An all-time great feel-good, pure entertainment value post + replies here. It's been a hit in every group chat, too. [Glenn Pierogies]

National Opera Lays Off 200 Phantoms https://theonion.com/national-opera-lays-off-200-phantoms/

“It might feel like you’re ‘saving time and money,’ but you’re actually slowly turning your brand into something generic like all the other brands out there using AI tools.” www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

Canada Day 2017 at the Dome watching the @bluejays with my sister. They lost that afternoon, but I only remember what a good day that was. I will cheer on this team no matter where they are in the standings. They continue to deliver thrilling moments and good memories. Happy Canada Day! #bluejays

A lot of media coverage of the ‘AI’ reading of the Herculaneum scrolls really fails to understand what’s happened here. There’s no language processing happening, the AI/ML is not trained on a corpus of texts or language. It can detect ink to see shapes. HUMAN EXPERTS are then transcribing the text.

It did my heart good to see so many people streaming into the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this weekend. A wonderful variety of ages, backgrounds, abilities, and vibes. Always happy to support @falseknees.bsky.social too. #TCAF2026 @torontocomics.bsky.social

Reunited roomies this weekend. #BlueJays #Pirates

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live Crowded House Rush The Doobie Brothers Duran Duran Ben Folds Five Trashcan Sinatras Earth, Wind and Fire The Police Genesis Tower of Power

What's that scent on the wind in Toronto today? Almonds, baby sickup, a hint of brimstone? What's that distant sound? The clackity of dice and a roar of triumph? @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social must be here. www.coca-colacoliseum.com/events/detai...

Ooooh I am deeply in the tank for this.

what every “how to incorporate AI in your humanities classroom” article/email/workshop looks like to me

Sue White’s planned gift for the Rodney White Environmental Studies Scholarship will provide lasting support for generations of students, and honour the legacy of a renowned scholar, loving husband and devoted father. Learn more: bit.ly/4uylMg7

Rich Brown – Nyaeba Whirlwind Recordings – Street date : September 2025 English www.paris-move.com/reviews/rich... French www.paris-move.com/reviews/rich... #RichBrown #newjazzalbums #bayoublueradio #thevoiceofjazz #thiewrruydeclemensat #paris-move #jazz

Look, not everybody needs to be a strawberry, okay? There's room for cranberries in this world too. You can be weird and sour and only tolerated by a handful of people around the holidays. I know you can. You can be fun if mixed with enough vodka. I believe in you. You can live in a bog

My Bluesky engagement strategy

Is Geddy there? <checks> Yep. We're good. #BlueJays

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

I cheer for this guy and this team all day, every day. See you Friday night, Ernie.

Bought two copies of this. Kept one for myself and gifted the other to a friend this weekend. She loved it. Venus of Willendorf 4eva

<fart noise>

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).

Alex Ward throwing down with the lore, LOTR DVD Extras Edition. #CriticalRoleSpoilers #Elijahcansleepanywhere @alexanderward.bsky.social

@sarahdbunting.bsky.social *gently hands Bo over* Take good care of him, ok? *sniffle*

wow really helpful, thank you new york times

It's Epiphany, which means it's time for Cuddling Kings in Medieval art

I do not like your AI slop I do not like it, make it stop I do not want an AI house I do not want an AI mouse No AI box. No AI fox— That AI slop can go kick rocks I would not AI here or there I would not AI anywhere No AI car, no AI czar Your AI slop is killing trees I do not like it, let me be!

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Saw this at St George station today. #BlueJays #PeteWalker

Whatever the MLB has done to make the umpires more audible, I don't like it. #BlueJays

This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball

My eyeball is twitching. Please #BlueJays do something to win so I can go to bed

I can hardly believe it. Deep Left Field Episode 300 will be one for the AGES.

Want. Want the entire series, frankly.

I'm nervous about the #BlueJays game but at least these Electrical Permit Pete commercials are entertaining.

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

One of my favourite cities in the world and I can't wait to visit again in December. It is EVERYTHING.

VENUS a mini comic about girls night uniting us all 1/2

"In spite of the Total Request Live and low-cut bootleg pants of it all, JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS captures—and then eviscerates—the bizarre contours of early-2020s culture with more clarity than any piece of contemporary media." - @kellieherson.bsky.social

Some people’s leg tattoos look like random stickers splattered on a teen’s laptop and I just need a more coherent narrative.

WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

!!!! (Garraty! Garraty! Come on, 47!)

FREEZE FRAME Well them Duke boys gotta be wondering right now whether they should be doing more to lower carbon emissions

‘What’s a poster you had in your room growing up?’

'It’s time to nut up and put on your petticoat—you’re an eighteenth-century governess now.'

May 26-27 we celebrate the Bat Pack - yesterday the birthday of Peter Cushing & today Vincent Price & Christopher Lee, shown here in 1983.