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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2h

Ok! October is crisp today. Perfection!

Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

October, I just need you to be...CRISP! Not cold, just crisp!

Mikæla @crashannburn.bsky.social · 2d

I will pay the weather good money to be normal about October

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 7h

I have letter to the editor this week in our local paper.
Our community is, once again, facing a developer who wants to turn public, protected coastal land into a golf course. We've been here before. This time, it's shadier. And God knows it was shady last time. www.invernessoran.ca/top-story/co...

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 8h

Also, John Candy 100% would have won an Oscar by now if he was alive.

Can you imagine what he could have done with a Wes Anderson? Or if he did more with Oliver Stone? He had more to show us!

Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 8h

I don't know many actors that could have played Del with the same nuance, vulnerability, slapstick humor...he was such a talent.

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 8h

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, Home Alone, etc.

I remember watching PT&A for the first time in a long time a few years back and as an adult I was absolutely moved by his performance as Del.

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 8h

I have not seen the doc yet, but I remember when he died, and how big a deal is was for Canadians in particular.

If you're an early 80s baby, John Candy was a staple in your entertainment from movies to cartoons (Camp Candy, anyone?)

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 9h

My thanks to the LA Times for letting me write about the life of John Candy and two new projects (a documentary and a biography) that explore his legacy. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

'You never stop thinking about John Candy': How a pair of projects keep his legacy alive

The beloved actor, who would have turned 75 this month, is the focus of an eponymous book biography and "John Candy: I Like Me," a Prime Video documentary.

www.latimes.com

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 1d

A dog friendly office is a wonderful workplace perk if you can get it.

Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Henry bars - the middle nougat after I've eaten the chocolate and peanuts around it first.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 1d

Is StarFleet stealing their data? Not to be confused with Data...though he does get stolen from time to time in TNG...

Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Voyager with my husband and it's a holodeck episode.

Maybe some fan already answered this, but how do we think the privacy settings work on that thing? Do people just clear cache/delete history after? Honour code thing among the engineers?

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 1d

Is this going to come with any self reflection or accountability? Or just deflection and a gutless, "hey, I'm just a dumb comedian! You shouldn't listen to me!" Cop out?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 1d

How comfortable are crew members with their coworkers knowing just how into certain fictional scenarios they are?

Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Voyager with my husband and it's a holodeck episode.

Maybe some fan already answered this, but how do we think the privacy settings work on that thing? Do people just clear cache/delete history after? Honour code thing among the engineers?

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 1d

"He'd also bring home parts, that his wife would then ship through the mail."

It's so nice to see couples sharing hobbies...

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

Circling back to Gene Hackman for a sec...Heartbreakers (one of those "not a great movie, but has great actors doing their best with what they have" movies). Hackman knew the assignment, and delivered such a good performance that you almost forgot the rest of the movie was pretty mid.

Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

Love all of this for you!

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

a cartoon character is driving a yellow car with a sale sign on the side

ALT: a cartoon character is driving a yellow car with a sale sign on the side

media.tenor.com

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

To clarify (because I think I understand why you said this), I meant no one was going to take this guys side in the celebrity divorce in general. I didn't mean to imply he couldn't say no to sexual activity.

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

You know, none of us really know what happened and relationships are complicated, but...no one was ever going to take this guys side, right?

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

October, I just need you to be...CRISP! Not cold, just crisp!

Mikæla @crashannburn.bsky.social · 2d

I will pay the weather good money to be normal about October

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

100% Gene Hackman was one of our best, most versatile actors of all time. Flashy blockbusters, weird indie, comedy, etc. He was the best part of every movie he was ever in.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

Hoult is one of my favorite actors. I'll watch anything he's in. But Gene Hackman is like a top five movie star of all time. There's just no competing with the man.

Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

I haven't watched a lot of Portlandia, but I did read a fuck ton of Chuck Palahniuk when I was a teen/young adult. I think that's where it started!

Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

Wow...that is...something!

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 2d

I was saying to a friend recently that I wished I had visited more places in the US before shit got too weird in a bad way. Portland is one of those places I'd love to experience!

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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Ashley Mac @meadowofashxo.bsky.social · 3d

Soups on! And no additional blood sacrifices required. I have sated the ancient kitchen gods.

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