Michael Martell
@michaelmartell.bsky.social
Canadian Film Industry person, gaffer mostly.
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JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
Quick follow-up: It has not been "so much fun", very much the opposite of fun. #LFC
I can't wait to watch this Liverpool squad play more this year. Wirtz looks amazing. Hugo looks a very nice addition and the pair of new fullbacks are doing great thus far. Adding all that to this team is so much fun. #LFC
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Quick follow-up: It has not been "so much fun", very much the opposite of fun. #LFC
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Well the inevitability of this is terrifying.
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Well the inevitability of this is terrifying.
Canada's national animal already deep into a nation building project of their own. For better or worse...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Cv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Cv...
Invasion of the beavers: The Arctic will never be the same
YouTube video by The Nature of Things
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Canada's national animal already deep into a nation building project of their own. For better or worse...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Cv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Cv...
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U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
U.S. billionaire financier of Cabot Links golf resort in Cape Breton is Trumpian climate denier, Mike Keiser. Now the Cabot Group wants to take West Mabou Beach provincial park for a 3rd luxury golf course in Inverness, Nova Scotia. Keiser originally got his hands on the Cabot Links land for $1. 🧵
How cool, artists, technicians creating things together. More of this, less AI please.
Apple TV’s new streaming logo was built with glass and captured in-camera 🎥
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
How cool, artists, technicians creating things together. More of this, less AI please.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Have the Americans ever thought to put the NCAA in charge of Government ethics and oversight? They used to catch and punish coaches who bought a hamburger for a hungry player.
Kash fired the guy he thinks outed him for taking another private jet flight to see his girlfriend sing.
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Have the Americans ever thought to put the NCAA in charge of Government ethics and oversight? They used to catch and punish coaches who bought a hamburger for a hungry player.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
Call this game a draw and add an 8th game to the series. #WorldSeries
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Call this game a draw and add an 8th game to the series. #WorldSeries
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It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film. n.pr/4n4s82s
How Charlie Chaplin used his uncanny resemblance to Hitler to fight fascism
It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film.
n.pr
October 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film. n.pr/4n4s82s
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“Copyright growing pains” is one hell of a euphemism for the biggest IP theft in history
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon
Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies
www.scientificamerican.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Copyright growing pains” is one hell of a euphemism for the biggest IP theft in history
I just had a flash memory of watching Hook (1991) with my mom and her sharing her concern for Peter and the lost boys heading into the final battle because they've been surviving off an diet of imagination food only. Big mom energy.
October 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I just had a flash memory of watching Hook (1991) with my mom and her sharing her concern for Peter and the lost boys heading into the final battle because they've been surviving off an diet of imagination food only. Big mom energy.
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we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
October 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
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toxic masculinity: explained
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
toxic masculinity: explained
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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Mi'kmaw land protectors are blocking logging trucks in Unama'ki Mikmaw for Cape Breton.
This, to protest the clear-cutting in the mountains that they say is threatening the moose population and traditional medicines.
This, to protest the clear-cutting in the mountains that they say is threatening the moose population and traditional medicines.
September 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Mi'kmaw land protectors are blocking logging trucks in Unama'ki Mikmaw for Cape Breton.
This, to protest the clear-cutting in the mountains that they say is threatening the moose population and traditional medicines.
This, to protest the clear-cutting in the mountains that they say is threatening the moose population and traditional medicines.
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Not enough
Breaking News: The A.I. firm Anthropic agreed to a record $1.5 billion settlement for illegally downloading and storing copyrighted books.
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases and could lead more A.I. companies to pay rights holders for use of their works.
nyti.ms
September 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Not enough
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RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.
September 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
RIP Graham Greene. Every time he popped up on screen when I was a kid, my mom would excitedly point him out for being an actual Native on the screen. Able to be deadly serious and infinitely hilarious (even in smaller roles like Last of Us), he ate up the screen. Nʌki’wah brother.
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CLEARCUT (1991) TRAILER
YouTube video by Severin Films / Intervision Picture Corp.
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September 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is sad. One of my favourite actors all time. He elevated every project in which he took part.
September 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is sad. One of my favourite actors all time. He elevated every project in which he took part.
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In the article it describes a comprise between the First Nation and the local township in 2014, only to see it used in the following election cycle by a candidate promising not to honour the agreement. Good for the Saugeen to get ownership of what’s theirs.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Beach returned to First Nation after 170 years following Canada legal battle
Stretch of Lake Huron shore was promised to Saugeen people in 1854 treaty with crown but was wrongly omitted from map
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In the article it describes a comprise between the First Nation and the local township in 2014, only to see it used in the following election cycle by a candidate promising not to honour the agreement. Good for the Saugeen to get ownership of what’s theirs.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...