Dave Parkinson
@daveparkie.bsky.social
Canadian via England. Liverpool/TFC/Forge/Leafs/Raptors. Undergoing a midlife reinvention. Easily amused. Be kind to each other!
I came back to @nintendousa.bsky.social after the Switch, and after seeing the high prices for Switch 2, game keys, console bricking and an uninteresting Direct last week, I think I’m out again. Maybe next gen I’ll be back, but there’s no optimism there.
September 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I came back to @nintendousa.bsky.social after the Switch, and after seeing the high prices for Switch 2, game keys, console bricking and an uninteresting Direct last week, I think I’m out again. Maybe next gen I’ll be back, but there’s no optimism there.
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I grew up believing that after a fight was diffused you would immediately start dancing together.
a man in a red leather jacket is standing in front of a crowd of people .
ALT: a man in a red leather jacket is standing in front of a crowd of people .
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July 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I grew up believing that after a fight was diffused you would immediately start dancing together.
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Last chance to make a donation to help COAST continue its lifesaving work for mental health AND get a chance to win the very last Rejected Central mug! Details: www.rejectedcentral.com #mentalhealth @daveparkie.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Last chance to make a donation to help COAST continue its lifesaving work for mental health AND get a chance to win the very last Rejected Central mug! Details: www.rejectedcentral.com #mentalhealth @daveparkie.bsky.social
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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
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This was fun. I'm sorry Brent and Dave are hanging up their mics (?) but I'm honoured to have been their final guest.
Fiction and baseball scribe Andrew Forbes (@utilityofboredom.bsky.social) joins @daveparkie.bsky.social and I on the VERY LAST Rejected Central (@rejectedcentral.com) to talk baseball and life and all the good things. Available wherever you pod: rejectedcentral.com #rejection #baseball #canlit
May 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This was fun. I'm sorry Brent and Dave are hanging up their mics (?) but I'm honoured to have been their final guest.
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Fiction and baseball scribe Andrew Forbes (@utilityofboredom.bsky.social) joins @daveparkie.bsky.social and I on the VERY LAST Rejected Central (@rejectedcentral.com) to talk baseball and life and all the good things. Available wherever you pod: rejectedcentral.com #rejection #baseball #canlit
May 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fiction and baseball scribe Andrew Forbes (@utilityofboredom.bsky.social) joins @daveparkie.bsky.social and I on the VERY LAST Rejected Central (@rejectedcentral.com) to talk baseball and life and all the good things. Available wherever you pod: rejectedcentral.com #rejection #baseball #canlit
In the final episode of @rejectedcentral.com @brentvans.com and I speak to the wonderful author Andrew Forbes about rejection and how his passion for baseball in childhood manifested itself into writing a book! Find us now throughout eternity wherever you podcast!
May 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In the final episode of @rejectedcentral.com @brentvans.com and I speak to the wonderful author Andrew Forbes about rejection and how his passion for baseball in childhood manifested itself into writing a book! Find us now throughout eternity wherever you podcast!
Hey everyone! Our second to last episode of @rejectedcentral.com is live now with actress and standup comedian Nicole Zylstra. It was a lively discussion with @brentvans.com about the many rejections Nicole has experienced in her career. Find us now, wherever you podcast.
May 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hey everyone! Our second to last episode of @rejectedcentral.com is live now with actress and standup comedian Nicole Zylstra. It was a lively discussion with @brentvans.com about the many rejections Nicole has experienced in her career. Find us now, wherever you podcast.
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@daveparkie.bsky.social and I are shelving our podcast @rejectedcentral.com. We've had so much fun and have spoken to the best people, but life balance demands we reassess what's most important. Thanks for your support, everyone! #rejection #reject But there's more, so check out rejectedcentral.com!
May 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@daveparkie.bsky.social and I are shelving our podcast @rejectedcentral.com. We've had so much fun and have spoken to the best people, but life balance demands we reassess what's most important. Thanks for your support, everyone! #rejection #reject But there's more, so check out rejectedcentral.com!
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Chinese-Canadian writer Su Chang joins us to talk about writing the book she thinks her father should have written. (And also, FTR, her new novel THE IMMORTAL WOMAN might just have the year's best cover.) @rejectedcentral.com Details: www.rejectedcentral.com #rejection @houseofanansi.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Chinese-Canadian writer Su Chang joins us to talk about writing the book she thinks her father should have written. (And also, FTR, her new novel THE IMMORTAL WOMAN might just have the year's best cover.) @rejectedcentral.com Details: www.rejectedcentral.com #rejection @houseofanansi.bsky.social
Episode 62 of @rejectedcentral.com is out now and @brentvans.com and I spoke with Chinese-Canadian writer Su Chang. Su has written the novel The Immortal Woman which was inspired by her father’s stories of Chinese history growing up at the dinner table. Available now, wherever you podcast!
May 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Episode 62 of @rejectedcentral.com is out now and @brentvans.com and I spoke with Chinese-Canadian writer Su Chang. Su has written the novel The Immortal Woman which was inspired by her father’s stories of Chinese history growing up at the dinner table. Available now, wherever you podcast!
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Coming Monday: @daveparkie.bsky.social and I chat on @rejectedcentral.com with author Su Chang and are reminded that amidst all the talk of tariffs and security, there are still very real human considerations for Chinese emigrants who maintain close ties with loved ones still in #China. #rejection
May 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Coming Monday: @daveparkie.bsky.social and I chat on @rejectedcentral.com with author Su Chang and are reminded that amidst all the talk of tariffs and security, there are still very real human considerations for Chinese emigrants who maintain close ties with loved ones still in #China. #rejection
The latest episode of @rejectedcentral.com is live with guest Elizabeth Mateer. @brentvans.com and I spoke about her rejected dance auditions, transitioning into becoming an author and then studying neuropsychology at @harvard.edu. Listen now wherever you pod. www.rejectedcentral.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The latest episode of @rejectedcentral.com is live with guest Elizabeth Mateer. @brentvans.com and I spoke about her rejected dance auditions, transitioning into becoming an author and then studying neuropsychology at @harvard.edu. Listen now wherever you pod. www.rejectedcentral.com
Episode 60 of @rejectedcentral.com is live and @brentvans.com and I talk about Pope Francis’ death. We talk about his death, his unfinished work (but praise his progressiveness) and how we wish the new Pope answers for some horrors of its past. Listen now where you podcast. www.rejectedcentral.com
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Rejected Central is a podcast that seeks to elevate the rejection experience with interviews, lively conversation, and an all-round rejection of the idea that rejection is always a bad thing.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Episode 60 of @rejectedcentral.com is live and @brentvans.com and I talk about Pope Francis’ death. We talk about his death, his unfinished work (but praise his progressiveness) and how we wish the new Pope answers for some horrors of its past. Listen now where you podcast. www.rejectedcentral.com
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Looking past the shiny tributes, flowery words, Vatican propaganda, and wasn't-he-fabulous refrains, @rejectedcentral.com pauses to suggest that the work isn't nearly finished, and there is still much Church harm and corruption to atone for. www.rejectedcentral.com @daveparkie.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Looking past the shiny tributes, flowery words, Vatican propaganda, and wasn't-he-fabulous refrains, @rejectedcentral.com pauses to suggest that the work isn't nearly finished, and there is still much Church harm and corruption to atone for. www.rejectedcentral.com @daveparkie.bsky.social
Episode 59 of @rejectedcentral.com is live now with author Aamir Hussain @aamiranauthor.bsky.social. Aamir discussed with @brentvans.com and I about matriarchal societies in Islam and his passion for electoral reform (and its slow progression). Listen now wherever you pod. www.rejectedcentral.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Episode 59 of @rejectedcentral.com is live now with author Aamir Hussain @aamiranauthor.bsky.social. Aamir discussed with @brentvans.com and I about matriarchal societies in Islam and his passion for electoral reform (and its slow progression). Listen now wherever you pod. www.rejectedcentral.com
Listen to @brentvans.com and I speak to @philipshenon.bsky.social now on @rejectedcentral.com now on all your favourite podcatchers. @randomhouse.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Listen to @brentvans.com and I speak to @philipshenon.bsky.social now on @rejectedcentral.com now on all your favourite podcatchers. @randomhouse.bsky.social @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social
On @rejectedcentral.com this week @brentvans.com and I spoke to bestselling author and journalist @philipshenon.bsky.social about his new book Jesus Wept, an investigation about “the soul of the church.” Also, he talked about being a journalist in Washington during this crazy time. Available now.
April 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
On @rejectedcentral.com this week @brentvans.com and I spoke to bestselling author and journalist @philipshenon.bsky.social about his new book Jesus Wept, an investigation about “the soul of the church.” Also, he talked about being a journalist in Washington during this crazy time. Available now.
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On @rejectedcentral.com this week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social rejectedcentral.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
On @rejectedcentral.com this week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social rejectedcentral.com
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This week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social
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April 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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If I had to see it, so do you.
March 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If I had to see it, so do you.
Hey everyone, @rejectedcentral.com interviewed the fabulous Jen Watt about creating safety, questioning religion, creativity, and how her parents shaped her parenting style. Please find us on all your podcatchers. @brentvans.com www.rejectedcentral.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hey everyone, @rejectedcentral.com interviewed the fabulous Jen Watt about creating safety, questioning religion, creativity, and how her parents shaped her parenting style. Please find us on all your podcatchers. @brentvans.com www.rejectedcentral.com