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

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Like, this is actually a large boulder the size of a large boulder. I could pick up and move a small boulder by myself.

29.01.2026 04:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Boulder," is a much less impressive term when you find out that they can be measured in millimetres without needing a decimal separator.

29.01.2026 04:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
These Canadian companies are making MONEY off of ICE and Trump's violent mass deportation regime
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore These Canadian companies are making MONEY off of ICE and Trump's violent mass deportation regime

WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE: youtu.be/BUOxBvWg6zA?...

28.01.2026 23:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

My most used button on this website is the "Discard" button when making a reply, and I think the internet as a whole is better for it.

28.01.2026 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A television showing a 1983 episode of The Price Is Right at the showcase showdown. Bob Barker has dark hair and is wearing a grey jacket and dark pants. The two contestants are both women with short hair, one wearing a black sleeveless top, the other wearing a black vest over a white blouse. The set has a vibrant green carpet, with a background made of panels that have concentric green, people, red, and orange shapes. There is a bit of subtitle in the screen that reads, "and the one if you who bids."
In the extreme foreground is a patch of out-of-focus white and black blanket.

A television showing a 1983 episode of The Price Is Right at the showcase showdown. Bob Barker has dark hair and is wearing a grey jacket and dark pants. The two contestants are both women with short hair, one wearing a black sleeveless top, the other wearing a black vest over a white blouse. The set has a vibrant green carpet, with a background made of panels that have concentric green, people, red, and orange shapes. There is a bit of subtitle in the screen that reads, "and the one if you who bids." In the extreme foreground is a patch of out-of-focus white and black blanket.

28.01.2026 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm sick and laying on my couch and I'm wrapped in a blanket and I'm watching a The Price Is Right rerun and it's starring a dark-haired Bob Barker and the nostalgia vibes are INTENSE.

28.01.2026 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've never made risotto, so I can't even guess how this is going to turn out, but I LOVE the can-do vibe.

28.01.2026 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)

Maybe it will happen today.

28.01.2026 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Asking chat gpt what the Sunk Cost Fallacy is.

28.01.2026 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 445    ๐Ÿ” 77    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The paranoid writer in me immediately thought, "Government in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry loosens safety regs on nuclear reactors to make an accident inevitable so that when one happens they can say, 'Nuclear is unsafe, despite regulations. We must stop all nuclear for our safety.' "

28.01.2026 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Say five things that you really like about yourself, full sincerity, no joking.

27.01.2026 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't like reposting from the Nazi Bar, but the @saveosc.bsky.social account didn't post their update here: The Ontario Science Centre, which was closed in June 2024 because the roof was an immediate danger, survived the storm despite no major repairs in the year and a half since closing.

27.01.2026 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I don't think that's how that works. I suspect they get paid based on tickets sold, regardless of whether it's cash purchase or Cineclub credit. If anyone who works in a theatre wants to clarify, that'd be great.

27.01.2026 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know, don't bother trying to correct me.

27.01.2026 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only ones I feel bad for are the poor cashiers who are out of a job.

27.01.2026 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Has anyone told him that he doesn't need to walk to Santa Clara?

26.01.2026 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man is singing into a microphone with the words `` do n't call it a comeback ! '' Alt: LL Cool J, wearing a boxer's robe, viewed in profile, is singing into a microphone with the words, "Don't call it a comeback!"

Don't call it a comeback... because it ain't.

26.01.2026 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Strange, Shovel-Tusked Elephants Puzzled Paleontologists, Until Experts Took a Closer Look at Their Teeth The animals' extended lower jaws were seemingly made for scooping, but research over the past few decades has found they could do a lot more than initially expected

Shovel-tuskers! Ancient elephants like Amebelodon are an evolutionary success story, and weโ€™re only just starting to understand how they used their exceptional jaws. Iโ€™ll tell you more at Smithsonian. ๐Ÿงช

26.01.2026 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 129    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I shoveled just the front porch and the path to the front porch, and by the time I got back it could have done with another shoveling. I didn't even do the driveway or the sidewalks (those can wait until morning and the snow blower).

26.01.2026 04:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Target Center crowd erupts with โ€œFUCK ICEโ€ following the moment of silence for Alex Pretti

25.01.2026 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2665    ๐Ÿ” 526    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Target Center dunkers wear โ€œICE OUTโ€ t-shirts

26.01.2026 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13918    ๐Ÿ” 2682    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 134

This is disappointing to learn.

26.01.2026 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean nobody likes shrill noises, that's kind of the point in making them: to get attention because nobody likes them.

But if you're saying that you're particularly sensitive to them, you may want to get yourself checked for a sensory processing disorder, and conditions like autism linked to it.

25.01.2026 23:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Disappointed but not surprised. Doug has no moral compass.

25.01.2026 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...for now.

25.01.2026 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

say it ainโ€™t so
I will not go,
Turn the lights off

CORGI IN SNOW

25.01.2026 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 159    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Based on the video I've seen, he had a gun on him at the start of the encounter but wasn't holding it. It looks like they took his gun before he was shot.

Am I certain that's the way of it? No, but that's how it looks.

25.01.2026 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also I feel like I'm on day one of whatever cold/flu had been going around and knocking people on their asses for a week. Fingers crossed that's just stress about traveling through the storm revealing itself as tightness in my chest.

25.01.2026 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A reminder to the news media: โ€œconflicting accountsโ€ is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

25.01.2026 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47184    ๐Ÿ” 14198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 524    ๐Ÿ“Œ 602
A screenshot of a weather app. 
Across the top of an orange box that reads, "Orange Warning - Winter Storm."
Below that is a picture of a cloud, the current weather, and the day's forecast.
-11ยฐC Overcast
Feels like -22
H: -9ยฐC L: -14ยฐC
Snow starts within the next hour

Then there is an image linking to an article. It has a red chyron that reads, "Happening now: ...GTA with 10-30+ cm of snow..."
It shows a picture of a Toronto intersection during a previous snow storm, and has the text, "Storm Centre" in the upper left corner, with the T in storm being stylised to look like a lightning bolt. There is a red button at the bottom that says, "Click here for more."

A screenshot of a weather app. Across the top of an orange box that reads, "Orange Warning - Winter Storm." Below that is a picture of a cloud, the current weather, and the day's forecast. -11ยฐC Overcast Feels like -22 H: -9ยฐC L: -14ยฐC Snow starts within the next hour Then there is an image linking to an article. It has a red chyron that reads, "Happening now: ...GTA with 10-30+ cm of snow..." It shows a picture of a Toronto intersection during a previous snow storm, and has the text, "Storm Centre" in the upper left corner, with the T in storm being stylised to look like a lightning bolt. There is a red button at the bottom that says, "Click here for more."

Today feels like an awful day to have a job that can't be done from the comfort of a home office.

25.01.2026 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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