Meet two heroes of our times.

‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor turned her asylum grilling into a film

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.

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4. HAVE FUN KIDS. L.A.Harris & her (offstage) collaborators' sweet & sensitive tribute to Jordan Mechano (a frequent #FringeTO creator) uses his estate's writing & Harris' personal recollections for this mediation on friendship, loss, & grief. Strongest throughline is story of confirming his death.

Had a lovely interview with Istvan! We’re premiering our new show at Next Stage: www.fringetoronto.com to purchase!

Pretty proud of @rytron.bsky.social and @lauraanneharris.bsky.social who co-wrote (Ryan directed) Time Eater - a DGC Short Film Fund I helped produce along with absolute machine Robin Osmond. The four funded films screened last night at the TIFF Lightbox in Toronto and they. looked. FABULOUS.

“I neither glamorize nor denigrate sex work but view it through the lens of labour.” Marginalized groups (consensual sex workers and their clients) should be allowed to tell their own stories.

‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs

Her name was Emily Pike. She was a 14 yo member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, known for her passion for painting & drawing, w/dreams of studying art in college. Her dismembered remains were discovered on Feb 14, 2025, off Hwy 60 near milepost 277, northeast of Globe, Az HER NAME WAS EMILY PIKE

What a great idea. Please follow these fine humans.

Scientists, doctors and public health professionals at the National Institutes of Health, the CDC, the FDA, and other federal agencies have been fired under President Trump’s effort to shrink the government.

In case you hadn’t seen: www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/...

ok! www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

Chappell Roan using her award platform to signal a call to action that’s now evolved into a creatives’ aid campaign… how could you possibly not stan

Two people were charged in the murder of Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, a soldier stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, who was found dead last year after being stabbed 68 times, the authorities said. One of the people charged was the woman’s husband, they said.

The city of Springfield, Ohio, which was singled out by Donald Trump and JD Vance during the presidential campaign with false and outrageous claims about Haitian immigrants, has sued a neo-Nazi group that helped draw national attention to the small city in the first place.

“War is no time for soft cheezies!” How @markcritch.bsky.social tapped Canadian fury and went viral with trade-war sketch (11.3m and counting on TikTok) www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/televis...

Well worth watching @MarkJCarney explain to a US audience his view of the clear differences between Canada & US - and his critical point that if the US has changed its priorities with respect to Canada, Canadians are resolved to going forward on our own. ❤️🇨🇦 #TeamCanada

Good news for Canada today. Let others suffocate in protectionism. Let’s keep building beneficial bridges and opening prosperous doors: www.reuters.com/world/americ...

USA is about to be reminded that Canada has 2 moods: 1. I’m sorry 2. You’re gonna be sorry 🇨🇦 #ViveLeCanada

Man of the people, Donald Trump is.

California, AG Rob Bonta's contact form is here: oag.ca.gov/contact/gene... It'll take you but a minute!

Vote him out, folks.

Karla Sofía Gascón made history today as the first openly trans actor to land an Oscar nomination. At @thatshelf.com. here she is on hating musicals and finding her voice through her toughest role yet. thatshelf.com/emilia-perez...

Please subscribe and read this. #canada

I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by MOTHERLY JOY and PEAR PASTRIES.

This is how you do it...

again, inkcanada has an independent website, events newsletteR and a bluesy account, for those who missed the last meta moral storm (not our first rodeo): www.inkcanadascreenwritersandfriends.com

A little optimistic work in progress for you.

Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin

“Men will literally express their innermost feelings to an AI Chatbot instead of going to therapy.” I spent a few days talking to an AI therapist. Words at @theglobeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

We did it, folks! #thesubstance #oscars

This is perfect explanation

So the Dems are aligned in using the Hegspeth allegations to oppose him. Dumb. The man is not qualified for the job. That is all that matters. He has never managed more than 100 people. He won't be the actual one running DOD because he has no clue how. And this is what the Dems focus on ?

Nor am I!

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.