SANTA HAS BEEN CLEARED TO TRAVEL IN CANADIAN AIR SPACE www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngow...

I had to turn off the Christmas music, because I have reached the "very sad I'm not home for Christmas" point. It will pass, I'll be fine, but I'm sad right now

Hopefully the start of cinnamon rolls. The dough did not want to come together nicely, but I've kneaded it way more than it called for and added a bunch of extra flour, so I give up. I'll see what it's like in a couple hours

I sent an email I've been procrastinating sending since September, and got a reply back five minutes later with exactly the information I needed

this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Stitch is a very big fan of doing to me anything I do to him. If I clip his claws, he tries to chew on the ends of my fingers. Today I wiped a crusty bit away from his eye with my hand, so he used his paw to knock my glasses off my face.

Someone pass a law to require that EV chargers must accept debit and credit cards instead of each requiring their own app that doesn't even work half the time

And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.

A true Montreal classic

Nova Scotia Power finally read my power meter for the first time since April, and now I have an $800 power bill.

Hiding

Nothing has made me appreciate Control Logix more than having to work in TIA Portal I don't promise that I'll never complain about Rockwell's choices again, but I will take it any day over another Siemens project

Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?

Stitch is desperately trying to get at the dryer balls, but doesn’t seem to have realized that the top of the basket is open 😂

I kept getting served Instagram ads for this transparently janky knockoff star trek advent calendar and it looked so funny I did almost buy it for @gunstreet.bsky.social and @campyalien.bsky.social, but this thread of someone who actually did buy it is sending me into hysterics

I had a conversation today with my mom about how neither of us are baking anything with almonds for the holidays this year, because all the ones we can find are from the US and we aren't buying them. Same with walnuts. The trade war continues, and we'd rather do without than buy American

They’re sleeping. Not just sharing the chair peacefully, but both sleeping

For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

I have a fire on in the wood stove right now only because Purl was staring at the stove like she was trying to make it spontaneously combust with the intensity of her stare So I guess I just taught her that staring at the stove can start a fire

Tree is up! I'll do a better job arranging it and actually decorate if Stitch decides it isn't edible. If he keeps chewing on it, I'll probably end up taking it down rather than risk him eating plastic

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.

The Conservative MP from Markham Unionville has crossed the floor to the Liberals Carney is one seat off from a majority 😳

Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video

I was trying to sleep, and then I heard something that sounded like my pill bottle. When I turned on the light I discovered that Stitch had stolen my nighttime medication, and carried it from the bedside table to the middle of the bed

I made the decision that my first crochet project in years should be with a 0.6 mm hook, because apparently I'm that ridiculous

I dared to leave the house for nearly two hours to run errands, which is the longest I've been gone since I returned from my parents' on Tuesday. Stitch is now following me around and making the most pathetic noises about how sad he was. He's going to be bereft when I go to work on Monday

Stitch, why are you trying to eat my hummus? You are a cat, cats don't eat hummus!

Orange-cranberry muffins, just out of the oven

My plan to knit has run into the logistical difficulty of the kitten sleeping on my hand

people who say this to me are not looking for permission to watch the thing or read the books. no one can stop them from doing that. they are looking for a hearty thumbs up, a pass on their guilt, but you can't stop me from thinking you're a fool who's not to be trusted

It seems like whatever (small) amount of progress I had made with Stitch about kittens not being allowed on the counter has been completely undone by being away fo 10 days

At the airport, through security, and my flight just was delayed by 2.5 hours. Now leaving after I was supposed to arrive. So instead of being safely home before the storm hits, I'll get to drive home in it

Gus is like, why are we awake so early? (Answer: the airport is 1.5 hours away and we want to avoid traffic on the bridges)

All 50,000 panels of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt has been fully digitized. You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too. www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...

Automation engineer(ing designer): Why are you stealing people’s jobs? I mostly work on making machinery safer for users and automating tasks in the factory that cannot (or should not) be done by a person. Doing my job properly means having a good relationship with operators and maintenance.

I’m getting home just in time for the storm

Porter, I know that names are difficult, but I have four names, not three, and they're all on my ID. I really need you to stop dropping my second middle name from my flight ticket

This is one of the things that's often missing from online discussions of anti-capitalist theory. The question that actually determines our socioeconomic status and fate is this: Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?

My mom bought a vintage teacup, and I asked her if she was worried about lead. And then that resulted in a horrifying time researching lead contamination in dishes. So FYI: apparently a lot of vintage ceramics could be exposing you to unsafe amounts of lead, particularly if you use them regularly

It's been a while since I've done a crochet project, but I found this designer that does lifelike flower patterns, and I desperately want to try making them. Look at these! happypattycrochet.com/product...

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

I am thrilled with how this is turning out

When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".

Thank you for adding the alt-text, Rachel!

I’m glad to see a Liberal MP taking a principled stand against the government’s decision to abandon environmental targets and fighting climate change and instead invest in fossil fuels and pipelines

This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. You can find my full statement below.

It is much much more difficult these days to explain to non-technical people the difference between a web browser and a search engine

Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...

How to keep my trust: just don't use AI at all www.cbc.ca/news/editorsblog/c...