quinblake
@quinblake.bsky.social
Software developer, casual gamer, cornhole league participation award recipient. Still in Winnipeg for some reason.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Across Canada, some provincial borders are defined by geography.
Some along meridians and parallels.
And some due to arguments.
Through the next week, I will explore the history of our provincial borders.
Today, it is Saskatchewan and its oddly crooked border.
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Some along meridians and parallels.
And some due to arguments.
Through the next week, I will explore the history of our provincial borders.
Today, it is Saskatchewan and its oddly crooked border.
🧵 1/8
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Across Canada, some provincial borders are defined by geography.
Some along meridians and parallels.
And some due to arguments.
Through the next week, I will explore the history of our provincial borders.
Today, it is Saskatchewan and its oddly crooked border.
🧵 1/8
Some along meridians and parallels.
And some due to arguments.
Through the next week, I will explore the history of our provincial borders.
Today, it is Saskatchewan and its oddly crooked border.
🧵 1/8
None pizza with left beef vibes
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
None pizza with left beef vibes
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Not to be too morbid, but today's reporting is that she was actually still alive for several minutes. He said that to her while she was dying.
January 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Not to be too morbid, but today's reporting is that she was actually still alive for several minutes. He said that to her while she was dying.
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"You belittle the Pixies? You diss Black Francis? On the way to Massachusetts? On my gal, the bassist Kim Deal, you didn’t have a crush at Smith College in 1992? Were you not even born?"
An Open Letter to the Pair of Gen-Z Men in the Northeast Regional Quiet Car Loudly Discussing Pitchfork’s 100 Best Albums of All Time
Gentlemen, Your opinions on the discography of the last fifty years interests me about as much as you think it does a middle-aged woman traveling c...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"You belittle the Pixies? You diss Black Francis? On the way to Massachusetts? On my gal, the bassist Kim Deal, you didn’t have a crush at Smith College in 1992? Were you not even born?"
My cat has no idea it is a new year. Neither does my dog.
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
My cat has no idea it is a new year. Neither does my dog.
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I had no idea our pornography was subject to Canadian content quotas to begin with and I have so many questions
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I had no idea our pornography was subject to Canadian content quotas to begin with and I have so many questions
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RFK said he wanted Olivia Nuzzi to have his baby. Just imagine his raggedy old sperms rattling down his dong like gravel falling down a cast iron pipe, plinking and plonking until they shot out all catawampus every which way towards her uterus.
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
RFK said he wanted Olivia Nuzzi to have his baby. Just imagine his raggedy old sperms rattling down his dong like gravel falling down a cast iron pipe, plinking and plonking until they shot out all catawampus every which way towards her uterus.
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Fun game, but using red for correct messed me up on the second guess.
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Fun game, but using red for correct messed me up on the second guess.
Canuckle - A daily Canadian word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
www.canucklegame.ca
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Fun game, but using red for correct messed me up on the second guess.
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www.canucklegame.ca
Fun game, but using red for correct messed me up on the second guess.
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There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
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November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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This is wild.
110-year-old messages in a bottle were found on an Aussie beach. The notes are fully legible with no water damage.
110-year-old messages in a bottle were found on an Aussie beach. The notes are fully legible with no water damage.
Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast - BBC News
The notes were thrown overboard just a few days into a voyage to join the battlefields of France more than a century ago.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is wild.
110-year-old messages in a bottle were found on an Aussie beach. The notes are fully legible with no water damage.
110-year-old messages in a bottle were found on an Aussie beach. The notes are fully legible with no water damage.
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This is the most deranged thing I’ve ever seen on the internet. And now I’m rooting for him.
October 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is the most deranged thing I’ve ever seen on the internet. And now I’m rooting for him.
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As Donald Trump moves to lock up his critics, Canada's Conservative leader thinks "hey, there's a good idea!" (Gift link) www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: Pierre Poilievre’s conspiracy theorizing isn’t just wrong — it’s dangerous
In evoking Trump's paranoia, the Conservative leader is doing Canada a disservice.
www.thestar.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As Donald Trump moves to lock up his critics, Canada's Conservative leader thinks "hey, there's a good idea!" (Gift link) www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!"
Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!
Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!
September 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!"
Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!
Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!
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love boarding in zone 6 for a flight, wriggling my leprous face tentacles and frightening the children and elderly with my sublime horrible poverty. “no carry-on for me! my master beelzebub shall provision me!!” i wail at the fainting ladies
September 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
love boarding in zone 6 for a flight, wriggling my leprous face tentacles and frightening the children and elderly with my sublime horrible poverty. “no carry-on for me! my master beelzebub shall provision me!!” i wail at the fainting ladies
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Can’t express in words how big this rally in Chicago is. The president’s fascist goon squad is not welcome here.
September 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Can’t express in words how big this rally in Chicago is. The president’s fascist goon squad is not welcome here.
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The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
September 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.
Searched for "beach house song Elliot Smith" AI was sadly disappointing but Reddit had the top answer!
August 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Searched for "beach house song Elliot Smith" AI was sadly disappointing but Reddit had the top answer!
Arena shows are such a fucking vibe! Saw Deftones and Phantogram tonight.
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Arena shows are such a fucking vibe! Saw Deftones and Phantogram tonight.
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Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
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"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength."
-Corrie Ten Boom
-Corrie Ten Boom
August 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength."
-Corrie Ten Boom
-Corrie Ten Boom
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"It is still a free country. You can still say what you want. So why are so many powerful institutions behaving like it isn’t and they can’t? If a few bratty cartoon kids can peel off the emperor’s clothes, what are the grown-ups so afraid of?" [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/a...
Eric Cartman, Welcome (for Now) to the Resistance
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"It is still a free country. You can still say what you want. So why are so many powerful institutions behaving like it isn’t and they can’t? If a few bratty cartoon kids can peel off the emperor’s clothes, what are the grown-ups so afraid of?" [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/a...