Eric T. Duckman
@duckman.bsky.social
You can't just repeat it, you need to explain yourself. - Prof. Ian Duncan, Analysis of Cork-Based Networking, Community S05E06
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Eric T. Duckman
@duckman.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Blue Sky City started pack.
A collection of Calgary, Alberta, Canada related accounts.
#yyc #ab #alberta
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A collection of Calgary, Alberta, Canada related accounts.
#yyc #ab #alberta
go.bsky.app/6FgeiZM
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Nova Scotia would like to lodge a formal complaint, @nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Nova Scotia would like to lodge a formal complaint, @nytimes.com
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Larry Hama had his finger on the pulse of the last 50 years of American culture when he wrote that Cobra Commander started out as a used car salesman
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Larry Hama had his finger on the pulse of the last 50 years of American culture when he wrote that Cobra Commander started out as a used car salesman
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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When someone asks if I want to see some concrete
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
When someone asks if I want to see some concrete
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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When you have kids one day you just start talking like a dad. My kid slept in this morning and I greeted him with, "Glad to see you among the living!"
I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
When you have kids one day you just start talking like a dad. My kid slept in this morning and I greeted him with, "Glad to see you among the living!"
I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
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“Gretz brought the loonie in the room and everybody went nuts. It was a gong show in there.” Me in @defector.com on the hockey-related rise of "gong show"
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he s...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“Gretz brought the loonie in the room and everybody went nuts. It was a gong show in there.” Me in @defector.com on the hockey-related rise of "gong show"
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the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
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And, as long as we're talking Wendy's, there's no better place to share this promo pic of Arnold Schwarzenegger at a Wendy's in 1979, where he looks like someone hit Nardwuar with Gamma rays!
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And, as long as we're talking Wendy's, there's no better place to share this promo pic of Arnold Schwarzenegger at a Wendy's in 1979, where he looks like someone hit Nardwuar with Gamma rays!
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I generally try not to comment on Twitter but Isaac Chotiner is over there giving Semafor body blows right now and I just want to say I find it alarming that he's allowed to come for you without warning (asking for an interview)
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Happy "Circle Back After the Holidays" Season To Everyone!
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Happy "Circle Back After the Holidays" Season To Everyone!
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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Please stop spreading the odious rumor that Elon Musk hangs out normally or has friends.
I've seen this image enough now that I feel like I should point out it's fake.
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Please stop spreading the odious rumor that Elon Musk hangs out normally or has friends.
This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see Heaven, Charlie Brown.
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Charlie Brown.
No, I am your father, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see Heaven, Charlie Brown.
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Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Charlie Brown.
No, I am your father, Charlie Brown.
I serve only one master. His name is Shai Hulud, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Charlie Brown.
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Now go home and get your fucking shinebox, Charlie Brown.
Those moments will be lost in time like tears in the rain, Charlie Brown.
I find your lack of faith disturbing, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Now go home and get your fucking shinebox, Charlie Brown.