Reposted by scrussShannon Ellery Hubbell @brundlefly.bsky.social · 21h*whispers* “Shhhhh. They’re in my hair.” 011
Reposted by scrussBroken Chanter @brokenchanter.bsky.social · 23hit is still #BandcampFriday. you should treat yourself to a Screamin Chook t-shirt or tote, or a record by Broken Chanter (yes, that’s me) because you deserve something nice. www.brokenchanter.bandcamp.com/merch 054
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Witnessed the most Lawrence East scene ever this evening: an off-duty TTC bus was stopped outside Sumaq, and four crew were enjoying tasty Iraqi kebabs inside the bus 020
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My dentist plays the most tedious oldies radio (boom 97.3) and so I got a couple of hours of it today. It may be a shit station, but they were really going for the Day of Reconciliation today. The had survivor stories, land acknowledgements, and "why this matters" segments. Nice work. 1111
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The "Thank you Doug Ford" factory on Lawrence East is shuttered and for sale 020
Reposted by scrussSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four struck by a driver at a Truth and Reconciliation event: 296
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Doug Ford says that killing cyclists is funny. archive.ph/bhNHQarchive.ph 010
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Down at Biidaasige Park for dawn. There are beavers in the Don River! 050
Reposted by scrussDerf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today is the 40th anniversary of Cleveland's epic Balloonfest debacle. Second only to Ten Cent Beer Night in the great list of Cleveland WTFs. Cheers to all who celebrate.youtube.comThe Doomed Cleveland Balloonfest of '86YouTube video by The Atlantic 2023682
Reposted by scrussVOLE.wtf 🐹⁉️ @vole.wtf · 25/09/2026🥪 The 5th Crisp Sandwich Day is one month from today! This year it’s on the day the UK puts the clocks back, so we’ll get an extra hour to celebrate, let us know your plans & we’ll feature them on the site vole.wtf/crisp-sandwi...vole.wtfCrisp Sandwich Day 🥪🎉 25th OctoberAn annual celebration of the magic that happens when crisps (potato chips) are placed between two slices of bread. 2158
Reposted by scrussDerf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off Fuck off #AIslop #graphicnovels #graphicnovelpublishersweekly.comNovvel.co Produces Graphic Novel Adaptations with AI AssistanceThe Singapore-based startup says its AI-powered platform can halve graphic novel production time and cost. âThis is not a self-driving car,â notes CEO Anumeha Bisaria. âItâs more like handing ... 37717
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Nothing says sincerity in a municipal election campaign text message like "Only x days until the election!" Am I expecting too much of Kevin Rupasinghe's people? 010
Reposted by scrussHackLab.TO @hacklab.to · 23/09/2026Hacklab Presents - Artemis Cosmos! Final Days! No experience required, everything provided, ready to teach new players. Wednesday, Sep 23rd, 7pm – 10pm (TONIGHT) Friday, Oct 2nd, 7pm – 10pm www.eventbrite.ca/e/hacklab-pr...eventbrite.caHacklab Presents - Artemis CosmosA cooperative gaming experience crewing the bridge of a starship. 011
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hey! It's *Be Unbearably Smug About Metric Day* again! This commemorates 1999-09-23, when the NASA/JPL Mars Climate Orbiter splashed itself across the Martian atmosphere. A contractor returned sensor numbers in lbf⋅s instead of N⋅s #metric 042
Reposted by scrusscayce רחל חנה @caycef.bsky.social · 22/09/2026check out my discography as AUTOTECTONIC here: autotectonic.bandcamp.comautotectonic.bandcamp.comautotectonicexperimental queer noise, blackened electronica, synth metal and genre-breaking doom cayce fischer ⟁ 161
Reposted by scrussmatttrentini.bsky.social @matttrentini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Reminder: the September Melbourne MicroPython Meetup is this Wednesday (23 September)! Great community, interesting talks, and plenty of microcontrollers to play with. Come along in-person or join in online. luma.com/h5izk58h Hope you can make it! 132
Reposted by scrussTabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In small gestures, would donate to a reputable kickstarter to help the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario restore the mid-century stained glass window through which bullets were shot on Yom Kippur. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 48327
Reposted by scrussShow Up Toronto @showuptoronto.ca · 20/09/2026Today at 1PM: Junk Independence Day (1677 St Clair Ave W). E-waste does not belong in the landfill. Help Hacklab in its mission to make you independent from your junk and pick up a few new gadgets, gizmos and obsessions along the way! Come together to swap and recycle old electronics including!hacklab.to Junk Independence DayE-waste does not belong in the landfill. Help Hacklab in its mission to make you independent from your junk and pick up a few new gadgets, gizmos and obsessions along the way! Come together to swap and recycle old electronics including! 021
Reposted by scrussDafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Is the US obsessed with Greenland because they’re still using the Mercator projection and they think it’s the same size as South America? 251
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Canadian Amateur magazine (ham radio) seldom makes me laugh, but Brent Dalgleish VE3GXD's "Backyard WSPR Tests with Everyday Metal Objects" was lovely. Using an extension ladder, eavestrough, a stepladder, a shovel and a beach chair as antennas, 3000+ km reception was possible #HamRadio 000
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Some kind of Ferguson (?) thing with two joysticks and a slider to choose the game. If you put the slider midway between positions you got impossible games, like tennis with half the screen missing. I still remember the noise of infinite serves into the Void. 030
Reposted by scrussKateW @kateweb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Live your life in such a way that Kathryn Tewson is never excited to read your depositions. 🙏 112215
Reposted by scrussShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not a soul on the mayoral election campaign tail is breathing a word of this. No member of the establishment. No board of trade serious person. Fantasyland.thestar.comExplosive corruption allegations within the Toronto Police Service detailed in newly unsealed court recordsA thwarted assassination attempt of a jail official helped break open one of the biggest police corruption scandals in the city’s history. 1021484
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 15/09/202648 minutes to go 3.3 km on Warden (from Lawrence to Eglinton). Construction. 010
Reposted by scrussDerek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Once again, not taking a side is siding with the oppressor. 3527
Reposted by scrussShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Whispered in my ear just now: Stephen Harper spotted tonight at Shangri La hotel. Here for TIFF? Carney's Summit? 10271
Reposted by scrussToronto PET Users Group @tpug79.bsky.social · 13/09/2026At World of Retro Computing (Waterloo, ON) showcasing TPUG magazines and Meatloaf Wifi with @scruss.bsky.social ! 033
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026day 2 of 2026 WoRC Expo - World Of Retro Computing — www.worldofretrocomputing.com/2026-worc-expo in Waterloo. It's free! 10 am - 6 pm #RetroComputing #waterloo #WoRC2026worldofretrocomputing.com2026 WoRC ExpoThe World of Retro Computing Expo 2026 will be held on September 12 and 13, 2026 at the Ideas Room within the Pearl Sullivan Engineering Building off Phillip Street Waterloo Ontario. 000
Reposted by scrussJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026(Takes '500 Miles' off the dance playlist) (And yes, I've put it into DJ sets before, it works) (But, you know, fuck transphobia and all that) 741748295
Reposted by scrussThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026everyone, meet Hugo www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWorld's tallest living horse based in Towcester 'still growing'Hugo the shire horse enters the record books as the world's tallest living horse. 861942381
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I dunno who Build Canada are, but this is a terrible look: "Procure a modern policing stack — a fixed plate-reader network, drone-as-first-responder, one real-time operations hub — to tackle crime and convert freed officer hours into visible presence ..." — www.buildcanada.com/toronto/memo...buildcanada.comMake Toronto Safer using Modern Policing TechnologySince the pandemic, assault, vehicle theft, and petty crime have remained high and general disorder like open hard drug use and encampments have grown significantly. The proven solution to these issue... 020
Reposted by scrussGraham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A mess of a time. #grickledoodle #horror #movies #friends #porcupine #turtle #octopus #scared #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor 223447
Reposted by scrussjenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 08/09/2026I've looked at literally thousands of online event listings over the past year and a half and now I have Opinions™ about how they should be structured, perhaps you would be interested in these if you also run events or you just enjoy a slightly exasperated blog post phirephoenix.com/blog/2026-09...phirephoenix.comthings I wish every event organizer would do for their event listingsHello yes, I am aware that it’s been almost a full year since the last post. This is largely because running Show Up Toronto and writing a newsletter for it every week takes a lot of time and energy. ... 36426
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 06/09/2026thanks to this very silly Parks Canada video, I've been mumbling to myself "All the bears with the humps go diiiigging, all the bears with the rumps go cliiiimbing ..." for the last few days www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sYj...youtube.comG Bear and B BearYouTube video by Kati 011
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One of my friends has developed chicken-assisted pumpkin carving: lift the pumpkin skin off where you want it carved, leave it out for the chickens and they'll peck out the rest. 330
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I'm sure it was a great idea to call your record label "Psychic Hotline" right up until everyone's bandcamp Friday purchase gets blocked as potential credit card fraud 010
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I took the mydialect.us thing, and it says I'm either Portland, ME, or Boston, MA. I'm from Scotland. The one I'm least like is Kansas City, MO: this explains the years of pronunciation hilarity we've had at home, since my partner's from there. 130
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Work n Wear warehouse sale is a much bigger FD than I expected 000
Reposted by scrussRupert Goodwins @rupertg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Jammed in eye, bowmen sly, and ponies toddling For tonight I'm gonna slay old Harold Godwin Norman hordes flash their swords, make Saxons cry-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayeux 163
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A dismal collection of election signs reminded me that the New Blue Party of Ontario (the "Doug is too left wing and pro-vax for us" party): a) still exists; b) is fielding candidates in all three provincial by-elections tomorrow. 010
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Bluffer's Park: after last night's storm, raw human waste is cascading into the sediment ponds and overflowing the barriers straight into Lake Ontario. Best stay away #toronto #water #ScarboroughBluffs #LakeOntario 120
scruss @scruss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's 3:20 am and the TTC thinks it's a great time to operate a vacuum daylighter in a residential area. Daylighters are very loud. The best bit? There's nothing I can do about it. TTC construction and maintenance are exempt from city noise bylaws. 000
