Professional engineer, UX & information designer. Frequent commentary on art, design, typography, technology, politics, Premier League football, music, and whatever else is bothering me.
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Last Notes npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Ian hasn't aged a day. I suspect he's one of the Immortals from Highlander. Eventually, he's going to have to fight Paul Rudd for The Prize. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Cory Doctorow (@npub1fdr…lvhs) proposed a brilliant retaliatory strategy by hitting the US where it really hurts — digital rights management. Here's his article on the topic via the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/what-if-canada-stopped-upholding-u-s-tech-companies-intellectual-property/ #cdnpoli #tariffs npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 This is one of the very few instances where the North American version is superior. Unlike the original UK album, the US/Canada/Australia version, Boys Don’t Cry, does have “Killing an Arab”…a song that became so controversial that Robert had it removed from The Cure’s entire catalogue. Fortunately, I still have it on both Boys Don’t Cry and their 1986 singles compilation Standing on a Beach…a brilliant but incredibly misunderstood song. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 No question…Rough Trade, Crimes of Passion. The backing vocals are courtesy of Bruce Cockburn, which makes it the most Canadian song of all time. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 A brilliant album, despite my revulsion at Morrissey’s recent assholery. The cover photo is taken from the poster for Emile De Antonio’s 1968 documentary “In the Year of the Pig”, which is the best film I’ve ever seen on the origins of the Vietnam War. In the original photo, the words on the Marine’s helmet are “Make War Not Love”. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 FIFA is an embarrassment to football…the most corrupt organization in the world, apart from the current US government. The civilized world needs to set up an alternative World Cup, uncontrolled by #FIFA. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 The first beer in the #AdventBeerCalendar is…MŵSH Lager, from the Purple Moose Brewery in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales. (If someone knows how to pronounce this, please let me know, as my only knowledge of Welsh comes from reading Ellis Peters’ Cadfael series of historical novels.) Given that this is the first Welsh beer I have ever had, I can’t really compare it to anything. A light, crisp lager with some toffee and lemon overtones. Tasty, but probably something I’d rather drink in the summer. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Well, it’s my favourite time of the year…opening the latest #AdventBeerCalendar, an annual gift from my wife. This one claims to feature craft beers from around the world. We’ll see about that. In my usual procrastinating fashion, I decided to post about these on December 5, so I have four entries I need to post after the fact. I will start with these. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Choosing between the children…an impossible task. The Ramones, GenX, and Blondie were the most enjoyable (at least to me), but Crass, The Clash, and Patti Smith were the most important. And DEVO was in a category by itself. I give up. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 “Ms. Collins, along with her husband, Malcolm Collins, sent the White House several draft executive orders, including one that would bestow a ‘National Medal of Motherhood’ to mothers with six or more children.” Now where have we heard this before? #USpol npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Alas, they’re all gone now. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Seppuku? That would be good. #USpol npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 I keep getting my posts with photos of guillotines removed by my instance moderator, so just imagine one here. #cdnpoli #abpoli #treason #NeverVoteConservative npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 I can’t answer this. “Sandinista”, “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables”, “Los Angeles”, and “Songs the Lord Taught Us”…you’re asking me to choose between the children. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Plenty of eggs in Canada…$3.75 CAD per dozen at the farmers’ market today. It’s not too late for California, Oregon and Washington to become our newest provinces. #USpol #cdnpoli npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 "Fact checked by The People's Voice Community." That sounds like something that would have been in operation at Jonestown. #cdnpoli #ConvoyTraitors npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 My absolute favourite Hüsker Dü album, and one of my favourite albums of all time. When I was in design school, I even redesigned the cover for an Editorial Design term project…although the original cover photo is hard to top. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 When I was at design school, one of my absolute favourite professors told me about hitchhiking to Calgary at the age of 16 to buy this album the day it was released in Canada. I bought it when I was slightly older, but it was still one of the most impactful albums I have ever heard. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 The only motivation Conservatives have for seeking office is to enrich themselves at public expense. Fortunately for them, the average Conservative voter has the intellect of a rock, mindlessly supporting them like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders. And when the Cons fuck them over AGAIN, it’s always the fault of immigrants, trans people, and Trudeau. #cdnpoli #onpoli #abpoli #skpoli #NeverVoteConservative npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 The worst teeth in rock music…worse than Johnny Rotten, Keith Moon, and every member of the Clash and the Dead Boys. When Shane finally got his teeth fixed, it was like Elvis had died. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Does that include the Canadian-manufactured auto parts that the US relies on to keep their assembly plants running? #USpol #cdnpoli npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 I liked the Sex Pistols, but I LOVED Public Image Ltd, and Keith was the main reason. Steve Jones did become a very good guitarist, but Keith was a virtuoso right out of the gate. Truly one of a kind. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 It seems an entirely appropriate name for a party of thieves. (This also applies to its Canadian equivalent.) #ukpoli #cdnpoli npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 How does one “lead with engineering and design” by “reducing the size of our design team”? It’s becoming more and more obvious that tech is run by idiots who think they’re geniuses. npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Postmedia is a Russian asset. And every single one of its employees is a traitor to this country. #cdnpoli #bcelxn2024 npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 The entire thing could indeed be a colossal disinformation operation. Russia has done it before…many, many times. Seriously, I highly doubt that Pugliese is a Russian agent. But I do not doubt that there are KGB records that claim he is. #cdnpoli npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 The last time I went through a security clearance renewal, it involved a three-hour interview with the RCMP. The officer told me they really only care about two things: (1) can you be bribed? (2) can you be blackmailed? I would guess that Poilievre refuses to submit to a security clearance investigation because he knows the FIRST thing he’ll be asked is…how did a guy who’s never held a real job in his life somehow end up with a multi-million-dollar net worth? Which is likely a YES to both questions. #cdnpoli #WheresYourSecurityClearance npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 This is shameless propaganda, not journalism. Postmedia, like conservatism, is a cancer that needs to be eradicated from the world. #cdnpoli npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 The Fraser "Institute" is NOT a think tank...it's the propaganda arm of the #CPC. The media needs to stop presenting their fraudulent right-wing nonsense as "research". #cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 “Doctor” Jordan Peterson. A bit like “Doctor” Hannibal Lecter…though the fictitious Lecter was at least an MD. And the disciplinary committee of a self-regulated profession is not a “government bureaucracy”. #cdnpoli npub1msgavsl8nuuytupwf0wmsxpaxg2mzdk2gpm7s2wsqrsxltpz53psa5rg8s Chris Moorehead 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 Also Hüsker Dü.
