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John Maynard
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I used to take photos of your band. One-time backup dancer for Girl Talk. Keeping people healthy and safe while they work. He/Him.

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 7h
Don't forget about two sitting Toronto councillors!

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 13h
The calculus they do with corporate rents versus store income really doesn't seem to make sense compared to every other major chain

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 14h
Parker's piece is terrific and it reminded me of a great movie from 1987 called "No Way Out", where they gave the most realistic "enhance" speech by a computer nerd ever depicted in a movie or TV show, basically admitting that you have to steer "the algorithm" the way you want it to go.

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 23h
There was a fight in the market dept over calling it "Wuthering Heights" or Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights, wasn't there? And the quote marks won due to Fennell not having a high enough q score

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 23h
Back in my day if you made a soft adaptation you set it in an affluent American high school and gave it a new name damnit!

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 23h
That's a good turn of phrase to avoid typing "Wuthering Heights" without the mandated quotation marks

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 23h
Mike Myers went to my high school for a minute but didn't graduate there

So unless you're into hockey the most famous alum is Will & Grace's Eric McCormack

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 23h
A few actors. A few guys who were in the NHL

But the funniest one is Elton John's Canadian husband
williamadler78.bsky.social William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 1d
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 23h
Warren Kinsella continues to be the worst
lukelebrun.ca Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d
Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella is posting fake CBC News Network screenshots on X dot com falsely claiming CBC is using terms like "policepersons" and "gunperson"
Warren Kinsella: "This is so dumb. It's @CBC putting language games ahead of its job, which is to report."

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d
Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella is posting fake CBC News Network screenshots on X dot com falsely claiming CBC is using terms like "policepersons" and "gunperson"
Warren Kinsella: "This is so dumb. It's @CBC putting language games ahead of its job, which is to report."

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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 1d
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 1d
I'm one of the dozens who saw Freddie Got Fingered on a big screen
andykhouri.bsky.social Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 1d
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:

Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 1d
I've been to a lot of film fest screening but won't count those. Or cool one offs like seeing Fucked Up play a live score to West of Zanzibar

But for theatrical I'll start with
Preview screening of The Rocketeer as a kid (1991)

And most recently
Sinners in 15 perf IMAX 70mm (2025)

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 1d
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:

Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d
I saw a tiktok post from a luger talking about the SNL video and said she was recruited at 11 based on her body shape

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d
Pasternak, thinking the city needs a method to address major gifts, after going to Israel on Israel's dime
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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d
It's budget time so coucil is talking about inefficiencies. But the biggest inefficiencies I encounter are departments just not talking to each other.

Sidewalk plows shouldn't be going to neighborhoods on garbage day

TTC shouldn't be scheduling shutdowns during major events

Etc etc

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d
It's taken weeks for our interior annex sidewalks to get plowed. Today I finally saw a plow on the sidewalk. But it came on garbage day so it was having to leave the sidewalk and skip entire sections because garbage bins were in the way

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d
Mike Layton retiring from city politics without having an ideological replacement lined up really screwed over my riding. We ended up with this rich, car friendly NIMBY masquerading as a Green as our councillor

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d
My local councillor has gone from champagne green to echoing the mantra of Rob Ford.

No, there's not a hidden gravy train. Expensive consultants were brought in. KMPG found minimal waste, and the "efficiencies" Rob brought in saved 1/10 of what he claimed
graphicmatt.com Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 2d
Councillor Saxe asks if there's a hidden "gravy train" at city hall — waste that could be cut without cutting service.

"There are not hundreds of millions of dollars of 'waste'," says City Manager. But he notes city is always looking for ways to be efficient. $135 million in savings this year.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 2d
Councillor Saxe asks if there's a hidden "gravy train" at city hall — waste that could be cut without cutting service.

"There are not hundreds of millions of dollars of 'waste'," says City Manager. But he notes city is always looking for ways to be efficient. $135 million in savings this year.

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 3d
His achievable goal is to say whatever takes to pull off the SpaceX IPO

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 3d
Power Girl TPB title?

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 3d
This is for the IPO. Now that institutional investors are going to be involved he suddenly has a slightly more feasible mission statement

See also tying Grok to SpaceX. Datatcentres in space don't make sense but give the rockets another thing to actually do.
jimhenleymusic.bsky.social Jim Henley Music @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
Screenshot of Elon Musk post on Ex: “Elon Musk y X @elonmusk For those unaware, Space has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years. The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars. It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time). This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city. That said, SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in about 5 to 7 years, but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster.”

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Jim Henley Music @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
Screenshot of Elon Musk post on Ex: “Elon Musk y X @elonmusk For those unaware, Space has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years. The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars. It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time). This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city. That said, SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in about 5 to 7 years, but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster.”

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 4d
Luge looks fun until you realize by the end they're going fast lane on the highway speeds.

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 4d
There are some great videos of the ref just chatting with the players the whole time. Hockey refs are constantly managing the players not just calling penalties

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 5d
Chewbacca spends the entire movie eating snacks

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 5d
Devs spend years staring at a game on a computer monitor 8 inches from their face and forget we're trying to play it on a couch 8 ft back from the tv

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 5d
I want to see a Soderbergh Ocean's style version of Jedi where as the Jabba heist goes down we get flashbacks of everyone heading off the spring Han without even speaking to one another