iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 26/08/2026

#DollyParton and science fiction fans with a Disney+ subscription: #TheOrville, Season 2, Episode 12 ("Sanctuary") The Orville, Season 3, Episode 8 ("Midnight Blue") But really, just watch the entire series if you're a fan of #StarTrek TNG, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 18/08/2026

Generative AI-made event posters are like an airbrushed 1970s van combined with one of those cars where the conspiracy-pilled owner grabbed a silver Sharpie and wrote every single idea that popped into their head over every inch of their vehicle's body.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 18/08/2026

I booked and produced the live political call-in show "Voice of the Province" for twelve years and, despite the fact it became a challenge to book later on as politicians realized they needed the media less to get their message out with the rise of social media, I always had fun doing the show.

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Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Former Kent North Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau says he will not run for the N.B. party leadership.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 27/07/2026

See, this is why I make all of my vanity plates a series of three letters that can't possibly form a word followed by three randomly selected numbers.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 18/07/2026

I'm rewatching the first season of "The John Larroquette Show" in more than 30 years, and holy crap is it good. The quality stuck in my head after having watched it originally as a teenager and I'm glad it holds up.

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Telegraph-Journal @telegraph-journal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Crews battle growing out-of-control wildfire south of Fredericton tj.news/fredericton-...

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 14/07/2026

I just saw the term "vertical dramas" and died inside. When my time comes, please put "he refused to shoot vertical video" on my tombstone.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 27/06/2026

My favourite NHL tradition is Gary Bettman's heel heat.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 17/06/2026

I was so busy hating vertical video that I never saw AI slop coming!

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 11/06/2026

"Join our Discord..." is quickly becoming my 2026 equivalent of hearing nails on a chalkboard.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 05/06/2026

I know it's about the easiest thing in the world to do, but there really is something fulfilling about replacing the engine and cabin air filters in your own car.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 04/06/2026

Back when I was producing "Voice of the Province" on Rogers tv, I had to step in to host at the last minute because the regular host at the time suddenly became unavailable. The guest was David Coon, and it was the easiest 60 minutes of live call-in television that I could have ever hosted.

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Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

David Coon announces he will step down as leader of the New Brunswick Green Party. He will stay as leader until the party chooses a new leader and will remain an MLA until the next election.

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Adam Huras @adamhuras.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

NEW: After 14 years with the top job, David Coon is stepping down as New Brunswick Green party leader. He will remain as leader until the party holds a leadership convention to choose his successor. The party will make an announcement on a leadership convention in the coming weeks.

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Amber Woods @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

NEW ChatGPT has launched a new health and wellness feature called “ChatGPT Health” that allows users to upload their medical records. 🚩Do not do this. Do not upload your medical records to an AI chatbot. Do not provide your medical data.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 27/05/2026

My spending on app licences has gone down significantly since a chunk of app creators started going the way of subscription models instead of standard version licensing. Things like weather apps I get since the data costs money, but an FTP client seems like a weird thing to only be able to lease.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 22/05/2026

I will always have a soft spot and appreciation for the critically panned 1980 musical film "The Apple".

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 20/05/2026

The weather always knows on which days I must lug production gear to a video shoot and conflates heat and humidity accordingly.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 13/05/2026

I’m once again disappointed that I completed a Census form that didn’t ask me how many toilets I have in my house. I wanted to give everyone in Canada two or three new federally funded flushes each!

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Steven Clark @thefwordnb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Regardless what you think of FREX expropriation everyone should be concerned that many Candidates for council do not under the process, what the meeting was about, how the system works, what's legal vs illegal and have no problem sharing that ignorance on FB for likes and votes.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 11/05/2026

Happy election day! I'm spending my afternoon doing what I always do: Shaking down election television graphics and praying to everything that the data flows into the system. We'll be running some of our favourite news stories, old and new, with results starting at 8:30 PM on Rogers tv (cable 10).

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 08/05/2026

One last mayoral campaign/municipal profile to shoot and edit: Hanwell, I'm coming to visit you tomorrow morning!

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Adam Huras @adamhuras.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

NEW from me... What would a permanent change to daylight saving time in New Brunswick look like? Analysis reveals how much more sun in the evenings it actually means, but also how many more darker mornings there would be tj.news/new-brunswic...

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What would a permanent change to daylight saving time look like?

Analysis reveals how much more sun in the evenings it actually means, but also how much darker mornings would

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 01/05/2026

I would absolutely shocked if at least one complaint to Elections New Brunswick isn't lodged targeting the City of Saint John's promotional Facebook video that was posted to their page yesterday. I feel like it might be an interest test of the election rules.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 27/04/2026

AI slop on YouTube has made me long for the days of stupid looking facial expressions in thumbnails, so I guess there's that.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 22/04/2026

There's a wasp in my kitchen, so the warmer weather season is now officially here.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 21/04/2026

Roughly 1/3 of the things I've said after turning 45 have just been the "harumph" noise that Rene Auberjonois made as Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 17/04/2026

Doing the whirlwind tour of the Muncipality of Grand Lake for a riding profile. Hit Ripples, Albright’s Corner and Minto so far, next up is Chipman, Gaspereau Forks, and Grand Lake to try and catch a sunset on the way back to Fredericton. I could not have had better weather for it!

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Bondo @bondosucks.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It's Fundrive week at CHSR! 📻✌️ If you care about local music, stories, and voices in Fredericton, this is your reminder that community radio only works when the community shows up. Donate or learn more here: www.chsrfm.ca/donate

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Erin Wraithburn👻 @erinraeburn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

And all of Gen X just breathed a sigh of relief. So incredible.😭

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Jeannine St. Amand @jeanninestamand.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

1.7 million people watching the NASA feed via youtube. Amazing.

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Rob Hoadley @robhoadley.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Artemis II returning to Earth on Friday

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 07/04/2026

It just dawned on me that we could be where we are today because the Iron Sheik was a really effective wrestling heel in the 1980s.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 01/04/2026

Love or hate the theme song to Star Trek: Enterprise, it sure is stuck in my head on loop play right now.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 01/04/2026

There's rarely a day that goes by where I don't fondly remember the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

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John Howard Society of Fredericton @johnhowardfred.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

You don’t need to have all the right words. You don’t need to wait until you’re falling apart. Reaching out takes courage, and calling or texting 9-8-8 is the first step towards getting the support you need. #988Canada

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 31/03/2026

I needed a specific precision screwdriver bit, so I ordered an electric screwdriver kit from AliExpress. After a week, it arrives... Missing the single bit that I bought it for in the first place. If you needed proof that the universe has either a sense of humour or loves trolling, there you go.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 30/03/2026

In honour of the BNL sellout at Harvest, allow me to present one of my favourite scenes from the TV show "Community": www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfdT...

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The Barenaked Ladies on Community

YouTube video by Jesse Hubbard

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 29/03/2026

We’ve somehow made it to 2026 without a Canadian channel reviving the early 1980s game show Super Pay Cards.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 26/03/2026

I just did a story on this bridge. It's neither a covered bridge, nor is it open (closed in September of 2025).

A screenshot of a Tourism NB AI chatbot response asking about visiting a bridge that has been closed for six months. It seems to believe it is also a covered bridge, which it is not.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 26/03/2026

I couldn't get the NB tourism AI to tell me how long it would take to drive Route 6 or where I could get tickets to the Saint John Flames, but it did drop this little nugget for me:

A screenshot of a chat with the NB Tourism AI chatbot where it indicates that Blaine Higgs is the current Premier of New Brunswick. Blaine Higgs lost the provincial election in 2024 and subsequently resigned.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 26/03/2026

I'm going to be that weird guy that everyone avoids in twenty years because I keep shooting video in landscape mode instead of vertical. What I can I say, I like situational context in my videos.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 25/03/2026

You can say that the technology that marketing people call "AI" is unreliable and prone to errors, but there's a non-zero chance the New Brunswick AI tourism chatbot is going to direct someone to a Woolco and it will be glorious. You always have to look at the bright side of things!

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 24/03/2026

You can say that capitalism is bad, but without it, how would we have such ridiculously narrow parking spots in our parking garages? I, for one, would miss the daily shimmying in and out of my vehicle, it makes me feel like an action movie star!

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 24/03/2026

That’s a pretty good Harvest lineup, even if it is once again missing Weird Al Yankovic.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 23/03/2026

I like how so many clickbait news headlines are written like Jeopardy! answers.

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