I do not remember when I first read it — as a teen, I think — but this poem, Emily Dickinson’s “One not need a Chamber“, put into words a belief I held from the time I was quite young. My affinity for dashes stems from her work, though hers hold much more weight & significance than mine ever will.

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

One metric I use to figure out how absolutely fucked everything is is the number of assholes like this screeching shitgibbon I agree with on a given day.

Tax him til his balls fall off and run away screaming.

I have watched his bit and the bit after Kuenssberg asks the question about 20 times and my ribs hurt. Janey, Janey, Janey, still making me laugh from beyond.

Hi. There’s no where turn but left. So maybe consider turning left. Okay. Bye!

As others, including Ireland, rush to help their citizens involved with the flotilla, here’s what Canada’s government told me of the six Canadians on board: “The Government of Canada is not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad.”

No matter what you think of it, this is accurate:

lmao imagine being *this* wretched.

Might I add my little gem?

We're just now dealing with the ramifications of social media being utilized to dismantle democracy and set up a surveillance state. I have no idea how these new powerful generative AI video models will help destroy reality and thus society. I'm so pessimistic about all of this.

Tommy Marcus just posted this video from one of the boats in the flotilla headed towards Gaza.

No auntie no!

My Mom only took Tylenol PM, so I only have Autism at Night.

It's Time for White Moderates To Become White Radicals MLK Jr warned about the danger of "white moderates" who prefer civility to justice and are perfectly fine telling the rest of us to "wait." Well, it's time for white moderates to radicalize. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

At least six ships have been boarded by the Israeli navy so far and more interceptions are expected to take place.

Jesus Christ. The cops are out of control everywhere. Everywhere.

My boy when I got back from the doctor today:

Why am I not seeing this on Canadian news media

Please help, folks! Your help is desperately needed!

THANK YOU SO MUCH C 🌷 $50 towards Groceries! Can anyone else please help?

"That's me as a vampire? I'm so evil and skanky... And I think I'm kinda gay."

“Not Lebanese, Blanche. Lesbian!”

You may not need Canada Post, but many people and communities rely on it. It's a service for all Canadians that needs to be strengthened, not sold off to billionaires.

The Humanities, which brings you things like critical thinking skills and which force you to think about and engage with such concepts as meaning, language, contextuality, materialism, theory, subjectivity, identity, discourse, power, ideology, the list goes on, are kinda needed now more than ever.

THIS.

Man is really on the good shit. He woke up and was like “these tunnels are unconstitutional under the 14th amendment because they’re black”

Israel is sweeping each ship of the Gaza aid flotilla, one by one.

Stay away from the United States. Sorry to the friends there, but it not in a Canadian's best interest to travel there.

Who needs child-care when you have a tunnel under the 401?

”I‘m somewhere where where I don’t know where I am” Which has defined my life.

At the end of the day, so much of these moral panics are driven by eugenics and the belief that certain people shouldn't exist.

it's funny to me that the people who talk about the criminal mindset, which is not a real thing, are the same people who talk about the success mindset, which is just crime

‘Eat the rich’: Rob Ashton joins the race to lead federal NDP. The B.C. union leader launched his leadership campaign with a rallying cry for the working class, while signs of tensions over the race emerged in the small New Democrat caucus.

Another Black city. Certainly a pattern here

BREAKING: Israel has begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying 500 people from around the world seeking to bring aid to Palestinians starved by Israel's siege. The crew includes 24 Americans, EU Members of Parliament, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, and Greta Thunberg.

"Canada has updated its travel advice for its citizens planning on visiting the U.S., warning of heightened scrutiny and offering increased guidance for LGBTQ+ individuals, who are warned that they may face scrutiny over their gender identity." www.newsweek.com/canada-updat...

加拿大联邦政府提醒持中性性别护照公民赴美或遇入境难题 加拿大政府提醒，护照性别标注为“X”的公民在赴美时可能面临额外审查或入境限制，这是因美国最新政策仅承认男性和女性，不接受中性性别标识。 ➡️ https://occn.ca/canada-issues-warning-x-gender-passport-us/ —— CBC

If you need any other reasons not to travel to the States, solidarity may be a new one www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

It's my favourite month! In honour of the spookiest season, I'm going to post some spooky stories and such throughout, hopefully building to a brand new one at the end of the month. First up: the ocean's a terrifying place, don't break her daughters' hearts! stormblakley.com/blog/youve-f...

I think I’ve been blocked by half of Bluesky and I am OK with that. I’m having a nap cos my NP — who is finally taking things more seriously b/c one of my x-rays shows damage to my inner parts that needs further investigation — told me to take naps as often as I can and my job now is to rest.

Go, Jane, go! She's rounded up hundreds of Hollywood figures to revive the First Amendment organization her father championed. Fonda, in her late eighties, is in her prime as a climate champion and a powerful voice for justice.

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When Canada needed oil during WWII, Imperial was under Crown control serving the public interest. Now it's 70% owned by ExxonMobil. Billions in profits, cutting 1 in 5 jobs. The biggest enemy of fossil fuel workers is not climate activists. It's the industry itself.

Of course, of COURSE, Danielle Smith blamed Ottawa for Imperial Oil's plan to lay off 20 per cent of its employees by 2027.