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The 2025 boy name list, from Aabhaan to Zyris
Welcome, dear reader(s) to my fifth annual look at Alberta baby names, beginning with those assigned male at birth. You may be wondering why I have this obsession with names.…
Roshan Gopal Krishnan Menon – Count Roshculla
I noticed it had been a long time since I’d seen something from my blogger friend Roshan, and looked him up on Facebook only to find that he’d passed away…
Alto: $200 Billion to save a few hours?
The 'treble' with Alto is that it won't be for everyone. If it's every completed, it probably won't be for anyone. The post Alto: $200 Billion to save a few…
129 Year Old Lost Film Found
The earliest example of a film featuring a robot was found in a library. It’s a bit degraded at the very end, but it’s a short film, and appears to…
Smile
Trump, the hockey guy.
Norway’s national wealth fund now C$3 trillion
In British Columbia, both the governing NDP and the Conservative opposition maintain that natural resources primarily belong to the companies extracting them today. Taxes are kept low, subsidies are plentiful,…
Compliance = Collapse
Can you justify using tech companies that are ratting out our fellow neighbours? The post Compliance = Collapse first appeared on Excited Delirium.
A suggestion for Canada’s big banks
Dear RBC, CIBC, BMO, Scotiabank, TD, and National Bank: Hello, custodians of Canada’s wealth. As a client of one of your banks (actually, it’s one of your cheap knock-offs; let’s…
Will America Turn 250?
Will it be America or Amerikkka by the end of 2026? Will America survive its 250th year? The post Will America Turn 250? first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Coat Caper
My coat was stolen while at Trifons on Friday night, but their staff were able to identify who did it from security footage. From their ID of their regular customers…
Plague Update: POStmedia Aims To Kill
The Gazette published an absolute turd of an article. Here are some of the lowlights: “Outside of a health-care institution, people aren’t really thinking about transmission,” he said. “In a…
Plague Update: Surviving or Thriving?
I really don’t know how people do it. How does the average person expect to survive the next decade? The last 6 years have gone terribly, and there is no…
A tale of two newspapers
Can you murder a newspaper? The Atlantic magazine thinks so. At least they accuse billionaire... The post A tale of two newspapers first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
ChatGPT: Our faulty arbiter of the truth
This blog was written by my son Blake, who teaches junior high school in Edmonton. By BLAKE TOUGAS I want to create a commercial for ChatGPT. It can feature well-to-do…
2 Men Attacked By President
Here are two famous men attacked by the Orange Menace. I was impressed by this interview, especially given that he is facing unfounded charges. The goons doing this to journalists…
Pasting Facebook is blah
Nothing says trust the antiwaxxer more than them saying they hadn’t heard of a form of heart disease before they thought they could blame the COVID vaccine for it. Below…
America vs Amerikkka
US Civil War, 2.0. It's already here. The post America vs Amerikkka first appeared on Excited Delirium.
On Quebec, past and present, and a look at one of Alberta’s potential futures
Premier Smith doesn’t seem to know her history. Before she was born, in 1967, Montreal was the largest city in Canada. Two major banks – BMO and RBC – were…
Videos of Late
Lately I’ve seen some videos that I want to see again later, someday.