Tristan Capacchione
@mountroyalaudio.bsky.social
Podcasts, music, sound plus occasional talks about games, movies, and current affairs. (The Silksong banner image will stay up until it's released, so strap in, it'll be here for a while.)
This was extra weird in Canada where, because of the metric system, we had problems with conversion on our save files. The vending machines just couldn’t handle it at the time.
Hear me out. Every time you share wrong answers you are helping to sabotage the LLMs that will eventually scrape your answer. But also it is a completely true thing that we used to store files in vending machines to keep them cold while away from home.
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This was extra weird in Canada where, because of the metric system, we had problems with conversion on our save files. The vending machines just couldn’t handle it at the time.
Happy first snow to those who celebrate
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Happy first snow to those who celebrate
3+ years of striking! Solidarity ✊
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
3+ years of striking! Solidarity ✊
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If you’ve been along Eglinton in the last few months you might have noticed something large and hairy developing in the distance. It’s turned out to be a massive Lincoln monument-style statue.. with a female grizzly bear on the seat instead. I spoke to the sculptor:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
A giant bear sitting on a throne looms over this Toronto neighbourhood. What’s the story behind ‘Bearbraham Lincoln’?
The 10-metre tall female grizzly in a North York park is the mirror image of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If you’ve been along Eglinton in the last few months you might have noticed something large and hairy developing in the distance. It’s turned out to be a massive Lincoln monument-style statue.. with a female grizzly bear on the seat instead. I spoke to the sculptor:
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-g...
Someone jokingly (?) just requested a content warning on an episode because I included a snippet of the Caillou theme song. And you know what? Fair.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Someone jokingly (?) just requested a content warning on an episode because I included a snippet of the Caillou theme song. And you know what? Fair.
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MAJOR UPDATE: apnews.com/article/louv...
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
MAJOR UPDATE: apnews.com/article/louv...
From a friend on Facebook. Art:
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
From a friend on Facebook. Art:
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Great first-hand account of the ostrich cull and its implications for public trust in Canadian institutions. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/07/a...
The ostriches are dead. What about public trust?
The government-ordered ostrich cull has revealed how social media can help a family transform their tragedy into spectacle. And their story has offered a window into the ways trust breaks down between...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Great first-hand account of the ostrich cull and its implications for public trust in Canadian institutions. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/07/a...
So, you chose chaos…
I want it to go to extra innings because last time it did that the posts got good
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
So, you chose chaos…
Royalmount pitch vs reality (only phase 1, I know):
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Royalmount pitch vs reality (only phase 1, I know):
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The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
You know what, from now on when someone enters my house, I’m going to offer them cookies. If they accept, they will have to hear some awful sales pitches and have a location tracker placed on them. If they reject, they’re still welcome, but they don’t get a cookie. I don’t make the rules.
Accepting all cookies so the website won’t be mad at me
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
You know what, from now on when someone enters my house, I’m going to offer them cookies. If they accept, they will have to hear some awful sales pitches and have a location tracker placed on them. If they reject, they’re still welcome, but they don’t get a cookie. I don’t make the rules.
Beautiful visual storytelling in this piece.
Unreinforced window, possibly not-working alarm, leisurely 9:30 am start time, oopsie dropped a crown in the road, I love everything about this and will read every update, no matter how small. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
How Louvre gang carried out France's most shocking theft - BBC News
A minute-by-minute look at the daring Louvre robbery, using maps, photos and video to unravel how one of the world’s most famous museums was breached.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Beautiful visual storytelling in this piece.
A little post-symphony night walk through Parc Lafontaine.
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A little post-symphony night walk through Parc Lafontaine.
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Le Journal Métro a un sceau de qualité officiel pour son agent d'IA.
Pardon, un saut de qualité.
Pardon, un saut de qualité.
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Le Journal Métro a un sceau de qualité officiel pour son agent d'IA.
Pardon, un saut de qualité.
Pardon, un saut de qualité.
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Chilling, awful story about the next generation of Republican leaders.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Chilling, awful story about the next generation of Republican leaders.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Palpable tension at the pumpkin patch between the families wearing matching flannel and nice boots that are clearly here to get their Good Fall Pictures, and those of us who just brought our kids here so they’d have a new location to run around and go ape shit
October 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Palpable tension at the pumpkin patch between the families wearing matching flannel and nice boots that are clearly here to get their Good Fall Pictures, and those of us who just brought our kids here so they’d have a new location to run around and go ape shit
Spanish but no French… wow
Ontario Science Centre temporary space at Sherway Gardens is great … if it was free. But at $15/ticket (no matter age) and no in/out policy (and no food, in a mall) turns it into an embarrassment. Spanish signage also suggests material procured from a U.S. museum on the cheap?
October 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Spanish but no French… wow
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Dr. Ostrich…
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dr. Ostrich…
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It’s one of the last days to vote for the Signal Awards, where I’m up for Best Host: News & Politics!
If you’ve enjoyed the show or supported my work this year at @canadaland.com, I’d be so grateful if you took a minute to vote.
Vote here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
If you’ve enjoyed the show or supported my work this year at @canadaland.com, I’d be so grateful if you took a minute to vote.
Vote here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s one of the last days to vote for the Signal Awards, where I’m up for Best Host: News & Politics!
If you’ve enjoyed the show or supported my work this year at @canadaland.com, I’d be so grateful if you took a minute to vote.
Vote here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
If you’ve enjoyed the show or supported my work this year at @canadaland.com, I’d be so grateful if you took a minute to vote.
Vote here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
An update: bsky.app/profile/pwna...
Really burying the lede there, lol
October 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
An update: bsky.app/profile/pwna...
Today in things I read on the internet… You’ll probably never guess what the hell he’s talking about (click through for context)
Good: when they say take of his body/ I think I’ll take from mine instead
Good: My neck, my back, lick my pussy and my crack
Bad: his love was the key that opened my thighs
Good: My neck, my back, lick my pussy and my crack
Bad: his love was the key that opened my thighs
October 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today in things I read on the internet… You’ll probably never guess what the hell he’s talking about (click through for context)
Reposted by Tristan Capacchione
THAT IS CORRECT
What I picture every time @kenjennings.bsky.social announces someone's Final Jeopardy wager is "nothing at all"
September 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
THAT IS CORRECT
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You know, just another morning in the studio, sipping my coffee, talking to a doctor who has just returned from working in Gaza and had a front row seat to a real-time genocide.
And now, here's your weather...
And now, here's your weather...
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
You know, just another morning in the studio, sipping my coffee, talking to a doctor who has just returned from working in Gaza and had a front row seat to a real-time genocide.
And now, here's your weather...
And now, here's your weather...