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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 1d

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 5m

I know I am. Been twice before, and this year I splurged and actually got good seats.

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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 21h

how happy we’d all be if this was all the internet was for

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 20m

In the grand scheme of post-industrialization history he's not just A bad guy, but he might be THE bad guy, and that's still not sinking in for too many people.

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Mary Sue @marysuesays.bsky.social · 28m

Shakespeare is standing and applauding.

www.tiktok.com/@bocxtop/vid...

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 4h

After the Leafs played the Blue Jays playoff game inside the arena I had a dream about them playing a sing along version of "Nightmare Before Christmas" in the arena and while I'm sure it wouldn't sell well, it was a lot of fun in my dream.

I think I need to see if any theatres are doing it nearby.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 16h

basic research on wacky things like Gila monster venom are what gave us GLP-1 drugs that are treating diabetes, obesity, & addiction in new ways

this piece from @whyy.org is great

an analogy: navigation apps are great but don't tell you how to climb Mt. Everest & survive

whyy.org/segments/oze...

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Deirdre Assenza @deirdreassenza.bsky.social · 22h

Anyone who’s in the protein powder gym-maxing scene needs to go get their lead levels checked -immediately-. I would explain so fucking much, honestly

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 18h

Glad to see the "Chicago rat hole" (rodent-body imprint) of January 2024 Internet fame was studied more, but just to add my $0.02: Many folks missed the tracks leading away from the body imprint, meaning the squirrel (not rat) fell & splatted in wet concrete, but then walked it off. 🧪🐿️🐾

Photo showing the outline of small rodent body as a negative (concave) impression in sidewalk concrete, with left two limbs clearly defined but missing the upper right limb (arm) and only part of the right rear limb (leg); a thin tail is implied by a pointed imprint behind the main body imprint. The photo is labeled with "Direction of rodent movement" and a red arrow pointing to the upper right of the photo, and a red circle is around a set of rodent tracks in the upper right near the body imprint, labeled as "Rodent tracks."

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 19h

The level of irrelevance needed for something to get zero comments on Reddit was previously just theoretical.

web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 21h

Reddit shuts down its NFT avatars project

August 28, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=reddit-shuts-down-nft-avatars

John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 1d

"Why not say that it will make Canada look incredible by comparison?"

Because Mexico is used to huge soccer crowds in a way that Canada is not. Hockey crowds are big, but not FIFA big.

John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who has been watching the preparation the city of Toronto has been doing to get ready for the FIFA World Cup, the idea of switching locations this late in the process is hilarious. I hope he tries it, because it will make Mexico look incredible by comparison.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "If somebody is doing a bad job and if I feel there is unsafe conditions, I would call Gianni, the head of FIFA, and I would say, 'let's move it to another location.' And he would do that ... I could say the same things for the Olympics."

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 1d

Tbf mass lead poisoning of young men might explain *quite a lot* of what’s been happening in recent years.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 1d

I'm mildly ashamed to say that I wasn't actively aware of Drew Struzan until 2007's "The Mist" when the protagonist played a poster artist and Drew did an Easter egg poster just for the movie.

The poster Drew Struzan made specifically for the movie "The Mist."
Center-frame is a stereotypical Sergio Leon-style cowboy, face cloaked in Shadow. He's wearing a tan shirt, brown pants and boots, a tan serape, a wide brimmed hat, gunbelts, and two bandoliers. He's carrying two large revolvers.
He's standing on a shoreline, but directly behind him is an iron door floating in the air that is outlined by white light. The left hand of the image, far in the background, is a very tall tower. The right hand of the image is a red rose which is either very large or much closer to the viewer than the cowboy. The entire image is done in warm colours evoking sunset, and above the horizon the sky is cloudy with stars visible where there are no clouds.

The image is a reference to Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series of books, the cowboy being Roland Deschain, the primary protagonist of the series. It's an Easter egg both because the movie "The Mist," is based on a Stephen King story, and because Drew Struzan made the posters used in "The Mist" as the protagonist's portfolio.

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 2d

Frank Frazetta shirtless outside in an armchair, posing with his palette and the original art for the Fire & Ice poster. Behind him Eleanor Frazetta poses in a bikini on a Honda dirtbike.

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, way too sincere!

Uh, Covered Bridge chips! So greasy, but oh so delicious!

Hawkins Cheezies! The very best cheese puff out there!

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 1d

You.

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite things about being Canadian is not having to pretend that Christopher Columbus was a person worth celebrating.

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 2d

To give us hope before snatching it away.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 2d

I’m convinced he’s dealing with a serious health issue and they’re hiding all of it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 3d

Currently reading Cory Doctorow's "Enshittification" and just popped over to Threads to see what's going on over there, and this is the first time I've got to watch the process in real-time (while knowing about it). I think it's currently in Phase 2: Make things good for advertisers, bad for users.

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 3d

#invertober 11, dark fishing spider 🎣

#invertober2025

symmetrical blocky art of a dark fishing spider with stylized patterning, colored like black on red greek pottery. there is a black border on the image with a greek-esque choppy line pattern

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John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely nobody should be allowed to be in American politics or be a political pundit if they're unable to answer the question, "Who was the President of the United States Of America from January 20th, 2017 to January 20th, 2021?"

Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 3d

Trump claims the “Biden FBI” placed 274 agents at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Trump was president on Jan. 6.

John T @jrtonca.bsky.social · 4d

The idea that any major movie could have a worse opening than Morbius is hilarious to me. The fact that it's another Jared Leto movie is just the icing on the cake.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 4d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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