Across Ottawa, from fairs and markets to townhalls and meetings, I’ve been hearing the same thing: people are frustrated and want a new direction for our city. We need a city that works, with reliable transit, strong services, repaired roads and community centres.

Been one hell of a great season @pwhlcharge.bsky.social ! You should be proud. Me, well, it turns out I might like hockey when women are playing. See you next season.

Let’s go CCCCCCHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGEEE

I love Emily Clark. C’est tout.

The City of Ottawa would be something worse than incompetent if they shrink the Lansdowne arena. The Ottawa Charge need a bigger space, not a smaller one. The team is a force. It’s a community. Keep the game accessible, Ottawa. Don’t blow Lansdowne, again.

Well would you look at that! The Charge is going to the finals. Well deserved. (Also we need to give Philips a raise.) Une dernière défaite pour La Victoire. They chose this. Bring on the Frost. #pwhl @pwhlcharge.bsky.social

Let’s go CHAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGE!!!

La Victoire défaite! Two down, one to go.

In my defense, I was bored and left unattended. I blame @jleiper.bsky.social Sort of. Some people buy shoes, I buy books. @thespanielstale.bsky.social needs to stop buying cool stuff. Or whatever the opposite of that is.

Did you know, that you can be PM without a seat in Parliament, but you can’t be Leader of the Opposition? A propos de rien du tout.

Pretty sure it was worth being this tired.

So how sleepy will I be tomorrow? Gotta know if Poilievre loses his seat.

How do you like them apples?

Found the not-so secret women’s restroom at TD Place.

The HCA has opened registration for the 2025 Hintonburg 5k and 1k races on July 13! The 1k kids race is still free, and youth 12-and-under are half-price for the 5k. Register today! raceroster.com/events/2025/...

Nat and I were in and out to vote at Hintonburg - poll 604 didn’t have a line! Probably 20 minutes wait for the other poll. Ran into some our favourite fellow voters. Always good to see @catmckenney.bsky.social and Catherine!

Did a vote, then hit up @thespanielstale.bsky.social for our Saturday book haul. Li Charmaine Anne was there for a book signing. Pretty good Saturday morning date with @jleiper.bsky.social

I swear these kids are the best part of the game. 😂🤣

But also, I did a #vote. Picked up my books and got a new library card.

Wellington street West is still very narrow. It’s a bit of a mess. Buses are stuck. Why we don’t ban parking until everything is cleared is beyond me. #ottawa (Also if you are using the even-narrower side streets maybe be mindful that people live there.)

One sentence(ish) Book Review: Let This Radicalize You Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba 5/5 In spite of it all, a hopeful look at how we can all play a part in the revolution. A must read. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l... #books #booksky #nonfiction #bookreview

Still not buying American

Ottawa has long abided by international trade agreements in its procurement, often to the frustration of local businesses. Trump's capriciousness has created an opportunity to prioritize local buying and business development. Working with other levels of government, we should go further.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Chaaaarge!!! @jleiper.bsky.social

So. If you are skating backwards on the Canal and it’s crowded and busy, you will bump into someone. (Probably me. Who has apparently forgotten how to skate.) And yes, I do think you’re an asshole. But it’s fine really. I decided to give up skating entirely.

One-sentence book review Between Friends and Lovers Shirlene Obuobi (3.5/5) A woman that supposedly smart would not stay friends with a man who was that awful, even if she was in love with him. (Very readable though.) #books #booksky #bookreview www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...

One sentence book review: A Year of Last Things - Poems Michael Ondaatje 4.5/5 We all agree that some of this was absolutely remarkably beautiful, some of it just was —we just don’t agree on which bits. (I suppose that’s the magic of it.) #books #booksky #breakingthe1sentencerule

One sentence(ish) book review Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv, Andrey Kurkov 4/5 I am 95% sure I am missing the cultural and political context to fully understand this, but kind of loved it anyway. www.harpercollins.ca/978006335454... #books #booksky

“Your flag flyin' over the courthouse Means certain things are set in stone. Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't" … until a fascist salute appears at inauguration… smh music.youtube.com/watch?v=YOb5...

Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin’ in their cars in the southwest No home, no job, no peace, no rest Going to be a long long long four years. music.youtube.com/watch?v=CumZ...

Go Charge!!! #pwhl #ottawacharge

Tomorrow resumes without the midday nap. Alas.

A Haunting in the Arctic, CJ Cook (-1/5) The more I think about this book the more racist, it seems. The dumber the plot is, just a whole lot of ick to this. So yeah, rerating this to one star. #books #bookreviews #booksky

One Sentence Book Reviews: The Black Cat Tail Assassins, P. Djéli Clark (3.75/5) It was a solid four until the goddesses showed up, then some questionable choices were made. #books #bookreviews #booksky

One Sentence Book Review. You Should Be So Lucky, Cat Sebastian (4.75/5) So much more than I expect from a romance novel, almost made me care about baseball. catsebastian.com/you-should-b... #books #booksky #bookreview

One sentence book review Death Comes at Christmas, anthology (3/5) I feel like every single story lacked ooomph. #booksky #book #bookreview

So. Much. Laundry.

One sentence boom reviews The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures, Sarah Clegg (4/5) And here we were worried about Santa when there are so many cooler things that cause such a clatter. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... #books #booksky #bookreviews

Possibly my favorite night of the year. Nick and Ashna are making dinner, @jleiper.bsky.social and I are chilling listen to Christmas tunes, and I’m sipping on blood orange marg. Lots to be grateful for… La vie est belle. Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël!

Well. I lost the scissors. All of them. Every. Single. Pair. Guess it’s nail clippers and a paring knife.

One sentence book reviews The Merriest Misters, Timothy Janovsky (3.75/5) Like hot chocolate with whipped cream (and there was a lot of it in this story), amazing first few sips but then it gets tepid and a bit syrupy. www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... #booksky

One sentence book review. The Serviceberry. Robin Wall Kimmerer (5/5) The magic of giving and shared abundance all wrapped up in beautiful illustrations. #booksky #IReadALot

One sentence book review. Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs. Luis Elizondo. (1/5) Made me hope that aliens will annihilate us. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... #booksky

Operation Tacky up this place underway

I see you Donald Trump. I see through the bullshit "populism" of right wing con artists. I am not suckered by the rage winds of the hate algorithms. I stand with Joe. I always have. I always will.

Visitation

Just finished This is How You Lose the Time War, I am not ok.

Drove to Toronto. Saw the boy. Went to Måneskin… now wondering what they put in the water in Italy to make these folks so damn pretty. Super fun show.