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Gareth Simpson
@gareths.bsky.social
· Jul 11
Honestly a very weird experience to join a social network in 2023, follow a bunch of people from scratch, and think of them “checking my timeline” and “liking my posts.”
I had this exact book as a kid and read it every day for like a year
the wave of weaponized nostalgia for 90s-style multiculturalism and political correctness is gonna hit different
October 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I had this exact book as a kid and read it every day for like a year
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Something so poignant about “remember me on this device”
September 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Something so poignant about “remember me on this device”
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best meme i ever made
January 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
best meme i ever made
the conway i turned twitty
the walter i turned mitty
September 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
the conway i turned twitty
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public consultation results for dedicated transit lanes on bathurst+dufferin. note overwhelming support (75%+ dufferin, 67-68% bathurst) for transit priority+converting parking to transit lanes.
transportation services recommendations + councillor compromises do not reflect what people want.
transportation services recommendations + councillor compromises do not reflect what people want.
July 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
public consultation results for dedicated transit lanes on bathurst+dufferin. note overwhelming support (75%+ dufferin, 67-68% bathurst) for transit priority+converting parking to transit lanes.
transportation services recommendations + councillor compromises do not reflect what people want.
transportation services recommendations + councillor compromises do not reflect what people want.
what on earth
Councilor Cheng says she grew up in Brampton, and the parkades at Kensington Market, St. Clair, the Esplanade and the waterfront were "important assets that were part of my childhood." She urges councillors to "have a sober look" before getting rid of parking lots.
June 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
what on earth
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While I am generally anti-doomer, I do feel reasonably confident in my “Canadian teams offended the Old Gods and are destined to lose the Stanley Cup forevermore” take.
June 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
While I am generally anti-doomer, I do feel reasonably confident in my “Canadian teams offended the Old Gods and are destined to lose the Stanley Cup forevermore” take.
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When your city’s LRT is so delayed you can gamble on when it opens
Whats your bet?
Whats your bet?
June 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
When your city’s LRT is so delayed you can gamble on when it opens
Whats your bet?
Whats your bet?
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After much trepidation, I finally tried the food at "The Fancy Induced Burger," a bizarre fast food joint in the Annex.
Here's what I learned:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-c...
Here's what I learned:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-c...
Richie Assaly: I couldn’t resist trying this bizarre Toronto novelty burger joint. It filled my belly, but not my soul
Toronto is filled with charmingly bizarre restaurants. But this novelty burger joint left me feeling spiritually depleted.
www.thestar.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
After much trepidation, I finally tried the food at "The Fancy Induced Burger," a bizarre fast food joint in the Annex.
Here's what I learned:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-c...
Here's what I learned:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-c...
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Pilots call these “sky fives”.
JUST IN: Two jets bumped wings on the ground at Washington's Reagan National Airport, with members of Congress aboard one of the planes. No injuries were reported.
Planes with members of Congress on boardbump on the ground at Washington’s Reagan National Airport | CNN
Two commercial passenger planes bumped on the ground at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport Thursday, according to several members of Congress who were onboard.
www.cnn.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Pilots call these “sky fives”.
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made a meme about my mental state
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
made a meme about my mental state
No he didn’t. Stop this.
March 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
No he didn’t. Stop this.
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It’s kind of fucked up how you can teach yourself to read a new language in the privacy and comfort of your own home but to speak it you’ve got to commit to spending several hundred hours embarrassing yourself in public.
January 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It’s kind of fucked up how you can teach yourself to read a new language in the privacy and comfort of your own home but to speak it you’ve got to commit to spending several hundred hours embarrassing yourself in public.
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happy birthday to king steve
December 18, 2024 at 4:42 PM
happy birthday to king steve
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suddenly quitting your job to avoid a meeting you don't want to go to. extremely relatable. whom amongst us, etc.
December 16, 2024 at 4:17 PM
suddenly quitting your job to avoid a meeting you don't want to go to. extremely relatable. whom amongst us, etc.
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Specifically, the problem is that young men are not listening to BBC Four's In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg at the gym.
Starting to believe the biggest determinant in young men's political alignment is how much time they spend working out. Not because like some believe, exercise has some magical effects on mindset. Purely because hours in the gym means lots of time to listen to podcasts.
December 10, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Specifically, the problem is that young men are not listening to BBC Four's In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg at the gym.
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remembering my favorite part of the beatles doc
December 7, 2024 at 11:50 PM
remembering my favorite part of the beatles doc
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quick Saturday diversion: I need these people to understand that two of the greatest onramps towards believing in community and respect for other people are sports and playing any sort of games with each other
The thing is that if you really believe they’re Nazis you can’t then say “but they don’t affect too much outside of politics right?”
November 23, 2024 at 7:35 PM
quick Saturday diversion: I need these people to understand that two of the greatest onramps towards believing in community and respect for other people are sports and playing any sort of games with each other
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Every Ottolenghi recipe should have “THIS IS A MASSIVE FAFF” in big letters at the top.
November 22, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Every Ottolenghi recipe should have “THIS IS A MASSIVE FAFF” in big letters at the top.
Post one of your favourite R&B/ Soul/Funk songs from the 70s only.
November 18, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Post one of your favourite R&B/ Soul/Funk songs from the 70s only.
100% agree; I think of this track as the apex of Stevie Wonder’s four year run of masterpieces, which is a level of uninterrupted virtuosity almost never seen in popular art (at least not in my lifetime.)
kind of convinced this is the greatest pop song ever recorded youtu.be/eLbmdG8U60E?...
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YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic
youtu.be
November 12, 2024 at 9:34 PM
100% agree; I think of this track as the apex of Stevie Wonder’s four year run of masterpieces, which is a level of uninterrupted virtuosity almost never seen in popular art (at least not in my lifetime.)
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you probably haven’t seen CONFESS, FLETCH but you definitely should, and also there should be at least 3 more of these
August 31, 2024 at 8:09 PM
you probably haven’t seen CONFESS, FLETCH but you definitely should, and also there should be at least 3 more of these
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I’m not a fan of his music but this is unnecessary.
August 28, 2024 at 1:16 PM
I’m not a fan of his music but this is unnecessary.
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in related news I am halting all purchases from Best Buy
Best Buy is halting all sales of physical DVDs and Blu-ray discs in 2024 — both in-store and online
Best Buy stops all physical DVD sales in 2024
Best Buy has confirmed that they will halt all physical DVD sales in 2024. Read here for more information on the new sales strategy.
consequence.net
January 3, 2024 at 1:11 PM
in related news I am halting all purchases from Best Buy