If you have “sincere concerns” about trans athletes in sports, all it means is that you have given yourself a rationale for your bigotry that you sincerely believe exonerates you for aligning to a far-right tactic for marginalization and exclusion.

The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM

IT BEGINS AGAIN!! Avatars for Charity! Jan 2026 theme for caricature avatars is JAY WARD! If you're young think 'Bullwinkle and Rocky'. For your tax deductible donation to our MS Society of Canada fundraiser I will draw you in this iconic cartoon style. Details in jpeg. Link: tinyurl.com/mscure2026

I feel like letting every president of my lifetime get away with Unlimited War Crimes was a serious mistake

Achievement unlocked: spent entire year (so far) in jammies

It's Russian for "retired at the request of the president."

Talking with people at a holiday gathering here in Toronto last night, and when it came up, most of us nodded that we likely won’t ever visit the United States again. It’s a weird feeling, and weird to acknowledge in a group.

Unbelievably, it's been 25 years since we lost Kirsty MacColl yet the beauty of her music and her memory still resonate. Here's a song I wrote for her to sing in the 1995 movie 'Mad Love'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...

Very sad news - one of my favourite authors ever since I got my mind blown by Titan as a wee nipper

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.

A friend of mine got interviewed about aphantasia, the condition some people have where they have no "mind's eye", no ability to visualise images www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

National borders should not be barriers. It should be as easy to move to another country (and work there) as it is to move to another city. If this sounds absurd, read Open Borders openborderscomic.com (illustrated by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social)

He’s on a mission from God.

Just want to urge anyone in the U.S. eligible to vote for anything at all this election cycle to please do so. Shock everyone with the turnout. Make jaded pundits cough coffee out their noses. Make poll volunteers smile. Make voter suppressors nervous again.

Gizmodo article on next Murderbot novel Platform Decay: gizmodo.com/murderbot-pl...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

I'd tell you my most GenX complaint but you're not listening anyway so why bother

It is time for Canada to grant refugee status to trans people from the US @mark-carney.bsky.social

“Civility” is how the modern Right — and increasingly the modern “middle” — describes the attitude “thank you Sir, may I have another”

Apropos of nothing, some words from Elvis Costello Because there's one thing I know I'd like to live long enough to savor That's when they finally put you in the ground I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down

Chris Kluwe on Gavin Newsom and his treatment of the trans community: www.thehandbasket.co/p/chris-kluw...

If you're one of the people who hasn't fallen in love with Murderbot yet (but don't tell it! You'll make it uncomfortable!), what are you waiting for? Get all the books and more! www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Health Canada has authorized the LP.8.1 variant adapted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 6 months and older. The updated COMIRNATY® vaccine targets the Omicron LP.8.1 variant, one of the most recently circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages. It will be made available this Fall across Canada.

Keep the two distinct in your head.

We won 🚲 www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toront...

The ML model and dataset that I've been working on for a couple of years (as part of a collaboration between Google Geo Sustainability and Google DeepMind) just launched to the public: meet AlphaEarth Foundations deepmind.google/discover/blo...

When you attend a funeral It is sad to think that sooner or l- Ater those you love will do the same for you Farewell, Tom Lehrer

Song for the day youtu.be/crIk87-mPzY

And the rhythm goes DUCK turtle DUCK turtle DUCK DUCK turtle!

In the hotel room I'm currently in, the switch on the wall that turns off the bedside light also turns off the outlet that the alarm clock is plugged into.

This... doesn't look safe to me

One for @theauthorguy.bsky.social

Toronto you were magnificent! Thank you so much to the @kellyrobson.com for being an amazing conversation partner, the Merrill Collection library staff for taking such good care of us, & everyone who made up the amazing audience! What an absolutely delightful end to the tour!

Great time with @amalelmohtar.com at her reading today - she told us stories, let us in on some of what's going on in the background of her book, and even let slip a secret!

I took a little walk on this lovely afternoon with the rest of my family, and we all voted - including one person voting federally for the first time, and one person voting for the first time as a Canadian! Now to turn off all sources of news in the house until, I don't know, a week from Thursday?

Political ad for the Tories that's literally two old rich white guys whining about the Liberals while playing golf. That's how you intend to persuade people two days before the election?

Canadians! 🇨🇦 Book industry needs your help (incl. for 🇨🇦 book creators like me, whose books are published and/or warehoused in U.S.). Dept of Finance seeks feedback before April 2nd, 2025 re: tariffs, including tariffs on BOOKS coming into Canada from US: slowburnbooks.ca/april-2-tariff #CanLit

who are YOUR five favourite FEMALE SINGERS/VOCALISTS of all time? Kirsty MacColl June Tabor Loreena McKennitt Kate Bush Natalie Merchant

I donate blood, I eat absolute junk. That's just the rule, and I am helpless in my studies against it.

This is the video you needed to see today. The rest of the thread (all about hippos!) is great too.

You've been propagandized to believe it's normal to have a prison population larger than multiple states, to have a population of formerly incarcerated people larger than the population of Wisconsin. IT IS NOT. But as long as you thought the "right people" were getting put away, you accepted it.

An @amalelmohtar.com signing in May? I can't wait! That's a long time from now - good thing I can go to a @tanyahuff.bsky.social signing (and new book!) in the interim. @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social hosts really good events.

For whatever reason, this gem from the great (and underappreciated) Warren Zevon's cyberpunk phase has been running through my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ZW...

Something from @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social to make a cold Toronto day feel like spring: @amalelmohtar.com's new book! The cover flap says there are two sisters. I hope neither is cruel to the other...

Ford might be winning the province again (something I will never understand) but at least my riding went the way I voted.

My blues? Moody.

Swordheart is an absolute favourite of mine, and not only is it getting a shiny new edition, BUT THE SEQUEL IS FINALLY ON ITS WAY!

Remember: you can't spell "felony" without Elon!

It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.