Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, ex-Secret Movie Clubber. I can probably help you with your movie. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
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Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
· Dec 2
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
"Really? People still go to movies?"
And @kateatherley.bsky.social just noticed I'd posted Queen and Beverly when this was actually at Queen and BERKELEY -- dammit dammit dammit.
Toronto! Is anybody looking for a dog in the Moss Park area? Just saw this big white dude sniffing around the trees at Queen and Beverly, ran away when I tried to approach. Heading towards Parliament now.
January 5, 2026 at 3:19 AM
And @kateatherley.bsky.social just noticed I'd posted Queen and Beverly when this was actually at Queen and BERKELEY -- dammit dammit dammit.
Motherfucker finally saw the three spirits
Trump looked like death warmed over as he returned to the White House tonight
(Alex Wong/Getty)
(Alex Wong/Getty)
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Motherfucker finally saw the three spirits
I love this, and would also add something I've discussed with @realgdt.bsky.social in the past: We create fictional monsters as a way of containing and exploring the real ones humanity throws at us every goddamn day.
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I love this, and would also add something I've discussed with @realgdt.bsky.social in the past: We create fictional monsters as a way of containing and exploring the real ones humanity throws at us every goddamn day.
Oh great, he got a good night's sleep
Trump: "Cuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it's ready to fall. I don't know if they're gonna hold out."
January 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Oh great, he got a good night's sleep
... hey, has Trump been heard from today? Is he all tuckered out after all the crimes?
January 4, 2026 at 9:06 PM
... hey, has Trump been heard from today? Is he all tuckered out after all the crimes?
The man had Vanilla Ice and a Ninja Turtle at his New Year's Eve party, he CLEARLY thinks it's 1991
its incredible to read how the regime has to do a hard sell on the oil companies for this. president grandpas 1989 brain does it again. oil is 50 dollars a barrel and the infrastructure is degraded and the situation completely confused and politically volatile. oil ceos not exactly excited. amazing
whatever the real reason for this was by the smart guys, the stated reason for the addled moron in charge is oil. and that's darkly funny considering we don't need it
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The man had Vanilla Ice and a Ninja Turtle at his New Year's Eve party, he CLEARLY thinks it's 1991
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So it increasingly appears Trump just made up the idea that he was in charge of Venezuela. Made it up. Confabulated it. Confirming he is not aware of what is happening around him, and should no longer be in this job. Can't walk this one back peeps.
Yeah, people are fixating on a Cabinet Secretary being given a sovereign country to run because the president waged war without congressional approval and kidnapped the old leader. Weird that they’d get hung up on that.
WELKER: Mr. Secretary, are you running Venezuela right now?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. People are fixating on that. Here's the bottom line -- we expect to see changes in Venezuela
January 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
So it increasingly appears Trump just made up the idea that he was in charge of Venezuela. Made it up. Confabulated it. Confirming he is not aware of what is happening around him, and should no longer be in this job. Can't walk this one back peeps.
Toronto! Is anybody looking for a dog in the Moss Park area? Just saw this big white dude sniffing around the trees at Queen and Beverly, ran away when I tried to approach. Heading towards Parliament now.
January 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Toronto! Is anybody looking for a dog in the Moss Park area? Just saw this big white dude sniffing around the trees at Queen and Beverly, ran away when I tried to approach. Heading towards Parliament now.
And we all know the kind of people Jim Jordan trusts.
BASH: The question is -- what's next?
JIM JORDAN: What I'm saying is, we'll see. I trust Secretary Rubio, I trust Secretary Hegseth, I trust President Trump and him making decisions that are best for the American people
JIM JORDAN: What I'm saying is, we'll see. I trust Secretary Rubio, I trust Secretary Hegseth, I trust President Trump and him making decisions that are best for the American people
January 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
And we all know the kind of people Jim Jordan trusts.
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Considering the news this weekend, this worked out perfectly.
From the @effinbirds.com daily calendar.
From the @effinbirds.com daily calendar.
January 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Considering the news this weekend, this worked out perfectly.
From the @effinbirds.com daily calendar.
From the @effinbirds.com daily calendar.
Two Oscar-nominated screenwriters, @aiannucci.bsky.social and @kumail.bsky.social, are on the next season of TASKMASTER. That's wild.
Also, NEW CAST ANNOUNCED
Also, NEW CAST ANNOUNCED
Taskmaster confirms Gavin & Stacey icon in season 21 line-up
Who could it be?
www.digitalspy.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Two Oscar-nominated screenwriters, @aiannucci.bsky.social and @kumail.bsky.social, are on the next season of TASKMASTER. That's wild.
Also, NEW CAST ANNOUNCED
Also, NEW CAST ANNOUNCED
Reposted by Norm Wilner
Pierre Poilievre’s Personal Assistant Explains Why He Supports Trump Invading Venezuela
youtu.be/NBrSxfzpSpI
youtu.be/NBrSxfzpSpI
Pierre Poilievre’s Personal Assistant Explains Why He Supports Trump Invading Venezuela
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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January 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Pierre Poilievre’s Personal Assistant Explains Why He Supports Trump Invading Venezuela
youtu.be/NBrSxfzpSpI
youtu.be/NBrSxfzpSpI
What are the odds the wi-fi is even password protected
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
What are the odds the wi-fi is even password protected
As usual, the worst people are the only ones happy today.
Ontario’s former Minister of Education and current Minister of Energy and Jazz Hands has some thoughts on the situation in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
As usual, the worst people are the only ones happy today.
I know things are horrible today, but this is a nice thing to look forward to.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I know things are horrible today, but this is a nice thing to look forward to.
Strong leadership, totally conscious leadership, maybe a week before falling offstage at a Mission Accomplished event
Trump is really fighting to keep his eyes open while Caine goes on and on
January 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Strong leadership, totally conscious leadership, maybe a week before falling offstage at a Mission Accomplished event
Jesus fucking Christ, take this man to a hospital and let him spend the rest of his days watching the Teletubbies
"The Monroe Doctrine is a big deal... They now call it the Donroe Doctrine."
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Jesus fucking Christ, take this man to a hospital and let him spend the rest of his days watching the Teletubbies
Philosophers now have a new paradox: Does this prove that God exists and has a wicked sense of humor, or that God died sometime during Reagan's second term
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Philosophers now have a new paradox: Does this prove that God exists and has a wicked sense of humor, or that God died sometime during Reagan's second term
Chauncey Gardener, if he watched nothing but wrestling and the Playboy Channel.
Trump to Fox & Friends on the raid that captured Maduro: "I mean, I watched it literally l like I was watching a television show. If you would've seen the speed, the violence -- it was an amazing thing."
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Chauncey Gardener, if he watched nothing but wrestling and the Playboy Channel.
It's Eric, isn't it
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
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polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
It's Eric, isn't it
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In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”
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Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
Attacking a sovereign nation because people keep asking about your decaying health, sure, why the fuck not
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Attacking a sovereign nation because people keep asking about your decaying health, sure, why the fuck not
I'll never get tired of these.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I'll never get tired of these.
I think he's subconsciously competing with RFK Jr now.
My man looks like Robert Redford was battered and deep-fried
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I think he's subconsciously competing with RFK Jr now.