CK Russell
@virtualcara.bsky.social
Some person who makes alla' stuff. You can find my handiwork on sketchcards, comics, games and manga everywhere. Opinions are mine alone.
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Alan Moore knows the score
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Alan Moore knows the score
The whole friggin internet's at sixes and sevens
Which is to say, a state of disarray, chaos and confusion. This isn't a new phrase, it's just a new mutation!
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Which is to say, a state of disarray, chaos and confusion. This isn't a new phrase, it's just a new mutation!
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
People are confused about Dictionary.com’s 2025 word of the year | CBC News
Dictionary.com announced the internet brainrot slang term “67” (also written as "six-seven" or "6-7") is its Word of the Year for 2025, to the confusion of many online.
www.cbc.ca
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The whole friggin internet's at sixes and sevens
Which is to say, a state of disarray, chaos and confusion. This isn't a new phrase, it's just a new mutation!
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Which is to say, a state of disarray, chaos and confusion. This isn't a new phrase, it's just a new mutation!
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
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Now's the time to call up Visa/MC to ask 'hey, how come you guys will pay for ChatGPT and Twitter subs but I can't buy certain games off of Steam?' Because I frankly would LOVE an answer to that...
Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.
ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you
'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'
metro.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Now's the time to call up Visa/MC to ask 'hey, how come you guys will pay for ChatGPT and Twitter subs but I can't buy certain games off of Steam?' Because I frankly would LOVE an answer to that...
in less good things what happened to "just scan the entire scanner bed" as an option? Brother, you're not even scanning your preset sizes accurately stop cropping my stuff >:(
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
in less good things what happened to "just scan the entire scanner bed" as an option? Brother, you're not even scanning your preset sizes accurately stop cropping my stuff >:(
Lara Croft for #pouchtober2025 Day 3!
What do you mean it's day 16 already time is fake and a liar
#copicart #tradart #comicart #pouchtober #laracroft #tombraider
What do you mean it's day 16 already time is fake and a liar
#copicart #tradart #comicart #pouchtober #laracroft #tombraider
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Lara Croft for #pouchtober2025 Day 3!
What do you mean it's day 16 already time is fake and a liar
#copicart #tradart #comicart #pouchtober #laracroft #tombraider
What do you mean it's day 16 already time is fake and a liar
#copicart #tradart #comicart #pouchtober #laracroft #tombraider
So like, we're all aware that the major AI companies are american and the hardware makers are american and any investment in these things goes straight to america, right? No matter who helped invent it.
If you feel a way about this, let em know!
If you feel a way about this, let em know!
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
ised-isde.canada.ca
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So like, we're all aware that the major AI companies are american and the hardware makers are american and any investment in these things goes straight to america, right? No matter who helped invent it.
If you feel a way about this, let em know!
If you feel a way about this, let em know!
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I'd really encourage folks in Canada to write out their thoughts in this survey.
Most of mine were "Don't", but I really got to dial in on some.
Most of mine were "Don't", but I really got to dial in on some.
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
ised-isde.canada.ca
October 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'd really encourage folks in Canada to write out their thoughts in this survey.
Most of mine were "Don't", but I really got to dial in on some.
Most of mine were "Don't", but I really got to dial in on some.
I crashed a friend's class in high school and wrote a surprise essay paper during the class period
I got a better grade than everyone actually IN the class
I got a better grade than everyone actually IN the class
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I crashed a friend's class in high school and wrote a surprise essay paper during the class period
I got a better grade than everyone actually IN the class
I got a better grade than everyone actually IN the class
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all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
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holy shit and also yessssssssss film for my film camera!
Kodak is officially selling their own film again for the first time in many years and will be selling directly to photography stores now.
🔗 www.404media.co/kodak-is-sel...
🔗 www.404media.co/kodak-is-sel...
Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade
Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.
www.404media.co
October 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
holy shit and also yessssssssss film for my film camera!
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Peer pressure caused me to do it again this year. It's the 4th or 5th list and the cuts are getting deep.
Thanks to @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @andymacdonald.bsky.social for help and moral support
Thanks to @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @andymacdonald.bsky.social for help and moral support
October 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Peer pressure caused me to do it again this year. It's the 4th or 5th list and the cuts are getting deep.
Thanks to @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @andymacdonald.bsky.social for help and moral support
Thanks to @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @andymacdonald.bsky.social for help and moral support
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With Canada Post on strike again, I have updated my post on alternative shipping in Canada and to international destinations, with small businesses in mind.
Updates include information about tariffs and the end of de minimis
Updates include information about tariffs and the end of de minimis
Canada Post Alternatives: Other Shipping Companies in Canada — CindyLouWho2
Find cheaper, faster, and more reliable options for shipping than Canada Post, for both within and outside of Canada. Available for both business and personal mailing, across almost all of Canada. Als...
www.cindylouwho2.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
With Canada Post on strike again, I have updated my post on alternative shipping in Canada and to international destinations, with small businesses in mind.
Updates include information about tariffs and the end of de minimis
Updates include information about tariffs and the end of de minimis
soooooo did anyone else get their bimonthly NS power bill before Canada Post went on strike?
cuz why the hell is it for SIX MONTHS OF POWER, WHAT THE ABSOLUTE SHIT
cuz why the hell is it for SIX MONTHS OF POWER, WHAT THE ABSOLUTE SHIT
September 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
soooooo did anyone else get their bimonthly NS power bill before Canada Post went on strike?
cuz why the hell is it for SIX MONTHS OF POWER, WHAT THE ABSOLUTE SHIT
cuz why the hell is it for SIX MONTHS OF POWER, WHAT THE ABSOLUTE SHIT
Hey remember how we were all contacting visa/mastercard over their terms changes?
We can do that to our MPs too, over this, and holy snaps we need to.
We can do that to our MPs too, over this, and holy snaps we need to.
#Breaking: Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery
Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery
Other changes could include closing of rural post offices as Public Works minister cites "unsustainable" losses at Crown corporation.
www.thestar.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hey remember how we were all contacting visa/mastercard over their terms changes?
We can do that to our MPs too, over this, and holy snaps we need to.
We can do that to our MPs too, over this, and holy snaps we need to.
If you're on the northern side, this will probably eliminate the savings on the D+/Crave bundle they've been HEAVILY advertising.
Anyway I cancelled D+, some folk have more money than sense and you can only help with one of those.
Anyway I cancelled D+, some folk have more money than sense and you can only help with one of those.
SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If you're on the northern side, this will probably eliminate the savings on the D+/Crave bundle they've been HEAVILY advertising.
Anyway I cancelled D+, some folk have more money than sense and you can only help with one of those.
Anyway I cancelled D+, some folk have more money than sense and you can only help with one of those.
nani le fuq? o.o
Interesting regarding AI and Kpop Demon Hunters 1/2
September 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
nani le fuq? o.o
I'm on the Sleep Token train and all it took was these mad lads:
youtu.be/GCgllE9Ss8s
youtu.be/GCgllE9Ss8s
Sailor Song + Caramel (FULL VERSION)
YouTube video by Pat and Sean Kelly
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'm on the Sleep Token train and all it took was these mad lads:
youtu.be/GCgllE9Ss8s
youtu.be/GCgllE9Ss8s
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Ontario and BC are currently the provinces with the most signatures and I think we, the Maritimes, can put them in the dirt.
They start telling us which games we can't buy soon they'll start telling us we can only buy from the company store with company scrip.
They start telling us which games we can't buy soon they'll start telling us we can only buy from the company store with company scrip.
Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ontario and BC are currently the provinces with the most signatures and I think we, the Maritimes, can put them in the dirt.
They start telling us which games we can't buy soon they'll start telling us we can only buy from the company store with company scrip.
They start telling us which games we can't buy soon they'll start telling us we can only buy from the company store with company scrip.
Reposted by CK Russell
Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
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Dramatic time-line cleanse.
August 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Dramatic time-line cleanse.
Hilariously, today I got a notification that the global shipping program will be available to Canadian sellers this October.
Gotta make up those margins somewhere.
Gotta make up those margins somewhere.
oh uh y'all heard of ebay's "global shipping program", where a seller ships to ebay and they deal with the international shipping part?
it's powered by DHL
it's powered by DHL
August 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hilariously, today I got a notification that the global shipping program will be available to Canadian sellers this October.
Gotta make up those margins somewhere.
Gotta make up those margins somewhere.
oh uh y'all heard of ebay's "global shipping program", where a seller ships to ebay and they deal with the international shipping part?
it's powered by DHL
it's powered by DHL
German postal services group DHL said Friday that it would suspend the shipment of standard parcels for businesses to the United States, in line with similar moves by European peers deterred by looming US customs duties for low-value packages.
DHL joins European peers in pausing many parcel shipments to the US | CNN Business
German postal services group DHL said Friday that it would suspend the shipment of standard parcels for businesses to the United States, in line with similar moves by European peers deterred by loomin...
www.cnn.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
oh uh y'all heard of ebay's "global shipping program", where a seller ships to ebay and they deal with the international shipping part?
it's powered by DHL
it's powered by DHL
"There is a significant risk that [Duties and customs clearance] non-compliant shipments arriving to the US beyond August 29th will be returned to the sender. "
Which, as far as Canada Post is aware, includes EVERYTHING shipped through them. Retailers like ebay & etsy are removing CP as an option
Which, as far as Canada Post is aware, includes EVERYTHING shipped through them. Retailers like ebay & etsy are removing CP as an option
August 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"There is a significant risk that [Duties and customs clearance] non-compliant shipments arriving to the US beyond August 29th will be returned to the sender. "
Which, as far as Canada Post is aware, includes EVERYTHING shipped through them. Retailers like ebay & etsy are removing CP as an option
Which, as far as Canada Post is aware, includes EVERYTHING shipped through them. Retailers like ebay & etsy are removing CP as an option