Jay Dee

“bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur-nuk!" -James Joyce, Finnegan's Wake

The repudiation of international law and embrace of Genghis Khan-ism by the countries that were formerly at the forefront of championing the liberal order will inevitably raise questions about the continued survivability of many smaller states who benefited from that system.

BREAKING: A large-scale attack is underway in the Iranian capital, at least 30 explosions were heard in Tehran moments ago.

Some really concerning funding cuts in Carney's budget (CRA, Indigenous relations, Canada Post, Public Works, CBC) but what stuck out to me as a transit nerd is: -50.2% cuts to "VIA Rail Canada Inc." +19% boost to "VIA HFR - VIA TGF Inc" (High Frequency Rail)

BREAKING: Israel says 'massive' wave of strikes targeting Tehran 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/gt5gwr?update=…

This is still up there for funniest panel of the past year especially if you realize Bizarro Joker is just a perfectly sane person

BREAKING: Powerful explosions rock Tehran as air defences engage targets 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/gt5gwr?update=…

Of course it's AI. Genuinely, I cannot wish for a worse fate for a fan of a fictional universe than the franchisation and slopification of it.

It is now obvious that Netanyahu, through Kushner, reassured Trump that the Iranian regime would collapse immediately once Khamenei was killed.

I'm currently in Dubai and the banks are getting weird. Citi and Standard Chartered literally evacuated their offices this week. Told staff go home, work remote. HSBC closed their Qatar branches. Hedge funds are in "contingency mode." That's a polite way of saying they're bricking it. Analysts are saying customers could pull out $307 BILLION if this goes on another month. $307 billion. Let that number sit for a second. Bank withdrawals are "elevated" — that's the official word. A guy I know who works at Emirates NBD told me they've had more wire transfer requests in the last two weeks than in all of Q4 last year. Iranian accounts? Those are getting flagged and frozen quietly. No announcement. The UAE central bank just launched their biggest support package since COVID. That's not a good sign — that's a panic button. People are moving money to Singapore, Switzerland, anywhere that isn't in Iran's flight path. The dirham is pegged to the dollar so it looks stable. But that peg costs money to defend, and everyone's watching it.

Astonishing March temperatures across the US Just wait until August, especially with a likely whopper of a super El Nino on the way

Israel has been pummeled all night. Based on my counts of alerts and reports of landings from open sources the number increased tonight, though there are no reports of casualties. My Whatsapp groups are filled with people having breakdowns after not sleeping for two weeks. In Jerusalem 4 alerts were heard in a 90 minute span. Iran has been able to increase the number of launches daily. Everyone seems angry at the IDF and Netanyahu for lying about the destruction of Iranian capabilities.

toronto in march

probably, huh?

sure, good book!

Peter Chan Says AI Will Replace 'Any Blockbuster or Commercial Film in Three Years' at Hong Kong FilMart Panel variety.com/2026/film/mark…

@AgingRanchHand Real good band

@JayDeeWriting An insane maintenance guy in London heard my American accent and said you watch The Sopranos? And I said yeah and he goes my friends did the theme song. I didn't know they were British previously

Jim Jones was obviously a beyond horrible person but wearing aviator sunglasses as you preach in doors is so fire

Buddy, wait until you see my Dragonlance collection

Talk to any person under the age of 35 and this is no surprise. They're graduating to no jobs, stagnant wages, impossible to save enough to own a home or start a family. But the interesting thing is, it's not just young people that are concerned about this. I talk to parents and grandparents everyday that are very worried about their children and grandchildren. Easy to paint this as a young vs old people issue, but if you look closer, our young are hurting and everyone is feeling the pain.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID ISRAEL WILL STOP TARGETING IRAN’S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AFTER A REBUKE FROM DONALD TRUMP, AIMING TO REDUCE ESCALATION AS ATTACKS ON ENERGY SITES DROVE OIL PRICES SHARPLY HIGHER.

dissing a film with THAT Jack Nicholson performance in it, I don't know, man.