the penne opticon

ongoing

*Canada has an election*
Ottawa the next day: cOuLd a SnAp eLEctIon bE faR aWaY?!?!

just incredible that while the last shipments out of the strait are finally rolling in and there’s nothing coming behind them, the entire executive branch are obsessed with winning online flame wars with the pope

Destreamerization. The elimination of streamers as a class

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-co...

I don't know about you, but this is not what I voted for when I voted for Pope

Oh buddy I do

Life is too short to pay attention to beef between marginal Canadian media figures.

Mark Kelly is *not* buying that ostrich’s bullshit, just an iconic reporter glare right there

This is the funniest promo still they could’ve picked for this story, 10/10 no notes

Who isn’t welcome in Mark Carney’s technicolour Liberal caucus? - National | Globalnews.ca The prime minister has drawn floor crossers that range from an NDP MP that backed Avi Lewis to a conservative that wanted December to be known as 'Christian Heritage Month.'

Mark Carney is one Bloc MP and one Elizabeth May away from a full House of Commons set. globalnews.ca/news/1177188...

Okay. What the fuck am I supposed to do. I'm supposed to do that?

What is the opposite of ASMR?

this would be an amazing way for It to happen

Underrated destroyer of civilization was news media getting article level engagement metrics

Jack White, Jack Black, and Marcello Hernández

Every man has had these three exact roommates

you could tell someone in 2015 that the same month in 2026 would see a moon mission launch and a new Star Wars in theaters and they'd be excited about it but by the time you described everything that happens between now and then they'd go insane.

Take me a break.

Should we all reintroduce our baseball allegiances for a quick refresher? No explanation.

1.) Everyone to have a good time out there.
2.) Reasonably-priced hot dogs.

I was part of the Global/First Nations University of Canada investigation into Indigenous procurement back in 2024. We knew there were problems, but it turns out we were just scratching the surface.

Watchdog finds little oversight over multi-billion-dollar Indigenous procurement program - National | Globalnews.ca Procurement watchdog’s probe says Canada can’t 'credibly demonstrate' that Indigenous businesses are benefitting from multi-billion dollar procurement program.

Canada's procurement watchdog says he's never seen anything as bad as the federal government's management of Indigenous procurement. His report has some shocking details: globalnews.ca/news/1174619...

war_iran_final-blow_v1.pdf

war_iran_final-final-blow-v2.pdf

war_iran_final-blow-no edits.pdf

war_iran_final-blow-no edits (1).pdf

war_iran_final-blow-no edits (1) APPROVED.pdf

IRANWARPLANSFINALFINALFINAL.pdf

IRANWARPLANSFINALFINALFINAL (1).pdf

Is he doing like a sign language thing here? Who talks like this?

I am choosing to be grateful that this is the first time I've had to watch the Joe Rogan Experience.

It *is* bad!

Happy Wednesday.

As usual, Aaron is more generous than I am.

The fact is we should not have space or energy to debate this, and the fact people are trying to is a failure of Canada's political and media classes to focus on the gravity of the situation we find ourselves in.

I simply refuse to engage in the Don Cherry discourse, I cannot believe literally anyone cares about this.

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme: