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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hey, @stevedangle20.bsky.social , @bobbymacsports.bsky.social has started a Blue Jackets YouTube channel since being let go by the Jackets (they’re simulcasting the TV team on the radio now). Maybe you could have a chat with Bobby Mac on SDPN about the Jackets situation.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thought of the day: Who wrote the Letter to the Romans, Saul of Tarsus or Paul the Apostle? Who killed Goliath, El-Hanaan of Bethlehem or King David of Bethlehem? Who was the first Pope, Shimon bar Yonah or St. Peter? Even the Bible teaches us not to deadname people.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What’s interesting (to me, as an outsider—Canadian) is that no one seems to have noticed that the Republican Party is apparently using the text of The Declaration of Independence as a checklist.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Who knew cognitive dissonance could damage you physically as well as mentally and morally?

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

And, in an ironic twist, the best place in Canada for geothermal power generation is in Alberta, so it wouldn’t even change the political dynamics of Canada. We’d just be sending energy to the East via power cables rather than pipelines.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

To be clear; the risks involved with nuclear power generation are low, but the stakes are immense. It would cost less money to build state-of-the-art geothermal power generators, which not only have low risks, but the stakes are lower than doing nothing, which is the current government plan.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

So… sorry if I’m misunderstanding this, as a foreigner (🇨🇦), but this is a cunt complaining that a cunt is replacing a cunt on your money?

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

They have the gall to say it; they have the stones to do it. They have the gallstones.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

“What can we learn from these massive mammals to help build resiliency as we age?” Well, for one, that Wolverine was definitely named after the wrong species for a mutant with super-healing abilities.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I typically reply with, “I don’t know if it found me well; but well, it found me.”

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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We're getting REALLY close to the Nuremberg-Laws logic here: "Trans people are residents of the US, not citizens, because they do not deserve to be citizens". Anyway, to appease my critics I'll note that it couldn't possibly happen in the US because democracy or "good people" or something.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/03/2026

Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents.

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Arctic sea ice hits lowest winter level as unprecedented heat hits smashes records all over Earth

Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a tie for its lowest winter peak on record. Winter is when ice grows, but not as much as normal this year.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

No worries. People with knife callouses on their dominant hands gotta stick together. ✌️

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

And a car goes vroom... And a car goes vroom... And a car goes vroom... Gonna start _another_ war Going riding in a car

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Oh I'm going for a ride Sitting on my cushy seat Gonna mess the traffic up Gonna make the libs all bleat Gonna make the sirens wail Gonna lie and start a war Yes, I'm going for a ride Going riding in muh car! 1/2

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

It’s prompted by the sheer number of assassination attempts worldwide of world leaders sitting in cars. They’re especially larger in the US because you have so many more firearms, and fewer restrictions on owning those firearms, than anyone else. It’s pretty logical, really.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

It’s more or less standard. There’s also typically a few bikes trailing too. But the Beast isn’t always in the middle of the motorcade. The other SUVs are designed to be indistinguishable from it so they can play “hide the joker” with the Beast so, while moving, any one of them could be the Beast.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

My take: 1. It would be best if it went to overtime, because both teams have more regulation wins. 2. Once it’s into overtime, I’ll cheer for Boston, because I’m gaming with a BOS fan tomorrow afternoon and that way he won’t be cranky.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Elvis won’t face anyone in the playoffs, unless Jet is injured. Besides, we won’t see either team in the playoffs unless we get to the Eastern Finals, I think.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I don’t know who you think you are arguing with; but I think that this conversation might be more constructive if you re-read what I wrote.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It took them 30 years to build this machine. It won’t come down in one election cycle.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

1. See the second paragraph there. “Key principles are not negotiable”. 2. You don’t compromise with the entire party; you selectively peel off one or two members of the party (never the same members) on individual issues that directly impact their district. This is how you break block voting.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Tom, my dude, as much as I respect the reach and resources of the Iranian covert operations folks, my money on who takes out the current occupant of the White House is, in order, a cheeseburger and melanoma. Tehran is *way* further down the list.

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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Included in this story is a discussion of how solar has been scaling. Assuming that continues into 2026, we'll be installing over 3 GW of solar daily. Ballparking the typical capacity factor, that's going to be the equivalent of about 5 nuclear reactors every week for the entire year.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

And, of course, my favourite saying: “people who speak in maxims are often not right in the head”.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

There is a maxim that “war is the last resort of the incompetent”. Which is true. Sadly, most people don’t also understand that it is also the first resort of the incompetent. Another appropriate maxim might be “fools rush in where angels fear to tread”.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

2/2 and know where & when to compromise with likeminded senators on the other side of the aisle. That’s not really her bag, is it? The problem with the current boss is that the leader also needs to project a spine of steel, that core values are not negotiable. And that’s not really his bag, is it?

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Seniority and politics. But we all really knew that already, right? I’ll offer a different perspective: some people are better suited to play the role of “attack dog” on specific issues (Sens. Warren & Sanders spring to mind). The leader needs to be able to unify the caucus 1/2

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Everyone selling short on petroleum products.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

PS: satire, fair use, please don’t sue me guys, I’m poor & retired.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

#CBJ hasn’t quite got a complete grasp of the whole “come from behind in the third period”. Hint: Gentlemen, you still need to score one more goal than the bad guys before the final whistle.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

You know what is going to be insufferable? Bobby Mac has called a goal for a #cbj player during the second intermission, three games straight, and he’s been right all 3 games.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

[just in case it’s needed, the above is 100% sarcasm].

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

But, if you scrap the cap, what will the government be able to do to make US social security stop being viable for the next two generations? Think before you post, my friend.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Like I said elsewhere, I can guarantee you that 75% of the captains of the tankers would go for it if they could find a single insurer who would underwrite the voyage. The folks with money on board don’t want their money blown up. It’s that simple.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I guarantee you that 75% of the captains of those tankers would absolutely do that if *any* insurer would give them coverage. It’s not the skippers that are refusing to let the tankers go through.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This year’s winner of the NHL’s trade deadline: uncertain This year’s loser of the trade deadline: all of the poor saps running NHL websites and fansites who have to update rosters within 30 seconds of a trade being announced or the fans will be angry at them.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My daughter would love this appointment. What is your hiring timeframe? She’s currently in Grade 8.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Yes. And China has graciously agreed to not buy any more Chinese oil from China.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This just in: Kristi Noem has been named as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas. In her first public statement since the appointment, Ms. Noem said that she is confident that she will be able to work with Nick Fury to make America safer.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I think she’s just excited about meeting Nick Fury and getting to fly in that massive helicopter.

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I’m Neil B 🇨🇦 🍉 @imneilb.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

@stevedangle20.bsky.social , here’s my first try on Tankathon today. I blame you!

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