I'M LISTENING....

At least 10 killed and 25 injured in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Seven people were killed in an attack on a high school and two others at a residence. The suspected shooter also took their own life. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... via @theglobeandmail.com

You can demolish the Kennedy Centre for the Arts and name it after your favourite demagogue. You can flood social media with AI “art” slop and declare artists are finished. But artists are resilient and people need authentic, human created cultural moments. Only real artists can do that.

No matter what Conservatives do, how many liberal arts institutions they take over or how hard they manipulate social media - they are losers who will never be able popular enough to create true cultural impact. They can’t do what Bad Bunny or Kendrick Lamar did. And it drives them insane.

I love these threads by @amycolleen.bsky.social. So hilarious. #JaneAusten #TheEmperorsNewGroove #mashup

But what will Jesus think of the Super Bowl halftime show(s)? Jesus:

This is definitely the kind of thing best seen live. 😄

(gift substack) Jeffrey Epstein didn't want prostitutes. He wanted scared, vulnerable girls and young women he could control. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

A great 🧵 about good art and bad artists.

Happy birthday to @evilplasticfork.bsky.social, pun lover, patch cable finder, Kingston #ygk icon, and all-round nice guy!

CHOTINER: You were an early riser today. PHIL: The 2nd is a big day; it's important I get it right. CHOTINER: Six more weeks of winter—is that exact, or...? PHIL: I mean, it's science. CHOTINER: The data I have shows you're correct only 35% of the time, less than random guesses. PHIL: Look—

RIP Catherine O'Hara, who managed to steal every scene she was in

just choked on my beverage

I think Trey should do whatever he wants.

What are you doing to commemorate this, @evilplasticfork.bsky.social?

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

One thing that’s really striking to me is how all the MAGA supporters I know in real life have these elaborate fantasies of masculine heroism—going after bad guys and bullies, protecting their neighborhoods, etc—and all are agreed that Alex Pretti deserved to die.

Don't stop making music. Don't stop writing poems. Don't stop painting and drawing. So we may dance together in the halls of justice where the rivers of steadfast love flow and the only tears we experience are of freedom and joy.

Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."

Make a band tasty Chicago Style Pizza Scone Temple Pilots Rolling Scones Buns & Roses The Tragically Chip

Wow, what a fascinating thread.

@evilplasticfork.bsky.social I had a COBS cruffin for the first time the other day. I don't know if COBS cruffins can solve all of the problems of the world but I would certainly be willing to give that hypothesis an honest try.

"Research would tell us that most ICE agents entered into these jobs in part because they want approval, and they want to affirm their masculinity in public," said sociologist Nicole Bedera. "An ICE watch works by surrounding these people ... with disapproval."

Wow, this is wild. Long, unnerving thread...

This Is Just To Say I have stopped 8 wars PLUS that should've got me the Peace Prize but you were probably saving it for someone else Forgive me I want Greenland so sweet and so cold

My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left. See? We just need to talk to each other.

Good reminder from this state highway!

Talk about good service! My husband went out to do an errand today & decided to stop in at our mechanic bc our car heater hadn't been working well. It was the resistor. (I guess it was futile...) They ordered the part, it arrived in 10 minutes, and they had it all fixed 10 mins after that. 🏆

Fascinating information from someone who studies vehicle ramming attacks. (He's at a college in Kingston, ON where I live, fwiw.)

This press conference should be a wakeup call to anyone who (still) doesn't think Trump and America represent a clear threat to Canada's sovereignty and independence. Cuba is clearly next. Then who?

Last night I went to the visitation for the daughter of longtime friends. (This young woman, who was disabled, died in her sleep at age 30.) We were once v close to her parents but hadn't seen them in several years; there were no bad feelings between us (that I know of), just life circumstances. 1/5

I'm OK with this.

Our coffeemaker decided to quit working this morning. Perhaps it overheard us last night discussing how we'd make coffee if the storm knocked out power, and decided to punish us for daring to suggest it might not be indispensable.

Broke my #Wordle streak again today.

This is a tragic event, and my heart goes out to the pt's family. globalnews.ca/news/1... 1/14

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, last night dreamt he went to Manderley.

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, must be in want of a wife.

A friend gave us a panettone; it's so good! But the nutrition info says that a serving is 1/11. Who in the world cuts a round loaf into 11 slices?

Inspiring thread!

The Trumps The Bannons The Clintons The Woody Allen The Larry Summers The David Brooks The Bill Gates How do these people find each other? The brokenness is the pheromone That unresolved thing that they beat back their entire lives The scum that lives just beneath

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

I've just posted my "what I read this year" list, for anyone looking for gift ideas, winter reading, etc. Enjoy! jeannieprinsen.substack.com/p/2025-my-ye...

We ordered pizza tonight bc I'm not feeling the greatest (not that I need a reason!🍕). We haven’t ordered from this place in a while but the delivery guy asks "Where is your son? He's my best customer!" Jonathan appears & the guy calls him by name & greets him effusively. It was so touching! 😊

This might be construed as a tedious 'awareness raising' thread, but Xmas can be a decidedly mixed bag for autistic & ADHD children & adults. The change in routines, the amped-up sensory stimuli, the flood of semi mandatory social gatherings, the unusual food, the unpredictability around gifts...

Worst news cycle in quite a while, please permit me to engage in a little hero worship, for a regular guy who stood and absolutely delivered. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Problems: There's no "i" or "v" in my name. Also no 2nd "h" & no 3rd "n" or "e". And the OED doesn't know from mannels. AI can't anagram my name. Each real man can.