Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I keep seeing posts that are like "don't use the new ai bot from the company that has demonstrated a repeated pattern of disregarding basic privacy and security ethics, because we've determined it'll look at and steal all your data" as if this is surprising in any way 230
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I have a mother-in-law who not only actively wanted to watch Over the Garden Wall but also loved it. So basically what I’m saying is: suck it, everybody else. 040
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trying to parse through the 130 candidates for the upcoming Vancouver municipal election and slowly losing the will to exist. 150
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I won't be engaging with this list other than to point out that animated and children's programming are both woefully underrepresented (not that this is surprising) 220
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Seeing “woke garbage” in a comment section about a movie is an immediate beacon for me to think “huh, maybe I should check it out” and is more effective marketing than any actual marketing 050
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 23/09/20261. Hey 2. Absotootely 3. If 4. Sorry to hear about your kid, but look on the bright side, now he gets to meet Batman’s parents 5. Um 030
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Found out today that I can report the ads Facebook shows me for their new AI assistant as a scam, and it doesn’t get less enjoyable no matter how many times I do it. 050
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Watched Don Hertzfeldt's latest short, Paper Trail (2026), last night. The man who's made an entire career out of making life feel precious, and tragic, and funny, and futile, and hopeful. He fucking did it again. This fucking guy. 020
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Haribo basically made their own version of Gushers and it's everything I've ever wanted in a gummy candy. 030
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026(negotiating with my alarm clock) but what if, and hear me out, instead, I *didn’t* wake up today 150
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ethan Hunt attempting to infiltrate a long-term neurodivergent couple would blow his cover within five minutes, as soon as the first call-and-response vocal stim comes up, any one of potentially hundreds. We basically have built-in relationship opsec. 030
Reposted by Lawrence of Canadiawhet moser @whetmoser.com · 15/09/2026rhea seehorn didn’t win for better call saul so vince gilligan was like, what if she was the only character, what now 165785
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Shoutout to that one drug commercial tonight during the Emmys whose side effects include a taint infection so bad it can kill you 050
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The German release of Project Hail Mary is just called Der Astronaut, and while I understand this kind of localization happens all the time, it doesn’t make it any less funny 250
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Seven failed password attempts before I realized caps lock was on has really set the tone for today's workday 020
Reposted by Lawrence of CanadiaYou Can't Stop Progress @petrochemicsoul.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thinking about "plus they'll probably have to deal with Godzilla at some point". 251171348
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Brand new hill I could die on for a bit: if the equivalent of a one-book story is split across three separate physical volumes, that shouldn’t be called a trilogy 011
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Physical 100 Italy is a fantastic pivot for the series, because it’s like what if our self-aggrandizing competition for extreme athletes was presented in the silliest possible language 000
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Happy 108th Minute of Star Trek Generations Day to all who celebrate or Happy 11th Minute of Star Trek Day to all who celebrate or Happy 111th Minute of Star Trek Into Darkness Day to all who celebrate 130
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There should be a band called Ship of Theseus that replaces a core member every few years, forever 010
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Batman Beyond and Tron: Uprising are the same show 110
Reposted by Lawrence of CanadiaLawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 14/03/2024Authorial self-insertion in fiction can be a risky trope with very little payoff, but I have to admit that Dolores Umbridge is a pretty seamless entry 063
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026lying on the couch wishing I had a li’l treat o, what cruelest fate 030
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026As someone who has had cats, and will one day have more cats, more than anything else I want a supplemental anecdote detailing exactly how this now-routine interaction was initially discovered 040
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is good advice, but also, the structure of the last two sentences made me laugh because it felt like the post took a sudden 180 to endorse drowning your phone 030
Reposted by Lawrence of CanadiaNewbie Star Trek @newbiestartrek.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The Proper Way to End a Star Trek Episode 1231874
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My hottest film take is that Ridley Scott’s best movies are good by accident, and his worst ones are those that most successfully convey his vision. Whenever he talks about a movie I liked in an interview, I'm often thinking, "THAT'S what you were going for? Huh, good thing you're bad at your job." 010
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Michael Emerson line delivery appreciation post 010
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Facebook served me an ad for pants that looks like if a tech startup just invented the concept of the inseam 140
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026doctor: treatment is simple, no more right turns, no more left turns, walk in straight line only man: but doctor, I am zagliacci 020
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Now entering the “accidentally taking a close-up photo of my jeans” to “suddenly becoming too interested in finding out how denim is made” pipeline 020
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Nice double entendre, or as the French would say, 𝘥𝘦𝘶𝘹 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 131
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026how to negotiate with your adhd in two easy steps: [monday] buckle up, we have a lot of work to get done before friday, it’s time to focus, we can do this [thursday night] okay but seriously 041
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026[mathematician watching the trailer for godzilla minus zero] why didn't they just call it godzilla 020
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026If AI disappeared tomorrow I’m not even joking when I say that it would probably take me days to notice, and when I finally noticed it’d be because I’d be thinking “why have I been in such a good mood lately?” while at my desk 080
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Random thoughts while watching all the Resident Evil movies: 1. Umbrella Corp loves branding everything. Monitors, knives, solar panels. They could make more on merch if they stopped killing everyone. 2. Waking up naked in an unfamiliar place happens so often that I now consider it a theme. 120
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Years later and this running gag still makes me laugh. Never gonna feel too old to watch kids’ cartoons. 030
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Whether someone might love or hate Metal Gear Solid games can be boiled down entirely to how they'd react to the origin of the codename Big Boss 011
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Saw it tonight. He got turned into a pig, and later he threw a rock at a cow. 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘯. 010
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Saying “hey” makes you sound old. “What’s waggin’, my doggie” instead. 030
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Was looking at the cast of The Odyssey and noticed that Sean Avery, like the actual greatest hockey super-pest who ever lived, the guy who the NHL had to literally make a new rule for, not just some random actor also named Sean Avery, is in the movie? What? 120
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Type of request: enhancement Scope of request: all of reality Brief description of request: if enough people boo a man in unison, he should simply drop dead Additional notes: apply retroactively if possible 040
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026From the ADHD archives: Today, instead of listening to management report on Q4 KPIs, my brain hummed the theme song to 1993’s Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, a movie I haven’t seen or thought about in over 30 years. 020
Lawrence of Canadia @cactuarlar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026movie about a weird vagina called The Oddussy, is that anything 010
Reposted by Lawrence of CanadiaThe Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 14/07/2026[mysterious circle of robed figures] JK Rowling: hello children Rowling: apparently amnessty international ssayss i'm anti-rightss Rowling: how dare they! Rowling: i'm going to take away their right to ssay that 7742216