Barbara Smith said, “Expectedly, the right wing is repulsed by identity politics… What is more disturbing is that a lot of people on the left also attack identity politics and are similarly unaware of the source of the term or what anticapitalist Black women actually meant by it.”

This is so foundational to our human interactions that they teach kids about how sharing and ownership work in kindergarten and earlier. All the AI boom folks are lacking in the social basics even four-year-olds have a better grasp of.

Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.

I turned 63 today. Fuck ya. It gets better all the time. Keep kicking at the darkness my friends. It is bleeding daylight.

Would LOVE it if I wasn’t exhausted all the time, thanks.

I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.

If that’s not an uncannily accurate forecast I don’t know what is.

always remember:

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty

This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat

My granny never got over the First World War. She lost so many relatives, neighbours, school mates. She shared stories of the trenches to me and my sister. I write about her, Canada's "100 Days" and the staggering price we paid to end the First World War. charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-10...

Normalize having a book on your bookshelf that, when pulled, opens the door to a secret room.

Repost with an iconic fictional band

Manages to grab a couple of northern light photos. Thanks to all the outdoor lights here my phone actually sees them better than I do!

Drained and tired all day. Now I can’t sleep. Sigh.

I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.

Resign it then and leave thine insolence. Since thou wert king—as who is king but thou?⁠— The commonwealth hath daily run to wrack, The Dauphin hath prevail’d beyond the seas, And all the peers and nobles of the realm Have been as bondmen to thy sovereignty.

Ever have one of those days where you’re too exhausted to move yet to jittery to sit still all at the same time?

It ys a such challenging, turbulent, scarye tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum small moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth all of myne hearte.

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

Can’t—I’m exploring a forest looking for an eldritch monster only to realize as glowing runes erupt across my flesh under the crescent moon that I am that monster

Looking up madame-owned brothels in the old west (like you do) and am now obsessed with this photograph of Libby "squirrel tooth alice" Thompson, the owner of a prominent dance hall/brothel in Sweetwater Texas with one of her many pet Prairie dogs

Total scamme. You kan fynde a terrarium and an aquarium but what about an aerarium and ignisarium?

In case you’re wondering what Regina’s new Costco is definitely NOT going to be like:

THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE

Well we are vaxxed up for the coming season. From the distinct lack of crowding at the clinic we went to, I feel like we may be some of only very few.

Well shone, Moon. Truly, the moon shines with a good grace.

Living in Alberta, that Long Dash was 11 am. My mom was a habitual CBC listener so I heard it every weekend and every day I was home sick.

I’m regrettably not reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula by lantern light in a lighthouse on the Irish coast during a full moon, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”

Well I just got my first Black Friday sale ad of the year. Why Canada has to do this meaningless “celebration” of an American tradition is baffling to me.

The far right radicalization of young men is a serious issue. Fanning male rage was a big part of the MAGA movement and is part of the game plan on the Polievre Conservatives. In my latest piece I discuss the toxic impacts on schools and democracy. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Didn’t get around to posting these last night, so here you go today! Happy day-after-Halloween 😊

Sweets to the sweet

Why is it that every time I turn around I’m learning about a NEW close friend/advisor/mentor/family member of King Charles that has a history of abusing minors? Like I’m up to five now?

I am beginning to hate the word, “deal.”

Waiting for a train and there are ads up everywhere saying “What if government worked like your favorite app?” And I can’t express how revolting that is to anyone who’s actually Online

I don't know who needs to hear this, but yes, a bookshelf with a rolling ladder *will* fix you.

This timeline manages to be both gravely horrific and deeply unserious at the same time.

When the satire doesn’t feel like satire any more. #skpoli

When they were saying building social housing was too costly or renewable energy was too risky a bet, they were sitting on HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars they could just shovel at AI bullshit. Tax them into poverty, the lying shitheel motherfuckers.

Darcy’s Adventures in Mixology: whiskey, sparkling espresso, homemade pumpkin spice simple syrup, sweet spiced cold foam, a sprinkling of coarse kosher salt. Now, what should I call it??

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Her: Talk dirty to me Me: *whispers* Let's spend a rainy day together exploring an independent bookstore

The obvious corollary to all of this is that it is utterly pointless for Canada to negotiate *anything* with Trump. This includes the USMCA. The sooner Mark Carney acknowledges this, the sooner Canada can get to the business of addressing the US threat in a realistic manner.

After trying to research skin care methods and finding too much conflicting advice I have decided to age swiftly and devastatingly in a mossy green cloak with a gnarled walking stick in my hand and crow on my shoulder

I am begging news orgs not to uncritically repeat the claim Reagan's remarks were "edited without permission" before you talk to a 1A lawyer, or just follow up with the Foundation to ask what legal theory holds that a public address from a former president is their IP. apnews.com/article/trum...