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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 2h

"It's fine leaving here"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 21h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 22h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Dragon Moll Z 🎃 @dopestatistics.bsky.social · 3h

Alright my kid has found her niche with the creepy eye thing.

A cooling rack of halloween cookies. Theyre kind of goofy. Some have goody faces. A couple have 10-15 eyes.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 9h

Big multi-camera shows were the thing that I was really good at. Other than sports, yeah, they are almost extinct.

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 9h

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 13h

Canadian Thanksgiving here, eh? Got you guys a turkey.

A Bricklin SV-1 with three DeLoreans (all doors up, of course)

An orange Bricklin SV-1 framed by the door of a DeLorean DMC-12

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 12h

Cecil Bee DeMille

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 13h

Ad from a wartime Life magazine, where basically the whole target market was in the military. They knew, right? There's no way they didn't know.

Ad for hair tonic with a guy scratching his scalp, and the same guy looking slick in uniform. Text reads
CAN YOUR SCALP PASS THE *F-N TEST?

*F-N the famous Finger Nail Test

1. It's F-N, the test for men! The "Finger Nail Test!" Scratch your head and see if you find dryness or loose, ugly dandruff. If so, you need new Wildroot Cream-Oil Formula. Relieves dryness, removes loose dandruff! Buy the large size.

YOUR HAIR CAN LOOK LIKE THIS WITH NEW WILDROOT CREAM-OIL

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

My people had nothing to do with this horror

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

Stay discontinued

Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · Mar 21

Maple Bacon Pop-Tarts (2016-2016): Smoky, salty, bacon-flavored pastries, filled with a maple-brown sugar-pancake syrup flavored filling, and topped with vanilla icing and bacon bits-style sprinkles

A blue Pop Tarts box, featuring a pastry with white frosting and browning sprinkles, cut open to reveal a light brown filling. Next to this is a strip of bacon and glass container of syrup

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

I have a friend who does jewellery repair at these, I keep meaning to join him. People are so happy to get things repaired!

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, deal! Those things were *expensive*

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

Minneapolis folks, I can't go, but the STEM book fest at the Bakken tomorrow looks like it will be good. (also The Thinking Spot is a great bookshop!)
www.thethinkingspot.us/event-detail...

MN STEM Book Festival | The Thinking Spot

Minnesota's First Annual STEM Book Festival!

www.thethinkingspot.us

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

There have been a couple of times where I I haven't had the legs to do the summit, and have waited an hour or so by myself, but yeah, if you are in this position you DO NOT MOVE. And if you are already out of water by that point, you are already in trouble.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

People visiting Toronto should know that we drive on the left sidewalk, at least until we hit a lamp pole.

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Mark Parisi @offthemarkparisi.bsky.social · 1d

Kind of disarming

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Dan Falk @danfalk.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to the Quirks & Quarks 50th anniversary special. 📻 ⚛️🔭 Oh and there’s @astrokatie.com — on her home turf since they recorded the show at @perimeterinstitute.ca ! #science #scicomm

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1d

All these internet protein loading, keto types are mixing jello with greek yogurt and not one of them thinks to put it in a pretty mold.

We used to be a proper country

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

(hoping the "plus" means it prints faster than the original)

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

oh nice

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 6d

Them: Well, maybe you try meditation.
Me: If I had a way to merely slow my brain down to your normal and not have continually analyzing anything for faults/improvement, I think that would be like meditation.
Them: There’s no need for insults.
Me: That’s not an insult. That’s admiration.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old

“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”

Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

Black-and-white picture of two children playing in woodland. Also in the picture, there are 12 hidden animals including an owl, a bat and a squirrel.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 1d

(raises hand)

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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 1d

at least three people have said "happy thanksgiving" to me and (in the Canadian context) I find this very strange.

like, Thanksgiving is really not a big deal here. but I think that's changing slowly.

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Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social · 2d

8 hours of new-age/ambient music composed by Vangelis for a series of videos showcasing neurosurgery techniques for trainee neurosurgeons? Sure why not?

Only a few minutes in but very nice so far

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 2d

A chat with @andyzax.bsky.social reminded me of a real late 1990s artifact, Vangelis's "Tegos Tapes," done for a Greek surgeon as background music for training videos because said surgeon figured just him talking would be boring as shit. 8 hours plus of spacelanes drift!

Vangelis - The Tegos Tapes (1998) : Annum Integrum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Tegos Tapes is an interesting example of an obscure and heretofore unreleased Vangelis soundtrack unknown by many of even his most devoted fans.The...

archive.org

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Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social · 1d

We’re back … and we brought you a wonderful weekend Umlaut from Würzburg.

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 2d

While providing tech support for my FIL:

FIL: What's that screen?

ME: The terminal. You should never use it.

FIL: Never?

ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself?

FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

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