Hear me out: what if we just hired people — humans —to have subject-area expertise, discretion and empathy and we paid them for those skills.

Sunset over the rooftops.

[bookstore] customer: can you tell me where the do it yourself section is? me: you are not off to a good start

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

And $1,200 for a family of three to round trip to Toronto

Yeah, definitely not travelling to the US while this regime is in power and for a good while afterwards. Even when/if that happens, the administration of the country is fundamentally broken and it will be a generation before it's sorted out.

Ontario: F And yet we remain absolutely allergic to holding Fun Uncle Doug to account for anything.

A day of #benchslaps. The uptick in judges questioning the presumption of honest dealing from this Republican admin.’s crony appointees is heartening.

Mark Carney built a reputation on linking economic instability with climate inaction. Now he’s made a deal with the very industries driving the crisis. This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism. My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I need to refer out a client urgently on a sports matter. The appeal deadline is 21 days from last Friday although action may be needed much faster. Please let me know if you are available.

For my councilor: @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social

Every Ottawa politician who is contemplating a back-to-office plan should be sentenced to a week of commuting at least 10km to and from downtown during rush hour and then report back

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders. Aluminum is an ADJUVANT. It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine. That’s it.

you: “hey Darryl how can I become as cool and chic as you are?” me: “oh, I use my public library card” you: “but you make it seem so effortless!” me: “it is! Just sign up for your local library and start borrowing books today!”

This is an American patriot.

Geneviève Bergeron, 21 Hélène Colgan, 23 Nathalie Croteau, 23 Barbara Daigneault, 22 Anne-Marie Edward, 21 Maud Haviernick, 29 Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31 Maryse Laganière, 25 Maryse Leclair, 23 Anne-Marie Lemay, 22 Sonia Pelletier, 28 Michèle Richard, 21 Annie St-Arneault, 23 Annie Turcotte, 20

A rare cooking on Friday night. www.skinnytaste.com/broccoli-che...

Behold the food of my people: Toutons (variations in photo: butter & molasses, butter & raspberry jam) (Please read the entire thread before asking questions.)

HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A DRUG PROBLEM IT'S A HOUSING PROBLEM I'm so sick of y'all in my mentions with this talking point, just stop. PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD RENT. Half of renters are paying over 30% of their income on rent, another quarter are paying over 50%!!! People need homes they can afford!

The Ford government is just malevolently stupid. Making up a rule that only medical students who went to high school in Ontario get priority placements is just so relentlessly dumb and drives away the future doctors we need.

All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences

I’m also going to need speakers. I know several from my own network thanks to those who reached out when I wrote my book. But if you have a story of resilience to share with your peers, I’d love to chat.

For my MP: @anitavandenbeld.bsky.social A country that threatens our sovereignty is not a reasonable trading partner, especially where military equipment is concerned.

Brazil’s former Dictator Bolsonaro will begin serving his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup in his country. If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.

Legit cheaper to fly.

$1,200 economy for Ottawa to Toronto on Via for 3 people. What the actual fuck?

If only the pros outweighed the cons.

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

The cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.

@moebiusstripper.bsky.social can you please remind me what issue you were managing when you did your slow head tilt arising out of your long COVID? I don't access Twitter anymore. Thanks in advance.

Well I know which sites to block.

yup. almost like 'compromising' with bullies doesn't accomplish shit ...

Remember when Republicans being weird was such an effective counter argument it just evaporated? Anyways, Republicans/fascists are weird and need to be reminded of that on the regular.

I have received this same answer.

To be fair, I was left unattended.

The Quebec government seeks to ban halal meals, and I don't think that's kosher.

And they wonder why we're not traveling to the States.

"I know the member opposite likes to think himself as judge, jury and executioner, but we do have due process in this province," Smith said. So that's why she invoked the Notwithstanding Clause to deny affected trans youth the ability to challenge her laws in court, right? What a fucking hypocrite.

Clearly pedestrians need training. If you have the power to do and prevent harm, you are accountable and responsible. search.app/Afy5M

Accountability rests with the people who commit the harm and have the power to not do so.

It may be a "shared" responsibility but when one road user can kill people and the other can't, the responsibility is not shared equally.

But is anyone going to hold Doug Ford accountable for the dismantling of our system? Of course not. All healthcare blame is to be directed to the federal government, because shut up.

Doug Ford *falsely claiming* he has the power to audit his enemies when he doesn’t actually have that power is still a news story But it’s kind of a different story than one uncritically accepting the premise that the Premier of Ontario can order the federal government to audit his enemies

I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.

The Ford government has gone from replacing an effective system (automated speed cameras) to an ineffective system (big signs) to an ineffective and wasteful system (signs that can’t be installed). I want my taxes back. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

I'll admit that I occasionally watch Forged in Fire (a reality show where people make edged weapons under time pressure—don't judge 😄). One of the things I find particularly interesting is how the contestants continually make the same mistakes that brought down contestants in previous shows. 1/9

The real Doug Ford.

A watched pot never boils, but let me tell ya, a pot full of potatoes will boil over the moment you take your eyes off it.