Josh Visser
@joshvisser.bsky.social
Legendary newsman and beer league hockey player.*
Beautiful team, beautiful run. Will take a while to get over.
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Beautiful team, beautiful run. Will take a while to get over.
Really cool night for Sportnet+ app to keep dying. Not like it’s 400 bucks a year and the World Series
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Really cool night for Sportnet+ app to keep dying. Not like it’s 400 bucks a year and the World Series
You absolutely send that guy in the 10th. Chill.
October 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
You absolutely send that guy in the 10th. Chill.
Hmmm, the colonel is in the house?
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Hmmm, the colonel is in the house?
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My book Live to See the Day is off to the printer and available for preorder. I’d love it if you bought a copy or spread the word. It took me around the world — and took seven years to write! Which is fitting for a book about things that might never happen. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/645965...
Live to See the Day by Mark Medley | Penguin Random House Canada
An imaginative study of human nature, Live to See the Day is a globe-trotting exploration of what drives certain people to pursue a dream beyond all logic, reason, or reward.
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My book Live to See the Day is off to the printer and available for preorder. I’d love it if you bought a copy or spread the word. It took me around the world — and took seven years to write! Which is fitting for a book about things that might never happen. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/645965...
Being a Toronto Blue Jays/New York Rangers fan has been pretty painful since 1995.
October 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Being a Toronto Blue Jays/New York Rangers fan has been pretty painful since 1995.
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
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What happens when a fandom obsessed w/ mass killers starts generating its own? Since 2024, the True Crime Community (TCC) has been linked to 16 school shootings/disrupted plots. Attackers seek notoriety, borrowing from past killers w/ a “memetic” twist. ISD analysis & what prevention requires below.
Memetic violence: How the True Crime Community generates its own killers
What happens when a fandom obsessed with high-profile murderers consequently becomes one of the biggest producers of them?
www.isdglobal.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What happens when a fandom obsessed w/ mass killers starts generating its own? Since 2024, the True Crime Community (TCC) has been linked to 16 school shootings/disrupted plots. Attackers seek notoriety, borrowing from past killers w/ a “memetic” twist. ISD analysis & what prevention requires below.
This was a $120M opening in my circle.
'One Battle After Another' lands solidly at the box office with a $22 million debut
'One Battle After Another' lands solidly at the box office with a $22 million debut
Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' landed at the top of the box office this weekend, marking another win for Warner Bros.
www.latimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This was a $120M opening in my circle.
John Mulaney, pretty funny.
September 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
John Mulaney, pretty funny.
Forgot to cancel Britbox so, what’s good there?
September 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Forgot to cancel Britbox so, what’s good there?
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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A warning I often repeat for those working with attacker manifestos, like the one in Minnesota: resist the temptation to seize on one element that aligns with your own political or policy concern and elevate it as the only motive.
Don't strip-mine manifestos to suit your current political project.
Don't strip-mine manifestos to suit your current political project.
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A warning I often repeat for those working with attacker manifestos, like the one in Minnesota: resist the temptation to seize on one element that aligns with your own political or policy concern and elevate it as the only motive.
Don't strip-mine manifestos to suit your current political project.
Don't strip-mine manifestos to suit your current political project.
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Not sure we need AI-enabled smokers.
Brisk It’s beginner-friendly smart smoker is more than $100 off for Labor Day
Brisk It’s beginner-friendly smart smoker is more than $100 off for Labor Day
A smoking good deal.
buff.ly
August 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Not sure we need AI-enabled smokers.
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This is great from @joshokane.bsky.social.
August 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is great from @joshokane.bsky.social.
Oasis was fun but it’ll take the 1971 Rolling Stones to get me to go back to Rogers Stadium. Just the worst!
August 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Oasis was fun but it’ll take the 1971 Rolling Stones to get me to go back to Rogers Stadium. Just the worst!
The last time I saw Oasis, Noel got jumped on stage and Liam was forced to defend his brother in public. Hope it goes better for them tonight.
August 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The last time I saw Oasis, Noel got jumped on stage and Liam was forced to defend his brother in public. Hope it goes better for them tonight.
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things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
Is there anything dumber than parking somewhat illegally because you want to be on time for the doctor?
August 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Is there anything dumber than parking somewhat illegally because you want to be on time for the doctor?
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Fascinating story by @tessowen.bsky.social on people trying to reconnect to their MAGA parents via book clubs. One woman promised to attend church if her ailing father reads 3 books. “It would be good to know that when I go one day, I’ll see my daughter again,” he says. www.wired.com/story/people...
People Are Trying to ‘Deprogram’ Their MAGA Parents Through Book Clubs
Divisive politics have led people to go “no contact” with their MAGA parents. Some hope reading together could help bridge the gap.
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Fascinating story by @tessowen.bsky.social on people trying to reconnect to their MAGA parents via book clubs. One woman promised to attend church if her ailing father reads 3 books. “It would be good to know that when I go one day, I’ll see my daughter again,” he says. www.wired.com/story/people...
Was back home on PEI for this and really apparent how unready the island is for climate change, just at a practical level. Many homes and businesses don’t have AC, playgrounds have little shade or water, etc. When I moved away 20 years ago, days over 25C felt rare. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Temperatures recorded at 2 sites break P.E.I. record for hottest day in recorded history | CBC News
A temperature of 39.5 Celsius was observed at the UPEI Climate Lab's Fox Island station near Alberton, and a recording device at Maple Plains in central P.E.I. registered a high of 38.1 C.
www.cbc.ca
August 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Was back home on PEI for this and really apparent how unready the island is for climate change, just at a practical level. Many homes and businesses don’t have AC, playgrounds have little shade or water, etc. When I moved away 20 years ago, days over 25C felt rare. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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that summit could've been an email
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
that summit could've been an email
Gee, it’s not like the experts all predicted this would happen. globalnews.ca/news/1133482...
Ford considers widening ‘jammed up’ Hwy. 407 East weeks after tolls were removed | Globalnews.ca
At an unrelated event, Premier Doug Ford said he was considering widening the public portion of Highway 407 only a few weeks after removing tolls on the route.
globalnews.ca
August 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Gee, it’s not like the experts all predicted this would happen. globalnews.ca/news/1133482...
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It's wild how many of Toronto's current problems can be traced back to "knock on effect from Rob Ford tearing up the Transit City plan as the first thing he did as mayor."
August 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's wild how many of Toronto's current problems can be traced back to "knock on effect from Rob Ford tearing up the Transit City plan as the first thing he did as mayor."