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Elliott S.

@middleagedpunk.bsky.social
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Generally affable middle aged guy from Toronto. Listener of punk and indie music, reader of sci fi and fantasy, accidental collector of notebooks and pens.

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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Shit, I fed them after midnight.
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This interaction between @jilltwiss.bsky.social and @amplifiedtorock.bsky.social is the most wholesome thing I've seen in a while and made my day. Thank you!
Back and forth between two users trying to figure out if they know each other
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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
speaking of consent. everybody hear this. you don’t force yourself on anyone. period. for any reason.
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Having spent the last three days in close proximity to my inlaws, this quote by Douglas Adams in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy comes to mind. As does another from Eleanor Roosevelt. #HHGTTG #STFUalready
One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating the obvious... At first Ford formed a theory to account for this human behaviour. If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths seize up. After a few months' consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favour of a new one. If they don't keep on excercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Today is 10 years since we brought this guy home. Happy #RescueDay Iggy! #WhoRescuedWho
Picture of Iggy. A small black poodle mix sitting in a patch of sunlight on the carpet
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
@jasonkpargin.bsky.social just finished box of doom and loved it!
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
@premeemohamed.com loved the #clouds trilogy. Looking forward to reading more of your work.
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
@premeemohamed.com After devouring #TheAppleTreeThrone over the weekend I am now well into #TheAnnualMigrationOfClouds. Looking forward to reading the rest of your books.
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
@peterclines.bsky.social is Terminus available by any non-Amazon means or is it just Kindle and Audible?
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
@peterclines.bsky.social I never thought I'd be enthralled listening to the description of a couple pieces of meat thawing. #DeadMoon
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The Tony ™ @tonysadowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
By age 45 you should have: • A favorite chair • Dangerously high cholesterol • Shirts older than some of your coworkers • Constant but manageable despair • Reported a scrolling “Select Your Birth Year” wheel as a hate crime • Lost the ability to recognize that 1999 wasn’t, like, last year
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Mojito Joe @orrivo.com · 20/02/2025
1999 was last year and you can’t convince me otherwise cuz it’s just science.
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The Samethans
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
@peterclines.bsky.social In the past 4 weeks I have devoured all five books of the #ex-series (ex- purgatory was my favorite), and #theFold and am currently working my way through #ParadoxBound Well done sir, I just have to ask, why aren't more authors using the term "Baker's dozen"?
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
@timpratt.org I missed Zax, thank you!
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Dammit @peterclines.bsky.social I'm reading #TheFold Last night before bed I planned on reading a chapter, maybe 2. Open up chapter 45 (last of ID Error), then I got to The Mouth. An hour-ish later and well into The Desert at the End of All Things (chapter 55). I forced the book closed #WellDone
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
@danielkraus.com if I accept Audible's offer of a free book and use it to pre-order Angel down, do you still get paid by them or do they not pay authors for books they give away? (Your answer will determine if I accept the offer or not)
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
After seeing some of @peterclines.bsky.social posts here I thought I'd check some of his books from the local library. Well, I devoured #ex-heros in about a day and half. Before I go back and get the rest of the ex- series I'm going to read #TheFold and #ParadoxBound. #booksky #SummerReadingBinge
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Rob LaRocque @roblarocque.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
My kids describing me to their friends
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Not to say it's been a while since I picked up my golf clubs but the bottle of sunscreen I had in my bag expired in 2008
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The Hard Times @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Why the “Don’t Tread On Me” Bumper Sticker on My Car Means I Don’t Have to Use My Turn Signal thehardtimes.net/blog/why-the...
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Why the “Don’t Tread On Me” Bumper Sticker on My Car Means I Don’t Have to Use My Turn Signal
Move over, cuck! You’re wrong for assuming you’d receive the same courtesy you show to others, because around here, I run the road. I don’t know how they taught you to drive up in Woke Groomer Vermont...
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Ten things I hated as a kid but love as an adult… 10. Buying stationery 9. Dark chocolate 8. Gherkins 7. Going to bed early 6. Naps 5. Wearing a coat 4. The end of school holidays 3. Getting vouchers for my birthday 2. Not being invited to parties 1. Being a kid
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Cleonie @cqjewellery.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I was jay-walking in NYC, bumped into Chris Farley
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Does anyone have a single ticket available for the @frankturner.bsky.social show in #Oshawa on May 15? Frank Turner and #DaveHause are two of my favorite artists and I'm kicking myself for missing the show announcement.
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Done and done...looking forward to reading jt
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Elbows up, Canada! 🇨🇦 Get out there and vote. Don’t let what is happening to us, happen to you.
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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
If you don’t vote, you don’t get to whine and moan about the government.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Liberals - do not listen to any messaging that says "Liberals already have it in the bag so Liberal voters needn't bother voting". Disregard that stuff, it is a voter suppression technique. Tomorrow get out and vote come hell or high water. #cdnpoli
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Larry (BOB) Dallas @larrydallas1977.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Please make sure you VOTE. We are so close to getting rid of that scumbag PP. Just vote guys. We have this one in the bag if you VOTE. I promise. JUST VOTE.
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Because I'm fancy, I got a set of metal collar-stays. They come with magnets so I can put them on the inside of my shirt and they attract to the metal stay to make my collar look all professional-like.
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
@scalzi.com just finished #WhenTheMoonHitsYourEye. I thought the description of the Venus landing was the best thing you had ever written, and then I got to Day 20. I can't wait to see how your outdo yourself in your next book. Congrats on an another absolutely beautiful piece of literary art
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Apparently voting is open for the World Fantasy and British Fantasy Awards now so I will awkwardly note that Days of Shattered Faith is eligible for the appropriate novel categories for both.
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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Our new book "Hi, Earth" is available now via @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social 📚
4-Panel Comic by War and Peas.
Panel 1: A UFO hovers in the night sky, beaming up a man named Jerry with a bright yellow tractor beam.

Panel 2: Two people watch the abduction. One exclaims, "They're abducting Jerry!"

Panel 3: As the UFO flies away, the two people remain unbothered. One says, "Thank God! I never liked him." The other replies, "Yeah, me neither."

Panel 4: Onboard the alien spaceship, Jerry is seated on a throne, surrounded by decorations, gifts, and an alien celebration. An alien reassures him, "They didn't deserve you, Jerry."
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kɛbɹah zmɪeʒd @sesquiotic.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Tonight’s cocktail: a Bitter Bitter Bitter Bitter Bitter Bitter Bitter Canadian
A tawny cocktail in a cut glass tumbler with a Christmas angel statuette giving it the eye
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 21/03/2025
Hounds 🤌🏿
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 07/03/2025
The Nova Music Festival Exhibition arrives in Toronto in April 2025, honouring the victims and survivors of the October 7 attack. A powerful tribute to resilience, remembrance, and the unifying power of music. zurl.co/0nJxT
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The Nova Music Festival Exhibition Is Coming to Toronto in April - That Eric Alper
The Nova Music Festival Exhibition, a groundbreaking and profound tribute to the unifying power of music, the lives lost, and the survivors of the brutal October 7, 2023 attack, is coming to Toronto in April 2025 for six weeks, April 23 through June 8. Marking its first time in Canada, the installation is a must-see experience, essential to remembering and understanding the events […]
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
When Mike Myers wore his "Canada Is Not For Sale" t-shirt on SNL, he mouthed a secret code: "elbows up." It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team. You heard him Canada: elbows up. If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
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Canadians Against Trump @canadiansagainstt.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
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Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...
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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was the only adult in the room when he was with Trump and Vance. He was classy enough not to tell them to get stuffed.
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A L I E N Cerny @alancerny.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I know there’s a boycott today, but - I supported my local record store, spent cash, and bought records where the artist gets a lot more of the money than if I had bought online/streamed it, so I don’t feel guilty about it. I needed the dopamine rush.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/02/2025
Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain
Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain
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Elliott S. @middleagedpunk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Will Tr*mp make his move into Canada at the same time as P*tin expands hostilities against Ukraine? I really hope I'm wrong and just have an overactive imagination
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Jeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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