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Gordon Pattie

@gwpattie.bsky.social
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Retired Network Analyst, UVic Alumni '78 Biology, opinionated curmudgeon, fair-weather sailor, proud dad.(view from South Pender Island, paradise) PPC=Block. No DMs without first asking.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 24/07/2026
Calibration Nobel xkcd.com/3275/
Comic. [Person 1 with short hair on stage behind podium reading off paper while addressing audience. People are shown sitting in chairs while Person 2 with ponytail and Person 3 waving are walking toward stage.] PERSON 1: This year’s Nobel Prize in “calibrating your equipment carefully and not embarrassing yourself by publishing spurious results” goes to Dr. Adams and Dr. Smith, who did *not* announce the discovery of microbes on Titan. PERSON 3: Thank you, thank you.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Gordon Pattie @gwpattie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@collburns.bsky.social I posted twice to your recent post. Neither appeared. I don't know if you are blocking me or if BS is just screwing up. So it goes.
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Katy Shorkey @katyeshorkey.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Sane Lunatic @sanelunatic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Once more, for the willfully ignorant in the peanut gallery: Unpasteurized dairy products cause 840 times more illnesses and 45 times more hospitalizations than pasteurized products. I was a nutritionist for the dairy industry. We never recommended raw milk for that reason.
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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
A close-up of a black-capped chickadee's head and breast, face-on, with a single 6-pointed star-shaped snowflake with one arm having extra, symmetrical branches, perched on the bird's feathery black forehead.
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John Dandridge @jonthetherapist.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
British comedy youtube.com/shorts/hqJvY...
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When It’s Your Lucky Day😂 #shorts
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boomdrummer.bsky.social @boomdrummer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
They shot him 10 times while he was face down. It was a 3rd world style public execution youtube.com/shorts/LDETj...
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He was EXECUTED
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
My latest: Mark Carney just delivered the most important speech in recent Canadian history. Now, we wait for the fallout. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...
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Mark Carney just shook up the world
His speech in Davos might be the most important one ever delivered by a Canadian prime minister. Its consequences will determine his place in history — and ours.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Danielle Smith's willingness to cater to Alberta separatists was always a dangerous game. Now, in the wake of America's attack on Venezuela and its covetous advances on Greenland, she's effectively risking Canada's future in order to save her own. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Danielle Smith's separatism games are coming at a dangerous moment
Alberta's premier loves to talk about standing up for her province. Will she ever show the same enthusiasm when it comes to Canada?
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
She is evergreen! bsky.app/profile/heat...
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Farewell 2025. #HappyNewYear2026
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Brilliant….that’s hilarious….no more DNA testing 😂
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
"Ungoverning is not a neutral act. It is an ethical choice. It shifts power from the many to the few. It transforms rights into commodities. It turns need into opportunity for private profit. And it abandons the belief that a society should be judged by how it treats the vulnerable."
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Danielle Smith is "Ungoverning" Alberta
And trying to break the very idea of Canada
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Saffermaster 🏆 @saffermaster.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I fucking hate John Roberts for destroying the American experiment by naming Trump King
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emmy nominee gaystrom intodudes @suspiciouscoffee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The OpenAI logo struck-through with a No symbol. Text surrounding icon reads “BUTLERIAN JIHAD NOW!” in Davison Art Nouveau (or similar font, evoking Dune book covers)
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Gordon Pattie @gwpattie.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@michaelwhiteshoes.bsky.social I could not post to the relevant thread but here is some toaster classic output. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_...
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Does Anyone Want Any Toast? | Red Dwarf | BBC
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?”
The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy.

‘Transgender’ putting  describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly.

You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”
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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We do not agree with what Tucker Carlson and MTG have been saying lately, they are agreeing with us! Period!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Terrific
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“Solid gold Truck Nutz! This is magnificent. Thank you, Prime Minister.”
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
It must be magnificent to be these billionaires and foreign countries, all of whom secretly scorn Trump, giving him lavish but vulgar gifts that he doesn’t understand are elaborate expressions of their contempt for him, his taste, his principles, and his self-awareness.
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njcnlr.bsky.social @njcnlr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Who was it who said, “The e in email stands for evidence.”
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
WEO 2025: China’s Electrification Outruns the IEA’s Imagination Don't believe the oil bros. Peak oil/gas demand are coming soon regardless of whether the @IEA caves to Trump's pro-oil pressure. #abpoli #cdnpoli energi.media/markham-on-e...
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WEO 2025: China’s Electrification Outruns the IEA’s Imagination - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future
World Energy Outlook 2025 takes a step back by eliminating the Announced Policies Scenario (APS) The International Energy Agency has always built its authority on policy. Its World Energy Outlook mode...
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Felipe Gaona @felipegaonar.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I love this.
An exchange on twitter.

controlla.xyz:

If you hate Al you probably just hate art and expression

It's an infinite mashup of all the best art ever made by humans

lesliejandersonwriter:

If you hate the juice at the bottom of a restaurant dumpster you just hate food and cooking.

It's an infinite mashup of all the best food made by humans!
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Hey #Montana and #Kalispell you dumb shits voted for Trump. Your boy Trump came after us in trade tariffs. The only ones coming to MT are dumb ass Albertans that want to be part of the USA. When we bankrupt as many businesses as we can, you can blame your boy Trump. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'We miss you': Montana city launches campaign to woo back Canadian visitors | CBC News
One of Montana's main travel destinations is reaching out to Canadians, offering deals, discounts and specials in an effort to lure them back for a visit. Discover Kalispell, a tourism marketing and m...
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Stentor Danielson @chefstentor.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Don't make me tap the sign.
A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Whistles: An extremely low-tech community tool that could prove invaluable over the coming months. I'd like to see a well-funded organization mass produce these and encourage people to hand them out liberally, to friends and neighbors, as party favors, for free at checkout counters, etc.
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To stand up to ICE agents, some Chicagoans are arming themselves with whistles
The plastic whistles have become a way to loudly resist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and warn those who may be in danger.
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2025
Lutnick on Epstein: Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it? Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.
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The Wizard Writa Obscura @writaobscura.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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The Wizard Writa Obscura @writaobscura.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Medicaid cuts have started. I make 1550 a month on disability for schiz. They are saying I need to pay 426 before I get meds and services. I have searched for a part time job in Hannibal, MO for ten months with no luck. I'm a navy radar tech vet that has worked on industrial factory lasers and...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
“Ignorance is the Key Ingredient That Keeps MAGAworld Believing Trump's Lies and Absurdities” | I discussed my new book with @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social, #ScienceUnderSiege, with @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social #BackgroundBriefing: soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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Ignorance is the Key Ingredient That Keeps MAGAworld Believing Trump's Lies and Absurdities
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
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Irene Adler @ireneadlercal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Never gets old theonion.com/area-man-s-i...
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Area Man’s Intelligence Probably Just Too Intimidating For Most Women
MILWAUKEE—Describing his mind as both “a blessing and a curse,” local man Benjamin Walker, 27, told reporters Thursday that his intellect was probably just too intimidating for most women to engage wi...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 28/09/2025
Someday people will start noticing that the most eminent roboticist in the world has an uninterrupted multi-decade record of deep skepticism about almost all uses of robotics and “AI” that has been proven uniformly correct
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Grandma G 🍁 Kanadiac @kanadiac.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🤣 🤣 Elites pay the ultimate price during Punish the Rich Day... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes youtu.be/-g1u0ascpLY?...
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Elites pay the ultimate price during Punish the Rich Day... | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
1/ Russia appears to be running out of surface-to-air missiles, with air defence crews having to be reassigned to the infantry because they have nothing to fire. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/anto...
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Here's what I think is happening in Poland. Thank you all for being patient. Gifted. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Russia’s Reckless Provocation
Whether by accident or malice, the Russians are risking a wider war in Europe.
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🫧🐝 BlissBee 🐝🫧 @blissb33.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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En Sabah Neurodivergent @spearhafoc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Liberals all sound like this right now.
Stills from Mad Men. Betty, in the Draper kitchen with their black maid.

Betty: I hate to say this, but it's really made me wonder about Civil Rights. Maybe it's not supposed to happen right now.

The maid just looks at her blankly, but with poorly-concealed contempt in her eyes.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I understood AI better when someone explained that LLM basically means "how have the world's biggest dipshits typically answered this question"
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Oh look, ICE is copying literal Nazi recruiting propaganda again. The poster on the right is for the Volkssturm, the Nazi militia of older men and boys established during the final months of World War II.
@DHSgov on X: We’re taking father/son bonding to a whole new level.

JOIN.ICE.GOV
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[Young man and old man in ICE gear]Wehrschiessen des Deutschen Volkes 1944
[Young man and old man sharing a rifle]
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