SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
@neoengel.bsky.social
That guy (he/him) you likely saw doing that thing at that place in Canada, Eh🇨🇦🍁🖖🎨🥋🗡🤺🥷
Ginormous #fandom #scifi geek, 30+ years of cosplay & convention contributions, more pics & stuff @ http://neoengel.com
Current project: http://redflagsinfandom.com 🚩
Ginormous #fandom #scifi geek, 30+ years of cosplay & convention contributions, more pics & stuff @ http://neoengel.com
Current project: http://redflagsinfandom.com 🚩
Pinned
Hi, I'm Walt aka Sid, longtime contributor to the #scifi & #fandom convention community in Canada.
I'm currently working on a project called redflagsinfandom.com seeking to increase safety of person & pocketbook.
Some pics of just a few things I've done throughout the years.
I'm currently working on a project called redflagsinfandom.com seeking to increase safety of person & pocketbook.
Some pics of just a few things I've done throughout the years.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
However if *I* call you it’s really me and it means you have been 100% pressganged into an apple heist, so you better not hang the fuck up
New #WriterBeware blog post: Yet another in the growing catalog of AI-driven writing scams from Nigeria: a multi-layered marketing/editing referral scheme that begins with a message or email from someone purporting to be a well-known author writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
However if *I* call you it’s really me and it means you have been 100% pressganged into an apple heist, so you better not hang the fuck up
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
We need to follow Finland's lead in teaching our children how to recognize mis/disinformation and propaganda.
We also need to seriously look at upgrading our education, as European countries have.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
We also need to seriously look at upgrading our education, as European countries have.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Nearly 1 in 10 terrorism investigations at CSIS involves a minor: spy boss | CBC News
The head of Canada’s spy agency is warning about a “worrying” number of young people becoming radicalized.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We need to follow Finland's lead in teaching our children how to recognize mis/disinformation and propaganda.
We also need to seriously look at upgrading our education, as European countries have.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
We also need to seriously look at upgrading our education, as European countries have.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Fun Fact: Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing would often go to theatre and watch Looney Tunes shorts together. At one point, they both got kicked out for laughing too hard
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Fun Fact: Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing would often go to theatre and watch Looney Tunes shorts together. At one point, they both got kicked out for laughing too hard
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Yesterday Ukraine blew up the Novorossiysk oil refinery, which is still burning furiously. Today Russia has been forced to suspend all exports - 2.2 million barrels a day.
That sound you now hear is the Russian economy burning.
That sound you now hear is the Russian economy burning.
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yesterday Ukraine blew up the Novorossiysk oil refinery, which is still burning furiously. Today Russia has been forced to suspend all exports - 2.2 million barrels a day.
That sound you now hear is the Russian economy burning.
That sound you now hear is the Russian economy burning.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Trump accuses all 342 million Americans of also being in Epstein Files
Trump accuses all 342 million Americans of also being in Epstein Files
WASHINGTON D.C. - With the release of thousands of emails from notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein implicating President Donald Trump, the POTUS is deflecting by boldly alleging that every single...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trump accuses all 342 million Americans of also being in Epstein Files
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
A man (a crossing guard!) is dead at the hands of a dump truck driver, and the Mayor is here to tell us that people walking and cycling have "a role to play in keeping our community safe."
No, Andrea. The dump truck driver has to not kill people, and you have to not let him kill people. That's it!
No, Andrea. The dump truck driver has to not kill people, and you have to not let him kill people. That's it!
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A man (a crossing guard!) is dead at the hands of a dump truck driver, and the Mayor is here to tell us that people walking and cycling have "a role to play in keeping our community safe."
No, Andrea. The dump truck driver has to not kill people, and you have to not let him kill people. That's it!
No, Andrea. The dump truck driver has to not kill people, and you have to not let him kill people. That's it!
Absofuckinglutely.
@effinbirds.com consistently brings me a dose of daily joy, and I sincerely believe this should happen.
@effinbirds.com consistently brings me a dose of daily joy, and I sincerely believe this should happen.
I am of the opinion that in due time, you will be a Canada Walk of Fame inductee and it will be well deserved.
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Absofuckinglutely.
@effinbirds.com consistently brings me a dose of daily joy, and I sincerely believe this should happen.
@effinbirds.com consistently brings me a dose of daily joy, and I sincerely believe this should happen.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
everything else aside, oh boy do I always appreciate it when someone maintains contemporaneous notes in situations of organizational malfeasance
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
everything else aside, oh boy do I always appreciate it when someone maintains contemporaneous notes in situations of organizational malfeasance
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
I am of the opinion that in due time, you will be a Canada Walk of Fame inductee and it will be well deserved.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I am of the opinion that in due time, you will be a Canada Walk of Fame inductee and it will be well deserved.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
hey remember the time I got suspended from Meta platforms for this comic because I was "inciting violence"
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
hey remember the time I got suspended from Meta platforms for this comic because I was "inciting violence"
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
You okay America?
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
You okay America?
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
So Donald Trump dismisses the Epstein files as a Democratic hoax. Meanwhile, King Charles III removed his brother Andrew’s status as a royal due to the latter’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
So Donald Trump dismisses the Epstein files as a Democratic hoax. Meanwhile, King Charles III removed his brother Andrew’s status as a royal due to the latter’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
The "thagomizer" is the name for the spiked tail of a stegosaurid dinosaur. It didn't have a name until the cartoonist Gary Larson published this comic about it, named it, and the scientific community just accepted it and started using it, too.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The "thagomizer" is the name for the spiked tail of a stegosaurid dinosaur. It didn't have a name until the cartoonist Gary Larson published this comic about it, named it, and the scientific community just accepted it and started using it, too.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Two pages apart in the @thestar.com : 9 year old killed by driver of SUV jumping curb, and Ontario bans speed cameras. Yes they are related, because Doug Ford inculcates a culture that the world is made for drivers, but kids and cyclists? Too bad.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Two pages apart in the @thestar.com : 9 year old killed by driver of SUV jumping curb, and Ontario bans speed cameras. Yes they are related, because Doug Ford inculcates a culture that the world is made for drivers, but kids and cyclists? Too bad.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
B.C. judge says self-defence can include expelling someone who has outstayed welcome - A B.C. Supreme Court judge says self-defence rules that allow people to arm themselves against an intruder can also include situations where someone refuses to leave after initially being welcomed.
B.C. judge says self-defence can include expelling someone who has outstayed welcome
A B.C. Supreme Court judge says self-defence rules that allow people to arm themselves against an intruder can also include situations where someone refuses to leave after initially being welcomed.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
B.C. judge says self-defence can include expelling someone who has outstayed welcome - A B.C. Supreme Court judge says self-defence rules that allow people to arm themselves against an intruder can also include situations where someone refuses to leave after initially being welcomed.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Oh damn this is awful.
More victims daily, if anyone stored vehicles at that biz in Tilbury, verify if there.
“I found out a month later my trailer had been sold, put in somebody else’s name, and that someone also had a loan on it,” Hunter told CTV News, noting the trailer now has two liens on it.
More victims daily, if anyone stored vehicles at that biz in Tilbury, verify if there.
“I found out a month later my trailer had been sold, put in somebody else’s name, and that someone also had a loan on it,” Hunter told CTV News, noting the trailer now has two liens on it.
RV fraud investigation widens as OPP confirms more than 15 complaints - Provincial police say an investigation into alleged fraud involving a Lakeshore recreational vehicle (RV) business has expanded to more than 15 victims and may involve boats and other vehicles in addition to travel trailers.
RV fraud investigation widens as OPP confirms more than 15 complaints
Provincial police say an investigation into alleged fraud involving a Lakeshore recreational vehicle (RV) business has expanded to more than 15 victims and may involve boats and other vehicles in addition to travel trailers.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Oh damn this is awful.
More victims daily, if anyone stored vehicles at that biz in Tilbury, verify if there.
“I found out a month later my trailer had been sold, put in somebody else’s name, and that someone also had a loan on it,” Hunter told CTV News, noting the trailer now has two liens on it.
More victims daily, if anyone stored vehicles at that biz in Tilbury, verify if there.
“I found out a month later my trailer had been sold, put in somebody else’s name, and that someone also had a loan on it,” Hunter told CTV News, noting the trailer now has two liens on it.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Swedish manufacturer says 10,000 new jobs could soon come to Canada - The Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, says ten thousand manufacturing and research jobs could land in Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.
Swedish manufacturer says 10,000 new jobs could soon come to Canada
The Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, says ten thousand manufacturing and research jobs could land in Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Swedish manufacturer says 10,000 new jobs could soon come to Canada - The Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, says ten thousand manufacturing and research jobs could land in Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Breaking news someone in my neighbourhood has a new business and is about to be a millionaire
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Breaking news someone in my neighbourhood has a new business and is about to be a millionaire
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
Real Men Read Mad.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Real Men Read Mad.
Reposted by SID aka Walt 🍁🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp
It shook me a bit when as an author at Mars Con a girl dressed as Raven approached my author table and told me some creepy guy was following her. She asked if she could sit with me for a while. I agreed and she moved behind my table. She was probably twelve.
Cons should be a safe space.
Cons should be a safe space.
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It shook me a bit when as an author at Mars Con a girl dressed as Raven approached my author table and told me some creepy guy was following her. She asked if she could sit with me for a while. I agreed and she moved behind my table. She was probably twelve.
Cons should be a safe space.
Cons should be a safe space.