JayC
@jadacormier.bsky.social
Melbourne based Canadian ex-pat. Work in tech, dad to teenage girls. Enjoy simple pleasures, will read your content about music, baseball, movies, and politics. Favourite thing in the world is a really good twisty turny time travel sci-fi story.
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Idiocracy was a documentary
February 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Idiocracy was a documentary
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Keep fighting. Keep dancing.
January 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Keep fighting. Keep dancing.
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as profound a meditation on attention as anything I've read
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
as profound a meditation on attention as anything I've read
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It can always, always get dumber.
GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
January 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It can always, always get dumber.
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I bet the guys arguing that everyone had a right to be a great artist or musician or writer without putting in any hard work are the same ones who used to sneer about “participation trophies”
January 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I bet the guys arguing that everyone had a right to be a great artist or musician or writer without putting in any hard work are the same ones who used to sneer about “participation trophies”
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A primer on the two biggest issue facing Canadians
January 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A primer on the two biggest issue facing Canadians
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Lololol this entire thing reads like dystopian satire. What on earth are they thinking? WE DON’T NEED FAKE PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH!
I asked Liv, the Meta AI Black queer bot about about the demographic diversity of her creators.
And how they expect to improve “representation” without Black people.
This was the response.
And how they expect to improve “representation” without Black people.
This was the response.
January 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Lololol this entire thing reads like dystopian satire. What on earth are they thinking? WE DON’T NEED FAKE PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH!
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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My Christmas card from 2016.
We're overdue for a Season's Beatings II...
We're overdue for a Season's Beatings II...
December 5, 2024 at 10:34 PM
My Christmas card from 2016.
We're overdue for a Season's Beatings II...
We're overdue for a Season's Beatings II...
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![A [FAKE] tweet from South Korea's soon-to-be-ex-President Yoon Su, reading "The haters said we couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aohq6g4pn4njqioimsxtvghu/bafkreihm76lxdvcctcmb4dcjrorqaqxrzujwztozstsk5hiodditj3vzoe@jpeg)
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We're just a Canadian MLB baseball team, standing in front of another superstar MLB free agent, asking him to love us 😍
www.si.com/mlb/blue-jay...
www.si.com/mlb/blue-jay...
Blue Jays Make Their First Official Pitch to Free Agent Juan Soto
Toronto is looking for a star.
www.si.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:48 PM
We're just a Canadian MLB baseball team, standing in front of another superstar MLB free agent, asking him to love us 😍
www.si.com/mlb/blue-jay...
www.si.com/mlb/blue-jay...
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Man who sent car to space has thoughts about government waste
November 27, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Man who sent car to space has thoughts about government waste
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It’s all in the telling.
November 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM
It’s all in the telling.
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A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 AM
A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.
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We’ve gone from The Simpsons predicting the future to 30 Rock predicting the future
November 20, 2024 at 2:35 PM
We’ve gone from The Simpsons predicting the future to 30 Rock predicting the future
The Killers are now U2. Big stadium rock performances and putting out consistently high quality accessible music for the masses.
I will boldly predict that Fontaines DC will eventually take over that mantle.
(There is always a U2)
I will boldly predict that Fontaines DC will eventually take over that mantle.
(There is always a U2)
Jenny Lewis was asking people what the best band of the last 30 years is, but covering half the 90s threw me, so now I’m thinking:
what is the best band from 2000-now. the best band that released their first album post-‘99.
what is the best band from 2000-now. the best band that released their first album post-‘99.
November 20, 2024 at 11:18 PM
The Killers are now U2. Big stadium rock performances and putting out consistently high quality accessible music for the masses.
I will boldly predict that Fontaines DC will eventually take over that mantle.
(There is always a U2)
I will boldly predict that Fontaines DC will eventually take over that mantle.
(There is always a U2)
Posting favourite covers, ie. the best songs re-interpreted in ways that give them new meaning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaIo...
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Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (music video)
YouTube video by Mark Wright
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Posting favourite covers, ie. the best songs re-interpreted in ways that give them new meaning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaIo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaIo...
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We just had beef or salmon at ours.
November 20, 2024 at 6:47 AM
We just had beef or salmon at ours.
November 20, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Yeah, OK I'm all in on this place.
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Yeah, OK I'm all in on this place.
Beautiful version of a fantastic song. I'm always such a sucker for good covers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_fq...
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Julia Stone - Bloodbuzz Ohio (Live in London)
YouTube video by juliastoneofficial
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Beautiful version of a fantastic song. I'm always such a sucker for good covers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_fq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_fq...
I dont understand why there is so much hugging in boxing
November 16, 2024 at 5:12 AM
I dont understand why there is so much hugging in boxing