Niagara Falls (either one)

Oh, hey, cool: the kind of stuff my grandparents had to deal with is back.

People need to stop treating politics like fandom and stop being so weird to @erinbiba.bsky.social. Using First Amendment rights to demand that elected officials (especially the ones you agree with) keep their promises is Good, Actually.

To the tune of Suddenly Seymour: 🎶 Subito Sandwich, a te sta accanto…

Currently sequestered in suburban Ottawa, but got to sneak off downtown today. Spent some time at Library and Archives Canada to participate in a usability testing session for ādisōke, their upcoming joint facility with Ottawa Public Library.

This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative. 1. The sound of skates gliding on ice 2. When the cat who "doesn't like people" sits on your lap 3. The look of recognition after your person has scanned a crowd for you and sees you

1. White South Africans are not subject to persecution, otherwise these people would not be going back. 2. When I was in high school in the US, I probably wouldn't have minded if my rugby coach (who was a Boer) got persecuted a little.

#1: How long until Trump tells the Emiratis to make this happen? #2: I didn't realize until now that Qeshm is kinda shaped like a dolphin.

I just submitted an assignment for school that I was agonizing over for a while ("Am I doing this right???"). Then I go and do this. I feel like I'm flying.

Paternal: became a father at 16, just barely finished high school, worked in lithography and printing sales Maternal: radarman on US Navy aircraft carrier (Korean War era), technical illustrator, NYPD detective (Bronx robbery, retired after 32 years)

The obvious answer is durian. Try putting that in a fruit salad.

This sums it up. It’s hard to be proud of being an American these days, but it’s also hard to shake off decades of support for the hockey team.

I also never thought I’d see Team USA win both hockey golds over Canada in a single year.

This morning has been weird as an American living in Canada. I’m sad that Canada didn’t win gold, but I’m not sad that Team USA won. That may not make sense, but it doesn’t have to.

Sincerely hoping this guy has grandsons named Rip and Turbo.

"[AI] is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."

Always been a bit of a George, so: "Something"

My message to the Eagles and their fans:

One time in college, I burnt my dinner, which set off the smoke detector. I jumped up and down waving a towel in front of the smoke detector to get it to stop. Coming down from the last jump, I landed on the side of my right foot, spraining the ankle.

I don’t think Americans realize how common this is. The current administration has inflicted generational damage upon the country’s most important partnership and friendship.

Tick tock, Portnoy. GTFO

Curtis Sliwa is truly an old school hater, and that is one of the very few things I respect about him.

Hit after hit after hit from Zohran's social media team

Now that Cuomo is gone, it's time to send Schumer packing as well.

In my local branch of the Toronto Public Library… editing catalogue records for a different library system

As a lukewarm Yankee fan living in Toronto, I am enjoying the Dodgers hate on the skyline. Such a frustrating loss for the Jays tonight.

Change one letter, ruin a candy S & M’s

Timely and gorgeous

How? How is there more with this guy?

Obviously appalling behavior from Cuomo, but also an incredibly stupid stratagem. Does he think there are no Muslims in New York who are registered to vote and have an internet connection?

Are there really no other Democratic politicians in the entire state of Maine???

People decided that Howard Dean couldn’t be president because he went “byaaaah” on live tv, and Graham Platner thinks he can be a senator with a Nazi tattoo?

Happy for the Blue Jays tonight, but especially happy for Don Mattingly. Donnie Baseball was my favorite player as a kid and this is somehow his first trip to the World Series.

And his supporters will see no problem with this. At least he can't replicate all 27... unless he gives back the entire upper Midwest to Québec.

Went to Scotiabank Arena to watch my beloved Rangers lose to the Maple Leafs. The whole game was such a sluggish, torpid affair that the biggest cheer of the night went to the Blue Jays when they took the lead in Seattle.

Emperor Tiberius goes swimming

Posting this mainly for @cutelittlebyrdy.bsky.social , but everyone else should get to enjoy it too.

Tough sports night for Philly. I wouldn't normally feel bad for the defending Super Bowl Champs, but as a lifelong fan of the Giants, I would be embarrassed about losing big to the Giants right now. Thanks for the win, anyway.

Houston Street / Schermerhorn Avenue

As a lukewarm fan of the Yankees who lives in Toronto, I think the ideal scenario for the next couple of days would be for the Blue Jays to finish the sweep and the Yankees to fire Aaron Boone. Then Don Mattingly wins a ring as Jays bench coach and takes over as Yankee manager next year.

Wishing all Jewish folks on Bluesky and beyond an easy and meaningful fast. May you be written in the Book of Life

“[T]he revision by the department was provided without additional explanation.” ICE better not have any fucking necromancers.

שנה טובה!

Anyone with half a brain knew this as soon as it was reported. Trans people are far more likely to be the victims of violence and there is no such thing as trans ideology. The closest thing I’ve seen to one is this: let trans people live in peace. Anyone scared by that is an empty, soulless husk.

“Lord, I see what you’ve done for others…”

In 2006, a friend didn’t want to vote for York Centre MP (and retired NHL goalie) Ken Dryden, so he put my name instead. Technically, his ballot was invalid but I’ve still told many people that Dryden kicked my ass in the election. RIP to a legend and author of The Game, a must read for hockey fans.

Why won't these ancient politicians go away and play shuffleboard? If I could sneak in one amendment to the Constitution, I might go with: no one may run for federal office (leg or exec) after their 70th birthday and all federal judges must retire on or before their 70th birthday.

I'd normally be in favor of anything that pisses Trump off, but we have no idea what these Newsom tweets are even doing, apart from sanitizing/laundering Newsom for a potential future run. Newsom instead deserves a kick in the ass, not a presidential nomination.

A Reichstag fire without anything resembling a fire.

Random person: "I asked ChatGPT..." Me: "I asked St. Anthony to help you find your wits."