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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 12/10/2026

Productive afternoon. 2/3 done. Next is running the cable back through the gutter underneath the cover... That's for later this week.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 01/10/2026

It needed replacing anyway I guess. Ugh.

The bottom of a filthy laundry sink. Some tubing is present. There's a drain hole, and also an irregularly shaped crack/hole which shouldn't be there.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 01/10/2026

Guess who gets to replace a laundry sink this weekend? NOT HER! (our sink currently has a 2 inch hole in the bottom because something heavy was dropped in it....)

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 07/09/2026

Fine. Not what they're looking for. But I'm still correct.

A partially filled out online crossword puzzle. The hint is "kleptocracy ruler", the space on the puzzle is five letters and filled with "TRUMP". Inexplicably, the last four letters are crossed out in red (incorrect).

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 14/08/2026

I'm worried that marketplace may have me pegged

A screenshot on an Android phone showing a Facebook marketplace ad with a stack of unlabeled white 5 gallon buckets against a nondescript white wall. The title is "Sharma Garlic Sauce - 20L bucket // CA $130

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 13/07/2026

Ah yes, the drug-infested sex den! Hard to blame him!

A screenshot from Fox news with the headline "LIBRARIES TURNING INTO DRUG-INFESTED, SEX DENS"

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 07/07/2026

Finally living my supervillain dream of stealing the sun and selling it back to the government

A yellow-brick house with bushes growing out front. A ladder leads up to the shingled roof where aluminum racks run horizontally across the roof. Two workers are carrying a black panel up the roof.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 07/07/2026

Drop some wings. (Botwood, NL when we were visiting a week ago)

A little boy in yellow rubber boots and a blue rain jacket standing in a puddle dwarfed by a grey canso (?) ww2 amphibious aircraft standing parked behind him on wheels. The sky is flat grey and the ocean (also grey) is backing the scene.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 01/07/2026

I've discovered the dark underbelly of Cape Breton. This sort of intolerance cannot stand.

A chalkboard with restaurant menu items (seafood). In the center is posted a yellow sheet with a picture of a potato crossed out with red. Below it says "No Potato"

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 01/07/2026

Even from the east coast somehow...

A row of colourfully painted houses (near jellybean row in St John's)

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 25/05/2026

Found Captain Janeway (or maybe it's Tom Paris?) at the Royal Ontario Museum yesterday. Looking fiiiiine! #Warp10 #StarTrek

A model (or maybe stuffed?) giant salamander in a white display case. It looks like a dark brown/black moist-skinned lizard/salamander. It's about 4 feet long and definitely not (/s) what the special effects people based their models on

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 15/05/2026

Even in the unseasonably cool May weather, we go out for our adventures.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 18/04/2026

We need more of this in modern movies

A photo of a TV showing a moment in "The Blues Brothers" with a bunch of soggy (Illinois) nazis who were just driven off a bridge into a river, looking very unhappy

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 08/04/2026

Another little note for your research:

A newspaper clipping with the title: "Gladu backs call for automatic by-elections for MPs who switch parties (January 11, 2026)"

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 08/04/2026

Here's a photo of her with some of Canada's best and brightest during the Ottawa occupation...

Gladu on the right with a pair of greasy losers in a restaurant booth

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 04/04/2026

There's one in TNG where Riker is suspected of murdering a scientist and blowing up his space station - "A Matter of Perspective" S03E14

A screenshot of the listing page for the episode in question

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 31/03/2026

What an odd pattern of storm cells

A radar map of Southern Ontario showing a weird polka dot pattern of isolated rain cells

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 15/03/2026

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K

Bill S Person (esq) and Ted Theodore Logan

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 22/01/2026

I feel ya. I was thinking about building a new desktop this year and... that's not happening. Went to Best Buy the other night to pick up something I didn't want to wait for (the store is somehow even more dystopian than last time I was there years ago). Check out these RAM prices:

A display listing Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR5 6400 MHz Desktop Memory for $597 (CAD)

A display for Vengeance RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000 MHz Desktop Memory for $1549.99 (CAD)

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 29/12/2025

This is a normal number of alerts in my weather app, right? #onstorm

A screenshot from the environment Canada weather app. It says current location:
Yellow warning - rainfall
Yellow warning - wind
Yellow watch - snow squall
Yellow warning - freezing rain
Yellow advisory - fog

The current weather is listed as 1 C, light rain, with 15 km/h winds from the east

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 24/12/2025

I cannot fathom how anyone browses the web without an adblocker without losing their mind.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 21/12/2025

Listening to my own playlist on a speaker for a change while the boy plays with his trainset - realized that this is also his favourite artist, Caspar Babypants.

A screenshot from Tidal music player showing the album cover for the self-titled album, "The Presidents of the United States of America", with the track "Naked and Famous"

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 18/12/2025

I have to manage access to ChatGPT for my job. But I want to talk about this status history for their services, because holy crap - is this the best they can do with infinite money? status.openai.com

A linear graph showing uptime over time for "APIs" (98.94%), "ChatGPT" (98.21%), and "Sora" (99.83%). All three graphs, particularly ChatGPT show numerous major and minor outages.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 30/11/2025

Well, guess I'm going to have to pick a new pornstar name.

A photo of a stack of flyers. On top are blue business cards with white type which read "Elite Pipe Pro // Plumbing and drains // "Built on Trust, Backed by Skill."

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 28/11/2025

We got some snow in KW overnight. I guess it's winter now?

A photo of a small backyard, completely blanketed in snow. A child's slide is in the foreground showing an accumulation of over 1' of snow on the upper platform.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 27/11/2025

Racist foundation doing racist shit.

Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms
Legal advocacy organization
jccf.ca
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is a Canadian legal advocacy organization specializing in a libertarian approach to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The libertarian organisation has partnered with several right-wing backers in the United States. The centre has been involved in cases including Allen v Alberta, Wilson v University of Calgary, Yaniv v. Various Waxing Salons, and the revocation of vanity licence plates. They have also intervened on behalf of Trinity Western University in their fight to retain anti-homosexual college rules, and the Alberta far-right news outlet Rebel News. In 2021, their founder John Carpay took a seven week leave of absence after hiring a private investigator to surveil Manitoba Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, who was presiding over a case the centre had brought. JCCF was one of the lead backers of the Freedom Convoy in early 2022, providing its legal support Continued in Wikipedia
Abbreviation Justice Centre
Founder John Carpay
Registration no. 817174865-RR0001
Legal status Charitable organization
Purpose Legal advocacy
Headquarters Calgary, Alberta, Canada
President John Carpay

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 24/11/2025

Didn't have getting preached to about ethical consumption by my local sex shop on my Monday bingo card, but it makes me appreciate them even more. ('Come As You Are' in Toronto - they have a great newsletter)

We really couldn’t say it better than the amazing folks a @ontariosmallbusinesscommunity:

If you're pouring your money, attention, and support into Starbucks, Walmart, and other giants selling mass-produced and unethically sourced "cute bear" cups (and dildos 🎀🍒👀) you are the problem. Small businesses are fighting to survive because those giants undercut and suffocate local economies. Their workers can't afford basic necessities because they refuse to pay a living wage, and developing nations are facing the deadly consequences of climate crises fuelled by these same giants.

Every purchase is a vote for the world you want. You're choosing a future where small businesses vanish, economies struggle, communities and people go hungry all for cheap "cute bear" cup.

Your dollars are powerful. Our dollars are powerful. With every dollar we spend we shape the world we live in, influencing the state and well-being of our communities. This holiday season, if you have the ability and access to, shop small, shop local & invest in the future you want.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 17/11/2025

No. Read the article. The tanker was in Ukrainian territory across a river from Romania.

The village of Plauru belongs to the commune of Ceatalchioi, and the ship with 4,000 tons of LPG is burning on the Ukrainian shore.

“Following the drone attack carried out on Ukrainian territory, last night, a ship loaded with LPG was engulfed in flames in the area of Ismail. Given the proximity to Romanian territory and the nature of the cargo, the authorities have carried out an initial assessment of the situation. Taking into account the specifics of the materials on board and the possibility of the effects spreading, the local authorities, in coordination with the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a role in managing such emergency situations, have decided to preventively evacuate people and animals in the vicinity, a measure maintained until any risk to the population is eliminated,” the Department for Emergency Situations reported.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 20/10/2025

Atlassian's panicking. Note the timestamps.

A screenshot from Atlassian's status page for Jira, titled "Atlassian Cloud Services Impacted"

Update - Update - We understand the impact this issue is having on your operations and want to assure you that resolving this matter is our highest priority. Our public cloud provider is actively working to mitigate this issue with urgency. While we do not have a definitive ETA at this time, we remain committed to full resolution and deeply appreciate your patience as we work through this situation. We will continue to provide updates every hour or sooner as new information becomes available.
Oct 20, 2025 - 15:21 UTC
Update - Update - We understand the impact this issue is having on your operations and want to assure you that resolving this matter is our highest priority. Our public cloud provider is actively working to mitigate this issue with urgency. While we do not have a definitive ETA at this time, we remain committed to full resolution and deeply appreciate your patience as we work through this situation. We will continue to provide updates every hour or sooner as new information becomes available.
Oct 20, 2025 - 15:20 UTC

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 25/09/2025

Old enough to get this reference

A woman with blonde curly hair (a wig), white feathers around her collar and cuffs and one poking out of her pink knitted sweater. She has a beak for a nose. She is the Chicken Lady from "Kids in the Hall"

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 25/09/2025

Share your favorite black and white movie

Casablanca

A black and white still from the film.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 19/09/2025

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.

In upside down text: "So much for the tolerant left."
Then right-side up: -Benito Mussolini April 28, 1945

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 18/09/2025

This feels relevant lately

A book cover with a mustachioed white man wearing a military beret/uniform in monochrome. The text reads: LGEN. ROMÉO DALLAIRE WITH MAJOR BRENT BEARDSLEY. SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: THE FAILURE OF HUMANITY IN RWANDA

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 16/09/2025

Check out this cool bug I found in my garden yesterday!

A close view of a green leaf with a bug (moth?) in the centre. The bug has red and blue stripes along it's back (folded wings?). It has a pointed nose and the wings fold back to make the entire thing look like a streamlined boat or maybe the fuselage of an aircraft.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 12/09/2025

"COVID cases start to climb across Canada" "... doctors [recommend] Canadians consider precautions like vaccination, hand hygiene and staying home when sick." But don't even THINK about wearing a mask, you fuckin wuss. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

It's an end-of-summer trend that's been consistent for the past few years, with doctors recommending Canadians consider precautions like vaccination, hand hygiene and staying home when sick.

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Gord Spence @gord.spencenet.ca · 12/09/2025

I need you all to see this house. The owner has excellent taste and definitely "a" style. The inside does *not* match the outside. www.realtor.ca/real-estate/...