John T

John T

@jrtonca.bsky.social

Canadian. Geek. He/him. linktr.ee/jrtonca

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The temptation to create a burner account to rant about what happened at my work tonight is huge. I'd say more, except we're not allowed to publicly say anything negative without clearing it through proper PR channels first, and that's not something they ever have or ever will allow.

I have just enough linked information online that things could be traced back to me by my employer, but not enough that they'd be able to find my accounts by just doing a quick Google search.

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cyberpunk thriller where a team is hired to kill an AI CEO decades after his death

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

A recent securities filing spotlighted what triggered Mark Zuckerberg’s months-long power battle with board directors at Meta — a fight that sparked not-so-veiled threats from Zuckerberg and led board members to contemplate quitting.

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I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.

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People abroad don't understand the level of interference Meta & bots had in these elections. 5 days before the election a far-right politician posted a fake news video that got 157 MILLION views on Instagram in 24hs. For reference, GTA 6's reveal trailer got 90 million views on YouTube in 24hs.

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He did the voices for every male cartoon character in Coyote Vs Acme except for Taz. I'm glad he got to see how much people loved his final film role.

Boo-rad Shankar@bradshankar.bsky.social

Just saw on Instagram that Eric Bauza, the Canadian voice of countless Looney Tunes characters, has suddenly passed away. This one really hurts. He was so lovely and talented, and knowing he came from Toronto — and even meeting him at local events — meant a lot. RIP.

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The Ford Government is still technically on their summer break... And Christmas is right around the corner... #ontario #onpoli #dougford #frankdomenic🍁

I can't stop thinking about how #Wildwood managed to exceed my already high expectations for a Laika Studio film. No film is perfect but I can't think of a single thing I'd change. Everything is well done, story, acting, music, etc but the animation is just incredible. It took me 5 seconds to say,

"There's no way that's claymation, right?" and it was. And that happened a bunch more times during the movie. "Surely this wasn't hand animated claymation, right?" But it was. This might be the last masterpiece of full-length hand-animated film we see. I hope it's not, but if it is?

"I was born into a rural farming family but decided to live in the big city the first time I touched silk," is such a hilarious backstory, but it absolutely works for #Astarion. That he went on to become a corrupt magistrate also 100% tracks.

Today my nephew and I had a #Claydate. We did a double feature of #Clayface and #Wildwood. Wow, what a great day of movies. Clayface is a great revenge drama mixed with body horror. Wildwood is a masterpiece of animation, with a good adventure story.

It needs to be noted that Wildwood has a higher on-screen kill count by a huge margin, including a decapitation in silhouette. It's a kids movie, but not a *little* kids movie. It very much earns its PG rating.

Oh, they're finally turning against JK Rowling and her lawsuits against groups calling her out for anti-trans bigotry? Oh, nope. This is good too, though.

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

The BBC is doing something important, refusing to be intimidated by a powerful person trying to use the legal system to punish criticism and discourage scrutiny. They’re schooling the American press on what the 1st Amendment means. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-bbc-st...

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Probably the largest self-own in modern Canadian history, completely embarrassing

Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social

Polling Canada Final British Columbia Model: 🔵 CON: 57 - (46-68 Likely Seats) 🟠 NDP: 34 - (23-45 Likely Seats) 🟢 GRN: 2 - (2-3 Likely Seats) - October 23, 2026 - Full model here: www.canadianpolling.com/p/ebys-elect...

When the Democrats make huge gains in the midterms if they're then able to rein in the war in Iran, the price of oil will go down which will cause the price of everything not kept high by greedflation to go down. And because Trump is still going to be president, he'll claim credit for it.

Neither of these are snacks. These are late night meals.

Matt Elliott@graphicmatt.com

Favourite late night snack? Chow says a peanut butter sandwich. Bradford says a burger from Square Boy on Danforth.

In this age of robotics, drones, and machine learning, I can't think of any reason to do this other than a complete disconnect from their humanity, and an obsession with and profound misunderstanding of science fiction that always explicitly paints this kind of thing as villainous.

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

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AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

Alright, I've got my Saturday lined up! Double feature of Clayface and claymation! I'm extremely excited about Wildwood. Laika hasn't missed once, in my eyes, and early press is saying this is their most impressive so far.

The reason we don't have good universal poison antidotes anymore is because we're giving goats too many sodas.

🌈Dr. Frizzle@swilua.bsky.social

Bezoar stones can form as a result of GLP-1 use and soda is known to be an effective treatment of bezoar stones, so now I desperately need someone to do a study to see if fewer bezoar stones occur in Utah due to increased soda consumption This is a post about Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

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This is very, very bad: “Information from more than 1.5 million other tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years — was exposed in a massive data breach, an exclusive CBC investigation has found”

cbc.caMore than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips leaked, CBC exclusive finds | CBC NewsAn exclusive CBC investigation has found more than 1.5 million tips sent to Canadian Crime Stoppers chapters were captured in a massive hack announced last March. A CBC analysis identified that at lea...

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Not an ai apocalypse doomer or whatever, but entering a world where the normal operation of cybersecurity is vast swarms of hacker bots battling vast swarms of defender bots 24/7 at a scale beyond human comprehension doesn't seem like a *great* path forward.

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I think a huge reason Elon Musk is so virulently transphobic is not simply that his daughter transitioned & went no contact, but that he did everything he could to make sure all his kids were boys b/c he hates women, & one of those children deliberately & publicly embracing being female enrages him.

1- Stand up from the desk 2- Stretch 3- Walk away from the desk 4- Don't look back 5- Keep walking, you're free

NPR@npr.org

Sitting at a desk all day hurts. And it isn't good for us. Strategies to make it a little more comfortable, from eye muscle exercises to alleviate eye strain to a back pain-fighting body movement. n.pr/4888Xjf