Intergenerational trauma? Biting satirical wit that any true Vancouverite would appreciate? Sign me UP (From Jen Sookfong Lee’s The Hunger We Pass Down)

Dreaming of a day with less than four meetings and an appointment (I have one upcoming, but with a substantial meeting and two appointments on it...)

Two of my faves talking to each other. I still remember the day I read The Woo-Woo for the first time. I was a few chapters in and waving the book around at my partner yelling something like "omg omg omg"

The Ontario government wants to rewrite the law that compelled it to disclose documents revealing the Greenbelt land scandal, the Skills Development Fund controversy and others.

100% of the joy of watching The Traitors is in yelling at the dumb shit the Faithfuls say at the round table

JFC man. I guess trying to finger-wag Tr*mp to death didn't work out

Public Service Announcement: When the price of gasoline jumps this week, remember it was refined from oil (mostly Canadian) produced weeks ago, only 2% of which comes from the Middle East. It's a policy choice, not 'market forces', that explains why you'll pay more (and oil profits will soar). /2

Ontario ombudsman Paul Dube was in Neskantaga First Nation last summer, finding "unsafe and unacceptable" conditions, including a boil-water advisory that has stretched over 11,000 days, a condemned health centre, a cramped school, and a litany of systemic challenges. ricochet.media/indigenous/b...

just finished Gay Girl Prayers and if I ever had a kindred spirit book, that's probably it

Weird how all these places with oil keep getting invaded by the United States.

I love Amber Dawn's brain (and writing)!

Victoria Chang never misses. An entire collection that’s in conversation with Agnes Martin and her work. Just 🤯 #poetry @victoriachang.bsky.social

Really did not have Canada's global rebrand to "curling cheaters" on my 2026 bingo card

Thank you to everyone still borrowing my book five years later 🥹 Support your local public library!

Not me trying to get tickets to Metric for this summer and seeing Ticketmaster is scalping their own tix for 2x the price 🤡

I love a self portrait poem

Absolutely wild that... nothing has happened??? That clown show with Bondi was a travesty

A group studying the Ring of Fire, co-led by 15 First Nations along with a federal agency, is calling for immediate environmental monitoring ‘before any development occurs,’ along with health care funding for nearby communities. thenarwhal.ca/ring-of-fire...

Got a ride to the airport. The driver (in his 70s I think, from Northern Ireland) was so interesting. Asked lots of questions about Hong Kong, how HKers feel about China, etc. Then we got into Canada. He hates Trudeau (immigration) hates Ford (corrupt), but think PP is an honest man. I was like… 🤯

this might be a long shot... but do i know anyone based in Japan who has access to the National Diet Library in Japan and could help me access digital scans of a book with contents that are now in the public domain (early 1900s)? www.ndl.go.jp

Oh my god why did no one tell me 30 seconds in football takes 10 minutes to happen I just want to watch Bad Bunny

so happy for Joel Embiid, didn't think he'd ever play again 🥹

My favourite bookstore in Halifax!

Ontario received 14,233 comments on its plan to drop protections on a portion of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, transferring management to the municipality. The plan is moving ahead unchanged, despite 98 per cent of those comments being in opposition. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...

ChatGPT now citing Grok. What do all the AI companies like to say again... "Garbage in, garbage out?" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Goddammit Minnesotans are making me believe in humans

Jfc

My first time reading a story with Toisanese, my grandparents’ language. It’s forcing me to read much slower to sound out every word the way my grandma would’ve said it—super different from the Cantonese I’m used to. I kinda love it. #DenisonAvenue

Just found out Renee Good was a poet. May ICE agents get everything they deserve. The full poem: poets.org/2020-on-lear...

There must be a way to do fireworks without the sound right? Our dog is cowering under the bed 😭

I read 47 books this year! I have been wanting to read more widely across genres and I’m really happy I was (mostly) able to do that in 2025. Here are some of my favourites 🤓

We know you know it: quality journalism costs money. That’s why we’re always posting these appeals for your support — it’s not for fun! (For fun, we watch Heated Rivalry.) But how far does your dollar actually go toward funding our work? We crunched the numbers:

#ConnectingGaza #HeatedRivalry

My friend who lives in Toronto called our snow blower a "snow machine" and I realize I've done it: I've transitioned from a city gay to a country bumpkin gay

Resigning myself to the fact that my life from December to April now consists of removing snow from all around the house.

Great article and accompanying photography. My partner is an Indigenous midwife and FUN FACT Doug Ford's gov't has been—you guessed it—slashing healthcare budgets + chose to waste money taking Ontario midwives to court bc they don't want to pay them fairly 🤡

Onigaming First Nation in northern Ontario says it’s done being ignored, as mining plans that threaten its water advance without its consent. For a community grieving multiple losses, it's one struggle of many. Via @jonthompson.bsky.social + @ricochetmedia.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/onigaming-fi...

Wow Carney really does suck, eh

A massive nickel mine, and the community that wants to love it: thenarwhal.ca/critical-min...

After reading Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny, I've been trying to support and read/engage with local journalism more. In shock they published my letter to the editor. It feels like.. posting on Bluesky but I know I'm getting all the old people who live around here lol.

Ridic. As if Canada doesn't already have a history of messing with FNs' drinking water???

It's kiiiiinda a trip watching Borgen for the first time amidst the budget / confidence vote drama here in Canada

from oracle to ancestor. rip, what a loss for the community.

The Doug Ford government is setting its sites on conservation authorities for the fifth time, merging the watershed protection agencies. Staff tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social it may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ — not to mention it's leaving them with ‘whiplash.’ thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...

Do I know any poets with books coming out in the second half of 2026?

Absolutely the fuck not. Ford government wants more power over Ontario’s drinking water: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill... via @thenarwhal.ca

Yike

Cue Ontario government pushing new ads to try to get Canadians to support Ring of Fire mining. Meh, still think they need informed consent from First Nations whose lands they're gonna trash with these projects.

Documents reveal TC Energy pressured Canada for ‘private, high-level’ access to spy agency intelligence, a move critics worry could chill legitimate protest. via @writermjs.bsky.social and @zakvescera.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-cs...

yike