Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”

I have been buying things with an eye for what could last me decades. With few exceptions, if it requires an app or talking to a server, it's out. If it has an irreplaceable battery, it's out. If it is a combination appliance (all-in-one espresso machine), it's out.

Grateful to @thetransfemininereview.com which made me aware of this book. It arrived right after I returned home from a Jeep club meetup, how appropriate.

Got to see Die Hard in theaters for the first time, to a packed audience. Sharing laughter and cheers with strangers elevated the experience.

The wellspring of reactionary politics is people getting angry and making their whole personality about something that never happened and never will.

Services in Canada have been underfunded for decades, from health care to rail. There's nothing left to squeeze, so emergency rooms are shutting down and passengers get stuck overnight. I don't understand if it's that costs are going up, or that there's more services, or tax revenue is declining.

Trans and non-binary people in Canada experience higher rates of poverty compared to their cisgender peers, according to a recent StatsCan report. #canpoli

Went to Montreal today for work, and what a wonderful city is it when it snows.

This whole thread is gold

WordPress did a change a few years ago in how it stores posts. I'm finally getting around to going through all my blog posts and updating them to this new format. It's kinda wild, as a 40 year old, revisiting my thoughts as a teenager. I was very animated.

The best tourtière I've ever had was from a pop-up at Venus Envy in Ottawa. I think about it every time I eat a dry tourtière.

Today's mini-adventure was to Montebello and its Christmas market, cheese factory, and wool store.

Me

My not-so-hot take of the day.

Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada #newfoundland #Canada #photography #xmas

Almost fifty years since Renee Richards fought for the right to play. The New York Times covered the controversy closely, running this collection of responses from their readers that sounds like it could be run today

If it's free, you're the product. Initially server costs are subsidized by investors to lure users and then they look to make that use profitable. One day, "free" LLMs will steer audiences towards purchases and political positions without users even noticing they're being manipulated for cash.

I've kept updating this list which is at 650+ titles now. There's been so much cultural production by trans and gender diverse individuals and it gets so little recognition beyond the time of its release.

In Greely there's a chip wagon called Food Express that serves Pad Thai, and let me tell you it hits hard when it's -12ºC out.

Celeste Pedri-Spade: The truth is, these heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices.

Has anyone seen the first Castration Movie Anthology? It's playing at the Ottawa Trans Library on Friday, but it's also 4.5 hours long, and I don't know if I can handle that much movie. So I'd love to hear what you think if you've seen it.

It was snowing and I really like the big flakes.

Super Mario World is a perfect game.

Good morning pretties

Execs are pushing it because they don't want to be left behind, but they don't understand the tech. Managers are pushing it because execs told them to. Both use ChatGPT. Employees on the bottom are told to do something or get fired, even though it's not a good fit, thus chat bots everywhere.

It's frustrating watching all these trans minds having to dispel rehashed anti-trans talking points instead of spending those words on novel endeavors. Oh what creative works would we have enjoyed.

I am currently playing Super Mario World, C&C: Red Alert, SimCity 3000, and Westwood's Blade Runner. I realise now that this is the same thing as my dad listening to the Rolling Stones, Beatles, and Elvis when I was a kid.

I've had enough.

I just watched footage of a septuagenarian who pulled out $20k USD refuse to believe the officers + daughter + husband that it's for a scam. Then I think of the folk who parrot anti-trans talking points who we're told will be swayed by facts. I don't know what it takes, but it's more than facts.

I want from various decades: - 90s: home prices - 90s: job security - 90s: phone support - 90s: health care access - 90s: appliances - 90s: gay bars - 00s: internet - 00s: media - 20s: health care treatments - 20s: electronics - 20s: coffee gear - 20s: lighting - 20s: 2slgbtqia+ awareness

Looking through the Canadian Tire flyer and there's a PWHL Barbie now. With all the bad news, it's nice to see signs of some things moving the right direction.

I restored and colorized this c.1910 photo of Magnus Hirschfeld's 4th, 6th, and 7th patients. They were three of the first trans men to receive medical care and legal support in Germany over 120 years ago. I can't help but appreciate their dapper sense of fashion.

There are so many real problems in Ontario, and this government is fixated on ignoring them in favour of destroying things that were working to please a diminishing Sun readership. I miss Kathleen Wynne.

Something seen at the Ottawa Charge game last night.

I love snowy days 😁

I let the dough rise longer, and left it longer in the oven and I'm so happy with the results. Outside crispy, inside has large holes. Next time I'll try to get fresh yeast. Recipe for the curious: youtu.be/Z-husjZkxHw?...

never forget how they reported on us

Marriage equality has been around for 20 years now, and obviously, nothing changed except that a few more couples got to have an even happier day. Yet conservatives have never been held to account for years of blatant lies about gay people then, nor trans people now.

In 2000, Alberta invoked the notwithstanding clause to ban gay people from marrying. It claimed that recognizing these loving unions would undermine the "purity" of marriage and "civilization" itself. That it was anathema to family and society. docs.assembly.ab.ca/LADDAR_files...

Broke down what this all means over on the Xtra TikTok as well, if you are video inclined www.tiktok.com/@xtramagazin...

Finally watched it today. For Canadians, you can enter your postal code where it asks for a ZIP code. The parts I loved most dearly was Chase tending to his asthmatic cat, talking about the pressure for perfection, and being told that in showing up he's someone's Pauli Murray. 🤎

Good job TV Ontario with this.

Made baguettes today.

as mentioned, Tom Green covering The Littlest Hobo theme song.

Today's mini-adventure was to the Canadian Pinball Museum in Alfred, Ontario.

Three times a week, my bff and I get together at 6am to write for an hour. Hers is a story that could only exist because of religious trauma. Mine is a story that could only exist because of homophobia and transphobia. Neither will ever see the light of day, but it's cathartic.

Let me just say that Valve really knows their audience by picking these two as poster children for the Steam Machine: store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...

ahoy! my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow! check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space! also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!

People can advertise values, but their true character is only revealed when the times change such that they are made to choose between comfort and principle. Over and over, I am reminded that the principles asserted by prestigious institutions are merely the delusions of its privileged leaders.