Aesop: I TOLD YOU

New West stands up for housing. @freshetnews.bsky.social has written a great piece about the tiny-homes open house which features both the concerns with and support for the project. www.freshetnews.ca/hundreds-att...

Spring gardening is exciting, but also overwhelming. How will I ever catch up with the weeds?!

Something I’m struggling with as a definitely-not-neurotypical (high-functioning, formally-gifted-kid, odd-ball) is my inability to ‘play the game’. I’ve analyzed the game, I recognize the unwritten rules and know what to do or say to pass. I can express what is the ‘right’ answer both…

The Robin Hood of Butter Pot led the Masterless Men of Newfoundland. This society was made up of individuals who sought freedom in the interior of the island, free of British rule. No matter what the British did, they could never catch them. This is their story. 🧵 1/10

I wrote an email to the mayor and council in New Westminster to support the proposed Tiny Homes Village for our homeless neighbours. You can read the letter in my alt text. Please feel free to write your own to [email protected]

Side parts are out. A middle part is the most flattering option to compliment facial symmetry. Maybe with curtain bangs

I have something I want to express about the economy, but I’m having trouble verbalizing it. Something about having useful skills and aptitudes but being in the wrong market, or the wrong decade, or just running out of stream. I share this because maybe I’m not alone in this tired ennui

I started running this year after a hiatus of over 15 years. I’m much slower now. Today I ran the St Patrick’s 5k and signed up for the S&O Queen’s Park Classic 5k in April. It’s a great exercise in humility 🏃‍♀️

I got this bullshit fearmongering flyer in my mailbox. “Oppose NW Drug Site” WhatsApp group 😡 For what it’s worth, I live within the mapped area and I support this project. I will be certain to email the City and attend the community info session to prevent these clowns from drowning out reason

meanwhile you know what's ALWAYS fucking entitled to make noise? CARS and PLANES and INDUSTRY! Not people!!!!

Last night I went to see a completely student-led musical at the local HS and I want to report that the kids are better than all right. Not only was the show excellent, and the audience of peers enthusiastically supportive,…

As shit just seems to continue to get worse globally, it is really easy to feel powerless against this scale of disregard of human life and the planet. Check in on your neighbours. Share cookies. Offer childcare and a ride to the doctor. Start a rewilding initiative. Participate in mutual aid.

Today started with a beautiful hike; followed by the first lawn mow of the year; then 4 thrift stores in DTNW with my kid. Pretty much a perfect Saturday.

Reddit is the worst. You click on *one* post about curling drama and your entire feed becomes curling drama 🥌

It’s my birthday in Newfoundland and Labrador

Today, we mourn. Tomorrow we begin a campaign to put Catherine O'Hara on the twenty dollar bill.

My brain when I see Carney and the Premiers

This post should be a master’s thesis. 50 pages of analysis condensed into one profound sentence.

Minnesota has become my favourite of the 50 states: the spirit and solidarity of its people is an inspiration. If I ever return as a visitor to the states, it will be the first place I visit.

Is Mark Carney a red tory? Yes. Is he a prominent politician standing up for democracy and sovereignty? Also yes. Where are the world’s progressive left politicians? Where are Canada’s progressive left politicians? If Carney were to call a spring election who is offering more inspired leadership?

The nineties are back for gen-x nostalgics I guess. My email fliers today featured Birkenstocks with socks and the return of Dewberry to the Body Shop. Surround yourselves in comfort friends.

Phew! Carney taking off his mask of neutrality today is a relief!

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Plato’s universal truth: “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

Gigantic protests in Tehran this evening. Time to focus on Iran. The people are demanding change. (Via @AlinejadMasih)

The system 1) loads up new homebuyers with costs that should be borne by property tax, and 2) incentivizes the city to force new growth into industrial armpits that lack amenities. New residents get to live in bad places and pay for everybody else’s public swimming pools. x.com/alexbozikovi...

A selfish man who has lived free from consequences is now a president who runs his country selfishly and free from consequences. This is completely predictable. What do we do about it? There are very few people who have the fortitude to stand up to bullies.

Learning to stop doomscrolling and pick up a book / craft / nap / etc

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TIL that I should not watch ‘Black Mirror’ when I’m already in a pissy mood about technology bringing out the worst in humanity

The current trajectory of AI tech has me seeking alternatives for myself - becoming a monk is looking pretty good

People will be asking chatgpt how to vote, won’t they? That’s the next logical stop on this fascism train.

Today is Buy Nothing Day!

As the Christmas season begins, Canadians look to their traditions. One of the most most unique traditions in the country is mummering. Dating back centuries in Newfoundland and Labrador, it has spread to other parts of Canada. This is its story. 📸 Greg Locke 🧵 1/10

I’ve gotten into watching The Nature of Things on CBC Gem. I’m amazed that it’s even better than I remember it being back when David Suzuki was the host. They address contemporary issues through a scientific lens and really connect it to peoples’ lived experiences.

Apparently municipal election campaigning starts a year in advance in #newwest. I got a door knock and an invitation to meet the NWP mayoral candidate at an upcoming townhall. TBH it was inappropriate and annoying.

This is the only thing that could have possibly brought me back into the fold

Salad versus melting pot 🍁

I’ve started wearing a wrist watch. My kid had bought a jar of unwanted jewelry from a thrift store for a few dollars. They were showing me the contents, which included a Swatch watch. I liked the weight and fit of the Swatch, and had some nostalgia for the brand dating back to the late 80’s so …

In New West, the political rhetoric has gotten completely out of control, stoked by the New West Progressives. At our Monday council meeting, the two NWP members voted against me attending a conference about countering online harm and misinformation. Meanwhile, on their social media page, there is

The wanderer returns.

The hero we need

Good times in sunny windows

I heard what sounded like a dog’s squeaky toy in my back yard. It was two hawks (Cooper’s Hawks?) hanging out and eating a large rodent with a long tail. A first for me, but it seems they are fairly common in the Vancouver area.

First they came for Venezuela, but I did nothing, because I am not Venezuelan…

I’m still thinking about the Lilith Fair doc. It presents a very clear story about identity politics from 30 years ago, when radio stations refused to play more than 1 woman artist in a rotation and the industry was much more racially segregated. 1/2