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I cut hair and sometimes make music. Retired music journalist. He/they Toronto https://on.soundcloud.com/z1Wx4

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Bleep Mix #315 - Terrence Dixon Bleep - We specialise in independent and innovative music regardless of genre or format. Working with labels and artists around the globe, we bring you a hand-picked selection of music for your ears a...

"I created this mix with a Pioneer DJM 250, one Technics 1200, Maschine 3 and a Roland MC-303 Groovebox."
β€”Terrence Dixon

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12.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interviewer: why did you invent the Allen wrench
WG Allen: because I love the people
Interviewer: and why did you make it in eleven different sizes
WG Allen (crosses his legs): well I also hate the people

25.08.2025 06:59 πŸ‘ 439 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

New from me at TVO, on last week's FAO report on homelessness (spoiler: it's bleak)

11.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Luckily, there are enough unflattering photos of Pete Hegseth on Getty Images to last a lifetime

11.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 966 πŸ” 207 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 0
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Toronto.

11.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coffee beans are seeds. You are drinking seeds you are addicted to seeds. You're a bird. You're a whole friggin bird addicted to caffeine seeds.

11.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 363 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 13

The splitscreen between "I think they should use the strait" and pictures of the Mayuree Naree Bangkok burning in the strait on the same day is absurdly on point.

Trump has, at last, it seems, found a problem that lying and marketing cannot solve.

11.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 319 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 0

Divine writers' room phoning it in again.

11.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apart from the moral repugnance, this is so revealing of how ignorant conservatives are about poverty. Poor people have to think about money ALL THE TIME. They worry constantly about what everything costs, how to substitute one purchase for another, what bill can be put off until payday, etc.

11.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 2940 πŸ” 676 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 25

I mean, I already wasn’t going to Chili’s, but now I’m not going to Chili’s twice as hard because FUCK THIS SHIT

let every jalapeΓ±o pop however they want to

11.03.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œMultifamily housing is for young renters and the poor while single family homes are for established adults with children” is a really pernicious folk theory about how housing markets should work that I think is foundational to so much bad housing policy at all levels of government.

11.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 1391 πŸ” 258 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 10

Side note: Media outlets that refused to cave to Pentagon press rules have been coming up with scoop after scoop from military sources. So much for Hegseth’s attempt to strangle journalism

10.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1688 πŸ” 553 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 5
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New: A Houston woman is suing Tesla in Harris County, alleging that her Cybertruck, while using Tesla's "Full Self-Driving mode" tried to drive the car off of a bridge. Here is the dashcam footage provided by her lawyers: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

09.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 1393 πŸ” 478 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 285

this is actually how my cursed Online brain read the post

21.08.2023 02:50 πŸ‘ 1175 πŸ” 252 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 2

Octavia E. Butler said, β€œThese novels are not prophetic. These novels are cautionary tales… The problems that I write about are problems that we can do something about. That's why I write about them.”

And β€œI hope they're not prophecy because I don't want to live in that world.”

10.03.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 299 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 10

It is completely insane that they are putting people's names into their paid product as "experts" without their knowledge. And Grammarly's response is to say people can OPT OUT?? There's not even a definitive list to see if you're on it.

10.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 186 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

i love to put my delicious fresh produce in the crisper drawer and never see it again πŸ₯°

10.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 959 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 4

Just killed a man's whole family and accidentally installed him as leader of Iran. We created Super Vengeance Boy and are just assuming he'll leave us alone.

09.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 6170 πŸ” 1043 πŸ’¬ 186 πŸ“Œ 45

"His unique style of politics" is just riffing. He's adlibbing every goddamn thing

09.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 383 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

not included in this rage-bait story is the fact that most B.C. municipalities use zoning to restrict mobile homes, camper vans, tiny homes etc, which is why you find so many RV parks on reserve land. an easy fix by non-Indigenous governments. thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/regi...

09.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

09.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 12610 πŸ” 2105 πŸ’¬ 616 πŸ“Œ 306
Jay: Guys, please don't let "skeets" stick

The experiment in decentralized naming decisions has resulted in the worst possible term

How about skoots? Can we bring back skoots? Bluesky OGs, help me out here, remember skoots?

10:45 PM Β· Apr 27, 2023

Jay: Guys, please don't let "skeets" stick The experiment in decentralized naming decisions has resulted in the worst possible term How about skoots? Can we bring back skoots? Bluesky OGs, help me out here, remember skoots? 10:45 PM Β· Apr 27, 2023

Say what you will about Jay, but she is solely responsible for Bluesky posts being called skeets.

09.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 1903 πŸ” 211 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 67

If the Dems who win in the 2026 midterms get squeamish about prosecuting this administration, we'll need to elect a bunch of new people running on Nuremberg shit for 2028. This isn't a joke. It's the law. It's justice. Biden let Trump back in the WH and this happened because Joe didn't do his job

09.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 6479 πŸ” 1836 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 47

SchrΓΆdinger’s war

09.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This explains why I haven’t heard them

09.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fetterman’s voicemail is doing a lot of emotional work for me these days

09.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Punk icon Jello Biafra hospitalized following a stroke "I realized I had 'fallen and I can’t get up!'"

Sounds like he’ll be OK but damn

www.straight.com/music/punk-i...

09.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Waiter, I ordered medium rare Psychology. This is barely cooked.

09.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 446 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 26

Home owners have been at the centre of political power for so long that merely shifting the focus to renters and their wellbeing is seen as an attack.

09.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
A bunch of rocks that are really worn down bricks and construction rubble

A bunch of rocks that are really worn down bricks and construction rubble

Here’s some of the Humber Bay brick rocks

09.03.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0