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Alex Honnold’s Best Moments From #SkyscraperLive

I watched this after it was initially broadcast so I’d heard he makes it to the top of the building successfully.  I still nearly shit myself watching – vertigo, worrying about a man falling to his death but also stunned at what human beings are capable of.

Saturday Snap – Sashie Rotten?

Separated at birth? Johnny Rotten Sashie Rotten

Secular Sunday – Carl Sagan on The Earth From Space

30 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took an image of our home planet from 6.4 billion kilometers away. Carl Sagan eloquently described what that image meant for humanity. pic.twitter.com/N1WRuuoTPr — Prof. Carl Sagan (@ProfCarlSagan) December 29, 2025  

Saturday Snap – Fitting Northern Lights on Remembrance Day

Secular Sunday – Maybe There Is A God?

Because this is a god-like performance!  

Music Monday – “Take me to the place where you go/Where nobody knows/If it’s night or day/Please don’t put your life in the hands/Of a rock ‘n’ roll band/Who’ll throw it all away.”

“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” was released thirty years ago this week and after years of acrimony, Oasis is in the middle of a massive reunion tour with rumours that it’s going to be extended into 2026. One of the major highlights of my entire life was being in England in fall 1995 during the […]

Friday Fun Link – AI Video Is Unreal

Apparently right now, each AI video takes the equivalent energy to running a microwave for an hour.  But when the world melts, at least we’ll have a bunch of deep fakes to think of… We are cooked. Google Veo 3 just broke the internet. 10 wild examples 1. Nothing is real anymorepic.twitter.com/IZdIinReNk — Md Riyazuddin […]

Music Monday – “Until Sally, I was never happy/I needed so much more/Rain clouds, oh, they used to chase me/Down they would pour/Join my tears/Allay my fears”

“Sally Cinnamon” – Stone Roses

Terry Fox: Courage (by the Tragically Hip)

A perfect video at a time of Canadian unity and patriotism in the face of Trump’s tariff threats that’s unmatched since maybe the 1972 Summit Series?  

Friday Fun Link – Neural Wiring Diagram of An Entire Fly’s Brain

This may seem basic but honestly, it’s pretty amazing what science can do.