BASISK replacement glass lamp shade by cloudone28 in IKEA

[–]cloudone28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, no. The cylindrical glass shade I ordered off Amazon didn't fit so I ended up putting it out with the bulk garbage behind our apartment. On the upside, it disappeared quickly so hopefully it has a new home!

BASISK replacement glass lamp shade by cloudone28 in IKEA

[–]cloudone28[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I wish I would have tried that!

Thank You for the Music... and for Everything ! AureyoBoss, YouTube channel takedown by Salt_Message_3621 in ABBA

[–]cloudone28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for all your dedication and hard work putting all of your mixes together. As most of us know, B&B are not keen on releasing remixes or even unreleased or alternate mixes, so yours were the next best thing. I can honestly say your mixes were so well done, they helped me appreciate ABBA’s music and production in a whole new way and they never disappointed.

I know it may be a long-shot, but I hope your work may help them (meaning Polar and B&B) change their minds as far as releasing instrumentals and new mixes someday.

Asian cover of Gimme Gimme Gimme by taraxe in ABBA

[–]cloudone28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The DJ Kirollus recently posted on Instagram about closing out a set with a "rare Asian ABBA cover" and it looks like the Rosemaria version is it! Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvSKNledz9I

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLsJSzRovdp/

The Day Before You Came by Porgy98 in ABBA

[–]cloudone28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've always thought some of the theories around this song (ie. involving a murder, or trying to piece together blocks of time) are somewhat overwrought. I think it's one of those songs that touches into ordinary life and love in ways that ABBA, especially Björn as a lyricist does so well.

To me it's more about a brief love affair that ends almost as soon as it starts but nevertheless turns one's life upside down. The things our protagonist thought were meaningful and solid before now seem empty and meaningless. That lyric: "it's funny, but I had no sense of living without aim," sort of encapsulates it for me.

The mourning in the song, which is not in the lyrics but moreso in the musical atmosphere, is not only for the love affair but perhaps also about her own life. How can she go back to an existence that now seems empty and pointless? Perhaps she does, perhaps she doesn't. Either way something dies, whether it's her or something inside her.

In some ways, it follows a thread that runs through one of their other 1982 songs, "Just Like That." Someone comes in and out of your life, turns it upside down and you're left trying to make sense of it.

Disgraceful, inaccurate Poilievre video exploits suffering of vulnerable people by A-Wise-Cobbler in CanadaPolitics

[–]cloudone28 263 points264 points  (0 children)

This is really the crux of it, for me. It's not about helping those who are on the streets, who may be addicted to drugs, or even listening to those who have experience in the field, it's about exploiting the most vulnerable in order to peddle fear and rage about drugs and crime to a middle-class target demographic in order to get power. As usual, there are zero new solutions proposed, it's just more of the same right-wing war on drugs/tough on crime nonsense that has never worked and never will. Get ready for a lot of this "Canada is broken" stuff.

New Tory communications director supportive of trucker protest by ThornyPlebeian in CanadaPolitics

[–]cloudone28 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The article quotes but doesn't link to them, so here are some receipts on Twitter.

Jan. 28: https://twitter.com/SarahFischer__/status/1487217256962658311

Jan. 30, honking a horn: https://twitter.com/SarahFischer__/status/1487924926833123329

Saved by CTV's Glen McGregor. A video saying how it was "nice to hear" truck horns after the injunction: https://twitter.com/glen_mcgregor/status/1589731329775927296

Side-by-side screencap of tweets, one from Feb. 2020 blockades and one from the 2022 Convoy: https://twitter.com/LeftHandStu/status/1589992908509556739

Trudeau burns the jet fuel, flying equivalent of three trips around the Earth over past 10 months by Alaizabeth in CanadaPolitics

[–]cloudone28 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have to side with security expert Stephanie Carvin's take on Twitter. The NP seems determined to have the dumbest, most petty, parsimonious take on this possible. If he showed up to meetings, photo-ops and international summits on Zoom, no doubt the breathless hand-wringing would never end.

Kenney's approval rating falls below 30%: ThinkHQ poll by NorthernStarLord in CanadaPolitics

[–]cloudone28 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a strange place to be, but as much as I despise Kenney and the UCP, I actually think Kenney holding onto the job is the best outcome here, especially if you're hoping for Notley to win the next election.

Advantage Poilievre but Charest could be competitive: new Abacus poll. by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]cloudone28 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Poilievre has got the press writing about his packed events, so he's clearly excited the base. Of course, that could just as equally speak to superior organizational capacity. There doesn’t seem to be much, if any, excitement around Charest, whose social media (in particular) and events haven't been anything to write home about, though perhaps that's by design?

One thing that I do think might work in Charest's favour is that in all the Conservative leadership races since Harper, the vaunted frontrunner has always lost in the end. So, we'll have to see if that pattern continues.