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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier

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“This is not a time to be dismayed. This is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for.” - Henry Rollins 
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 4h
No one I've discussed the movie with seems to believe that the Man In The Hat changed reality, and that there was never anyone dreaming. It makes me feel like someone was messing with reality on me. You remember that character in the movie, right?
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10h
I have a bunch of Erasure and B-52’s in my playlist which I believe is just enough gay that I can’t be represented by this flag
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10h
Lung cancer is a horrible death that I wouldn’t wish on anyone but if these clowns think their plagiarism machine will save them, well, I can’t stop them from seeking it.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11h
Is it monkeys that belong luchadors, or luchadors who are monkeys? I must have an answer before I decide how to proceed.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 14h
Lots of golf courses have one day memberships so you can try out the facilities and decide if you want to sign up.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 15h
Local Hero
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 15h
Did ours yesterday. Today is lying on the couch groaning and regretting my gluttony day.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 15h
Hmmm.. I wonder if Golden Patty in Kensington is open today. I'm in the mood for what ought to be Toronto's official food.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 15h
TBH, the burgers aren't that great in the era of gourmet burger joints but the knowledge that you're an hour away from the lake gives them something special.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 15h
They can't do it when you're looking!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Tilly Norwood will never die, like Marilyn, or herpes
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I listened to an idiot who said if you like the Sex Pistols, you must hate the Clash. I smartened up eventually
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
youtu.be/QmKQ2Z1odSc?...
youtu.be
Devo - [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction (Video)
YouTube video by Warner Records
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
They did, but I always thought of them as the heirs to garage rock and not so much the great girl groups
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I wondered why my grandmother left Ireland for Canada. Now I know. There were proper pumpkins here.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I found the Ronettes cover to be deeply disconcerting.. not what I was expecting.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I just assume Abel Gance did it ten years earlier and move on.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Does Grandma side with Leo or the heretical MAGA bishops?
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I can’t help but admire someone who is so passionate about his art
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I wonder if this time they'll address the war guilt instead of pussyfooting around with "we betrayed our soldiers"? Either way, I'm there.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's Raining Particle Men
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Tishomingo Blues is my favourite, and I regret it never being filmed because the soundtrack would have been killer.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You could easily joust on those.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The apparent futility of fighting the fossil fuel industry in the face of global warming sure brings me down, and I’m an old guy. I can’t imagine how the kids face it, with or without social media. Or comics.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Very sad that the Ramones all died before their yacht rock evolution
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Watched Zabriskie Point on Criterion. Definitely a work of its time, alienation, anger and cleansing revolutionary fire. Also early Pink Floyd.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m moving my phone forward and back for that 3-D effect.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Never forgave her for taking the pope’s side against Sinead O’Connor when she was fighting against child abuse in the Irish church
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Se7en Samurai
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I like air shows but there's absolutely no call to have them over cities where people have no choice but to get traumatized, have their dogs freak out and run the risk of a horrific crash. (I like to think of the vintage aircraft as a reminder that violence against Nazis is a virtue)
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every Brad Bradford endorsement is like, "Toronto used to be a utopia with zero problems. Now it is only fit for the most violent of rats, where sentient crack pipes murder you in dark alleys and feral child gangs feast on the Lululemons of my yoga mom group. Brad will fix this. I live in Whitby."
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I bet if we could get a few thousand bucks together we could buy all the old Looney Tunes cartoons. Maybe leave Tweety and Sylvester behind.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My local rep theatre recently showed Godzilla vs Hedorah, a psychedelic screed against industrial pollution. More go-go dancers than any other Godzilla film.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pandering to separatists. Maybe if Toronto threatens to secede the Leafs will get some respect
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hey my Toronto friends - if you're planning to vote for Olivia Chow, either because you like her or really want to save the city from Bradford, be aware - there are two Chow's on the ballot. Make sure you get the right one.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Vandalism of the Crooked Cue would be counterproductive but I’m astonished it hasn’t happened yet
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You could stand beside a pile of printed code taller than you are.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lauryn Hill youtu.be/i3_dOWYHS7I?...
youtu.be
Lauryn Hill - Everything Is Everything (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by laurynhillvevo
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That pile of code gives me nightmares. She was a real one.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I could ignore traffic crimes for half the price of a cop.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Joining the Short Empire flying boat club
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How are you supposed to fight an arch-criminal on top of that?
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perhaps the museum would appreciate a gift of a Fur-Bearing Trout.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm disappointed to report that the flying dragons are real. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(...
en.wikipedia.org
Draco (lizard) - Wikipedia
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Burt Lancaster did a credible job as an amateur astronomer in Local Hero. (Mostly right, anyway)
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Four Lads, 1953
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Is he going to plead that he was a secret agent for the FBI?
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Billy Bragg’s favourite cover too.
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Andy Beaton, but 25% spookier @aiabx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (not Constantinople)
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