Envoi: Go, little book, and may you shine in the hearts and minds of, well, everybody!

In 1949 the USA, assisted by Great Britain and France, established an airlift of food to Berlin, which was blockaded by the USSR. Today I wrote to Prime Minister Carney suggesting that it would do much to alleviate suffering if we organized a similar airlift to the killing floor that is Gaza.

Thanks, Katherine!

We have so much, while others have so little--some are not even allowed to have a country--and I hope that Canadians, with elbows up but hearts open, will do everything we can to help others attain and preserve the rights and freedoms that make this land truly blessed. Happy Canada Day!

Hey, Loblaws, why are you always experiencing "longer than normal call volume?"

“There was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday, that I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I’m going to join her,” Vance said.

Jesus brought former sex worker Mary Magdalene to the Last Supper. Typical liberal, always virtue signalling.

America’s wealth gap is now more extreme than it’s been in over a century. Until this structural problem is remedied, the American economy will remain perilously fragile.

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My new novel is set in Saranac Lake, NY, in 1916. In the 1890s, S.L. inaugurated a winter carnival to entertain the TB patients in the sanitarium. It included a magnificent ice palace. I loved seeing it, and it ended up playing a significant role in Bad Juliet. #winterstories

Sorry Kellogg's. Raisin Bran has always been my favourite cereal, but as long as your government keeps threatening and insulting my country, well, buh-bye! #boycottusa #buycanadian #impeachtrump2025 #arrestelonmusk

This is horrific to see. And any news organization that resorts to any sort of euphemism to describe this is absolutely failing everyone.

Happy to buy Canadian brand/Mexican made guitar strings--ten packs of them. No more Martin, Gibson, Dean Markey, Ernie Ball etc for me. #buycanadian #canadianhegemony #remember1812 #boycottUSA

Congratulations, Trump Voters! You've got your first concentration camp. You must be so proud.

📘 COVER REVEAL! At a tuberculosis sanitarium in the Adirondacks, a tutor falls in love with a mysterious woman who survived the Lusitania disaster. BAD JULIET by @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social is available for pre-order! https://buff.ly/3EJeilu

Big change for the New Year. Hope my crime fans will follow me here, and--may it be so--maybe l pick up a few new ones? #authorsofinstagram📚 #torontowriters #literaryfiction #crimefiction

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This nails it perfectly.

From @ennui365

Saw this review of a How-To vid while looking up ways to repair a favourite pair of boots. "Sometime I watch a repair video of something and think nice but whatever. Sometimes I watch one and I'm impressed. This is one of those times."

This ludicrous “election interference” lawsuit by Donald Trump against the Des Moines Register and its top pollster would be laughable if it weren’t such a lamentable threat to freedom of the press and such a scary harbinger of the coming autocracy www.axios.com/2024/12/17/t...

Daniel Penny, an ex-Marine, choked to death Jordan Neely, a slender 30-year-old street performer having a breakdown on the F train. Now, writes Dave Zirin, Penny is a right-wing folk hero who sits with Trump at the Army-Navy game.

NEW: We just sent Donald Trump a letter demanding that he divest from his businesses before taking office in January. If he doesn't divest, he will violate the Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution.

A little surprised they haven't gotten around to stamping King Charles on the Loonie and Toonie. (I think it should be spelt *Twonie* but pronounced the same--just to add one more bit of English even more confusing.)

Brazilian police on Saturday arrested Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a close ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro and his running mate in 2022, according to a police official, accusing him of meddling in their investigation into a plot to stage a coup after Bolsonaro lost the election.

MAGA is a death-cult, friends. Pure and simple. These are nihilists who want to burn the whole world to ash.

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy. Paging James Comer! bsky.app/profile/brad...

Instead of raising the age minimum for benefits, eliminate the cap on contributions.

I served as a US ambassador and know hundreds of others Never met one before who hired a prostitute to seduce their brother-in-law or sent a videotape of the encounter to their sister Or who committed 18 felonies & was pardoned by another in-law I guess the job qualifications are changing…

X is a bad place.

Fight him with facts. Call out his, his MPs, and his supporters lies and dis/misinformation wherever and when ever you can. It's up to us ! #InvestigatePoilievre #PierrePoilievreIsAForeignAsset #NeverPoilievre #PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou #PierrePoilievreMustResign #PierreHasGotToGo #MapleMAGA

Have you ever written a novel that was inspired by a particular book? Big thanks to Philip Gallos for this one. My novel will be published in August. #historicsaranaclake #trudeauinstitute #canlit #upstatenewyorkphotographer #upstatenewyorklife #authorsofinstagram📚 #torontowriters #magicmountain

Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn from being considered to be the next Attorney General, David A. Graham writes. The move comes after bipartisan outcry against the nomination, and forces Trump to nominate a contender with the ability to be confirmed:

This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...