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dronine.bsky.social @dronine.bsky.social · 15h

Rocko's Modern Basilisk

Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Series based on C.S. Lewis' Cosmic Trilogy. Scenes on Earth are 4:3 aspect, grainy film with 1970s BBC FX and 1940s wardrobe. Then Roger Dean colours and HD widescreen when they leave Earth or Oyéresu visit. And, as Studdock gets deeper into the Institute, the more F.W. Murnau everything gets.

Cover C.S. Lewis' Cosmic Trilogy (or "Space Trilogy") with particularly colourful art and Brian Froudian characters.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Return to the ABC of Classic Who! "(A)lways (B)e running up and down (C)orridors!" And bring Douglas Adams out of retirement! Was he cancelled or something?

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I hit Supercrawl with @perthum.bsky.social and @ladyjessica.northsky.social on the weekend, and also Grafficker Alley, a zine event outing put together by @teddog.bsky.social , featuring @bitterguy.bsky.social , @artyewok.bsky.social and more without Bsky accounts! Also a bug.

Two white women in glasses, both alike in dignity here in fair Hamilton where we set our tale. The one on the left is blue haired and wields a rainbow umbrella and is smiling about it. The one on the right wears a cap with the words "Best Ex Ever" written on the front. She has a dragon tattoo running atop her decolletage and is really good at Magic the Gathering.

A metal and plastic sculpture of a Preying Mantis. Or perhaps a terrifying monster from a Bert I. Gordon film.

Three nerds in a row, two women, one man. Each wears a black t-shirt printed with a cultural reference appealing to a pretty great set of people of the sort I would hang out with. All three have deep recesses of forgotten lore and have done cool things. Also the are looking at zines and small press stuff in artist booths.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I thought these video files were lost on an old work phone, but it seems past me was smart and backed them up to a portable drive. So now you get my video from the Midwest Furfest 2014 evacuation. #midwestfurfest youtu.be/y7uCvgaWvKE

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Chlorine Spill at the Furry Con

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Unexpected bonus in the used book I bought online a couple of days ago.

Title page for a hardcover edition of "The Rebel Angels" by Robertson Davis. The printed author credit has been crossed out, and under it is Robertson Davies' autograph.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I went to see Coyote Vs. Acme with @babsiwuff.bsky.social . Things I learned - Peter Lorre is still culturally relevant. And it is possible to insert DJ Shadow/Run The Jewel's "Nobody Speak" into a family movie soundtrack without being inappropriate. (Photo taken a Pentax 110 on Orca 100.)

Black and white photos of Babs, a white woman smiling, wearing a jean jacket and baseball cap and specs. Or, possibly, a timberwolf.

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Kitty (now Doggie Dog) @bathematician.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Kind of a long title but this movie sounds wild

A cinema billboard showing
THE BRUTALIST
BABYGIRL
NOSFERATU
FROM GROUND ZERO

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Oh, hey, the Premier is campaigning on my street. I had been bird watching so I had a long lens on my camera, and now I can mark off "Bald-Faced Blue Boob" in my little book of sightings. (Also that first photo, minus the nicely dressed couple and politician, is just pure East Hamilton vibes.)

Ontario premier Doug Ford stands on a residential street surrounded by typical East Hamiltonians.

Ontario premier Doug Ford talks to a typical Canadian couple who are dressed like real estate agents in a bus ad.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Cool: Dan Ackroyd using his spiritualist background / beliefs to add depth to Ghostbusters lore. Not So Cool: Dan Akroyd says a camera strap is a "spirit tube." Unsure if Ackroyd truly believes or just likes fooling some of the people all of the time.

A post from Dan Akroyd on FB, text and two images. "SPIRIT TUBE in the old family farmhouse. Check it out. Not a solid object or photo composite. You can see through it to the stovepipe and my jacket. I am 17 here. My dad is making a screwdriver, pre Crystal Head."

Image depicts Ackroyd holding a wood framed blown up photo depicting details in his description. "Spirit tube" is a loop of light material looks very much like a camera hand strap reflecting the built in flash.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The family's first computer, purchased in 1983 from Canadian Tire. We had Garden Patrol (maze shooter) and Visible Solar System (animations and facts about the solar system), plus a number of games on tape. We had only the tape drive for storage, no modem or printer. Lunar Leeper was my fave game.

An early 1980s Canadian Tire ad for the Commodore Vic-20 computer.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sometimes you are just walking around a furry com minding your own business with a 1980s Soviet TLR, when a giant lady in a cardboard fursuited head takes a photo of you and your camera using a Gameboy. I feel out-hipstered.

Pixelated Gameboy photo of a bearded nerd holding a Lubitel 166B TLR camera from the USSR.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Once again, going to Ottawa for a thing that is in Ottawa, with @spcaptainrush.bsky.social

A still from an early film of Alice in Wonderland. Alice points to a sign reading "To The Animal Convention" while a furry creature looks on.

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Rachel A. Rosen 📚💙🪐 @darkerthanvanta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day to all those who celebrate.

A screenshot of the Wikipedia page for "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury.

Plot summary
A nuclear catastrophe leaves the city of Allendale, California, entirely desolate. However, within one miraculously preserved house, the daily routine continues – automatic systems within the home prepare breakfast, clean the house, make beds, wash dishes, and address the former residents without any knowledge of their current state as burnt silhouettes on one of the walls.

The AI system of the house chimes the date by saying, "Today is August 4, 2026".

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A kid (about 12) on my street is walking a patrol with his dad, a few streets away, both listening to an emergency scanner app to fire and ambulance calls. They are using their phones like walkie talkies, with static of switching mic on and off, muffled voice and all.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Voice over: "Anzio playset comes complete with one figure representing Eric Waters, Company Z of the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and genuine miniature scroll (with gold leaf adorned) signed by his Majesty's own rubber stamp. Rock opera and generational trauma sold separately."

Photo of an "Invasion of Anzio" military play set toy.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Realized this morning the little Aussie penguin "Ollie Funt" that shows up to replace Opus in a 1988 Bloom County story arc was intended to be political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. And then looked him up and discovered he died a couple of weeks ago.

Two panels from an early 1988 Bloom County comic. The main characters go on strike and scabs are hired to replace them. Steve Dallas (who refuses to join the strike) speaks to a tiny penguin.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Pong? No. This is TV Tennis.

Image of a late 1970s ad for the APF Electronic TV Fun Game - a dad and son play racquet ball on a black and white TV, with console details printed below.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The game in question is currently on sale! :D www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/1...

Cover art for the Sanguine Games TTRPG, Myriad Song. A reptile, bug and humanoid gaze on a futuristic tower.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This was so absolutely not my experience. In 80s all the nerds I knew were deep into Robotech, Starblazers, etc., and in the 90s would pack the local art house theatre for "Japanimation." The 1991 Matthew Sweet video for "Girlfriend" was built around anime and was playing constantly on MuchMusic.

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 27/07/2026

This is bullshit. Dragonball, Sailor Moon, and Pokemon were ridiculously popular in the 90s. There was never a time in the US when people "hated and looked down on anime." At the most, there was a time when people were "unaware of anime."

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

**Problem**: I have analog televisions that cannot display a digital signal. Some have no AV input ports **Solution:** Buy a tiny analog TV transmitter, input a digital signal into it, then broadcast old timey TV from my basement.

A 1987 Sony Watchman. On the screen is a bearded white man with glasses and a Gravity Falls hat.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Around 5 AM our cockatiel woke up, left his sleeping perch, and started jumping on us till we woke up. He was alert and tense, but totally silent. I think he smelled smoke on the air. I had to bring him downstairs and turn on some lights before he'd settle.

The sky was the colour of a television tuned to a closeup of Donald Trump's face.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

He was the cashier at the sketchy variety store near my school. We'd buy candy from a man who'd wrestled Hulk Hogan. Even without context, the words "He trained at Al Spittles’ gym" and "worked as a Santa Claus" paint an accurate picture of my city. dead-wrestler-database.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_Gri...

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Ted Grizzly

Gary Wolfenden (1944 – April 20, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler known by his ring name Ted Grizzly. Before starting off his wrestling career, Grizzly, around 1973, was involved in a fight ...

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Ashtrays in bank and movie lines. Standing for "O Canada" before a movie. Lord's Prayer in public school. Singing "God Save the Queen."

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the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I keep thinking about this Alex Ross painting of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that is, for some reason, also the cast of 30 Rock

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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 09/07/2026

NEW: In an unsurprising but still devastating move, Rogers shuttered 6 news radio stations, eliminating 80 positions by informing the employees the morning of their closing… Literally one day after acquiring full control of the parent company behind the Leafs, Raptors and Argonauts. Read the latest:

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Rogers Ends Six News Radio Stations, 230 Jobs

Stations and livelihoods razed to raise profits a smidge higher

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"This week on Hearts of Space. An emergent tonal wallpaper, originally composed for East German Singing Bowl, but performed entirely on Theremin. Yes, it's Constance Demby's 1972 extended conceptual emulation of the ethereal bongs of the Glockenfurz."

Photo of the title page of "The Hearts of Space Guide" from 1981.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I went on a road trip with @perthum.bsky.social and she hardly touched her LSD.* *Box actually contains partly-eaten chicken quesadilla.

A white box in a small hotel fridge. The box is labelled LSD in black marker, which apparently stood for "Lake Shore Drive." Box did not contain LSD.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Father's Day card from my youngest, who asked me which one of the bots was anti-ICE. @billcorbett.bsky.social the youth salute you. And fathers.

A black and white water colour painted card depicting MST3k cast in front of a screen reading "The Curse of the Father & Day".

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Conversations about autistic and allistic social differences are valuable but often exist at the level of "Normies drive a car like THIS, but us Slans, we drive a car like THIS..." giffiles.alphacoders.com/161/161678.gif

giffiles.alphacoders.com

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Just so long as the trees don't wear headscarves or visible religious icons.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I finally saw Napoleon Dynamite, and I think I was precisely five years too old to appreciate it. This is not a criticism of the film or people who like it.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"Elric of Melpomene" - a mopey Goth drama school kid.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It's time to Hold fast To the law Of the last Cold tome, Where the earth Of the truth Lies thick On the page, And the loam Of faith In the ink Long fled From the drone Of the nib Flows on Through the breath Of the Muppet SH-OOOOOOOW!

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

How it started vs. How it's going.

Bert and Lisa, a pair of cartoon raccoons from the Canadian TV series "The Raccoons", confront each other angrily. They canonically dated at one point!

Bert Raccoon sits forlornly in a coffee shop at night, an homage to Edward Hopper's 1942 painting, Nighthawks. Painting is detail from a new album cover by Hamilton artist BA Johnston.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I guess people were worried they'd been kicked out of Windsor and were running around with street dogs in a Manchester slum and... wait, someone get Don Bluth on the phone! Or Andrew Lloyd Weber!

USA Today headline reading "Where are Queen Elizabeths corgis after Andrew's royal downfall?"

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I got to tell @veeunit.bsky.social about the time I met Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake at a pizzeria in Hagersville. And also the Townsend "f*cking cornfield" story.

A portly late-20s white man with glasses shakes hands with former WWF wrestler Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Last weekend was melancholic, but involved necessary and important re-connections to extended, even though some were sad. I did get to spent a lot of time with my Dad and sisters, and that was all good. And there was ice cream at sunset!

A middle-aged white Canadian man steps lively with an ice cream along a waterside promenade as the sun sets.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Right now I am waiting for my wife at an optometrist, and the music they are playing is the Johnny Cash cover of "Hurt."

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

SCOOP: Read all about it here: www.donotpassgo.ca/p/carney-gov...

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

If you want a picture of the future of American politics, imagine Ross Perot punching through a straw hat - forever.

Ross Perot on the Simpsons, punching through a straw hat.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

BRB, existing in a liminal para-space betwixt elemental planes.

A liminal para-space existing betwixt elemental planes.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It's a beautiful city, but inextricably linked in my mind with dying relatives, relatives destroyed by addiction, resentment, and the vast clouds of fish flies that seem to appear whenever we go up for a funeral. Also this sort of thing: www.recorder.ca/news/teens-d...

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Intoxicated teens disrupt vigil for Brockville murder victims: Police

Two teenage girls were picked up by Brockville police after they were allegedly intoxicated and disrupting the vigil for the murder victims.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Ah yes, the two cosplay genders.

Two cosplayers in black tactical gear stand near two MLP cosplayers.

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

No, I know a Fey trap when I see one.

A storefront purporting to have Kodak 1 hour photos and beer

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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Being asked to add an "eye contact" content warning to a "That's Incredible!" cast portrait makes me feel like I'm on Tumblr in olden times.

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