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International childhood (UK/Zambia/Oz/Newfoundland!) and now somewhere in Toronto.

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sherman, for the love of god!

10.10.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5718    ๐Ÿ” 1799    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 120    ๐Ÿ“Œ 443
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Hey Toronto! And all my friends and compatriots in the GTA. Iโ€™ll be at @BenMcNallyBooks, 108 Queen St. E, on Thursday, Oct. 23rd (my birthday) to launch my memoir, Openly Karl. From 5 - 7 p.m. Iโ€™ll read and sign copies for you. Thanks @BenMcNallyBooks and thanks @BreakwaterBooksLtd

08.10.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Malus Thorme from Baldur's Gate 3.

Malus Thorme from Baldur's Gate 3.

07.10.2025 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tintin's dog, Snowy, running and barking. His barks are spelled 'Wooah'.

Tintin's dog, Snowy, running and barking. His barks are spelled 'Wooah'.

From the depths of my childhood, I have associated 'woah' with this dog and only this dog. (You can throw in a 'u' if you're feeling French)

06.10.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Quote posters who improve original posts are dreamers and visionaries who must be protected at all costs.

Quote post if you agree.

02.10.2025 04:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The September 30th/October 1st meme where on the left is a cheerful image (September) and to the right a darker or at least less cheerful image. (October) 

I have chosen two pictures of myself. September is cheerful, striding towards camera with a big peace symbol statue behind me, bedecked with flowers. To the right, I am staring balefully while covered in blood. The blood one is from a TV show but the left one is my usual idiot self.

The September 30th/October 1st meme where on the left is a cheerful image (September) and to the right a darker or at least less cheerful image. (October) I have chosen two pictures of myself. September is cheerful, striding towards camera with a big peace symbol statue behind me, bedecked with flowers. To the right, I am staring balefully while covered in blood. The blood one is from a TV show but the left one is my usual idiot self.

Everyone else is doing it.

01.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've got my dog wearing that.

27.09.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today's fashion reminder: I can wear my wolf T-shirt OR my camouflage trackpants but I should not wear BOTH my wolf T-shirt and camouflage trackpants.

27.09.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and itโ€™s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread ๐Ÿงต)

24.09.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29577    ๐Ÿ” 9952    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 733    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1555

Last night (while watching Little Women (2018)) I thought Beethoven's "Pathรฉtique" sounded singable, but I couldn't find any history of lyrics.

This morning, "Blue. Smiles along with you" popped into my head and I went, "Oh. Right."

[this is a niche post. Flagging for too Canadian and too 1980s.]

23.09.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SECOND Triumverate?
Let's tri this again.
Must we? I'm so umverate.

(Oh no. I am once again thinking about the Roman Empire.)

23.09.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Twice the protagonists, twice the death!

- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Bonnie and Clyde

21.09.2025 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ad for the cluster collection featuring 3 pendants in orange, turquoise and red that look like clusters of fish eggs

ad for the cluster collection featuring 3 pendants in orange, turquoise and red that look like clusters of fish eggs

ad for the collage collection featuring 1 worry stone and 2 pendants in overlapping mixed colors and patterns. they're made from layering swirling cane

ad for the collage collection featuring 1 worry stone and 2 pendants in overlapping mixed colors and patterns. they're made from layering swirling cane

ad for the earring collection, featuring round dangly earrings in pink/yellow, blues, and yellow/orange/black

ad for the earring collection, featuring round dangly earrings in pink/yellow, blues, and yellow/orange/black

ad for the brushstroke collection featuring a purple bolo tie, blue cufflinks and a teal green and white circular pendant. they all are made from multicolor cane that looks like i got a paintbrush and put a few different colors on it and sort of squiggled it around, but that's just how glass made like this looks, no paint is involved.

the background of all these ads is a very light version of a photo of a dragonskin pattern i made for another project. it gives them a little bit of extra dimension and character.

ad for the brushstroke collection featuring a purple bolo tie, blue cufflinks and a teal green and white circular pendant. they all are made from multicolor cane that looks like i got a paintbrush and put a few different colors on it and sort of squiggled it around, but that's just how glass made like this looks, no paint is involved. the background of all these ads is a very light version of a photo of a dragonskin pattern i made for another project. it gives them a little bit of extra dimension and character.

Happy Saturday everyone! I have a jewelry store with a focus on handmade glass that I make in a kiln. I'd love to sell you something beautiful!

nora.jewelry

#bsnm

20.09.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
A plastic barrier being used as a doggie gate. It has various holes in it and through one of them is peeping an eye a nose and an ear of a curious white Pomeranian.

A plastic barrier being used as a doggie gate. It has various holes in it and through one of them is peeping an eye a nose and an ear of a curious white Pomeranian.

Heeeeere's Jojo!

20.09.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nope. Lots of background in Halloween costumes, though.

17.09.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cleaning the cat box like the worldโ€™s saddest archaeologist

15.09.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 227    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

16.09.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12928    ๐Ÿ” 3844    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 366    ๐Ÿ“Œ 368
a screenshot from a website saying You've read your last free article.

a screenshot from a website saying You've read your last free article.

is this a threat

15.09.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 364    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

โ€œI asked Grokโ€ โ€œI asked ChatGPTโ€ Yeah, well I asked my mother what will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to me.

23.07.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1453    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Okay, I very much enjoyed Dexter: Resurrection. And here's the thing. I've never seen the original Dexter or the two spin-offs.

I'm like the guy who goes, "Hm, I've never seen anything Star Trek. I think I'll start with 'Picard'."

12.09.2025 02:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These are strange times for men named Al.
I don't know what to tell you.
Maybe spell AL in all caps until this mania crashes.

12.09.2025 02:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He does have some self-awareness. bsky.app/profile/diew...

12.09.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr...

07.09.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Squeeze - Tempted (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SqueezeVEVO Squeeze - Tempted (Official Music Video)

Gooooood morning, internet. Too Cool Cauldron here taking over DJ duties at the top of the dial. Let's greet the pale gray dawn with something that goes down easy but gets you bopping into the day with a gentle beat. Be good to each other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZic...

04.09.2025 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didn't expect anyone to say 'Triangle of Sadness' in 'Triangle of Sadness' so that one got a full-throated "Woo-hoo!" from me.

19.08.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a graphic from Skip the Dishes purporting that not one slice of pizza is to be had in all of Toronto

a graphic from Skip the Dishes purporting that not one slice of pizza is to be had in all of Toronto

This used to be a city

16.08.2025 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just a beautiful Dick Tracy creation we've got here.

15.08.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a stovetop with broccoli, gravy, and in the foreground, a large round pan in which can be seen the raked, browned mashed potato topping of this (birthday request) Shepherd's Pie, courtesy of Keisha.

a stovetop with broccoli, gravy, and in the foreground, a large round pan in which can be seen the raked, browned mashed potato topping of this (birthday request) Shepherd's Pie, courtesy of Keisha.

Zen Garden Shepherd's Pie

12.08.2025 03:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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