Shaun McKinnon @shaunmckinnon.bsky.social

Recovering academic and all around nobody!

Hey @lgr-yt.bsky.social, dis you?

"We're getting that [Multisystem2 Arcade] out to someone in USA, which they'll do a video on..."

It's safe, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone 🀐 😁

youtu.be/7DZ8gtORx-Y?si=eW6RpIa6k0Fhy-YN&t=215
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Moebius Stripper @moebiusstripper.bsky.social
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Norman Rockwell meme, "I don't know who needs to hear this", or whatever other insufferable throat-clearing precedes this stuff: Donald Trump did not start a war to distract from the Epstein Files, simply because Donald Trump *does not need to distract from the Epstein Files*, or anything else.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social
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LGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social
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Wow, check this out: an LGR viewer found screenshots for the (presumably) cancelled SimAnt Enhanced CD-ROM for DOS PCs! They found the images on an Interplay press kit they had years ago. First time these screens have been posted online, far as I can tell!
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This is a far more polite and constructive response than what I wanted to say.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social
1mo
If you're worried that Bluesky will own day betray you in an effort to make money or gain influence, or one day fade away -- worry not. It will definitely do one or both of those things.

100% guaranteed.

So will all the others.
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My latest video, covering Chinese history from ca. 1271 CE to Present, is now up on YouTube.

If you like this video and want to vote on future topics or directly participate in a future discussion, fire me a DM and I'll get you an invite to my Discord.

youtu.be/GIRpaFAYB1E?si=naKEWU0oA_I3P10T
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And in the continuing saga of "Charles Darwin speaks directly to my soul on his bad days" I present to you these excerpts from actual letters he actually wrote to actual people, please enjoy:)
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Gerraint @gerraint.bsky.social
2mo
Therapist: I need you to write letters to the people who have wronged you and then throw them into the fire.

Me: Ok, but what do I do with the letters?
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This will be considered an official day of mourning by Canada's Parliament. The Senate will only sit for statements on the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, and then adjourn. All Senate hearings this afternoon will be cancelled. And flags will fly at half mast.
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I want to win, but like... not that much!
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My January Q&A session on the Bronze Age Collapse is up on YouTube. You can view it here: youtu.be/2C4QTVHIKDw

These are casual lecture-like sessions I host on various historical and contemporary topics. My goal with hosting them is to provide as much context as possible for our shared world.
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca
2mo
I’m so mad that AI made the em dash sus
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It's Monday.
It's February.
The world seems on fire.
For these reasons and myriad others, please let me remind you that pure joy does exist and can be found on YouTube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHJUNueFjr8&list=PLBZNlAa1UKF5bib4r8hP43CZOgCqOFdKr
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So.... artificial Catholics?
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
2mo
Sigh. Okay, grandpa. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-trump-threatens-100-percent-tariff-canada-china/
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Very proud of myself. Someone called all supporters of Canada's mission in Afghanistan fascists and instead of immediately telling them to 'Eat Shit!', I simply blocked them. I'll be accepting my Nobel Peace Prize later this evening.
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Pilgrims in an Unholy Land

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YoAbTwHCU
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Of course with apologies to John Morgan
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From the sounds of it, you're upset we're not weeping for the loss of your democracy. Your country stopped talking sense after 9/11 and we've kept an ever increasing distance since! What do you want us to do? Fight the battle you ran away from for you? Get stuffed!
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Canadians vacation in authoritarian countries all over the world. Some of us even send our kids to be educated in them. Not my choice but thems the breaks in a free fucking democracy! If your country's democracy has indeed fallen, we'll adjust accordingly.
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"I am shocked by Canadians who tell me unapologetically about vacationing there ... To me, this verges on traitorous."

Hey Jason, go fuck yourself! We won't be shamed or scolded by a fucking Yankee transplant and we'll keep our own fucking conscience on the States thank you very much!
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Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social
3mo
Lots of people showing up to complain about my thin skin. Folks, I'm still here. I can deal with your bullshit.

The people I want to read are not here. They did not want to deal with your bullshit.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
3mo
Saw Bluesky described as where elder millennials go to retire from the internet, and immediately felt the peace that passes all understanding wash over me. None of have to struggle any longer. We completed our time.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
3mo
A reminder that Christmas is a great time to become some sort of nutter that people avoid talking to, for fear of what you might start ranting about
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Ever wanted to know why Christmas is December 25th? Well my latest Q&A Session may be just for you. You can view it now on YouTube: youtu.be/9HRfiR0Ez3Y

If you like the content and would like to participate live, fire me a DM and I'll get you an invite to the Discord.
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Hey @davidfrum.bsky.social, I think you might need to give @gcaw.bsky.social's head a shake next time you're both in @theatlantic.com offices.
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BRB, going to go out and commit untold acts of treachery because, as a Canadian, it's what we're known for!
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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social
3mo
that the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion
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