David, Host of The Cold War

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That's a lot of drugs...

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I loved this game, even in its disgustingly buggy release state.

I think deep down we WANT them to be Blofeld, Lex Luthor, or Kingpin.

It feels better to be bullied by genius rather than incompetent morons.

i've had season tickets to the COC for a few years and while the audience does tend to be older, there are quite a number fo younger people attending as well.

Programs like this are awesome for encouraging ppl to try it out.

AGEISM!!

(i actually think this is a great idea and I am just sad that i haven't qualified for an under-30 discount in almost 20 years)

Puddy nails it.

what the....I didn't even know this was possible!

I don't know about shitposter, but I can't help but feel the most terrifying social media notification that could exist would be "you have an unread reply from Adm. Rickover"

Book proposal-ing.

This is fun.

“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits

what a good looking dog!

If you see this, post a monster

haircut? haircut.

Have you watched our most recent video, examining the Cold War relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

Big shout out to @alexvont.bsky.social whose own work, Red Heat, both inspired the episode and helped guide it.

As a Canadian, real Thanskgiving was over a month ago but for all of my American friends, esp those who have otherwise strained relationships with family of all sorts, I am thinking of you and wish you all the strength and fortitude that may be necessary to endure.

Or you know, just walk away.

While hundreds of calls were registered by viewers expressing concerns over the broadcast, it was quickly identified as a hoax and the incident has become a part of urban folklore.

as the Southern Television broadcast was being relayed by the Hannington UHF transmitter from another transmitter as opposed to a landline. This allowed a more powerful transmitter to overwhelm the original signal and be replaced by the new message from the Ashtar Galactic Command.

instructions to humanity to abandon its weapons so that we could be included in a 'future awakening' and 'achieve a higher state of evolution'.

While "Vrillon" was never found or identified, the unauthorized broadcast was found to be possible

A tall TV broadcast mast rising above a lovely pastoral scene

a man in a suit and tie sitting in front of a microphone. He is clearly a TV presenter

All your weapons of evil must be removed. The time for conflict is now past and the race of which you are a part may proceed to the higher stages of its evolution if you show yourselves worthy to do this. You have but a short time to learn to live together in peace and goodwill.

OTD - November 26 1977, a a broadcast signal intrusion occurs in a Southern Television broadcast, affecting parts of the southern United Kingdom.

A presentation of Day by Day was interrupted for six minutes and replaced by the voice of "Vrillon", representing the Ashtar Galactic Command giving

It's actually my favourite feature

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Tom Hanks branded massage parlour called Hank's Yanks

Unimpressed dog is unimpressed.

How CBC News will use AI responsibly to benefit our journalism — and keep your trust | CBC News CBC is launching a new campaign aimed at reminding Canadians how our journalism can provide a safe harbour from the fake news and AI-generated content roiling through our feeds. As the campaign begins...

Dear CBC,

F**k off with this sh*t.

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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

I'll be alright...

As anticipated, the comments section is rife with racism

Offer:

Uniform inspection in exchange for a tox screen.

these groups and orgs have been operating here for years/decades; they are just getting far more brazen at this point.

Growing white nationalist group behind broad daylight demonstration in London on Sunday | CBC News An apparent white nationalist demonstration on a busy overpass near London, Ont.'s downtown on Sunday afternoon is concerning for witnesses and experts who track extremist behaviour.

These people can fuck right off.

Find out who they are and then name and shame. There shouldn't be room in this country for this bullshit.

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