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Danl marmot

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I live in the Cove and walk in mountains. This is mostly flowers and sunsets.

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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
and... once again... where was the local council? "Sure it's OK if we have units that are fit only for a hamster" oh wait yeah everyone on council is paid by the developers
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
if local councils wanted to stop that madness, a simple rule would be "no short term vacation rentals" for new construction. or just ban them outright like the voters in my city did (I live in a former AirBnB after my city banned them in 2022)
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'm of the mindset that any housing is welcome at this point, not just ones that I find attractive or would like to live in. if people move from their 1990s places to their 2020s places, well, someone'll move in to their 1990 place. that is, if second home/AirBnB vultures don't get it
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
wankers www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Apple's age-verification feature welcomed by Pornhub owners
The world's most popular porn site has returned to Australia after Apple introduced a new age-verification process targeted at eliminating minors' exposure to explicit content.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Three volcanos
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Always thought it was interesting that California and Québec are joined together in a carbon market. Now Washington state's joining the party. ecology.wa.gov/air-climate/...
ecology.wa.gov
Linkage - Washington State Department of Ecology
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s all about his vanity and performative dominance, not doing Americans any good at all either
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
formerly influential US Senator tells another country "I don't like who you pal around with" and "can't we all play nice" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Republican senator warns Carney: Closer ties to EU hurts chance of trade deal with U.S. | CBC News
A long-serving Republican senator from a border state is warning Prime Minister Mark Carney against strengthening Canada's economic and political ties to the European Union.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I do like sexy maps, like this one, that show how the world is working app.electricitymaps.com/map/live/fif...
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
More not-so-silly AI thinking: national governments will start requiring sovereignty, where workloads must be performed entirely in-country and on vetted AI infrastructure. (this happened with genomic analysis about a decade ago)
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
>10% wow, is he sure it isn't >6% or <22.3% let's see his math, oh wait, he's just pulling numbers outta his ass as some weird way of empathizing with the doomsters
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All this bla bla about "Congress needs to restrain AI to save humanity" is silly moral panic blather. AI companies outside the US couldn't care less what Congress does.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I would like it to be more engaging than a third party block list, with a stock reply so they know your opinion of their chudness.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Beef is not on the menu anymore. Ewww. “The European Union suspended imports of beef from Brazil this past Thursday because of concerns about antibiotic misuse. Mr. Trump’s proclamation facilitating beef imports from Brazil took effect the same week.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat?
On second thought, I’m not that hungry.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There should be an app for that: here’s a list of your chud followers on BlueSky with a rating from 1 to 5 poop emojis. Then you can auto block anyone over, oh, a two chud rating
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Yeah I get this theonion.com/woman-s-solo...
theonion.com
Woman’s Solo Hiking Trip Shockingly Doesn’t Have To Do With Inner Journey Or Anything
YOSEMITE VILLAGE, CA—Confusing her friends and colleagues as to what could possibly drive her to undertake such an expedition, sources confirmed Friday that aspiring explorer Jillian Greene’s solo hik...
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I did not know the millions of minors in BC getting gender affirming care are such a big issue. Guess there’s a lot of affordable housing now in the lower mainland and no ones overdosing anymore.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ayep
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gee does that mean they're gonna get rid of the most blatant discriminatory admissions practice: legacy admissions? Just because Mommy or Daddy went to the university you wanna get into doesn't mean you get to jump the line ahead of far better qualified candidates. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
nytimes.com
Schools Giving Aid to Minority Students Could Lose Tax Exemptions Under Trump’s New Rules
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Governors of the Alberta Oblast? thewalrusca.substack.com/p/the-russia...
thewalrusca.substack.com
The Russian Money Behind Alberta’s Separatist Movement
The Kremlin has perfected covert influence. I’ve seen how poorly equipped Canada is to stop it
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Oh please, do we really think that Trump will end the Iran War? Nah, he'll just let it sputter, bleeding America out for ten billion dollars a month... just like he got bored of the Afghanistan War in late 2017 or so, leaving it to Biden to do the messy pullout
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
not really at this point GE Applicances is a tangle of zombie old-school US brand names pressroom.geappliances.com/news/ge-appl...
pressroom.geappliances.com
GE APPLIANCES ANNOUNCES HISTORIC $3 BILLION INVESTMENT TO EXPAND U.S. MANUFACTURING
LOUISVILLE, KY. – August 13, 2025 – GE Appliances, a Haier company, today announced a bold plan to invest more than $3 billion over the next five years in its U.S. operations, workforce and communitie...
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Why are people insistent that everyone must have the same tastes as youth? Youths are the ones that are superficial and shallow and out of touch, do they even know who made Blue Monday
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You really mean the US subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer Haier Smart Home that has the name "GE Appliances"
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In my dream, I was attempting to burgle the self-portraits that applicants to a certain Ivy League school were required to create in an on-campus underground studio. I woke up and thought, hm, I should finish reading Dahlgren.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Imposing any of these will also add more leverage for Canada when negotiations really do happen again. (though I'd wait until October 20th to discuss any energy-related stuff, don't give the separatists more ammo)
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Also, how about an annual provincial Road Usage Fee for US-registered vehicles, similar to Switzerland's? $50 per private vehicle, $5000 for commercial vehicles.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Last note: bla bla blah about Venezuelan oil, it's too heavy for US refineries to process (exception made for West Coast refiners, which can generally deal with that sludge)
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
- Tolls of, oh, $2000 per US-registered vehicle imposed on the Canadian side of the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit - Unsuspend the Digital Services Tax, with collection starting on 1 July 2026 - Federal tax on existing large US-owned data centers, like Amazon's in Quebec
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
- Add tolls for US-bound ship traffic past Montreal, and the Welland Canal
 - Add tolls for US ships transiting between Vancouver Island and mainland (Alaska ferries and cruises) 
- Overflight fees of $50K per American-registered commercial aircraft
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Some thoughts:
- Since the response is unpredictable, the strategy is all-of-the-above; Carney shouldn't dither figuring out the precisely right thing do do Usage fees generally don't impact Canada directly, here are some: 1/
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
FWIW, the limes on the backyard lime tree are now ready for harvest.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Also $50,000 overflight fee for any US-based aircraft
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My take on how Carney should respond to bullying. - Non CA payment processor: imposed a 2% fee (Visa, MasterCard) - Digital Services Tax of 50% for non-CA enterprises (Google, Meta, etc.) - 50% export tariffs on agricultural products, including potash There. Done. No bullshit.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Maybe the president could open up a nationwide chain of grocery stores to help Americans buy their affordable beef and other food items! He could even put gas station out front selling specially discounted Golden Gas or some such nonsense (guess he's getting close to imitating Mamdani now)
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just say "It's normal!"
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Yes fake. There aren’t any AE ligatures in any of those letter sets. And really, Korinna as a font choice for some characters too?
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Oh it’s silly but good if you need to be in harmony with your crystals (preferably quartz)
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Royal Deluxe (with cheese)
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Our new album, BRÜTAL CATHARSIS, now available at FNAC
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Or humanoid robots or brain connections or whatever
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I just realized I have different emotional reactions after joining Facebook many years ago. Don’t feel compelled to self-diagnose or identify. Then again I was put on Ritalin as a six year old; better childhood through drugs? Stopped it after a few months; faked taking it for years
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Driving into Perpignan, France, where it is hotter than Palm Springs today.
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Happy hour at Taco Bell. Two beers and a beef quesadilla for about $6
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ghost World is the most Gen X movie ever
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Remember, Iran kept the 1979 hostages for 444 days, and doesn’t have any reason to settle the current conflict any time soon. They’re sucking the life outta Trump just like they let Carter twist in the wind
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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
RONALD McDONALD AND HAMBURGLAR ARE BROTHERS
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Yeah then I heard from so many Michiganders that the governor was elected on a “fix the damn roads” message so she did
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
You might say 'what' but after traveling through 24 states and 4 provinces in summer 2024 on an 11,000 mile roadtrip... Michigan by far had the smoothest roads
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Danl marmot @danlmarmot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Pet peeve: the term “late stage capitalism”, a term first coined over a century ago, to make a minor whinge sound more impactful. I immediately want to ask “you sure it’s not middle stage capitalism, or early post-capitalism?” Pet peeve number 2: using the word impactful.
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