Laura Slater
@marketrlaura.bsky.social
Tech product marketer • Rescue dog mom • Lapsed hockey fan • Cordcutter • Fluent in GIF
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This week, thanks to this @defector piece, I learned that saying something is a gong show to indicate it’s a chaotic mess is classic Canadiana. I thought this was an expression in the US too until I read it.
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he s...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This week, thanks to this @defector piece, I learned that saying something is a gong show to indicate it’s a chaotic mess is classic Canadiana. I thought this was an expression in the US too until I read it.
#InternetOfShit. Literally.
I have some bad news about your most recent Black Friday purchase, the AI Pervert Toilet.
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
#InternetOfShit. Literally.
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Wondering which Canadian novel to read out loud to the family at Christmas.
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wondering which Canadian novel to read out loud to the family at Christmas.
Is it possible to be ratioed out of office? Cause they’re sure trying.
Sabrina Carpenter's post yesterday calling the White House video "evil and disgusting" is in record-setting ratio territory: 1.3 million likes (20x more than WH's), 177,000 reposts, 83 million views
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Is it possible to be ratioed out of office? Cause they’re sure trying.
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
presented without comment
This is criminal. They sold this woman hope for $80,000 and left her to die.
American ALS patient died alone after paying $84K US in pursuit of healing at controversial Sask. facility www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is criminal. They sold this woman hope for $80,000 and left her to die.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry.
come over.
come over.
July 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry.
come over.
come over.
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
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I don’t need an HDTV I need an ADHDTV that knows when I break eye contact to play on my phone and has a button that skips my show right back to that point
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I don’t need an HDTV I need an ADHDTV that knows when I break eye contact to play on my phone and has a button that skips my show right back to that point
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
Teddy Ruxpin gone wild.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Teddy Ruxpin gone wild.
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kinda blows my mind that every single sports fan doesn’t own a digital antenna. i get that lots of stuff is on cable but the one time purchase of an antenna has solved so many of my problems
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
kinda blows my mind that every single sports fan doesn’t own a digital antenna. i get that lots of stuff is on cable but the one time purchase of an antenna has solved so many of my problems
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As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As a white man, I hate AI for appropriating my culture of being confidently wrong about things while using Reddit as a primary source.
Simple but brilliant. Kudos to the campaign staff.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Simple but brilliant. Kudos to the campaign staff.
Wow. So glad I’m doing so many things to make these losers mad and not even breaking a sweat. Could use the trust fund, but wasn’t that lucky.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Wow. So glad I’m doing so many things to make these losers mad and not even breaking a sweat. Could use the trust fund, but wasn’t that lucky.
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Not a baseball person and turned on the game only to see the Dodgers tie it. Immediately turned it off because clearly it was my fault. Now I’m just living vicariously through the collective Bluesky angst.
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Not a baseball person and turned on the game only to see the Dodgers tie it. Immediately turned it off because clearly it was my fault. Now I’m just living vicariously through the collective Bluesky angst.
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Happy Halloween! Here is a small treat for you all, a 1964 theatrical 35mm advert asking viewers to Save Free TV against evil, spooky cable & paid TV companies! Featured in the ad are a number of classic monsters, who all deserve a place, especially today! youtu.be/0paCHh3V1P4
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Happy Halloween! Here is a small treat for you all, a 1964 theatrical 35mm advert asking viewers to Save Free TV against evil, spooky cable & paid TV companies! Featured in the ad are a number of classic monsters, who all deserve a place, especially today! youtu.be/0paCHh3V1P4
Welp. I guess I have to watch S2 now.
Surprise. Melanie Lynskey in colorful #Matlock guest star role - but no scenes with husband Jason Ritter.
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Welp. I guess I have to watch S2 now.
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To say that the majority of Trek fans are right wing and that women don’t *really* like it is something that only a real trek fan would know that only a fake Trek fan would say
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
To say that the majority of Trek fans are right wing and that women don’t *really* like it is something that only a real trek fan would know that only a fake Trek fan would say
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really telling literally every other company can handle licensed WB properties than WB themselves
According to Tubi's head of acquisitions, "LOONEY TUNES" has become one of their "top-ten best-performing series," and is popular with viewers across generations.
He says they are in "active negotiations" to ensure that Tubi can be the home of Looney Tunes for "quite a while — likely years."
He says they are in "active negotiations" to ensure that Tubi can be the home of Looney Tunes for "quite a while — likely years."
October 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
really telling literally every other company can handle licensed WB properties than WB themselves