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John Maynard
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I used to take photos of your band. One-time backup dancer for Girl Talk. Keeping people healthy and safe while they work. He/Him.

Political science 27%
Sociology 22%

That's me!

I went to a few raptors games years ago with a crappy zoom digital camera. I put those pics on flickr with CC.

My blurry pics have been on the Vince Carter and Chris Bosh wiki pages for YEARS

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Global TV is a low-effort conservative-leaning private network, and this wasn’t “treachery” this was “it was the weekend before Christmas and they just broadcast the episode that was sent to them digitally by CBS on Friday”, no one in the office on the weekend even if CBS tried to warn them
From the Atlantic attempt to justify Bari Weiss' decision. What's Canadian for "perfidious Albion?"

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For those who see Brad Bradford’s TTC refund policy and think, “That might be a good idea.”, consider that this one delivery truck has been holding up a streetcar for at least 5 minutes. Bradford would punish the TTC and do nothing to the driver.

That's Benny Safdie in the hoplite batman armour!

I really like the idea of scrappy Odysseus, the best tactician in the Achaean army and someone who the soldiers are willing to follow, being shown bowing to King Agamemnon, who is a huge dude and amazing fighter but not actually that great at leading the army.

Wearing Batman gear is just a bonus
Nolan working Batman into every non-Batman movie he makes is an admittedly good bit

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Nolan working Batman into every non-Batman movie he makes is an admittedly good bit

Sounds like a deadline based around mailing out screeners and mailing back ballots that hasn't be updated for, ya know, the internet

@meakoopa.bsky.social Ice Pirates! Robert Urich! Angelica Huston! Ron Perlman! Bruce Villance! Bing Crosby's daughter! A Carradine! Space Herpes!

youtu.be/H5gHZWxxVhk?...
The Ice Pirates (1984) Original Trailer [HD]
YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers
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The other thing that we need to decide is acceptable or not is using airlines as senior care. I see more and more seniors who are unable to manage themselves flying by themselves

But the way airlines treat their passengers (and their carry-ons) makes it so easy to direct that resentment at anyone who looks like they unfairly board before you and get that precious overhead bin space

Need a wheelchair all the time? Some of the time? Just today? Then great.

I think people need to get used to seeing an increasing aging population being cared for/catered to in public.

Yeah I get it. 15 years ago people would fawn over fanfic trailers that were "oh what if Batman fought Predator" and beyond the cosplay aspect everything else was just terrible - especially the acting and writing.

From an IP and copyright pov yeah I get it. But one required effort and one requires a chatgpt subscription.

I hate hate hate when these slip into my feed or worse a legitimate search. And i hate hate hate how YouTube's tv interface makes it impossible to block a channel

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For funsies:
Here's the Toronto Subway Line 1, sized to scale, rotated, and dropped on top of other Canadian cities

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Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com

Now the question is will it be geofenced to just the US?

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"The potential to have things seized will send a message that you can't ride on the sidewalk," Burnside said.

No not the one where a rich guy in Manhattan pretends to be poor to get the fast-talking girl. That was 1941's "That Gal's a Firecracker!" It's the one where a poor guy in Manhattan pretends to be rich to get the fast-talking girl.

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'Tis the season for the Salvation Army's We're Not Bigots Anymore PR blitz. Looking at their public facing material, you might start to believe them.

So in the festive spirit, have a 2024 SalvationArmy.org article on how trans and gay people are one of Satan's "most insidious and dominating" plots.

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TIL why Spielberg and Affleck have never worked together and lmao. King shit.

I saw this at the Bloor in 1998. Chiu Man Cheuk was there doing an impromptu martial arts demo on stage. Can't wait to see this in 4K
Coming in 4K UHD in March 31st from Criterion. Toughest secret to hold next to a massive Boxset coming next year 😅

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Coming in 4K UHD in March 31st from Criterion. Toughest secret to hold next to a massive Boxset coming next year 😅

Can you imagine your seat shaking while mist continuously sprays your face and the smoke machines go full tilt during the battle scenes?

Which film would have been a blast to see in 4DX if it existed at the time?

I'll go first

I wish 4DX existed when this movie came out.
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit

I hadn't logged into Kanopy for a while and they've now got a CRITERION SECTION!?!