Simon St. Laurent
@simonstlaurent.bsky.social
Artist, cat-lover, and avid reader. Former film/tv tech, now customer service. Military brat, always! RCAF Station St. Hubert (QC), CFB Greenwood (NS), CFB Baden-Soellingen (Germany), CFB Borden (ON). Now living in Toronto.
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Pinned
My website/blog: "Simon St. Laurent — Squibber"
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My new website post:
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Blu-ray: Home for Christmas (Black Zero)
"In October I posted a piece about Black Zero, a Toronto-based multimedia publisher — founded by filmmaker, scholar, and archivist Stephen Broomer — specializing in the archiving and restoration...."
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Blu-ray: Home for Christmas (Black Zero)
"In October I posted a piece about Black Zero, a Toronto-based multimedia publisher — founded by filmmaker, scholar, and archivist Stephen Broomer — specializing in the archiving and restoration...."
December 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/blu-...
Blu-ray: Home for Christmas (Black Zero)
"In October I posted a piece about Black Zero, a Toronto-based multimedia publisher — founded by filmmaker, scholar, and archivist Stephen Broomer — specializing in the archiving and restoration...."
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/blu-...
Blu-ray: Home for Christmas (Black Zero)
"In October I posted a piece about Black Zero, a Toronto-based multimedia publisher — founded by filmmaker, scholar, and archivist Stephen Broomer — specializing in the archiving and restoration...."
Cons are absolutely freaking out over MP Michael Ma's crossing the floor to join the Liberals. Of course they are... I remember well their extreme anger when David Emerson crossed in 2005, and Leona Alleslev in 2018.
Nobody ever accused Cons of being predictable.
LOL
Nobody ever accused Cons of being predictable.
LOL
December 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Cons are absolutely freaking out over MP Michael Ma's crossing the floor to join the Liberals. Of course they are... I remember well their extreme anger when David Emerson crossed in 2005, and Leona Alleslev in 2018.
Nobody ever accused Cons of being predictable.
LOL
Nobody ever accused Cons of being predictable.
LOL
To what current Canadian political news story am I referring when I say, "A Cacophony of Cons"?
December 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To what current Canadian political news story am I referring when I say, "A Cacophony of Cons"?
Athot for the Day: Taking it Day to Day
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#humour #humor #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
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#humour #humor #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Athot for the Day: Taking it Day to Day
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#humour #humor #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
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#humour #humor #cdnpoli #cdnpolitics
In Toronto's Annex Neighbourhood: "Gleam & Sip"
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"On my way back home I made a discovery, one I'll appreciate very soon. There's a new shop at the southeast corner of Dupont and Madison:"
Gleam & Sip
Matcha * Espresso * Bar
Vegan & Gluten Free Bakery
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"On my way back home I made a discovery, one I'll appreciate very soon. There's a new shop at the southeast corner of Dupont and Madison:"
Gleam & Sip
Matcha * Espresso * Bar
Vegan & Gluten Free Bakery
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In Toronto's Annex Neighbourhood: "Gleam & Sip"
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/08/in-t...
"On my way back home I made a discovery, one I'll appreciate very soon. There's a new shop at the southeast corner of Dupont and Madison:"
Gleam & Sip
Matcha * Espresso * Bar
Vegan & Gluten Free Bakery
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/08/in-t...
"On my way back home I made a discovery, one I'll appreciate very soon. There's a new shop at the southeast corner of Dupont and Madison:"
Gleam & Sip
Matcha * Espresso * Bar
Vegan & Gluten Free Bakery
ReDVD: Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)
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ReDVD: Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)
A few years ago I found out that my Beatles-fan brother had not yet seen a certain 1967 television opus. I asked why he hadn't sought out th...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
ReDVD: Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)
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Notebook Find: Leon Trotsky on Creativity
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Notebook Find: Leon Trotsky on Creativity
While reviewing pages of my notebook, I came across notes I had made regarding the subject of creativity. One particular scribble is of a qu...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Notebook Find: Leon Trotsky on Creativity
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December 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
ESR Film Journal Is Firing Again
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"Toronto-based independent film journalist/scholar Greg Woods has again fired up his blog, ESR Film Journal."
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"Toronto-based independent film journalist/scholar Greg Woods has again fired up his blog, ESR Film Journal."
ESR Film Journal Is Firing Again
Toronto-based independent film journalist/scholar Greg Woods has again fired up his blog, ESR Film Journal . I have several copies of the n...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
ESR Film Journal Is Firing Again
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"Toronto-based independent film journalist/scholar Greg Woods has again fired up his blog, ESR Film Journal."
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"Toronto-based independent film journalist/scholar Greg Woods has again fired up his blog, ESR Film Journal."
With the federal government entering the 6-wk Christmas break, MP Michael Ma's crossing the floor to the Liberals, the 2nd such crossing in recent weeks, and the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership review in January (PP Poilievre!)... let's be nice. Cons are very anxious.
December 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
With the federal government entering the 6-wk Christmas break, MP Michael Ma's crossing the floor to the Liberals, the 2nd such crossing in recent weeks, and the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership review in January (PP Poilievre!)... let's be nice. Cons are very anxious.
Wow! I just learned that Conservative MP Michael Ma announced he'll be crossing the floor to the Liberals.
Fantastic! That's three that have (recently) left PP Poilievre and the CPC.
(Trivia: that move would put the LPC just one seat away from forming a "Majority" government.)
Fantastic! That's three that have (recently) left PP Poilievre and the CPC.
(Trivia: that move would put the LPC just one seat away from forming a "Majority" government.)
December 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Wow! I just learned that Conservative MP Michael Ma announced he'll be crossing the floor to the Liberals.
Fantastic! That's three that have (recently) left PP Poilievre and the CPC.
(Trivia: that move would put the LPC just one seat away from forming a "Majority" government.)
Fantastic! That's three that have (recently) left PP Poilievre and the CPC.
(Trivia: that move would put the LPC just one seat away from forming a "Majority" government.)
Headlines in this morning's Washington Post:
"How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors"
"U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says, a significant escalation"
The insanity....
"How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors"
"U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says, a significant escalation"
The insanity....
December 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Headlines in this morning's Washington Post:
"How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors"
"U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says, a significant escalation"
The insanity....
"How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors"
"U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says, a significant escalation"
The insanity....
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Headlines from this morning's Boston Globe:
"Trump’s speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from ‘filthy’ countries"
"Trump once denied using this slur about Haiti and African nations. Now he boasts about it"
Trump Filth
Trump, Filth
"Trump’s speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from ‘filthy’ countries"
"Trump once denied using this slur about Haiti and African nations. Now he boasts about it"
Trump Filth
Trump, Filth
December 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Headlines from this morning's Boston Globe:
"Trump’s speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from ‘filthy’ countries"
"Trump once denied using this slur about Haiti and African nations. Now he boasts about it"
Trump Filth
Trump, Filth
"Trump’s speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from ‘filthy’ countries"
"Trump once denied using this slur about Haiti and African nations. Now he boasts about it"
Trump Filth
Trump, Filth
My website post (2 of 2) today:
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Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
"My initial designs for the 'Alien Lair' had a rocky wall background, as in a cave. This approach would have been yet another expense, and it forced me to rethink the idea:"
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Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
"My initial designs for the 'Alien Lair' had a rocky wall background, as in a cave. This approach would have been yet another expense, and it forced me to rethink the idea:"
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My website post (2 of 2) today:
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Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
"My initial designs for the 'Alien Lair' had a rocky wall background, as in a cave. This approach would have been yet another expense, and it forced me to rethink the idea:"
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/pict...
Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
"My initial designs for the 'Alien Lair' had a rocky wall background, as in a cave. This approach would have been yet another expense, and it forced me to rethink the idea:"
My website post (1 of 2) today:
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Abraham Lincoln on Reading
#book #books #reading #literacy
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Abraham Lincoln on Reading
#book #books #reading #literacy
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My website post (1 of 2) today:
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Abraham Lincoln on Reading
#book #books #reading #literacy
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Abraham Lincoln on Reading
#book #books #reading #literacy
My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/pict...
Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
"My initial designs for the 'Alien Lair' had a rocky wall background, as in a cave. This approach would have been yet another expense, and it forced me to rethink the idea:"
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/pict...
Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
"My initial designs for the 'Alien Lair' had a rocky wall background, as in a cave. This approach would have been yet another expense, and it forced me to rethink the idea:"
Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
Yours truly, behind the Arriflex BL III 35 mm camera, shoots a scene of aliens doing their evil thing. Hyper-Reality is the name of the unc...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/pict...
Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
"My initial designs for the 'Alien Lair' had a rocky wall background, as in a cave. This approach would have been yet another expense, and it forced me to rethink the idea:"
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/pict...
Picturing: Filming Aliens in their Limbo Lair
"My initial designs for the 'Alien Lair' had a rocky wall background, as in a cave. This approach would have been yet another expense, and it forced me to rethink the idea:"
My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/abra...
Abraham Lincoln on Reading
#book #books #reading #literacy
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/abra...
Abraham Lincoln on Reading
#book #books #reading #literacy
December 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/abra...
Abraham Lincoln on Reading
#book #books #reading #literacy
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/abra...
Abraham Lincoln on Reading
#book #books #reading #literacy
My website post on Friday of last week:
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Humour: Forty-One To What?!....
A moment from TVO's The Agenda, in humour.
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Humour: Forty-One To What?!....
A moment from TVO's The Agenda, in humour.
December 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My website post on Friday of last week:
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Humour: Forty-One To What?!....
A moment from TVO's The Agenda, in humour.
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Humour: Forty-One To What?!....
A moment from TVO's The Agenda, in humour.
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My website post on Wednesday of last week:
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Story: Of Bunkers and the Rounds
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Story: Of Bunkers and the Rounds
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My website post on Wednesday of last week:
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Story: Of Bunkers and the Rounds
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Story: Of Bunkers and the Rounds
My website post on Tuesday of last week:
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Ray Bradbury on Reading
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Ray Bradbury on Reading
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My website post on Tuesday of last week:
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Ray Bradbury on Reading
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Ray Bradbury on Reading
My website post on Sunday of last week:
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Athot for the Day: There Are Exceptions, Eh? Aye!
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Athot for the Day: There Are Exceptions, Eh? Aye!
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My website post on Sunday of last week:
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Athot for the Day: There Are Exceptions, Eh? Aye!
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Athot for the Day: There Are Exceptions, Eh? Aye!
My website post (3 of 3) yesterday:
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"Those thirty-second television adverts promoting an upcoming major motion picture are rarely narrated by a cinema great. But, when that particular great has...."
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"Those thirty-second television adverts promoting an upcoming major motion picture are rarely narrated by a cinema great. But, when that particular great has...."
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My website post (3 of 3) yesterday:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/the-...
"Those thirty-second television adverts promoting an upcoming major motion picture are rarely narrated by a cinema great. But, when that particular great has...."
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/12/the-...
"Those thirty-second television adverts promoting an upcoming major motion picture are rarely narrated by a cinema great. But, when that particular great has...."