My willingness to listen to you bitch about Prime Minister Carney Premier Doug Ford Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is in direct proportion to you taking action. Any action - find your lane. Want to hands up flail everything is terrible? I’m not the one.

Don't just talk about doing things, DO THINGS. Start local. But actually take action. It's so much better than being on the sidelines taking no risks and yelling directions at others.

Niche Ottawa

Reminder that Carney is cutting federal science agencies, Indigenous services, and public health and walking back environmental protections and abandoning climate targets to get this pipeline. Carney is far worse than Harper.

Alberta and Ottawa said any new pipeline would be privately funded. Today that promise was broken: a private company will cover just 10%. Taxpayers will front up tens of billions of dollars. If oil exports are such an economic opportunity for Canada, why won’t companies invest? buff.ly/Ao6yGt3

Now the guardian of an extra plot at the community garden cause the original gardener had to take a break. It’s a bit like being handed a piece of knitting already on the needles. Only you don’t know what the pattern is and you didn’t get to choose the yarn. Totally different gardener intelligence.

Sunday morning community fridge stocking. Hummus with pita, carrot and celery sticks. Also brought potatoes, onions, bananas, and eggs. Had leftover carrot/celery sticks so I bagged those in little snack packs. Feel like my garlic meter is on the fritz, garlicked it up but it could use more.

Went to the Anarchist Bookfair yesterday. The uplift I didn’t know I needed. First - everybody masked. Just wearing masks like they were wearing shoes. Second - energizing to spend time with folks who care about what I care about. Grateful for thoughtful conversations. A better world is possible.

Can we not be alone with ourselves? Allotment garden yesterday, woman one plot over listening (no headphone!) to an audiobook while she weeds. I cannot communicate how beautiful this whole garden area is and like girl, just be where you are.

Canadian COVID Forecast Jun 20 - Jul 3, 2026 ONTARIO MODERATE [decreasing] About 1 of every 401 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 4.3 x higher -Long COVID: 4.5 x higher -Hospitalizations: 2.5 x higher -Deaths: 1.5 x higher

May the light of the solstice hold you and fill you, so you can carry it through the rest of the year. ☀️

From tiny hamsters to giant salamanders, here are some of the most unusual examples of fatherhood across the animal kingdom

folks when we find a guy who's saying a bunch of dumbass shit can we get back to blocking them instead of screenshotting them and talking about their dumbass shit? these losers are not worth our time & when we let them waste it we insult the revolution

Sunday morning community fridge stocking. Pulled pork sandwiches with a dilled potato salad. Secret ingredient to the pulled pork - Dr. Pepper! Crock pot for the win. Also brought apples, carrots, rice, and smoked turkey. Hope is a survival strategy.

A turtle enjoying UChicago's wonderfully restored Botany Pond.

ZERO evidence to support this move. ZERO. More privatization likely result in: > inequities > in healthcare spending > inefficiency & admin costs > unnecessary care / procedures < resources / providers in public system Sum: unhinged idea fuelled by blind ideology www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Writing my MP every time the Liberals make terrible policy would be a full time job on top of my full time job. But I think today is the day for an email. Have come to an understanding that I am invested in best practices and every damn day I see evidence that the Federal government isn’t.

Regulations are protections. This bill is anti-science and will hurt the health of Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Niche Ontario. Whenever I have to listen to one of the Ontario government‘s terrible ads telling me what a great job they’re doing - I smile to myself. Because I smell fear. And with Doug polling at 21% he ought to be worried.

I believe Sign of the Times was a last minute/seat of the pants add to Project Hail Mary like I believe Jennifer Beals did all her own dancing in Flashdance.

Hubby was making cream puffs yesterday and asked me if they would bake in a muffin tin. I said "Sure, if the choux fits..." and we laughed like two hyenas.

Sunday morning community fridge stocking. Shepherd’s Pie with salad. Also brought tuna, bananas, frozen pizzas, and some Pizza Hut pizzas I picked up last night. Neighbour last week told me he liked pizza. Think I just start giving $ when I ask folks what they like. Otherwise, no guarantee they get.

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

It’s been years since I’ve lived in Montreal but racist cops in Montreal Nord is a story as old as time. I don’t understand how transferring these officers to other stations and spreading the poison is good policy. #ACAB

It’s a pretty weird week when a guy who wants to be a trillionaire is simultaneously getting headlines for the economy-shattering IPO expected Friday and the racist pogroms he is accused of stoking — but these stories are viewed as separate and in no way connected or prescient of the future.

– You seem awfully obsessed with that branch #longcovid #postcovid #ableism #accessibility #satire

Yes, people should be responsible for controlling their own pets. "Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers" the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

God this poem is haunting me again.

Now reading his latest novel Gray Dawn, featuring Easy Rawlins. Words coming out of a passage on the American dream (lack thereof) and post World War II. “Star strangled sky.” I mean sir. 3 words!!! So evocative. Mr. Mosley inspires me to write.

Dear Canada, I know it feels like we must take drastic action to protect our children from social media. I get the intuitive appeal of a ban. But evidence supporting move ain't great. Complex problems require, alas, a nuanced policy. www.nature.com/articles/s44... @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

Canadian COVID Forecast Jun 6 - Jun 19, 2026 ONTARIO MODERATE [decreasing] About 1 of every 379 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 6.0 x higher -Long COVID: 4.7 x higher -Hospitalizations: 2.6 x higher -Deaths: 1.5 x higher

Sunday morning community fridge stocking. Ham and cheese sandwiches, tuna sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches, and chocolate chip cookies to go with. I did not make the cookies because I am running to stand still. No pic this week cause same. Also brought tomatoes, oranges, eggs, and pickles.

Carney fans, please, *please* realize ASAP that you're on the wrong side of climate policy, AI, public service cuts, integration with the US, privatization, etc. Continuing to defend everything he does makes you complicit. I get it, cognitive dissonance sucks, but avoiding it is not worth your soul.

Hilarious and deeply insightful writing by @brianphillips.lol.

Using generative AI for imagery is **directly harmful** to artists, graphic designers, photographers etc. This isn't a vague moral argument: this is just normal, standard theft, except at a completely new scale and social acceptability. We need to reverse that. www.instagram.com/reel/DY2L2-g...

On display at the library and I scooped it up. Know the name (I’m no philistine) but I don’t think I’ve read any of his work. Fantastic! The writing is sharp and the mind behind the words is the same. It covers how to think about writing. Last book on writing was a massive fail so this delights

Sunday morning community fridge stocking. Beef and broccoli with rice. Also brought peppers, apples, eggs, and coffee. Ran into a neighbour and asked her what she liked. Pickles apparently so next Sunday I will bring some pickles.

www.canada.ca/en/public-he... Mental health support: get help - Canada.ca If you're in immediate danger or need urgent medical support, call 9-1-1. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Support is available 24/7.

Went to see I Love Boosters tonight. Great. Funny as hell, smart, and political. Magic realism? Surrealism? A visual feast. Convinced there’s something in the water in the Bay area. So many creatives coming out of there. Interview with Boots Riley. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwdb...

Canadian COVID Forecast May 23 - Jun 5, 2026 ONTARIO MODERATE [no change] About 1 of every 367 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 6.5 x higher -Long COVID: 4.7 x higher -Hospitalizations: 2.8 x higher -Deaths: 1.7 x higher

Sunday morning community fridge stocking. Greek chicken (marinated in yogurt, lemon, and oregano). Roasted baby potatoes and green beans. Also brought oranges, potato chips, and peanut butter. At 7 am I did not want to write ingredients on the lids but best practices is best practices. Onwards.

Tired of wearing a seatbelt? No. I’m hoping in a car accident I won’t fly through the windshield. Tired of wearing a life jacket as I canoe? No. If I capsize in the lake I won’t drown. Tired of wearing a mask? No. I want whatever future I have to be the best it can be. #CovidIsAirborne

I’d rather see Dr. Doolittle handling hanta in B.C. I mean, hell, the resurrected corpse of Rex Harrison would do a better job.

Sunday morning community fridge stocking. Black bean chili with cornbread on the side. Reminder that there is no perfect group of brothers in arms. I am way (way) more progressive than the group caring for this fridge. It’s fine. And I bring a perspective that they don’t have.

Visited the Faith Fyles exhibit at the Ottawa Art Gallery and her work is beautiful. Ahead of her time. Working as a botanist and artist. These drawings of apple varieties found on the Central Experimental Farm are amazing. Paging @chuckwendig.bsky.social Mr. Wendig to the white courtesy phone.

Selling your house and including a photo in the listing where you have the Canadian flag hung upside down in the distress signal is an insane choice. What is the realtor thinking?

As always incredibly grateful for the work that goes into this forecast. Would also like to highlight that this week 5200 Canadians will suffer infections that lead to long Covid. 5200 futures irrevocably changed. Get vaccinated. Wear an N95 when sharing indoor air. Clean the air we all breathe.

Important read re: hanta and respiratory protection trishgreenhalgh.substack.com/p/fb368a53-f...

No fate but what we make.