Derek
@ricketyshack.ca
Music guy who rambles about pretty much anything. Media, IT bullshit, MMA, Magic: The Gathering, whatever.
https://ricketyshack.ca
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Every iHeartRadio podcast ad is so obnoxious and / or terrible that I refuse to believe actual human beings with a discernible pulse listen to this shit. My analysis is based on years and years of cringing and fumbling for the skip ahead button.
September 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Every iHeartRadio podcast ad is so obnoxious and / or terrible that I refuse to believe actual human beings with a discernible pulse listen to this shit. My analysis is based on years and years of cringing and fumbling for the skip ahead button.
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I think this is correct, and I've been thinking a lot about what replaces all this stuff. If it is going away, you'd think the institutional players would have some idea of what might take its place. But they don't seem to have a vision for that, or any interest in it. It's private equity mindset.
Fun part about David Ellison destroying CBS News, 60 Minutes and his late-night show is that he'll never be able to get any of it back. You could argue that latter was heading toward obsolescence anyway, but the Weiss-ification of the news has led to a permanent erosion of trust.
September 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I think this is correct, and I've been thinking a lot about what replaces all this stuff. If it is going away, you'd think the institutional players would have some idea of what might take its place. But they don't seem to have a vision for that, or any interest in it. It's private equity mindset.
Today's listening:
* August Burns Red - Constellations
* At The Gates - Ghost of a Future Dead
* After The Burial - Evergreen
* Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
* August Burns Red - Constellations
* At The Gates - Ghost of a Future Dead
* After The Burial - Evergreen
* Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
September 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Today's listening:
* August Burns Red - Constellations
* At The Gates - Ghost of a Future Dead
* After The Burial - Evergreen
* Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
* August Burns Red - Constellations
* At The Gates - Ghost of a Future Dead
* After The Burial - Evergreen
* Wolves In The Throne Room - Two Hunters
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"Look, he might be a big time horse fucker, but he makes good points!"
“The FBI has lowered its hiring standards by dropping automatic disqualification for applicants who have stolen from [their employers], paid for sex, are engaged in bestiality,” a Democratic senator confronted him. trib.al/WozoG6O
September 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"Look, he might be a big time horse fucker, but he makes good points!"
I said Carney would he Harper 2.0. I would rather not be right.
The Carney Liberals are pursuing straight Conservative policies: privatization, attacking labour, rolling back enviro policies, tax cuts for the wealthy, huge military spending, rolling back healthcare, bitumen pipelines…
No wonder Jason Kenney’s cheering.
No wonder Jason Kenney’s cheering.
September 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I said Carney would he Harper 2.0. I would rather not be right.
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Some of those that work forces
Are the same that fuck horses
Are the same that fuck horses
FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’
FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’
The FBI has reportedly relaxed hiring standards that previously automatically disqualified applicants who admitted to hiring prostitutes, engaging in bestiality, or stealing from an employer.
The post FBI Reportedly Loosens Hiring Rules So ‘Prostitution and Bestiality’ Are No Longer ‘Automatic Disqualifiers’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
September 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that fuck horses
Are the same that fuck horses
Ed Sheeran doing a good job showing what true cowardice is. What a loathsome little goblin. What's the point of having like $400m if you're still a spineless piece of shit.
September 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Ed Sheeran doing a good job showing what true cowardice is. What a loathsome little goblin. What's the point of having like $400m if you're still a spineless piece of shit.
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When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music
September 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music
It's not elder abuse if it's Mitch McConnel, it's penance. I hope he lives another 20 years trapped in a prison of continually failing flesh. There is no limit to the indignities he deserves.
September 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It's not elder abuse if it's Mitch McConnel, it's penance. I hope he lives another 20 years trapped in a prison of continually failing flesh. There is no limit to the indignities he deserves.
Maybe this just my non-American perspective, but those outcomes seemed obvious to me, sitting in Canada, watching multiple presidents lob bombs at the middle east whenever they needed to prove their toughness. I was 18.
He was calling the next 20 years on SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2001
If I had written these words on that day, and been THIS CORRECT, literally no one could tell me nothing for the rest of my life.
If I had written these words on that day, and been THIS CORRECT, literally no one could tell me nothing for the rest of my life.
September 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Maybe this just my non-American perspective, but those outcomes seemed obvious to me, sitting in Canada, watching multiple presidents lob bombs at the middle east whenever they needed to prove their toughness. I was 18.
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The first Google autocomplete suggestion to this question is hilarious.
September 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The first Google autocomplete suggestion to this question is hilarious.
Hey Alexa, you're not people. Fuck you.
September 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Hey Alexa, you're not people. Fuck you.
"He should Mackle less, am I right!" —Robert Kraft to the undocumented sex worker reluctantly grabbing his dick
September 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
"He should Mackle less, am I right!" —Robert Kraft to the undocumented sex worker reluctantly grabbing his dick
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September 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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I think most people who live in cities understand that, as a matter of how many people they encounter per day, statistically, they will see someone mentally unwell in a way they cannot help and choose not engage with them. That wisdom needs to also be applied to people addicted to Arguing Online.
September 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I think most people who live in cities understand that, as a matter of how many people they encounter per day, statistically, they will see someone mentally unwell in a way they cannot help and choose not engage with them. That wisdom needs to also be applied to people addicted to Arguing Online.
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the thing Something Awful understood was that the internet makes you stupid
September 12, 2026 at 8:03 PM
the thing Something Awful understood was that the internet makes you stupid
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Canada’s global rankings have fallen across democracy, transparency, press freedom, and living standards. Writer and lawyer Matt Malone argues that reversing the decline requires rebuilding the institutions meant to hold government accountable. https://ow.ly/bAlL50ZMOIr
September 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Canada’s global rankings have fallen across democracy, transparency, press freedom, and living standards. Writer and lawyer Matt Malone argues that reversing the decline requires rebuilding the institutions meant to hold government accountable. https://ow.ly/bAlL50ZMOIr
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Lot of people joking about this and for sure it’s funny but also: NVIDIA has sold a lot of GPUs and it appears the vast, vast majority of them have not been installed, unless Microsoft, the first company to build AI data centers with the most experience and did so years in advance, is bad at it!
September 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Lot of people joking about this and for sure it’s funny but also: NVIDIA has sold a lot of GPUs and it appears the vast, vast majority of them have not been installed, unless Microsoft, the first company to build AI data centers with the most experience and did so years in advance, is bad at it!
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It means there’s potentially over a hundred billion dollars’ worth of GPUs in warehouses
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So all they've done is de facto colluded to drive up hardware prices?
September 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
It means there’s potentially over a hundred billion dollars’ worth of GPUs in warehouses
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This actually blows my mind how wrong he was. I guess America started tearing itself apart so quickly, I assumed *that* was the plan...
This piece was fascinating, getting at a point I'd never considered: bin-Laden's entire concept about what 9/11 would do to America was just... wrong. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
September 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This actually blows my mind how wrong he was. I guess America started tearing itself apart so quickly, I assumed *that* was the plan...
This actually blows my mind how wrong he was. I guess America started tearing itself apart so quickly, I assumed *that* was the plan...
This piece was fascinating, getting at a point I'd never considered: bin-Laden's entire concept about what 9/11 would do to America was just... wrong. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
September 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This actually blows my mind how wrong he was. I guess America started tearing itself apart so quickly, I assumed *that* was the plan...
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Cut my pipe into pieces
With Houthi fire support
With Houthi fire support
September 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Cut my pipe into pieces
With Houthi fire support
With Houthi fire support
Got excited for a new Saor album. Then I saw it's re-recordings, which is always dicey. But "Hearth" is on there and it's one of my favourite songs so maybe things will work out.
September 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Got excited for a new Saor album. Then I saw it's re-recordings, which is always dicey. But "Hearth" is on there and it's one of my favourite songs so maybe things will work out.
He'll work with domestic abusers of all stripe but a black man who knows his worth is a bridge too far.
Dana White shoots down Francis Ngannou UFC return talk: ‘I just don’t want to do business with bad guys’ www.mmafighting.com/ufc/509550/d...
Dana White shoots down Francis Ngannou UFC return talk: ‘I just don’t want to do business with bad guys’
Dana White claims he isn’t in the business of working with bad guys.
www.mmafighting.com
September 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
He'll work with domestic abusers of all stripe but a black man who knows his worth is a bridge too far.