troyliss
@troyliss.bsky.social
Troy Lissoway. Graphic Designer. Ape seeking understanding. Albertan. He/Him. Product of Canada*
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
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This includes Fraggle Rock, fyi. A collaboration between Jim Henson and the CBC.
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This includes Fraggle Rock, fyi. A collaboration between Jim Henson and the CBC.
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Give me money and I’ll make Corner Smokes - a Native spinoff of Corner Gas where Davis moves to rez to take over his late aunt’s smokeshop. I’m not saying I’ve written the first episode and show bible, but...
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Give me money and I’ll make Corner Smokes - a Native spinoff of Corner Gas where Davis moves to rez to take over his late aunt’s smokeshop. I’m not saying I’ve written the first episode and show bible, but...
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"I know the member opposite likes to think himself as judge, jury and executioner, but we do have due process in this province," Smith said.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
Alberta's Smith says UCP caucus not afraid to defend record in face of recall efforts
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party caucus isn't afraid to defend its record as it faces more than a dozen recall campaigns.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"I know the member opposite likes to think himself as judge, jury and executioner, but we do have due process in this province," Smith said.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right?
What a fucking hypocrite.
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Look I keep saying this - the most nuns I personally met or know about were women uninterested in the constraints of patriarchal society. While the church of course has those too a convent still frees you up from marriage to men and pressures to have children, and gives you access to education.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Look I keep saying this - the most nuns I personally met or know about were women uninterested in the constraints of patriarchal society. While the church of course has those too a convent still frees you up from marriage to men and pressures to have children, and gives you access to education.
And the ones with more money would be shows cobbled together with funds from 17 international production companies, so there usually wasn’t one studio exec giving notes 😜
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
And the ones with more money would be shows cobbled together with funds from 17 international production companies, so there usually wasn’t one studio exec giving notes 😜
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
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The drive to endure the challenges of being a musician is what makes them a musician.
There are no shortcuts and you are not a musician in any way by getting prompts into the plagiarism machine.
(Ex non famous, non rich touring musician here 👋)
There are no shortcuts and you are not a musician in any way by getting prompts into the plagiarism machine.
(Ex non famous, non rich touring musician here 👋)
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The drive to endure the challenges of being a musician is what makes them a musician.
There are no shortcuts and you are not a musician in any way by getting prompts into the plagiarism machine.
(Ex non famous, non rich touring musician here 👋)
There are no shortcuts and you are not a musician in any way by getting prompts into the plagiarism machine.
(Ex non famous, non rich touring musician here 👋)
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"My parents couldn't make me a musician but AI can" is about as perfect as can be.
Pre 2000, Virtually every incredibly talented musician in rock & blues has a story of saving for a crappy instrument, learning by sitting in their bedroom playing to records, & playing terrible gigs for no money
Pre 2000, Virtually every incredibly talented musician in rock & blues has a story of saving for a crappy instrument, learning by sitting in their bedroom playing to records, & playing terrible gigs for no money
All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"My parents couldn't make me a musician but AI can" is about as perfect as can be.
Pre 2000, Virtually every incredibly talented musician in rock & blues has a story of saving for a crappy instrument, learning by sitting in their bedroom playing to records, & playing terrible gigs for no money
Pre 2000, Virtually every incredibly talented musician in rock & blues has a story of saving for a crappy instrument, learning by sitting in their bedroom playing to records, & playing terrible gigs for no money
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When agencies obtain @youralberta.bsky.social funding, many sign agreements not to criticize the government or speak to the media or public about systemic or specific issues.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When agencies obtain @youralberta.bsky.social funding, many sign agreements not to criticize the government or speak to the media or public about systemic or specific issues.
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I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa azmirror.com/briefs/ice-a...
ICE agents involved in another vehicle collision, this time in Mesa | Arizona Mirror
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents collided with a car driven by a person they were attempting to apprehend in a Mesa neighborhood.
azmirror.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm ICE, boys. I love crashing cars, getting divorced, crashing cars, bargain bin jeans, texting while driving, crashing cars, OLD GLORY, and let's not forget my one true passion in life—crashing cars
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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I am still upset Nelvana Animation studios no longer exists
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am still upset Nelvana Animation studios no longer exists
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And while our premier made a big show when Crown Royal closed one of its bottling plants, he didn't say a god damn thing about an internationally influential studio shutting down.
I am still upset Nelvana Animation studios no longer exists
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
And while our premier made a big show when Crown Royal closed one of its bottling plants, he didn't say a god damn thing about an internationally influential studio shutting down.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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If we could heat our homes using the bullshit from O&G PR departments we wouldn't need O&G.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If we could heat our homes using the bullshit from O&G PR departments we wouldn't need O&G.
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I reject the premise that private entities are entitled to, or deserve, to skim profit out of the middle of everything we try to do for people, especially when it comes to areas of necessity like food, healthcare, and housing.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I reject the premise that private entities are entitled to, or deserve, to skim profit out of the middle of everything we try to do for people, especially when it comes to areas of necessity like food, healthcare, and housing.
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"y'all still hating on generative AI over here?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"y'all still hating on generative AI over here?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
"yep, y'all still paying the world's most powerful racist for clout over there?"
Nothing says “world-class” like getting the government to legally bar people from suing you when you blow all their money.
I’ve been busy the last while and had to pull back a bit, but I hope people read this article and realize that moving our CPP from one of the best run plans in the world to this investment firm would be a HUGE mistake!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #HandsOffourCPP
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #HandsOffourCPP
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alb...
Alberta to insulate AIMCo from liability, companies from greenwashing allegations
Alberta is moving to insulate its Crown investment corporation from potential legal liabilities and protect companies in the province from lawsuits accusing them of greenwashing.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Nothing says “world-class” like getting the government to legally bar people from suing you when you blow all their money.
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Periodic reminder that oil sands companies have been saying that the technology to clean up tailings ponds are 10 years away since the 1960s. #AbLeg
"We did buy a pipeline because we felt there was a need to still get Alberta's oil to market," McKenna says. "And what did we get? They did not live up to their end of the bargain under any stretch of the imagination."
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Periodic reminder that oil sands companies have been saying that the technology to clean up tailings ponds are 10 years away since the 1960s. #AbLeg
Time for that Lexx/Twitch City crossover event
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Time for that Lexx/Twitch City crossover event
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
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I’m not a religious man, but
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m not a religious man, but
They should change their fundraising pitch:
“Oh, we’re launching the fireworks regardless; your donation helps us determine what we’re launching them AT.”
“Oh, we’re launching the fireworks regardless; your donation helps us determine what we’re launching them AT.”
Oof. Vancouver’s annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition cancelled indefinitely due to funding.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
They should change their fundraising pitch:
“Oh, we’re launching the fireworks regardless; your donation helps us determine what we’re launching them AT.”
“Oh, we’re launching the fireworks regardless; your donation helps us determine what we’re launching them AT.”
Part of me thinks that if you have to cancel due to lack of funding, you’re free to drop the sponsor name from your event’s title.
Oof. Vancouver’s annual Celebration of Light fireworks competition cancelled indefinitely due to funding.
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Part of me thinks that if you have to cancel due to lack of funding, you’re free to drop the sponsor name from your event’s title.
“You autocomplete me.”
Imagine if your partner left you for the autocomplete function. bsky.app/profile/junl...
one of the more bleak aspects of ai chatbots is it’s starting to blow up real marriages
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“You autocomplete me.”