Transgressive comic at Riyadh Comedy Festival pleased to realize act doesn't need changing at all

In attempting to defend themselves it seems some of them are breaking the contract stipulations around criticising the regime and getting cut from the show 😂 "So what, they have slaves?” asked Tim Dillon in a podcast segment that led to his firing from the festival.

Distefano joked that an upside to the kingdom’s repression of women is that his fiancee can’t come with him. Mark Normand joked he would bring his wife to show her how good she has it in America: “I want to be like, ‘You see? You think I’m an asshole? Well, they’ll cut your clit off, bitch.’”

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. A day to honor the children taken to residential schools, to remember survivors, and to confront the harm done. But an Orange shirt is not enough, orange donuts just crass.

2 weeks ago bae sends me a screen shot of the Criterion Wes Anderson box set and the message "lol BRB spending $500USD" 1 week ago bae turns to me and says, with resignation "I think I'm gonna spend $500 USD on the Criterion Wes Anderson box set..." Today's delivery: youtu.be/QGCFfhUZx3o?...

there really should be a nice option between the psychiatric ward and a spa

Hear me out I have a loose concept for the next CBC campaign

I have said many times, Sanderson is personally nice, but so what. Nice is cheap. He pumps money into a hate organization. That he can launder his own reputation effectively is the only think separating him from Rowling.

You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

My review of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, with a look at the influence of Thomas Pynchon on the movie and a response to criticisms of the movie for historical anachronism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWr...

This is kinda incredible that renters from multiple units in a realtor's portfolio are organizing for tenants' rights.

Stop falling for the propaganda. Stand with trans people.

You can also do banking and get a cellphone plan at French Post offices. Imagine if Canada Post offered a nationalised cellphone plan option to create competition for the telecommunications oligopoly 😭

“Being both Black and autistic means constantly navigating systems that weren’t built for you, all while the world debates your humanity on cable news.” By @ayannasanaa.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/phenomen... #AutisticWhileBlack #autism #autistic

Just as a new wave starts, the BCCDC / Metro Vancouver has reduced their wastewater monitoring to 8 stations (from 12), one time (from 3) per week, and updated every 2 (instead of 1) weeks. THEY ARE HIDING THE EXTENT OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC. PROTEST IT.

Dear goofballs: Public services are not "money losses". They are public services paid for with public money.

We lost a warrior, a freedom fighter, a visionary, someone who changed the way I see the world. May Assata Shakur rest in power with the ancestors!

So, what other supposedly Democratic countries are obsessed with destroying the Postal Service?

men are arguing wnba goats. we did it, joe! #wnba

My welcome message to @jbs.cam.ac.uk MBA students.

It's looking a lot like the interim PBO took a lot of the wrong lessons from his predecessor.

Today was BAD but I had some coping mechanisms at my disposal and my baby is nothing if not understanding 💛

tired: defensive walking wired: offensive walking

Quebec inmate who killed notorious serial killer Robert Pickton pleads guilty

new science breakthru burning fossile fuels causes autism

This might just be the Tylenol talking but I’m pretty sure the world would be a better place if more people were autistic

"Return-to-the-office mandates appear to be exercises in power and control rather than being sincere attempts to improve organisations."

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Autistic people are literally the best of us lmao 💜

As the sun sets tonight, Jewish communities in BC and around the world will welcome Rosh Hashanah - the beginning of the Jewish New Year and the start of the 10 Days of Awe. We wish all those who celebrate a happy, healthy and sweet year ahead. Shanah Tovah! (1/2)

Happy New Year to pals celebrating! Here’s to a year as golden as honey and as fresh as fall apples.🍯🍎😻

A boycott without a vision for other realities is simply a standoff that returns us to the status quo. Exactly what’s happening this week. We need to be able to build and support systems we won’t have to boycott. And that starts with understanding how we shape systems in the first place.

Me telling my baby to spend $500 USD on a Criterion package of Wes Anderson films: Go for it babu! Do it for democracy!

Shana Tova to those who celebrate! 🍎🍯

Mother of 15-year-old killed by police: ‘Why did they shoot my baby?’

I'm firmly on the side of autism in this war on autism.

First compelling proof that he knows how to read

okay cool kimmel got his show back can GFM get her DC comics run back now

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

Make health public again!

This weekend, thousands rose up in Draw the Line protests to tell Carney: enough. We refuse his attacks on workers, Indigenous peoples, migrants, civil liberties, disability justice, and the planet.

Autism is cool. Most of my favorite people are autistic. So take more Tylenol I say

I'm in the "Guardian" writing about Judith Butler and the new McCarthyism: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"A witness, one of more than two dozen people in the lobby of the rec centre at the time, said they saw the accused get into an altercation with what appeared to be a teen boy." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #BCpoli

NEW WRITING: I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said. The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

open.spotify.com/track/7fohis... Borders by St. Beauty (or, as my partner calls it: "Night Rider" 😂)