Rob Cruickshank
@robcruickshank.bsky.social
Technician/artist. Googly-eye enthusiast. Several kinds of nerd. Unusual skill set. Toronto, Ontario. he/him.
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My new zine is about pointers. What is the point!? This is another topic I've found confusing when explained to me but easy once its presented differently. Why are people always repeating the same phrases and not explaining them? Lets explore pointers! Drop your fav pointer facts / questions here.
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My new zine is about pointers. What is the point!? This is another topic I've found confusing when explained to me but easy once its presented differently. Why are people always repeating the same phrases and not explaining them? Lets explore pointers! Drop your fav pointer facts / questions here.
I would not touch anything from them with a stick.
Boar's Head has ANOTHER Listeria infected product, and this time it's cheese. I would not trust this company again without substantial changes.
www.eatingwell.com/boars-head-c...
www.eatingwell.com/boars-head-c...
Boar's Head Just Recalled Cheese Due to Listeria Contamination—Here’s What to Know
There’s an active recall on two Boar’s Head cheese products sold nationwide because of a Listeria risk. Read on for more information.
www.eatingwell.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I would not touch anything from them with a stick.
Today in "How hard could it be, anyway?"
(h/t @helenbranswell.bsky.social)
PSA: Please do not buy Botox off the internet and try to perform your own treatment.
Botulinum toxin literally has among the lowest lethal doses of anything on the planet
Also, how are people just purchasing select agents on the internet
PSA: Please do not buy Botox off the internet and try to perform your own treatment.
Botulinum toxin literally has among the lowest lethal doses of anything on the planet
Also, how are people just purchasing select agents on the internet
Notes from the Field: Severe Illnesses After ...
This report describes the public health response to three patients from different states who developed severe illness after self-injecting botulinum toxin.
www.cdc.gov
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today in "How hard could it be, anyway?"
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Just in: Birds will be defenseless against the power of your Sigma 150-600mm lens. Ha ha ha! You can see everything they're doing! EVERYTHING! bet you wish you'd stayed a dinosaur now eh bird, well it's TOO LATE! Prepare to be posted on Facebook with a big script font signature on the bottom! 😈
Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary
The Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary is big and heavy, but that's a 600mm lens for you. In excellent condition, with minor cosmetic finish wear, clean glass, good function. Includes hood,...
www.camera-traders.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Just in: Birds will be defenseless against the power of your Sigma 150-600mm lens. Ha ha ha! You can see everything they're doing! EVERYTHING! bet you wish you'd stayed a dinosaur now eh bird, well it's TOO LATE! Prepare to be posted on Facebook with a big script font signature on the bottom! 😈
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Sad thing is, the creator is a talented watercolour artist, and did the figure by hand. But it was altered, pixel by pixel and stroke by stroke by ChatGPT, giving it appearance of slop and not actual human work.
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Sad thing is, the creator is a talented watercolour artist, and did the figure by hand. But it was altered, pixel by pixel and stroke by stroke by ChatGPT, giving it appearance of slop and not actual human work.
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Just in: do you need a good quality tripod at an affordable price? Well, this is a tripod at an affordable price.
Soligor Tripod
A very basic tripod, suitable for small to lower-mid-size cameras. Don't expect anything but a temporary respite from gravity.
www.camera-traders.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just in: do you need a good quality tripod at an affordable price? Well, this is a tripod at an affordable price.
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am sharing a workshop with someone whose algorithm is feeding him ai country music
one song that has played twice now has the chorus “i’ll get okay, no tears, just whiskey and truck cars” and i’m thinking of just walking toward the light and letting the universe scatter my electrons
one song that has played twice now has the chorus “i’ll get okay, no tears, just whiskey and truck cars” and i’m thinking of just walking toward the light and letting the universe scatter my electrons
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
am sharing a workshop with someone whose algorithm is feeding him ai country music
one song that has played twice now has the chorus “i’ll get okay, no tears, just whiskey and truck cars” and i’m thinking of just walking toward the light and letting the universe scatter my electrons
one song that has played twice now has the chorus “i’ll get okay, no tears, just whiskey and truck cars” and i’m thinking of just walking toward the light and letting the universe scatter my electrons
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Yonge Street, Toronto, 1981
From the photobook “Toronto in the 1980s” available online at Blurb Books. They’re having a Black Friday 50% off sale through Nov. 30. This makes my books half-way affordable. Cheers!
www.blurb.ca/user/Avard
#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
From the photobook “Toronto in the 1980s” available online at Blurb Books. They’re having a Black Friday 50% off sale through Nov. 30. This makes my books half-way affordable. Cheers!
www.blurb.ca/user/Avard
#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yonge Street, Toronto, 1981
From the photobook “Toronto in the 1980s” available online at Blurb Books. They’re having a Black Friday 50% off sale through Nov. 30. This makes my books half-way affordable. Cheers!
www.blurb.ca/user/Avard
#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
From the photobook “Toronto in the 1980s” available online at Blurb Books. They’re having a Black Friday 50% off sale through Nov. 30. This makes my books half-way affordable. Cheers!
www.blurb.ca/user/Avard
#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
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Vietnamese food has a concept I don't often see in western cuisine - "ngán."
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Vietnamese food has a concept I don't often see in western cuisine - "ngán."
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
For the Americans, one from my collection. Thanks given to @unpopulara.bsky.social for digitizing it.
youtu.be/wd16cfyRMbU?...
youtu.be/wd16cfyRMbU?...
One Turkey, Two Turkey (16mm 1971)
YouTube video by The Unpopular Archive
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November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For the Americans, one from my collection. Thanks given to @unpopulara.bsky.social for digitizing it.
youtu.be/wd16cfyRMbU?...
youtu.be/wd16cfyRMbU?...
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I thought those glass straws people were buying were PYREX and not too likely to break
WRONG
Just saw a lady posting from the hospital because she swallowed a shard from her broken straw 😭😭
WRONG
Just saw a lady posting from the hospital because she swallowed a shard from her broken straw 😭😭
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I thought those glass straws people were buying were PYREX and not too likely to break
WRONG
Just saw a lady posting from the hospital because she swallowed a shard from her broken straw 😭😭
WRONG
Just saw a lady posting from the hospital because she swallowed a shard from her broken straw 😭😭
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E K R A N O P L A N
One of the small cohort of companies which is capturing the home office's ongoing attention — and imagination 💭 — is REGENT out of Rhode Island. They continue to make steady progress in their development program of their unique hydrofoil/ground effect aircraft. | 🛩️ 🦆 ⚔️ ⚡️ 📹 📰 🥇 | 🧵 1/2
REGENT Demonstrates Seaglider Rescue Capabilities in Support of U.S. Marine Corps Partnership | REGENT
Operations highlight how Seaglider vessels close critical gaps in maritime defense.
www.regentcraft.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
E K R A N O P L A N
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what the....I didn't even know this was possible!
Displacement of water reveals lake bottom!
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
what the....I didn't even know this was possible!
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PLAYTIME (1967) Dir.: Jacques Tati DPs: Jean Badal & Andréas Winding #OnePerfectShot
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
PLAYTIME (1967) Dir.: Jacques Tati DPs: Jean Badal & Andréas Winding #OnePerfectShot
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The voles would like to request a bit more snow please.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The voles would like to request a bit more snow please.
There should be some sort of deal with the cartoon syndicates that we get the thanksgiving cartoons for Canadian Thanksgiving and don't have to see two weeks of turkey gags in Canadian papers November.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There should be some sort of deal with the cartoon syndicates that we get the thanksgiving cartoons for Canadian Thanksgiving and don't have to see two weeks of turkey gags in Canadian papers November.
I'm sure all the baby animals are happy and safe.
PLEASE NO SPOILERS I HAVENR SEEN IT YET
Years of work involving an amazing team at BBCSstudios Framestore AppleTV, our series #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge is out now on #AppleTV. Huge thanks to everyone involved. All 5 eps have been released!
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm sure all the baby animals are happy and safe.
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Hear ye, hear ye!
Come get your biblically accurate crustacean from the deep, named after the Greek goddess of victory.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/05/dend...
Come get your biblically accurate crustacean from the deep, named after the Greek goddess of victory.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/05/dend...
<i>Dendrogaster nike</i>
Parasitic crustaceans can evolve into some pretty funky forms and they have been featured multiple times on this blog. These crustacean...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hear ye, hear ye!
Come get your biblically accurate crustacean from the deep, named after the Greek goddess of victory.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/05/dend...
Come get your biblically accurate crustacean from the deep, named after the Greek goddess of victory.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2023/05/dend...
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grapefruits, painted by james marion shull, 1913
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
grapefruits, painted by james marion shull, 1913
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Shark Santa needle felted #holiday #ornament.
#art #craft #NeedleFelt #fiberArt #shark #santa #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWednesday #EastCoastKin
#art #craft #NeedleFelt #fiberArt #shark #santa #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWednesday #EastCoastKin
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Shark Santa needle felted #holiday #ornament.
#art #craft #NeedleFelt #fiberArt #shark #santa #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWednesday #EastCoastKin
#art #craft #NeedleFelt #fiberArt #shark #santa #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWednesday #EastCoastKin
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🪶…and a merry gobble gobble to all
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🪶…and a merry gobble gobble to all
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Neat little exhibition on Toronto retail at the reference library from their collection
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Neat little exhibition on Toronto retail at the reference library from their collection
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Someone cracked the case
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Someone cracked the case
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