This is one of the best political speeches I have heard in a long time. Mark Carney is not a firebrand, and his French is mediocre, but I wholeheartedly agree with everything he has to say here about Canadian values (currently under threat from US aggression)... youtu.be/Qv6JIMtX8Qc?...

Mental health break with the #guqin #古琴... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b6Q...

I found a break from the bleakness in this #poem: “The City Limits” by AR Ammons (1926–2001). consider the radiance... ...each is accepted into as much light as it will take #poetry #solace #light

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘭𝘭-𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧... 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 #𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (which I have to guard against using myself) 👇🏼

Somehow, Aparna Halpé always pulls together the best looks from wildly disparate elements. The woman has #style. You can come see her and @solidaridadtango.bsky.social play at Drom Taberna in Toronto, today at 3–5pm. Fantastic live #tango #music, food, and drink. Would love to see you there!

Elon Musk instructed federal workers to summarize their weekly accomplishments in an email, a tactic he previously used to downsize staff at X. “Please reply to this email with approximately five bullet points of what you accomplished this week and CC your manager.” You know what to do...

A very #Canadian picture #Canada will not be part of the #USA

@thebeaverton.com, FTW! “We actually ended up using America’s favourite strategy against them,” said Connor McDavid, who scored the winning goal. “I wanted the trophy, so I took it without asking them what they thought.” www.thebeaverton.com/2025/02/cana... #4Nations #hockey #Canada #USA

Typically #Canadian #winter weather has returned and, with it, typically Canadian winter #parking techniques. This particular maneuver is known as the... “Fuck it, eh? I'm leaving it here and grabbing a beer and watching the game.” #Canada

Here’s an idea for any person in the US government doing good work anywhere in the world, who has been told to cease and desist: KEEP DOING IT, until they come and physically stop you; they don’t have the capacity to enforce compliance everywhere for everything.

You need some #cello fusion #music by a South #African genre-bending #artist to warm up a cold winter day? I have just the thing... open.spotify.com/album/6IYAr9...

I find fonts weirdly fascinating; I’m not sure why. For instance, I eagerly devoured this 6,100 word article with 600 photos on the long history of the obscure (but ubiquitous) “Gorton” font, by Marcin Wichary. aresluna.org/the-hardest-...

“One day, my father took me up one of the towers and he pointed at the slums below. He said, ‘It is an accident of birth: you could’ve been there, or you could’ve been here. Use your life to make a difference. Because, being in a position of privilege, you have a duty to lift others up.’” —Asma Khan

I couldn’t resist turning those words of wisdom turning into a 👕...

From the “Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United States of America” (11 Feb 2025): “What is built on the basis of force, and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly.” press.vatican.va/content/sala... #PopeFrancis #wisdom

#Wendigo is the perfect #Anishnaabe word for #broligarchy #billionaires SOURCE: sleepopolis.com/education/sl...

#TARIFFS = SALES #TAX = SHIFTING TAX BURDENS FROM THE #WEALTHY TO EVERYONE ELSE #broligarchy #swindle

Aparna and I just completed this #translation of a #Chinese #poem written 1,800 years ago by Cao Zhi (192–232) 曹植. He was a prince and a younger brother of Cao Pi 曹丕 (187–226), Emperor Wen (r. 220–226) of the Wei dynasty 魏文帝, who suspected that his many princely brothers were plotting against him.

“ #Canada is our largest foreign supplier of crude oil. Also, our largest supplier of polite oil.” —Stephen #Colbert

Agreed. We are a sovereign nation. End of story. #Canada #TrueNorth #StrongAndFree www.facebook.com/share/r/18rJ...

#Snow day at last!

“If it doesn’t affect my children, then why should I care? Besides, those children deserve to be harassed because of who they are.”

I am working on #translating classical #Chinese #poems into accentual-syllabic verse in English. I found this wonderfully nerdy website that teaches you #scansion by asking you to annotate actual poems. It takes some time to learn, but it becomes addictive. prosody.lib.virginia.edu/instructions/

The #Economist has been documenting the #coup in action. (I screen capped the article for those who don’t have access.) #Musk #DOGE #broligarchs #vandals

My (not original, but hopefully well-synthesized) take on the ongoing #coup in the #USA right now. #thiel #yarvin #trump #oligarchy #billionaires

Listen at 3pm (EST) on #CBC 99.1 to hear Aparna Halpé and Orquesta #Solidaridad #Tango on Canadian national #radio (again)! @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social @solidaridadtango.bsky.social (link to show in next post)

#Tariffs on #Canada by the #USA do not make economic sense for either country, for the reasons I outline below. Why does someone in the #Trump administration think this is a good idea?

La vache! What a laugh...🐮😂

Today, I learned of the work of Haitian American anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1949–2012), through this brilliant quotation, cited by Dionne Brand… (full quote in Alt text)

This #window decal was a Lunar New Year gift from a student. See the Alt text for the full story of the image. #CNY2025 #LunarNewYear #Chinese #art

#China and #Russia are using foreign-registered commercial vessels to cut deep sea communication cables to #Taiwan and #Baltic nations. The Taiwanese coast guard is starting to board these vessels. Keep an eye on this as a potential flashpoint in the region.

Happy Year of the Wood Snake! (your slithery second sibling) 蛇出山穴喜報春! #CNY2025 #CNY #LunarNewYear H/t @justinrleung.bsky.social for the map.

Just do a search and replace for a certain name in this passage and it sounds awfully current... SOURCE: archive.is/tx8Vp

OK, #Canada. It's time to shut down these creeps, who want to run on hateful rhetoric. You can let her know how you feel on these platforms: Xitter: @DhallaRuby IG : @rubydhalla1 And please repost this. #canada #politics #canada-election #Liberals

Historian @quinnslobodian.com pulls some threads together to explain recent events… (see alt text for source) #grindset #ufc #masculinity #oligarchs #ideology

This is how it begins... One lawmaker suggests removing term limits for the Dear Leader. One employee is fired for criticizing an oligarch.

Look what’s happened to the price of #eggs since a certain #president took office... What’s that you say? #Inflation is caused by a variety of complex, global factors related to supply and demand, and is not controlled by a single person? NO! WHY ORANGE MAN NOT MAKE EGGS CHEAP? #Trumpflation

Timely tale...

Welp, that didn’t take long. And no, it’s not a “Roman salute”, as the Nazi apologists are trying to say with a straight face.

I will never get tired of watching this scene from #BigNight. It has some of the best #comic timing I've ever witnessed. I wonder if it's ad libbed? youtu.be/d3hs2M_0vLE

#Italy night at the Halpé-Sanders household tonight consists of making #Tagliatelle alla Bolognese from an 1891 recipe and watching Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini in “Big Night” (1996)...

Excellent article on the #politics of #clean lifestyles... «When someone alludes to “clean” healthfulness — from clean living to clean drinking — someone somewhere is carrying the burden of being “dirty.”» Dry January Is Driving Me to Drink www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/o...

I found this rattling around in my #toolbox. One day, I will need #power in a spot that has a standard light #socket but no #outlet, and this small device will come to the rescue! Until then, it will spend a few more years rattling around in my toolbox.

These outfits are on another level. More interesting than what you see coming out of Paris and NYC most seasons. I love the keyboard skirt.

highly recommend @theserfstv.bsky.social posts that cut to the chase

Recipe for relaxation at home: this, plus...

Check out the 2025 season of milongas with Solidaridad Tango… @solidaridadtango.bsky.social Last Sunday of every month at DROM (458 Queen W, Toronto): 1–2 Tango dance lesson 2–3 DJ music 3–5 Live music by Solidaridad Great food, drink, friends, dancing, and music. ($15 cover, dance lesson $15)

I don't think most men truly understand how stressful it is to move through the world as a woman. This post by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social might help them to understand. www.facebook.com/share/p/1FPF...

@margaretjwiener.bsky.social Hey, Margaret! So glad to see you and @empressanjana.bsky.social here! ❤️

In a bid to get away from machine-based reminders, alerts, and #health metrics, I have adopted the practice of #drinking a glass of #water every time I pee (rather than trying to remember throughout the day). I have succeeded in turning myself into a human #sōzu #添水...