Zebulon

Zebulon

@zebulonpike.ca

He/Him Maker of children's Television and storyteller for grownups Named after the last military leader to attack my home town. There's a houseboat in Yellowknife named after me. (not after the general) https://replaystorytelling.com/

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Anyone else having trouble listing to Ctrl Alt Speech this week? Both Apple Podcasts and Pocketcast show the episode but can't dload it.

YouTube is down but history and direct links still work. Now is a good time to watch the stuff you saved in the Watch Later playlist and then forget about completely.

We used to brag about knowing a band before they blew up, now we brag about having left twitter before it went full CSAM Nazi

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I recently went a HS reunion. Someone I hadn't seen in a while asked me why I never post on Facebook anymore. I said because it's no fun and Meta is a terrible company. The group continued to talk about how much they hate FB now, despite the fact that they clearly won't stop using it.

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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

Today I voted in an abandoned grocery store that was decorated like a haunted house. I can't think of a more suitable location to describe how I feel about this election. in case you're wondering, I voted werewolf

The irony of being a Canadian in 2025, descended from a Danish territory, and named after an American General who died attacking my hometown

It's exciting to see that Taron Egerton is rebooting the Carry On series, but the tone seems very different from what I remember.

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For those going home to visit family this weekend: • Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus • LG calls it TruMotion • Sony calls it Motionflow • Roku calls it Action Smoothing • Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement • Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.

Halfway through making breakfast burritos I discovered there was no milk for the scrambled eggs, so I substituted whipping cream. On their own the eggs were too rich, but it absolutely worked in the burrito.

Make it easy to read. Assume nobody wants to read it.

em. rowene@queerenigma.com

Saw one of these going around for art and would love to see one for writing. So quote repost this with a piece of writing advice you wish you knew earlier than you did. And let's get an advice train going!

Finally finished fixing up my daughter's new apartment and came home to find a sink hole in my front lawn 🙄 Gonna need a pro to fix this one

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One thing that micro-transactions in video games have proven irrefutably is that men also want to spend a bunch of money on little outfits, and society had failed them in finding a way to express it.