Gary Townsend
@gary-townsend.bsky.social
Father, Brother, Son, deaf single guy trying to figure out life. Data Nerd.
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Gary Townsend
@gary-townsend.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Online personalities are a funny thing. Decades ago I found an obscure name in a book about Japanese lore which resonates with me.
Shalktonin. I dunno why it did but I adopted it as my online alias, 9ver the years I've uses it for just about every online game.
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#GamingName #OnlineIdentities
Shalktonin. I dunno why it did but I adopted it as my online alias, 9ver the years I've uses it for just about every online game.
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#GamingName #OnlineIdentities
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If trump grabs Greenland his next move will to seize all the islands in Canada’s Arctic. The US has always had issues with them being part of Canada
January 11, 2026 at 7:54 AM
If trump grabs Greenland his next move will to seize all the islands in Canada’s Arctic. The US has always had issues with them being part of Canada
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Notice how the number of whistles going off started increasing right before the ICE decided to leave.
Numbers fucking matter. Stop what you're fucking doing immediately and inject yourself. ESPECIALLY if you're not targeted right now.
Numbers fucking matter. Stop what you're fucking doing immediately and inject yourself. ESPECIALLY if you're not targeted right now.
January 10, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Notice how the number of whistles going off started increasing right before the ICE decided to leave.
Numbers fucking matter. Stop what you're fucking doing immediately and inject yourself. ESPECIALLY if you're not targeted right now.
Numbers fucking matter. Stop what you're fucking doing immediately and inject yourself. ESPECIALLY if you're not targeted right now.
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MINNESOTA: “I’m Native American! This goes against everything I stand for.“
A couple with a baby in the house face an impossible choice when a terrified female door dash driver runs inside to escape ICE. (They ultimately run them off 💪🏽)
Trump’s America. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTUXFIy...
A couple with a baby in the house face an impossible choice when a terrified female door dash driver runs inside to escape ICE. (They ultimately run them off 💪🏽)
Trump’s America. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTUXFIy...
January 10, 2026 at 5:30 AM
MINNESOTA: “I’m Native American! This goes against everything I stand for.“
A couple with a baby in the house face an impossible choice when a terrified female door dash driver runs inside to escape ICE. (They ultimately run them off 💪🏽)
Trump’s America. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTUXFIy...
A couple with a baby in the house face an impossible choice when a terrified female door dash driver runs inside to escape ICE. (They ultimately run them off 💪🏽)
Trump’s America. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTUXFIy...
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CEO Andrew Levy, in an email to employees viewed by CNBC, said that "We moved a portion of our fleet into a government program which promised more financial stability but placed us in the center of a political controversy."
No paywall
No paywall
Key airline used by Trump for deportations cuts ties with ICE
Avelo will cease operations for the government on January 27.
www.axios.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
CEO Andrew Levy, in an email to employees viewed by CNBC, said that "We moved a portion of our fleet into a government program which promised more financial stability but placed us in the center of a political controversy."
No paywall
No paywall
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Jacob Frey: "I mean, let's call a spade a spade here. I was listening to Kristi Noem speak minutes ago, and it sounded to me like someone that didn't believe a word that they themselves were saying. Let's be straightforward about this: this is not about safety, this is about terrorizing people."
January 8, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Jacob Frey: "I mean, let's call a spade a spade here. I was listening to Kristi Noem speak minutes ago, and it sounded to me like someone that didn't believe a word that they themselves were saying. Let's be straightforward about this: this is not about safety, this is about terrorizing people."
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Why is everyone yelling “release the epstein files” when we should already be yelling “impeach and remove!”?
Yelling about the Epstein files is an extra step and it can happen after he’s out of office.
Yelling about the Epstein files is an extra step and it can happen after he’s out of office.
January 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Why is everyone yelling “release the epstein files” when we should already be yelling “impeach and remove!”?
Yelling about the Epstein files is an extra step and it can happen after he’s out of office.
Yelling about the Epstein files is an extra step and it can happen after he’s out of office.
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If we even go anywhere near Greenland I hope that's the straw that sparks the nationwide general strike. Furthermore, I dont want a goddamn dime of my money going toward the federal anything. Fuck these fascists fucks. 🖕🏻
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
If we even go anywhere near Greenland I hope that's the straw that sparks the nationwide general strike. Furthermore, I dont want a goddamn dime of my money going toward the federal anything. Fuck these fascists fucks. 🖕🏻
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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I'll be curious if any of the "the 51st state comments are just talk, calm down" people will change their tune now that Trump unilaterally bombed and kidnapped the leader of a sovereign country
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I'll be curious if any of the "the 51st state comments are just talk, calm down" people will change their tune now that Trump unilaterally bombed and kidnapped the leader of a sovereign country
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Wonderful news for readers in the United Kingdom: I've found a way to reduce shipping costs for my magazine. Shipping to the UK is now the lowest rate available—lower even than shipping within Canada. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit gurdeep.ca/magazine
December 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wonderful news for readers in the United Kingdom: I've found a way to reduce shipping costs for my magazine. Shipping to the UK is now the lowest rate available—lower even than shipping within Canada. If you feel called to hold this warmth of printed words in your hands, visit gurdeep.ca/magazine
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The 60 Minutes correspondent who worked on the segment alleged in an internal email that pulling it from airing was “not an editorial decision, it is a political one."
60 Minutes Segment Leaks Online After It Was ‘Spiked’ By CBS News Chief
The 60 Minutes correspondent who worked on the segment alleged in an internal email that pulling it from airing was “not an editorial decision, it is a political one."
www.forbes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The 60 Minutes correspondent who worked on the segment alleged in an internal email that pulling it from airing was “not an editorial decision, it is a political one."
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🌿Opening some more slots, gotta get cat food and I would love to be able to afford christmas presents for folks🌿
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Shares are SUPER appreciated #artistsky
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Portraits
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Shares are SUPER appreciated #artistsky
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
🌿Opening some more slots, gotta get cat food and I would love to be able to afford christmas presents for folks🌿
v
Portraits
❄️Single £50
❄️Couples £70
Shares are SUPER appreciated #artistsky
v
Portraits
❄️Single £50
❄️Couples £70
Shares are SUPER appreciated #artistsky
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This episode is on Prime, but Youtube has it to. This episode has a segment which deals with gender dysphoria and probably explains it better than the IDW people & the Harry Potter lady youtu.be/I80MlMmcVeM?...
Newton's Law Season 1 Episode 2 - The Butterfly Effect
YouTube video by Kim Tae Hee
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This episode is on Prime, but Youtube has it to. This episode has a segment which deals with gender dysphoria and probably explains it better than the IDW people & the Harry Potter lady youtu.be/I80MlMmcVeM?...
Today is the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the #EdmundFitzgerald
In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Today is the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the #EdmundFitzgerald
In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
This article is a really good write up talking about deaf sex. One of the questions I once recieved was. "Deaf People can have sex?*
#Deaf
Because Deaf sex shows us the opposite: silence can be deeply communicative. Silence can be erotic. Silence can be deliberate, attentive, powerful.
#Deaf
Because Deaf sex shows us the opposite: silence can be deeply communicative. Silence can be erotic. Silence can be deliberate, attentive, powerful.
Silence Isn’t Sexy: The Unspoken Reality of Deaf Sex | DeafMetrix
They say sex sells.
But what if you were never included in the story of sex at all?
What if intimacy, desire, and pleasure were designed as if you didn’t exist?
For years I’ve carried this question....
www.linkedin.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This article is a really good write up talking about deaf sex. One of the questions I once recieved was. "Deaf People can have sex?*
#Deaf
Because Deaf sex shows us the opposite: silence can be deeply communicative. Silence can be erotic. Silence can be deliberate, attentive, powerful.
#Deaf
Because Deaf sex shows us the opposite: silence can be deeply communicative. Silence can be erotic. Silence can be deliberate, attentive, powerful.
One down one to go. Got my COVID jab today. My flu one is scheduled next week. Was the easiest one I've done so far. Was in and out of Shoppers drug mart in less than 10, minutes.
Then got to go have breakfast with my daughter at Whistlin Waffle. So good. #Vaccine #Famiky #Healrhcare
Then got to go have breakfast with my daughter at Whistlin Waffle. So good. #Vaccine #Famiky #Healrhcare
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One down one to go. Got my COVID jab today. My flu one is scheduled next week. Was the easiest one I've done so far. Was in and out of Shoppers drug mart in less than 10, minutes.
Then got to go have breakfast with my daughter at Whistlin Waffle. So good. #Vaccine #Famiky #Healrhcare
Then got to go have breakfast with my daughter at Whistlin Waffle. So good. #Vaccine #Famiky #Healrhcare
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I cant comment on this post so I quote post it.
1st. The woman on tiktok doing this has mental issues.
2. There is no baby. None of the story is true.
She is doing this so people will send her money to her cash app.
She asked churches for formula for a fake baby and for them to send her money
1st. The woman on tiktok doing this has mental issues.
2. There is no baby. None of the story is true.
She is doing this so people will send her money to her cash app.
She asked churches for formula for a fake baby and for them to send her money
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I cant comment on this post so I quote post it.
1st. The woman on tiktok doing this has mental issues.
2. There is no baby. None of the story is true.
She is doing this so people will send her money to her cash app.
She asked churches for formula for a fake baby and for them to send her money
1st. The woman on tiktok doing this has mental issues.
2. There is no baby. None of the story is true.
She is doing this so people will send her money to her cash app.
She asked churches for formula for a fake baby and for them to send her money
Glad to see the PSF refused to be held hostage by the current US Administration
#Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings • The Register share.google/LgXnczUBKXaX...
#Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings • The Register share.google/LgXnczUBKXaX...
Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings
: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped
share.google
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Glad to see the PSF refused to be held hostage by the current US Administration
#Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings • The Register share.google/LgXnczUBKXaX...
#Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings • The Register share.google/LgXnczUBKXaX...
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The Governor of California decided to close I5 while the Marines were showing off for JD Vance. 250 is 01 November. Anyway, it appears the closure of the highway was warranted. Sometimes live rounds don’t do what you want them to.
October 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Governor of California decided to close I5 while the Marines were showing off for JD Vance. 250 is 01 November. Anyway, it appears the closure of the highway was warranted. Sometimes live rounds don’t do what you want them to.
This is why I won't ever say AI is bad it drives many assistive technologies. Like my transcribe software on my phone that lets me "hear" others. It's not perfect or maybe it was my western Canada accent but I said sells not solve. But this gives me independence.
#AI #AssistiveTechnologies
#AI #AssistiveTechnologies
October 18, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This is why I won't ever say AI is bad it drives many assistive technologies. Like my transcribe software on my phone that lets me "hear" others. It's not perfect or maybe it was my western Canada accent but I said sells not solve. But this gives me independence.
#AI #AssistiveTechnologies
#AI #AssistiveTechnologies
The AI Panic these days is almost hilarious. It has its uses and is a good tool but no it shouldn't be used for everything. But I will use it as a tool and I'm glad for it. #AI
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The AI Panic these days is almost hilarious. It has its uses and is a good tool but no it shouldn't be used for everything. But I will use it as a tool and I'm glad for it. #AI
Oof a reduction in options is never usually a good thing. Will have to see how this plays out.
a16z-backed data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge in all-stock deal reut.rs/4haCah9
a16z-backed data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge in all-stock deal
Data startups Fivetran and dbt Labs will merge in an all-stock deal, creating a combined data infrastructure company with nearly $600 million in annual revenue, the two companies told Reuters.
reut.rs
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Oof a reduction in options is never usually a good thing. Will have to see how this plays out.