Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

There are a lot of them. I’ll go for seeing Casablanca for the first time in a rep theatre and the whole crowd cheering when Capt Renault says “Round up the usual suspects”

What I'm wearing to the BlueSky Christmas party:

New season of Midsomer Murders on Acorn. First episode has the classic double Midsomer whammy - "Is that you, <suspect>"? and <rot13 spoiler> "Qvq lbh gryy nalbar?" I am delighted.

My fear is that by the time Trump is brought to account for his crimes, dementia will make him no longer capable of being held responsible for his actions.

Hey @criterionchannl.bsky.social - I see Bringing Up Baby is back for American subscribers, but not for Canadians. I understand why, but it would be nice if you'd give us something to substitute for it.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

December 7, 1941 is worth remembering. Not because there's likely to be another sneak attack by the Japanese on American naval bases, but because we should remember how fast a government can turn on its own citizens and send them off to concentration camps for racist reasons. (Yeah, Canada, you too)

this shit is just beyond parody, man

City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it! Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling. City: No, we'll lose parking spots.

Are we allowed one exception in the trade war? My Criterion Channel subscription is coming up for renewal and I don't want to lose it.

A movie that takes place at Christmas is not necessarily a Christmas movie. I said what I said.

David Byrne is one of those few musicians that I respect for doing new and interesting things as they age instead of doing the nostalgia act thing. Is it weird that I want him to be friends with his old TH bandmates again, even if they never record? youtu.be/PNmcF6eRE7w?...

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Don’t tip these sidewalk robots over. That would be wrong. You should be ashamed of yourself for even thinking about how hilarious it would be.

Post your favourite Star Trek character(s). Wrong answers only

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Moose Black bears Humpback whales Orcas Little purple jellyfish

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen: David Bowie Peter Gabriel Devo Tom Waits Cab Calloway

THIS 👉👉👉

@poslfit.bsky.social Canadian English is a hot subject.

I watched K-Pop Demon Hunters with the family. It was fun, but I gotta be honest, an hour later I don't remember a single one of the songs. Maybe K-pop isn't my thing.

I would like to have Tarkovsky raised from the dead to remake Lord of the Rings. All poetry, no action.

I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

My controversial Star Wars opinion: I enjoy it like I would have enjoyed Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon serials, and I don’t care if it’s consistent or even makes sense. I just want the ride.

Top 4 80’s films? Repo Man Wings of Desire Local Hero Ran

Turning off the AI in Gmail causes your account to no longer slit your emails up through Primary, Promotions, and Social. That's because Google is a petulant little bitch who doesn't like that you told them to fuck off with their bullshit slop scam.

Hey, since Patton Oswalt was reinstated, maybe Bluesky moderation can reinstate someone who was banned for doing the exact same thing.

Phew, election avoided. Now in the Canada of my imagination, Poilievre will be kicked out and the Cons will shift left, forcing the other parties to shift left to distinguish themselves. And I will get a pony.

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are: -existential crisis disguised as war movie - existential crisis involving beautiful French people who talk a lot - existential crisis of aging Italian men - existential crisis in space - funny Scots

Post your favourite Star Trek character(s). Wrong answers only.

Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like! 1. Saturn 2. Ska 3. Mozart's operas 4. Bicycles 5. Cheese 6. French New Wave movies 7. Variable stars 8. Eating in restaurants after midnight 9. Mystery novels 10. Boardgames

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca... “Astrophysicist Sara Seager, innovation and energy economics scholar Jacquelyn Pless, and economics expert Mark Duggan will be joining the post-secondary institution starting in the 2026-2027 academic year.” (U of Toronto is my old school)

The Blue Origin New Glenn launch went well. I guess "the evil billionaire who isn't openly a Nazi" is a win? ESCAPADE going to Mars is at least something I can be happy about.

What movie villain is a horrible person, but an absolute joy to watch on screen?

Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."

Got the DVD's of the 70's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy miniseries. Reminds me of I Claudius in that they spent nothing on sets and effects and everything on writing and acting. Old Obi-Wan is a hell of a talent, he just conveys so much with a subtle change of expression. This is brilliant stuff.

Coming to the conclusion that the Epstein files are irrelevant - no matter how much evidence turns up that Trump raped children, his supporters will never stop making excuses or yelling "fake news" or waving around bible verses that show that some Babylonian king was wicked but did good things.

My grandfather hunted Nazi submarines on the North Atlantic, starting out on an armed yacht, the tiniest warship I’d ever heard of. His health was destroyed and he died not long after the war. I will not dishonour his memory by holding hands with fascists now.

It will always be Armistice Day: youtu.be/qB4cdRgIcB8?...

Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)

Hey Ontario, check out this unexpected surprise! Whoddathunkit?

I thought from the start that the whole point was to funnel money to his buddies for studies and reviews and impact evaluations. Because the idea was insane from moment one and everyone knew it.

I'm offended as a Canadian when other Canadians go to the US for "fun". It feels traitorous to me.

If the best team always won, the Dodgers would have finished 162-0 this season before sweeping the Jays. That doesn't happen. Baseball is fun because sometimes the worm turns. And sometimes it doesn't. That's baseball!

If you get the poutine at IKEA (not the worst I’ve ever had) with Swedish meatballs, they stick a little Swedish flag in it which feels like cultural appropriation to me.

The #filmsky question I can never answer is “what bad film do you love?” And the answer is always “if I love it, it’s because I think it’s good”. You may not think so, critics may not think so but I see something there that resonates with me.