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've been on the sidelines of political media in NB since around the start of COVID, but I'll be damned if I don't get nostalgic for the interactions. I miss the fun call volume challenge Premiers Lord and Graham had where they would see between the two who could answer the most caller questions.

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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 · 21/07/2026

Good lord, ring the bell. That's a round 1 KO.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 20/07/2026

I wonder what the licensing costs would be for that from FIFA?

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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 · 28/06/2026

Somehow, Top Secret eluded me until a couple of years ago. What a wonderful surprise that movie was!

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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 · 24/06/2026

I'll always be a sucker for how cool the SkyDome looks in pictures.

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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

I hate (loathe?) being on-air as I'm a behind the scenes guy, but I also knew that the time of both Mr. Coon and my volunteer crew was valuable and I didn't want to cancel on them. I was internally panicked, but he never left me out there hanging and answered even my dumbest questions.

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

I regret not soliciting bsky for potential hosts for a live election night studio show! It might have been a wonderful train wreck!

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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

An achievable solution to a decades-long problem? That's insanity!

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

The harbinger wasp is now safely outside.

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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