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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am pretty sure Terry Pratchett was very very high when he wrote the first Discworld book.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Decent five star hotel in Tainan with some seriously questionable design choices. Such as: TV or view?

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'll leave the eating part to people more skilled in that art but it could work.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I mean it doesn't really need to be said here but yup

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I will repost it every time it slides across my feed

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm just gonna say getting a cold while on vacation in the tropics sucks ass. But I'm learning that I can sleep a lot

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What's with all these health centres (dentist, physio etc) thinking we are untrustworthy? . All of them text me to confirm my appt. I said I'd be there, I'll be there. (Yes this rant is inspired by mistyping a 2 (cancel) rather than a 1 (confirm) to an important appointment. Sigh

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If, like me, you find all the anti alcohol neo temperance "no safe amount" messaging masking as public health gospel just so exhausting, don't despair. Wearing us out is part of the plan. They're flooding the zone. Hang on. Never let the bastards get you down.

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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 19/09/2026

Amazing editorial cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 😃

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." -Yeats

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

While we discussed the so-called low risk drinking guidance released by the CCSA (2023) some colleagues wondered why they used years of life lost calculations to describe risk. They suggested "number needed to treat" might more appropriate. So I wrote this: danmalleck.ca/2026/09/09/r...

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Representing risk in different ways: Number Needed to Harm – Dan Malleck

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So $5,000 x 340,000,000 people is $1.7 trillion dollars. Why not, eh?

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've been training much of my life for this moment

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 09/09/2026

News In Photo:

Nation's whiskey bootleggers flip coins, wink, in response to Trump's Canadian alcohol ban

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I guess if we train AI on information generated by humans on the internet we should expect them to quickly become assholes.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026

Trump’s post just now about Canada’s economy vs. the latest jobs numbers:

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@majorityreport.bsky.social watching your evisceration of Maher this week. Nice. That segment where he lays into his guest for her opinion was the moment I stopped watching his otherwise interesting but increasingly annoying show.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The world is so shitty, but Penny is here for us

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've shifted to the @mapquest.com app but they do need to up their game. I miss the transit directions and info on business hours is not accurate. Hope the new attention leads to increased revenue to strengthen the info.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Article in the Globe says 24 Sussex Dr renovations will, at the very least, require "a separate building on the site to accommodate social events held by the prime minister." In other words we are, um, getting a ballroom?

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Food so good you grow an extra finger!

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So I saw an interview where Bessent bragged about being 13.5 times the size of the US. Well I'm pretty sure 342million is not 13.5 times 40 million and if he's talking about GDP it's 12 times. But why would a treasury secretary need to be good with numbers?

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So now that we are in a full trade war with the US could we also go ahead and end the safe third country agreement? The US has not been "safe" for refugees for 1.5 years at least and if we want to continue to say how "nice" we are we need to uncouple our refugee policy from theirs.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

PM Carney's line about how the US administration signs its agreements in pencil was subtle and brilliant

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It's so refreshing to have a PM who knows his stuff and answers questions. No weaves no obfuscation. He even respects the reporters. What a great press conference

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Based on all the leaks about the "deal" being made with the US I think it's pretty clear that there is no deal. It would probably be politically expedient to walk away.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yeah I read what Vance said about our PM. It reminds me of what happened when Doug Ford released an ad that highlighted Reagan's dislike of tarrifs and the Orange Man-child lost his shit. Maybe it's our turn. Insult and disrespect can get you only so far...

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

In my ongoing effort to learn Mandarin I am beginning to dissect individual characters. One of the things I find interesting is how modern words are constructed. For example the word for television (电视) combines electricity (电) with god/ to worship (礻)and to see (见). I'll just leave that here.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

So I guess private run prisons who contract out their detainees to do unpaid labour is not considered forced labour?

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Brilliant and nuanced editorial cartoon from David Parkins in today's Globe and Mail (22 July 2026). Look closely at the details in the jalopy.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Open the floodgates! I'm not about to buy US cheese or booze so bans or government restrictions are immaterial. I suspect many of my compatriots feel the same. After all there is no government restriction on travelling south but many of us have ceased to do it.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 04/07/2026

News In Photo:

ICE to deport losers of Canada - Morocco match, also winners

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy 4th to my American friends! If it's any comfort, 248.5 years between being ruled by mentally ill tyrants is a pretty good run.

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Prohibition Blunder @prohibitionblund2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

“Had #drugs been #decriminalized, ‘crack’ would never have been invented . . . and there would today be far fewer #addicts.” — Dr. Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics #DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I saw this announcement and thought "boy I'd like to be part of that pub" ... but then realized I was (I had forgotten the title of the book)! Congratulations to Nils, David, and Joe, and all the contributors. It looks great and given the quality of the contributors, I'm sure it is brilliant

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

@theresthistory.bsky.social hey guys when are you going to do a series on prohibition. You've touched on it a few times but it was a pretty big movement and not just in the USA.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

44 years ago last night we were sitting around the dining table and my parents suggested we go to Ottawa in the morning to see the constitution repatriated. They woke us at 4AM, bundled us into our van, and drove the seven hours to Ottawa so we could see history. I call that good parenting. #Canada

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Over the last week, instead of spending a lot of time on social media, I just watched the #Artemis mission and the remarkable teamwork and good nature of the crew and the ground control staff at #NASA. It was a refreshing change from pretty much all the other news out there...

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Funny last night the NASA spokespeople kept saying the #Artemis crew would get a chance to speak to members of Congress. As if it was a privilege for the crew. based on the asinine self serving questions, it was a "privilege for congresspeople to get to speak to the crew.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just to be clear you don't need the 25th amendment. That would require the agreement of his sycophants and boot lickers. You need impeachment and removal. He's already far outside the scope of the constitution. Pushing for the 25th just excuses Congresspeople from doing their job.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Watching the #artemis2 media event and doesn't that asshat orange menace have to do a rambling call with them. 🤮 Maybe they should ask him why he wants to cut NASA's budget.

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This item about Cdn astronaut Jeremy Hansen's pre launch conversation with his mom is priceless.

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Dorota Dias-Lewandowska @dorotadias.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Postdoctoral Research Position Available!! @ncn.gov.pl project "Alcohol, Sobriety and Drunkenness: Discourses on the Boundaries of Drinking in the 19th century Post-Partition Poland" @drinkingstudies.bsky.social Please contact me for further details. www.boundariesofdrinking.pl/2026/03/rekr...

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Postdoctoral Research Position Available

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Happy national cocktail day. Corpse Revivor #2 with blood orange gin.

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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/03/2026

“There has always been a degree of chaos around passengers having to choose right as they’re boarding how they’re going to help keep the plane tidy,” said Southwest representative Martin Nieman

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Southwest Airlines Begins Assigning Chores

DALLAS—Saying the decision had been reached following an extensive internal review of the company’s boarding procedures, Southwest Airlines confirmed Tuesday that passengers would now be assigned chor...

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Dan Malleck @danmalleck.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Trying to read an article about alcohol warning labels and it's covered by an ad for online betting

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