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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 6h

It came up the other day when a couple of Americans told me about Superman, and I had to look it up to see if it was the same thing (which it's not)

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 6h

Ha, i just realized that there's a video with the exact machine I'm remembering, made by a coworker who is sadly no longer with us:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpBR...

How 2" Quadruplex Videotape (VTR) Machines Worked

YouTube video by Dana Lee

www.youtube.com

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 6h

it was a unique time and place, for sure.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 6h

It was wild. Just terrifying to work on too, so many ways to make a really expensive mistake.

Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 6h

(oops looked it up and it's 14000ish. still the right number of zeroes, though)

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 6h

Kind of plasticky, kind of burny, but not like burning plastic? Just a really distinct smell. The heads on those things spin really fast, 18000 RPM, (yes that's the right number of zeros) so it's kind of like a dentist drill. Any loose oxide just comes right off.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 6h

There's also this one, which is only an Eastern Canadian thing, so i haven't tried it:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_mist

Moon mist - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 6h

Tiger Tail, A.K.A. Tiger Tiger is the best flavour.

Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 7h

Tell me your most unhinged ice creamery opinion, as a treat

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 7h

wow!

Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 7h

I briefly read this as "cop said he took 500mg" because that is a thing that happened here a while back. Said cop had to be talked out of a tree.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Two Toronto cops suspended for ingesting cannabis edibles on-duty, sources say

Two Toronto police officers have been suspended after they allegedly consumed cannabis edibles while on-duty, CTV News Toronto has learned.

www.ctvnews.ca

Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 8h

(and similar skeletons!)

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 8h

People can have their 12' skeletons, but Halloween decor peaked with these rivet-articulated cardboard cats

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 11d

“The cat Graymalk came slinking about, pussyfoot, peering in our windows.”

An old-timey black cat Halloween decoration, hackles up and a-hissin’, in our window.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 8h

wow, that's awesome.

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 9h

Petapixel showcases an old BBC film about Gandolfi Cameras, UK-made large format wonders. Despite Petapixel's condescending tone, the 10 minute film is fun to watch.

petapixel.com/2025/10/13/a...

Archive Film Shows Eccentric Brit Crafting a Handmade Large Format Camera

Gandolfi cameras were sought after.

petapixel.com

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 8h

TFW you are having a bad problem and will not go to space today

Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 9h

Starship appears to be rotating. Bright light every 7 seconds ish.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 9h

Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 9h

Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
🖤🖤
youtu.be/Fa9nN3G2CSg?...

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 9h

I would be fine with only owning things that were orange or black

Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 9h

Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book (1968)

Living area decorated in orange, black and red. A red Alexander Calder exhibition poster hangs behind a black Heywood Wakefield 710D Swivel Chair from 1963.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 9h

grew some little hot peppers

some small red peppers shot ina high-contrast style with a dark background. There are about 10 or 15 peppers hanging from the stem and some fading leaves.

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 9h

Toronto Friday: woman killed by motorist in crosswalk: share.google/V8MvWH8QDm28...

Toronto Police Monday:

Police office pull over and ticket working ebikers

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 9h

Oh wow. We had a bunch of 2" tape at MuchMusic, and you could *smell* it as they dubbed it onto more modern formats.

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James Rowan (aka Jimmy Knuckles) @james-rowan-photo.bsky.social · 10h

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, Canada!

😋🍂🍽🥧🥔🥔🥔🇨🇦✊🏻

#HappyThanksgiving #Thanksgiving #Canada #gratitude #HardBite #potato #chips #turkey #stuffing #Canadian #EastCoastKin #Alberta

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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 10h

Please join me tonight for this week's installment of my radio show, "It's Complicated" (an hour of prog and prog-adjacent music), live as always on listener-supported @wfmu.bsky.social. And show your support for my show during WFMU's Hellraiser Fundraiser here: pledge.wfmu.org/donate/GX. Thank you!

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 11h

Toronto’s Cycling and Pedestrian Projects Team continues to hit it out of the park. Out for a ride today and here’s just some of the new cycling facilities that I came across. New concrete planters and permanent curbs on Harbord Street. /1

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