Chris
@cstcroix.ca
Ad world strategist in the very east of Canada.
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🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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With nothing more than hard work and determination, Christine Oreskovich and Kyle Shaw created and built The Coast. It was one of the last alt weeklies standing—until it wasn’t. @timbousquet.bsky.social, editor and publisher of the Halifax Examiner, investigates: thewalrus.ca/inside-the-tech-...
July 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
With nothing more than hard work and determination, Christine Oreskovich and Kyle Shaw created and built The Coast. It was one of the last alt weeklies standing—until it wasn’t. @timbousquet.bsky.social, editor and publisher of the Halifax Examiner, investigates: thewalrus.ca/inside-the-tech-...
June 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Ryan Coogler's evident love for the movies he talks about makes me want to watch them all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_wz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_wz...
Ryan Coogler’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ryan Coogler's evident love for the movies he talks about makes me want to watch them all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_wz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_wz...
"Describe a favorite movie in the most misleading way possible."
Free spirited German girl and forgetful American meet cute and take road trip to Paris.
Free spirited German girl and forgetful American meet cute and take road trip to Paris.
June 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Describe a favorite movie in the most misleading way possible."
Free spirited German girl and forgetful American meet cute and take road trip to Paris.
Free spirited German girl and forgetful American meet cute and take road trip to Paris.
I was disappointed a bit by Murder by Decree, and I have lots of love for Holmes films. Perhaps the style didn't work for me. And honestly I think I need to move Constantine up that missing 1/2 star.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
May 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I was disappointed a bit by Murder by Decree, and I have lots of love for Holmes films. Perhaps the style didn't work for me. And honestly I think I need to move Constantine up that missing 1/2 star.
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
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Re LLMs writing term papers: the other day I saw someone say that using LLMs to write is like bringing a forklift to the gym. It's not that the weights need to go up; it's that you need to do the lifting. The doing of the work is the result, not the paper being done or the weights having moved.
May 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Re LLMs writing term papers: the other day I saw someone say that using LLMs to write is like bringing a forklift to the gym. It's not that the weights need to go up; it's that you need to do the lifting. The doing of the work is the result, not the paper being done or the weights having moved.
Great piece with Tony Gilroy. Apparently I need to watch "Duplicity because I never gave that a chance. boxd.it/2ug
The Fixer: Tony Gilroy on cracking the codes of Michael Clayton, Andor and more • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
Filmmaker Tony Gilroy speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about the long gestation period, studio doubts, sterling casting and unexpectedly enduring impact of his legal thriller masterpiece Michael Clayton. ...
boxd.it
April 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Great piece with Tony Gilroy. Apparently I need to watch "Duplicity because I never gave that a chance. boxd.it/2ug
For whatever reason @themagfields.bsky.social “Come Back from San Francisco” is one of my favs. Just about moved to tears watching them perform it live.
March 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
For whatever reason @themagfields.bsky.social “Come Back from San Francisco” is one of my favs. Just about moved to tears watching them perform it live.
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Ted Lasso is coming back for season 4
Ted Lasso is coming back for season 4
Believe.
buff.ly
March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ted Lasso is coming back for season 4
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Feels a good day for a thread. So I would like to introduce you to a mostly forgotten, but actually rather pivotal figure in PC history.
Meet Dr Portia Isaacson Bass.
If it wasn't for something she did in 1981, we'd all still be forced to use IBM (or IBM-licensed) PCs right now. /1
Meet Dr Portia Isaacson Bass.
If it wasn't for something she did in 1981, we'd all still be forced to use IBM (or IBM-licensed) PCs right now. /1
March 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Feels a good day for a thread. So I would like to introduce you to a mostly forgotten, but actually rather pivotal figure in PC history.
Meet Dr Portia Isaacson Bass.
If it wasn't for something she did in 1981, we'd all still be forced to use IBM (or IBM-licensed) PCs right now. /1
Meet Dr Portia Isaacson Bass.
If it wasn't for something she did in 1981, we'd all still be forced to use IBM (or IBM-licensed) PCs right now. /1
For someone with a moderate level of reading comprehension text is so much better at quickly transferring information than videos or podcasts. Im bothered by what seems like half the “news” in the world being posted as media only.
February 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
For someone with a moderate level of reading comprehension text is so much better at quickly transferring information than videos or podcasts. Im bothered by what seems like half the “news” in the world being posted as media only.
At some point I burned out on podcasts of "straight white men talking" and don't listen to many these days. But @jameshoffmann.bsky.social continues to be thoughtful and articulate and I found this discussion worth the listen (with my morning coffee).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGA...
James Hoffmann - Coffee, Caffeine, World Barista Championships, Coffee Economics, YouTube
YouTube video by The Curious Bartender
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
At some point I burned out on podcasts of "straight white men talking" and don't listen to many these days. But @jameshoffmann.bsky.social continues to be thoughtful and articulate and I found this discussion worth the listen (with my morning coffee).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggGA...
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David Lynch's passing calls me to recall "The Perfect Drug," written for Lynch's Lost Highway, a personal NIN fave, though I'd not ever seen the video for it, it's amazing in a real "More goth, no, more goth than that, what part of 'more goth' do you not understand" sort of way
youtu.be/dn3j6-yQKWQ
youtu.be/dn3j6-yQKWQ
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug
YouTube video by NineInchNailsVEVO
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
David Lynch's passing calls me to recall "The Perfect Drug," written for Lynch's Lost Highway, a personal NIN fave, though I'd not ever seen the video for it, it's amazing in a real "More goth, no, more goth than that, what part of 'more goth' do you not understand" sort of way
youtu.be/dn3j6-yQKWQ
youtu.be/dn3j6-yQKWQ
Dear rich people. More of this, less oligarchy.
Museums should be free, but if they can’t be free, they should be free for kids, so good job anonymous MAM donor. The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) will now be free for kids age 12 and under through an anonymous gift of $3.54 million. [artnews.com]
Anonymous Donor Gifts $3.54 M. to Milwaukee Art Museum to Make Admission Free for Kids
The donation will mean free admission for kids 12 years of age and under in perpetuity.
www.artnews.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Dear rich people. More of this, less oligarchy.
Pretty sure @druckmann.bsky.social stuck that @petshopboys.co.uk track in this Cowboy Bebop-vibing, early-digital-tech-loving trailer so he can charge whatever he wants when the game comes out and I 👏🏻 Will 👏🏻 Pay 👏🏻 It 👏🏻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLGy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLGy...
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
YouTube video by PlayStation
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Pretty sure @druckmann.bsky.social stuck that @petshopboys.co.uk track in this Cowboy Bebop-vibing, early-digital-tech-loving trailer so he can charge whatever he wants when the game comes out and I 👏🏻 Will 👏🏻 Pay 👏🏻 It 👏🏻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLGy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLGy...
Pick one movie, keep one actor, the rest are Muppets.
The Matrix.
Keep Hugo Weaving.
The Matrix.
Keep Hugo Weaving.
Pick one movie, keep one actor, the rest are Muppets.
Equilibrium. Keep Christian Bale
(Though I could make an argument for Sean Bean)
Equilibrium. Keep Christian Bale
(Though I could make an argument for Sean Bean)
Pick one movie, keep one actor, the rest are muppets.
Basic instinct, keep Sharon Stone
Basic instinct, keep Sharon Stone
December 5, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Pick one movie, keep one actor, the rest are Muppets.
The Matrix.
Keep Hugo Weaving.
The Matrix.
Keep Hugo Weaving.
I unexpectedly came across this new Tiny Desk concert from @themagfields.bsky.social today. And discovered they are touring for the 25th anniversary of one of my favourite albums! Tickets bought, flight booked. Can't wait.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFQ...
The Magnetic Fields: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 3, 2024 at 11:10 PM
I unexpectedly came across this new Tiny Desk concert from @themagfields.bsky.social today. And discovered they are touring for the 25th anniversary of one of my favourite albums! Tickets bought, flight booked. Can't wait.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnFQ...