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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 6h

No podcast this month, but I wrote a brief blog article about how Canadians love nostalgia but are also very bad at it, and how Buffet Infinity challenges that a little. www.zannen.ca/2026/09/buff...

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Buffet Infinity

Unfortunately, there will be no podcast episode this month, and I apologize for this. I tried my best to pull something together, but I’ve d...

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

this is wrong for several reasons, chief among them the fact that at least one person is on record saying L. Ron Hubbard was good at sex

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 26/09/2026

The only remnant of the Tim Hortons x Anne of Green Gables collab from last spring.

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Patrick Macias @patrickmacias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

RIP Richard Harrison, star of the greatest scene in movie history youtu.be/0ziWt0DFQAY?...

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Richard Harrison Phone Conversation

YouTube video by Howie Benatovitch

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Danny Oleksiuk @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is what the data centre next to my downtown Vancouver apartment sounds like at 4:23am. Land use zoning claims to separate industrial and residential uses. Instead, it bans apartments near rich people and forces apartments next to noise and pollution like this.

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Waffles 🧇 @bsky @mon0eye.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Its that time of year again. (THIS IS 10 YEARS OLD NOW?!?!?)

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

BREAKING: BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigns. "Sometimes leadership means knowing when the interests of something larger than yourself require you to step aside."

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

IMPORTANT DISCOTEK IN CANADA UPDATE. A whole bunch of titles are now being listed on Amazon.ca at not-insane prices with "Amazon US" being listed as the seller and built-in import fees. I think this is the best price they've ever had on the Cybersix BD. www.amazon.ca/Cybersix-Com...

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Cybersix Complete Series [region A]: Amazon.ca: Movies & TV Shows

Amazon.ca - Buy Cybersix Complete Series at a low price; free shipping on qualified orders. See reviews & details on a wide selection of Blu-ray & DVDs, both new & used.

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GRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 20/09/2026

This is good but let's go further: the province governs the city, the city literally bans hotels near BC Children's Hospital, please fix that!

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Cybersix Complete Series [region A]: Amazon.ca: Movies & TV Shows

Amazon.ca - Buy Cybersix Complete Series at a low price; free shipping on qualified orders. See reviews & details on a wide selection of Blu-ray & DVDs, both new & used.

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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This "significant labour legislation" could very likely end the right to strike for thousands of workers through expanding whose work is "essential," lengthening bargaining timelines or introducing US style laws. pressprogress.ca/mark-carneys...

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Mark Carney’s Government is Rushing Through Major Changes to Canada’s Labour Laws. Unions Say Workers Should Be Alarmed.

Unions are warning Carney is planning to place limits on the right to strike and deliver other items on 'Corporate Canada's wish list'

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New Don't Walk Home Alone After Dark short just dropped. This one is... bleak! youtu.be/6s9pwv_tI6A?...

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Kali | Animated Horror

YouTube video by Don't Walk Home Alone After Dark

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The defeat of Vancouver’s Villages Plan is a major setback for addressing our housing crisis and appears to mark the end of the Vancouver Plan, which has been the main focus of our planning department since 2018. Read more in my first piece for Sightline!

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Ev @evandroiden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Far-right billionaire, and funder of the BC conservatives, on that list. It's so funny that his funds likely went to him being investigated.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Chip Wilson was one of the people hired to be tailed by this private investigator. If you're not following BC politics, you're missing a hell of a show right now.

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AnimEigo @animeigo.com · 15/09/2026

A new column begins on the MediaOCD blog! It's @miketoole.com with... Toole’s Gold! mediaocd.com/introducing-... And he's here to talk about "The End of Black Jack!" mediaocd.com/tooles-gold-...

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Jetzero Infinity the Snobby Black Weeb @jetzeroinfinity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Folks, I've been told there's a new MangaPlus survey where they ask about the use of AI translation. You know what to do docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Jonathan @imissbionix.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

ICI Tou.TV streams My Hero Academia’s first season CBC's French streaming service has added the first season of the Shonen Jump title.

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ICI Tou.TV streams My Hero Academia’s first season

CBC's French streaming service has added the first season of the Shonen Jump title.

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Rumic World @furinkan.com · 11/09/2026

Scenes such as this where the light is reflecting on the water are accomplished through a process called "backlighting", "underlighting" or "bipack glow". To create the effect a matte is cut and light is shone through the holes.

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It *is* a little unsettling that she exists somewhere on the Don Bluth Mouse Girl Compass

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Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The funny thing is that each of these three issues raised by Poilievre apply also to the United States

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm ranking every mall in Metro Vancouver. In today's episode — Henderson Place! Located right next to a Coquitlam SkyTrain station, there is a lot of really fascinating things about the sister to Tinseltown, but is it actually a good mall? www.foodcourtinsession.ca/mall-profile...

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Mall Profile #15: Henderson Place, by Justin McElroy

Henderson Place has a good food court, a good design, a good location, and yet, a third to a quarter of all its storefronts are empty. Why?

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D. Merrill @terebifunhouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

computer animation was a mistake

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The washroom sign at the beginning of the latest Chainsmoker Cat seems like an innocuous gag, but has the undertone of suggesting that not all washrooms allow beast people. Also... no beast person accessibility?

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Fumiko's New Brain 🎃 @abcbtommi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's really something that Alan Moore is still like actually the most normal and not insane comic book writer. Glad that avenue of pop culture missed me entirely.

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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Also, I started watching Wizard Barristers because of the latest episode of the Zannen, Canada podcast where they reviewed the show. It's a very fun listen, definitely recommend it. bsky.app/profile/jbet...

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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I sampled a few episodes of Wizard Barristers the other day and I'm honestly shocked this anime never got a tie-in video game. The show is basically just Ace Attorney with wizards and mechs. I could easily imagine Mages or Marvelous publishing an AA clone for the Vita starring these characters.

Cecil Sudo interviewing her client at detention center.

Cecil Sudo and Mitsuhisa Hachiya in magic court.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 02/09/2026

the father:

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

New podcast is out! @karlrolson.com and I talk about Wizard Barristers, the 2014 anime by Yasuomi Umetsu, famous for its liminal depiction of a Real Canadian Superstore, its half-Canadian protagonist and its penultimate episode that made it to air shockingly unfinished. www.zannen.ca/2026/08/epis...

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Episode 113 - Wizard Barristers

It is amazing to think that, a little over a decade ago, some low-level staffer from ARMS Studio traveled to Coquitlam, BC, marveled at the ...

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Mich Chan @togarashimayo.com · 01/09/2026

Update 2: Looks like an r/Cineplex user said that that their theatre in Western Canada got a fixed version and said it was good? I’m willing to give it a chance and in the worst-case scenario, walk out and get the refund. www.reddit.com/r/cineplex/s...

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herg3's comment on "Last Blossom subtitles are out of sync"

Explore this conversation and more from the cineplex community

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TRiPPY @spectramis.com · 31/08/2026

They restored the Master Emerald, it's ok.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I just randomly showed this to a friend who then told me she worked at this location.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

SFU Summer Festival looking good this year.

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🏳️‍⚧️ transexual strong style 🏳️‍⚧️ @tessatestarossa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

right down to the wooden produce shelves!!!!!!!!! sending these to my friend that used to work at a superstore to see their visceral disgusted reaction bsky.app/profile/jbet...

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'll be presenting Pachinko Anime Fever at the SFU Summer Festival on Saturday at 4:30pm. SFU Burnaby campus. It's a great event and admission is only $7, so come check it out!

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Karl Olson 🌻 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 29/08/2026

I would've also accepted Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie The Lake

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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Episode 113 - Wizard Barristers

It is amazing to think that, a little over a decade ago, some low-level staffer from ARMS Studio traveled to Coquitlam, BC, marveled at the ...

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André @andrecomics.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Aw yeah, Umetsu knows where to get the good chips

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

To prepare you for the next episode of my podcast, here's a look back at my first anime pilgrimage.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'll be presenting Pachinko Anime Fever at the SFU Summer Festival on Saturday at 4:30pm. SFU Burnaby campus. It's a great event and admission is only $7, so come check it out!

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Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 28/08/2026

People can never fully understand that the art that feels problematic today is what built the world they now inhabit that allows them to look back on it with judgment

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

To prepare you for the next episode of my podcast, here's a look back at my first anime pilgrimage.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today is the 10th anniversary of "your name." being released in theatres in Japan. However, 2026 also marks the 20th anniversary of "your name." starring Keanu Reeves, aka "The Lake House".

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is the thing I actually wanted to ask: Why do we import "game consoles" from the US? Like we import Playstations and Switch from the US?? Why?

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