Rob Cruickshank
@robcruickshank.bsky.social
Technician/artist. Googly-eye enthusiast. Several kinds of nerd. Unusual skill set. Toronto, Ontario. he/him.
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i do not regret to inform you that biscuit loves her new house. she refuses to leave it
December 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
i do not regret to inform you that biscuit loves her new house. she refuses to leave it
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A modern fairytale:
Jack the cat went missing from his home in North Holland. He’d got on the last train of the night to Schiphol. Luckily conductor Marcel found him, took him in the cabin then took him home for the night. “I’m responsible for all passengers, including Jack”
nos.nl/artikel/2596...
Jack the cat went missing from his home in North Holland. He’d got on the last train of the night to Schiphol. Luckily conductor Marcel found him, took him in the cabin then took him home for the night. “I’m responsible for all passengers, including Jack”
nos.nl/artikel/2596...
December 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A modern fairytale:
Jack the cat went missing from his home in North Holland. He’d got on the last train of the night to Schiphol. Luckily conductor Marcel found him, took him in the cabin then took him home for the night. “I’m responsible for all passengers, including Jack”
nos.nl/artikel/2596...
Jack the cat went missing from his home in North Holland. He’d got on the last train of the night to Schiphol. Luckily conductor Marcel found him, took him in the cabin then took him home for the night. “I’m responsible for all passengers, including Jack”
nos.nl/artikel/2596...
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Dig out your local sewer grate. (It’s very satisfying)
December 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Dig out your local sewer grate. (It’s very satisfying)
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🧠: gondolas for ski
🧠🧠: gondolas for urban transit
🧠🧠🧠🤯: gondolas for apples
The gondola connecting the central treatment hub of the largest apple producers consortium in Italy to the underground storage facility.
Opened last November.
🧠🧠: gondolas for urban transit
🧠🧠🧠🤯: gondolas for apples
The gondola connecting the central treatment hub of the largest apple producers consortium in Italy to the underground storage facility.
Opened last November.
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🧠: gondolas for ski
🧠🧠: gondolas for urban transit
🧠🧠🧠🤯: gondolas for apples
The gondola connecting the central treatment hub of the largest apple producers consortium in Italy to the underground storage facility.
Opened last November.
🧠🧠: gondolas for urban transit
🧠🧠🧠🤯: gondolas for apples
The gondola connecting the central treatment hub of the largest apple producers consortium in Italy to the underground storage facility.
Opened last November.
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It’s always useful to learn to see signs of lost & forgotten invisible history.
Another solid indicator of a past interurban: a power line that's been running next to a road suddenly marching off on a straighter alignment across some fields. Near Palmyra, IL the ROW of the Sterling, Dixon, & Eastern (1904-1925) is still very apparent.
www.google.com/maps/@41.849...
www.google.com/maps/@41.849...
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It’s always useful to learn to see signs of lost & forgotten invisible history.
CityTv Live Eye on Parliament Hill, Jan 1997. @brainchain.ca mentioned Electric Circus this morning and I was digging around to see if i had any shots from the time we took it to Ottawa. This wasn't from that shoot, though, I think we were there for a federal budget.
(red/blue 3D anaglyph)
(red/blue 3D anaglyph)
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
CityTv Live Eye on Parliament Hill, Jan 1997. @brainchain.ca mentioned Electric Circus this morning and I was digging around to see if i had any shots from the time we took it to Ottawa. This wasn't from that shoot, though, I think we were there for a federal budget.
(red/blue 3D anaglyph)
(red/blue 3D anaglyph)
Testing a frame to put stereo slides in the scanner, so here is a large pumpkin.
(Universal freeview image. View left and center images like a "Magic Eye" or with a stereoscope, view right and center images by crossing your eyes. )
Anaglyph version in the comments.
(Universal freeview image. View left and center images like a "Magic Eye" or with a stereoscope, view right and center images by crossing your eyes. )
Anaglyph version in the comments.
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Testing a frame to put stereo slides in the scanner, so here is a large pumpkin.
(Universal freeview image. View left and center images like a "Magic Eye" or with a stereoscope, view right and center images by crossing your eyes. )
Anaglyph version in the comments.
(Universal freeview image. View left and center images like a "Magic Eye" or with a stereoscope, view right and center images by crossing your eyes. )
Anaglyph version in the comments.
Related, on Friday I learned that TTC buses have antilock brakes that make that DDDDDD sound when things are Not Good.
@ttcalerts.bsky.social is a good thing to check today and tomorrow if you need to be on Toronto Public Transit. It gets the feed from the official website so it’s pretty good.
December 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Related, on Friday I learned that TTC buses have antilock brakes that make that DDDDDD sound when things are Not Good.
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I owned one of Alan Smethurst’s guitars, but I needed cash so I sold it. (The Singing Postman for the uninitiated)
At some point, Cory Doctorow owned my old espresso machine.
I own Cindy Sherman's bedside radio
December 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I owned one of Alan Smethurst’s guitars, but I needed cash so I sold it. (The Singing Postman for the uninitiated)
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Dana Carvey borrowed our 1994 Ford Aerostar van for a week
At some point, Cory Doctorow owned my old espresso machine.
I own Cindy Sherman's bedside radio
December 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Dana Carvey borrowed our 1994 Ford Aerostar van for a week
At some point, Cory Doctorow owned my old espresso machine.
I own Cindy Sherman's bedside radio
"I own William Faulker's cake knife," a sentence that is both straightforward and true, and yet sounds completely deranged
December 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
At some point, Cory Doctorow owned my old espresso machine.
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I own Cindy Sherman's bedside radio
"I own William Faulker's cake knife," a sentence that is both straightforward and true, and yet sounds completely deranged
December 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I own Cindy Sherman's bedside radio
Some custodians of history just want to force you to watch The Day the Milk was Turned off.
youtu.be/KGteGQ2a4X4?...
I am that kind of custodian.
youtu.be/KGteGQ2a4X4?...
I am that kind of custodian.
December 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Some custodians of history just want to force you to watch The Day the Milk was Turned off.
youtu.be/KGteGQ2a4X4?...
I am that kind of custodian.
youtu.be/KGteGQ2a4X4?...
I am that kind of custodian.
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Barber: "So, what are we having?"
Iguanodon: "Just a trim please"
Barber: "So did you hear about that comet that's going to wipe us all out?"
Iguanodon: "That's not for another 70 million years"
Barber: "Still, makes you think though …"
Iguanodon: "Just a trim please"
Barber: "So did you hear about that comet that's going to wipe us all out?"
Iguanodon: "That's not for another 70 million years"
Barber: "Still, makes you think though …"
December 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Barber: "So, what are we having?"
Iguanodon: "Just a trim please"
Barber: "So did you hear about that comet that's going to wipe us all out?"
Iguanodon: "That's not for another 70 million years"
Barber: "Still, makes you think though …"
Iguanodon: "Just a trim please"
Barber: "So did you hear about that comet that's going to wipe us all out?"
Iguanodon: "That's not for another 70 million years"
Barber: "Still, makes you think though …"
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From a photo taken recently by @lukespillane.bsky.social
We’re not sure what vibes we are getting from this. A boxer? Artist’s muse? Superhero? Grieving war widow??
We’re not sure what vibes we are getting from this. A boxer? Artist’s muse? Superhero? Grieving war widow??
December 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
From a photo taken recently by @lukespillane.bsky.social
We’re not sure what vibes we are getting from this. A boxer? Artist’s muse? Superhero? Grieving war widow??
We’re not sure what vibes we are getting from this. A boxer? Artist’s muse? Superhero? Grieving war widow??
These are a fantastic invention.
The MnDOT plow we just passed has a webcam on its nose giving a semi-live view of the road conditions
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
These are a fantastic invention.
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I agree but this is where we rub up against cooking shows being on the periphery of and part of the reality TV ecosystem.
They can easily afford to shoot another hour or add more appliances but that's not what the producers want. They want cheap drama from emotionally rattled people
They can easily afford to shoot another hour or add more appliances but that's not what the producers want. They want cheap drama from emotionally rattled people
something that's bothered me about GBBO is it seems to be less a baking competition and more a competition in time management.
I'd rather the bakers get more time and not have to put hot fillings into the freezer and fill cakes before they're cooled properly and have their hard work fall apart.
I'd rather the bakers get more time and not have to put hot fillings into the freezer and fill cakes before they're cooled properly and have their hard work fall apart.
December 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I agree but this is where we rub up against cooking shows being on the periphery of and part of the reality TV ecosystem.
They can easily afford to shoot another hour or add more appliances but that's not what the producers want. They want cheap drama from emotionally rattled people
They can easily afford to shoot another hour or add more appliances but that's not what the producers want. They want cheap drama from emotionally rattled people
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FISHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Carla Tolomeo (Italy, b.1945)
Yellow and Gold, 2002
Sculpture chair w/ Pontoglio velvets & sequins
210x120x50 cm
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
#ContrmporaryArt #Fish
Carla Tolomeo (Italy, b.1945)
Yellow and Gold, 2002
Sculpture chair w/ Pontoglio velvets & sequins
210x120x50 cm
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
#ContrmporaryArt #Fish
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
FISHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Carla Tolomeo (Italy, b.1945)
Yellow and Gold, 2002
Sculpture chair w/ Pontoglio velvets & sequins
210x120x50 cm
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
#ContrmporaryArt #Fish
Carla Tolomeo (Italy, b.1945)
Yellow and Gold, 2002
Sculpture chair w/ Pontoglio velvets & sequins
210x120x50 cm
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
#ContrmporaryArt #Fish
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It always, always, ALWAYS helps to be clean.
A lot of tips are circulating when it comes to possible outages due to the weather.
Let me add one I haven’t seen:
Take a shower/bath 🛁🚿🫧🧼 and wash your hair while you have hot water (or any water at all depending on your living situation.
Let me add one I haven’t seen:
Take a shower/bath 🛁🚿🫧🧼 and wash your hair while you have hot water (or any water at all depending on your living situation.
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It always, always, ALWAYS helps to be clean.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Another alien visitor at @casabentbill.bsky.social this afternoon, a gorgeous planthopper, most likely in the family Flatidae.
#bugsky #insects #invertebrates #nature #costarica
#bugsky #insects #invertebrates #nature #costarica
December 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Another alien visitor at @casabentbill.bsky.social this afternoon, a gorgeous planthopper, most likely in the family Flatidae.
#bugsky #insects #invertebrates #nature #costarica
#bugsky #insects #invertebrates #nature #costarica
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Just a quick hello from The Happiest Boy in the World.
December 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just a quick hello from The Happiest Boy in the World.
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The report from Peterborough. Stay safe Eastern Ontario folks!
It has started here. When the accretion begins is when things become a problem.
December 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The report from Peterborough. Stay safe Eastern Ontario folks!
Now imagining if tunicates had converged on octopuses instead of barnacles and shopping bags.
octopus with two siphons is a new one.
octopus, penguin turtle miniature golf, routes 7 and 20, i, lenox, massachusetts, 1984
December 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Now imagining if tunicates had converged on octopuses instead of barnacles and shopping bags.