Steven Guilbeault: "I think I was a very convenient scapegoat for some people and I think unfortunately the issue of climate change is now caught in this culture wars that we're seeing in the US with the MAGA movement, and we're certainly seeing it in Canada as well."

This made me smile

I have spent way too much time waving my hands in mystical incantations trying to get public taps and hand dryers to work.

Come back, Street Cents -- a troubled world needs you.

The timing of this is incredible, on the heels of the scathing report by the Civilian Review & Complaint Commission showing RCMP failed Susie Butlin in every way, which led to her murder in her community. Not bc of too few officers, but bc of horrific policing. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/policing/com...

Yeah Canada’s mishmash use of imperial and metric systems is insane 🤣 this can confuse anyone….but maybe not the Brits 😏 Credit to marioadrioncomedy1

Some of the wildest and most delicate protected areas in #NovaScotia are now accessible from the comfort of home. The #VirtualTours bring the viewers into some of their more than 200 nature #conservation areas #WAYCTV #Tourism #ExploreNS In Our Nature : The Hidden Wild www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Keep reading -- it gets even worse.

Anne is a brilliant, unique, captivating, and incredibly well-researched writer in an era of slop, superficiality, and sameness. She will 100% elevate your publication with her work.

If the police continue asking for more money they should at least hire cops that believe women.

Manolo Shoe Blog was a delight and a regular read (and I was actually lucky enough to get to write for his jewelry blog).

Middle age pro-tip: Travel packing cubes are a nice, tidy way to store all those knee, back, and elbow braces you've been collecting over the years.

"At press time, the Senate passed the $1.2 trillion spending measure mostly along party lines, with Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) joining all Republicans in support."

That one hurt -- I'd thought Chris was doing OK.

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

Cool Ranch Doritos

"Just go to university and get a degree," they said. "You'll get a great job out of it." Gen X and Millennials had bachelor's degrees ... and call center jobs. Probably time to make certain degrees tuition-free (like in some EU countries), and viewed as education just for its own sake.

The most rigorous, precise, brilliant piece I have read on Albertan separatism. www.readtheline.ca/p/clarke-rie...

If you ever thought rural Nova Scotia was hopelessly full of hicks, today the entire community of Amherst, including our provincial representative, spoke up loudly to support a local trans woman who was being maligned. Good to see so many people speaking out against that bigoted crap.

Oof

Wab knows the score

If I could only be even half as relaxed as this woman is ...

The ripple effects of this war are only beginning.

I left my eyebrow tint on for too long this morning, and as a result, looked rather crazed during today's video calls. Part of me wants to explain to my boss, but that would probably make me look even more unhinged, I'm thinking.

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

That was a damn fun basketball game to watch. Great job, Raptors.

Well, one unexpected perk to hitting perimenopause: My 1990s-ravaged eyebrows are FINALLY growing back.

The Canadian government using their new Parliamentary majority to announce a new FINANCIAL CRIMES AGENCY on the same day that the US government announces a special "Donald Trump" edition passport is a stunning contrast of the direction both our governments are going in.

Can’t wait for like, 500 articles that are like “as I dived under a table to hide from the shooter I realized I had to be even more sycophantic to the White House”

So incredibly talented ... and damn, was he handsome!

Dear House of Pain, I regret to report that many of your fans can no longer "jump, jump" due to weak bladders. Consider releasing a new version called, "Softly bend up and down." Love, Gen X

Journalists who are still attending the WHCD this year don't seem to get just how much things have changed. It isn't 1998. You're not going to pose for cute photos with the West Wing stars at "nerd prom." You're enabling a regime who's assaulting your own profession & you're torching your career.

A very poor defense for attending the WHCA dinner. This is contemptible and just . . . gross.

He watched videos about crypto

This guy is one of the best political communicators of his generation -- clear, contextual, and caring.

Oh my

Incredibly wholesome content for your Friday

Exactly.

"Beast" makes sense, now that we know he and his colleagues are a bunch of goddamn animals.

Prince was the perfect Short King, and I will brook no opposition to this.

Fiddleheads taste like lawnmower clippings to me, and I just can't deal with the texture of poutine rapée.

Exactly. The American media doesn't seem to understand just how bone-deep *furious* Trump's "51st state" bullshit has made us.

So, it's autism acceptance month and the @nsgov.bsky.social is forcing everyone back into the office on Monday. An easy, cheap way to support neurodivergent workers is work-from-home (when possible). Instead, the NS gov. is making them jump through bureaucratic hoops for expensive accommodations 🙄

'democrats need to stop talking like this' [unearths tumblr post from 2013]

In case you weren't yet aware of Palantir's ... ahem ... philosophies.

Watching him has always been such a treat.

We just watched Anchorman with the kids, and I swear, Steve Carell and the trident during the fight scene? Tears rolling down my face and a full-oh asthma attack from laughing so hard.

Nutlick is definitely an authority on sucking, considering how deep Trump's balls are down his throat.