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AI is definitely not a virgin because we all get fucked by it every day.

"no more superficial individual expression"

The weather in Quebec is what it is, so the CAQ is going to end up trying to write a law that allows ski masks unless they're worn by a protestor or a Muslim woman. www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Some kind of necropastoral extension of a Wallace Stevens jar situation?

And don't forget our signings - 1) TONIGHT at the Beguiling, from 4-6! beguilingbooks.com/events/46902 2) THIS SATURDAY at Emerald City Comics, from 11-2! www.instagram.com/reel/DKulX4j... You can pick up the book at either (OR BOTH??) and I'll be happy to sign and personalize 'em for you!

So excited to finally see LIFE AFTER tomorrow night! #newmusicals #Canadianmusicals #musicaltheatre

Such an honour and thrill to attend @thefoldcanada.bsky.social this weekend! Truly one of the best literary festivals in the country.

OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE!!!!!

Quebec tax dollars once again used for the important stuff: www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...

Oh god, this made me tear up

Cory Booker 🔥

I’m officially not allowed to read about bird flu before bed.

Condolences to all Canadian poets on Griffin Prize Longlist day. 🖤

Stunned to see Northern Exposure come up first in a list of Canadian TV on Amazon Prime. This is a show set in Alaska. 🇨🇦We cannot give up on CanCon or our own stories will be told to us by someone else pretending they came from us.🇨🇦

To be clear: a tariff is a tax.

honestly wild to me that, at this late date, any ostensibly informed person would insist that we could ignore trump’s words as just bluster

mood

Thrilled to be in such esteemed company!! 🥰

I brought one of my dumpster fires to my office and added little LEDs to it.

Second (small) grant awarded to one of my musicals-in-progress! 🎉🙏🏾🎵 Always so grateful for the $ support and, just as importantly, the vote of confidence to keep going!

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Finally watched Don’t Look Up and pretty much loved it. Remembering there was a lot of blah blah about it and not sure why? Apparently it’s supposed to be a satire of the climate crisis, but it’s all-too-apropos to the current moment without any analogy needed…

goodbye and thanks for all the wigs

If Canadian tv networks cared about Canadian tv shows they wouldn’t put the season premiere of law and order Toronto up against the biggest hockey game in a decade

It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side

Great game, can't wait to wake up to 75% tariffs

this is the best

That was too intense for a regular ass Thursday in February

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Season 2 airs in a new time slot: 10 p.m on CityTV. Tune in tonight to see both Young Simbas from the original Toronto production of The Lion King in the same episode.

I luurve these Team Canada jerseys. 😻

That version of the Canadian anthem. 🙈🙉🙊 😬😬😬

Love a podcast but whenever I go a few days without music it’s like I can feel my whole brain lighting up from the dopamine.

I'm contributing a bonus card to Cat Vs Human and there's just FIVE HOURS left in the Kickstarter, so if you'd like a fun card game with a ton of webcomics art in it, have I got a link for you!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dri... It's that link. It's the one I just put in

The cognitive dissonance of personal good news in this world mess.

Nor me!

Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do… We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘

Fully in the “is this real?” era.

I’m so excited to be part of @camdenpt.bsky.social’s spring season with two work in progress performances of my new solo show!

If something isn't made into a musical did it even really happen

If you casually store your single backpack on the seat next to you on a crowded subway/train/bus, you are not a good person. 🚩

Does anyone in TO have an extra ticket to the Charlie Houston show at the Monarch on Thursday?

Sticking with a random declaration I made in the summer and getting a mint chocolate “polar pizza for my bday cake. Standby for the taste test.

Thanks @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social for the interview about how the Violet Hour Book Club wasn't able to rent a library space due to a misinterpretation of Bill 96's language restrictions. We're hopeful the upshot is something like this won't happen again! www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art... #QCWriters

One of the best things about being a TV writer is being able to say you’re going back to bed to watch TV…for work.

Today only at chbooks.com -- Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day! Coach House Books celebrates this auspicious day by offering 20% off all pre-2025 titles! fabulous books by bpNichol, Andre Alexis, Helen Hajnoczky, Suzanne Zelazo, Gary Barwin, Suzette Mayr, and me! (and lots more too!)

As I read the 100+ poetry books submitted for the Fred Cogswell Award, I took notes on both the books and the tricky act of judging poetry. I've compiled some of them into an essay for @the-wood-lot.bsky.social. I hope you enjoy it! the-wood-lot.ca/2025/01/19/s...