I know Nicholas Brandon has a History of Being an Unpleasant Human Being. Earned.
By way of how his death happened, he's also apparently part of a larger story about how governments and industries are still trying to push aside the consequences of COVID-19 before the Pandemic itself is truly over and done.
By way of how his death happened, he's also apparently part of a larger story about how governments and industries are still trying to push aside the consequences of COVID-19 before the Pandemic itself is truly over and done.
Sharing a note with you all. The book that inspired the first of my in-progress star-mapping projects has had its first volume remastered properly, also accounting for revelations found in assorted episodes of Strange New Worlds.
Details here.
If your Trek fandom leads you in the direction of trying to understand the Federation as a nation...this is a fanfic for you.
Details here.
If your Trek fandom leads you in the direction of trying to understand the Federation as a nation...this is a fanfic for you.
On Trumpist ICE "Training"
Feb. 23rd, 2026 05:55 pmI assume there's a more thorough recording of Mr. Schwank's testimony before the US Congress available on YouTube?
https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mfknbgfzcd2f
https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3mfknbgfzcd2f
What To Do Next
Aug. 6th, 2025 01:03 pmRachel Maddow argues that the United States is "there" now...
I have figured out some things that I have already been doing, that I will keep doing, in order to keep the Problem from fully installing itself in Canada. Other things, I need to either stop or start doing. There are lists that others have worked up, lists I should be copying from, to that end.
Resistance to the revival of the nightmare continues in the States and in Canada, of course, with or without me.
I'm also still looking for work because until either that job is secured or I'm driven out of the workforce to whatever result, I still have to live within the existing system.
I have figured out some things that I have already been doing, that I will keep doing, in order to keep the Problem from fully installing itself in Canada. Other things, I need to either stop or start doing. There are lists that others have worked up, lists I should be copying from, to that end.
Resistance to the revival of the nightmare continues in the States and in Canada, of course, with or without me.
I'm also still looking for work because until either that job is secured or I'm driven out of the workforce to whatever result, I still have to live within the existing system.
I know there's complaints - with cause - about the management of Substack. I still follow several accounts there, and one of them belongs to former MP and continuing punk rock musician Charlie Angus.
This was today's upload:
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-riot-of-christie-pits
He uploaded a history lesson on Canadian anti-fascist resistance and how it went at a baseball game in Toronto in August 1933...
This was today's upload:
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-riot-of-christie-pits
He uploaded a history lesson on Canadian anti-fascist resistance and how it went at a baseball game in Toronto in August 1933...
Go read this if you want cues on how to respond and you live in the States:
https://flamingsword.dreamwidth.org/496875.html
https://flamingsword.dreamwidth.org/496875.html
RIP: ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
petermorwood
May. 9th, 2025 10:39 amJust announced by his wife and writing partner, dianeduane:
https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/783067867808776192/peter-morwood
Diane, I am so sorry.
dianeduane:https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/783067867808776192/peter-morwood
Diane, I am so sorry.
You may have heard in recent months of the Canadian COVID Society. They're looking out for the rights of people living with, or trying to avoid having to live with, COVID infections across Confederation.
They just announced a new resource for such people:
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhco2wm52w
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhcowr622t
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhcpjyfk2t
https://covidsociety.ca/priorities/safer-health-care/accommodation-request/
They just announced a new resource for such people:
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhco2wm52w
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhcowr622t
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhcpjyfk2t
https://covidsociety.ca/priorities/safer-health-care/accommodation-request/
A Weird Coincidence II
Apr. 27th, 2025 10:31 pmIn addition to the federal election in Canada tomorrow, it came to my notice today that Mary Brown's Chicken - a competitor to KFC and Popeyes Louisiana Chicken HQed in Newfoundland and Labrador - is promoting tomorrow as National Superhero Day.
Apparently, there's a promotional arrangement with Marvel regarding the new Daredevil series on Disney+.
You'd think that, for a fast food chain based in Canada, they could work up an Alpha Flight project, right?
Apparently, there's a promotional arrangement with Marvel regarding the new Daredevil series on Disney+.
You'd think that, for a fast food chain based in Canada, they could work up an Alpha Flight project, right?
Social Media Note: Hey.Cafe
Apr. 20th, 2025 07:39 pmSo...I signed up for another service today.
https://hey.cafe/@dewline
Hey.Cafe is Canadian-owned and operated, and if I lose access to US-based services because of national/international security, there'll still be this, right?
https://hey.cafe/@dewline
Hey.Cafe is Canadian-owned and operated, and if I lose access to US-based services because of national/international security, there'll still be this, right?
A Weird Coincidence
Mar. 31st, 2025 09:57 pmCrayola is pushing today as National Crayon Day.
Today is also the annual Day of Transgender Visibility, and has long been so.
I am thinking that the connection here can be both useful and entertaining.
Today is also the annual Day of Transgender Visibility, and has long been so.
I am thinking that the connection here can be both useful and entertaining.
Apparently, there's a mass dismissal of workers in the works this weekend.
So you might want to heed Allison Gill's advice in the link below before reading any of your office e-mail.
No joke.
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-employees
So you might want to heed Allison Gill's advice in the link below before reading any of your office e-mail.
No joke.
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/attn-hhs-employees
A Realization About Trumpomuskovia
Feb. 13th, 2025 10:07 pmDOGE = thought police.
That's what we're looking at here, right?
That's what we're looking at here, right?
Three Things - 16 December 2024
Dec. 16th, 2024 07:18 am1. I really don't trust François Legault's definition of "secularisme" in Québec.
2. Looks like papermail delivery is restarting in Canada tomorrow (AKA December 17th, 2024). I worry about the possible consequences of how that was arranged.
3. If you've watched a recent Hallmark Christmas-themed movie, you might have seen parts of Ottawa.
2. Looks like papermail delivery is restarting in Canada tomorrow (AKA December 17th, 2024). I worry about the possible consequences of how that was arranged.
3. If you've watched a recent Hallmark Christmas-themed movie, you might have seen parts of Ottawa.
Dominion War Map Design
Sep. 22nd, 2024 11:40 amA sense of what I'm working on for fun right now.
https://mastodon.social/@DEWLine/113181955177986765
https://mastodon.social/@DEWLine/113181955177986765
