John Maynard

@jmaynard.bsky.social

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.

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 8h

That's me!

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 8h

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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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1d

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

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

From the Atlantic attempt to justify Bari Weiss' decision. What's Canadian for "perfidious Albion?"

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Joshua Hind @joshuahind.bsky.social · 1d

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.

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d

That's Benny Safdie in the hoplite batman armour!

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d

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

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 2d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 2d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 3d

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

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The Ice Pirates (1984) Original Trailer [HD]

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John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 5d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 5d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 5d

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.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 5d

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.

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 6d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 6d

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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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 6d

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

When the TTC Line 1 is dropped on top of Ottawa and rotated to roughly match the direction of the river, the downtown part of the line would extend way out near Bayshore/Britannia in the west, and in the east, the two "prongs" of the line would end up in Parc Du Lac Beauchamp in Gatineau on one end, and out near the Science And Technology Museum on the other end

When dropped over Vancouver, and rotated so that the two "prongs" face southeast and the bottom of the route (Union Station) sits somewhere near Granville Island, the TTC Line 1 extends down to the edge of Richmond on one and down to the Fraser river almost into Surrey on the other

When popped into Montreal with Union Station dropped near the downtown core around the Bell Centre and oriented with the two lines facing the west, one line ends way out in Point-Claire and the other line ends in Laval

Line 1 of the TTC dropped onto Prince Edward Island where, starting in Charlottetown in the south, it spans the entire length of the island, ending up at the north shore of the island on the far end

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The Playlist @theplaylist.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI: James Cameron Slams WGA For Losing Writing Credit On Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Point Break’: “It Was Bullsh*t”

James Cameron Slams WGA For Losing Writing Credit On Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Point Break’: “It Was Bullsh*t”

We’ve long understood that for ages that James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow had been involved with multiple collaborations over the decades, but Cameron has revealed that not only did he write her seminal 1991 action film “Point Break,” but he’s still upset with the Writers Guild of America, as they refused to give him credit on the movie. Without expanding upon his contributions to the pic starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, he told The Hollywood Reporter in a recent profile to promote the release of “Avatar: Fire & Ash,” “I wrote ‘Point Break’…I flat out got stiffed by the Writers Guild on that. Continue reading James Cameron Slams WGA For Losing Writing Credit On Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Point Break’: “It Was Bullsh*t” at The Playlist.

dlvr.it

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social · 7d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 8d

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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Alice Southey @alicesouthey.com · 8d

'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.

One of the most insidious and dominating ways he does this in today’s culture is through the perversion of human sexuality. Satan has convinced people that to find their identity, they must follow every sexual proclivity, love whichever gender they want, and even harm their own bodies to look like a different sex to be the truest version of themselves. The rise of homosexuality, transgenderism, pornography, fornication, and other sexual immorality has become the “end all be all” of identity today.

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b. supp @valhallabackgirl.bsky.social · 9d

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

Excerpt from a Collider interview with Steven Spielberg “one time he was going with my goddaughter Gwyneth, and we all went in a trip to Spain, and my sons was a little boy playing in the pool and he got out of the pool, and Ben came in fully dressed and my son pushed Ben into the pool, and Ben got really mad at him and he came out of the pool and he picked him up and he threw him back into the pool and made my son cry.”

Ben Affleck wrapped in a towel standing on a beach looking out at the sea wondering if he’s the bad guy

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 9d

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

Shogun Supreme @timessqkungfu.bsky.social · 9d

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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Shogun Supreme @timessqkungfu.bsky.social · 9d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 11d

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

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 11d

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

I'll go first

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 11d

I wish 4DX existed when this movie came out.

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Athul K. Acharya @athul.acharya.cc · 11d

TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit

Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
"Tis the season to be jolly: a, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Fill the meadcup, drain the barrel,
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!
Troll the ancient Christmas carol.
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la!

John Maynard @jmaynard.bsky.social · 12d

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

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