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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 8h

From: Rogers Communications

To: Everyone in Canada

Subject: Self-promotion

We have heard the public's demands, and we will acquiesce. In place of those house ads we will increase the rotation of Circle K ads featuring the Sportsnet Central hosts who cannot act. We trust this resolves the matter.

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 8h

I'd even be OK with Rogers SkyDome

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 9h

I completely agree, but I've always thought Brosnan was horribly let down by the writers/producers. He was great in the part, just had shit writing

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 10h

The Brosnan Bonds are all mid and TND is the best of em, not high praise

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 1d

Did your wife's karate instructor set it up?

Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 1d

I am dating Linda Yaccarino

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 4d

As (apparently) the only Tron fan on BlueSky, I'm happy to report that this portion of the target market (aging geek, early Internet adopter, high tolerance for cool-looking dumb stuff) is locked and loaded for Imax on Tuesday.

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 14d

Baseball announcers who call a pitch "right on the corner" when it's halfway between both corners -- i.e. what they used to call "on the edge" in the old days -- drive me nuts.

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 20d

I still say the song Nightingales has some of the most interesting chord changes I've ever heard (plus Stevie Wonder on harmonica!)

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 20d

When I see someone falling in love with Prefab Sprout in 2025

a man wearing a hat and coat is smiling .

Alt: Charles S Dutton clapping in “Rudy”

media.tenor.com

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 25d

Jane Fonda. She came to a ski resort in Banff, Canada, where I was a reporter, I got a tip and was shooting photos of her and one of her daughters coming up to the gondola. Her daughter freaked out, Jane was chill, settled her kid down and posed for a few solo photos. Very polite, total class.

Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 25d

Who is the nicest or kindest celebrity you ever met? For me it was Wilson Cruz—I met him at a comic book convention and he was incredibly sweet and humored me while I raved about his various important roles and then he gave me a big hug. He smelled amazing, too.

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 27d

I did. I had it on vinyl back in the 80s, lost it somewhere. Nice to hear it again!

I’m assuming you’ve heard Dolby‘s album Astronauts and Heretics, which I’m hearing a lot of crossover in terms of style and production. If you haven’t, it’s one of my favourite albums of that period.

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 27d

'Blink' isn't a perfect example, since Sally never appears again, but it was surely the one most DW folks will remember

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks to your reminders, I picked up a copy of Steve McQueen today. Cheers!

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 28d

Cheer up! We're almost 1/6th of the way through a Trump-branded advent calendar* that lasts 4 years and forces people worldwide to eat a piece of shit every day!

* Calendar made in China

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · 29d

You could clearly see the fan's arm leaving a shadow on the fielder's arm. Fan was clearly in the field of play.

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Sep 16

Me too, and my kid died laughing when he saw it (I took him to see Crimson on the last tour in 2018, I think)

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Sep 15

I think this puts it perfectly

Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · Sep 13

Word.

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Kyra @kyradavies.com · Sep 10

young man, you have killed all your sperms, I said
young man, you don’t need to fear germs, I said
young man, give your brain some more worms,
you can eat 👏 that 👏 whale 👏 you scavenged

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Our young men have sperm counts half what they ought to be," Kennedy said.

Vaccine Injuries, Violent Video Games, and Infertility Challenge: RFK Jr. Releases New MAHA 'Strategy' Report for Children

gizmodo.com

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Sep 9

A perfect example of a low-budget '80s music video with great production values, and great music. And Canadian!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yumw...

Blue Peter - Don't Walk On Past

YouTube video by johnmcboston

www.youtube.com

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Sep 7

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.imdb.com/title/tt0387...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 3

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Aug 29

I know I'm a day late, but the latest #strangenewworlds was late-Discovery-level bad

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Aug 28

No Canadian delivery, sadly -- I'm crushed!

Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Aug 17

I second this on cake donuts. But I stopped going to Tim's when they discontinued the double chocolate cake donut. Why, Tim's, why?

muffin oracle🔮🕸️ ʰᶦᵍʰ ᵖʳᶦᵉˢᵗᵉˢˢ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᶦᶜᵉ ᶜʳᵉᵃᵐ ᵈᶦᵐᵉⁿˢᶦᵒⁿ 🎉🧁 @snappleroan.bsky.social · Aug 17

i’m not sure how to answer this in a 1-10 format but i can tell you i believe in CAKE DONUTS. cake donuts >>> yeast donuts. sour cream are my fave from tim hortons. i love a fancy specialty boutique donut shop. i like most donuts.
i do not like: TIM HORTONS HONEY DIP tho

anonymous question: scale of 1-10. what’s your favorite donut?

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Trout Boy @camsterama.bsky.social · Aug 15

No.

cooking.nytimes.com/article/vege...

Can These Vegetarian Recipes Win Over a Meat-and-Potatoes Guy?

I put them to the test.

cooking.nytimes.com