Le court métrage, réalisé pour Intermarché, a conquis des millions de personnes.

I remember exactly where I was early in the afternoon on Sep 13, 2006, because a classmate of mine answered her cell phone (a little silver flip phone, which we were definitely not allowed to have on us) because her sister was hiding from a gunman who opened fire at Dawson College in Montréal.

"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.

I don't understand how "If you play the transphobia wizard game you're showing support for JK Rowling" is a controversial statement to cis people

I don't think resisting or rejecting this technology in specific intellectually productive contexts (including the classroom) is conservative in any meaningful sense, or specifically "Luddite," either, though portraying it in those ways obviously does serve a polemical purpose for its advocates.

I had to go digging to figure out "the last line" from my most recent draft (not an edit, though it's a fine line with the way I write) but: “I told you I’m not comfortable with you even pretending with your dad or with anyone else.” “I know, K.” “Then act like it, Frey.”

"Gaslight as medical treatment" is pretty much par for the course in Canada.

That yearly panic of realising it's almost Hanoucca (that's how I spell it don't yell at me I'm French I don't have a million spellings in my head), I still haven't looked up when it starts, and I'm ***SO*** fucking behind on Solstice Season gifts for everyone this year.

Had a song stuck in my head, a real earworm, an embarrassing one from like 2001 or something (probably even older actually) so I went looking for it on YouTube to exorcise the demon from my brain and got absolutely smoked by the top pinned comment under the video:

Support the workers of Rockstar Toronto laid off in retaliation for organizing! Use this form to send a letter to the Minister of Labour, David Piccini, and to their MPP, Steven Crawford: actionnetwork.org/letters/rein...

Should I turn this thread into a blog post bsky.app/profile/gers...

I don't have many opinions about Engler (that could change). I do have some rather strong opinions about how badly the federal NDP is doing with their communications, on and off social media. The idea that the party doesn't understand a parody social media account is just way too believable.

Lore drop: I'm a huge Supergirl fan...BUT in my head Kara Zor-El is an unapologetic superdyke with SO MANY rage issues (yes, I have Red Lantern Kara headcanons & I was an old Lena/Kara shipper) so I approach every new SG with a ton of trepidation because it's so rare that cinema/tv gets her right.

"3 ans pour négocier une convention collective.... mais 30 sec et sûrement un Post-It sur un coin de table pour avaler une si grosse organisation." - un paramédic d'Urgences-santé

December 10 — 4:10 PM Today is Montréal’s earliest sunset of the year Everyday for the next 6 months, the Sun will set later and later

If you want an idea of how weird Hollywood has gotten in the COVID/Strike/Trump era, a rep recently told us to take out a 1/4 page conversation in a script about Planned Parenthood, because he said companies won’t read anything about abortion now. So…draw from that what you will about women’s POVs.

Found this one essay writer who has written some super interesting stuff but her refusal to use consistent capitalization and punctuation is just... so difficult to parse. Short-form, I can pretty much roll with anything, but this essay is... 12000 words and is just a straight up wall of tiny text.

PSPP a appelé @titocurtis.bsky.social, un journaliste professionnel, sur son numéro personnel (que Chris ne lui a jamais donné, ils ne se sont jamais parlés avant) pour lui dire de retirer un tweet que le journaliste a écrit sur les politiques d'immigration du PQ. therover.ca/opinion-the-...

Anyway congrats/condolences to Gen Z on getting its version of the “why are millennials into turntables” thinkpieces my generation was subjected to

*Company makes my life worse through their product* I will boycott this product *Company makes my life worse through externalities* How do I boycott an externality

our government should be speaking out about this but they don’t want to piss of donald trump

It's amazing how much nonsense one ends up resistant to by being trans/queer and old enough to see certain cycles play out before. "We need to make a detailed, specific definition of who does and doesn't count as a lesbian!" "No. No the fuck we do not."

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

I've been trying to get back in the headspace to work on the little sapphic romcom I was working on at the beginning of this past summer but I just had an idea that will work much better for the "true crime" roman à clef I was playing with in 2024 ... maybe that's a sign.

"Iel estime que l’appellation prof « est tout à fait dans l’esprit du règlement », et voit mal comment le Ministère peut « bâillonner l’usage du neutre, puisque le français appartient à toutes les personnes qui le parlent et qui l’aiment »." www.lapresse.ca/actualites/e...

La profondeur de ma rage devant tout ça... Les personnes non binaires ou intersexes qui refusent le genre existent depuis des décennies (et bien plus) et nous méritons la dignité et le respect: www.lapresse.ca/actualites/e...

This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids

Before I accepted I was transmasc I dated as a bi woman & hoooo boy, literally a lot of bi women will click the "only interested in women" buttons on dating sites or change their sexuality profiles to straight or gay, just to avoid the hailstorm of aggressive sexualisation from single straight guys.

As a saying goes, if marriage benefited women, they would’ve outlawed it

"Femmes pure laine souverainistes catho-laïques : Si vous faites pas d'enfants, beaucoup, vous êtes des traîtres." PSPP, le lendemain de la veille

Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide

So many countries have outright abdicated public health to "You Do You" soft eugenics and it is breathtakingly morally bankrupt. In Québec, the renouncing of public health is especially spectacular with measles' comeback & widespread closure of public clinics.

Oh my God, he admit it!

This is very much a downer thing to say (sorry!!!), BUT: I am both delighted that we've got a sexy gay hockey show on TV—especially now, given political lurches towards policing sexuality—and I keep thinking about how an out gay player has never played an NHL game.

A few months ago I read that many datasets used to train these AI models are full of porn to ensure “women aren’t underrepresented in the dataset.” Once you know, you see it everywhere.

anyway sorry to be the kind of dick who incessantly quotes themselves but you can just read this essay if you want anyway since it really is a summary of my relationship with that entire era of games discourse, games as art, etc ellaguro.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-...

Confirm this is a legit excellent community service in Montreal! Please give generously.

If you have a couple of bucks spare, someone who is very very cool (a friend) is organizing a fundraiser for an org that gives food to Montréalers—delivering it door to door, for those most in need. Santropol Roulant is a gift to the city, please share this fundraiser! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...

ARG but instead of sci-fi or mystery or horror it's all influencer drama

my students' final bitsy game projects for this class are truly incredible. I think I will be asking them for permission to share them because I'm honestly very impressed and proud.

Je vais lancer un Substack intitulé « les cyclistes mangent les pauvres 'ti bébés sans défense » et ça va juste être composé de screenshots des incroyables commentaires venimeux écrits par les montréalais.es contre le vélo dans les groupes/pages communautaires sur FB.

We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com

I remember playing this for the first time! Gorgeous experience. Highly recommend.

I haven't been able to log onto Twitter in a while because it wants my birthday (I registered the account before that was an account requirement) so I had missed a lot of this stuff: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_9w...

03-12-2025 -- Alerte Zéro - Outaouais Les paramedics et les répartiteurs médicaux d’urgence qui desservent la région de l’Outaouais — particulièrement à Gatineau — travaillent à pleine capacité.

The only problem with watching men's hockey is that it's not nearly as violent nor as gay as women's hockey and I get bored SUPER FAST.

I own a copy of the remastered Legendary edition of Mass Effect 1+2+3 and all the DLC and now I'm sincerely wondering if I should be trying to make sure I have a pirated copy on hand. Because I sincerely doubt a Saudi company is going to protect a game with queer characters in it, down the line.

I mean they do this in Québec. In France. In Australia. In Germany. In Colombia. In Japan. Austérité and the decimation of cultural production is not UK specific when we all can't make rent or afford groceries. In 2013 I had a Creative Writing prof in MTL tell me to give up before I even started.

#Montreal was rated #1 bicycle city in North America this year. But the party that won the municipal election campaigned on auditing and removing bike lanes. They’ve already started in my borough, #Outremont. So we made our own bike lane this morning. We need to keep our kids active—and safe.

Feeling this particularly hard from Montréal: "The greatest trick America’s ever pulled on the subjects of its various vassal states is making us feel like a participant in its grand experiment." www.gawkerarchives.com/culture/i-sh...