Foul Bay Hero

@foulbayhero.bsky.social

Gentleman Cambrioleur Victoria, B.C., Canada

This piece by Jeff Yang (aka @originalsp.in) was so satisfying to edit. It covers different aspects of The Odyssey and contextualizes them as examples of political filmmaking through allegory—the tale of a 21st century empire reeling from karmic blowback. www.rogerebert.com/features/the...

The People from the Sea: How "The Odyssey" is About America

A reading of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster as a commentary on the current state of America.

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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Ads for "One Night Only." Looks a boilerplate romcom, except for premise: "the 1 night a year single people are legally allowed to have sex." Everything else cliched, so I feel insane having such dread whenever I see an ad. A clever essay on dystopias & the way people normalize the utterly abnormal?

🍑 It's peach season! 🍑 And just like the rest of us, the tender fruit is coping with the many challenges of climate change. Scientist Jay Subramanian talks to @balkissoon.bsky.social about his work as Canada's last peach breeder, designing climate-resilient fruit for the future.

He's protecting Ontario peaches from climate change | The Narwhal

In Niagara, fruit breeder Jay Subramanian is designing a peach that will reduce food waste, allow workers to avoid heat waves — and taste delicious

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Righte now the greatest danger to the future of universityes ys universityes. Remembir the missioun, remembir the studentes, remembir those who have come bifor and will arryve aftir, remembir teachinge and learninge and dialogue. A universitye ys much more than a corporation wearinge a mortarboard.

Watching the online broadcast of the Port Angeles Lefties playing in Victoria against the Victoria Harbourcats. And the regular season of the summer baseball is almost over again. It's always so fast---and always so poignant as the season draws to an end. Harder this year with Mom facing her cancer.