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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 23/09/2026

Normally, I wouldn't, but work paid for this one (just don't tell them that).

It's an update of the still from the Simpsons S10E13, "Homer to the Max" (you know, the Max Power episode) where Home is sitting in his chair nd the guys are crowded into the doorway to watch him.

Well, in this one, seated as the console as Homer is Trump (looking contemplative, as if there's a thought in the man's head), and standing in for Lenny is Canadian PM Mark Carney. The other plant workers have been replaced with foreign dignitaries such as Zelenskyy, Macron, von der Leyden, Modi, Burnham... Anyway the caption remains the same,

"GET READY, EVERYBODY. HE'S ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING STUPID."

It was one of the better episodes, actually.

And yes, I know; the clip was also included in S13E17, "Gump Roast". Sorry for the clip show!

The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 28/07/2026

To add to this, Chrome now lets you put all your tabs vertically along the edge of the window. So, yes, this is another one of those features I'm going to personally take credit for because my open tabs look more like a To-Do List than ever.

A snip from my Chrome browser showing the new vertical tab display. There are... there are a lot of tabs. This isn't even all of the tabs open in my Personal workspace, let alone my Work workspace. It's too much. I need, like, Pomodoro or GTD or something.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 13/07/2026

I think you'll find your suspicions are correct.

BBC article, photo of a dog under orange blankets on a stretcher. Headline: "Dog rescue from Ben Nevis suspected to have eaten discarded cannabis"

Close up of that same dog's face. He looks like yes, he's definitely eaten a garbage bag full of weed.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 08/07/2026

Ha! Okay, sure. For the record, the state of Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.

Listifications letting me know that I've been added to the list of "AIPAC People", whatever the fuck that means.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 15/05/2026

Tell me how you really feel, resize2fs man page writer.

A screenshot of text from the man page for resize2fs:

Note: when kilobytes is used above, I mean real, power-of-2 kilobytes, (i.e., 1024 bytes), which some politically correct folks insist should be the stupid-sounding ``kibibytes''. The same holds true for megabytes, also sometimes known as ``mebibytes'', or gigabytes, as the amazingly silly ``gibibytes''. Makes you want to gibber, doesn't it?

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 15/05/2026

Bus can't count against on-time percentage if they're all cancelled.

A screenshot of the Google maps for Android showing it's 8:04AM, and the only bus that runs in the neighborhood won't be by for another hour and a half.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 02/05/2026

I think the neighborhood raccoon has seasonal depression.

Photo of a raccoon behind a chain link gate; he sits on his haunches near a garbage can with a white bucket on top. He looks like his wife left him. He hangs his head in contemplation of what he could have done differently. Maybe he'll try to make a change in his life; his outlook. Maybe she'll come back. Maybe things will go back to the way they were. But for now, he wonders what garbage he might find.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 08/04/2026

Called it three years ago. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

A tweet from 5 May 2023 criticizing the City of Ottawa's plan to reduce garbage collection to 3 items every two weeks, down from 6 if I recall correctly.

The text of the tweet is, "Do you want midnight roadside dumping? Because that's how you get midnight roadside dumping."

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 27/03/2026

For instance, this caramel-coloured dipshit:

A portrait of the author as a young man. He has frosted tips on his short, dark hair, and is sitting in a Dr Seuss world looking confused by a "<-Near/Far->" sign. He thinks he's very clever, indeed.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 18/03/2026

+41.1c/L for diesel 3 Mar - 17 Mar, per StatCan. (www2.nrcan.gc.ca/eneene/sourc...)

Graph of Average Retail Prices for Diesel in Canada. It's a multi-line graph showing average retail price for diesel by week number over each of the past four years (elapsed 2026 included). It shows a stark departure from regular fluctuations for the previous three years in only the past two weeks. Currently (212.2c/L), we're above the peak going back to Wk 1 2023 (204.8c/L).

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 06/03/2026

Alberta's back, baby! Now, quickly get all those eggs back into the one basket. They'll never have to think about diversifying ever again.

Graph from ca.investing.com showing crude oil futures up to nearly $90/bbl (up over 30% in a week).

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 02/02/2026

Good evening all; I hope you're having a great start to your week. Anyway, here's how my weird-ass cat poops, apparently.

My light-orange cat digs a small pit in his litter box and then, propping himself up on the edge of the box, stands nearly erect to take a dump in the hole.

Later, he will exit the litter box, examine his handiwork, cover it with one swift swipe of his paw, and then scratch at the side of the box for upwards of five minutes.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 16/12/2025

Holy shit, someone is actually aware of this.

A screenshot of an article from CNN which includes the text, "But Trump can't change US law via executive order."

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 31/10/2025

Hallowe'en! One of the kids is a goose that's become a meme and then a different meme, and the other gets to spend all day explaining what a kinkajou is!

A white cardboard sign with the silhouette of a goose, behind the red circle with crossbar, implying that this town has some sort of goose problem.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 19/10/2025

Chat, it's cool when the device box is only attached to the siding with sheet metal screws and caulk, right? I'm afraid to look and see that the electrical ground was through the aluminum siding.

My gloves hand holding a piece of aluminum siding that surrounded an outdoor electrical device box. The box is not secured to the house other than by the aluminum siding.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 02/10/2025

I don't know, seeing this kinda made my day.

An image of a short Tweet chain.

(the post)
Pope Leo XIV
@Pontifex
8h
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal and communal style of life.
#LaudatoSi
#Season Of Creation

(the reply)

Austin
@AustyDR
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says
(tweet continues to explain the bible to the Pope)

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 26/09/2025

I can't believe Laura Loomer is only 32.

A photo of Loomer's surgically distorted face. No, this one is the green-haired troll doll. Sorry.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 25/09/2025

All right, if this doesn't cheer me up, nothing will.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 23/09/2025

A Google Lens search says they're Core Kitchen knives. It's most likely a ceramic coating on the steel blade cheeks to make it non-stick. In the image below, you can see that the sharpened blade edge is bare steel. I don't have these exact knives, but similar ones in my kitchen.

A close-up view of the Core Kitchen ceramic-coated utility knife set in teal and green.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 09/09/2025

I have questions about the "Canadian" orange juice.

Orange Juice in the dairy case at my local grocery store; there is a maple leaf on the shelf beside the price, which they tell me indicates a product is "Made in Canada."

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 07/09/2025

🎵 Take a ride in my Coupe, I'm gonna make soup! 🎶

Soup ingredients ready for baking on a sheet pan: Chopped tomatoes, red bell pepper, Vidalia Onion, feta cheese, fresh basil, and a bulb of garlic, all drizzled with olive oil and salt and pepper. They'll be roasted at 400F for 45 minutes and then blended with 4 cups of chicken stock.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 26/08/2025

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

From Batman Vol. 1 #425, some criminal wonders what that noise is ('HUH?' it says in the word bubble above his head) only to find Batman has raised a "DIE HARD" truck battery above his head to throw at him. I think that guy died of his injuries in the junkyard, I don't know. It looks bad.

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 09/08/2025

Oh, I'm blocked. Whatever. The point is these "450sqft luxury 1bdrm" 'homes' are renting for $1900/mth, and Craig Henry *is* on the edge of the city -- if you don't believe me, take the bus downtown. I'm sorry those architects got their feelings hurt.

Quoted a post that says "What was once a #singlehouse is now 6 new homes in Craig Henry. #gentleinfill can add homes within existing #neighbourhoods without pushing people to the edges of the city. More homes in the same meighbourhood. That's the future."

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The Imitable NotMike @notmike.madefrom.idiot.parts · 08/08/2025

Also: "These Luxury 450 sq/ft two story one bedroom units..." $1895/month?? Are you fucking kidding me? No wonder we're in a worse housing crisis than post-WW2. For reference, a 53' dry van (common tractor-trailer size) is 424sqft.

A listing from rew.ca for F-25 Fair Oaks for $1895/mo.

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