New Heritage Minute just dropped, starring Rick Mercer as the mayor of Gander, Newfoundland:

NEW Heritage Minute: Gander and 9/11

YouTube video by Historica Canada

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Also - please join me if you will in flooding Bluesky with Canadian culture. Music, art, film, TV. Let’s show the vibrancy of this place I’m proud to call home.

Been going to Canada's Wonderland with a seasons pass the past couple of months. Only real down point has been the soggy fries. Every bit of food I've had has been alright enough except them. Even the bits you'd expect to be crispy are a chewy limp.

The next one needs at least a deadite kill that's fun. Picture someone in a corner and the survivor does something potentially funny as an "If I'm gonna die" moment. The posesed corpse sees the potential and follows through with it. Because it would make their overlords overlord chuckle.

priscilla page@priscillapage.bsky.social · 4w ago

that's right, Bruce Campbell www.mensjournal.com/entertainmen...

I would ask the pro athletes what they think of any trans athletes. Odds are most wouldn't give a crap why this hubbub is being raised. Even questioning the philosophy behind the bans. If it wasn't for the idea of being blacklisted from their leagues, I suspect most would be cool over them playing

I almost forgot to back Almost Real: A Speculative Biology Zine • Vol 6 & Book 1 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/alm... Thankfully I did a double check just in time, phew

Almost Real: A Speculative Biology Zine • Vol 6 & Book 1

The spec bio anthology series is BACK with its sixth volume all about POP CULTURE, and a REMASTERED HARDBACK COLLECTION of Volumes 1–5!

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I believe there is no greater generational constant in USA than the high profile snake oil salesman. I bet historians can document trajectory changes in USA purely based on phenomena & gold rushes engineered by snake oil salesmen. ‘I invented a genie’ guy may be their crowning achievement though.

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last mo.

“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.

Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take

Off to check out a fun PeepshowTO take on the term happily ever after tonight. It's always so exciting to check their shows.

It's a delivery day on my end, but both drivers decided to not deliver. So staying home for them was an absolute bust. As cheap as they can be, it's very hit or miss on non-Canada Post delivery services. This is why the posties here were on strike against casual delivery drivers.

july patreon sketches + short update! https://www.patreon.com/RECURSIONERROR/posts/its-evil-catboy-163939392

Friendly reminder that you can just do this and no one can stop you.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BREAKING: Netflix in talks to buy Letterboxd. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount and Alexis Ohanian also supposedly looking at a bid for the social media-movie platform, per Variety. variety.com/2026/digital...

Oh, I went to see that new Evil Dead Burns. It's so damn unrelenting in its atmosphere of dread from start to finish. From the cold open exploring the McGuffin of the iteration, to the small tease we see at the end. There is a mid and post-credits scene to this one as an FYI

I'm sorta bummed that Toronto's upcoming municipal election is being earmarked as a two candidates race this early. Our incumbent mayor and what I can best describe as a weiner. The guy flip flops so hard it's painful watching him act like he wasn't responsible. We need to want more in a mayor.

I'm at least 90% sure they're doing this shit up here too. If they're doing it with all gig-workers, then that's a problem. Ask a friend who works grocery how frequently they see different batches of DoorDashers rotate out.

Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hmm.

Oh yeah, went to see Supergirl twice somehow. Not amazing, but still fun enough I enjoyed how after a slightly questionable cameo. They follow up with an exploration over WHY she was like that, while setting her up to play differently from Clark. Also Mamoa gets to have fun doing Lobo. Twas great.

So I've been slowly reading through the Dungeon Crawler Carl books. I'm currently working my way through book seven/floor nine. While not the most high-brow, it's damn fun. Just when you think you've got a nice, quiet moment of introspection, the damn cat gets up to something. #goddamnitdonut

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

Human-socialized. #RunawayToTheStars

Went to go see the Digital Circus: The Final Act screening last night. It was a very wholesome and nice finale for things. There will be some really good discourse going on when the episode gets uploaded to YouTube later this month.

There is an official petition to oppose the building of AI Data Centers in Alberta, and add laws and restrictions around AI Data Centers in Canada. We need more signatures on this so we can try and stop the ecological and economical disaster these would cause. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

The thing about AI that is simple enough to understand is that it's peak Silicon Valley. Make a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. The special add-on for this one is the extra problems that it leaves people with. Like the idea that their bot is an actual person, or ravaging the job market.

Anime North is over yet again for the year 😔 Had a decent amount of fun with some quite insightful panels. Both as an attendee and panelist. Bit of a bummer about some missed contacts, events and merch. That's to be expected sadly. Didn't get to wear my ita bag. So I thought I'd share anyways.

I found the Costco booth at Anime North! They're really doing their research into who might want a membership.

Ended up checking out the back half of the neurodivergence in anime panel after finishing up with the One Piece panel. I got a good number of things to look up along with some very reassuring stories and experiences. AN26

Gonna be at Anime North this weekend. Say hi if you see me!

A first for me today. Glad to have this piece in The Guardian. Figured it was time more of our international friends heard some hard truths about how things are going here in 🇨🇦: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Canadian prime minster Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein

While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on

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As a part of Sfe's art-in-the-mail tier on Patreon. I can vouch that it's very nice to receive in my mailbox. I highly recommend them if you're looking for more artists to support.

sfé r. monster@sfemonster.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My car that is busted in a way that will be inconvenient and expensive to fix :( i'm not taking commission work at the moment as i'm taking care of cancer and recovering-from-a-major-surgery family full time, but i wanted to show off my Patreon, where a lot is happening! - www.patreon.com/sfemonster

What I'm finding a little scary is the lack of media coverage of the proposed AI data centers planned in Ontario. If any of the horror stories I've heard from rural places in the States are half true. It should be something we're all aware of. Watch politicians act like we're NIMBYs over it...