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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 4h

I received an update from Sentai Filmworks about why their store is not currently shipping to Canada. It appears that this will remain the case until Canada Post workers have a contract. All the more reason to support CUPW!

Hi Jesse,

Thank you for contacting us. Due to the uncertainty of the ongoing Canada Post negotiations, our 3rd party fulfillment partners have paused all order fulfillment to Canada until any possible disruption can be appropriately evaluated. As a result, we are regretfully unable to accept new orders at this time as we have temporarily suspended shipping to Canada.

We understand how frustrating and disappointing this situation is for our Canadian customers, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We are continuing to monitor the situation closely and once we’ve confirmed with our 3rd party fulfillment partners that Canada shipping may resume; we will be sure to update the Sentai store to accommodate new Canada orders. Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Sincerely,
Opal
Sentai Support

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 5h

Brady needs your help! Please take a look at his eBay listings if you are able!

Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 18h

Hey friends. After having open heart surgery in Dec and another procedure in July, I've been left in 10k+ debt while recovering. During this, we were also laid off from Skullgirls. To try to help dig myself out, I have begun listing things on eBay: ebay.com/usr/mshinzan

a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

ALT: a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 2d

mini metro come to life

Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 2d

Finally got around to playing with TransLink realtime GTFS data. Kind of fun. Transit in Vancouver is looking pretty good, especially considering this is an hour midday on a holiday weekend, with some lines not running (hello 44) and not all buses reporting real-time information.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 3d

How much allowance is there going to be for commercial space, even if limited use? Can we expect more flexibility on this for apartments or multiplexes further away from arterial roads?

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 3d

Related note: I just found out that London Drugs stopped carrying PS5 games a few weeks ago and blew out all of their stock for a dollar or two a pop. I sure wish I had gotten wind of that at the time!

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 3d

They could start carrying home video if they really wanted to step it up, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 3d

I'm liking the new direction they're taking.

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Countess Sappho @countess-sappho.bsky.social · 4d

YOU HEARD THEM

Meme image of Shinji from Evangelion leaning forward in a folding chair with his heads in his hands. Text around him reads "GET IN THE FUCKING FROG" and there are two depictions of someone in inflatable frog suits

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Raven Paine @ravenpaine.bsky.social · 4d

my friend just shared this with me

Dr Eggman Robotnic drawn in two images, Designed with Gamers in mind: Caked up Robotnic, Designed with activists in mind: no ass Robotnic looks sad

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Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social · 5d

“Very few people here in America have the balls to do what anime does,” a veteran Hollywood animation director told me.

blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/why-hollyw...

Why Hollywood stars are saying “F*** anime”

And why they’re right to be scared

blog.pureinventionbook.com

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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 4d

who needs to watch Tron: Ares when i could simply go to downtown Vancouver and imagine that visual effects are happening around me?

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King of the Pumpkins Tom @finalfuryk.bsky.social · 15d

Check out the first few episodes on Tubi. tubitv.com/series/30001...

Romeo's Blue Skies

Despite severe living conditions, a merciless employer, and wicked criminals, a boy bonds with fellow youths to find happiness under such challenges.

tubitv.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe you should contact the PM and ask him why he is floating these trial balloons.
My experience in two decades of politics is that when a political leader makes a public statement about a very controversial issue it's because they are looking to see if people are going to respond.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 5d

The Great derangement syndrome:
People telling me to stop talking about a burning planet when our Prime Minister has a "nation-building" plan to build oil pipelines, repeal the tanker ban, kill the emissions cap.
Trump is a convenient excuse for the plant burners. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Carney doesn’t rule out new pipeline to B.C., repealing tanker ban and emissions cap

As the federal government works towards its next batch of major projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney is not ruling out a new pipeline to the B.C. coast or lifting environmental policies like the tanke...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 4d

This makes me so angry.

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jenny.rip 🪦🪱 @hacksawjenny.rip · 5d

I love this thing where Canadian movies keep only getting released/a theatrical run in the states.

Shout! Studios @shoutstudios.bsky.social · 5d

Bad temper. Bad luck. Badass. See Steven Kostanski's DEATHSTALKER in select theaters now! www.shoutstudios.com/deathstalker

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 6d

With grocery giants ripping off Canadians, it’s time for a bold alternative: public grocery stores.

Food analyst Aaron Vansintjan explains how a publicly-run grocery option could solve the crisis of skyrocketing food costs.

youtu.be/RPuEhQl8Cxo

Why Canada needs public grocery stores

YouTube video by The Breach

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks! I guess I'll bug my MLA about this.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 6d

Which reforms are you referring to?

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Jonathan @imissbionix.bsky.social · 6d

An individual claiming to be a voice actor in the English dub of Amazon's Ninja Vs. Gokudo anime is alleging that the studio is using AI voice clones of the supporting cast. Some of whom were not aware this was going to be done.

www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/...

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 7d

I still prefer the "pay for your online purchases in cash at a convenience store" system that they have, but this is also good.

AUTOMATON WEST @automatonwest.bsky.social · 7d

Japanese game and comic platform DLsite launches its own payment alternative following Visa and Mastercard suspensions

The service will not be available outside of Japan

automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...

Japanese game and comic platform DLsite launches its own payment alternative following Visa and Mastercard suspensions - AUTOMATON WEST

Following suspensions of transactions via Visa and Mastercard, DLsite has launched a semi-in-house payment alternative.

automaton-media.com

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James GHOULizio @theswweet.blackskycomra.de · 8d

"There's something different about the subtitles this season. Namely, they're all ass now."

Isn't the problem that they're not .ass now?

Geoff Thew @mothersbasement.bsky.social · 8d

It's time to talk about the enshittification of Crunchyroll
youtu.be/B-DX0Zolr6g

The Enshittification of Crunchyroll

YouTube video by Mother's Basement

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 11d

New episode! Are we crazy for thinking that cartoons could make a better Nation Building Project than resource extraction? It might start to click when you realize how much Canadian labour and creativity went into K-Pop Demon Hunters. Featuring Kristian Lobb. www.zannen.ca/2025/10/epis...

Episode 103 - Why Isn't K-Pop Demon Hunters Canadian?

K-Pop Demon Hunters, Netflix's most successful movie ever and the seismic cultural force of the summer, was made almost entirely by Canadian...

www.zannen.ca

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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