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Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que's Hawaiian BBQ Burger This looks like a depression meal. 2/10

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Moxies' The Bennadiction Pleasing. Simple. Comprehensible. Exhibits good control while also providing enough mystery. It's the woman in the room who can mind their own business in a room while still commanding it. Confident, unassuming, yet magnetic. I'd eat this. 9/10

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Commonwealth Kitchen & Bar's Not-So-Common Burger It looks mad. Not mad like crazy, mad like incensed. Why is it angry with me? 1/10

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Capital Grill's Put a (Onion) Ring on It: The only imperative this burger should ask of you is to take stuff away from it. There is too much on this burger. Backlighting this dish was a choice. The burger looks washed out and the guacamole is tinged like vomit. 2/10

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The Grove Pub & Restaurant's The Grove Slider After the chimera-like burgers I've seen, this in its simplicity is a welcome sight, and I'd dare say is as close to perfection as you can get. Points taken away for blurriness and the beauty filter on the photo. Just give it to me straight, doc. 8/10

Smitty's Restaurant Henderson's Hail Caesar I see what you're trying to do here, Smitty's, and it's not going to work on me. Wouldn't be surprised if I learned this was conceptualized by a drunk frat boy in his dorm room at 2:00 am. I can feel the hangover already. 2/10

St. James Burger & Chip Co.'s Carnival Burger Carnival but in the way of those cheap Euro-trash fairs where the carnies still spike their jet black hair with Got2Be hair gel. Is that popcorn? Why does the popcorn look.... alive? Put them out of their misery – they look like they're suffering. 3/10

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Tavern United Polo Park's Crown Royal Peach BBQ Smashed Burger Nice photo, but why is the cheese so stiff? Is it plastic? Also unsure if it's AI?? Would eat, but suspiciously. 6/10

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The Saint Supper Club's Supper Club Cheeseburger Rolls As much of a burger as it is a horse, which is to say, it isn't a burger at all. Enough of the gimmick non-burgers. They're like younger siblings begging the older ones to play with them. 1/10

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State & Main Empress's I Ain't Alfredo No Ghost A burger going through an identity crisis. 3/10

Saucers cafe's All Fluffed Up and Nowhere to Go...Dessert Burger Looks like it came out of "Is It Cake?" on Netflix. Visually confusing but personally not a fan of foods that look like other foods but isn't that food. Do I hold it? Do I eat it with a fork? Instructions necessary. 4/10

PVG Street Eats' The Sunsetter Burger: Inside looks wet but in a good way? 6/10

Smitty's Restaurant Regent's Seoul Searching: Filling in the middle is disconcerting and visually unidentifiable. Reminds me of recently-used cocoons. Apparently is a fried onion patty. Currently throwing me off my appetite, but the black and white sesame seeds are cute I suppose. 2/10

Kings Head Pub's Jam'n My Buns Not bad, curious about the sauce. Points added for attempt in making top bun's crevice in the middle of the photo for symmetry. Points taken away for blurriness. 6/10

Feast Cafe Bistro's Wild Prairie Bison Birria Reminiscent of Winnipeg's urban sprawl problem or a Lovecraft monster. Meat is unnervingly hairy-looking. Flower in background more appealing than burger itself. 3/10

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Kilter Brewing Co's Livin' Dorito Loco Burgers are hand-held foods. How am I supposed to eat all that when the appeal of the cheese is all over my hands? Please provide a box of wet naps with my $20 purchase of this messy culinary experience. Also the cheese sauce looks like slime. 5/10

Blue Donkey Cantina's Sloppy Jose Went through the trouble of making the buns an unnatural shade of blue but served it on a plastic plate with fillings and chips indiscriminately tossed about. Lacks self-respect and is a confusing sight. Vertically more lettuce than meat/cheese, and for what? 2/10

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Nuburger Regent's Antinous aka SMASH TACO BURGER: NOT A BURGER!!!! 1/10

Next Course x 1920 Eatery & Pub's Truffle Smash Me Twice Vibes of a long-time divorcee who hangs out at the bars to prey on young people. Looks unkempt and doesn't try to hide the fact that it's bad for you. Screams "I will overwhelm your tastebuds and you will be covered in grease". 2.5/10

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Yuka' Bakery Karaage Bear Hug Burger. Clearly made with love. Would eat that bear up. 6/10

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State & Main Kildonan: Bruschetta Believe It!. Not a burger!!! 1/10

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Select Start's Le burger Ruby Heart What is THAT? 1/10

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Elephant and Castle's Chicken Parm Deluxe Jenga-ass burger. Points only for the chicken and the chicken alone because at least that's something I can see and identify, and it looks mildly appealing. 3/10

Promenade Brasserie's What Dat Dill Do? What Dat Dill Do? Not go in my mouth. Chips with coleslaw and cheese and meat? Pick a lane. I would hope they provide a bib with this burger because it looks a mess. 4/10

Oh! Good! Path!'s Gyoza Katsu Burger! An image that evokes curiosity: how do these flavours and textures play with each other? Clean, manageable, and I can see everything without it being a huge mess. Would try. 8/10

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Park Alleys' The Mac Daddy The mac looks gray and regurgitated. Can we stop putting mac and cheese in burgers? It doesn't work. At least we know it's not AI. 2/10

Grizzly Goose Pub & Eatery's BURGER OUT OF HELL. Unhinging my jaw to eat a burger? Not super appealing. Deep fried greyscale green beans as a side? Idk about that one. Points for title pun for meatloaf patty (even tho that's not purely about the photo itself, which is what this is about). 4/10

Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 27/08/2026

Living in Winnipeg can sometimes be a fever dream. Enter, career mayoral candidate Umar Hayat and his promise to make sex for disabled people legal (???) as described in this AI-generated Instagram post he made. www.instagram.com/reel/Dcr17XZ...

An AI-generated campaign poster by Winnipeg mayoral candidate Umar Hayat with a headline that reads “Do you support making sex legal for the disabled?”

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I love this man dont at me

Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 26/08/2026

Babe wake up new Josh Ruben reaction pic just dropped

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 17/08/2026

InDesign users, I just found out about this: Since early this year (maybe earlier), InDesign will automatically put AI-generated alt text on your photos along with the line “AI-Generated content” (which refers to the alt text not the image but that’s confusing to see). Turn it off in settings.

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 10/08/2026

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 01/07/2026

I started a blog talking about daily puzzle games called "Indexing the Dailies" check it out at www.indexingthedailies.com. The first real post is about Wordle. Will be featuring other different daily puzzle games soon!

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 09/06/2026

Small child who runs up to you while you’re making breakfast: “Do you have games on your smart egg?”

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 09/06/2026

I have *finally* caught up on Game Changer after like, a year of saying I'd catch up to Game Changer.

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 08/06/2026

I wrote a Pride-themed hunt-style word puzzle! See the full puzzle here: drive.google.com/file/d/15YPe... Get a copy of the Google Sheet version here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Check your answer here: www.callingit.in/1/#IPyxsheBi...

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 05/06/2026

Two things I love: fonts and the New York City Subway wayfinding system (omg trains <3). If each ward of Winnipeg was treated in the same way as the lines in the MTA this is what it might look like.

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 02/06/2026

The Winnipeg Centennial's Visual Identity Saga Part 3. Revised what I had originally made now with the right font of Futura Display. It's pretty close to the original, I believe. Might need some touch-ups but this is what I've got so far. Will be exploring it a little more later.

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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 27/05/2026

Update: found out from a bit of research that the official font of the 1974 Winnipeg Centennial was Futura Display. Going to update my recreation of the logo soon!