Home Insurance premiums going up 23% this renewal, but that's ok, Intact has to maintain that upward trend from 2.31B net income in 2024 to 3.31B 2025. Next year should be over 4B :)

Please take the time to read this piece. It articulates so sharply the psychological toll so many of your trans, nonbinary, intersex, and gender diverse friends are experiencing now

So....Why is there a CRA "ChatGPT" bot popping up to offer to help me? Is this what we're doing? Cutting 40,000 CRA jobs so one bad AI Chatbot can fail to help me with my questions?

Replace coffee with tea and this is literally me, at this very moment.

NL friends: does anyone remember the twitter account that outed local transphobes? Or am I misremembering that service to the community?😅

Treated myself to vol. 1 of the @fantagraphics.bsky.social Carl Barks archives today as we're birthday twins and he would have been 125 today (if only he had the lifespan of Uncle Scrooge!) Coincidentally, at my age he received his first credit for a Donald Duck short: "Modern inventions"

I mean, “Saint” Patrick was a fookin’ Christian colonizer who wasn’t even bloody IRISH, Worf!! But sure, I’ll take a whiskey if you’re buying.

I know St. Patty's Day is a right raucous party for many here, but I always become sullen and reflective this time every year. There's just a comforting sadness to many Irish folk songs that remind me of my upbringing and of the family I've naturally lost over the years. I'd resist those lilting...

I'm going to be real here: I don't mind the clock changes. Kind of seems like it hits the best of both worlds with what I'd consider a minor inconvenience, especially with most "clocks" these days self-adjusting. That said, if I had to choose give me Standard. Darker mornings sound bad in Winter.

In Canada, we recently felt the loss of so many children, killed by someone little more than a child themselves, and we mourned. I think most of us are still in mourning. How could we possibly support something like this? How can we not grieve this loss? How can we ignore the pain?

So sad to share that legendary colorist Tatjana Wood has passed away at the age of 99. Her pioneering painterly touch graced scores of DC & Vertigo series. She was truly one of a kind and a special friend. May her memory be a blessing.

Reminder folks, with all the snow. Take it easy, don't give yourself a heart attack. Shoveling snow is legit a heart risk, i can not tell you how many neighbours have gone to hospital because they had a heart attack while shoveling.

made fan art for my favourite horror movie

After the horrible news coming out of BC yesterday, I really hope this doesn't lead to a wave of anti-trans discourse in this country. The conversations should be on access to longterm mental healthcare and gun control.

This week, Amazon has removed erotica and erotic romance and many romance titles from the Affiliate program, meaning that people can't make affiliate income off linking them. One of the impacted books is Heated Rivalry. Please complain. www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZZCSYXJ #romancelandia #booksky #authors

BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.

If anyone's ever wanted to pick up my books, I could use it now! D :

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Shirley Jackson was right. No live organism can exist sanely for long under conditions of absolute reality.

Hi hello, the Toronto Sun's email is [email protected] in case you'd like to inquire as to how they feel about their Ottawa Bureau Chief making these kinds of statements about innocent women being shot by militarized thugs in the street! Let's make his weekend extra fun :)

Nothing like a cozy episode of Murder, She Wrote to help you forget the state the world is in for a minute. Bonus: it guest stars Leslie Nielsen as a cruise ship captain, which is somehow just perfect.

I don't normally do these kind of reposts, but its a new year so I'll try to let people know me more. I also definitely missed some greats. So in no particular order: Freddie King Neil Fallon Keith Richards Brad Delson Tony Iommi Billy Gibbons John Lee Hooker Hubert Sumlin Zakk Wylde Jim Root

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

I am so annoyed at people saying “oh well what can we do, don’t rock the boat or we are next” WE ARE NEXT IF THE BOAT IS ROCKING OR NOT

Ah, the "Affray" (from HG originally). Odd side note to this story: my hairdresser sold what might be that very painting/lithograph from her mother's attic some years ago. She didn't know the significance. Also the only Catholic Church left in the community is still in Riverhead. And the Lodge is...

Even the cat treats we use to buy for our late cat has an AI garbage holiday ad. It looks so bad, and has a giant QR code conspicuously on screen because it doesn't actually say anything about the product.

This. I don't want to hear about separating the art from the artist, or how you're a fan of the franchise not the author. Your money actively harms the trans community when you purchase HP stuff. That includes the games, the advent calendars, the pop figures; All. Of. It.

We need allies right now. We've always needed allies, but now more than ever, when it's become licit to deny us healthcare, employment, access to social services, etc. And not only has it become licit, the *celebration* of our disenfranchisement is being normalized. It's hard right now to be trans

Well, I'm nearing the end to settling after being rear-ended 3 years ago. I have so many mixed emotions about it, and I don't expect to receive much in any kind of compensation, but I guess it'll be nice to close this matter. Anyone have any experience/advice on this?

This guy just keeps disappointing more and more.

Trans youth who are hurting in Alberta right now, please know SO many of us see you, care about you, and know you deserve to be protected. We’ve got your back and will do everything we can to keep you safe in the face of attacks from craven, pathetic politicians ❤️

Bomb cyclone or not this girl needed to go out and poop. Didn't hurt she loved the wind and there was a lull in the rain.

Changed the bake element in my oven and I feel like a real adult now. Time to get takeout as my reward for fixing my oven 😎

One week rawk penguin sale at itch- everything is 50% off. Get any of my games, comics, or 3D print miniatures. itch.io/s/164756/raw...

What the absolute shit is this nonsense? We're gatekeeping Star Trek now? Fuck that noise. Trek is for everyone.

Did not dawn on me until @secretgalaxy.bsky.social 's video on Return of the Living Dead that this year is the 40th and man I am missing the dinky little local cinema that would play old movies. This would have been perfect. RIP Mount Pearl Cinema.

Read “Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?”

1/2 My partner & I are financially struggling at the moment, but I'm already working full time and preparing for my thesis defence while writing an article and several books, so I can't really take on more work atm. If anyone can afford to & had wanted to grab any of my already-existing books

Really fucked up that my mom taking Tylenol means I have to know the difference between a Transformer and a Gundam

If you’re canceling subscription services with giant companies with ties to terrible people, you should think about replacing them with a library card. Many library systems give you access to physical media (some of which you can’t find on streaming!) as well as other great stuff.

Three Newfoundlanders are joining a flotilla to #Gaza in an effort to break Israel's siege. Another, law professor Heidi Matthews, will follow on another boat as a legal observer. Read the full story from Rhea Rollmann 👇 #cdnpoli theindependent.ca/news/lji/new...

Man it sucks seeing my local library advertise AI programming 🫠

If you're a landlord follow the rules for the love of god. After 10 days of wondering about my security deposit, I'm now probably going to have to file to have it returned.

Insurance companies are the scum of the fucking earth.

I welled up a little with him there. This brightened my day.

Well, we got an offer accepted. It's not our dream home, but barring any major complications by this time next month we'll have stable housing and can focus on building bigger and better things for us

Fourth house lost. Beginning to really lose hope now.

The housing search continues. A mobile home my insurance wouldn't touch went for 50K over asking (over $300K for a mobile home). Anyway, cute Ollie pic to help with the housing crisis blues.