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Rob Hailman
@rjhelms.bsky.social
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Community radio administrator, layabout, and at least 3 kinds of nerd in Peterborough, ON. I am angry about cities. he/him

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for example, in the Ontario Legislative Assembly they got these extra-padded leather roller chairs... but the UK's House of Commons they sit on long benches.

Does this mean anything? Probably not.
A row of chairs n the Ontario Legislative Assembly, showing thick padding on the seats and roller bases. A photograph of the UK House of Commons, showing rows of long green benches
September 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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This is who runs this account.
A 1970s Fisher Price turtle toy, with a neon orange top hat.
June 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Already working on my delegation.
A screen grab from the Simpsons episode “Homer Goes to College”. The dean is seated at his desk, listening to his telephone. A caption reads “Hello, Mayor Leal. You’re a stupid-head!”
June 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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you should never read the comments, but this is a banger:
Sean, 8 hours ago: Who needs culture funding when Peterborough gets so much drama for free?
May 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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it's 10:40pm on a Wednesday and I'm watching the VOD of last week's council meeting while reading transcripts of CRTC hearings.
The text "I've lost control of my life" above an image of Stu from Rugrats making chocolate pudding on a blue background
May 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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The City of Peterborough “water-bacon” logo, with the normal slogan replaced by “Peterborough: the cruelty is the point”
May 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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itshappening.gif
A sandwich board reading: Carbon Arc Cinema The Players: 5:30pm Director attending! Ishtar: 8:30pm $8 at the door
May 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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as you know, my laptop is named L'il Brudder (because it has the heart of a champion)
May 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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"i'll cut taxes more!"

"no, I'll cut taxes more!"
guess I'll die
February 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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me, listening to the Ontario leaders talk about healthcare
guess I'll die
February 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Age yourself with your first computer

(to be fair it was purchased before I was born)
A photograph of an Apple //e computer, with monochrome green Apple Monitor /// and two Apple Disk ][ floppy drives.
February 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Murderers. Remember their names when someone freezes to death. #ptbo
The vote on Bierk & Riel's notice of motion to create an emergency winter shelter, showing the motion defeated 4-7 Lachica, Bierk, Crowley, Riel for. Vassiladis, Haacke, Beamer, Leal, Baldwin, Parnell, Duguay against.
February 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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it's not clear to me the draft bylaw even lets the city charge the stormwater management fee to renters. In every case it specifically refers to property owners. #ptbo
13. Unless exempted through Section 9, the City will issue to each Property Owner a itemized utility bill which will include the Stormwater Management Fee the water rate, and the waste water rate (the “Utility Bill”). 14. The City shall send the Utility Bill to the Property’s municipal address, unless the Property Owner has, in writing to the Commissioner of Finance and Corporate Support Services, directed the City to send the bill to another address, in which case it shall be sent to that address. The Property Owner’s direction will continue until revoked in writing by the Property Owner.
February 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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it is as the prophesy (Pictures for Sad Children) foretold
a panel from the webcomic Pictures for Sad Children. A fortune teller sits at a crystal ball and says "television and the internet will be replaced by one thing, worse than both"
January 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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threw up a basically-stock ROM 2.4 instance just for grins a few days ago, been having a lot of fun with it. but I realized every MUD needs an ASCII splash screen
ASCII art in red and yellow, reading "rjhelms welcomes you to a generic MUD"
January 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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a few days late and I definitely needed the help of the internet's collective wisdom in one or two spots, but I just completed Advent of Code 2024 - I've tried each year since 2020 and this is the first time I got there!
The Advent of Code calendar for 2024, showing each day completed with two stars.
January 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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that's not how this works, Dave, and either you know that's not how this works and are deliberately misleading the public, or you're just a dumbass. #ptbo #DaveSmithIsAPieceOfShit
A screenshot of a newspaper article, reading: In the 2025 draft budget, Peterborough’s operating budget sits at $411 million (an increase from $357 million in 2024), while Kingston’s 2024 operating budget sits at $477 million — not the $265 million in operating Smith cited for both cities in the legislature on Nov. 18. Asked to explain this, Smith said he arrived at the $265-million figure by subtracting both city’s capital expenditures from their respective operating budgets. “I wanted to focus simply on what it costs to operate the city, not what it costs to expand and maintain some of the other infrastructure, but simply the operating cost itself,” Smith said.
December 28, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Me, watching the House of Commons for 30 seconds:
A captioned screengrab from the Simpsons. A man is lying in bed with a woman standing over him, they have been arguing. A child standing in the doorway shouts "Why don't you both shut up?!"
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
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me, using the internet:
A Simspons screen grab, with Apu yelling "I can't believe you don't shut up" at Ned Flanders
January 29, 2024 at 3:23 PM