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Matt Blair@mjmbca.bsky.social |
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Parent and public servant in Toronto, Canada.
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Matt Blair
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I saw a post on Instagram that said “Beavis and Butt-Head are in their seventies now,” and I can think of three different senses in which that’s not true.
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Matt Blair
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It’s kind of weird, when you think about it, that in order to pass any sort of electoral reform in this country, we’d need to get permission from our king.
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Matt Blair
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In fairness, if a job I hated doing suddenly became the best way to keep me out of prison, maybe I’d suddenly like it a lot more.
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It’s amazing that he got away with repeatedly publishing a daily schedule that just said “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.”
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Matt Blair
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They’re perfectly “safe”.
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Matt Blair
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[snort]
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Mark Primiano
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A dude at the cookout last night was eating his mac and cheese with his fingers and when I got him a fork, he promptly spilled the pasta all over his shirt and stared at me like I was to blame.
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The story obviously doesn’t end with the Internet standing up and applauding me, but I am happy to tell you that the conversation ended up being a polite and respectful one.
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Matt Blair
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And then I politely noted that a big part of being the “social media intern” is having a working knowledge of the news, information and best practices relevant to your field, so that you can quickly and credibly debunk lazy and potentially harmful misinformation.
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I politely replied with an assortment of resources, research and links that disproved his claims, as well as an overview of the relevant challenges in Canada’s public health climate that I assumed he was unaware of.
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We got a quote tweet one day from some “Dr. Steve” type personality from down in the States, who said “I wouldn’t expect the social media intern to understand this, but” before confidently saying a wide variety of completely incorrect things.
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Not near me, I’ll note, but I’m a regular enough visitor that I should really have grown up about it by now.
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I took issue with the intern thing while “in character” only once. I used to manage social media for a health charity, and we were a regular target on Twitter for the “doctors and big pharma don’t want you to know that you can cure all known diseases with nutmeg, turmeric and a vegan diet” crowd.
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Matt Blair
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooting
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Matt Blair
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I don’t mind when someone says that public servants are overpaid, and I didn’t mind when people called me the intern back when I worked in social media. But I saw someone complain about the interns who do government social media getting paid six figures in tax dollars, and buddy, it can’t be both.
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Matt Blair
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Offline: “Look at this dog.” Online: “I know there’s a lot going on right now and everything is terrible, but look at this dog.”
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I know this is beside the point, but this would have been a really funny day for him to have gotten attacked by another large bird.
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That thing where you stand up on two feet that are asleep and then you have to just stay there until it wears off because it’s going to hurt like hell if you take a single step.
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Sophie Bee
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This is the classic rock radio station I would sometimes listen to when I was a kid
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Katie Mack
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I really do believe that most people are basically good, mean well, and want to have a positive impact on the world
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Matt Blair
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I post these sorts of things for maybe two people here, and I go now to bed awaiting their validating likes.
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There are people who get what Paul Verhoeven wants, and there are people who don’t. Ray Wise, who has proved his “subtle and understated” talents in many other roles, clearly understood that hamming it up to “Three Stooges” levels was the order of the day on the “RoboCop” set.
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Anyway, here’s the link to “Show Me Your Spine” that we all knew would be the end of this particular digression. bsky.app/profile/mjmb...
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Me, winding down a night out, heading home to my wife and kids, well aware that I’ve got work tomorrow: “Well, time once again to blast the various versions of the 1000 Homo DJs cover of ‘Supernaut’ while Googling their various validities and urban legends.”
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Matt Blair
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Please act accordingly.
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It has been my experience that the answer to “Am I the first/only person to realize this?” is generally “No.”
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Rule Three instantly broken. …With you.
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Okay, look, Dave, you know what?
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Anyway, sincerely, enjoy your money.
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And in all honestly, I’m not even all that mad at the first guy. I’m happy to respect whatever boundaries people want or need to set for themselves. If “You need to make your responsibilities as a parent work around me” is a boundary, great. I mean, obviously no, but I’ll respect it by not trying.
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I feel bad for the guy. He was clearly ready to make a bold point that was going to ruin everyone’s night.
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I was so tempted to yell “…was only in ‘Home Alone 2’ because that was the only way they could shoot in his hotel!”
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A dude on this patio just yelled “Okay, look, you know what? Trump…” and then completely lost his train of thought while everyone awkwardly hung on the pause.
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Matt Blair
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All right, just told the second guy the whole story and told him I love him. I worded it as “Love you, brother” so he’d know we were being strong men by sharing our feelings and solidarity. Yes!
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“Give us your stories about how Geddy Lee’s an asshole.”
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For the record, I heard the man speak myself at a Leadnow event a number of years ago, and if anyone has a right to voice anger and cynicism over the environment and Canada’s action or lack thereof towards preserving it, it’s Suzuki. But yeah, Barlow’s account tracks.
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Maude Barlow wrote a book that begins with a “David Suzuki’s obviously great but I was prompted to write this book by a young woman who came to a panel discussion we were both on and was shattered by the hopelessness she felt after hearing him speak” story.
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I want to be very careful about how I say this, because David Suzuki is a great man and a Canadian icon, but I get the impression that it’s widely understood that he’s one of the “good jerks.”
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I don’t mean to speak out of school about personal conflicts that you don’t have any interest in, but by the time an old childless friend accuses you of using your kids as an excuse for flaking out on plans with them, you really can’t even get mad. Your lives have evolved beyond common ground.
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I should tell the second guy about the first guy. It might help him let himself off whatever hook he’s been hanging himself on.
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On the other hand, I got a message a few months back from another old friend and roommate who I’d drifted apart from. He wanted to apologize for his behaviour in his twenties. And man, who in their forties wouldn’t? Lord knows I would. He’s great, and it’s been terrific to get to know him again.
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I reached out to an old friend a little while back in the hope of mending a rift. He replied with a list of ground rules I’d have to meet if we were to hang out again, nothing that he makes a lot of money and his time is at a premium. And that was fine/final. We have gone in different directions.
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Matt Blair
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Happy belated birthday to Paul McCartney, who would have turned eighty-two last month.
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Matt Blair
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Doubly true for all the beetles who celebrated birthdays yesterday.
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Matt Blair
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My waitress asked if I’d like another beer, and when I said yes, she said “Yeah, I could totally get you another one if you want!” in a way that made me feel like we were now partners in a heist.
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Matt Blair
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Hey, fun fact: Yesterday was Kafka’s birthday. So if you were born on July 3, your birthday is Kafkaesque.
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Matt Blair
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I’m not British myself, but speaking as a Canadian, I’m assuming that this is like trying to dig up some dirt on Michael J. Fox?
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I don’t remember the specifics, but I worked in social media at the time, and in all likelihood, I was arguing the point that it was the wrong medium by nature for a specific campaign, and one thing led to another.
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I haven’t really known how to wish my American friends and followers a happy Fourth of July today, against the backdrop of everything currently happening. But I do hope it was a good day off, and if it gave you an energizing opportunity to reflect on some democratic ideals, all the better.
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I’m afraid I’m not related to anyone who’s ever been on whatever sinister smog-belching airship I assume J.K. Rowling lives on.
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