Kevin Brennan
@newba.com
Dad, gamer, business architect, professor. BABOK and Digital Product Management guy. Canadian, living near Lake Ontario.
Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
September 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Without saying your age, what is your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
I’m not going to get into AI boosterism here but when it’s right it’s right.
August 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I’m not going to get into AI boosterism here but when it’s right it’s right.
Honestly the whole Odyssey argument feels like my insisting that the Scouring of the Shire is essential to the Lord of the Rings (it is and if you don’t see that you’re just wrong). Adaptations are doing different things in different media and can work even when having a very different take.
July 31, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Honestly the whole Odyssey argument feels like my insisting that the Scouring of the Shire is essential to the Lord of the Rings (it is and if you don’t see that you’re just wrong). Adaptations are doing different things in different media and can work even when having a very different take.
This would be @dysonlogos.bsky.social’s work.
Aha! I found it as a blanket on a dodgy site I’m not linking to, but this is definitely the map I’m thinking of—anyone recall it?
July 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This would be @dysonlogos.bsky.social’s work.
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I just don’t want “film a video and hope it goes viral” to be a “reasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!
September 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I just don’t want “film a video and hope it goes viral” to be a “reasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!
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As a long time Cape Verde supporter (8 days) I want to welcome all the newcomers to the bandwagon
June 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
As a long time Cape Verde supporter (8 days) I want to welcome all the newcomers to the bandwagon
I’ve been grading and the papers are hitting 100% AI at this point. I’ve talked to my Dean and I am going to move to 75% of the grade being in-person exams in future. It’s the only way to be sure that the student is actually thinking.
April 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I’ve been grading and the papers are hitting 100% AI at this point. I’ve talked to my Dean and I am going to move to 75% of the grade being in-person exams in future. It’s the only way to be sure that the student is actually thinking.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Other than Trump saying so, is there any evidence that Venezuela is under US control right now? Everybody on here seems to be taking his word for it but nothing in today’s events suggests that is the case.
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Other than Trump saying so, is there any evidence that Venezuela is under US control right now? Everybody on here seems to be taking his word for it but nothing in today’s events suggests that is the case.
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A spicy thought: There are a multitude of reasons that running a country like a company is a lousy idea but one of the most paramount is that in the post Jack Welch era, most of the people who run companies are absolutely terrible at running companies.
December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A spicy thought: There are a multitude of reasons that running a country like a company is a lousy idea but one of the most paramount is that in the post Jack Welch era, most of the people who run companies are absolutely terrible at running companies.
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If you VPN into Canada you can watch the 60 Minutes CECOT story here (for now). Global TV appears to have posted the original tape by accident watch.globaltv.com/series/2893d...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If you VPN into Canada you can watch the 60 Minutes CECOT story here (for now). Global TV appears to have posted the original tape by accident watch.globaltv.com/series/2893d...
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
I was all set to be “ah I see the scolds of Bluesky are at it again” and then I watch this abomination.
December 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I was all set to be “ah I see the scolds of Bluesky are at it again” and then I watch this abomination.
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It’s my book’s half-birthday today! To celebrate, I’d like to mail one of you a free signed copy.
Just like this post to enter the draw. You can enter your name until 11:59 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, December 3rd.
Please reskeet! #cdnhist #envhist
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A Cold Colonialism
A Cold Colonialism - Modern Exploration and the Canadian North; A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise – one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert cont...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It’s my book’s half-birthday today! To celebrate, I’d like to mail one of you a free signed copy.
Just like this post to enter the draw. You can enter your name until 11:59 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, December 3rd.
Please reskeet! #cdnhist #envhist
www.ubcpress.ca/a-cold-colon...
Just like this post to enter the draw. You can enter your name until 11:59 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, December 3rd.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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I bought a Mac so I could use Vellum. If you create ebooks, it will relieve your life of HUGE amounts of stress. If it’s on sale today, and you’ve got the cash and the inclination, GO GET IT. 😄
if you're a Mac user and an indie author, vellum.pub is life-saving software for formatting ebooks (and print books) and it's 30% off today
nobody paid me to say this, I just really love Vellum
nobody paid me to say this, I just really love Vellum
Vellum. Create beautiful books.
Vellum software for macOS
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December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I bought a Mac so I could use Vellum. If you create ebooks, it will relieve your life of HUGE amounts of stress. If it’s on sale today, and you’ve got the cash and the inclination, GO GET IT. 😄
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We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
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You do absolutely have to hand it to Yamamoto.
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
You do absolutely have to hand it to Yamamoto.
What a painful loss. So many things had to go exactly wrong down to that bat breaking.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
What a painful loss. So many things had to go exactly wrong down to that bat breaking.
Well this is stressful.
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Well this is stressful.
I have never seen a team get two homers in the first three pitches before.
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I have never seen a team get two homers in the first three pitches before.
Just get a grand slam already Lukes I need to go to bed
October 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Just get a grand slam already Lukes I need to go to bed