One of the most jarring things about Don Quixote is that usually the battles are fought with lances, swords, or just throwing rocks, but once in a while someone busts out a gun

"Often described as postmodern, Krasznahorkai is known for his long, winding sentences, dystopian and melancholic themes, and the kind of relentless intensity that has led critics to compare him to Gogol, Melville and Kafka." #Nobel #Literature #Prize #novels www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

i will vote for anybody who fixes the headlight brightness situation

Calling the Nobel for Can Xue 🤞

I've made fun of my kids for "introducing" me to artists such as Kanye West, but this time they've introduced me to post-Demon Days Gorillaz and you know what, this is really good!

gonna listen to Love is Blind while I clean the bathroom, like a podcast (and obviously on 1.5x)

I saw a couple of things in the past few days that, in the context of all the bsky mod issues, have been making me think a lot about what I actually want from social media. First, some graphics from that FT articles about peak social media, and then some comments about the sustainability of modding.

"Zen mode" for any social media is deleting your account

Great review and just a coincidence that I read it within minutes of it being posted :)

Hello, this was great

Bluesky right now: American politics, mod drama, Taylor Swift, and ppl arguing about whether being mean to an inanimate string of 0s and 1s is racist (?). Might have to go read a book or something

*takes massive bong rip*

First in line! Unironically loved his first memoir.

I have bad news for Americans if you think someone's face on a coin means they're gonna die soon

Good lord (Before you say anything: I was an avid listener in 2019, not anymore, stay subscribed for the lols)

Speaking of message boards: why is this a Maclean's article and not a multi-page locked thread on a parenting forum that prompted multiple bannings

Yes it has. Clearly these people did not spend enough time on late 90s/early aughts message boards, on account of being children at the time

chat is this real

It's all happening www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Seeing people use that Wuthering Heights song (Charli xcx, not Kate Bush) for their wedding posts on TikTok and uh

Alberta Teachers’ Association members have voted 89.5 per cent to reject the latest contract offer. Turnout for the vote was 94 per cent. 51,000 teachers will go on strike across the province on Oct. 6. Here’s ATA president Jason Schilling announcing the vote result in Edmonton #AbEd #AbLeg

My boys are taking the teacher's rejection of the province's offer in stride

I do not want to go to Walmart in 2002. I want to go to Zellers

you're telling me this cat is in formalwear

After my August "pre-order," I got an email today to book a COVID shot, which reiterates it's ONLY available at public health clinics, not pharmacies. The email links to a site that EXCLUDES bookings at pharmacies. 🙃 The correct link then says: "COVID-19 vaccines may be available at pharmacies" 🫠

$100 for a COVID vaccine is fucking criminal.

Shout out to the Alberta Government for making the covid vaccination program as difficult to access, uninviting, and confusing as possible. Here's the email I just received as a result of "pre-ordering" a vaccine

we honestly should just go back to forums and message boards

More short stories, scary edition. I kind of want to read, then watch The Birds! From This Reading Life: bronasbooks.com/2025/09/27/a...

Bye-bye, Typepad. After 19+ years, my farewell post: nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_wo...

I'm not participating but #ShortStorySeptember looks like a lot of fun! from @bookishbeck.bsky.social: bookishbeck.com/2025/09/18/s...

A happenin Friday night (15 yo is forcing me to read communist theory again)

Despite the chilly weather, more than 150 people gathered for Coffee Outside to honour Dr. Darren Markland. We shared coffee, stories, and quiet moments, celebrating the life of an incredible person who touched so many lives. Thank you to everyone who came out. ❤️ buff.ly/FZvLjvA #yegbike

For everyone getting making fun: this kind of festival is for Elder Millennials / young Gen X and their children. It's okay if it's not for you.

Good news to start your Friday www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1e3eb47...

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Kaggsy is one of my favourite reviewers and this review is no exception, this book went straight to the "must buy" list! I hope it will help me build up my library again...

Am I the only person who never heard of this book, The Tell, aggressively marketed and touted by celebrities? Is it because I'm barely on Instagram?

A low-effort blog post to clear the backlog. Also, I'm committing to read Don Quixote this fall! reading-in-bed.com/2025/09/23/1...

Dear friends, As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here: #everynightapoem

✝️ Rapture Update - Grimace has been raptured

they should make more teaches of peaches

Bodes well? Wordle 1,557 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Trump sounding just like the most annoying "crunchy" moms on parenting forums circa 20009: "but my baby's so tiiiiiny!!! It's too many shots!!" Like bitch do you think the scientists who came up with vaccine schedules don't know that babies are tiny?

A rapture? In this economy?

It is great. "The Night Logan Woke Up" is a French Canadian family mini-series on Netflix.

I also read The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen. Plenty to comment on, in light of events that have taken place since it was published in 2021, but mostly I want to give a shout out to the "real" Judy, quoted (?) in the end of the book. If that letter isn't real, I don't want to know about it!

I read Frontier by Can Xue, tr. Karen Garnant and Chen Zeping. This is my fifth Can Xue book and I couldn't tell you what was going on in any of them, which is just the way I like it

this exists it is called thinking

my two teenagers are home from school, and instead of immediately descending to their bedrooms and screens, are having an earnest discussion in the living room about "recession indicators" that point to a coming "meme drought"