Richard Lam
@rickyslams.bsky.social
Actor / musician / conflict manager / labour rights fan / transformative mediation enthusiast / Irish Bouzouki noodler / reluctant theatre optimist / secret gamer / extremely slow distance runner - Toronto, ON, Canada
Co-founder of www.groundfloorteam.com
Co-founder of www.groundfloorteam.com
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🇹🇷🇵🇸 Turkey’s FM Hakan Fidan warns the Gaza plan may collapse unless Trump has a “substantial” intervention with Netanyahu. “If they don’t intervene, I am afraid there is a risk the plan can fail,” he said, “because the amount of daily violations of the ceasefire by the Israelis are undescribable...
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🇹🇷🇵🇸 Turkey’s FM Hakan Fidan warns the Gaza plan may collapse unless Trump has a “substantial” intervention with Netanyahu. “If they don’t intervene, I am afraid there is a risk the plan can fail,” he said, “because the amount of daily violations of the ceasefire by the Israelis are undescribable...
Does he do weddings
It’s great that the Finch LRT is finally opening. I just wouldn’t have invited the Grim Reaper to hold the plaque at the launch event.
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Does he do weddings
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Guys can listen to a little Phoebe Bridgers
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Guys can listen to a little Phoebe Bridgers
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I have so much respect and appreciation for the city staff who are doing their absolute best in a hostile environment to deliver on cycling network expansion for Toronto.
‘It’s not a loophole:’ Toronto has plans to install 20 km of new bike lanes despite provincial legislation
Toronto has found a way to install 20 kilometres of new bike lanes while still complying with provincial legislation that places significant restrictions on new cycling infrastructure.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I have so much respect and appreciation for the city staff who are doing their absolute best in a hostile environment to deliver on cycling network expansion for Toronto.
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
Biggest L for the british public since Brexit
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Biggest L for the british public since Brexit
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Prime Minister Mark Carney disagrees with the concept of a premier of one province unilaterally taking over a different province but his hands are tied by his unwillingness to do anything about it.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
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To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
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You’re damn right. Home girl Vanessa Sears can do ANYTHING.
& Juliet's lead role might just be the hardest in musical theatre. With an F3-F#5 vocal range, hours of difficult choreo and a complex emotional bent, Juliet is a beast.
But if anyone can slay her, it's Vanessa Sears.
Profile @theglobeandmail.com:
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But if anyone can slay her, it's Vanessa Sears.
Profile @theglobeandmail.com:
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& Juliet’s title role is one of the hardest in musical theatre. Vanessa Sears is up to the challenge
The lead role in & Juliet requires a two-and-a-bit-octave range and memorizing hours of choreography
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
You’re damn right. Home girl Vanessa Sears can do ANYTHING.
hey i know her
& Juliet's lead role might just be the hardest in musical theatre. With an F3-F#5 vocal range, hours of difficult choreo and a complex emotional bent, Juliet is a beast.
But if anyone can slay her, it's Vanessa Sears.
Profile @theglobeandmail.com:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
But if anyone can slay her, it's Vanessa Sears.
Profile @theglobeandmail.com:
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
& Juliet’s title role is one of the hardest in musical theatre. Vanessa Sears is up to the challenge
The lead role in & Juliet requires a two-and-a-bit-octave range and memorizing hours of choreography
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
hey i know her
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I see a pattern of people in game industry promoting ai, there is the usual ceos and busisness people, they are money driven and always fall for stupid schemes to gain more money and save more money. For the people that work in game development directly I see that those defending are the ones...
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I see a pattern of people in game industry promoting ai, there is the usual ceos and busisness people, they are money driven and always fall for stupid schemes to gain more money and save more money. For the people that work in game development directly I see that those defending are the ones...
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What I like about Stephen Sondheim is everyone else makes musicals that become huge famous hits named stuff like "Grease" and "Wicked" and "Hamilton". His are all named stuff like "Loop De Loo, And Isn't That Just Always The Way" and no one has ever performed, recorded, or heard of it ever again.
May 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What I like about Stephen Sondheim is everyone else makes musicals that become huge famous hits named stuff like "Grease" and "Wicked" and "Hamilton". His are all named stuff like "Loop De Loo, And Isn't That Just Always The Way" and no one has ever performed, recorded, or heard of it ever again.
Love this!!
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Love this!!
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The only Star Wars opinion about which I am dogmatic is that The Rise of Skywalker is the worst movie in the franchise & also the worst movie ever made. I've never hated a piece of art more.
i would push rogue one down and bring solo and the last jedi up. i’d also place attack of the clones at the bottom.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The only Star Wars opinion about which I am dogmatic is that The Rise of Skywalker is the worst movie in the franchise & also the worst movie ever made. I've never hated a piece of art more.
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A sad day for cyclists. Bill 60 - which prohibits the conversion of motor vehicle lanes to bike lanes (or any other prescribed purpose) - has passed Third Reading this morning which will kill various cycling projects in Toronto & across Ontario. #shame #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”