Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The misleading headline on the podcast roped me in. First time I downloaded one in years, but I turned it off after about 45 seconds. Jesse's brain is completely cooked. 040
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We also see that Trump can impose tarrifs, kill fishermen in international waters, start wars, rename bodies of water, and even rip down entire sections of the Whitehouse, all without any restraint or oversight. Trump could wake up one morning and command an attack on Canada and it would be done. 030
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I don't know.. The solo in the Rheastatics' "Claire" always stands out to me as a risky one. But it's a Canadian band so maybe they didn't get a lot of play down there. 000
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Making ~60 people wait on a train so that a handful of single-passenger cars can go is really peak Toronto. 0120
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm often sharing the road with these morons on my bike with little more than a line of paint protecting me. Driving a several-thousand-pound vehicle without looking where you're going should be treated more seriously than a $600 fine. 110
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I think it would be easier for thieves to cut through the flimsy-ass bike racks I see in a lot of places. 010
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I don't buy this argument. It would be like arguing that wearing seatbelts is stupid because we should just make roads safer. I mean, can't we have both? 200
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Your channel is very educational (I've certainly learned a lot), and there's almost no work more noble than education. So don't feel guilty about it for a single moment. 021
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is insane, even by the extremely low standards of the Rebel. 010
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026As someone who had a high school friend whose older brother was permanently mentally disabled from a bike crash, I concur. 110
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I strongly suspect the Supreme Court is no different. Democrats wring their hands over the thought of stacking the Supreme Court, whereas there would already be 12+ justices if Trump started his term with a 6-3 majority against him. 010
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 22/08/2026By coincidence I'm rereading this book now and it's depressing that even though it was written in 1981 it remains as relevant as ever today. 1100
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Sure, but the 1.02% that support it gave Ford envelopes stuffed with cash, so... 🤷 0210
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Same vibe: "I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen J. Gould 0172
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Cory is great in this long format, it's a shame so many interviews are limited to just a few minutes. 120
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Maximum Overdrive is a guilty pleasure of mine but you're still right. The soundtrack is one AC/DC banger after another. 160
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I never carry change so I guess my other option is to install yet another app on my phone (why can't I pay through the website!?) Oh great, I need to register an account. And enter my credit card and hope there's no data leak. It's looking very tempting to just grab the car keys... 140
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It can be pretty daunting for a newbie. Like, how do I pay? I go to the GRT website and it says cards or coins. Great! I'll just tap to pay with my card. But if you read the details, this actually isn't an option on the bus! 130
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Unfortunately I bike through here all the time (well, I dismount to cross) and it is indeed a butt-clenching exercise every time. 100
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I remember bars complaining against anti-smoking laws when they were first introduced. All the patrons of their bars were smokers! But what they failed to realize was that there's a much bigger crowd of people that were avoiding their bars specifically because of the smoke. 061
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I found that having a helmet-mounted rear-view mirror and a bike radar helped a lot, since I'm no longer surprised by a car coming up behind me out of nowhere. Nevertheless, I totally agree that separated bike lanes are the right way. 020
Reposted by GregBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 02/06/2026My next book is *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI*. Pre-order, including a DRM-free audiobook or ebook, at my Kickstarter, and help me continue to prove that DRM-free isn't just the *right* way to reach audiences, it's also the *best* way: www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc... eof/ 0163
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I regret to inform you that the chest is all real. www.usatoday.com/story/life/m...usatoday.com'Star Trek: Wrath of Khan' director: Quit asking if Ricardo Montalban's chest is fake'Wrath of Khan' director Nicholas Meyer is tired of being asked if his star's fantastic chest was real or 'Fantasy Island' fake. Here's the answer. 150
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 15/05/2026This reminds me a bit of when the US government used to limit the export of versions of Netscape with 128-bit encryption in the mid-90s. Obviously, we all just downloaded and installed the US version of it. 010
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Jesse's brain broke after Oct 7, 2023. I had to unsubscribe from Canadaland because it became unbearable. 140
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Indeed, Trump himself said he would do it on multiple occasions. So where's the $10B in harm? 073
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I have an old laptop that was really struggling under Windows 11. I'm talking about clicking to open something and then going make a coffee while waiting for it to open. I wiped the drive and installed Ubuntu and it's actually a usable machine again! It was almost miraculous. 040
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Ghost is a great platform, it just lacks the brand familiarity of substack. Sort of like Bluesky vs Twitter/X. 010
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Thank God someone mentioned Sylvester. Do You Wanna Funk is amazing. m.youtube.com/watch?v=O5dh...m.youtube.comSylvester - Do You Wanna Funk (Official Music Video)YouTube video by MegatoneRecords 052
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026In the original album, the song Night Flight to Venus transitions smoothly into Rasputin. It's worth listening to the two tracks together. 020
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Five years ago he would have made this same statement but replaced "AI" with "block chain" or "metaverse". And five years before that with "big data" or "internet of things". 010
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I honestly think taxes should be applied at the household level anyway. Why is a couple where one makes 50k per year and the other makes 100k per year taxed at a higher level than a couple where both earn 75k? 040
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Your video about the sensors on the catalytic converter made me appreciate just how complicated ICE engines are. It's one reason why the high price of EVs is so perplexing... Electric motors are so much simpler, why do we pay a price premium for them? Is it all in the cost of the batteries? 2191
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 23/02/2026This quote I saw here yesterday seems apt: "It's not my duty as mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It's the same as if you bought a cow, or a fridge, then asked me where you're going to put them." — Mayor Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores of Pontevedra, Spain 140
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 11/01/2026In Trump's demented mind, non-whites *are* the worst of the worst. 000
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 21/12/2025It's interesting that breaking laws so long as you're in a car is acceptable. Everyone who ever got a speeding ticket says, "but I was just 10km/hr over the limit!" Imagine getting arrested for shoplifting and arguing that you *only* stole 10% of the products in your basket. 010
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This makes a very material difference in my desire to see it... 040
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 26/11/2025The same way so many Canadians can complain about immigrants, when (unless they are Indigenous) they are the descendants of immigrants themselves. "OK for me but not for thee." 010
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 24/11/2025“We don’t smoke that shit. We just sell it. We reserve the right to smoke for the young, the poor, the Black and stupid,” - Tobacco industry executive, 1992 0130
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 11/11/2025... Says the man who complained for several days after an escalator stopped working. 000
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Exactly. An electric motor is much simpler than a combustion engine, so these vehicles should really be cheaper than traditional cars. But auto manufacturers feel the need to load them up with "high tech" nonsense so they can command a premium price. 170
Greg @gsinger.bsky.social · 26/07/2025It's a shame I have to hold my cellphone under a waterfall to use it. There's just no way to store hydroelectric power! 🤷 000
