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Dave Allen
@dafeallen.bsky.social
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Occasional streamer, professional dreamer. (He/Him)
https://www.twitch.tv/flaose
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Definitely giving me Launch Arcology vibes.
A Launch Arcology from the 1993 simulation game SimCity 2000.
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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A riff on Benjamin Franklin's famous "Join, or Die" political cartoon with the colony initials replaced with the initials of various unions represented by the Common Front. From head to tail the union initials are: AFL, ATA, AUPE, BTA, HSAA, UFCW, UNA, and UNIFOR.
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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This municipal election was a lot kinkier than the last one:
A screen shot from Google News with a CBC News article carrying the headline, "Jeromy Farkas edges Sony Sharp in tight mayoral race"
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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A portrait of Carlos II, last of the Habsburgs, by Juan Carreno de Miranda
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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It's disappointing that Bitmap Books would work with Norton given his history of problematic behaviour like this:
A three-year old Twitter exchange where Moses Norton makes an overtly xenophobic post and then makes fun of the person who calls him out for it.
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Had a headache. Figured the autism was worth it.
A pair of Tylenol 500 tablets in my hand.
September 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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I don't post about local stuff very often. Let's be honest, few of you know me well enough to care and even fewer of you live near enough to understand the context. Despite this, these numbers were bad enough that I couldn't help but share. Read the whole article at: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
A screenshot showing the minimum and maximum salaries for teachers with five years of post-secondary education in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Alberta has the second-lowest numbers for both min and max salaries. A screenshot showing the percent salary increase for teachers, average percent weekly earnings increase for all workers, and percent consumer price index increase in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and in the cities of Vancouver and Toronto for the years 2019 – 2025. While all locations experienced about 20% inflation, and average weekly earnings keeping up to inflation (or exceeding it, in the case of the two cities), teachers' salary increases are all below inflation, with the lowest outside Alberta being 15.1%. Alberta is a noticeable outlier with a CPI increase of 20.8% but an average weekly salary increase of only 14.1% and a teacher salary increase of just 3.8%.
September 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Look, Ma, I'm posting relevant content!
A half-functioning Nintendo Virtual Boy with an aftermarket stand and eye shade.
September 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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I can certifiy that 50 out of 51 is in fact NOT a good score when we're talking about State education rankings.
An image of the Certificate of Completion from the PragerU Oklahoma Teacher Qualification Test. The text says: PragerU CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION This is to certifiy [sic] that [redacted name] has successfully completed the Teacher Qualification Test Awarded on 2025-08-31
September 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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An image of Mater from the Disney/Pixar Cars franchise with a sign behind him edited to say RE MATER.
August 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Wait, you're telling me these are two different people?!
A photo of Pam Bondi by Eric Lee for The Washington Post A photo of Karoline Leavitt by Chip Somodevilla for Getty Images
August 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Same energy
August 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Fluffernutter! #NotSponsored
An unappealing photo of an open marshmallow fluff and peanut butter sandwich, aka a fluffernutter.
July 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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A tale of two armies:
A screenshot from Google News showing two headlines. The first headline, from Global News, says, 'Trump deploys California National Guard to LA to quell protests despite the governor's objections'. Below it, a headline from The Globe and Mail says, 'Ottawa sending armed forces support to evacuate northwestern Ontario First Nation as wildfires spread'.
June 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Actual footage from the Tahoe Software Productions pitch meeting:
A version of the five-panel Boardroom Suggestion meme. Panel 1 A boardroom setting with a boss and multiple employees at a table Boss: ALRIGHT TEAM, IF WE WANT ROLLERBLADE RACER TO BE A SUCCESS WE NEED TO STEAL PAPERBOY'S BEST FEATURES Panel 2 A wide shot of three employees Employee #1: "Curbs!" Employee #2: "Dogs!" Employee #3: "Wanton property destruction" Panel 3 A closeup of the boss looking angry Panel 4 A closeup of employee #3 looking oblivious Panel 5 An exterior view of employee #3 being defenestrated from an upper level of a multi-story building
June 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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An accurate depiction of what humans look like in my drawings:
A photo by Duane Burleson for the Associated Press showing Spencer Turnbull of the Philadelphia Phillies pitching a baseball. The photo is taken at such a moment and angle that Turnbull's torso and right arm seem to be wildly disproportionate to the rest of his body.
May 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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In an iconic—though recaptioned—scene from the TV series Seinfeld, Kramer, bathed in red light, says to Jerry, "Flame on, Jerry".
April 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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How it started How it's going
A warning from Twitch that my video storage has exceeded the 100 hours per channel limit and is sitting at 903h / 100h. The same warning from Twitch but now sitting at 205h 8m / 100h.
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Post the first video game you ever played.
A screenshot from WordPerfect 5.0. The text on the screen says: This document is being written in WordPerfect 5.0, the first "game" I ever played. I would make a train like this -> <||||||||> and hold down the space bar to move it across the screen. I called it The Train Game and my parents would sometimes let me play it.
March 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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There have been ups, and I really try, but this photo perfectly encapsulates how I've been feeling for far too long
A paparazzi photo of Ben Affleck, standing at a London doorstep, wearing a blue sweater and jeans, smoking a cigarette with a painted expression on his face. Photo credit: AKIF/Vantagenews / AKM-GSI
March 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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My almost-8-year-old has written some advice for herself that I think all of #ArtSky could appreciate:
A drawing of a girl and a dog with the following words written in the upper-left corner: Drawing's may not come out perfect... ...but they can come out nice.
February 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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When your robot fails to finish writing its profile:
The profile of a phishing bot that says, in part, 'Explorer of ideas, lover of [Good hobby/passion], depressing positivity one post at a time.'
February 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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In English, LLM and MLM are only one letter away from each other and I think that's beautiful.
A screenshot of Google trying to get me to add Gemini to Messages. In a photo from the Amway website, an "independent business owner" offers overpriced, dubiously effective health supplements to her newest mark.
February 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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It may be made from LEGO, but this bonsai is a disturbingly accurate portrayal of my horticultural skills.
A leafless, unfinished LEGO Botanical Collection Bonsai Tree model.
February 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I can't wait until we become the 51st state so that I can finally afford eggs!
A photo of hundreds of eggs at a Canadian Walmart priced at $4.14/dozen.
February 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM