@mmburton.bsky.social is correct that there is much opportunity for redevelopment, but not every building works. We must really get behind infill & redevelopment in our climate & housing crisis. Parking lots and empty lots don't support the city. We can fix it ☺️ www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...

Ever wish your own work would come with a content warning before you wade into it lol

That feeling when they start the book you recommended:

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history.

The new Pope steps out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and it's this guy

No one told me there would be baby badgers in Italy

Can you tell Italy is relaxing me

Celebrating my 34th birthday in Italy with new friends and new traditions.

The typical Canadian has a higher standard of living than the typical American. We are healthier, live 3 years longer, face much less inequality and are happier. These outcomes are not accidents. They reflect deliberate policy choices.” @jimbostanford.bsky.social on Canada’s GDP per capita:

How the Pope is Chosen by James Tate

Samantha Hunt, one of my colleagues at Bennington College, said earlier this semester: “One of the most radical things I do is move slowly.” I think about it all the time. Slow, steady, determined. Be the artist who, like a persistent trickle of water, ends up carving a canyon.

Now you know why there was that story yesterday about Elon Musk stepping away from his role in the MAGA regime.

Karen Russell is my favourite living author. The new one is fucking amazing.

Can you smell this poem? Brigus, ca. 2007

Lovely to see Chores on this list 🐟

"You boy! What tariff is it today?"

In 19 days I’ll be in Italy writing poetry at a castle for 6 weeks. What is my life

Yes son the dog is in heaven & hes a pokemon now. The dog became a pokemon as thats what he desired most within his magic heart when he died

Just voted in the 2025 federal election. If you’re in St. John’s east, go to Bally Rou Place off torbay road. It only took 2 minutes!

This is actually awesome. Carney says he intends to increase CBC funding “until it can be compared to that provided by other public broadcasters.”

Our forecast of the Canadian election is live 📈🇨🇦 We give the Liberal Party an 83% chance of winning the most seats on 28th April www.economist.com/interactive/...

rebranding the 15 min city.

My daughter Edith turns 4 today. I’m thinking back to her birth during the pandemic and the amazing care of Dr. Kelly Monaghan and nurse Bev at the Health Sciences that allowed me to have a natural birth and avoid a section when she was, as all my babies were, sunny side up and stuck in my pelvis.

When a leaf is plucked from one the others rustle their clothes. When that leaf is crushed in the hand its fragrance calls back to the grove. #TodaysPoem is "Berkeley Hills, 2022" by Karen Solie

Been scraping this bedroom door for a week now and both sides are almost done and ready for sanding. I really love my 1874 house but restoration work is super intense!

Going to be on CBC’s the signal at 12:00 to discuss community-oriented development in the city. Check it out.

Big day for density and housing here in St. John’s. We approved the development of a new ten storey apartment building at 34 New Cove Rd, which is great news. It will be one of the tallest buildings in the city. I never thought we would get here but here we are!

This little bee is struggling to carry his pollen

Happy World Poetry Day, poets and poetry lovers.

DYK in St. John’s we improved more than 12 crosswalks in 2024? Improvements include accessible curb ramps, curb extensions, rapid flashing beacons, signage, and sight line improvements. Staff are still working on the 2025 list but should be on the same scale.

Preparing a set of poems to read tomorrow night and they’re all based on poorly-understood concepts borrowed from math and physics. Can’t wait to explain how the Koch snowflake is like my marriage.

Thousands of Quebec asylum seekers who cared for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic in health-care establishments have been refused permanent residency under a federal pathway set up to thank them. Others have been waiting for years. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

World Poetry Day - March 20, 7 PM, City Hall!

Just signed my contract with Breakwater Books to publish my debut collection of short stories in Spring 2026! 💞 cheers to independent publishers.

“There shouldn’t be any caveats to political involvement in our society.” Whether one agrees with their goals or not, campus occupations are a legitimate form of engaged activism that should not be suppressed, writes @taylornoakes.bsky.social. thewalrus.ca/student-proteste...

This book was so satisfying that I gave it a kiss before I placed it in the red spine section of my bookshelf. I reviewed @monicakidd.bsky.social ‘s new novel in @riddlefence.bsky.social. You can read it here: riddlefence.com/review/the-c... @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚

Covid made the world sicker, angrier, and more fragmented. There has been no recovery from the social and medical consequences. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Happy international women’s day to all but especially all my nans who taught me to take no bullshit from anyone

Ridiculous

The #tradewar is on. Real-time electricity prices doubled few minutes after midnight EST in New England. 🔌💡

Sometimes I feel despair that this despicable person gets to decide whether or not our lives continue?

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

My talented ex-husband Chris just released an album of solo piano music. Check it out here chrismcgee.bandcamp.com/album/uprigh...

Today at Council we got an update on Metrobus strategic priorities for 2025 and they include implementing credit card tap options, summer and fall schedule improvements, and increasing the number of wheelchair accessible routes. Some good news!

Big day for Newfoundland and Labrador politics. Should I try to run as an outsider for the Liberal leadership or what lol

When I’m done my term on council I’ll finally be able to post my real opinions. Like how logy bay road should be called middle cove road because that’s where I go when I drive on it

From a delightful 70s themed birthday party