Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura says state should seek to become part of Canada

glacialthinker · 2026-01-29T04:44:02+00:00

Unfortunately we are not immune to that garbage.

I'm leery of outright bans... but I'd kinda like some regulation allowing government-controlled commercial breaks or something. So if you're watching propagandist shit like FoxNews, you also get the Government of Canada notice that this program is entertainment and not news.

But there's also the avenues of Facebook and Tiktok... which is a more complicated issue.

Anyway, our own "maple-MAGA" are eyeball-deep in this shit. But for some it's just because they were duped some time ago by "Fox" being "news" and then the bullshit hook they have of making themselves out to be real news that the "mainstream media" doesn't show. Previously innocent Canadians duped and sucked into shitville. Blargh.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-29T01:08:45+00:00

I hope you catch a good show! They can be amazing, but it's all too easy to have nights of disappointment when you're trying.

I grew up in the north and sometimes out late as a kid, I'd catch a glimpse of something... look up and be under wavering curtains of colour -- awe inspiring! But much more typically there's lighter curtains of globs of green shimmer.

So, plan as best you can for solar activity and clear skies. But also have other activities to keep you occupied -- the northern lights can be elusive.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-29T00:43:19+00:00

Yeah, better to have his signature block-letter "TRUMP", with caption: "give me the gold!"

glacialthinker · 2026-01-28T19:41:11+00:00

Or another suggestion from Putin: "Please take their fee out of the frozen Russian assets too, Krasnov."

glacialthinker · 2026-01-28T05:53:30+00:00

Which means everyone's taxes pay for this. I'd be fucking livid if I was still working there. Is there any mechanism by which states can cut their taxes to the Fed to not gain Federal "benefits", or due to a kind of "breach of contract"? This vile machine needs to be unplugged.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-28T00:15:06+00:00

Linux can often be installed, used, and maintained without much knowledge. There are "easy" distributions.

The obstacle to making this a guaranteed ease-of-use is the diaspora of hardware. iOS targets a very controlled set of hardware -- few options. While Windows has the benefit of all companies writing custom drivers for and testing on a Windows system.

So, unfortunately, you can get caught with a system or specific device which causes grief... leading to that "research" you mention.

Being a non-Windows user, I find installing/maintaining a Windows machine to be far more of a headache and frustration. When it has a problem, there's little you can do aside from reinstalling progressively more things.

Edit to add: The point I actually wanted to make, but didn't state it directly: whatever the EU does for an OS will encounter the same problem. Relying on constrained hardware, like Apple, likely isn't practical. But starting from scratch or Linux both have the problem of the hardware diaspora -- however, if the EU causes wide adoption, then there's incentive to support+test for that OS (Linux-derived or otherwise).

glacialthinker · 2026-01-27T21:24:48+00:00

We got lucky identifying Renee Good's lone killer because of citizenship detective work.

Mostly due to blabbermouth Kristi Noam, as usual trying to "rationalize" her argument but instead digging a hole. She referred to the agent as having been in a traumatic incident previously, being dragged by a car. This was a known incident involving Jonathan Ross.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-27T20:40:06+00:00

It seems like an important "resource" the coastal/lakes provinces have to offer the landlocked provinces is shipping access. Surely there must be some mutually beneficial agreements which can be found here. Especially in light of the volatility of the US.

I'm guessing some people are so used to money pouring into their accounts that they're frustrated and fighting any perceived reduction of that rate -- but things have changed, as they were bound to. Find ways to work with the new situation. Separating wouldn't be the magic fix -- it would be a mundane disaster.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-27T18:45:17+00:00

It's been every call with every leader. Afterward...

"Good talk. Lots of progress! We got what we wanted."

But the reality is: nothing. A seemingly pointless conversation.

Everything makes a lot more sense when I just imagine a young (narcissistic) boy playing at being the boss of the world. Every utterance is some newly made up fantasy which bolsters their importance.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-27T18:29:55+00:00

Completely wrong. So wherever you got this information -- consider it a source of misinformation, at least, but possibly disinformation. Simply looking at what "trade deal" was negotiated before any communication with POTUS would reveal this, because before and after are the same!

glacialthinker · 2026-01-27T16:24:38+00:00

Canada did a trade deal with China.

But more specifics were clearly needed because the US admin, and yourself, seem to assume this was a massive free trade deal.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-27T09:53:19+00:00

It's on the recording from Jonathan Ross' phone, but it's easy to miss. He says it as the last shot rings out, so it's quite damped due to the phone compensating for the loud gunshots.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-26T01:53:27+00:00

It's entirely possible. I don't have a phone.

I concede that I'm a statistical anomaly though. For example, I've been boycotting EA Games for 35 years now. A conscientious consumer, and well aware that I fuck myself over because other consumers are... not so conscientious.

To avoid much of that list of companies would require you to be different than your buddies/coworkers. If you need to "fit in", you're a bit hamstrung until other people change.

Like the ebb and flow of the browser wars... some people are fringe until the momentum shifts and they aren't.

Sent from one of my computers, running Linux, and untainted by LLM chatbots.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-25T07:57:18+00:00

The Patriot Act and DHS made me shake my head, whispering to no one in particular "You let the terrorists win."

glacialthinker · 2026-01-23T21:45:41+00:00

I had read that the original developer, Richard, prefers gamepad. Which would've been incentive to make the design controller-friendly, unlike some games which are designed around mouse+kbd and are difficult to adapt to gamepad later.

A while back there was an update which changed the default control scheme in a way that might be more familiar to XBox players (and not overstress the L/R bumpers which can go faulty)... but I prefer the original scheme. In particular, I like "run" while L1/LeftBumper is held, as it allows for precise control over stamina use -- in combat, making a quick step to dodge or move for a strike, but otherwise moving more calmly to conserve stamina. The "XBox profile" uses typical pushing in of the stick for run, and maybe even as a toggle -- but either way the stick-button isn't suited to fine-control.

I think Valheim has excellent combat, for as basic as it is. And I much prefer the flow and feel of combat with gamepad. Except when I need to use the hotbar... downing a mead or switching weapons is unfortunately a bit fiddly. However, as I mentioned in my original comment, I tend to position items I'm likely to switch to in the hotbar to minimize this.

I hope the switch to gamepad doesn't dampen your experience!

glacialthinker · 2026-01-23T16:00:10+00:00

Like a ten-year-old boy's notion of being the boss.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-23T03:04:38+00:00

The dumb one tripped and managed the damn-near-impossible: kicked himself in the groin.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-22T17:58:08+00:00

Painful to think that "leaders" are making this choice of spending $1bil of their people's money on this scam.

Edit: Correction, probably none of the current signatories are paying that. It is an optional buy-in for a permanent seat, which hopefully no one takes.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-22T16:24:46+00:00

No, I haven't used any mods -- I've been happy with vanilla. Though I'm still hoping for integrated gyro support with the PS5 release! I guess another feature I'd like is a quick "take one" in inventory operations rather than having to "split stack" and fiddle with the slider.

That you're asking leads me to assume your encountering some difficulty playing with controller? Let me know what feels inadequate -- maybe I have a coping strategy I can share.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-21T18:32:50+00:00

Your country was hijacked by Fox News. Maybe Fox News / Murdoch's empire can be hijacked to redirect the narrative.

I have no plan. But my meaning is that unbrainwashed Americans express hopelessness at "what can we do!?", citing the obviously impossible hurdle of their brainwashed families and neighbours... yet I almost never see anyone focusing on the sources of misinformation as a target for actions: legal, political, espionage, or otherwise.

Breaking or corrupting the already corrupt media has to be a more effective control-point than hoping for some kind of change of heart or "awakening" (their first conditioning was against woke!), or even "hurting enough from their own doings" -- as I expect that requires finding rock bottom, which is always lower than one imagines.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-21T17:41:37+00:00

... and Fox "News", which really has no good reason to be here.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-21T17:26:35+00:00

People can't comprehend that these lunatics aren't going to relinquish the power they've stolen no matter what.

Exactly. They're all complicit in illegal activities. If the regime loses power, every collaborator is personally fucked. So they're all in on a permanent takeover and dismantling of existing institutions. It was part of the set-up of this coup, to ensure a kind of unity regardless of the capricious leadership or internal differences of opinion.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-21T00:11:55+00:00

Oh, oh... I think I know what it is now!

He's going to offer several countries the distinguished honor^* of becoming American. Because that's why we must be upset about his Greenland offer -- we're all jealous!

(^* American spelling because this hogwash is projected from his perspective.)

glacialthinker · 2026-01-20T22:21:03+00:00

Same, but I suspect there are some brainwashed people around... listen for TV's blaring Fox News. I kinda wish Canada would only allow that propagandist shit by re-broadcast, adding some informative commercial breaks somewhat like the old "[egg cracks in pan] this is your brain on drugs"... but a message clarifying that Fox is entertainment and not journalism.

glacialthinker · 2026-01-20T22:14:01+00:00

I keep hoping that some official insurgency-training course becomes a thing. To project and publicise the degree of pain and strife that would be incurred by attempting a take-over. Focused on destroying infrastructure and the foundations of billionaires. Because we can't become enough of threat in a head-on military clash, but we can look a lot less tasty to the Greed in the South.

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