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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3h

My latest website posts: www.simonstlaurent.ca Downtown Toronto walk; Brighton, UK; Film Opticals of Canada; The Linda Lindas and their new album Gotta Get Out, a winner; a Super Film Crew here in Toronto; Portsmouth, UK, and the Royal Navy; HMS Warrior; filmmaker Karel Zeman.

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3h

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 4h

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: HMS Alliance at RN Submarine Museum "Lord Horatio Nelson, the great and legendary Royal Navy admiral, no doubt dreamt of a fantastic naval machine having the ability to travel under the sea."

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Picturing: HMS Alliance at RN Submarine Museum

Lord Horatio Nelson, the great and legendary Royal Navy admiral, no doubt dreamt of a fantastic naval machine having the ability to travel ...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 4h

"Conservative MP Scott Aitchison will announce his resignation from Parliament as soon as Wednesday, Global News has learned. "Aitchison will be the eighth MP to leave Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative caucus since the 2025 election." Wow! But not a "Surprise Wow!" Poor PP! LOL

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 8h

My website post (2 of 2) yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Some Royal Navy Oberons at Portsmouth "On a visit to Portsmouth years ago I took some snaps of a Royal Naval fleet, from yesterday to today. Above are Oberon-class submarines, diesel-electric boats, and...."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 8h

My website post (1 of 2) yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/wow-... Wow: From Zinnemann to Saint "Minutes ago I was reading up on Austrian-American film director Alfred "Fred" Zinnemann when I saw actress Eva Marie Saint listed."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 9h

From this morning's Washington Post: "Wednesday’s Headlines: The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed" Oh, really? The math is simple.

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Some Royal Navy Oberons at Portsmouth "On a visit to Portsmouth years ago I took some snaps of a Royal Naval fleet, from yesterday to today. Above are Oberon-class submarines, diesel-electric boats...."

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Picturing: Some Royal Navy Oberons at Portsmouth

Further to my post from yesterday, on a visit to Portsmouth, UK, years ago I took some snaps of a Royal Naval fleet, from yesterday to toda...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/wow-... Wow: From Zinnemann to Saint "Minutes ago I was reading up on Austrian-American film director Alfred "Fred" Zinnemann when I saw actress Eva Marie Saint listed — she co-starred with Don Murray and Anthony Franciosa in...."

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Wow: From Zinnemann to Saint

Minutes ago I was reading up on Austrian-American film director Alfred "Fred" Zinnemann when I saw actress Eva Marie Saint listed — she co-s...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: HMS Warrior at Portsmouth, UK "My fascination with 'ironclads' drew me to HMS Warrior, a warrior now berthed at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Aye, she's a beautiful lady, and a fine ship!"

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My website post yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/on-s... On the Speaker: The Linda Lindas Gotta Get Out "I have their two previous albums, Growing Up and No Obligation. They are four very talented young ladies who have written some terrific songs."

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On the Speaker: The Linda Lindas Gotta Get Out

I'm looking forward to giving this a spin! I have their two previous albums, Growing Up and No Obligation . They are four very talented you...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/on-s... On the Speaker: The Linda Lindas Gotta Get Out "I'm looking forward to giving this a spin! I have their two previous albums, Growing Up and No Obligation. They are four very talented young ladies who have written some terrific songs."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My website post this morning: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/this... "Yesterday I keyed-in my domain name improperly and ended up on a search result displaying the above. I found it to be very interesting in how it did an accurate overview of this website/blog."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/this... "Yesterday I keyed-in my domain name improperly and ended up on a search result displaying the above. I found it to be very interesting in how it did an accurate overview of this website/blog."

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This Site and Moi Get an A.I. Overview ― Cool!

Yesterday I keyed-in my domain name improperly and ended up on a search result displaying the above. I found it to be very interesting in ho...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

William Shakespeare could not have penned a more tragic character than Pierre Poilievre. A Con: "Whose [sic] William Shakespeare?"

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My website post yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: One Super Film Crew Here in Toronto

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: One Super Film Crew Here in Toronto

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My website post (4 of 4) today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/flat... Flatscreen Flick: The Fabulous Baron Munchausen "The extras are of typical Criterion quality. Filmmakers Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, and Koji Yamamura talk of how Karel Zeman influenced and inspired them. No doubt!"

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My website post (3 of 4) today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Visual Effects Supervisor at Film Opticals

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My website post (2 of 4) today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Brighton Beach Promenade Walk, UK

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My website post (1 of 4) today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Beautiful Seaside Waters at Portsmouth, UK

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/flat... Flatscreen Flick: The Fabulous Baron Munchausen Karel Zeman, genius filmmaker. @criterion.bsky.social @criterionchannl.bsky.social

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Beautiful Seaside Waters at Portsmouth, UK

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From today's Financial Post.... "Posthaste: More Canadian investors are moving their money out of US., into Canada"

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My website post this afternoon: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: A Plaque on Toronto's Fairmont Royal York

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My website post this morning: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/toro... Toronto Star Star Week Newspaper Clipping of 1976 "While undertaking some research through the Toronto Star online archives I stumbled upon an issue of that paper's then television listings magazine, Star Week."

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Toronto Star Star Week Newspaper Clipping from 1976

On the 13th of this month I took a look back at the old SF television series Space:1999 . While looking for a particular file this morning ...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: A Plaque on Toronto's Fairmont Royal York

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/toro... Toronto Star Star Week Newspaper Clipping from 1976 "While undertaking some research through the Toronto Star online archives, I stumbled upon an issue of that paper's then television-listings magazine, Star Week."

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Toronto Star Star Week Newspaper Clipping from 1976

On the 13th of this month I took a look back at the old SF television series Space:1999 . While looking for a particular file this morning ...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My website post yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Toronto Condo Development Graffiti

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My website post today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Toronto Condo Development Graffiti

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From this morning's Washington Post: "Today in politics: Trump decries Democrats as ‘communists,’ even as he looks to impress China’s communist leader" LOL

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Toronto Condo Development Graffiti They might be onto something....

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My website post today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/atho... Athot for the Day: By Any Other Name, Not! Yes, Pierre 'PP' Poilievre.

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post from Friday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/wrap... Wrapping Up Star Trek's 60th: That Fantastic Theme!

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post (2 of 2) from last Thursday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/star... Star Trek 60th: Three Books from the Archives

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post (1 of 2) from last Thursday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Friend Jonathan at the AGO

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post (4 of 4) from last Wednesday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/stro... Strolling Downtown Toronto Early This Morning

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post (3 of 4) from last Wednesday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/a-re... A Real Star Trek: Looking Back at D.C. Fontana "No script, no movie!" ― Ludvik Dittrich (film school instructor)

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post (2 of 4) from last Wednesday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/star... Star Trek Composer Gerald Fried's Fight Music

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post (1 of 4) from last Wednesday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/once... Once a Geek, (Almost) Always a Geek ― a Star Trek

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post (2 of 2) from last Tuesday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Criterion Title Solaris on Blu-ray from BSV

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post (1 of 2) from last Tuesday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/stre... Streaming: Battle of Britain Day ― 86th Anniversary

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post from last Monday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/vid-... Vid: Inside the New Criterion Retail Store in Toronto

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My website post from last Sunday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/stre... Streaming Space:1999 ― From This Date Last Year

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/atho... Athot for the Day: By Any Other Name, Not! Yes, Pierre Poilievre.

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Pierre Poilievre, der geistlose Elf. That roughly translates to English as: "PP, the loser."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My website post this morning: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/wrap... Wrapping Up Star Trek's 60th: That Fantastic Theme! "Alexander Courage's brilliant and beautiful Star Trek theme is the proper way to close my '60th' posts. The composer nailed 'Star Trek' when he wrote the title tune."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/wrap... Wrapping Up Star Trek's 60th: That Fantastic Theme! "Alexander Courage's brilliant and beautiful Star Trek theme is the proper way to close my '60th' posts. The composer nailed 'Star Trek' when he wrote the title tune."

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Wrapping Up Star Trek's 60th: That Fantastic Theme!

Alexander Courage's brilliant and beautiful Star Trek theme is the proper way to close my "60th" posts. The composer nailed "Star Trek" whe...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My website post (1 of 2) yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Friend Jonathan at the AGO "At the wonderful Art Gallery of Ontario."

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