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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 5h

What has become of the country? Are young people now listening to the punk kind of rock?

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 5h

"I've just been informed about blue-haired people from 25 years ago and want to pretend they're unusual, and not people who are now parents who vote."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 1d

Someone invited me to lunch today. I warned everyone involved that I could be murdered by accepting.

I was not, but it was still clearly a possibility.

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, I was nearly stopped completely by "Without saying Hurt..." but favourite cover?

It has to be Coil's version of Tainted Love: youtu.be/2v9Cug52Wus?...

It changes the entire song.

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 1d

"Romanes eunt domus" graffiti on a wall.

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 1d

This is the sort of international diplomacy we Canadians ask for.

Being apart from family, I am still looking for a place that will deliver a Thanksgiving burrito.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Dear Canada: I hope at this moment in time you are either happily in a Thanksgiving food coma, or making serious progress toward being in one.

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 1d

*collapses into dust*

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
2? Questions
I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 2d

Great. Next I'll learn Canadian Halloween isn't actually about sharpening our maple-leaf-bladed axes to protect ourselves against the beasts of winter.

Is nothing sacred?

Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 2d

The date of Canadian Thanksgiving
youtube.com/shorts/NgKC9...

What is Canadian Thanksgiving?

YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures

youtube.com

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 2d

Seconded

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 2d

Necessary Canadian content.

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 2d

Obligatory post in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Have a blessed one (unless you're a racist, then you can go to hell).

Bad Place characters in two panels
Top panel: Fun fact: Columbus is in the bad place
Bottom panel: because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Wrong Station @thewrongstation.bsky.social · 2d

We’re releasing 31 episodes in 31 days. We’re doing this because the Thanksgiving turkey regrew its head and told us to and then broke its own neck and died at the dinner table & my nephew started crying.

This is one of those episodes. It’s called,

“INERT”

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

Inert

Podcast Episode · Wrong Station · 2025-10-13 · 36m

podcasts.apple.com

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, they are *fascinating*

I recommend looking into them.

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile, local ace man has lovely conversations with women because he's actually curious about their lives, boyfriends, girlfriends, and everything else.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

Same. Dreadful people.

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

I should really get into that game sometime

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent alt-text

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

I, too, do research for the sole purpose of having something to talk about at Thanksgiving (Canadian).

"Have I explained the different kinds of bronze to you?" I ask during a lull at the table and we all consider more mashed potatoes.

The room is silent. The dog licks my hand. Later comes blood.

Wrong Station @thewrongstation.bsky.social · 3d

We’re releasing 31 episodes of Wrong Station in 31 days. We’re doing this because it gives us an excuse to research maritime disasters so we have something to talk about with family at Thanksgiving (Canadian). This is one of those episodes.

“CUSTOM OF THE SEA”

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

Custom of the Sea

Podcast Episode · Wrong Station · S10 Bonus · 20m

podcasts.apple.com

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, I want more people to watch movies like this.

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

Things I did not expect in Canada: chatting with one of my brothers about the death threats his wife is getting.

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

1. No, I am not even going to try to offer alt-text on this scene, because... wow, there's a lot going on
2. I hope the ICE agents up there are sincerely questioning their life choices

Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 3d

The circus animal speak for all of us

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 5d

This is awesome.

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

The nice thing about talking with a friend about cats is being able to use a first in my lifetime sentence like...

"Oh, no, señor Naughtipaws!"

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

That's both adorable and how it should be.

Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

If it's not too late, let the pumpkins close to you know it's a trap. Yes, the enemy leader is right out in the open, but look at those flanks!

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Dr. Geoffrey M, Queer and Spooky @drgeoffreym.bsky.social · 3d

Just what a Tremere would say...

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