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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 1d

Bait and switch.

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

What the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group promised Ottawa residents versus what OSEG actually delivered:

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 1d

Same, but MuchMusic. 🇨🇦

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when MTV had music *and* was also relevant?

2000+ Generations: “No.”
80s-90s Generations: *mutters incoherently*

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

MTV has cancelled “Ridiculousness” after 14 years, TMZ reports

Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I saw it in one of our local repertory theatres back in 1989 while at university. Still remember it being unsettling as hell, and far better than the U.S. remake.

Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 2d

An excellent articulation from my municipal Councillor of the challenges of public-private partnerships, and the need to watch against risk and costs being offloaded to the public side. Thanks, @lainejohnson.bsky.social for your stance on this.

Laine Johnson @lainejohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Why I'm voting against Lansdowne 2.0
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YouTube video by College Ward 8

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Ann G @anniemg.bsky.social · 5d

I used to tell my kids that Santa wouldn't be able to bring them very much if there wasn't room for anything new. We'd then have a clear out led by them. If your kids have things they've grown too old for, think about having that sort out now.

The Ronin @the-ronin.bsky.social · 5d

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 6d

I finished binging Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S3 and Tales of the Walking Dead from 2022 this week. I really had not been expecting a Last of Us-inspired zombie episode from the former and a Groundhog Day-esque time loop story from the latter (with Parker Posey, no less).

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 6d

Scale these up 20x and I'd finally have a Halloween lawn display I'd be happy with.

Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 7d

around major holidays, grandma likes to send the grandkids some house decor to help get them in the holiday spirit and I’m not too sure that she looked at the picture of this one too closely on Amazon.

Also, these fucking rule.

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 7d

Very much so.

Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 10d

I'm currently wearing a pair of jeans that I have patched and re-patched so often over the last few years that I've taken to calling them my Jeans of Theseus. Comfy as hell, though.

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 11d

Waiting now for Speaker Johnson to explain that he can't release the Epstein files because they were being stored in the East Wing.

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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 12d

I am once again urging the tech workers of America to form a union

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12d

The grind culture that birthed many Big Tech companies from Google to Amazon is back.

As the AI race heats up, startups are promoting hardcore cultures like “996,” or working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.

Why these companies insist on a 72-hour work week

Start-ups are promoting hardcore cultures such as “996,” meaning working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week, as they race to compete in AI.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 13d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

Actors Rob Liebman, George Segal, Robert Redford, and Paul Sand in a promotional picture for the film 'The Hot Rock'.

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Bruka Jones @brukajones.com · 16d

There’s a free application, shutup10++, that lets you disable all the shitty windows stuff with a series of checkboxes.
It even tracks if windows rolls anything back between updates and lets you reverse the changes with a click.
I can personally recommend shutup10++ if you need to stick with windows

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 16d

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 17d

The only way this would be acceptable would be if it had been a puzzle titled, "Spot 73 Things Wrong with This Infographic."

Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 18d

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 18d

Yes to Whitman-covered DC Comics in bagged packs. You can see some samples on eBay using "DC Whitman pack" as your search term.

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 19d

Stimpy (from the Ren & Stimpy cartoons) raises his hand, finger outstretched and pointing down at a large red button on a console with great anticipation.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 20d

Remember when Pierre Poilievre said bitcoin was better than Bank of Canada monetary governance?

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 19d

Can confirm that adding an OBSERVATÖR cross-brace to a precariously wobbly 4x4 EXPEDIT bookcase does a *fantastic* job at stabilizing the whole structure. Can also confirm that removing (ow) and replacing (ow) heavy artbooks (ow) from said EXPEDIT to do so is very much NOT fantastic. But, job done.

Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 20d

I finally got around to watching the 1966 film 'Harper' last night, inexplicably late considering how much I like Newman, William Goldman scripts, and the source genre (in this case a Lew Archer novel by Ross Macdonald). Next on the watch list, the follow-up 'The Drowning Pool' from 1975.

Cinema Slashes Back 🔪 @cinemastrikesback.bsky.social · Sep 26

The film is occasionally a bit too “How do you do, fellow kids?” with its go-go dancing and jazz. But Newman is great as Lew Harper, a bit cynical, a bit of wiseass, a bit of a dick (private variety). And what a cast, including drunken Shelley Winters and mean as a snake Lauren Bacall.

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 20d

I'm likely to back this one, depending on the details.

rianhughes.bsky.social @rianhughes.bsky.social · 20d

I've been designing fonts for 30 years. It's about time I did a catalogue! Launching soon on Kickstarter. #fonts #graphicdesign #comics #lettering #kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/ria...

Coming soon: Rian Hughes: Typeractive

Thirty Years of Device Fonts

www.kickstarter.com

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 24d

Not to be confused with OC Transpo's long-running Phantom Bus series.

Stephen R Bissette @stephenrbissette.bsky.social · 24d

Saw Paul Greengrass's latest in a favorite local theater, THE LAST BUS (2025); recommended.

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 25d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Abe Oudshoorn @abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 26d

In Canada, in school, we study WWII a lot. Like a whole lot, it feels like that and the history of Canada are the top two things we learn.

It feels like the LEAD UP to WWII might be something we should study just as much.

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Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 27d

I haven't seen The Goonies.

Neil Polowin @neilpolowin.bsky.social · 28d

There's some strong "She turned me into a newt!" energy with this story.

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