Troy Goodfellow

Popped into my favorite local bookstore after doing an expensive errand, and they had Chandler’s “Campaigns of Napoleon” for only $60 but I just could not justify the indulgence today.

Maybe it’s an April thing.

Coming March 11, 2026.

Inspired by the people of northern Japan, the Sakhalin Islands, and coastal Siberia, the North Pacific Attire Creator Pack by modder Adrian “Aj” Kamil introduces new fashions, armor, and buildings to Crusader Kings III.

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lede to an irish times article about Harry and Meghan by Patrick Freyne.

A reminder that in 2021, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social wrote the best explanatory lede regarding colonialism and monarchy that I have ever seen. www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...

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Sometimes I think the hardest part of my job is answering "Can you give me three words for this thing?"

Ten words is easy. Three words is not a Monday morning job, I'm afraid.

“It doesn't feel safe”—Many international game developers plan to skip GDC in US Stories of border issues lead to pervasive travel fears across the worldwide industry.

As GDC starts this week, I published a story summing up the overwhelming fear stopping many international developers from coming to San Francisco this year. arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...

This is the warning on the blood pressure monitor my dad just got.

Exceptional work. Anybody know what the fuck it’s supposed to mean?

Last line is especially ominous

The Emperor surveys his vast dominion. Robed in splendor, master of all he sees.
He may appear fearsome and unyielding.

But sometimes, all he truly wants is a hug.
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I am told that Smith's Falls has a great Burger King. So that could be the reason.

Not that air travel in winter is necessarily more reliable - I've had to sleep at Trudeau Airport more than once because storms nixed a connecting flight.

But sure beats sitting on a railway track in the cold, plus knowing that when I do board, it's 90 minutes more travel, not "who knows?" hours.

I used to love VIA - stress free travel through the corridor and even out east if I wanted to overnight it back to NB (which I did a lot as a grad student.)

But it is now too expensive for very unreliable service, especially in the winter and Canada has a lot of winter.

In Brazil this month, i have been asking a bit about their Jan 8th near coup, and folks say bad apples.

I wonder: is the apple picking machne badly programmed? Is the apple container place taking good apples and making them bad or is it really just a few bad apples?

This is a post about the CAF.

I just saw a TikTok video that referred to the band Bikini Kill as "Bikini Unalive," and it's like, what are we even doing at this point?

holy shit

I have very vague memories of long gas lines in my childhood.

Also, a gas station running out of gas and closing early is a key clue in the 1973 Columbo episode “Candidate for Crime”.

Post Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells Fox News that a military draft is on the table. 4:19 PM • Mar 8, 2026 CEverybody can reply 276 reposts 699 quotes 685 likes 36 saves 184 ① 975 685

This is an irresponsible, misleading post that misrepresents what Leavitt said. There's enough awful stuff happening. Don't confuse people.

This sounds terrible

my new favorite Fallout 76 camp

Many of us have been saying it for a long time, and now more people are saying, very strongly: Baseball

Last night, I had the best sleep I’ve had in months, so I almost don’t care that I lost an hour.

Still, would be great if Europe and the Americas could sync up on the time change, because the next couple of weeks are going to be rough as my mental math goes screwy.

top 100 mlb players ever where some of the 100 players definitely exist

i, for one, am ready to let ai handle all of my important medical decisions

Quote of the Day by Lucilla, daughter of Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius, on her birthday: 'Waste no more time arguing... "Waste no more time arguing about what a good person should be. Be one." - Lucilla Lucilla, Marcus Aurelius Quote of the day

Hate to put a good lady down, but Lucilla didn’t say this. It was her father, Marcus Aurelius, in his Meditations (10.16). She really didn’t factor into this Stoic work. Even if I’d love more female writings from antiquity, we can’t misattribute quotes. lexundria.com/m_aur_med/10...

Johannes M. Koenraadt: I just learned that Iran is an extremely mountainous country. If anyone in Tel Aviv or Washington thinks they can beat Iran, they are mentally unwell.

Geopolitical commentator and author of “Revival of the West” just learned Iran has mountains everywhere and is ready to lecture US leadership on the war lmao

I've been listening to an audiobook about airships (zeppelins, dirigibles, or blimps, depending on locale), and how they NEVER really worked, but governments had invested so much in them that they were determined to MAKE them work, wasting fortunes & years & lives

This post is not about airships

(With the usual caveat that I am not widely read in this region’s history so if there are blind spots, I won’t see them.)

I got distracted by shinier things before I was halfway through Amanat’s book, but I can also recommend it as a good, readable history.

Having similarly dealt with far-right characters I’ve reported on engage in stalking / harassing behaviour to the point where lawyers needed to be engaged, I can say Canada’s laws are completely insufficient to deal with these problems and I have zero trust in the legal system to protect journalists

Yeah, this or Nethack might have been on my list, too but the only Nethack listed was an Android version from 2011.

Can’t really blame Jarry for either of those goals, but if he loses his cool this could be another long night.

was communicated to me by (the Rev'd) Mrs McMurray of C. W. Dumbar The following love story of an Odjibway girl ^ it is founded on a historical incident in the ward of Canada. In 1759 Baigwaineoshee, (the White Eagle driven by the wind,) accompanied as far as the lake of Two Mountains, a party of her tribe, who descended the Utawas to aid Gen Montcalm in the defense of Quebec. While there, she received attentions from a young Algonquin, who, however, never fully declared himself. The attachment was mutual, and continued after her return to the south, where she continued to pour out her affections in these strains, which she composed to an Indian chant and often repeated. A grand niece of hers, thus heard the song, and by [?] frequent re- petition learned it. The term Odishquagumee, meaning a man at the lake of two mountains, or as it [?] literally ? at the end of the chain of water, is the Ojibwe term for an Algonquin. Ia indenaindum - ia indenaindum! Makow we yan ninemooshain wee Odishquagumee [Ah me - ah me! when I think of him - when I bring him to mind, my sweetheart, Odishquagumee, or the Algonquin] Pah bojeaun nebe naubekonig Waube megissun nenemooshain wee Odishquagumee [As I embarked he put the white wampum around my neck, my sweet heart, Odishquagumee] Keguh wejeewin aindah nuk ke yun Neen ge- egobun, ne nenemooshai wee Odishquagumee [I ^ shall go with you, he said, to your native country - I will go with you, ^ he said, my sweet heart - Odishquagumee.]

Nia !nin denau dush, wassahwud gushuh Aindunukkeyaum ke y au neememooshain wee Odishquagummee [Oh, I said to him - it is far away - my native country, my sweetheart, Odishquagumee.] Kai aubik oween, ain aube aunin Kewe naube, ne nemooshai wee Odishquag ummee. [When I [would] looked back again, he would still be looking after me, my sweetheart, Odishquagumee] Apee nay we ne nebow wisheban Aung wash agushing, ne nemooshai wee Odishquagumee [^When he was still standing on a fallen tree, that laid in ^ that had fallen the water, my sweetheart, Odishquagumee] Nyau indenain dum - nyau indenaindum! Makow we yan nin de nain dum we Odishquagumee, [Alas! alas! when I think of him - when I [bring his image to mind] think of him - my sweetheart - Odishquagumee.]

!!! Just found this transcription and translation of a love song by an Ojibwe woman who fell in love with an Algonquin man while traveling near Deux-Montagnes, QC in 1759 during the 7 Years War. I can't quite interpret her name, it looks like Baigwaineoshee "The White Eagle Driven by the Wind"