You needed a bunch of these.

Yet another reminder that Canada has "freedom of expression" under the Charter s. 2(b) along with thought, belief, and opinion. You have no *right* to speak at any specific place or event. You can also be held responsible for what you say here if it crosses certain thresholds (R. v Keegstra).

For the love of god and all that is holy do not do this.

Oh puh-lease.... I could not be more disappointed in @mark-carney.bsky.social. Canada should have been a signatory. Now we're a footnote. Canada used to stand for something. To be clear, I am a Liberal/NDP voter who joined the liberal party to support Carney. My expectations remain unmet.

It is some new level of milquetoast pathos that Canada, my country, my country which has faced similar threats and language, is not a signatory to this statement.

Very “red sky in morning” here in #HRM. Does not bode well for the day. Stay safe everyone and avoid unnecessary travel.

Zelenskyy is in Halifax today. I’d love to invite him over for some holubtsi (grandmother’s recipe). Canada is filled with Ukrainians and folks of Ukrainian decent. I hope @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social stands firmly by his side this afternoon - missles, shells, armour, send it all! Slava Ukraini! 🌻🇺🇦

Royal icing is a pain in the ass. Should probably not have left cookie decorating for Christmas Eve.

I’ve been saying for a while now that, as more and more Canadians live paycheque to paycheque, it will start to show. It starts here with charities. It’ll extend to defaulted mortgages after folks fall behind on their consumer debt. It’s a slow burn collapse as all the wealth flows upward.

A remarkably effective reminder to water your live tree every single day. Wow. Terrifying.

Science says:

It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.

You can’t “fix” X, The Everything App by going back and posting there because the owner has this thumb on the scale of the algorithm to promote the worst ideas and people. It’s not a viable solution, you have to let it go.

A hero of the greatest kind. We will never know how many lives were saved by Ahmed al Ahmed.

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

This of course has nothing to do with the 60 billion tonnes of coal in the Donbas, or the shale gas… nothing at all. US policy now just straightforward piracy.

Like Hawke I too am in open rebellion against generative AI. I Hope Disney understands I’ll never spend a dime on AI generated content and instead will go out of my way to consume human created media.

This is a far better “For You” feed than the default. Highly recommended you give it a try.

This is what happens when you surround yourself with people who don't actually know how to do anything, and everyone who DOES personally know how to do actual real things in a real world doesn't want to be in the same room with you.

Yes.

Read the study. There’s a reason everyone is sicker. The reason is COVID. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Folks, time to post as much info about Hep B vaccines for future ref. Our neighbours may find it hard to get in the future. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️‍⚧️

On International Day of People with #Disabilities, please note some disabilities are invisible #Disability #invisibleillness #disabled #disabledpeople #IDPD #IDPD2025 #IDPD25

It’s very important to think about these numbers and what it means for how you understand the world around you and upon what facts and information you make decisions.

I don’t know what Canada should do about Canada Post but this ain’t working. If it’s a flyer for La-Z-boy, by god it gets delivered. But a paid package with a delivery window of 11:30-3:30 today as provided by the app? According to an agent that’s just an estimate for both the time *AND THE DATE*!

I have to share this wrenching comic by artist Savannah Tries based on her interview with a 60s scoop survivor (who wished to remain anonymous). This dismal chapter in Canadian history haunts the survivors and this country to this day.

Can a single comic strip capture love? Yes. Yes it can. xkcd.com/3172/

This is exactly the way everyone should be thinking. LLMs are thieving, lying, hallucinating, manipulation machines.

Holy Dinah. The whole damn thing is quotable. And beautiful. And we need more humans in this sort of creative space. “But your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people.”

I haven’t built a plastic model in decades. I have to say I’m enjoying the heck out of building a model Honda RA272 (a Formula 1 race winning car from 1965). The engine is nearly complete. Paint and cement have come a long way since 197x.

Just caught up on #LasVegasGP. There’s 2 hours of my life I’ll never get back. What an uninspired race/circuit.

Today, Ukrainians honor the memory of those who perished during the Holodomor — the genocide orchestrated by the USSR in 1932–1933 to crush resistance to the communist regime and to erase Ukrainians as an independent nation. 1/9

You should take the time to turn these off if you still use or have a gmail account.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

It’s World Kindness Day! There’s a lot of heavy darkness out there. Take some time and brighten your community with an act of kindness, if only for today.

How to spot performative action: Writer leaves Twitter/X due to Nazi problem. Comes to BlueSky to promote their writing on Substack, which has a Nazi problem, which they refuse to leave.

I don't like Sprint weekends. At all. Ever. #F1 #BrazilGP #BrazilianGP

There are two of these stories in circulation. This one about Meta/Facebook (which includes Instagram & Threads) and the other about Twitter/X. Everyone who stays on these platforms is making a conscious choice to support these platforms and people. If you don't support this, leave.

There are two of these stories in circulation. This one about Twitter/X and the other about Meta/Facebook (which includes Instagram & Threads). Everyone who stays on these platforms is making a conscious choice to support these platforms and people. If you don't support this, leave.

Take note. This is the beginning of the end, and I, for one, cannot wait for this whole big pile of AI slop and garbage to collapse with the density of a dying star. When Burry shorts a stock, pay attention. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

2025 Blue Jays are my champions regardless of the outcome.

It’s not too late to check your storm drains! I checked the one outside my flat only to find it under a 7” thick mat of decomposing leaf litter. Big rains coming to #HRM #Halifax #NovaScotia

My life has literally become sleep, work, watch baseball in whatever order I can manage. Work and baseball are scheduled - sleep will have to fit in the margins. Go #BlueJays #WorldSeries

I have a very bad feeling about this...

It's slightly weird by also refreshing that I check every day to see if @chuckwendig.bsky.social (a favourite author) has reviewed my favourite apple! (He hasn't yet; some similar apples, even some related apples, but not my fav). In the meantime, you can find his reviews over on his feed.

The TLDR on this is that it's not. "...colchicine did not improve functional capacity, respiratory function, or inflammatory markers."

Proposed parade route if Blue Jays win