My crocs are very grippy on my basement stairs, except when the cat has disgorged his stomach onto the top one and that’s the first thing they land on. They are not remotely grippy then, which is why handrails are a good thing to have on my basement stairs.

A parent/caregiver having to push a baby stroller in the roadway due to deficient sidewalk design or maintenance is a top tier municipal failure.

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

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A lot of ugliness in the world this morning, but it did my soul some good to see the frost on my oak tree show up with a counter argument

“Hopefully Pierre gets in and everything gets fixed up” is a thing I just heard behind me in this waiting room.

My heart goes out to all victims of sexual abuse this Sunday. I know that the Epstein files are extremely difficult. We can all relate to the feeling of trying to get something done for the harms you have suffered, filing in reports, and being revictimized when nothing happens.

Adrienne Arsenault is certainly making a compelling case for why I don’t watch the CBC national news much. Too often demeaning to both the audience and the subject matter.

Up on the hill where they do the boogie. Either John Hartford’s original from Aereoplain or any version by Sam Bush

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

🧊 "We're going to get an ICE detention facility before we get a grocery store!"

"Couple excited to move to the big city and experience the exact same retailers as their current suburb but in cute buildings."

City transportation official opts for white line and signage instead of gate to keep their baby off the stairs.

Just let the dog out before bed. Storm’s turning into a Statler and Waldorf sketch. It’ll be massive Well it’ll be pretty big It’ll be decent Well we’ll get some There’ll be a dusting You probably won’t have to shovel

Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."

Was just out and about in Charlottetown and Stratford for an appointment. Snow is falling, but as of 11:30 travel conditions are still reasonably good. Main roads are partly covered and visibility is not an issue.

What a thing that a) people are just wandering round secretly filming women and putting their details on the internet and b) that we have devised a piece of equipment to make that sneakier www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I must note for posterity that Peter, our rescue hound who is typically hugely reactive to even the most minor irregularity that he sees or hears out the window, just trotted over to the window, saw the propane truck at the end of our driveway, looked at it for a sec, and wandered quietly away.

#Snoopy & #Woodstock go #cargobike on this #bluelug sticker 🚲♥️

I just don't see why we need all these car lanes. Everyone knows people don't drive in the winter!

99% chance this is what they mean

"This is a serious situation" bsky.app/profile/just...

I noticed the other day that the former Robin’s Donuts has turned into Rob Lantz’s leadership campaign headquarters. If the past year is any indication, there may be no more appropriate metaphor than the donut for what Islanders can expect from a Lantz led government.

Just completed my annual Jan 10 listening of Arlo Guthrie’s Darkest Hour, for reasons that are obvious to those who know the lyrics

Happened to be in the car this morning when a guest on The House suggested that it was just now becoming apparent that Trump’s motives on the Maduro matter may not have been above board. I’ll assume the theme of the segment was “political analysis by people who recently stopped using finger paints”

In 2024, I rose in Senate QP to ask why the Govt of Canada was still using X for official communications. Today, they are still there. What exactly will it take to break the spell?

Good lord. I just heard the CBC national radio news describe Chrystia Freeland as “still technically a member of parliament”. Technically - as if being a MP was some nebulous, variable, hard to define thing. Our most important institutions continue to fail us,

The fact that the Canadian government's official statement on the president of the United States illegally invading a foreign country does not include the words "President," "United States," "illegal," or "invade" really tells you all you need to know about where we stand, tbh

objectively very funny to roll this new slogan out and then within 24 hours have this happen

"We're going to spend less time listening to people who are educated and informed" is certainly....a choice.

it is a little disconcerting that none of the people in charge of anything right now seem to know how to do it. like, if you were on a bus and the driver started whipping around all crazy and yelling about how buses don’t need wheels you’d probably be like, hey. this guy shouldn’t be driving the bus

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Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor. One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”

I hope to grow old in a walkable neighbourhood mainly so I don’t have to be a mall walker.

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 🧵

Peter, in his indignant post-fireworks “what in the bloody hell was that bullshit?” pose.

🎉🍾Canadian Politicians' 2026 New Year's Resolutions🥂💖

Just managed to take our (possibly formerly?) very anxious, very reactive dog out for a walk around the neighbourhood and only had to correct him for barking and lunging at vehicles a couple of times early on before he completely settled. This has been a very hard-won victory.

look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts

In July of this year we adopted Peter, a very anxious, very reactive dog from the humane society. The last 3 months of 2025 have passed like a kidney stone, but I’ll be damned if that dog in the last few days hasn’t figured out *exactly* when we are in need of a hug.

Presently mentally rewriting the lyrics to Hard Candy Christmas to reflect the accidental centering of Puff Pastry in our household’s festive comestibles

Painted cycle lanes are the non-smoking sections of today's urban landscape. Both recognize a problem and the harms it causes, but are designed without the will or imagination required to implement a real solution.

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

Or better yet folks, we actually just create a society where our seniors are out and about in communities, making connections with I don’t know real fucking people. What a concept!

Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?