all of these floor crossing takes are missing key details. which holiday party had an open bar? what was the beer selection? snacks?? karaoke???? the people need to know

one day you wake up and you want to buy a poinsettia for the first time

at the DULF constitutional challenge, lawyer offers witness jeremy kalicum, recently convicted of trafficking, a tin. “it’s a mint, i promise,” says the lawyer to laughs in the courtroom.

paparazzi to justin trudeau on a red carpet: “what socks are you wearing tonight”

let the chat record show i sent thoughts and prayers to the jays when it was 2-2

me to PTA: so you agree, freedom and societal progress should not hinge on remembering several complicated passwords

unfortunately paul verhoeven is alive to see this

unfortunately it’s rapture day for a very popular flock of BC ostriches

for followers of the NXIVM saga… 👀 CBC has a podcast series from actor allison mack’s perspective dropping november 10. 👀

putting down omar el akkad’s book and then seeing a portuguese-flagged aid boat in tunisian waters headed for the world’s most starved population has been bombed by a drone on social media. monday.

The murder of journalists is an atrocity designed to cover up the countless atrocities yet to come.

The government of Canada is adamant — with certain, shifting caveats — that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024, and yet Israeli import data and publicly available shipping records appear to contradict that claim. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“so… how was space?” —justin trudeau on a date with katy perry

every century was mid century when you think about it

andrea long chu’s AUTHORITY really is full of bangers

more and more opportunities to say “very 2008”

the buoy is mine (ocean swimming remix)

oh good my library hold on manufacturing consent came in

cherries have a buddy system and i find it very cute

how are we supposed to shitpost in these conditions?

is this a new strain of journalistic malpractice?

next lana album gonna be about marines doing combat rolls on melrose avenue

amerie did a tiny desk yesterday but didn’t mention she writes novels now

the level of delusion required to shop for a couch on marketplace

More than 30,000 people have been displaced by wildfires in Saskatchewan and Manitoba alone – and it’s not even summer yet www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

TLC show “billionaire intervention” when

fixing my own bike feels amazing but only if i tell everyone

a land acknowledgment!

if he’s trying to appeal to gen z here he shoulda chose sambas

oh good, chip wilson’s property company has branded our block “kits corner” while i was away

early 2000s emo still alters my brain chemistry: study

once a year i stare at a mountain long enough to forget i don’t write poetry

happy all fours paperback edition to those who celebrate… am contemplating a re-read

spent the weekend with good friends and their kids. by sunday the four year old was using “cancelled” in a sentence. might be my most toxic trait…

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is sidestepping questions on how the budget for a five-million-dollar task force aimed at cracking down on the Downtown Eastside was approved. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Really proud to be nominated by @canadamediaawards.bsky.social for best podcast! Was such a pleasure working with this amazing team of people at the @globalreportingcentre.org. Listen to State of Play here: globalreportingcentre.org/state-of-play/

birds are absolutely going off today

love reading about AI chatbots fabricating therapy licenses (see @404media.co) and telling unwell people they’re “river walkers” or whatever

“The whole thing feels like Black Mirror.” “He would listen to the bot over me.” “It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.” Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:

if you worry about misinfo, online sleuths, and the rise of crime as entertainment, i’ll be chatting about these things and more with amanda knox next month! register here: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6813c...

do we post tbr piles here? all my library holds came at once, please help #booksky

someone who is better at image sourcing please do a deep dive on this: -whomst made it -is it AI assisted -hulk hogan body?

first question for PM carney: do you also have an alexisonfire hoodie?

so when does alberta’s “kudetah” start

met many people yesterday who hadn’t slept and weren’t thinking about what day it was

They're talking about my riding, Vancouver-Kingsway. FYI: The big polling station in this riding is the site of the attack over the weekend. It's still surrounded by police, memorials, and debris. I have to think that could affect turnout there.

somebody get singh more water!

over on X, MLA Dallas Brodie — a lawyer, allegedly! — is claiming federal and provincial recognitions of Indigenous rights & sovereignty are indulgent charades ("entertaining assertions"!), rather than the result of decades of legal cases won by Indigenous nations

This is a gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...