Texted James to see how Chester (aka Floofmeister) is doing. James: “He’s been wearing his puppy blanket all day like a sarong.” #DailyChester

For Valentine, the “sanctity of marriage” included slaves and poor citizens, when Rome only acknowledged legal marriage for those who owned property. So Valentine performed marriages for those deemed “not eligible for marriage”. I remember getting my wedding license revoked for doing the same.

White men - even mass shooters - require explanations. Why did they become this way? Trans / gay / brown/ black men don’t require explanations. They deserve to be killed / imprisoned.

For a naturally conservative traditionalist I’ve turned into a real lefty socialist in my midlife.

This is EXACTLY what the Ford conservatives want. Chronically underfund public systems. Increase people’s frustration. Promote private systems instead. Make money for those who have donated heavily to your campaigns. What happens to those who can’t afford private education and healthcare.

Men like Nick are exactly why we need more women in leadership - in government, in churches, in every institution and facet of public life.

It worries me deeply how determined Danielle Smith and others in Alberta appear to be in following the MAGA Project 2025 playbook. Criminalize DEI Blame immigrants. Privatize everything. I applaud Professor @amirattaran.bsky.social (University of Ottawa) in publicly opposing this.

Throwback to Pam Bondi’s campaign ad for Florida AG: “I’ll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong. Behind bars.” The ad aged. The internet remembers.

After nearly 9 decades of tracking presidential approval ratings, Gallup has decided to end their poll measuring following threats from the orange felon after showing his historically low approval ratings. This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.

“Whatever is not consciously embraced, cannot be transformed” - St. Gregory of Nanzianzus This speaks to the West’s inability to overcome many of the things now tearing it apart: our refusal to acknowledge the patriarchy, racism, colonialism, imperialism and exploitation underlying our history.

Goodnight Bluesky. Chester and his tongue (which now has a little divot in the tip of it) wish you all a peaceful evening surrounded by all your favourite and most noisy squeaker toys.

Friend: How did you first know you were gay? Me: He-Man. Friend: Ahh. The muscles and the little fur loincloth? Me: No, the fact that despite all of that I still judged him for his stupid page boy bowl cut.

The racists, homophobes, transphobes, misogynists, greed-driven capitalists and the political systems that support and reward them greatly anger me, but they don’t cause me despair. The ones who say “that’s how it’s always been and always will be.” are the ones who bring me closest to despair.

A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.

I will always love the vet tech who greeted Chester yesterday, after his tongue was accidentally cut at the groomers, looked at his bloody muzzle and first thing she said was “Don’t worry. We’ll hide the body and come up with a good alibi.” 😂

See Church Ladies….its all your fault. 🏳️‍🌈🎉🥳

You can’t reform terrorists. You can only refuse to cooperate with them. Abolish ICE.

Have been musing on the Obama meme posted by Trump. It doesn’t seem long ago when public debate would have centred on questions like “Is this racist, or not?” But now it seems to be “Is it ok to be racist, or not?” Racism has been and continues to be an entrenched part of our social fabric… /1

Staggering incompetence. Cold indifference. Jaded cruelty. That sums up perfectly the entire Trump administration and everyone who continues to support it.

Good that the grand jury rejected this obviously illegal move to indict sitting Senators for making true statements. But horrifying that the government tried. The DOJ has been fully corrupted into a Trump propaganda arm. It will have to be rebuilt from the ground up www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Let’s be clear….I walked on Twitter so you clergy influencers could run on Tik Tok.

It’s not only deranged behaviour. It’s appears to be acceptable behaviour. How is this complete disdain for rules of order and professional conduct continually accepted? How are they never held to account?

This is what concerns me - the absolute dismissiveness with which these MAGA politicians treat accountability. They won’t answer. They don’t believe they owe anyone an answer. They don’t believe they will ever have to answer. They clearly have no plan to give up power - elections be damned.

I am Canadian. So I can. And did. Please do so as well.

The worst reactions to the Tumbler Ridge shooting will come from the far right in Canada and the U.S.: “See? Gun control doesn’t work! See? Trans people are mentally ill and not to be trusted.” So when you hear this, reject it with actual data: /1

Hey buddy, how’s your tongue today? (Proceeds to show me) Much better. 🥰 Chester thanks you all for your sympathy and prayers. #DailyChester

Horrified by mass shooting in B.C. School. Praying for the community of Tumbler Ridge. www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

So much of what’s happening - not only in the U.S., but around the world - right now, comes down to men desperate to stay in power in order to stay out of prison. It’s the increasing desperation that’s becoming more and more dangerous.

Poor #DailyChester. Can only eat soft food. Cant chew on any of his toys. Can’t chase his ball. Has to wear his “leg warmers” so he won’t lick his legs. Threatened with “the cone” if he’s caught licking anything tonight. Muzzle still stained with blood from his cut tongue. He’s not happy.

“He didn’t sing in English!” English speaking entertainers have sung all over the world without anyone demanding they translate their lyrics. Your beloved Bible wasn’t written in English. Your own Constitution WAS written in English and you don’t seem to understand that either.

Poor #DailyChester. Just as the groomer was finishing his muzzle, Chester licked his own face and they knicked his tongue, which of course bled profusely. James has him at the vet but says “looks worse than it is”. Chester kept licking his face so he looks like something out of a horror film.

If only gun violence was a halftime show. If only food insecurity and loss of healthcare was a halftime show. If only children being bombed was a halftime show. If only the threat to democracy was a halftime show. Then maybe there would be this much outrage about those things.

I’m so tired of the hyperbolic language of headlines and clickbait. CANADA ENRAGED….when it’s Mark Carney calmly explaining a situation. WOMAN DEVASTSTED…when it’s a mildly inconvenienced woman showing disappointment. INTERNET CRASHES….when a site gets a slight and temporary rise in traffic

One thing I wish people would stop doing is making looks the basis of their criticism. Donald Trump’s worst trait isn’t body fat. Kristi Noem’s worst trait isn’t collagen injections. Kash Patel’s worst trait isnt a lazy eye. Kid Rock’s worst trait isn’t his lack of muscle definition.

After the last few weeks of -20 to -30 C this has me so excited. We actually get over O C later this week!!!

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Um, could you step out of the frame please? Not every photo is about you. Chester…. Thank you. #DailyChester

MAGA: This is morally disgusting. Bad Bunny: The only thing more powerful than hate is love. Jesus: I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. -Matt 21: 31-32

Actually Matt, while American and Canadian football developed independently of each other; the root of the game known as "football" originated from an 1874 game between Harvard and McGill Universities, after which Americans adopted the Canadian school's more rugby-like rules. So….

Bad Bunny’s finale may be the only time in history that Canadians had no issue with being called “American”. Rendimiento increíble!

A cold walk it was this evening.

I used to be able to do about 6 months of social media at a stretch before “needing a break.” Now I can do about a week. Maybe 10 days.

And the guy who ran the ring is on record saying that Trump is the worst person he’s ever met. I mean, think about that.

Scholar Madeline Potter (author of 'The Roma: A Travelling History') did a talk on Heathcliff's Romani identity. It might be of interest (well-researched and really thorough) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcDW...

I don't know if this is of interest but I've done a long thread with research on the book and adaptations in relation to Heathcliff's Romani identity if of interest! bsky.app/profile/romg...

My other hot take on “Wuthering Heights”: while Brontë never explicitly identifies Heathcliff’s ethnicity, it is very clear he is not white and racial prejudice is a huge part of his story. It’s odd Emerald Fennel would cast a part-Pakistani actor as Linton but a white actor as Heathcliff.

Some of the very friends who post constantly about privacy and the danger of spyware and technological surveillance are the same people posting those ChatGPT generated cartoons of themselves.

“Wuthering Heights” is not a romance. It is a gothic novel about vengeance, cruelty, oppression and psychological obsession. It is not a “love story”. I will die on this hill.

A very wise friend once said to me: “If you’re going to call yourself ‘progressive’ you have to give people space to progress.” I think about that every time I see a celebration of progress met with a “yeah but…here’s all the things that are still wrong.” /1