Black Neighborhood Demolished To Make Room For Nothing In Particular https://theonion.com/black-neighborhood-demolished-to-make-room-for-nothing-in-particular/

The benefits I get from a robust public library system far, far outweigh any royalties I could ever get from book sales. That being said, it would still be cool if every single one of you bought 2-3 copies of my book brand new

Finally, some good news: workers at Hachette are unionizing, and you can sign an open letter of support. This is the way! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🗳️Toronto has a municipal election on October 26, 2026! What are some of the issues you would like to see prioritized?

Libraries (always), transit, shelter supports, and creative ways to stand up to interference from the provincial government

Recently started NO PLACE LIKE HOME by @jessicabarrett.bsky.social and really enjoying it so far. Clear, accessible, blends memoir with policy analysis to really put a human lens on the housing crisis

It's funny, I feel -less- safe when armed police are standing around idly in a public space that previously had no armed police in it

Cool fellowship alert! Closes tomorrow!

last fall I wrote something about why it’s good for poly people to talk about their experiences. one reason: a partner’s manipulative behaviour can be couched in progressive rhetoric. This is especially true when the person being manipulated is encouraged to stay quiet feeld.co/ask-feeld/ho...

was at a cafe this morning talking about books and politics with my friends when a woman with the word “dyke” embroidered on her denim jacket came up. She said, “sorry to eavesdrop, I just moved here and you seem like the type of people I’d like to be friends with.” so we invited her to sit with us

I’m reading Bust magazine for the first time in a while and am I losing my mind or is this ChatGPT

[writing a travelogue of my time in Uganda after mostly hanging out with my two-year-old niece the whole time] man they looooooove Ms. Rachel over there

I wrote about AI, enshittification, language learning as hobby vs necessity, and falling out of love with Duolingo. Art by my three-year-old niece. Thank you for reading. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

"Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city. They are parked 95 per cent of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70 kilogrammes. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is."

I wrote about AI, enshittification, language learning as hobby vs necessity, and falling out of love with Duolingo. Art by my three-year-old niece. Thank you for reading. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I think I accidentally lost my Twitter account forever so now I have to pretend I’m making the switch to Bluesky for ethical reasons

BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another. linktr.ee/twincitieste...

X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications

Listen. I have believed that lack of housing supply has been responsible for rising rents-it makes sense!-but it becomes harder truth to swallow when it’s coming from a REIT that generated returns of nearly 40% on 20,000 seniors homes. What a series of sentences.

Reading my niece’s French books. They’re raising her to be bilingual. But at what cost.

amazing the extent to which certain people encounter the inability to reply to a post and are completely unable to be normal about it

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

10 more members to go in order to hit our goal! Consider becoming one of them if you have enjoyed our work this year.

This would be catastrophic. Red alert for housing advocates. This is one of the few bulwarks left in the province for protecting existing affordability. This government refuses to focus on making *new* supply easier beyond bare minimum reforms, and this reads like we're being governed by a REIT.

If there really are a lot of units sitting vacant because landlords don't want to rent them out - and I'm pretty skeptical of that claim - hit them with a vacancy tax. Make it a money loser to hold on to investment properties that no one is living in.

Honestly, look at this shit. When tenants called for an end to LTB delays, they didn't call for an end to justice. That's what Bill 60 does: it eliminates backlogs by eliminating avenues for justice for tenants. When tenants called for an end to eviction loopholes, Ford widened them. Heinous.

As an advocate, I have years of experience talking privately and publicly about homelessness. So, I'm pleased to have worked with Social Planning Toronto on this resource to help people and orgs communicate across divides about homelessness! www.socialplanningtoronto.org/talking_abou...

This is violence.

For my birthday my friend who is Good At This Stuff is helping me get my apartment organized. Tonight she came over and put together a shelf for my teas.

Punishing encampment residents instead of providing the housing people need costs more than anyone wants to pay — ethically, morally, and fiscally. In Ontario, we can’t afford to import this cruel American approach. SPT co-signs this letter. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Today, I released a letter, signed by 67 organizations working across Ontario, asking the Ford government to rescind Bill 6. We can't adopt Trumpian policies to punish encampments; people need proven solutions — especially housing. Read our letter: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6

We heard there was interest in building A Better City. We’ve compiled some of our favourite tips on how to create a city that works for everyone for budding activists at every commitment level. www.socialplanningtoronto.org/bettercity2025

This man has access to nuclear codes and his brain is completely melted. He's beyond gone.

Everyone watching Pierre Poilievre eat absolute shit in Carleton and respecting Canada's bilingual culture.

Unironically , my politics.

My two-year-old niece is obsessed with Chappell roan so I’m trying to make this commemorative magazine I found more appropriate.

"Witches got due process" is why we use the term "witch hunt" to refer to the process of investigating credible allegations of witchcraft, which are then advanced as charges only if and when there is sufficient evidence to charge and a public interest in their prosecution and/or burning.

Local nimby group wants you to be concerned that your local parking lot might be targeted for housing next

How many women are trapped in abusive dynamics they can’t afford to leave? Investing in affordable housing—real, meaningful affordable housing—will do far more to reduce domestic violence than whatever this is

As a woman, I do not want to be invoked to justify consecutive life sentences that let people die in prison without any chance of redemption. You want to make me safer? Tackle the root causes of misogyny and violence. Start within your own ranks, pundits, and supporters.

My cynical take is that nobody listened because it was Toronto and people enjoy Toronto getting hit with crap. But all of Ontario is paying billions, and it's their Ontario Place too (and their Science Centre, and their Greenbelt and...). Useless Canadian internecine bullshit strikes again.

Why does Bluesky keep showing me posts like this, what am I doing wrong

The most down bad thing I’ve ever been: when I was 25 I was texting a man who lived in another city. Started to absorb all my attention. I thought, “I gotta distract myself.” Decided I wouldn’t text him again until I read Infinite Jest, which is how I read the book in 3 days

Great news! Today at the Planning & Housing Committee, Rexdale residents deputed four to one *in favour* of this supportive housing project. NIMBYs take note: we have the numbers, and we will use them to ensure housing for every Torontonian who needs it! secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

oh to be nuns in a convent meowing

My two year old niece loves dictating stories and I’m not exaggerating when I say she is her generation’s Gertrude Stein.

Started watching the Pitt. It stresses me out that these doctors don’t eat.

It’s @haleymelodic.bsky.social & @bananafitz.bsky.social at First Wives Club tonight.