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Every photo of cars stuck in traffic beside a bike lane has a comment under it saying "I don't see any bikes. Remove the bike lane." Like dude, the bikes are not *stuck in traffic*. They can move freely and disengage themselves from the autonormative hellscape.

My mom called me twice yesterday, so I thought "ooh this might be important." But she was just really excited to get $42.50 from the Canadian Bread Settlement.

One of my favourite startup genres is “we named our product so badly our first ad campaign is dedicated just to that”

Pretty pissed how much of my time I have to spend thinking about "A.I.", which is, obviously, any amount of time at all.

This #TartanTuesday we have 20 new tartans registered since May 28th. I haven't looked at most of them because this one is inspired by PENGUINS and that's all I need to hear. www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...

One of the things I’m most proud of is that since moving into a place with a tiny yard, every year we do small things to improve soil and biodiversity, and encourage the pollinators, and this year we have a ton of random good stuff growing and flowering that birds and squirrels brought us.

We have six groundhogs living next door. RIP seedlings.

Sleeping beauty

well past due www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

HA

I would like a version of Inside Out that deals with someone going through perimenopause, please.

you know the kid lit publishing controversy that actually exists and I'd like you all to get on? The lack of marketing & publicity support for books by marginalized authors that don't sell and then are used as proof to not acquire more books from those authors.

All the little kids outside are chanting GO HABS GO

BIG FUN BABY TIMES made me a little slow with this, but Life Below is OUT NOW!

I really enjoyed HENCH. Looking forward to reading VILLAIN!

My newsletter includes interviews with diverse artists, about all the different stuff they do, and the career pivots they’ve made, to keep creative life going. My first interview, with Natalia Yanchak, of The Dears and game dev fame, went out on Friday. Read it in the archive, and sign up!

I just learned you can brulee an avocado and my world will never be the same.

The new episode of Future Mending Radio is about a worker coop in Toronto -- @hypha.coop -- that is implementing image verification technologies for journalists. www.buzzsprout.com/2396702/epis...

I've been on the site for like 90 seconds. The cool Myst games we could have made for less than two minutes of investment in the thievery machine man.

AHHHHH!!!! Don't sit on swiping a copy of THE BIG PHYSICAL of THE BIG CON!!! 🤩🩵🩷💛

LOVE gamemaking and HATE technofascism? I am running a @torontogamesweek.com event for you! Free with reg: luma.com/8nvmyatm Featuring @vagabond.quest @matthammill.bsky.social @rwg.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy and more! #Toronto #digitalsovereignty #gamedev (Poster art by @davidhellman.bsky.social)

It's 2026 and the pope has just called for robots to be disarmed. What the fuck is life?

I sincerely hope “straw knighting” catches on. Will be especially useful for those dorks who say being anti-generative AI makes you an ableist cultural eugenicist. open.substack.com/pub/counterc...

this is straight up wage theft

Canada & The U.S. cling to their petrodollars while much of the rest of the world embraces green energy Due to the short-sightedness of our leaders, North America is being left behind

Spotted IRL 👀 The Big Con for Nintendo Switch rooftoppin’ in Toronto 😎 #indiegames #switch

I barely consume any caffeine as it is, but I need to try to see if cutting out my one daily coffee helps a couple of issues, and it turns out that this single beverage is the only thing keeping my whole brain together. I think it's been doing the job of an adhd med this whole time.

Reminder that if unions didn't protect your rights and benefit you a worker, then companies wouldn't go to such great and dramatic lengths to try and stop them from forming

Sigh. Apparently Bill C22 could cause apps like Signal to be unavailable in Canada because "it could force tech companies to allow police to eavesdrop through your cell phone, laptop or smart speaker." openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22

Also this talk is happening tomorrow at XP, for folks who are in town for it!

On top of looking great in its own right, RollerGirl's setting is also inspired by Belleville. Shoutout to small-town Ontario! mobilesyrup.com/2026/04/14/r...

There's SO MUCH to read and do here! A buffet of possibility.

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

There we GO. Preorders are live for The Big Con physical through @limitedrungames.com. get yours now!

oh no, i don't use the ai for <thing that i am paid to do> it's terrible at that. it's great for <thing you are paid to do> though.

Marking myself safe from Parking

Asking the printer very nicely to print your document like it's 1995

*clears throat* *very serious* Inflationary.

I responded negatively to an email announcement from an app that added a bunch of AI features, and they invited me to delete my account! Okeydoke, so pleased we agree.

So cuteeeee 🥺

Just noticed that on my account, the box to require alt text on images mysteriously unchecked itself at some point, so I just re-checked it. Annoying thing to find out by accident.

At last, the day has come. Today is VILLAIN release day! It barely seems real, and I'm thrilled and relieved and so happy this weird, difficult, joyous rejection of a redemption arc exists in the world. US: www.harpercollins.com/products/vil... Canada: www.harpercollins.ca/978006334136...

starting workshop prep for the Kings summer residency and reminded of this gorgeous essay on teaching: therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Good morning! Let’s write some videogames *outside*.

Please my I come outside with you and vault off the balcony, cone and all?

A piece of news I've been waiting to share about The Big Con will be live and direct during this, my favourite Indie Game showcase. Tune the heck in!

Beautiful June day in May today in Montreal

Threw some sprouty potatoes in a couple of pots, will-nilly and now have a potatosplosion. Love growing potatoes because it’s so easy and they actually produce nice purple flowers.