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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Diablo Rojo by Rodrigo y Gabriela
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have so very many of these, but I'll go with Where is Your God Now by Rok Nardin and Darkstar, which I think is by Lorne Balfe.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
LOL. LMAO even. And I sincerely hope the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation can be made whole here.
globalnews.ca
$11.5M from Sturgeon Lake trust helped fund Rath firm’s Tallcree payment: receiver | Globalnews.ca
Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm took $11.5 million from one First Nation trust to help him make a court-ordered refund to another First Nation, court documents show.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Perhaps worth pointing out that the iron ring isn't required and isn't necessarily indicative of being an engineer (since that requires being a member of the relevant provincial association). I did go through the ceremony though.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thinking that you can machine verify technical specs in engineering projects is just the most hilarious thing I've ever seen.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I would lay the responsibility for the broken brains at the feet of the NEP among other things rather than Covid, but yes, all of this. Indescribably all of this. These people want to be pissed at the federal government and they will never ever stop being pissed at them.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Of all the places to choose to complain about "transplants" being undesirable, New York City? Ellis Island is *right there*
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Watching this is making me more in favour of orchestral and chamber music being performed while standing.
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Holst St. Paul's Suite
YouTube video by Going Home Project
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So this story got a little more exciting.
globalnews.ca
Alberta separatist leader Rath faces $109M debt claim from US investors  | Globalnews.ca
An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So @annateresa.bsky.social, the mountie from Due South is going to be in season 2 of Heated Rivalry and I felt it important that you be in possession of that information.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What gif shows up when you type your name?
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Mikastter Hilton: Paris Outing
ALT: Mikastter Hilton: Paris Outing
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 01/09/2026
I don't know if anyone outside of Canada has been following the saga of the island that appeared then disappeared but there has been a big development. It has re-appeared. And that's the top story on CBC News right now: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Screenshot  of main cbcnews.ca page: Lost island in northern B.C. lake — that appeared then disappeared — located, B.C. Hydro says
Newly formed island found along shore of Williston Reservoir after drifting for 30 kilometres
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An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.'s largest reservoir
Used bookstores navigate 'suspicious' bulk orders amid AI book-shredding fears
Canadian booksellers worry buyers are scanning, destroying books to train AI
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To shelve or not to shelve: How the American alcohol response varies widely by province
'That choice to not shelve product, that's been a very powerful symbolic message,' says tariffs expert
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Élections Québec to mail voter information in French only for 1st time in a provincial election
Élections Québec will send voters information documents in French only for the first time in a general election to comply with changes to Quebec's language laws, the agency said in a news release on Tuesday.
Canada -Montreal |
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Schools in Edmonton and across Canada cancel international field trips
Boards are calling off trips due to trade war, unrest, 'evolving global context'
Canada |
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Liberals sweep 3 federal byelections in Ontario, Quebec and B.C.
Carney government secures majority in crucial test amid U.S. trade war
Politics |
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2 tankers carrying Saudi oil hit in Strait of Hormuz as war shows no signs of stopping
World |
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'It is Lake Ontario and it won’t change,' business owners in Niagara region respond to Trump renaming lake
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Williston Lake looked at Okanagan Lake with its Ogopogo and went "pffffft!" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.'s largest reservoir | CBC News
B.C. Hydro says it's monitoring for the reappearance of a mysterious island first spotted by boaters 100 kilometres from the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in northeastern B.C.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I just want to say that I admire the planning that went into the photograph on this article. Well done, everyone.
chron.com
'Just don't go': Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional
For the second time in three years, a federal judge has ruled Texas' ban on drag shows is unconstitutional.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
So it turns out that the putative leader of the Alberta separatists is even sketchier than I already thought. No wonder Smith is so fond of him.
globalnews.ca
From trust funds to bullion: Inside the court battles surrounding Jeff Rath | Globalnews.ca
An $8-million bullion purchase is at the heart of Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath's legal woes - a purchase that Tallcree First Nation alleges should have gone to its trust.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What's your favorite acting role by a singer? I started with Labyrinth but I'm thinking of changing it to Janelle Monae on Stargate Universe.
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Janelle Monae: "Many Moons" Official Short Film (HD)
YouTube video by Janelle Monáe
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I assume this is because someone bought two or more adjoining buildings and this part is basically just a facade now. I feel like it could have been addressed with a little more elegance though.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Gee, who could have guessed what the first paragraph of his wiki article would look like? (No, this is my first time hearing of Pegler in case this is well-known and I somehow missed it.)
Francis James Westbrook Pegler (August 2, 1894 – June 24, 1969) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist described as "one of the godfathers of right-wing populism". He was a newspaper columnist popular in the 1930s and 1940s for his opposition to the New Deal, labor unions, and anti-lynching legislation.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head.
A frame from one of the drills in the tryouts in Rudy. The track title is named, surprisingly, "Tryouts".
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I uh... broke the bot.
voicesandvaccines:
This post doesn't exist either. You can't comment on it, cant [sic] screenshot it, and can't prove it. It never did exist and doesn't exist.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's funny how desperate the @voicesandvaccines.bsky.social account is getting. He has to keep deleting his posts because he's admitted to lying.
Screenshot of three posts in a thread. The first has been deleted. The second post is mine and reads 'The group of people who are young and healthy and aren't at risk of disease" is the group that doesn't exist.

The post will exist so long as you don't delete it like you've been doing with so many of your failed replies.

The response from @voicesandvaccines.bsky.social reads "What replies? You are you replying to?"

Yes, @voicesandvaccines.bsky.social has to keep deleting their posts because he's lying and can't get around it anymore.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
GIF your mental health
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Stitch's Mischievous Grin
ALT: Stitch's Mischievous Grin
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
LLMs aren't inherently non-deterministic, which makes all of this even more irritating.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Girlfriend: I'm going to turn off this light, it's too bright. Me: Yeah, it should be more like me. Girlfriend: Me: Not too bright.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I'm filing condo board documents right now and just came across one entitled "Smoke Detector Sensitivity Testing" and I sat there for a moment trying to figure out who the smoke detector offended.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It had better be Emma Thompson.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Will Stancil is an absurd and unreasonable person who doesn't have the ability to articulate nuanced views and whines about the gentlest of insults imaginable.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Honestly, I'm not clear on what property was damaged here.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Standing at the gate for my flight and getting seriously overstimulated from all the noise and people. Boarding cannot happen too soon.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 21/07/2026
News In Photo:
Canadians just so goddamn tired of this bullshit
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Trudeau didn't step down in favour of Carney. He stepped down and the party held an internal election to choose the next leader of the party. Freeland was technically the most likely successor when announced his resignation.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I probably shouldn't be on Twitter explaining what access to MAID in Canada and gun ownership in the US have in common...
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Just saw a post that reminded me of one of my favourite buildings. Behold, the Inktpot in Utrecht:
The Inktpot building in Utrecht, NL (now the headquarters for ProRail). It's a beautiful almost-Art Deco building with a UFO sticking out the side. Yes, you read that right.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
There are people on the hellsite arguing that the Lion King isn't Hamlet and I'm going back to bed now.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I consider the fact that he wasn't struck by lightning while saying this proof that there really isn't a god.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'm sorry, but not all (and probably none) of these were bangers.
en.wikipedia.org
List of operas by Antonio Vivaldi - Wikipedia
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Just read an article that discussed US AI companies complaining about "distillation" of their models and the irony is spectacular. Yes, keep complaining about others doing to you what you've done to everyone else. That'll definitely get us on board.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I wonder if they'll ever figure out that they come off less as insulting and more as incredibly weird with a pathetic sexual tinge.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I assume this is about the World Cup.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'm of the opinion that the Dicastery should be staffed entirely by D&D nerds.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Supreme Court rules 6-3 they can have their cake and eat it too
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Alright, name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you. This one is also amusingly topical.
Poster for The Odyssey, a Canadian kids TV show about, well, the Odyssey, but as a kid.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Oh that's right, it's Friday.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Somebody's scared to engage in conversation about their claims. The things they've labeled as claims rather than facts? Yeah, they actually are facts and aren't even in dispute.
Post from @turnipstyle.bsky.social:
Without irrefutable proof, those remain claims — not facts.

Our point remains: Patagonia’s legal posture does not answer the values question.

A trademark concern may explain why they acted. It does not prove litigation was the only values-aligned response.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Is there an option to just mark all of them as "Fuck off"? There's 5 racist/anti-immigrant dogwhistles, 4 anti-federal government dogwhistles, and a non-binding referendum question on whether to have a binding referendum on Alberta separation.
Headline that reads "Alberta separation question to be atop stack of ten colour-coded ballots in fall vote" with a picture of Marlaina Danielle Smith standing behind a podium looking like an idiot. Describing her as looking like an idiot is gratuitous but meh.

URL: https://nationalnewswatch.com/2026/05/28/alberta-separation-question-to-be-atop-stack-of-ten-colour-coded-ballots-in-fall-vote
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This qualifies as evergreen.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
It's sometimes obvious that certain people should never attempt to create music because they are just completely fucking tone deaf. The current US ambassador to Canada is one of those people.
cbc.ca
Trump's man in Ottawa doesn't understand why Canadians are so frustrated right now | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra sat down with Radio-Canada earlier this week to talk tariffs, booze bans, military spending and more.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I desperately wish I couldn't remember when Trump was president.
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Rob the Blue Mage @thebluemage.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Women... plural?
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