Christmas Travellers Maud Lewis c. 1960

Christmas Sleigh Ride Maud Lewis c. 1964

Home for Christmas Maud Lewis c. 1958

We're watching Labyrinth which is in reality a Christmas Movie because David Bowie delivers his package

More Actual #Knitting Content! 🧶 Lots of knitting time today, in between Christmas stuff, so the Grinch socks are progressing!

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.

The traditional Christmas Eve pot of chili is underway, and Leonard Cohen is on the CD player Wishing everyone peace and joy ❤️

These visits by ghostes koude have been three emayles.

This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.

I saw this and it’s wonderful!

"Since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery" is such a hilarious line because it is in fact 100% backwards. You can't be a traitor to a country you're not from??????

In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

It's nice to see "Ducks" by @katebeaton.bsky.social on this list. Highly recommend, so go read it 😁

Actual #Knitting Content! 🧶 I finally finished the Xmas socks, they just needed grafted heels and the ends woven in. I finished my gloves as well, and 😍 Yarn (and dyes) for both from @acmefibres.com. I snuck in a quick cowl, and the Grinch socks are coming along!

Companies, schools, programs, they will all, every time, choose the shittiest and most useless man over the most brilliant and useful woman, because it doesn’t matter that she hasn’t done anything wrong: the moment he sexualizes her, she is A Problem.

Take time to read this. The extraordinary, disturbing story of a woman who died alone & anonymous in an institution where she never belonged, & a journalist who identified her after being assigned what he thought was a bullshit obit - thartribune.com/the-haunting... @elongreen.bsky.social

This is that good shit. Straight to my veins. BE LOUD ABOUT HOW YOU HELP PEOPLE. Signal the fuck out of your virtue. Peer pressure people into kindness. Make it cool and badass to help strangers not for clout but because it feels good for everyone to partake in their society. It rocks! Do it!

Deer Benjamin Chee Chee ~ Ojibwe 1976

I really do not care if the guy who has raped kids is from my political party. My moral philosophy is that you don't rape kids, and there is nothing you can do that earns you a get-out-of-raping-kids-free card.

I’ve read some eye-rolling Heated Rivalry takes, but this one demonstrates such a bad faith interpretation, a misunderstanding of Romance as a genre, and a failure in media literacy and critical thinking skills that I don’t know what to do. 1/ slate.com/life/2025/12...

Out of the mouths of, uh, really obliterated babies

PEOPLE. GUESS WHAT I JUST SAW. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! #birds 🪶

I always love the "other people have it worse so sit down and shut up" argument. Because it means no one should fight for anything ever. Which really absolves the op from ever doing anything of any substance 🙄

Kitschy Christmas is in full swing!

Okay what the actual fuck this actually looks hilarious youtu.be/ZfNLApPCa8E

Twiki says beedy beedy beedy RIP, Buck. <3

Bonhomme is Canada's Godzilla, rising from the wintry depths to repel any threats to the nation. Where it came from, how it can be stopped, we can never know. (Okay, it's a Michelin Man mutated by secret Arctic bomb testing. Don't tell anyone.)

Coot!!

Check out how Christmas Bird Count becomes even easier, and more powerful, when you report your sightings with eBird: help build a continent-wide record while enjoying winter birding at home or in the field.: eBirding on Christmas Bird Counts buff.ly/YBwYzKk #Birds #Canada @birdscanada.bsky.social

Staying up late to block* a finished knit. I hope @kateatherley.bsky.social appreciates it 😂 (*block, in this case, means soaking for ~30 minutes in water with a wee bit of appropriate detergent, then squeezing out the excess water and laying flat to dry)

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE, it's New Bird Day!!

Metaphors! Metaphors! Get your steaming hot Metaphors!

One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.

I've never read anything by Scarlett that didn't make me hoot and holler and cry and fan myself like a southern belle and laugh myself into a stomachache. Buy her books!!

Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:

Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?

This is a god tier thread on a god tier film by a god tier director

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

This entire weekend

Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved movies of all time, including Stand By Me, This is Spinal Tap, and The Princess Bride. His production company also made movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunrise and Michael Clayton. The film industry has lost one of its titans.

Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.

The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff

Fuck.

I’m at a dying mall getting some steps in as the indoor track in Evanston isn’t open. There was a lonely Santa in the middle with zero people waiting. I have never had a photo with Santa because we couldn’t afford it as a kid, and my kid was terrified of him. I bought a scarf and fixed it

Actual #Knitting Content!! 🧶 What are the odds I can get all of this done before Christmas?? (Slim to none, lol) 1. Pair of Christmas socks that only need the heels grafted and the ends woven in. Yarn from @acmefibres.com 2. Blanket in Lion Brand Homespun, ~70 rows left

The fact Robin is losing his position over this is horrible. The grace, class, and dignity with which which he refuses to comply with institutional bigotry, however, is lovely to see. Thanks for using your voice for what's right, Robin.

If anyone has a hankering for shortbread, I highly recommend the Costco Walkers giant* tin o'shortbread. They are delicious. (*it's over 2 kg 😳)

Sound on for birdy footsteps 🤣🤣🤣

Dick Van Dyke is 100! 🤯 My eternal Bert, because even though Mary Poppins came out 16 years before I was born, it's probably the movie I watched the most during my childhood. He had notably dabbled in sci-fi with a Twilight Zone parody in The Dick Van Dyke Show: It May Look Like a Walnut (1963).

As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet. Forever.