I've become the Spare Date for a few friends who call upon me when they suddenly have a free theatre or symphony ticket. As such, I saw a TSO program tonight, and learned that since the whole "51st state" business began, they have a new tradition of playing Oh Canada at the top of each program (!).

Welp. I see that even the Pope has fallen into the "being correct" trap. See what I mean? Like, of course, this makes perfect sense. But the people who are against abortion but love the death penalty and want to oust all immigrants are not people for whom "making sense" matters in the slightest.

The numbers in here are mind-boggling. Just for example, in the course of a year, 19,000 charges were withdrawn for people driving without a permit. Holy shit, how many people are driving with no license if this is just how many were charged and then had it withdrawn?? www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

I came across this outdoor space yesterday while on a walk. The pics don't show it well, but it features a beautiful art installation depicting the 13 moons of the Indigenous calendar. Grateful for this and other opportunities to learn. #TruthAndReconciliation 🧡 tasimpact.ca/walmer-legac...

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

See, this is why I call the right wing a death cult. Billionaires are propping up an industry that's inexorably on the way out because better, cleaner, less planet-killing options are available and less expensive. "The Chardonnay set," good lord, how out of touch with reality can you get.

This is some bullshit, @ualberta.bsky.social. If a public figure is free to express hatred of LGBTQ people, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a scholar pointing this out on social media. Get your priorities in order and apologize. cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/09...

Troubling as hell, but also, I'm guessing it's more like transphobia is wrapped up in the general hatefulness of right-wing think tanks which Big Oil supports because they're so committed to capitalism, rather than that billionaires are directly trying to fuck with trans people (Elon excepted).

Yoga yesterday afternoon. Lifting last night. Yoga today, then an hour-long walk, plus two short bike rides. Note to self: that's actually too much. I'm really tired and my body is grumpy at me.

Every time I hear the song "Hotel California," I can't help but remember a low pink stucco building in Oaxaca that was called Hotel California. It had metal bars on the windows and an utter lack of irony. I did not go in to see if there were mirrors on the ceiling or pink champagne on ice.

🤣 I don't know what genre of advice guy this is, but I like it!

Dear all of publishing: i need you to put the translator's name on the cover as well because I do not trust, at this point, that it wasn't google.

Achievement unlocked! Tonight I roasted a whole chicken for the first time. He turned out great! Moist, flavourful, tender. I've always been afraid of screwing it up and wasting a lot of bird in the process, but I wanted stock bones and didn't want to buy a rotisserie chicken...

#manicure #extremityfetish Inspired by one of my favourite houseplants, I went for a "lazy gradient" on this one, basically two polishes blended by brushing them in opposite directions on the nail instead of by using a sponge. Sealed with a Hiss (mauve) and Spawn of Medusa (green), both Mooncat.

I am terribly enamoured of this adorable multi-bud vase I got recently. I picked it up for exactly this purpose: a place to put the little bits that come off a larger bouquet as it evolves and parts die off. Too small to fit in the big vase, but still super cute.

LOL speaking of politicians who don't care about facts, I give you DoFo trying to ban speed cameras and Toronto City Council voting the very next day to ramp them up... because they work. According to, you know... the evidence. Also 3/4 of Ontarians want them in place. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵

There's a thing that happens a lot these days that I don't quite know what to do with. It goes like this: 1. Right-wing politician or other figure makes a statement or creates a policy that's totally absurd. Not based in facts, science or even basic reality. Hateful, yes, but mostly just nuts. ...

"Great," the student said, "another princess coming to learn the sword instead of the needle." "Leave," the swordmaster said to him. "Return when you have learned silence." "I have mastered the needle," the princess said. "I wish to learn the sword as well." "Both?" She nodded. "Both is good."

I had a dream last night that I was approached by two couples—one pair of men and one pair of women—who wanted to have 5-person group sex with me in the mix. I wonder if it was my subconscious screaming at me because I forgot to mark Celebrate Bisexuality Day on September 23. Nice reminder, Brain!

Interesting developments. He didn't say anything wrong in the first place, so his emotionality in addressing it seems odd - except in that he must be relieved to be back on air. Good move booking Sarah McLachlan though! I like the statement that makes! www.msn.com/en-ca/entert...

Just had a sudden memory of a client a few years back who search-and-replaced the word "et" with "and" throughout a huge document I'd edited cuz they thought it was French. So instead of "et al." for citations it said "and al." I was like... OMG IT'S LATIN and also *muffled cursing*. #freelancerlife

#CurrentlyReading 👋 @floralashes.bsky.social 🤓📚

TFW you really like your preservative-free hummus but it comes with a side order of "oh shit that went bad really fast" 🤢

Honestly kinda genius

While I was at the post office today I looked up and saw a person also wearing all black, also with a super-short haircut, reading as AFAB with a nonbinary gender presentation, and we made eye contact and each cocked our heads like birds of the same species and went back to ignoring each other. 🥰

Well THIS is immediately going on the must-read list!

Someone took the chip from their Presto Card and put it into a magic wand.

The maths proved it was a time machine. The issue was that the speed of travel was one second per second. "Can you make it go faster?" "Impossible. We can make it go slower though." "So you age faster inside the machine? What use is that?" "We thought we'd try it with some wine and cheese?"

too fucking relatable

Give me all the money please. I wish to purchase an endless parade of black clothing in various shades of drapey, asymmetrical, zipped, buttoned, sheer, cozy and chunky, plus occasionally scandalous or charcoal. Thank you the end.

I just found out a former colleague of mine from the early aughts passed away just now at age 51. What to even say. That's really fucking young. From context clues I'm guessing it was some sort of brain tumour. I'm just so shocked. She was incredibly vivacious, just a joy to be around. RIP, Julie.

Whoa. I've never been one of the 1% before.

#manicure #extremityfetish This week I did a little fun combo: Queen of Chaos (dark purple creme) on four fingers plus Moonfairy (sheer lilac with iridescent flakies) as a topper, Moonfairy alone as an accent nail, and a matte topcoat on everything. All by Mooncat.

Homemade lamb burger, sweet potato fries and steamed beans. I love fresh food from the farmers' market (see: beans), but I'm equally pleased at how many delicious things keep well in the freezer for when I'm not in the mood to cook. 😋

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People want to know why their lives keep getting harder and harder. That is a good question that democrats asked you to ignore. The fascists had no trouble with that question because it gave them the opportunity to provide all the wrong answers to consolidate power-It’s your neighbor’s Abuelita

Glad to hear this. The more medications, vaccines etc. we can make within Canada, the better.

UN: Israel is committing a genocide. MSF: Israel is committing a genocide. Oxfam: Israel is committing a genocide. Save the Children: Israel is committing a genocide. Canadian government: If you say anything bad about Israel you're not allowed in.

Asylum seekers surge in crossing the border from the US into Canada #Canada Not the other way around according to the unqualified FBI Trump supporting idiot in charge

In the last 24 hours, the Heritage Foundation helped get trans people defined as a terrorist group. They themselves enable threats to our sovereignty. Our PM invited them to dinner.

Canada's parliament started the week giving a standing O for free speech and the memory of Charlie Kirk. They ended it by joining Orban's Hungary and Trump's America in targeting @kneecapceol.bsky.social an Irish hip hop group for challenging the genocide. Not our finest hour.

I'm not sure I am able to feel much hope these days, but the man does a solid campaign video, I'll give him that much!

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

#CurrentlyReading... I didn't realize it was one of those extremely fluffy business coaching self-helpy books, the tone of which I find unbearably condescending—I loathe reading books for adults that are written at a 12-year-old's reading level (and I hated them just as much when I was actually 12).