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Daily Music Pick: Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees. Contains one of my favourite lyrics ever - "He used to do surgery, for girls in the 80s, but gravity always wins. And it wears him out." #radiohead #dailymusicpick youtu.be/n5h0qHwNrHk?...

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Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

YouTube video by Radiohead

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 29/09/2026

The problem isn't what individuals, groups and political parties the masses think are bad, sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't. The problem is the masses have for decades been choosing demonstrably worse individuals, groups and political parties to replace them and "fix" things.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 29/09/2026

Humanity is great at adapting when catastrophes (man-made or natural) occur but impossibly useless at avoiding those catastrophes in the first place, even when we see them coming for decades.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 29/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Joy Division - Transmission. Their best song by far. #joydivision #dailymusicpick youtu.be/J7D5heNRUy0?...

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Transmission

YouTube video by Joy Division - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 29/09/2026

Very much like alcohol barons who wash their hands of the societal costs of alcoholism.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 28/09/2026

"Just because it 100% meets the definition of a conspiracy theory does not mean it is a conspiracy theory. What's that duck doing in the studio?"

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 28/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Paramore - Misguided Ghosts. Just a really beautiful song to start the week. #paramore #dailymusicpick youtu.be/oGWeHPK3NC4?...

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Paramore - Misguided Ghosts (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Paramore

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 27/09/2026

Yeah uhhhh, no. Hard no. Really really diamond hard NOPE.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 27/09/2026

When I was younger I might not know who they were talking about but I'd be curious and give it a listen and then decide I don't like it and move on with my day. Now I'm in my late 50s, have never heard the song, don't give a shit and will happily get on with my day as soon as I hit reply. 😁

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 27/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: U2 - Promenade. Pairing U2 with legendary producers Eno + Lanois was a stroke of genius then and is still a stroke of genius today. Their best album by a longshot imo. #U2 #dailymusicpick youtu.be/G8mPiGMLf4M?...

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Promenade (Remastered 2009)

YouTube video by U2 - Topic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

This is something I have been thinking about lately. If AI is a mess of poor implementation and/or malevolent actors what will it be like when paired with the power + speed of quantum computing? Am I misconnecting things or is that a recipe for shit everything on an unimaginable scale?

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

I agree, I'm sure Macron knows that any moratorium will almost immediately be broken by Russia who will then lie and blame Ukraine and even call a Security Council meeting to whine about what didn't happen.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Gary Numan - Cars. Another song that sounded impossibly alien when first released. #garynuman #dailymusicpick youtu.be/Im3JzxlatUs?...

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Gary Numan - Cars HD

YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

Lists that don't have bizarre choices, omissions or wrong orders are the only ones worth paying attention to so.... go have a pint Mark. 😁

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

You know those people down on the waterfront who draw pictures of you if you sit in a chair beside them, I hear they've decided they can draw who they want and how. It's an amazing turn of events.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

I really wish Meta would give me an option to decline Muse that states "No, not in a million years, I don't want your stupid AI thing go away stop offering it to me even after I declined it 4 times." 🙄

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 26/09/2026

If your answer to any problem, any issue, any concern is to treat anyone as if they matter less than you and your "type" then kindly f$&k off and go away.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 25/09/2026

The number of apps who have a "premium" level whose primary ads on the non-premium level are about how you wouldn't have these ads if you had premium is really pathetic and growing. 🙄

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 25/09/2026

The problem is, far too many of "us" are idiots.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 25/09/2026

A few decades ago when the term "too big to let fail" became popular I mused to a friend that "become too big to let fail" will now be a business goal high on a list for startups and now here we are. It doesn't matter if your product works yet, just become huge and demand to be treated as special.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 25/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The Walkmen - The Rat. Quite relentless. #thewalkmen #dailymusicpick youtu.be/asI2DsUPWJ4?...

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The Walkmen - "The Rat"

YouTube video by TheWalkmenMusic

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 25/09/2026

Are you sure those were Lamborghinis and not the new Lada Borghini? 🤔

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 24/09/2026

Dictators/wannabes really do like fluffing each other don't they?

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 24/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels. A song from the perspective of the husband of a wife struggling with depression. This one hits hard. #theinspiralcarpets #dailymusicpick youtu.be/J-fX0UbpZls?...

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Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels (Official Video)

YouTube video by Inspiral Carpets

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 24/09/2026

They've got those already don't you know!

An old comic book advertisement for x-ray glasses.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 23/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Ministry - The Angel. Before they became heavy industrial monsters. #ministry #dailymusicpick youtu.be/8zRCDO-NZLA?...

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The Angel

YouTube video by Ministry - Topic

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

You can get a lot of pro-Trump musicians for $6 000, so why did they cancel it? 🤔

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

It's Quinte West. Maps hard. Joe no understand.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

Can confirm - ordered from them once 5 years ago.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

If it looks like transit rights and smells like potash, it must be one of those "Cards" Trump is always mumbling on about.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

"UDAY & QUSAY Trump" - that one made me laugh. 😂

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For God's sake, this is craven. The Russians have been trying to obliterate US companies in Ukraine repeatedly and with some success. The US government says nothing at all.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

D7 got an email apologizing the shipment had not yet been picked up by the delivery company. D8 got another email apologizing for the delay. Ongoing - no idea if I'll get the items or how this will end. 🤣 I can't wait for the "How did we do" email.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

indicating that the shipment was to be refunded. D4 got an email saying they had received my return as per policies. D5 noticed the refund did not include shipping. D6 contacted customer service indicating I never received the parcel so how can I not get my shipping refunded. They refunded shipping.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

Currently dealing with a confused mess from a major clothing company I ordered from. Day 1 placed the order, got an email confirming it. D2 got an email saying 1 of 2 items was not currently available and would be shipped when in stock. D3 got an email that both items had shipped. D4 got an email

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: The Flatmates - Shimmer. Classic 80s British guitar pop. #theflatmates #dailymusicpick youtu.be/OJgM33dFQ5I?...

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The Flatmates - Shimmer

YouTube video by Henry Ner

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 22/09/2026

That's not her cat, it's a representation of the kind of night she is having. 😔

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 21/09/2026

Trump has only 3 options - pressure Putin (the right one), pressure both, or f$%k off.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 21/09/2026

In the case of Ovechkin, the NHL lists the country of the players regularly and it is often celebrated. For him to claim he doesn't follow politics etc. is laughable. Would he promote a product without researching it even a little? No. Yet he'll appear in an overtly political ad and claim ignorance.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 21/09/2026

Basic logic says if country names are connected to the players/teams then the playing of the sport is political. Creating "neutral" designations does not erase the known country of origin that is supporting and celebrating the athlete/s.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 21/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume. Hard to explain just how alien and weird this sounded in the late 80s. #pumpupthevolume #dailymusicpick youtu.be/ULdCat1B_FE?...

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Pump Up The Volume MARRS

YouTube video by ruggerintrah

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 20/09/2026

Daily Music Pick: Dream Wife - Fire. One of the best concerts I've ever been to; imagine this edgy pop/rock being played by Motorhead and you get the idea. #dreamwife #dailymusicpick youtu.be/W49ghm7IX4A?...

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Dream Wife - Fire

YouTube video by DreamWifeVEVO

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 20/09/2026

Coming soon from Trump's mouth - "Thanks to the Triumphal Arch, the US has now triumphalled 11 times in the most triumphalist manner ever seen in history. It's not even close."

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 20/09/2026

There's a reason a lot of Russia's Useful Idiots are men of a certain age - they are looking for relevance they can't find in normal ways so they resort to this. Building yourself up on the backs of others' pain is the lowest form of human life.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 19/09/2026

I tried to explain it to Dad but he didn't agree with me. "It said 'This is the SCTV Network' so that's what it is." I left it as it was, he never complained.

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Norm @thebookstoreonpluto.ca · 19/09/2026

Funny anecdote from my long ago past. My parents had moved into the country and had to use an antenna to watch TV, the kind you had to turn with a gadget in the living room. Dad had marked out the locations and the stations, and 1 was SCTV. I'm guessing the show was on when he hit that channel. 🙃

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