More people should ask why affordability and having social infrastructure always framed as mutually exclusive and yet billionaires make record profits? Mark Carney is right wing and you can’t convince me otherwise. #cdnpoli

Asking gen AI to explain itself is like asking your toaster if your food is cooked through

What folks who weren't there don't know is that all of us who were kids in the 70s and 80s had superpowers. That's how we survived the quicksand and killer bees and Satanic Panic and Jim Jones and nuclear armaggedon. Then puberty happened and we discovered sex, and God kicked us out of Eden...

I can’t verify what’s in this confession, but it certainly seems plausible. “I'm a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.” Loathsome manipulation and exploitation.

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.

Is it possible that next week I would come up with a slightly different list? Perhaps. But I stand by my choices for my top 10 films of the year. letterboxd.com/bonnequin/li...

well if the dictionary says so...

shout out to the wonderful people standing behind the hosts of the CBC hosts of the cross country nye countdown, who waved the Palestinian flags, constantly keeping them on camera.

Ralph Fiennes in STRANGE DAYS…RT if you agree.

our official final film of 2025 was WAR OF THE WORLDS (2025): entertaining enough. our unofficial final films of 2025 is SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, which feels far more in synch with my current mental & emotional state.

In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine

My wish for 2026 is that we build a movement fuelled by joy as much as rage. We won't recruit allies unless we build welcoming spaces and we won't keep people unless we give them something to fight for. Seeking joy is neither naive nor intellectually weak. It's the point of being alive!

orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing

“I’m honored to be your ancestor and believe that disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

and another one: youtu.be/JLvFbBR4XOg?...

I had more creative success than disappointments in 2025. But the disappointments were very big and weigh heavily. Plus I'm still very underemployed. Getting out of bed in the morning is a struggle, even though trying is the better option. I hold tight to my wonderful partner and our cat.

Excellent to see @severinfilms.bsky.social 's House of Psychotic Women: Rarities Collection V2 in Pop Matter's best DVDs of 2025. @kierlajanisse.bsky.social did a great job, and it includes 'The Glass Ceiling', featuring a commentary by me & @alexwest.bsky.social www.popmatters.com/best-dvds-20...

pretty much anything by Anne Carson

I've waited 3 years to make this post

Kelly Reichardt re-imagines a genre, here the heist film with THE MASTERMIND through a critique of American male individualism, which is everywhere in mainstream US cinema (from superheroes to brutalists), but here understood as the banal stupidity of bad decisions made with no success in sight.

Looking for something to do to support Palestinians in Gaza? Here's my go to charity. give.pcrf.net/campaign/hol...

the flight will be about 40 minutes late, which isn't bad considering how bad the weather has been the past few days. One thing to say about @aircanada.bsky.social flights: the movie & tv selection is excellent. short films, lots of Canadian films, indie films, and good comedy specials.

So @lexialex.bsky.social filed this appeal but is only getting automated replies @support.bsky.team very disappointed given @aaron.bsky.team also lives in Ireland. Have they not taught you anything about solidarity with Palestine?

second negative travel luck: flight delayed 40 minutes. "impressed" that @aircanada.bsky.social ap says 'trying to determine cause'. I know the cause: you oversold the flight so you offered compensation to volunteers, your staff has to explain details to several people which delayed boarding.

first negative travel luck of the day: our flight is over sold so in talking to people about compensation for giving up their seat, boarding is delayed

It's a cold media landscape out there. Are you just starting out as a film critic? Want the recognition of Toronto's community of writers and journalists? The @torontofilmcritics.bsky.social have an award for that ... and applications are due today at 5pm, so get to applying!

second travel luck of the day: incoming plane was early. huzzah!

first travel luck of the day: my bag was 2kg over the weight limit but no one noticed and the system still accepted it. huzzah!

Seconded. The gAI wanks are not here to convince any critics to change their views. They need to show off to us "Luddites" how smart they are by selling their uncreative souls to the art barf robot.

It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic. It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today. Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

Israeli forces are targeting journalists' families in a war to silence Palestinian reporting. At least 706 family members have been killed, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate aje.io/pkapjm #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine #JournalismIsNotACrime

Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.

Dear bluskeeters! I'm doing research with a friend. If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection. Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share

He wants to have it three ways: clean energy and fossil fuels and tech, all vying for the same raw materials. How can you build AI data centres that use gobs of water, produce fossil fuels that take a lot of water and still have environmentally sustainable practices?

Vaccinations should be mandatory for all who are medically able. Period. Period. Period.

I have watched so many British films set in mansions/castles thtmat either I recognize them or I think I recognize them or their interiors are too damn similar

RIP Claudia Cardinale. Much like Robert Redford, she was a rare case of a beautiful performer with a filmography full of bangers who did NOT become right-wing later in life. Here she is punching fascist Brigitte Bardot in the face in Les Pétroleuses (1971).

DAMMIT MAX RICHTER you have to put THE NATURE OF DAYLIGHT at the climax of HAMNET and make me cry didn't you?!?!?!

People ask, “How do we fund UBI?” That’s skipping the first question: how did a few people get so rich in the first place? The answer isn’t just hard work. It’s control of land, resources, and systems everyone depends on UBI is the share everyone gets when access is taken away

Fucking co-signed

This opinion will not surprise anyone, but: Your ability to live a comfortable life should not be dependent on your ability to contribute to capitalism. Universal basic income is a good thing NOT because it benefits society financially (it does), but because it is good and kind and correct.

Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small - had publications in three poetry magazines and one literary anthology - my new short film had a world premiere at a major film festival - several blu-rays released to which I contributed an essay or an audio commentary

Why are right wing men always lamenting male role models and healthy masculinity when he exists?

Fan theories will never taste better than how Pluribus feels

As has been discussed elsewhere, Pluribus is the best thing that artistically and metaphorically describes the AI discourse, without that being an impact font THUMBNAIL spoonfeeder. It even unpacks this theme in ways that some people who don't understand nor like the show *complain* about it.

I love PLURIBUS more than I have loved any tv show in a long time. Brilliant concept & story, brilliant brilliant acting. Big & small moments all serving a purpose. Turning so many scifi tropes on their heads. Carol is a misanthropic asshole & I love her. Give Gilligan and Seehorn all the accolades.

Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.

Look, we are not unspectacular things. We've come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder? ~ Ada Limón

my partner is extremely happy with his xmas gift of @josie.zone 's book