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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 6h

My website post today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/10/film... Film Design: Matte Painting Concept Thumbnails "Below are several thumbnail sketches of ideas I had for extending the industrial areas of Toronto into an heavily industrialized state."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 14h

From the CD archives! I've not spun this disc in many years, but spinning at this very moment: Ennio Morricone's score to "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Picturing: Directing from Both Ends of the Mitchell II www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/07/pict...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Athot for the Day: Yep, That Bad www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/10/atho... Pierre Poilievre is....

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My latest website posts: www.simonstlaurent.ca Pup; seagull; Pierre Poilievre; cat; Oxford, Dover, Portsmouth, Gosport, London, Brighton, UK; Royal Navy; submarines; filmmakers Karel Zeman, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Wes Anderson; Criterion; the Linda Lindas; Film Opticals; old television shows ...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/10/pict... Picturing: Pup in Car "While walking about here in Toronto this past weekend I noticed a dog monitoring me from an open car window. Immediately I said hi and asked the owner, who was sitting in the driver seat, if I could a photo...."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/10/pict... Picturing: A View from the Oxford University Grounds "To Paddington Station!"

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/10/pict... Picturing: I'm a Star in Dover, I'm a Star in Calais

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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 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 · 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

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 · 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 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

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 · 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 · 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 · 17/09/2026

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

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/stro... Strolling Downtown Toronto Early This Morning Union Station's "Great Hall"....

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My website post this morning: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/stre... Streaming: Battle of Britain Day ― 86th Anniversary "Music blazed from sparking loudspeakers as fireworks of all colours and stripes rose streaking from a barge anchored to the sparkling waters before us. For many Brits...."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My website post this afternoon: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: Criterion Title Solaris on Blu-ray from BSV "This morning I walked down to Toronto's most superb home-video store, Bay Street Video, and added another title to my small Criterion collection."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My website post from last evening: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/vid-... Vid: Inside the New Criterion Retail Store in Toronto From CBC News Toronto and CBC News: "A massive selection of DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K physical movies lining every wall has opened in Toronto, curated by...."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/vid-... Vid: Inside the New Criterion Retail Store in Toronto "A massive selection of DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K physical movies lining every wall has opened in Toronto, curated by Criterion Collection, a film company based in New York. CBC’s...."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My continuing celebration of Star Trek's 60th: www.simonstlaurent.ca

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/my-t... My Three Favourite Star Trek Episodes (Today) Celebrating Star Trek's 60th....

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/star... Star Trek: A Celebration in Large-Format Book Form

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My continuing pieces on Star Trek's 60th: www.simonstlaurent.ca

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

My 'Star Trek at 60' postings, including "Toronto Star Photographer on the Star Trek Set". Reg Innell's assignment in June of 1966 was to visit Desilu Studios stages 9 and 10 (now Paramount 31 and 32) and cover two Canadian actors.... www.simonstlaurent.ca

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: TTC Spadina Station, Thinking, Planning

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/for-... For the Love of Star Trek on TVO A new TVO (TV Ontario) documentary premieres today at 8:00pm (EST) on that network. The program can be streamed from TVO.org if you're not from this quadrant.

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/09/pict... Picturing: How I'm Feeling These Days

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/09/star... Star Trek Premiered on CTV 60 Years Ago Today "Star Trek had its world premiere, not on Sept 8, 1966, on its home network of NBC, but two days earlier on Canada's CTV network. Canadians, and Americans living in 'border States'...."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My website post this evening: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/08/a-pl... A Place to Swim, a Place to Row (Lake Ontario) Sing along! (Thank you, Dolores Claman! And thank you, Donald Trump!)

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/08/a-pl... A Place to Swim, a Place to Row (Lake Ontario) Sing along! (Thank you, Dolores Claman! And thank you, Donald Trump!)

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/08/humo... Humour: A Hand Phaser is Not a Cat Toy

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My website post today: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/08/past... Past Post: Ten Years Ago Today — Open Streets "Near the intersection of Bloor and Spadina, on Bloor...." Toronto rocks!

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My website post this evening: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/08/vide... Video Clip: The Linda Lindas ― Burning Out "By the way, back in the spring I found out that The Linda Lindas (Lucia, Eloise, Bela, and Mila) performed at The Opera House here in Toronto last year."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My website post this morning: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/08/snip... Snip: This Past 30 Days Had Over 200k Website Hits

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My new website post: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/08/vide... Video Clip: The Linda Lindas Burning Out "Okay, 'my favourite new band' has produced yet another infectious song. Since I don't watch the late-night shows, there was no way I would have known they were scheduled to appear last night."

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My website post from yesterday: www.simonstlaurent.ca/2026/08/repo... Repost: Article Sample — Yukon Crews "With my repost yesterday about my flight experiences on the RCAF CC-130 Hercules transport aircraft, I thought I would keep stay on course by reposting my research piece...."

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