As more than 175 wildfires burn across Ontario, the chief of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation is pushing for governments to step up to support her people, who drove across a lake as their home burned to the ground behind them. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

This is really cool!

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

This government is spending billions of dollars in public money to expand the very industry that’s causing climate breakdown — at a moment when renewables are cheaper and more available than ever before. /2

Hi. It’s 8:45 on Wednesday, one week since we spent 24 hours in ER with the MIL who has been moved to hospice and now needs 7k a month to have a place to exist for the remaining six. Also it’s my 26th anniversary to the marvelous Mark. Anyhoo, feel like buying books? brandyschillace.com/our-books/

never fucking forget that our tomato of a premier slashed tens of millions from our forest firefighting and emergency preparedness budget so now yea we’re surrounded by toxic air and whole communities are burning down

Brussel and Sprout! Alt text: two tortoises named Brussel and Sprout are attacking a plate of chopped vegetables on a grassy patch of lawn. There are carrots and tomatoes and cucumbers on the plate. The tortoises look hungry.

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

The late @fobettarh.bsky.social's groundbreaking article "Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves" has been printed as a booklet by Public Collectors, with the cooperation of her widow. halfletterpress.com/vocational-a...

If you're a young trans man or trans masc person who needs a dad today, congrats. I am your dad now. I am proud of you and what you've accomplished although some of your young person culture and choices perplex me. I am proof trans men can be middle aged married dudes. You can be too some day. Live.

read here: www.theflytrapmedia.com/brittney-coo...

It’s a sleepy sort of Monday.

Use alt text! For fuck's sake! It's not that hard!

I think I just barely escaped a shockingly savvy scammer trying to get my bank credentials. First, whoever it was had my actual phone number, my actual bank, and the last 4 digits of my account. They sent a "was this transaction you" message that looked almost identical to the ones my bank sends.

At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say: 1- Mental illness 2- Religion. They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are: 1- Gender 2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.

Let the feds know what you think of the ill-conceived proposal to bring jets and runway expansion to toronto‘s island airport Nobody voted for this, @mark-carney.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/

Graphic novels turn kids into lifelong readers. They challenge readers, transform reluctant readers into readers, they bring joy. They boost vocabulary, increase reading comprehension for brains that take in information differently. They tell a story. Graphic novels are real reading, real books ✨📚😊

First peony of the season! #bloomscrolling

RIP Anthony Head. You made librarians look cool and for that, you have our thanks.

RIP Anthony Head. Loved many things he was in, including the Nescafe Gold Blend adverts. But best of all, he showed us that, whatever the problem, a librarian can find an answer for it. #LoveLibraries #AnthonyHead #LibrariansRock

Graham Platner trying to explain away his behavior as *living a regular life* really evokes *locker room talk* for me. The normalization of men’s abuse of women has to stop. Abusing women is not regular or normal or in any way okay. I hope this gets called out by lots and lots of people.

Hello, hi, yes, this please.

well, here's a nice metaphor as we work on dreaming the next chapter after this one:

Hi. Librarian here. Let me settle this once and for all: audiobooks are reading. Graphic novels are reading. It's all fucking reading. Stop gatekeeping and stfu. Thank you an have a good night.

Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/

Oh my fucking god I thought they made this up. They did not. I just tried it myself

Owning a cat is so weird because he’s my favorite creature ever and I would die for him but sometimes out of nowhere he just attacks one of my limbs and I bleed

Come join us on June 4 and 5, 10 a.m. to noon at KidSpark at the Harbourfront Centre, the Ontario Science Centre's fun space for kids 10 and under for a very, very cool Oceanweek.ca event: oceanweekcan.ca/events/imagi...

“Chez les collégiens qui commencent à 9 heures, on observe une diminution de l’anxiété et de l’impulsivité” www.telerama.fr/enfants/chez... (abonné-es)

"If I Had a Million Dollars" came on the radio and I realized here in 2026 they could not afford to buy you a house

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

Every single medical professional who aids a child’s forced detransition must lose their medical licenses, and they should be so afraid of doing this that zero children are subjected to forced detransition.

“Our government remains focused on empowering Canadians — by lowering costs, expanding opportunity and protecting the vital programs Canadians rely on.” Those were the words of the federal government in November 2025. Fast-forward to spring 2026, writes @alonghurst.bsky.social. #canpoli

Someone had to build these child torture boxes. Someone spent time measuring out the size of the room where these boxes were stored, went to Home Depot, bought wood, put it all together, and patted themselves on the back for a job well done.

Book bans, challenges, curriculum manipulation - whatever you want to call it - are not about protecting kids. It is, and always has been, about power and control and forcing an idea of who gets to be heard, seen, and treated as human upon everyone.

Please consider supporting this librarian. She lost her job because she was supporting the freedom to read. gofund.me/e4a40ca3f

Okay, but is there anything cuter than a cat squishing their little paws into their little face? It elicits an involuntary “aww” from me every time.

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

I have more in common with a trans woman who suffers under misogyny and patriarchy than I do with a cis woman who chooses to enforce and internalize misogyny and supports patriarchy. Trans women are my sisters. And trans men are my brothers.

Let me just say as a school librarian… Right now the only task at hand is getting kids to read ANYTHING versus mindlessly scrolling. That battle is won or lost in grade school and no one book, genre, or style wins. What works for one kid, won’t work for another. We need every kind of book.

France’s mandated profit-sharing distributes excess profits to workers. This paper shows that the policy raises the labor share and reduces the profit share, with little to no effect on investment, productivity, etc academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

#RedDressDay & every day, we recognize that homelessness & poverty exponentially increase the risk of victimization & criminalization for Indigenous women and girls. We honour their lives by taking action to ensure all have opportunities to thrive. #MMIWG #SenCA #cdnpoli youtu.be/8PCkmZdQuO0

I genuinely respect Mr. Guy, who in the early days of my transition taught me pretty much everything I now blithely ignore about menswear because also he taught me to put clothes on and wear them like I own them. & this is a good thread from the perspective of fashion as a cultural study... But.

I’ve been yelling this for a decade now 😭

A visibly emotional Anne Hathaway responding to a trans kid--who named herself Ella after Ella Enchanted, and thanked Hathaway for her courage as an ally--saying "Ella, sweetie, I want to make something absolutely clear: It takes zero courage to love you"......now I might cry too

Just ONE WEEK LEFT for you to stream THE LIBRARIANS for free on the PBS app and YouTube channel! Already seen the film? Be sure to let your friends and family know to watch it before May 9th while it's still FREE to stream! Watch and share now: tinyurl.com/TheLibrarian...

Mark Carney has forgotten who helped get him elected www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Having a cat is essentially like having an alarm clock that’s programmed by a random number generator. Will you sleep until 1 am or 6 am? WHO KNOWS! Your morning is always procedurally generated!