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Thierry
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I lecture about political science, social media and media & politics @ York University, I used to write a lot about music but I don’t so much anymore. I still watch too much tennis. He/him.
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Thierry @tcote.bsky.social · Nov 6
He doesn’t even want to be around anymore.
Trump standing in the Oval Office with his arms dangling and an empty look in his eyes. People next to him are attending to someone who fainted. An I Think You Should Leave screenshot: Karl Havoc standing along in a mall food court, an empty look in his eyes and his arms dangling. Like Trump, he doesn’t even want to be here anymore.
tcote.bsky.social
I thought this was Billy Idol starring in a House Party reboot.
wrestletalk.bsky.social WrestleTalk @wrestletalk.bsky.social · 2d
A new look at Cody Rhodes as Guile in the new Street Fighter movie
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
tcote.bsky.social
The world’s most expensive Death Becomes Her remake.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump's mangled right hand was extremely spackled tonight at the White House congressional ball (Alex Wong/Getty)
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
tcote.bsky.social
I first read this as « was huffing gas » and honestly it’s not wrong either
antlervel.vet Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 4d
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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This is very cute and sweet, and French supermarket chain Intermarché is rightly getting a lot of praise for this ad featuring beautiful 3D animation created by a French studio (Illogic Studios) that required the work of about 100 people instead of using generative AI. youtu.be/Na9VmMNJvsA?...
Intermarché - Conte de Noël
YouTube video by Intermarché
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December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
tcote.bsky.social
I gasped.
December 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
tcote.bsky.social
We’re reaching extraordinary, unprecedented levels of dumbfuckery.
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d
Fifty different problems in the world just locked into one big uniform piece like a Rubik's cube in my head.
Reddit post in r/AirForce: Plastered all over the Pentagon today A real picture of an AI-generated poster of Pete Hegseth saying "I Want YOU to Use AI"
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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It’s not a perfect clip, but someone put on YouTube the Mavericks’s first song (there’s about 30 seconds of noise/tuning at the top of the clip and it cuts off) from the 2014 CNE show that I saw, and just from « Tell Me Why » you can hear what a powerful live band this was.

youtu.be/S6NGdI3K_ks?...
The Mavericks - Tell Me Why
YouTube video by wowzieee
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December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Ah yes, using the « genius-level at everything intelligence » that hallucinates simple academic sources and gives useful tips to teens about how to self-harm to raise a newborn. What could possibly go wrong.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"

Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
tcote.bsky.social
Raul Malo had without a doubt the most extraordinary voice I ever heard in person, and the Mavericks are one of the great American bands of the last four decades.

Fuck cancer.

www.facebook.com/share/p/19UU...
A post from The Mavericks on Facebook: « It's with the deepest grief we share the passing of our friend, bandmate and brother Raul Malo on December 8th, 2025 at the age of 60. Anyone with the pleasure of being in Raul's orbit knew that he was a force of human nature, with an infectious energy. Over a career of more than three decades entertaining millions around the globe, his towering creative contributions and unrivaled, generational talent created the kind of multicultural American music reaching far beyond America itself. While his spirited performances garnered a massive & loyal following, and his powerful songwriting and musicianship earned multiple Grammy, ACM, and CMA awards, it was his lifelong commitment to the preservation of the multi-lingual American musical repertoire of which he was most proud, making history in 2020 with the first album ever to debut at the top of both the Latin Pop and Folk-Americana charts. It was this commitment, along with his steadfast championing of music education as an inspiration for every child across America and throughout the world, for which Raul was honored with the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the National Music Council of the United States' American Eagle Award. Though his earthly body may have passed, Raul's spirit will live on forever in heaven, and here on earth through the music, joy, and light he brought forth. His contributions to American and Latin music will be everlasting, as his songs and voice touched fans and fellow artists around the world. Raul is survived by his loving wife of 34 years, Betty; sons Dino, Victor, and Max, mother Norma, sister Carol, and Mavericks bandmates Paul Deakin, Eddie Perez, and Jerry Dale McFadden. The family thanks everyone for their love & support, and asks for privacy at this time. »
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
tcote.bsky.social
You will be visited by three spirits
Björn Borg, John McEnroe, Vitas Gerulaitis
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
tcote.bsky.social
This is definitely about as cool as I would expect the British group of studio singers/musicians who recorded one of the very best Beach Boys soundalikes to look. youtu.be/oeGPpwFpIAA?...
The cover of the self-titled debut LP by The First Class. They look like a bunch of studio dudes trying really hard to look chill and cool and failing badly. They look like a group made up entirely of studio bassists. And not the cool ones.
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I’m seeing a lot of panettone slander online this year and I will not stand for it.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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A tourist on Reddit asked if everything will still be open in Québec City when it’s -5 (Celsius) outside and I can’t remember the last time I laughed this hard.
« this southerner would like to know if everything is still open when the weather is 8 farenheit or -5 celcius we are not used to this kind of weather! will be visiting this saturday through wednesday. used to some cold weather - yes. this cold weather - no. we will bring warm jackets and snow pants to walk around in outside and it might be cold weather but we still want to do the christmas markets and toboggan etc - will it all be open? i am sure they are open and everyone is used to this sort of cold, but where we are from if there is a little freeze, all hell breaks loose. and who knows what we will do on the coldest day which is monday i know it seems silly and this is probably warm to the quebecoise! we are very excited for this adventure! »
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Inducting in the HOF the guy whose offensive numbers benefited the most from batting in the same lineup as Barry Bonds but keeping Bonds out is wild.
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6d
Jeff Kent getting in, after being teammates with Barry Bonds, arguably the greatest player ever, is so ridiculous
December 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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You’re damn right she’s going to be famous on the Internet. 🫡
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Let’s check in live with Bill Cassidy:
Tim Robinson in a hot dog suit on I Think You Should Leave.
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Thierry
tcote.bsky.social
So there was a Record Store Day release that unfortunately seems to be suffering from a widespread pressing issue and lots of listeners are getting a full side of Lil Durk.

See my next post for the reveal of the RSD album in question.
A series of Reddit comments: « Did you play it? Does Lil Durk play on Side A? Mine had an error on the pressing. Wondering if that's the case for everyone. On Side F and no issues, I think I saw your video and it's such a weird mistake to have happened. Mine is the same. I had the Lil Durk issue! Mine too Mine has the same thing. Really hoping the error becomes valuable one day »
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
tcote.bsky.social
So there was a Record Store Day release that unfortunately seems to be suffering from a widespread pressing issue and lots of listeners are getting a full side of Lil Durk.

See my next post for the reveal of the RSD album in question.
A series of Reddit comments: « Did you play it? Does Lil Durk play on Side A? Mine had an error on the pressing. Wondering if that's the case for everyone. On Side F and no issues, I think I saw your video and it's such a weird mistake to have happened. Mine is the same. I had the Lil Durk issue! Mine too Mine has the same thing. Really hoping the error becomes valuable one day »
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Victoria Mboko a connu l’une des plus belles saisons de tennis de notre histoire en remportant un titre lors d’un tournoi de catégorie 1 000 de la WTA et en accédant rapidement au top 20. 
 
Victoria, ton histoire nous inspire, et les meilleurs chapitres restent encore à écrire.
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Victoria Mboko had one of the most exciting tennis seasons in Canadian history — a WTA 1000 title and a surge into the top 20. 
 
Victoria, your story is an inspiration, and the best chapters are yet to be written.
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Am I crazy or does this stadium look like the spaceship from The Cat From Outer Space?
« Jake » the cat in front of a his spaceship. He’s wearing a collar that lights up.
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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This is what happens when you binge too many episodes of the Beatles Anthology.
George Harrison in an interview clip from the Beatles Anthology. He’s wearing a western jean jacket with a brown corduroy collar. A photo of me wearing a Levi’s western jean jacket with a brown corduroy collar (and a beige hand knitted tuque).
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Compare with the original scene and not only can you see how they used an alternate or pre-FX version where they haven’t digitally removed the crew, you can also see how horrible the colours and the lighting looks in this new one.

youtu.be/qvRHzvoCf_s?...
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Pete Hegseth last week / Pete Hegseth this week
A screenshot of Shaggy’s « Boombastic » video with the lyrics « I’m boombastic » A screenshot of Shaggy performing « It Wasn’t Me » on CD: UK with the lyrics « It wasn’t me »
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM