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Neal Jennings ☮️
@nealjennings.bsky.social
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Proud queer, based in Vancouver, BC (unceded Coast Salish territory). My politics are best described as eco-left. I will definitely also be posting about pop culture and urbanism, and will certainly be engaging in general nihilism. They/them, please.
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I'm planning my trip to Argentina and the way my guide book casually implies a future involving a zombie Eva Perón is pretty wild.
Photo of a page of a travel book. The focused text reads: Cementerio de la Recoleta Join the feral cats and prowl around one of the world's most exclusive cemeteries, where Evita's final (for now) resting place lurks discreetly among eminent tombs, extravagant mausoleums and elaborate sculptures. See page 92
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Like, there are photographs available to us of ice harvesting because photography coexisted with the inability to produce cold artificially.
A black and white photograph of large blocks of ice being towed on a sled by horses. Some humans are also present.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Is it just me or is Google playing fast and loose with the definition of "security update"?
Screenshot of the update screen of a Google Pixel phone. Text reads: "10:18 94 Installing security update... Optimizing your device, this may take a while Your Pixel is getting even better... Discover the latest enhancements and new features with this Pixel update, designed to make your device more helpful. Learn more on our Community page What's new? Instantly customize your Pixel with seasonal Wicked: For Good theme packs. One tap changes your wallpaper, icons, GIFs and sounds. [1] Bring more joy to the chat. Edit and reimagine any photo using Remix in Google Messages. [2] Pixel VIPs prioritizes notifications from your most important contacts and adds a new crisis badge. [3] Your Pixel now summarizes your message notifications, so you can see what's important right away. [4] Pause"
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Mostly the Zipcar driver was to blame but @communauto.bsky.social's default guidance is basically to find a parking spot that doesn't exist. Has anyone ever found permit-only residential street parking by Roy Thomson Hall?? I had to call multiple times and ended up North of Queen Street.
Screenshot from the app, text reads: If unable to park between the signed onstreet spots, please park on a nearby small street (NOT King or Wellington) in a spot that is not obstructing anything, or accessible parking, or a "No Standing"/"No Stopping" zone. Contact our Reservation Centre to advise us of the parking spot address. The parking permit in this vehicle is ONLY for the signed onstreet spots at 10 Emily Street, so please check parking restrictions and fees when parking during your trip.
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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[André 3000 voice]
Sorry Mrs Jackson, ooh, you have no name
Never got to have a given name
Memorialized never in time.
Photo of a historical photo and text on a wall at Jackson Square Mall in Hamilton. The text reads: MRS. LLOYD D. JACKSON OFFICIALLY OPENS HAMILTON COMPLEX NAMED IN HER HUSBAND'S HONOUR The Shopping Promenade of The Lloyd D. Jackson Square was officially opened during a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony. Wielding the scissors was 89-year-old Mrs. Lloyd D. Jackson, wife of Hamilton's Mayor from 1950-1962. Mrs. Jackson is seen here with the General Manager of The Standard Life Assurance Company, David Donald a major financial partner in the $30 million project, along with the developers, Yale Properties of Montreal. Closeup of the text, MRS. LLOYD D. JACKSON OFFICIALLY OPENS HAMILTON COMPLEX NAMED IN HER HUSBAND'S HONOUR The Shopping Promenade of The Lloyd D. Jackson Square was officially opened during a traditional ribbon cutting ceremony. Wielding the scissors was 89-year-old Mrs. Lloyd D. Jackson, wife of Hamilton's Mayor from 1950-1962. Mrs. Jackson is seen here with the General Manager of The Standard Life Assurance Company, David Donald a major financial partner in the $30 million project, along with the developers, Yale Properties of Montreal.
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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It always amazes me that this block, in particular, has been under redevelopment since at least 2005. I remember living kitty corner to it while they were loudly doing the early demolition.
Photo of the back of the Royal Connaught in Hamilton, Ontario. In the foreground is a surface parking lot, on the right is the back of the Royal Connaught, a heritage hotel upon which a modern condo has been built. To the left is an old but still standing building, and in between is the back side of a crumbling (but supported) façade.
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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This amazing police dog solves all the murders in St. John's Newfoundland!

All the murders in St. John's Newfoundland:
Screenshot of Statistics Canada homicide rate for 2020-2024. The number of homicides in those years, respectively, are 2, 4, 2, 3, and 2.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Toronto reminding me of why I don't live here anymore. ❄️🥶
Photo of some buildings in Toronto with a layer of snow on top. The lower portion of the CN Tower is visible but the upper portion is hidden behind a bunch of flying snow. Photo of some buildings in Toronto with a layer of snow on top. Photo of some buildings in Toronto with a layer of snow on top.
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Good news everyone, your private jets and yachts are about to become cheaper!
Screenshot from the federal budget, text reads "To provide relief to the aviation and boating industries and increase the overall efficiency of the luxury tax framework, Budget 2025 announces the government’s intention to end the luxury tax on aircraft and vessels as of the day after Budget Day."
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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How much is the federal government spending on medicinal cannabis if the *savings* are over a billion dollars a year just from market price adjustments?
Screenshot of the budget, text reads: Outcomes Savings (26-27 to 29-30) Aligning Pension Benefits with the Consumer Price Index (CPI): The indexation of pensions for federal government employees should be consistent. The government is taking steps to align growth to CPI. $5.8 billion over four years Adjusting Medical Cannabis Benefits to Reflect Market Price: The government is aligning more closely with the current market prices for medical cannabis while providing the same benefits. $4.4 billion over four years
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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I am once again asking the Government of Canada to hire an editor, and to have a style guide, before publishing large documents.
An excerpt from Budget 2025, most of which is not relevant. The word "modernize," spelled with a Z, is highlighted. An excerpt from Budget 2025, most of which is not relevant. The word "modernized," spelled with a Z, is highlighted. An excerpt from Budget 2025, most of which is not relevant. The word "modernise," spelled with an s, is highlighted. An excerpt from Budget 2025, most of which is not relevant. The word "modernise," spelled with an s, is highlighted.
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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I would settle for the finance minister picking a font and staying with it.
Screenshot of page 101 and 102 of the federal budget, released today. There is a bunch of text, which is not relevant, and it is in three different fonts.
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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I DID IT.
Photo of a TV screen, showing the TOTK map screen, centred on the northern Calora lake cave entrance. Closeup of the bottom right corner of the previous photo, showing 100.00%/100% completion.
November 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Taylor Swift tickets, or essential annual vaccine?
Screenshot of a website. The top of the page has the Government of British Columbia logo, followed by the text "We're experiencing a high level of traffic. You're in a virtual queue, thank you for waiting." This is followed by other information about wait time (less than a minute) and umber of people in line ahead of me (9).
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Someone on here once tried to convince me that electric cars were doomed to fail because no one rents electric cars and, like, I think the rental car companies have at least a little bit to do with that.
Screenshot of the Hertz rental car booking site. For the same five-day booking, an EV is priced at CA$3,056, whereas the petrol vehicles are at most CA$451.
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Ah yes, Matthew Good and his band I Mother Earth.
Screenshot of a Facebook ad from Live Nation British Columbia. The image is of an astronaut floating in space above earth and the headline text reads "Matthew Good and his band I Mother Earth" followed by some dates and cities.
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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War when ass.
Photo of a street sign with a pictogram of a person on a bike about to run over a person walking. Sideways exclamation marks are shooting out of their mouth and a wifi symbol emanates from the bell on their bike. The sign formerly read "bell or yell, warn when passing" but some letters have been whited out so it now says the main text of this post.
October 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Important question: why do my light bulbs need AI? And what are these disclaimers? What constitutes irresponsible AI use IN A LIGHTBULB‽ WHAT KIND OF MISTAKES MIGHT MY LIGHTBULB MAKE‽ AND WHY DO MY LIGHTBULBS HAVE TERMS OF USE‽
Screenshot of the Hue app. There are switches for Lamp, Living Room, and Office. The bottom right corner has one of those fuzzy circles that have come to mean "tap here for AI nonsense" Screenshot of the AI nonsense that appears when you tap the fuzzy circle from the previous image. It says "looking for something?" and then has suggestions for what to enter and a warning that AI can make mistakes and a suggestion to use AI responsibly. There is no explanation of what would constitute irresponsible use.
October 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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It is SEPTEMBER.
Photo of a television with the Google TV homepage on it. The main image is of Mariah Carey in front of Christmas decorations and the headline text reads "🍎 tv - Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special - Recommended For You.
October 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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This is the appropriate way to edit such a tribute.
Photo of a concrete wall, on which has been graffitied in black spraypaint the word "Charlie." The "e" has been covered with red spraypaint and the same paint has been used to write "XCX" immediately below it.
September 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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ACTUALLY. I just found my previous passport application because it was in PDF, and these were the options. I selected "other" and entered my self-employment in the details section, and had no issues. That option no longer exists.
Screenshot of a PDF passport application. The text reads "Occupation in the last two (2) years (check all that apply): I was employed (full- or part-time) I was in school (full- or part-time) other, e.g. homemaker, unemployed or retired Enter full details below for the last two (2) years:" and "other" is selected.
September 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I'm renewing my passport online and apparently the Government of Canada hasn't contemplated the possibility that people might be self-employed? Like...??? That's all anyone is now, and it's not one of the choices you can make.
Screenshot of an online form. The question says "Type of occupation or activity" and the options in the dropdown are Employment, School, Retirement, Caregiving, Unemployment, and Volunteering.
September 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Given how famously bad AI is at math, it's kind of brilliant that CAPTCHAs are starting to include arithmetic now.
Screenshot of a web form that says "Last but not least... The security code is the result of a calculation visible in the box (e.g. if you see 3 x 4 in the box type in the number 12 for the security code). Captcha *" after this is an image with the phrase "7 + 5" obscured by squiggly lines and dots, and a blank field to enter the response.
September 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Billboard has these in its top 5.
Screenshot of the billboard songs of the summer chart. The top five are all by Alex Warren, Morgan Wallen, and Kendrick Lamar.
September 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Okay it's bad enough they use buses to hide the plaques commemorating Japanese Internment here, but this new sign euphemising it as "the military's wartime use of Hastings Park" is pretty awful. (Even if the historic artefacts they unearthed are pretty cool).
Photo of a sign at Hastings Park during the PNE. The headline says "the journey of the guns" and the last paragraph reads "around 1942, during the military's wartime use of Hastings Park, the decision was made to bury the cannon - a chapter of history now uncovered."
August 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM