What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks. People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?

But instead of being a disqualifying thing, for many people it's aspirational. And if they can't be the rich guy who rapes with impunity, by god they'll vote for that guy. 🤩 Again, I'm not being glib. I've said a million times the Access Hollywood tapes were actually helpful to him.

I wasn't being all Gen X wry and cynical about this by the way. I just think they are all completely rotten to the core. They actively campaign on shit like this. Culturally and politically. The deep rot of every institution. The ease with which they operated and diverted attention.

Take! me back to dear old Bliiiiiighty

I'm just not sure that a population that thinks women should 1) be married to middle aged men at 14 2) stay in the home only 3) die from forced childbirth (to be replaced by another 14-yr old) really cares that much about Epstein.

I was radicalized by Susan Faludi.

I biked to work in the cold muck today so I deserve risotto.

Joyce Carol Oates is trending on Bluesky and I love that for us.

Why. Is. It. Still. SNOWING???

When the ruling class decided it would prefer you to remain ignorant.

There is no better argument for UBI than stopping the entire class of people whose only vocation is to slightly tweak the look and feel of Microsoft Office every three years to drive me absolutely around the bend for a least a month.

Why is it still fucking snowing??? #dlws

And it's something I've SKEETED (shudder) before, that I didn't believe that money couldn't buy you happiness. I figured that was a thing rich people told poor people to make them happy being poor. And then I saw how Elon Musk lives in the world and understood what that adage meant.

Seasonal depression hits early this year as I'm listening to The National voluntarily.

Hahahahahah well played, Chia Pet team.

Counterpoint: what if we didn't care about either of these things.

Every time I hear "American men are in crisis" I think about the fact that American women are being forced to bear their rapists children or die of sepsis and I continue to give very few fucks about your masculinity feefees.

we're still shipping all over Canada for only $5 and we now have a tugboat to help us spread the word! how do we do it? that's really none of your business

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Once again getting the experience survey request from Princess Margaret. I dunno what to tell you. I still don't have cancer? Very good at uncancering?

Goodnight New York City, we love you. (Offer not valid in Staten Island.)

Yub Nub moment tbh

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Placating the rich is never good economic policy for the simple reason that the rich are huge babies who are never satisfied. Cut yacht taxes 10% to meet the demands of some loser who bought bitcoin at the right time just to have him whine that he's moving to Florida or Dubai for 11% yacht tax cuts

Carney sucks. I hate it because I was very vocal about voting for him. And in part that was because he talked about climate change, seemed to take it seriously, but we're going backwards after a summer of the country on fire and the NDP better get their leader shit together, man. We were duped.

This is a big deal! They're gonna call you a socialist anyway, like that's a bad thing, so embrace it! Say the word and tell people what it stands for! I've been yelling about this stuff forever. GO ZOHRAN

"There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue." Holy shit, every single publication is folding to their whims.

Ugh why are there xmas carols on my TV already just let me have Eeyorevember for a few days my gawd!

I once "hacked" into the computers at the CN Tower while standing in the queue in a similar fashion.

🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴 how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids a 🧵 (on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2) 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 [links to referenced articles in ALT text]

"residents' associations that warned of noise, traffic and disruption." This is so idiotic, if you have more stores and shops you can walk to, fewer people drive, so less traffic! Badiali is a total outlier and what used to be in that spot was a lovely little cafe with a gorgeous leafy patio.

This photo of rookie Yesavage casually walking off the mound as future Hall of Famer and helmet-less Ohtani is still in motion striking out is everything. #WantItAll

BASEBALL!!!

ONE STRIKE BOYS

I just clapped by myself in my apartment.

EAT THAT, SUSSEX

I’m sick of sharing this link so help me bury the NIMBY opposition to cute neighbourhood shops! They just put a petition with a measly 209 signatures into the record to kill—not modify, kill—this small step towards maybe having corner stores again Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv

So I'm listening to this podcast and two male writers both agree "Since I got married I'm so much more creative and prolific, must be because of love and happiness" and I WANTED TO SCREAM

I have never done this before, but my partner has also never been politically persecuted by the government for protesting the secret police. So, if you can, please donate to help with legal costs. katforillinois.com/legal

Nice job, Beisbol Birds.

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Rosedale Valley Road: nicest 2.5km you can run in this city. Best in autumn, spooky vibes going past the cemetery. Bonus for vampire episode of @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social in my ear holes. Another very pleasant day!

Doug Ford is showing his true disdain for renters and is testing how much he can get away with. We can’t let him. Now is the time to get organized and fight back if you haven’t already! YSW Tenant Union is hosting a mass zoom call Sunday Oct 26 8pm to fight back. www.tenantunion.ca/allout

Reposting for the morning crowd! Halloween approaches, so join us for this novel of vampires, satanists, and the two kind of husbands available in France--the gay ones and the ones with crippling gambling addictions.

Part of me feels like DoFo's latest evil is just another swipe at destroying Toronto specifically though it's really going to hurt every single community in the province. But, the thing for us here. Where will the artists and musicians and writers and weirdos that make the city great go?

Everyone on the Internet today: Hey that Regan was a pretty cool guy look at all the stuff he was into that we agree with. That Overton window is busted.

Ok look I believe there is a statute of limitations on spoilers but also the ending of Murders in the Rue Morgue, which I have just now finished, is so incredible I would never cheat someone of it. I can't stop laughing so can only say, IYKYK. UNBELIEVABLE. 🙊

What a nice couple hours riding around the city, over the Valley seeing the foliage, to Spooky Booksale where I bought Saxe Rohmer's Golden Dawn silliness & a film crit mentioned in Johanna Hedva, then took myself for my favourite lunch.

I left the bar when it was 2-2 because I was so sleepy and by the time I got home I had texts that said 5-2 9-2 11-2 😹

Remember when we all could have worked from home and turned all that office space into housing?