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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 1d

Instagram: Oh, you liked that pin-up model? Here's non-stop reels of women bragging about age gaps

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 1d

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation --> Halloween transition smoother than a Phish jam

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 1d

by 2030 I/P debate for the terminally online will be partisans on each side declaring the other an AI hallucination.

Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 1d

ha! yes, I have had the exact same thought

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 1d

"The petition claims when she reached out to the Virks, Rajan sent the client superglue through UberEats from a nearby 7-Eleven intended to seal the puncture hole."

Wild how much of the world is stupid people being exploited by slightly less stupid people

'Injector Barbie' targeted by College of Physicians after butt injections allegedly leak fluid | CBC News

A former Miss Universe Canada contestant is accused of giving Botox and dermal filler injections without registration from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.

www.cbc.ca

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 2d

No comment!

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Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown and his (almost empty) $78 million speed camera building

Critics question the cost — and a secretive process behind Brampton’s purchase of a facility whose price more than doubled in three years.

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 2d

So nu, a leopard could resist a face like mine?

Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 4d

I like the show sometimes but hoo boy does David Herle shut it down the moment anything gets too real.

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 4d

lol. He has been very fucking mad about what major capital projects are and aren't on the federal shortlists.

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 4d

There's no glamour in the Hammer but you can buy it at the Big & Tall

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Whitehorse | No Glamour In The Hammer

YouTube video by CBC Music

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 4d

Pardon, the Star, not CBC.

Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 4d

According to the CBC & the NDP, Engler hasn't actually submitted an application to run.

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 5d

ok I'll bite

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jesslyn delia derkson @jlyndelia.bsky.social · 5d

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image of a notebook opened to a two-page collage spread

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 6d

Having a hard time thinking of anything since Rugrats

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 6d

Seriously stop posting fucking Twitter thread screen caps.

Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 6d

Have you gotten the "be polite to the machine so we teach it to be polite" yet?

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Raymond Gibson’s ghost @raymondgibson.bsky.social · 6d

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Raymond Gibson’s ghost @raymondgibson.bsky.social · 6d

Edwin Muir #SmallPoemSunday

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 8d

wish I had an idea what this was about, but even CanLit fights rarely wash upon my shore.

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Ants @ants.bsky.social · 16d

Really interesting tidbits in this latest NYT focus group

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 8d

At this point I'd wager Trump doesn't die. Literally some kind of cyborg situation, entire budget of a federal agency liquidated to achieve it

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 8d

the only sensible answer to the "no purity tests" rhetoric is to say "sorry, which purity tests specifically do you mean?"

Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 8d

essentially the Layton/Topp types know if they just say "no purity tests" it will trigger half the wandering volunteer/partisan types to start screaming, "is this what you mean??? is this what you mean???"

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 8d

Tilly Norwood is to Nvidia as Dubai Chocolate is to OPEC

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 8d

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