Rob Cruickshank
@robcruickshank.bsky.social
Technician/artist. Googly-eye enthusiast. Several kinds of nerd. Unusual skill set. Toronto, Ontario. he/him.
What was Hammer horror even doing? Why didn’t they make this happen
I can remember the collective heart attack we all had when the "likes" tab appeared in our profiles, and we all thought it was public for a sec. Lives would have been ruined, in addition to the lives that were being ruined by other things in those days.
Dan LK (🏳️🌈Pride month edition)@2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 3h agoSweet baby James, this. There's already a "Popular with Friends" feed if that's what I'm interested in, and I'm OnHere because I want a lot less HEY LOOKIT THIS in my social media.
Saw this photo from yesterday of the free bike valet service yesterday in #VictoriaBC for the free Canadian Snowbirds performance over the ocean along Dallas Road. Wow #YYJ you are doing the #cyclinglife great, setting an example for the rest of #NorthAmerica let alone #Canada. #gobbybike #bikesky
#OkeanosExplorer have deployed the ROVs for the 12th dive of this expedition www.youtube.com/live/86w4F18...
Camera 1: 2026 Cook Islands ROV Exploration (EX2605)
YouTube video by NOAA Ocean Exploration
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"In 2011, the organ was encased in acrylic glass to reduce the volume, likely due to potential noise complaints."
there will come soft maeves@maeveynot.online · 8h agohappy new note being played in the 639-year-long performance of Organ²/ASLSP day to all who celebrate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow...
i recalled it being Mr. Rogers not Sesame Street and it turns out... there's two! whoever was hooking up kids tv producers with a day at the crayon factory was cooking www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgry...
Mr Rogers Neighborhood - How Crayons Are Made
YouTube video by Stanley
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Invited back to someone's place and they slide the "seduction" disc into the player, and you realize you misunderstood what they meant by "aromantic"
Retro Computers@retrocomps.bsky.social · 4h agoAroma Disc Player (Charles of the Ritz, 1983) (Source.)
And to think some people say you can't discern behavior from fossils theonion.com/new-evidence...
New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Had Quinceañeras
BOZEMAN, MT—Upending long-held beliefs about how the prehistoric reptiles commemorated a juvenile female’s transition into adulthood, new evidence published Thursday by researchers at Montana State Un...
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"Catharsis" is a storytelling technique in which emotions are aroused, and then released, in the audience. It is /cathartic/, which means it leaves the audience feeling lighter, and very much relieved.
I like when people announce that a piece of music has field samples in it but you can’t actually recognize anything in there as field samples. It’s like when you’re eating food and someone tells you there’s celery in it and you’re like “Whaaat?” It feels sophisticated.
They are learning how to ride a bike as adults. It's never to late to learn if physically able. They even have 80 years giving it a try. The same goes for swimming and reading.
A bicycle class for adults who never learned how to ride
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The mint chocolate chip flavor of flies [I imagine] 😋 #Stratiomyidae: #Promeranisa #FlySchool2026 Costa Rica
NASPA Word of the Day: GROSBEAK n a bird of genus Mycerobas. Anagram:brokages. Hook:grosbeakS. Anahook:broCkages. Blanagrams:Corkages Workbags begroaNs boskageS broCkage. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
Dorothéa Klumpke US astronomer. 1893 PhD on rings of Saturn @ Uni Paris. 1886 Director Bureau of Measurements @ Paris Observatory Carte du Ciel project. Worked w husband to photograph 52 Herschel areas of nebulosity. Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur b #OTD 9 Aug 1861 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothe...
Absolutely insane footage of rock avalanches currently sweeping across the entire south face of the Matterhorn, as filmed from Cervinia! 🔥😱 📽️ Via @meteovalledosta
As we've had a bit of drizzle today, perhaps now is a good time to think about investing in some storm-proof cycle wear. 🚴♂️
Old UK Catalogues@oldukcatalogues.bsky.social · yesterday1953: Menswear, Accessories and Outerwear from Worldwide (+Hacking Jacket; Sports Coat; Slip-On Coat; Always a Winner; Sports Jackets; Leggings; The Sou-Wester; The Cape; Storm-Proof Cycle Wear; and Big Star Value Coats)
#BREAKING: Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92
Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92
Canadian journalist Lloyd Robertson, who covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the 9/11 terrorist attacks during 35 years as chief anchor of CTV National News, has died. He was 92.
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hello, yes, I am updating my CanCon list (of all the Canadians I can find on bsky) please feel free to follow this list or point me in the direction of more Canadians I should add. It's not a feed, there's no keyword filters, it's all posts by all the Canadians in it. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Goofy ass question: how fast could, in a laboratory setting, moths eat a sweater, at max speed? And are there labs around that have a critical mass of sweater eating moths that could supply enough moths?
Was looking up some Boolean algebra for a shitpost that I didn't wind up making, and there's a lot of pages out there that think "+" is addition and that "AND" is the same as multiplication. I pity anyone trying to do their homework and running into that slop. Computers should know better.
It's that time of year! Freshwater jellyfish are beginning their annual blooms in the northern hemisphere! Look for these ghostly creatures in lakes and ponds from Spain to San Fransisco, Seattle to Singapore! 🪼 Craspedacusta sowerbii 📸 in ALT from @inaturalist.bsky.social
In positive news we are talking to and working wirh like 2-3 dozen artists, curators, and cultural workers for a new editorial project as part of HOLO's imminent relaunch.
Showing this to my partner, who has had mud dauber wasps get into her office for the second year in a row. They're pretty entertaining, but I think even we would draw the line at paper wasps in the house.
David Blanchflower BSc@davidbflower.bsky.social · yesterdayHuge wasp nest takes over wildlife trust's office. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
yes Patricia Highsmith was a racist who was toxic to almost everyone in her life, but have you considered how many snails not only lived a long and happy life thanks to her but got to go to society parties for the first time?
