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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Jan 22

I'm, fuck, making it through the last fucking fuck section now and can't wait to wrap it up like a skinsuit in the next day or two. I love how, so far, it's added even more mystery and uncertainty than answers.

michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Jan 11

This. I asked for a small bedside dictionary for Christmas to keep nearby—I used my phone to look up words and inevitably get distracted—and it has been a game changer.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Jan 11

Gronic.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Jan 10

The vibes of Wim Wender's Perfect Days were immaculate. It would make a killer double feature with Paterson by Jarmusch.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Jan 9

What am I doing for my birthday today, you ask? Mercilessly whooping a 4-year-old at every game we play today. It seems my hippo is indeed hungrier.

michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 25

I just finished a read of the trilogy a couple months ago (just before a reread of the SR trilogy prepping for Absolution) and could not agree more. I think the true moral is simply to not sleep on Jeff Vandermeer.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 22

I got a wonderful Christmas gift from some friends at our Tibbs Eve party last night (yes, I know, it's early). So happy to have caught this movie for the first time this year as it is now an absilute favourite. Poster designed by @patrickallaby.bsky.social for @cinesackville.bsky.social

A poster of the Wong Ka-Wai's film In the Mood for Love, drawn by Patrick Allaby for the Sackville Cinematheque's showing of the movie.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 18

After our government seemingly imploded two days ago, some good news is more than a little welcome.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · Dec 18

A wheezy Indiana Jones is incredibly relatable

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 18

Watched Home Alone one time and the kid's laying traps for his mom in the kitchen while she cooks supper.

About 20 assorted toy cars and trucks in a group on a kitchen floor.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 18

I just finished watching Carry-On, put on as a dumb, turn-off-my-tired-dad-brain movie and it was fun. It's nice to see a competently made, mid-level thriller and it accomplished what it set out to do I think.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Dec 17

my friend pointed out to me that the BARBARIAN poster uses the same font as Sweet Baby Ray's sauces and I cannot stop thinking about it

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 17

This will likely be the first movie my 4-year-old gets truly excited to go see in theatres. Hopefully it's better than that dreadful bore of a movie, Chunky Chimp.

John Robb @realstirfryguy.bsky.social · Dec 17

www.bbc.com/mediacentre/... Big news if you Bluey.

BBC Studios and The Walt Disney Company announce first-ever bluey animated feauture film

BBC Studios executes global deal to bring Bluey to worldwide cinemas in 2027

www.bbc.com

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 16

My thoughts exactly anonymous Liberal MP who called Justin Ling a half hour ago. My thoughts exactly.

Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Dec 16

A Liberal MP called me a few minutes ago. First thing they say is:

“What the actual fuck.”

michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 16

Welp, if Poilievre didn't have it in his grubby little bag before, he does now. I can't imagine confidence in the party will be high going into the next election even if Trudeau does decide to step aside.

Alex Panetta @alexpanetta.bsky.social · Dec 16

Whoa. A resignation letter from Chrystia Freeland as Canada’s finance minister, delivered with blunt force.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 16

I'm late to the party, but I just finished Past Lives. It was quiet, for sure, but built upon itself to an end that surprised me in its ability to release so much pent-up emotion with a powerful goodbye to the lives one might have had.

michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 15

If you want my opinion, my honest opinion, I couldn't agree more. Not that I'm well-versed in the genre, but I caught it for the first time last night and it was delightful.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 14

What a wonderful (and unexpectedly Christmas-set) film to see with a receptive crowd last night to close out the season!

The Sackville Cinematheque @cinesackville.bsky.social · Dec 10

This Friday, Dec. 13, we are screening the endlessly charming THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 classic romcom. 7pm at the Owens Art Gallery.

Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social

Bespoke poster for the film The Shop Around the Corner indicating a screening date of Dec. 13 2024 at 7pm at the Owens Art Gallery.

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 13

Can attest these covers are even more beautiful in person. I'm almost done my reread of the OG trilogy and cannot wait to crack open Absolution.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Dec 13

Wow! Pablo Delcan's cover design for Absolution makes the NYT's list of the best of the year! My contribution: suggesting the morphed swamp sunflowers for contrast.

The alligator with sunflowers cover of Absolution.

The first-edition paperbacks of VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series were loud, punchy and intentionally bright. For this late-addition tale, which expands the would-be trilogy into a quartet, swamp and marsh dwellers are still the order of the day, but the palette pivots hard toward darkness without losing an ounce of the environmental hazard that courses through each story. Devotees of botanically warped alligators and drugs have now met their champion.

michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 13

Been playing too much Indiana Jones. I thought this said "Big Vatican," and wondered what the Catholics had to do with anything.

Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · Dec 13

They say that, long term, people cherish experiences more than possessions. False. This is a lie perpetrated by Big Vacation. Stay the course, continue to amass cool electronics and trinkets lads.

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ceej @ceej.online · Dec 13

MENSWEAR GUY: Furthermore, you’ve neglected to even cut the vents of the shockingly poor-fitting sport coat you’ve, for some reason, chosen to wear to breakfast

MAN WHO STILL WEARS A THREADLESS TEE FROM 2003 WITH TWO ANTHROPOMORPHIC HOUSES HUGGING UNDER THE TEXT “HOMIES”: haha get his ass derek

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · Dec 12

Can we find hope beyond Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh's comment section?

Because the class consciousness that emerged in the unlikeliest of places could help us see through the bullshit on issues like Canada Post and the carbon tax.

Let's talk about it.

SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com

Can hope move out of Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh’s comment sections?

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Megan Mitton @meganmitton.bsky.social · Dec 12

While everyday New Brunswickers are paying higher and higher property taxes, Irving Oil’s property tax bill fell by $25,000 last year. This is because the City of Saint John could not raise the taxes on heavy industry, without also raising them on everyone else due to a provincial gov't policy. 1/2

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Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · Dec 11

Legal battle over Policy 713 ends between New Brunswick government, education council: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Legal battle over Policy 713 ends between province, education council | CBC News

A legal battle between the New Brunswick government and a Moncton-area school district over a gender identity policy has ended.

www.cbc.ca

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michaelrobar.bsky.social @michaelrobar.bsky.social · Dec 11

Finally watched the 28 Years Later trailer and fuck, the repetiveness and sound quality of that poem and seeing the harsh digital look of the first film again really got me.