It’s so important to remind people that we can do good smart things that help and don’t hurt.

Carney's new envoy to New York. www.desmog.com/2023/01/18/s...

the sky over Montreal has a yellow timge and the wind is rising and there is thunder and it is nicely spooky

This was 10am (in the daytime!) in town of La Tuque yesterday. #WTF

launching a substack in 2026 sends several messages, none of them good 1. you're not politically attentive enough to know the company is run by white supremacist coddling assholes 2. you know the company is run by white supremacist coddling assholes and don't care 3. you're getting paid, see #2.

This is exactly what Canada should do. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

Let's recall what Brookfield was up to while Carney was there before he stepped down to become PM, and compare that to his priorities, policies, and "values". 🧵

Look at this wholesome video please I watched it too many times alone

JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.

A perfect Brooklyn double tomorrow (take the afternoon off work if you must: Watch Spain-France in World Cup semis (some viewing spots in following post) hear/see @sorayanadiamcdonald.com & @sjjphd.bsky.social discuss Jackson’s new book, A Second Sight, at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene.

This is not a ceasefire. While the Israeli military continues to occupy 80% of Gaza, it is killing Palestinians through airstrikes, bombings, drone and crane attacks, severe restrictions on humanitarian aid, and the targeting of aid workers.

Mark Carney doesn't actually care about "crime" @equalityalec.bsky.social

an extraordinary story. Make time in your week to find a quiet corner and read this (or listen if you prefer)

For my Jewish friends looking for scholarship to cite when you resist "AI": Here's a well-known and respected Rabbi.

The problem is not complicated. There are too many cars.👈 In the same place at the same time.👈 More, better, public transport gets cars off the road.👈 Car drivers pay a tax for public transport funding, but of course the car drivers don't want to pay to solve the problem they themselves created.

If you're in NS and looking for an excuse to visit the South Shore, I'll be doing a reading of Hell of a Ride at the lovely LaHave River Books on Saturday, July 25. What parts will I read? I have no idea yet, but it should be fun. @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @writersfedofns.bsky.social

Yesterday, in Tel Aviv, Israeli high school students dropped an enormous banner on the side of a building announcing that they refused to enlist in the IDF and calling on others to sign an open letter asking them to join them in refusal to serve 📸 @orenziv.bsky.social

whatever kind of film you're in the mood for, there's one with Sam Neill. He was amazing and versitile. And he left us with a long filmography to discover. May his menory be a blessing.

This is pretty well known, but the Australian flag Sam Neill wore on his uniform in Event Horizon was designed at his request to show the Union Jack replaced with the Aboriginal flag, because he hoped in the future this is how it would actually look. A proper fucken ally in every way, this bloke.

"There is no Antimemetics devision" is VERY GOOD. I'm half way through today and it's got me hooked and I'm curious to read more. Also the Dusk shortfilm is very good. Big recommend all around. The other shortfilm is a bit cringe for me. youtu.be/3v8AsTHfAG0

Israel’s military has attacked several areas across Gaza, with Palestinians filming flames and smoke rising over Gaza City. A nine-year-old girl was also killed by Israeli gunfire in central Gaza.

carrd.co is a good alternative for Linktree. carrd is free to use and you can customize it in many ways. This mockup version took me roughly 45 minutes to make.

White folk going oh i know your industry and job are at stake but too bad Lmao

Looking forward to Argentina vs. Switzerland: Who Holds More Nazi Gold?

in my rewatch / @simonlaperriere.bsky.social 's first watch of SCHITT'S CREEK, we have reached the CABARET episode and he has been warned, I will be singing along

darnit now I'm hungry

A short thread that will move you. (Thank you, Alison, for sharing this reflection.)

Shabbat Shalom to everyone, and especially to everyone who refuses to compromise on anyone else’s humanity.

Bizarre choice to share a screenshot of an American-owned right-wing newspaper instead of, I dunno... the CBC or something.

i love that nothing can be good. incredible things are happening in hell

not saying anything new, but if these folks actually believed in genAI writing, they'd disclose it, tout it, and build their own audiences elsewhere and leave others be. hiding and sneaking it to markets who want no part of it doesn't prove you're good at writing. just proves you're good at fraud.

the best use of TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART in a film and I will hear no arguments. Rest in Power, Bonnie Tyler. I listened to an interview with her a few years ago, apparently she always loved to sing it even after decades. youtu.be/62OoZSW44Cw?...

I appreciate this transparency so very much. May all publishers who (inevitably) get duped by an AI story have the same humility and strength to be this transparent. It's going to happen, it's happened, it's happening -- and it fucking sucks.

Few sexual assaults get reported, investigated, charged, prosecuted, or result in any legal penalty. This is because every formal system required for “justice” to be served treats women as unequal or like property. Men in the public eye, & their stans, keep using this dynamic to their advantage.

for the second time over several years, I have learned the hard way. I have given my time, expertise, and energy to a creative community, and when I asked for their support in return, I have found little but silence. So if you ask for favours from me, appreciate why I might decline.

Using AI to create is like paying someone to travel around the world for you so you can post the photos of the trip on social media. Or taking on extra job to pay for the AI credits so an algorithm attached to a giant database can perform the best part of being human. cartoon by @twonks.bsky.social

Meta Glasses are like, a Cybertruck for your face.

Do you or someone you know have a sense of lgbtq affinity or support groups near Bay Ridge? For a gay friend who has had a rough path and is at age forty finally able to be out.

"Notably beating the Men's record by 9 whole days" Something something biological advantage something something

The fight for justice continues. An excellent oped from Inclusion Canada in the comments section! The Liberals are handing out billions to mega wealthy oil and gas companies but continues to punch down on Canadians Living With Disabilities! This is wrong and needs to be corrected immediately!

Europe must be at the side of the brave people defending nature in Albania. Nature over money. 🇦🇱 🦩 🇪🇺

Every time someone is like "prison abolition? but what about RAPISTS" bitch we have basically abolished prison for rapists as it IS, and we aren't even trying anything restorative or whatever

Lemme explain what the words BELIEVE WOMEN should mean. They don't mean you have to believe women no matter what. They do mean that you have to treat women as a source the same way you'd treat a man.

This. I mean, half of grad school in the humanities is about learning how to skim the papers you think you want to cite so you can determine whether it’s worth doing so. But once you do commit, you need to do the reading.

Meta is a staunchly anti-art, anti-artist company and has been showing you this for years with basically every product decision it has made with Instagram, and yet so many professional creative industries continue to rely on it. Spread the word on their latest attack on artists ⬇️

NO. There is no reason to support Jeepers Creepers in 2026. There are thousands of horror films to cover that don’t involve a rapist and pedophile.

Carney shows who he is again and again.