the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Look I'm just here to build a set of tasty pies from the Fall Festival 💅 ✨

It’s their day today 🎶🕺🏻

Spotted in a workplace break room. The notes are heaven.

#LastFourWatched Finally using the mubi subscription I forgot I had. Inspector Ike is a gem! Theme of the week: I'd rather watch a film about women where not much happens than a movie about a man where too much happens (to women specifically... & octopuses).

I regret nothing, I don't apologize, kiss my ass.

An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms & Futurisms !!! What a cool cover !!! Also a pug named Peach in a blanket !!!

I'm so excited to read this. I'm gonna flip out.

#LastFourWatched Two old Hitchcocks & two new sillies.

Sometimes when I am at the gym I become afraid that somehow, the music I am listening to will find its way onto the main room speaker & everyone will know that when I run fast, I'm listening to the Powerpuff Girls Theme, Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat, & Shiver My Timbers from Muppet Treasure Island.

"I am always guessing wrong. I am always guessing that we want children to live."

beautiful

#LastFourWatched A wide variety of weirdness this week!

Maybe I would be more tempted to use LLMs if I didn't really like writing and thinking, but, well,

Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.

I feel teary. I'm so grateful to Air Canada flight attendants for refusing to back down. It took THREE DAYS to get a better deal. STRIKES WORK & when the government intervenes to stop them, corporations win. Today, workers win! Solidarity forever!

unless someone specifically asks for advice it is actually pretty rude to offer it unsolicited, especially when the “advice” is basic “how to live your life as an adult” stuff

#LastFourWatched 2 brand new, 2 uh...... not so brand new, all a good time!

Does there ever come a time when people stop telling you what you should do? I'm well into my 30s & still getting a lot of unsolicited advice. I always assumed it would end when I became an adult, but the shoulds keep comin'.

#LastFourWatched Zodiac: less scary on the rewatch but still fumbled my keys when I got home after midnight Klute: creepy & sweet with 2 great leads Horses: sick & twisted & I loved it Wanda: hard to watch desperation & hopelessness captured so beautifully

I've somehow never been to a book tour event, & I can't remember the last time I bought a hardcover book, but for @silviamg.bsky.social writing about witches, exceptions are made! Can't wait to start this one!

Love a picture book that teaches big concepts beautifully. In this case: sometimes you have to trust the experts. (from The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown with freaky/wonderful illustrations by Leonard Weisgard.)

I spent the whole afternoon working at a Pride event & this is the only picture I took: our reading recommendations board! Lots of people of all ages stopped to recommend a book, including some faves by @clpolk.com @marthawells.com @amalelmohtar.com & of course, Dag Man.

#LastFourWatched One of these is a bit different...

“The typical female pet owner spends more time actively engaged with her pet than she spends in face-to-face contact with friends of her own species.” The pet lives in her house, DEREK. Do you think that female pet owner has to text her cat, who is in her house, 15 times to make plans, DEREK

Visiting the old neighbourhood. East Van will always be my heart's true home, I reckon.

#LastFourWatched The Chase is so unhinged

#LastFourWatched It's been a big Paul Newman week & I'm HAPPY.

... it's been a weird week #LastFourWatched

My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com

#LastFourWatched back again with some good old movies (& one baffling one)

me when a stranger needs to enter my home to do some work (from Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp, which is an amazing wonderful book)

Hahhahaha omg

On an ideal morning, I like to spend some time before work doing a fun thing, like reading or playing a video game. Sometimes (like today) I accidentally doomscroll/read too much news... but at least there's always time for a round of Root Bear.

look I know it's very low on the list of evil things gen ai has done, but I used to really like the ✨ sparkle ✨ emoji & now it is ruined.

the mood (from let's get burgers by @housegoblin.bsky.social )

#LastFourWatched It's gonna be an old-timey summer (mostly).

I can't go to work today. I'm halfway through a good book & my cat is sitting on my lap just so. :c

if you listen to an audio book while you play balatro for 3 hours then you're doing important intellectual development and no longer "wasting your time"

One of my goals for this year is to actually do all of the silly little lego sets I buy. I love these birds!

One thing I like about my neighbourhood: lots of birds in the day, lots of bats in the night. I'm part of a thriving ecosystem.

Oooooh what a week! #lastfourwatched

For those who celebrate.

We are sooooo back (at VIFF for the summer series)

You know, it’s not like I’m half-assing this, I am actually trying my best despite the fuck-ups.

Lesson from dance class that I suspect will be applicable to other areas of life: I learn more by dancing through the whole song than I do by starting over every time I fuck up.

I picked up a pin that looks like Zelda the Cat. Taking her picture with it was challenging -- she wanted to sniff it, bite it, swipe it

My workplace has tiny pieces of paper on every public desk because we need to write call numbers down a lot, but I like to write them on my hand. I feel it will be a fun & mysterious thing to have on my hand if I happen to be murdered.

hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught

I ran a (slow) 5k today & am thrilled to announce I came 1st in my gender category!* *I was the only person in my gender category 🏆👑