Tim Dickinson
@timinator.bsky.social
Canuck/Brit/Aussie
Halifax, NS, Canada
Customer Success and cybersecurity
Fix your hearts or die. He/him.
IG iamthetiminator
Halifax, NS, Canada
Customer Success and cybersecurity
Fix your hearts or die. He/him.
IG iamthetiminator
Took my son to his first blues bar today.
a poster for son of a critch shows a young boy
ALT: a poster for son of a critch shows a young boy
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Took my son to his first blues bar today.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
This analysis seems sound to me.
It's become a 1984 cliché, but: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
This analysis seems sound to me.
It's become a 1984 cliché, but: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
This analysis seems sound to me.
It's become a 1984 cliché, but: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
This analysis seems sound to me.
It's become a 1984 cliché, but: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
![Comic strip script:
Scene is a SUPERMARKET, a MAN is walking past a display of CREME EGGS with his trolley.
1
MAN:
Tut
2
CREME EGG [talking to him from the shelf]:
Excuse me - did you just tut at us?
3
MAN:
W-what?
CREME EGG:
Tutting because you’ve seen ‘Easter eggs’ on January 11th, is it?
4
MAN:
What? Well, y-yes, I -
CREME EGG:
Listen, Tut boy
5
CREME EGG:
We are not Easter eggs. We are Creme Eggs.
6
CREME EGG:
We are the shock troops of seasonal capitalism. Eldritch simulacra of rebirth. Fondant mockery of life.
7
CREME EGG:
Not for us the grand safety of a cardboard box. Oh no.
They put us out here first, in our little foil uniforms, every January, to face the wrath of the nation.
8
CREME EGG:
And what you gonna do about it? Tut? Snark about us on social media?
9
CREME EGG:
Maybe you’ll write a little column in the Telegraph titled “It Is Sad That The Easter Eggs Are Out Already”.
10
CREME EGG:
You tut because you know that unlike you, we will return, every January…
…forever.
11
CREME EGG:
The eternal rebirth of mammon! The endless -
MAN:
Oh go on then
[He puts one of the Creme Eggs in his trolley]
12
CREME EGG:
HA HA YOU WORM](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreigf4nleeln6m3pznu3n33mmk4m2f7uwxg7qh6khg4e5l65yycrdjy@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
File under the ever-growing subgenre of my work which I’m calling ‘Inanimate Object Has A Massive Go At A Person For No Reason’
For a minute there I thought that Halifax drivers had made a resolution to use their turn signals in 2026. But the norm was quickly re-established.
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
For a minute there I thought that Halifax drivers had made a resolution to use their turn signals in 2026. But the norm was quickly re-established.
My family cracks me up.
January 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
My family cracks me up.
😂 but also 😨
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
OTTAWA - This morning, in an unscheduled press statement, the Prime Minister's Office has said that Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned off geolocation services for all his electronic devices "for n...
www.thebeaverton.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
😂 but also 😨
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My swear-in book is Strunk & White “Elements of Style.”
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 AM
My swear-in book is Strunk & White “Elements of Style.”
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Get FREE native seeds from the Seed Library! We mail to ON, QC, NB and NS. Order now here: wildflowerseedlibrary.ca/shop/
Shop – Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library
wildflowerseedlibrary.ca
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Get FREE native seeds from the Seed Library! We mail to ON, QC, NB and NS. Order now here: wildflowerseedlibrary.ca/shop/
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Our 5th-most-read piece of 2025 is this sobering dose of reality for Generation X.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
Our 5th most-read article of 2025. - - -1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum. 2. Back in yo...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Our 5th-most-read piece of 2025 is this sobering dose of reality for Generation X.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
Found out that freezing rain can block the fan on the outdoor unit of my heat pump, shutting the whole unit down.
Also found out how to melt it free and reset the unit.
Whee! Why did I leave Australia, again?
Also found out how to melt it free and reset the unit.
Whee! Why did I leave Australia, again?
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Found out that freezing rain can block the fan on the outdoor unit of my heat pump, shutting the whole unit down.
Also found out how to melt it free and reset the unit.
Whee! Why did I leave Australia, again?
Also found out how to melt it free and reset the unit.
Whee! Why did I leave Australia, again?
Basketball tournament sign.
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Basketball tournament sign.
Somehow, I've lost a pair of trousers. How? Maybe I genuinely was too naughty this year?
December 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Somehow, I've lost a pair of trousers. How? Maybe I genuinely was too naughty this year?
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it’s that time of year again
December 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
it’s that time of year again
Running to get ahead of the holiday feasting. 😆
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Running to get ahead of the holiday feasting. 😆
Happy Christmas Eve, all!
December 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Happy Christmas Eve, all!
Got my Xmas shopping done and it's not even Christmas Eve! I am on top of things. #ThingsMenSay
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Got my Xmas shopping done and it's not even Christmas Eve! I am on top of things. #ThingsMenSay
That moment when you're washing things in the sink, then suddenly lock eyes and have a moment with the neighbour's cat.
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
That moment when you're washing things in the sink, then suddenly lock eyes and have a moment with the neighbour's cat.
I'm not waiting for New Year's to make some resolutions: back running today after slacking off for far too long.
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'm not waiting for New Year's to make some resolutions: back running today after slacking off for far too long.
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utterly incapable of grace
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
utterly incapable of grace
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
A friend and I went to the last night of the triple-threat Canadian rock tour by The Tea Party, Headstones, and Finger Eleven in Halifax last night.
Headstones: still punk as ever, though it never has as much impact at arena scales. #HaliSky
Headstones: still punk as ever, though it never has as much impact at arena scales. #HaliSky
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A friend and I went to the last night of the triple-threat Canadian rock tour by The Tea Party, Headstones, and Finger Eleven in Halifax last night.
Headstones: still punk as ever, though it never has as much impact at arena scales. #HaliSky
Headstones: still punk as ever, though it never has as much impact at arena scales. #HaliSky
Ok, here we go! Both films presented as one: 4.5 hours, an extra animated segment, and a full-colour battle in the House of Blue Leaves.
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ok, here we go! Both films presented as one: 4.5 hours, an extra animated segment, and a full-colour battle in the House of Blue Leaves.
I found this from a recent @georgetakei.bsky.social post, but remember in 2015 when @politico.com thought that Trump "might finally have crossed the line"? Ah, we were so naive... www.politico.com/story/2015/0...
Trump attacks McCain: 'I like people who weren't captured'
He takes his feud with the Arizona senator to a new level.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I found this from a recent @georgetakei.bsky.social post, but remember in 2015 when @politico.com thought that Trump "might finally have crossed the line"? Ah, we were so naive... www.politico.com/story/2015/0...