Ian Young

I'm so used to telling people "you're not interesting enough to be targeted by spies", but ever since DPRK went all in on state-sponsored cybercrime, now it's more like "no, actually it's entirely plausible the dude who stole your Roblox works for a foreign intelligence agency".

Justice Department again fails to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James The Justice Department also tried and failed last week to secure a new indictment against James in Norfolk, Virginia.

“According to a source Ms. Halligan became enraged when a grand juror told her that the word ‘indict’ is pronounced ‘in-DITE,” not “in-DICKT.”

Thousands Tell the Patent Office: Don’t Hide Bad Patents From Review A massive wave of public comments just told the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): don’t shut the public out of patent review.EFF submitted its own formal comment opposing the USPTO’s proposed ...

Here’s our wrap-up of the massive public response to @USPTO’s proposed patent challenge restrictions.

Hundreds under evacuation orders, alerts from B.C. atmospheric river - BC | Globalnews.ca In Abbotsford, there are 371 properties under evacuation order on the Sumas Prairie, while more than 600 are on evacuation alert as of Thursday morning.

ABBOTSFORD: “An evacuation order remains in place for 371 properties in Sumas Prairie West and evacuation alerts remain in place for 1,069 properties in Sumas Prairie East and West.” globalnews.ca/news/1157372... - Global News

#Abbotsford #AtmosphericRiver #BCFlood

'Extremely unpredictable'; Washington governor, emergency managers respond to catastrophic flooding across the state MOUNT VERNON, Wash - Washington emergency officials warn people to take seriously any warning to evacuate, as potentially historic flooding washes out roads and rivers across western and central Washington.

Gov. Bob Ferguson declares statewide emergency as flooding closes 31 highways across Washington - double the number from Wednesday night. "It's a very serious situation.

This has to be the most reckless thing Disney has ever done with their IP and I cannot wait for them to figure out what a bad idea this is.

Hundreds under evacuation orders, alerts from B.C. atmospheric river - BC | Globalnews.ca In Abbotsford, there are 371 properties under evacuation order on the Sumas Prairie, while more than 600 are on evacuation alert as of Thursday morning.

“The City of Abbotsford issued a new evacuation order for 82 properties in Huntingdon Village, up to 2nd Ave. and Sumas Way.” globalnews.ca/news/1157372... - Global News

#Abbotsford #AtmosphericRiver #BCFlood

Enshittification Podcast Episode · Future Knowledge · 2025-12-03 · 35m

A good half hour interview here:

I saw a clip of an old sitcom with a canned laugh track. That’s what generative AI feels like. Taking something vital & organic and making it hollow & mechanical. Here’s hoping AI’s fate will be the same as laugh tracks. A mocked relic of a time people accepted soulless absurdity for true emotion

The group most likely to be harmed by anti-DEI policies when it comes to college admissions is white men. It’s almost like expertise actually matters and they should have listened to those of us who warned against this. Instead, they’re hurting the very group they tried to protect.

👋🇺🇦Hello everybody! I am Kostiantyn Lavreniuk. Served for 1 year in #ZSU. Now I am demobilized for health reasons. But the war does not let go. Therefore, together with Yulia Kovalchuk, I created the "Sergeant Kit (ENG: Cat😼)" Public Organization...👇
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A+ on matching the chest stripes up to the raglan sleeves, too!

Maternal mortality in Ukraine rose by almost 40% during war, UN reports The UN has reported an increase in maternal mortality in Ukraine among pregnant women during the full-scale war. From 2023 to 2024, it rose by almost 40%.

Maternal mortality in Ukraine rose by almost 40% during war, UN reports

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Roman generals gifted kittens and piglets to their pet monkeys The macaques were status symbols all the way from India.

Roman generals gifted kittens and piglets to their pet monkeys www.popsci.com/science/roma...

Fellow terrorism researchers, see below 👇

The Chastisement of Deonandan-Dan

The story of a poor Guyanese boy raised in Toronto, Ontario who becomes a writer after his grandfather tells him that "a writer without a publishing contract is nobody" & makes it his life goal to achieve this by pissing off many CanCon luminaries along the way. 🇨🇦📖

I took a lot of shit for intensly disliking that guy, and now I am redeemed. 🙄

This country's being run by the kind of emotionally spavined subnormals who want to leave NATO because they had to see a sign language interpreter on the teevee

YouTube video by Trust Records SNFU - A Band from Edmonton

Ah! Sweet, sweet youth...

(...and a goodly chunk of my 20s)

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🥳 Ho-ho! 🥳

Nothing says “we’re not war criminals” like threatening the ICC.

Roger with his knighthood

Yeah, well, all things considered, I’m actually pleased for Sir Roger Daltrey. Can’t say he doesn’t deserve it - and look at his wee lil face.

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Congratulations!

No time like the present to plan out the placement of the roses, Hyacinths, Harebells & Gaillardias and a peony or two in the garden.

Hundreds of dead salmon still 'chock-full' of eggs found in Abbotsford, B.C., creek | CBC News A group of streamkeepers in Abbotsford, B.C., are worried about a surprising number of female salmon washing up dead on the banks without having spawned.

Some new leech-fueled nightmare fuel for you:

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Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.

Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

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A yellow-green toad with large black splotches! They are covered in lots of warty bumps!

Our friend the Thick-skinned Harlequin Frog is a critically endangered toad who lives at high altitudes in the Andes mountains of Ecuador and Peru! They are also known as Schmidt's Stubfoot Toad, named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who first described them as a species in 1857! (photo by Jasmin Odar)

Thanks Roxy!

Something with Christmas trees please 😉