You know what's good? Books.

I don’t really read horror but finished the excellent Jen Sookfong Lee title, The Hunger We Pass Down, last night and had a nightmare for the first time in yonks. Well, sort of. I dreamt I was being attacked by a flying Barbie doll. 🫤

“The condition varies in type, severity, and presentation of symptoms, and early literacy skills have historically been hard to measure. Many children with dyslexia (and their parents) never learn they have it.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country. n.pr/49tGkyq

Eight hours of freezing rain and counting. Ice an inch thick on everything. Nearly went flying taking out the garbage!

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearljam, soundgarden or alice in chains

Sunday Dog Thread? I'm in. These are two of my brothers Bernese Mountain Dogs, Duke and Daisy. Not pictured: Roscoe.

“You’ve heard of a runner’s high; I’m here to tell you about the listener’s trance. It’s a thing, even if I made it up.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little." ‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.” So a napkin is a little tablecloth. 10/10, no notes.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, pearljam, soundgarden or alice in chains

I don’t watch the NHL but I love the World Juniors and that was a sweet win for Canada.

Folks new to this whole gay hockey romance thing might be tickled to learn that the American and Canadian women's hockey teams are basically all married to each other.

Nova Scotia author Rachel Reid shares how to cure your Heated Rivalry hangover www.cbc.ca/books/thenex...

Dealing with Dementia Dad and find myself getting absolutely furious with my mother for so effectively masking how feral and incapable this man is. Five years after my mother passed, and I am still cleaning up after her husband in disgusting and unanticipated ways.

Can now confidently answer the question: do you think my kid would even notice if I wrapped his present right in front of him? (The answer is NOPE!)

Twenty people for dinner today so of course today’s the day the dishwasher completely breaks down. I guess the kids are getting promoted from busboy to dishwasher!

Graphic designers of the world will understand - Pantone just released a new color (satire)

This show is the best PR Canada has gotten since Celine and Alanis tbh. Like, damn, do we need to go to Montreal for a gurls trip???? #HeatedRivalry

“The community around these books felt like a small town before the show. Overnight, it became a big city. We couldn’t be happier for Rachel.” [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...

People seem to want to socialize this weekend but I have two library books due on Monday that I can’t renew, so…

You can't determine someone's disability by looking at them. I sometimes need a cane, sometimes a wheelchair, sometimes neither. In airports, I often use wheelchair service because cramped plane seats cause significant pain, and so does walking. I limit the latter so the former is more manageable.

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The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI industry.

I have no meetings left this year!! (Please please please don't ask me for one.)

“Our industry is hugely supportive of increasing our sustainable practices and good progress has been made in this area over the past few years. This work can continue […] without the distraction of preparing for legislation that was fundamentally ill-suited.” www.thebookseller.com/news/eu-parl...

Well this is good news for #a11y Germany rejects Accessibility overlays for EAA compliance and says regulators won’t audit any website that uses an accessibility widget chrisyoong.com/blog/germany...

Focus and discipline are a precious commodity this week.

AI audiobooks are on Libby. Be careful out there! mashable.com/article/how-...

What Toronto read in 2025 — the most borrowed books from the Toronto Public Library. blogs.tpl.ca/bookbuzz/202...

The 173 best book covers of 2025. lithub.com/the-173-best...

New #WriterBeware blog post: per a report by @publisherslunch.bsky.social, Amazon's new gen AI-powered "Ask This Book" feature for Kindle is, in effect, an "in-book chatbot" writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...

Contact your Member of Parliament: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/s...

The best book covers of 2025 according to The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/b...

Good frosty morning.

Hot take: please ignore this “advice” making the rounds. Even if true, it doesn’t matter: using alt-text consistently makes it easier for *everyone* to use the internet. We’re not going to throw blind people aside for convenience or conspiracy 😡

This is a step backwards in Canada’s commitment to accessibility and inclusion. Access to literacy is a right, not a privilege. If you want to support this important piece of legislation, please contact your MP before Friday.

If anyone needs an elastic band, I could probably get my father to lend you one since he's been saving them off his daily newspaper since the year 2000 or so.

How hard is it to work at @theonion.com these days? I need a Netflix documentary into their editorial meetings.

Shopaholic author, Sophie Kinsella has died. She had a glioblastoma and had been sick for some time. www.instagram.com/p/DSFUBmeDKW...

Rubio orders return to Times New Roman over Calibri as the former font choice was a wasteful diversity move. www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...

My son comes back from Japan today! He's been gone for 11 months and I am *excited* to have him back.

"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common "I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you

Asked my kid how his exam went. He said, “Michael Jordan with the flu, Nick Kurtz hitting four homeruns, VLADDY VS THE YANKEES.” I *think* that means it went well.

This is nuts. It would save a minimal amount of money and have a dramatic impact on blind readers and the libraries that serve them.

Asked my kid how his exam went. He said, “Michael Jordan with the flu, Nick Kurtz hitting four homeruns, VLADDY VS THE YANKEES.” I *think* that means it went well.

There was a dead baby picture that haunted my childhood. I found it — which means it was real and I’m not nuts. But it’s still the most creepy-ass haunted picture.

Today in Canada, it is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...

I cannot believe it's been 36 years — and so little has changed.

Forever symbolic of Toronto. #frankgehry

The kids are all right.