Rob Hailman
@rjhelms.bsky.social
Community radio administrator, layabout, and at least 3 kinds of nerd in Peterborough, ON. I am angry about cities. he/him
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Gambling is pretty much the one thing in the world I will straight-up moralize about, so:
Fuck this. Let Kawartha Downs rot. Tear down the casino in Peterborough too!
www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/council...
Fuck this. Let Kawartha Downs rot. Tear down the casino in Peterborough too!
www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/council...
City to write to Ontario government to ask that Kawartha Downs slot machines remain open
OLG plans to shut down the racetrack’s 150 slot machines at the end of March.
www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gambling is pretty much the one thing in the world I will straight-up moralize about, so:
Fuck this. Let Kawartha Downs rot. Tear down the casino in Peterborough too!
www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/council...
Fuck this. Let Kawartha Downs rot. Tear down the casino in Peterborough too!
www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/council...
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
tfw you get excited because the GO transit website says there's a new 88 bus schedule starting Dec 20, but then you check the new schedule and what's different is there's no longer express runs on Friday
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
tfw you get excited because the GO transit website says there's a new 88 bus schedule starting Dec 20, but then you check the new schedule and what's different is there's no longer express runs on Friday
It's pretty rad that you have to click four different "cancel" buttons to actually cancel a spotify subscription
December 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
It's pretty rad that you have to click four different "cancel" buttons to actually cancel a spotify subscription
"schedule send" is great because I get to go from someone who sends work emails in the evening (dingdong who has poor boundaries and expects the same of others) to someone who sends work emails first thing in the morning (competent administrator who respects others' ability to manage their own time)
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"schedule send" is great because I get to go from someone who sends work emails in the evening (dingdong who has poor boundaries and expects the same of others) to someone who sends work emails first thing in the morning (competent administrator who respects others' ability to manage their own time)
can confirm, Puzzmo is great and also not the New York Times
If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people
Puzzmo — The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles.
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
www.puzzmo.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
can confirm, Puzzmo is great and also not the New York Times
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Cyber Monday is over. Everyone, please stop cybering.
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Cyber Monday is over. Everyone, please stop cybering.
I <3 my fascist police chief.
Learning now Chief Betts called out all traditional media, which is frankly worse. When the chief of police is actively working to foster distrust of journalists in the community he is supposed to serve as a public official, he is working against a basic principle of democracy. Do better, Stu.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I <3 my fascist police chief.
I’ve been confused for a while as to why you can’t buy digital-only music on the iOS Bandcamp app - that’s gotta be some Apple anticompetitive BS, right?
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I’ve been confused for a while as to why you can’t buy digital-only music on the iOS Bandcamp app - that’s gotta be some Apple anticompetitive BS, right?
I don’t hate everything, but I *do* hate everything I’ve seen online today.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I don’t hate everything, but I *do* hate everything I’ve seen online today.
it remains truly a blessing to watch AI turn people's brains into mush in real time. not terrifying in the least, no.
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
it remains truly a blessing to watch AI turn people's brains into mush in real time. not terrifying in the least, no.
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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“We turn our hearts into museums of the people that we love to keep them alive inside us.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“We turn our hearts into museums of the people that we love to keep them alive inside us.”
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O M G
Well, for the second, Mike Colle is doing his very level best to fight to preserve our city's heritage parking lots
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
O M G
my favourite part of the budget is learning anew the extent to which a majority of our council does not inhabit the same reality as me
Mayor Jeff Leal briefly raised the prospect of Peterborough being an attractive spot for an AI data centre to be built due to its proximity to so much available water in the area.
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
my favourite part of the budget is learning anew the extent to which a majority of our council does not inhabit the same reality as me
God, Jeff Leal is a creep. Even when he’s talking sense, he makes my skin crawl.
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
God, Jeff Leal is a creep. Even when he’s talking sense, he makes my skin crawl.
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this is a friendly reminder that everyone who (for some reason) hasn't already done so needs to nuke their Twitter account, right fucking now.
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
this is a friendly reminder that everyone who (for some reason) hasn't already done so needs to nuke their Twitter account, right fucking now.
The YouTube algo offered me up a video about how flashy colours are one of the ways devices suck you in, arguing we should set our phones and computers to grayscale mode - and let the real world be the colourful one.
Not sure I buy the argument but I am trying it on my phone and tbh it kinda rules.
Not sure I buy the argument but I am trying it on my phone and tbh it kinda rules.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The YouTube algo offered me up a video about how flashy colours are one of the ways devices suck you in, arguing we should set our phones and computers to grayscale mode - and let the real world be the colourful one.
Not sure I buy the argument but I am trying it on my phone and tbh it kinda rules.
Not sure I buy the argument but I am trying it on my phone and tbh it kinda rules.
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Hello hello! still searching for marginalized sims creators who are down to talk about what's going on in the sims community! please boost and share amongst your discords/reddits/whatnot!
Hello! Are you a marginalized Sims content creator? Do you have feelings about what's going on in your community right now? Please get in touch!
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hello hello! still searching for marginalized sims creators who are down to talk about what's going on in the sims community! please boost and share amongst your discords/reddits/whatnot!
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Zohran caught in LIES: Mamdani claims to have "loved Final Fantasy III" when he was growing up. yet research indicates that the game he played was in fact the SIXTH Final Fantasy game
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Zohran caught in LIES: Mamdani claims to have "loved Final Fantasy III" when he was growing up. yet research indicates that the game he played was in fact the SIXTH Final Fantasy game
I had a hot take but I forgot it.
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I had a hot take but I forgot it.
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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/ 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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/ 🧵
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LinkedIn is the worst
September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
LinkedIn is the worst
years ago, I had the idea to make a blog that highlighted the chairs in legislatures around the world.
I think now is the time!
I think now is the time!
September 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
years ago, I had the idea to make a blog that highlighted the chairs in legislatures around the world.
I think now is the time!
I think now is the time!