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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>He/Him. Toronto, Canada. If you can explain it to me, then I can explain it to everyone. Elsewhere at https://linktr.ee/mjmbca.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social</link><title>@mjmbca.bsky.social - Matt Blair</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mugay2i63s2j</link><description>“When we first started dating back in 2008, all my husband every wanted to do was take me bowling. 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Sharing in case you might like to do the same.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 17:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucvkxmbhc2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mubhpjv4hs2p</link><description>Boy, when I was a young man, the only thing you had to worry about “Grand Theft Auto” turning you into was a remorseless serial killer.</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 03:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubhpjv4hs2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mubglxdelk2p</link><description>There’s a late summer party happening on the back deck of one of the nearby houses. One guy even got a guitar out and sang a few songs. 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Of course not, you idiot.”&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 02:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubdz3drt22y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mubdsr7ihs2y</link><description>You guys will never guess what.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 02:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubdsr7ihs2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mubaxztfus2y</link><description>I think it’s pretty bold of the Russo Brothers to put something on the test that wasn’t covered in the syllabus.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 01:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubaxztfus2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mub77vhv7s2y</link><description>The main thing that had gotten me doubting the rumours of Hegseth planning a run for the presidency was the claim that he’d been talking to “friends” about it.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>30 Aug 2026 01:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mub77vhv7s2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3muatapm3vk2l</link><description>“There are so many odious characteristics of the second coming of Donald Trump… that it’s easy to overlook the sticky, suffocating, ankle-deep stupidity animating so much of this.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opinion/article-stupidity-infinitely-renewable-resource-us-administration-trump/</description><pubDate>29 Aug 2026 21:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muatapm3vk2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3muarad4zzk24</link><description>If you don’t know a whole lot about Doug Ford, and especially if you’re an American cheering him on in that weird “Yeah, get our asses, Canada!” kind of way, then yes, it’s important to understand that this is a “The enemy of my enemy thought they were friends” situation.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>29 Aug 2026 20:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muarad4zzk24</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3muaqbvhc6c24</link><description>Yeah, you know, that’s a really good point. It is pretty disrespectful. And in service of such lazy content, too.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>29 Aug 2026 20:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaqbvhc6c24</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3muap6q72is24</link><description>Yeah, I’m afraid I’m going to need to know how much this cost us.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>29 Aug 2026 20:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muap6q72is24</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3muala2lvqc2j</link><description>The funny thing about Kash Patel is that he’s one of those guys who got into the job mainly to increase his public profile, and yet the headlines attached to his name just keep getting worse and worse.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>29 Aug 2026 19:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muala2lvqc2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3muaib4522222</link><description>Why?&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>29 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaib4522222</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mu6bp6xync2g</link><description>It’s been a difficult week in a lot of ways for a lot of people. 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We hit a couple of bars in the old neighbourhood on the way to an amazing outdoor rock show, where we caught up with old friends and met some new friends.&#xA;&#xA;Gonna remember this night the next time I’m tired and don’t want to go out. Toronto!</description><pubDate>28 Aug 2026 02:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4e43lhhs22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mu4cbiz6wc22</link><description>My wife isn’t sure whether or not she’s ever seen “Cube,” which doesn’t strike me as the sort of thing that anyone who’s seen “Cube” would be uncertain about.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>28 Aug 2026 02:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4cbiz6wc22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/mjmbca.bsky.social/post/3mu3zoyapcs22</link><description>We’re down in our old neighbourhood, and I was reminded of the time at our old local when I saw Julian Richings.&#xA;&#xA;One of the very few people for whom there’s no moment of “Is that him?” because of course it’s him because nobody else looks like him.</description><pubDate>27 Aug 2026 23:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:adrknffbv2ozuzumjrbepdmc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3zoyapcs22</guid></item></channel></rss>