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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 1h

The Ïce Condos are Toronto’s Overlook Hotel.

JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 14h

As far as songs about age-inappropriate non-consensual mentor-mentee sexual relationships go, "Hands Clean" by Alanis Morissette is a total bop.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The night was cold and dark. “Listen to the wind howling in the trees,” said Frog. “What a fine time for a ghost story.”

Frog and Toad craddle warm cups of tea in their hands, as they sit in cozy chairs in front of the fire.

From "Shivers"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How much do you want to bet peak capitalist billionaire Taylor Swift has filed a trademark claim on the phrase “Patient Zero”? So that she can make money literally every time someone wants to, oh, I don’t know… talk about the AIDS crisis.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There's something to be said for Madonna and MTV being pretty much mirror images of each other. Both redefined popular culture in the eighties; both pushed the envelope in the nineties and early 00s; and now both exist somewhat quaintly on the periphery of a much noisier landscape.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love me a sexy gay summer, but I really do come alive during a spooky gay autumn.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wild to think that parents wouldn’t let their kids watch this show when it first premiered because of how rude Bart was to Homer, Marge and his teachers, with him saying things like “Don’t have a cow, man!” and “Eat my shorts!”

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I was in grade four, I had a teacher keep me after class to “correct” my walk. Another teacher criticized how I sat with my legs crossed. Throughout my childhood, fathers of multiple male friends took me on walks to throw a ball around. “You need a stronger male influence.”

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The franchise flops by getting mired in Skywalker lore, so the studio hands the reins to creators who tap into new and unexplored corners of the SW universe. And it works! Elated, the studio hires a new director and… returns to the Skywalker lore. Sigh.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rest in peace, Church Street Starbucks. You were a wildly cruisy place in the early ‘00s! May a perverted Dark Horse rise from your ashes.

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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 26/09/2026

In a bleak summer, loving Madonna again felt pretty good, I cannot lie 💖

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Ceci n'est pas calamitycrush @calamitycrush.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The dance floor is a sacred space 💕

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every week, the Muppets have to put on a show to salvage a new institution: the Kennedy Center, the Supreme Court, the No-Mask Lesbian Bar, the Wonka Experience, Kozmo Dot Com (this has a time travel dimension, à la Quantum Leap), Cafe Loup in the West Village, democracy, the third season of GLOW

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Love the Charli version of Danceteria! Appreciate Madonna creating this call-and-response with her pop descendants, building on the concept of the dance floor as an eternal, ethereal space. (And Price layering in his work with Minogue and Charli in the respective remixes is 👌👌👌)

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh no! The architects of the end of humanity aren’t getting laid! They deserve the right to human affection!

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O @omagus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Like @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social said, Mamdani just pushed the button.

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Rob Ripley @rbripley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

👇🎯👇🎯👇🎯👇🎯👇🎯

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thinking about the time a friend gifted me Margaret Atwood's autobiography, and it was so thick and intimidating that I brandished it like a makeshift weapon during my walk home that night.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sir Ian McKellen doing the voiceover for Troy Sivan's new video is queer intergenerational community-building.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Even the sunniest autumn day feels a bit ominous when you're listening to an audiobook about Ted Bundy.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dolly was nonpartisan but not apolitical. She followed a clear moral compass, largely informed by her faith, and her actions spoke much louder than her words. But that’s the key difference between someone like her and a Sheeran — action versus passivity.

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Frances Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 21/09/2026

upgrade to premium for an ad-free experience, now with ads

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The amount of freshwater on earth is seriously declining, reports the World Meteorological Organisation. Last year rivers carried 36% less water than usual and glaciers lost 400 gigatons of ice. Reserves of groundwater are also shrinking in most places. phys.org/news/2026-09...

phys.org

Report on global water resources: Worldwide continents are drying up

The global water cycle is becoming increasingly unbalanced. Extreme droughts and floods are the result. This is shown in this year's report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the state ...

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“What are its Oscar chances” I don’t know but a good way to enjoy movies is not spending five months treating them like the stock market

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Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey Siri, what is enshitification?

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Those toe running shoes should be outlawed.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Those toe running shoes should be outlawed.

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Christopher @heychristofur.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That’s not a Kyle Lowry statue. That’s the raptor mascot wearing a Kyle Lowry jersey.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Such a relief the teens are dressing ugly again

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Such a relief the teens are dressing ugly again

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Standing on a street corner listening to CCR and waiting for my friend to pick me up like any good serial killer victim in the 1970s.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Sad Beck Day to all who celebrate.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy Sad Beck Day to all who celebrate.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Revue is doing a doubleheader of Scream (1996) and Scream 7 (2026) and I can't imagine how depressing it is to see that quality drop-off in real time.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The international trade war version of choosing to sit at a different table in your high school’s cafeteria.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On this day in 1928, Rod Robbie was born in England. He came to Canada in 1956 and established himself as one of Canada's top architects. His designs included the Canadian Government Pavilion at Expo 67 and Skydome in Toronto. He died in 2012. 📸 David Cooper

The photo shows an elderly man in a green trench coat and red tie, smiling and leaning on a metal railing. Behind him is the Rogers Centre, a large stadium with a distinctive curved roof, and the CN Tower piercing the partly cloudy sky. The scene includes a few cars and banners with Toronto logos, indicating the location is Toronto, Canada.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is an undisputed masterpiece, but its 2003 remake is everything a horror remake should be — reverent, but also its own terrifying thing. And the trailer had absolutely no right to go this hard.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I just learned that in four years, the WTC twin towers will have been gone longer than they existed. What even is time?

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sometimes the cure for writer’s block is writing your way through it, and other times it’s discovering your co-worker at a crisis hotline is a notorious serial killer.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Nothing guarantees a piece of creative work gets elevated to the canon, and HP was always more about its moment than a true literary classic. I can say a lack of creative follow up and a toxic cult of personality nuking goodwill and neutralizing millennial nostalgia isn’t helping shore up a legacy.

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JP Larocque @jplarocque.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

TIFF feels different this year.

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