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Cal Deobald

@calmudgeon.bsky.social

Woodworker. Retired educator. Reluctant participant in the dumbest timeline ever. Saskatchewan.

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I'm not sure I've ever encountered a smile so eminently punchable.

Andrew Scheer, Captain Smirk, would be a close second.

08.10.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's like handing an 8-year-old a Bedazzler or showing a grade 7 kid how to add transitions and sound effects in PowerPoint.

This is the spinning text and ricochet sound of interior design.

07.10.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I still strive for genius every day, but I view it as an escape hatch from the gloom room. Same with my reading, plunging headlong into fantasy. I'll change when the world gets back to normal.

A few days lately, I haven't made it to genius. There's been a spate of tougher puzzles, IMO

05.10.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you search YouTube, there are also legal methods that allow the upgrade to Win 11 by bypassing the hardware compatability check.

05.10.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
How to Get FREE Windows 10 Extended Support
YouTube video by ThioJoe How to Get FREE Windows 10 Extended Support

For a more thorough explanation of the process and some of the pitfalls, check out this Youtube video.

3/3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc7o...

05.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just go to:
* Settings
* Update and Security
* Windows Update

You should see this screen, although the link to enroll may be in the right-hand panel instead. Click on the link shown in the picture.

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05.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thread:
If you're running Windows 10 on a computer that MS has deemed unworthy, know that they've recently had a change of heart and offered another free year of security updates. Be aware that to take advantage of this offer you do need a Microsoft account.

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05.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Says they're made in Canada.
www.costco.ca/kirkland-sig...

05.10.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Their Kirkland paper products (tissues, toilet paper) are Canadian.

05.10.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Those are very neat

05.10.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What bloody delirious fever dream do these people live in anyway?

04.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

So, if I've got this right, jurisdiction for the environment and resources applies to SK & AB, but not BC.

And they don't have to negotiate with BC, and they *can't* negotiate with the Feds, but somehow if we separated they'd have no issues getting bitumen to the coast.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

04.10.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Yellow flowers.

Yellow flowers.

Another bit of last-gasp fall colour.
#ozarksundrop
#eveningprimrose

04.10.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no Overton window anymore; there's just a gigantic pile of rubble where a wall once stood.

03.10.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One false move and the cetacean gets it!

03.10.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pink roses, thick with raindrops.

Pink roses, thick with raindrops.

October Roses
#nofilter

03.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really wouldn't worry too much about either of those two things "expiring".

03.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd sooner have The Chinese maintain control of Tiktok data than hand it over to Ellison, and I have no illusions about The Chinese government.

03.10.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps the most disturbing trend of our time - yes, even more disturbing than Trump - is to have information distribution algorithms and AI in the hands of the absolute *worst* people on the planet (Thiel, Musk, Ellison, Zuckerberg, ...)

03.10.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Quietly nods in Saskatchewanian.

02.10.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think Newsom is an absolute shyster, and he gives me the heebie jeebies, but at least he's being creative in finding ways to push back.

Would that Democrats in the The House and Senate showed half as much ingenuity.

Why is it only governors who can find their voices?

02.10.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This definitely feels like a firing offense. This may come as a surprise to her, but you can still be a disgusting, racist residential school denier, regardless of your pregnancy status.

01.10.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Paper bag with an attached note reading, "Date night in? Love you toots."

Paper bag with an attached note reading, "Date night in? Love you toots."

Found this paper bag floating around the yard, and now I kinda wanna know, as Paul Harvey would have said, "the rest of the story."

01.10.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, this needed to be posted today.

01.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She was, above all else, a good soul.

RIP

01.10.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of a hand-dug trench cutting across a yard.

Picture of a hand-dug trench cutting across a yard.

There's a voice inside my head which tells me I have to get jobs like this done before I'm too old to do them.

And another voice that says, "What you mean 'before'?"

01.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Canada ...

30.09.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And I don't have to worry about disturbing anyone else while I read.

But mostly speed.

30.09.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally, a decision by this government that I can unconditionally support.

30.09.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Count me in the former.

30.09.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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