our three-person household went through 4 litres of milk this long weekend (!)

Trying to decide if I’m going to weed my garden beds before top dressing with compost next weekend or if I just want to… not, and see what happens.

was having a crisis of confidence about doing today's weight-lifting workouts; read some news & feel now sufficiently motivated by the fascism

By no means do you need to make your own yop, but if you would like to, it is very easy: www.ricardocuisine.com/en/recipes/5.... (Cheaper; less waste; can customize. Good protein source for children who would survive off carbs and carbs alone.)

I have inhalers right now & the rescue one is really helpful but I was hesitant to use it because I had a normal lung function test a few years ago & now I’m down a Google rabbit hole about allergic asthma & how it presents.

Today a very nice man showed up at the door to ask if we wanted to have our lawn aerated; I told him I hated the grass and wished it would all turn into moss & he was like WHY & then I said I considered it a weed & then he said goodbye

i always end up thinking I have a recipe I like for chicken pot pie, not having one, looking at a few, and winging it

Lemon cake + vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream wedding cake test run. (Gluten-free.) Decorated with Nootka rose petals and dried lemon slices.

I don't know if this is an anxiety thing or what, but I will regularly lose confidence in my ability to do something i have done a million times with ease. Seems rude.

Finished week 6 of 28 of marathon swim training this week. Was feeling so anxious about & am back to feeling like I can do it, thank g-d

Heard French. Looked up because i was like “oh I probably know this person.“ And yes, yes I did.

I can’t decide if it’s a reasonable or unreasonable feeling (betrayal!) that a bookstore who has supported me as a trans author is now prominently featuring the book of a known transphobe.

The crushing existential despair to listening to Kid A pipeline

one waits for quite a while to access mental health care in this country

what if for spring cleaning a giant vacuum came to my house and i had to battle to save the only ten things i did not want to see hoovered up

I’ve made a number of friends’ bday cakes but I’m making a wedding cake soon (for a very small wedding) & i am feeling uncharacteristically intimidated

I went into my local bookstore and abigail shrier’s new book was displayed prominently & honestly I almost frisbeed it out their front door

locally the angry hate-everything people are now referring to democratically elected municipal councillors as “undemocratic” bc they disagree with their policy priorities. Perhaps the most conservative amongst us yearn for consensus decision-making after all

7:53pm, do you know where your child’s half-assed you-just-help-her-write-them Valentine’s cards are

the universe owes trans people $5 for every time we have to see the word “transgenderism”

anytime i see someone say "do better" it makes me want to do worse.

it happened to me: asked a government body two very straightforward questions, received a paragraph answering, like, half of one of the questions.

@tyolsen.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca on what we know so far about the awful tragedy in Tumbler Ridge: thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Really appreciated this article by @markkersten.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. In short: 1) The decision to dig in search of victims should always rest with the affected communities and families alone. 2) Nothing will ever be enough for denialists. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

God what an awful day.

At a time when the focus should be on a community in mourning, people like MLA Tara Armstrong are using a horrific tragedy to promote what boils down to conversion therapy. Nauseating.

RCMP say: the suspect is identified as an 18yo female, there was a history of mental health calls. The correct spelling of the suspect's name is Jesse Van Rootselaar

Victims identified at the school as an "adult female educator," 3 female students and 2 male students between 13-17 years of age. At the residence, victims were an adult woman and a "male youth"

RCMP press conference is happening now. RCMP say that as police approached the school, they were shot at. The suspected shooter is identified as Jesse Rootsellar (I'm not sure if that's the correct spelling.)

why the assumption that AI skepticism is born of ignoring the hype and the tech as opposed to seeing it, looking into it, and concluding that it’s fake???

“People are literally working on it on the side of their desk. The guy next to them has no idea.” — @karmicangel.bsky.social Everyone’s got an opinion on whether #GenerativeAI is actually useful. So I've been wondering how it's being integrated — or not — into #CdnMedia. Explainer in @thetyee.ca:

Tumbler Ridge is a small planned resource community, a winding 90 minute drive from the nearest city of at least 10,000 people. A massive number of people are going to descend there tomorrow. May those that arrive have respect and grace for the unimaginable grief.

The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here: www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...

Terrible situation out of Tumbler Ridge, a town of 2500 people in northeastern B.C., where an active shooter at a high school is now dead. We'll be updating this page with information as we confirm it.

Current active shooter situation in Tumbler Ridge, BC, as per Global: globalnews.ca/news/1166200.... People are being asked to stay inside and shelter in place.

never forget the third pillar of the gordie howe hat trick www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I have mostly been editing & not reporting as of late but am doing a little reporting tonight. Consequently, of course, I am also possibly developing either a migraine or a sinus headache.

A big thing is happening in Tyee-land: editor-in-chief David Beers is stepping back, and we are hiring a new EIC: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202... Please share!

Set my gardening sickle down somewhere ✨safe✨ out here & unsurprisingly now cannot find it

I think it’s possible I was the earliest person to arrive for my flight this morning. 😅

part of the reason I wanted to go to a michelin-recommended restaurant in Van that makes homemade gf pasta was to see if it was really worthwhile to put in the 100 hours to get good at making my own &… yeah, oh brother, it is.

If the government won't bail out my crypto losses, I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian.

BIG UPDATE: Francisco’s lawyer Yanni Nicolidakis-Mustafa says "BC Cancer has agreed to treat Francisco on an urgent basis… He is still waiting for a bed to open up for him, but they have taken note of the urgency of the matter and are moving quickly to get him into treatment.” @thetyee.ca Impact!!!

Saw a local guy complaining about homeless folks with addiction issues on the local FB message board. His, uh… his profile pic is taken at the bar of a local restaurant, from a post where they referred to him as a regular

Got my 4th ever pull-up (neutral grip) today. Things are looking up (for me and pull-ups). No video evidence because i was at Hillcrest in Vancouver & dear god the gym is busy

Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs

NEW: A public servant got a bizarre voicemail after complaining about Ontario’s return to work policy The voice was unmistakable: Doug Ford Ford shared advice passed down from his mom: “You don’t like it, go get another job” And then he hung up From @emmaarkell.bsky.social and @ericwickham.ca 👇

Vancouver friends: where’s the best place for a, like, Matchstick-ish / Lumine-ish cappuccino around Main & 25th?

Someone left a mean meme comment on a pullup video I posted earlier today (& a second comment @/ing a friend to come and also see how weird-looking I am) & while I find it a bit baffling, I’m also surprised the extent to which it did not hurt my feelings or make me feel insecure