern liberal democracy in a ballroom filled with other white boy chuds called the Trump victory party.
Claire Augustus looking concerned in profile.
A red baseball cap with a blue brim. It features a Canadian flag on the side, and the face is decorated with a Blue Jays logo superimposed on a maple leaf, outlined in white and blue.
A graphic of the thirty 4th of July caps for MLB features every logo altered with stars and stripes, except the Blue Jays, who have a regular one-tone red blue jay logo. The USA 250 crest appears on the Jays hat, identically with all the other teams.
A snip from the linked article Shows support for data centres at 13% in AB vs 15% in Canada, and opposition at 71% AB vs 68% federally.
In the background, the wreckage of a city skyline, obscured by smoke. Around a small campfire, a man in in a ragged business suit tells the children across from him, "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders." This well-memed cartoon is outdated, because now we're creating value for like, five specific people.
The Rene Magritte painting The Treachery of Images is a representation of a pipe above a French phrase that translates to "This is not a pipe".
A grey tabby watches the Orion splashdown, poking at the capsule.
Sign on a yellow concrete pole reads NO vertically, with the horizontal list "smoking / dogs / vaporizing" beside.
John Roberts issues the oath of office to Barack Obama, for the second time on January 20th 2008, to assuage everyone that every constitutional "t" was crossed, an important thing to both men. What a time to be alive, huh?
Patrick McGoohan as Number Six
A young man leans over a table to sign a seperatist petition, wearing a Team Canada hockey sweater.
Clip from the article: "NBC News reached out to Wexner and the White House for comment. Neither Wexner nor Trump has been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. Raskin also said he saw "references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a..." I highlighted the sentence "Neither Wexner nor Trump has been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein."
On a star map of bluesky accounts, this account finds itself skirting a cluster labelled Canadian Progressive Democrats.
Darmok meme reads: Outsider, telling group he won't talk to them Big thumb guy, offering thumbs up Big thumb guy, returning to group conversation
Screenshot of the "trending" box: Trending 1. Liverpool FC 2. Tariffs 3. Trump and Carney 4. Wrexham AFC 5. Caturday
"Whether intentional or not, the fundraiser’s language underscores how quickly political advocacy can slide into something darker, turning a contested law-enforcement incident into a vehicle for grievance politics that singles out entire identity groups for culpability." I've highlighted the phrase 'contested law-enforcement incident'.
DJT post from this morning: The White House Doctors have just reported that I am in “PERFECT HEALTH,” and that I “ACED” (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, should be mandatorily forced to take a strong, meaningful, and proven Cognitive Examination. Our great Country cannot be run by "STUPID" or INCOMPETENT PEOPLE! President DJT
Halloween 2019, man in a Custom Kitchen Deliverer (tall head guy) costume moves a color tv through an office.
A church sanctuary is filled with tables laden with handcrafted products. This particular sanctuary is Chalmers - Castle Downs United Church, 12315 132nd Ave.
Calculations of sunrise and sunset in Edmonton – Alberta – Canada for November 2025. Generic astronomy calculator to calculate times for sunrise, sunset, ... 4:32 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2025 (MST) Sunset in Edmonton, AB
An image of the "identify the animals" row of the cognitive test: a lion, a rhino, and a camel.
A screenshot letting me know that "@kenjennings.bsky.social has blocked you"
Washington Post photo of the East Wing of the White House being willfully destroyed by construction equipment.
Third paragraph of the attached article: The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ have not independently verified the feds’ account. The exact time and location of the shooting weren’t immediately known.
MLB Division playoffs are displayed along with the times for Games one (Sat, Oct 4, TBD) but the Jays are listed as hosting the Mets.
Jimmy Fallon shows off his Bored Ape NFT at the Tonight Show desk.
A phone display during a hold with TELUS. It shows 2:12:26. Just be closed on Saturday evening if you can't staff properly.
The tomato rating for Straight to Hell: 30% tomato meter, 58% popcorn meter.
A woman in a red Terry's Team shirt stands with her blue bicycle.
A militarized grey camo one piece "police" costume and acputrements for kids does not look like the friendly blue-uniformed police costume from years ago. I'm very old.
Cartoon image of Katy Perry Superbowl dancer "Left Shark", which appears to me to have the same panicked/googly eyes as the actual photos of sharks above.
A tinier furry tabby relaxes around a software box on a blue chair. Herb, three months old.
A large and long-haired tabby reclines on the carpet.
Back view of three tabbies watching a pigeon on a ledge above them.
Serial polygimist Leonidas W. Steel
From Life of Brian, Pointus Pilate mentions that he has "a very great friend in 'Wome' called Biggus Dickus"
Screenshot: a short snippet of the article is interrupted by an ad to download ChatGPT for my phone.
Satirical comic ad featuring a balding professorial-looking dude in a suit: "Shamed by You English? You can speak soon and write like a graduate college if me let you help for a day of fifteen minutes."
A skinny cartoon employee of the furnace company offers a friendly "thumbs up" to the following text: Get The Benefits of Both Heating and Cooling in One Efficient Package With Our Expert Heat Pump Installation Service Action Furnace is Leading the Way in installation techniques and has perfected the design and set-up of modern residential Heat Pump systems. Providing World Class Customer Experience is the focus of everything we do is one of our core values. We also have an outstanding reputation for quality work and reliable service. Snowflake Icon Affordable Heat Pumps Starting Under $14/weekly. Apply Here
Rene Magritte's painting The Treachery of Images consists of a wood pipe against a yellow background labeled "This is not a pipe" in French.
Classic Nathan Fielder tweet: a close shot of him laughing, with the caption "Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They're all just out of frame, laughing too."
Hakeem Jeffries statement on BlueSky: Donald Trump promised to bring peace to the Middle East. He has failed to deliver on that promise. The risk of war has now dramatically increased, and I pray for the safety of our troops in the region who have been put in harm's way. President Trump misled the country about his intentions, failed to seek congressional authorization for the use of military force and risks American entanglement in a potentially disastrous war in the Middle East. First, the Trump administration bears the heavy burden of explaining to the American people why this military action was undertaken. Second, Congress must be fully and immediately briefed in a classified setting. Third, Donald Trump shoulders complete and total responsibility for any adverse consequences that flow from his unilateral military action.
A troll account wonders why this moment in history seems like an appropriate time for an optimistic take on Superman. They wonder it multiple timesin the replies to this one post.
OTTAWA — The co-chair of the federal government’s climate action advisory group is slamming Prime Minister Mark Carney for using fossil fuel “marketing speak” at Monday’s summit with provincial leaders, when he endorsed the idea of building new pipelines for “decarbonized” oil. Simon Donner, a climate scientist at the University of British Columbia who co-chairs the Liberal government’s Net Zero Advisory Body, alleged the term is misleading because it falsely suggests there is a way to burn fossil fuels without creating greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. “There is no such thing as decarbonized oil and gas. Oil contains carbon. It is high school chemistry. And they emit carbon dioxide when they’re used,” Donner told the Star.
A text snip from the GoA's book-banning press release: Quick Facts: Examples of books found in Alberta K-12 school libraries that have been identified as inappropriate include: Gender Queer, graphic novel by Maia Kobabe Found in K-9 schools and high schools in Calgary Board of Education as well as high schools in Edmonton Public School Board Fun Home, graphic novel by Alison Bechdel Found in schools with students within the K-9 range, as well as high schools in Edmonton Public School Board Blankets, graphic novel by Craig Thompson Found in Schools with students within the K-9 range in Edmonton Public School Board, as well as high schools in Edmonton Public School Board and Calgary Board of Education Flamer, graphic novel by Mike Curato Found in schools with students within the K-9 range in Calgary Board of Education and Edmonton Public School Board schools, as well as high schools in Edmonton Public School Board and Calgary Board of Education
Our boy Herb, a long-haired tabby, straddles an open dresser drawer.
A sign above a seafoam-coloured open iron gate reads, in Welsh and then English: "Pergyl llanw cryf a sugndraeth / Danger strong currents and quicksand"
A building exit door displays a large warning sticker: "THIS DOOR IS ALARMED AT ALL TIMES"
The back of a student walking on campus in Edmonton. He's wearing a hoodie, a backpack, and cargo shorts. There's snow on the ground.
A makeshift Lenten project collection bucket is laden with Canadian flags to the side of an empty pulpit draped in purple cloth.
Danielle Smith statement: "The tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump are an unjustifiable economic attack on Canadians and Albertans. They also represent a clear breach of the trade agreement signed by this same U.S. President during his first term. These tariffs will hurt the American people, driving up costs for fuel, food, vehicles, housing, and many other products. They will also cost hundreds of thousands of American and Canadian jobs. This policy is both foolish and a failure in every regard. This is not the way it should be between two of the world’s strongest trading allies and partners. We would much rather be working with the U.S. on mutually beneficial trade deals than be caught in the middle of a tariff war. Alberta fully supports the Federal response announced today by the Prime Minister. I will be meeting with my Cabinet today and tomorrow to discuss Alberta’s response to these illegal tariffs, which we will announce publicly tomorrow. Now is the time for us to unite as a province and a country. We must do everything in our collective power to immediately tear down provincial trade barriers and fast-track the construction of dozens of resource projects, from pipelines to LNG facilities to critical minerals projects. We must strengthen our trade ties throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas for all our energy, agricultural, and manufactured products. We also need to drastically increase military spending to ensure we can protect our nation. There is no time to waste on any of these initiatives. I will have more to say tomorrow."
From the Wikipedia summary Google produced: "On July 1 2024, the Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that presidents have absolute immunity for acts committed as president within their core constitutional purview, at least presumptive immunity for official acts within the outer perimeter of their official responsibility, and no immunity for unofficial acts."
First story on CBC's local news: "Alberta Auditor General probing procurement and contracting processes within health authority".
A French version of the Sickos meme, with the regular Sickos guy labelled "pervers", wearing a powdered wig and laughing "OUI ... Hon Hon Hon ... OUI!"
The photo of a balding while man that famously accompanied The Onion article "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point"
A package of dry soup mix with a drawing of a chicken, labelled Grace Cock Flavoured Soup Mix (and a badge printed on the lower right, "Authentic Jamaican")