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@funkaoshi.com
Sure you're weedy, and kinda shy, but some girly out there must be needy for a weedy shy guy.
Toronto. He/Him. https://funkaoshi.com
Toronto. He/Him. https://funkaoshi.com
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@funkaoshi.com
· Feb 2
It’s our patriotic duty to drink rye whisky now.
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The new location update on X revealed what we've all kinda known all along: Republicans have been astroturfing themselves.
www.garbageday.email/p/republican...
www.garbageday.email/p/republican...
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The new location update on X revealed what we've all kinda known all along: Republicans have been astroturfing themselves.
www.garbageday.email/p/republican...
www.garbageday.email/p/republican...
Congrats to Alex. I'm a big fan of the channel. I watched his videos to set up my own ProxMox instance at home. It's informative stuff whether you're interested in Tailscale or not.
How did Tailscale's YouTube channel grow from 1,500 to 50K subscribers?
Host Alex Kretzschmar talks about the 2.5-year journey, and where things are headed, in a blog post and a (rare!) on-camera interview.
Video 🎥 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrUK...
Blog ✏️ : tailscale.com/blog/50k-you...
Host Alex Kretzschmar talks about the 2.5-year journey, and where things are headed, in a blog post and a (rare!) on-camera interview.
Video 🎥 : www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrUK...
Blog ✏️ : tailscale.com/blog/50k-you...
Celebrating 50,000 subscribers to Tailscale's YouTube channel
Celebrating 50K subscribers, and sharing a bit of our journey to getting there.
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Congrats to Alex. I'm a big fan of the channel. I watched his videos to set up my own ProxMox instance at home. It's informative stuff whether you're interested in Tailscale or not.
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So much land. So much valuable land now in the hands of a government that has been trying to sell off the greenbelt, provincial parks and Ontario place.
It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
The government says Bill 33 has received Royal Assent and is now law.
It will make it easier for the education minister to take over school boards in the province by appointing a supervisor and sidelining trustees. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1153148...
It will make it easier for the education minister to take over school boards in the province by appointing a supervisor and sidelining trustees. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1153148...
Protests erupt at Queen’s Park as government passes school board takeover bill | Globalnews.ca
On Wednesday, Bill 33 passed its third reading at Queen's Park after a shortened debate and bypassing committee, with Royal Assent set to follow.
globalnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
So much land. So much valuable land now in the hands of a government that has been trying to sell off the greenbelt, provincial parks and Ontario place.
It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
It is not conspiratorial. It's recent history.
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Feds now claim a "system crash" that happened immediately after ICE was sued is the reason why 10 days of footage from inside the Broadview Detention Center has been lost.
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Feds now claim a "system crash" that happened immediately after ICE was sued is the reason why 10 days of footage from inside the Broadview Detention Center has been lost.
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
Spooky Ruben playing at Lee’s Palace 30 years ago. Amazing.
Spookey Ruben - Lee's Palace, Toronto Nov 4 1995 Wendy McDonald *These Days Are Old* Bed / Breakfast
YouTube video by heldopen
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Spooky Ruben playing at Lee’s Palace 30 years ago. Amazing.
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good for her; we should be channeling this energy more
NEW: Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles was kicked out of the chamber for calling the Ford government "corrupt" on Wednesday.
She repeated the claim outside the chamber and challenged the premier to sue her. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1153329...
She repeated the claim outside the chamber and challenged the premier to sue her. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1153329...
Marit Stiles kicked out of legislature for calling Ford government ‘corrupt’ | Globalnews.ca
'It is the endless grift of an anti-democratic, and yes, corrupt, government,' Stiles said, to shouts from the government benches and some cheers from her colleagues.
globalnews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
good for her; we should be channeling this energy more
This story is pretty horrific. It's wild this stuff is so unregulated, that people these sorts of products don't result in criminal charges.
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This story is pretty horrific. It's wild this stuff is so unregulated, that people these sorts of products don't result in criminal charges.
Well that sounds like a good news story.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. “The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emission. You can make a pretty immediate impact.” [nytimes.com]
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Well that sounds like a good news story.
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My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Toronto’s streetcars are some of the slowest in the world. Here’s how the city could speed them up
The TTC likes to blame the sluggish pace of streetcars on things beyond its control, but the data tells a different story.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My @thestar.com column this week: A third-party review says Toronto’s streetcars are among the slowest in the world. But they don’t have to be.
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Maintenace improvements, operational changes and a little political will could really speed things up.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The sort of thing you’d think would be investments, instead of more oil & gas development and chasing the AI bubble.
Canada's research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/science/article-research-and-development-innovation-investment-economy-science/
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The sort of thing you’d think would be investments, instead of more oil & gas development and chasing the AI bubble.
This song is pretty fucking great.
Blazing in the Dark
YouTube video by GnB Chili - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This song is pretty fucking great.
Holy shit: Alison Mack interviewed on Michael Rosenbaum's podcast. I haven't listened this yet. I assume it'll be bananas.
ALLISON MACK: From Smallville to Cult Scandal & Taking Accountability for It Today
YouTube video by Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Holy shit: Alison Mack interviewed on Michael Rosenbaum's podcast. I haven't listened this yet. I assume it'll be bananas.
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New from @sheilawang.bsky.social + me, with @icij.org, @lapresse.ca + @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. A surge of unregistered firms are allowing Toronto crypto users to anonymously cash out big sums in violation of anti-money laundering law. Sheila tested it undercover:
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
Inside Canada’s shadowy crypto banking system that makes it easy to facilitate ‘an unlimited amount of crime’
Reporters went undercover to expose a growing crypto-to-cash industry that is openly flouting anti-money laundering measures.
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New from @sheilawang.bsky.social + me, with @icij.org, @lapresse.ca + @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. A surge of unregistered firms are allowing Toronto crypto users to anonymously cash out big sums in violation of anti-money laundering law. Sheila tested it undercover:
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
Sports betting should be illegal. It’s ruining sports, people’s lives, everything. Just the fucking worst.
Jesus Christ.
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Sports betting should be illegal. It’s ruining sports, people’s lives, everything. Just the fucking worst.
Man Toronto can’t catch a break. What a season, though.
November 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Man Toronto can’t catch a break. What a season, though.
I think the referee has money on Vancouver. #afctoronto
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I think the referee has money on Vancouver. #afctoronto
Not sure if you can hear, but they are playing Thunderstruck. Game paused for thunder and lighting.
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Not sure if you can hear, but they are playing Thunderstruck. Game paused for thunder and lighting.
We scored our first goal. It’s the final game! #afctoronto
November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We scored our first goal. It’s the final game! #afctoronto
Pretty disappointing that Parthi is consistently on the wrong side of all these votes.
"The rage-baiting is really nauseating," says Councillor Parthi Kandavel. "The idea or the implication that we're against kids getting ice cream or seniors getting a cappuccino, it's troubling. That insinuation that some of us are knuckle-dragging suburbanites ... it doesn't reflect the complexity."
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pretty disappointing that Parthi is consistently on the wrong side of all these votes.
Unsurprising news, but it feels like things are getting closer and closer to coming to a head.
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Unsurprising news, but it feels like things are getting closer and closer to coming to a head.
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Generative AI is the first refuge of a scoundrel
The folks at IntegrityTO have finally weighed in on neighbourhood retail with AI generated scenes of creepy faceless loiterers congregating outside a 7-11…
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
Mind you the recommendation (that didn’t make it past committee) was for *corner lots*. They can’t even prompt right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Generative AI is the first refuge of a scoundrel
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This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
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Here’s an honest government ad for my Canadian friends. Enjoy. 🇨🇦
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here’s an honest government ad for my Canadian friends. Enjoy. 🇨🇦
To quote Letterkenny: fucking embarrassing.
Between this and the speed camera stuff, there is a death drive in large parts of mainstream Canadian policy and society.
Public safety conversations, bellowing, in Canada are all a sham and performative when looked at through these frames.
Public safety conversations, bellowing, in Canada are all a sham and performative when looked at through these frames.
Canada loses measles elimination status | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
To quote Letterkenny: fucking embarrassing.
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How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: How Toronto killed ‘Sesame Street’ with its heritage rules — and how we can bring it back
In the face of opposition from even small groups, the city ends up watering down even the best ideas.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...