Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

Never swallow the Dentic.

The job situation is apocalyptic out there for people under 30. Whatever our civic, provincial, and federal governments are trying to do to create more jobs, it's not working.

i took a stab at editing ezra klein’s most recent comments about trans people and electoral politics to make a point often lost by the american liberal commentariat

The maplewashing at Costco is getting worse. "Proudly Canadian Brand" has always been the worst, but "Prepared in Canada" is new to me. Meaning the final step of production is in Canada, but less than 50% if the product is Canadian.

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I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

BREAKING: Trump signs executive order declaring that a McDonalds cheeseburger is a vegetable and part of a healthy diet.

Americans are so financially oppressed (I can't lose my job/I have to pay my rent) the only way many of them seem to be able to protest is by *spending less*. They finally have their moment of action.

Name that animal. It looked like a bear before I took the photo. Now I'm not so sure.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

As a kid, I was taught to be nice. It's easy to believe you're being kind when all you've been taught is to be nice. They are *not* the same. It's a "better to get out of that house asap" situation. I have taught my children to be kind.

Excuse me, a *WHAT* WORM??!? (silently updates plans to never visit Australia)

No Disney means no Tron Ares in 3 weeks. I didn't make the rules.

Even with its faults, the Canadian medical system kicks ass. Just wish my lungs were also kicking ass right now.

Oh this is delightfully anti-Disney and I am here for it.

Telling that this dumb as shit US Ambassador describes the "Me Too" movement as anti-American.

Having a Disney+ subscription is now just as cool as driving a cybertruck.

US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve

Communication with my co-workers is mostly meme based.

Canadian collective attitudes towards America can be explained as an INFJ door slam. (or maybe that's just me)

Boycott Disney. Elbows up is international. 🇨🇦

IMO, Stewart won the night. Masterful.

Evergreen post.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

I am attending a presentation by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social right now and it is BLOWING my mind

COVID was bad enough, but now you're telling me there are *other* infectious diseases that can painfully incapacitate me? Coughing leads to more coughing, and every cough is quite painful. Boo/Yuck/Ow

This is exceptionally cool. My partner and I would love to give walking around Stanley Park seawall a try, but would love to be able to bail partway through and take the bus home if need be. Stanley Park Accessibility FTW.

Describe a single historical precedent for defeating authoritarians by being nicer to them.

It always stings that the lyrics to Genesis' "Land of Confusion" have aged like sour milk: "I won't be coming home tonight. My generation will put it right. We're not just making promises. That we know we'll never keep." In the 80s, this song was a beautiful rallying cry. Oof.

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

The + is for the cishet people who also like lemonade. ... unless ...

This is bafflegab. What results do you get when you have no objectives to measure against? Results like annual wildfire smoke warnings and entire communities burned to the ground? Results like 619 heat dome deaths? Results like droughts and global refugee crises? What’s the goal here?

Finally watched Midsommar last night, and came away awed. I thought it was really one of the best movies I've seen in years. I'm spending this morning wondering what that means about me as a person...

Vancouver starting to form a different version of "when it happens". Orange sky bad.

The air is a beautiful hue of orange this evening.

We've got prototype playtesting, a game jam, community tables for local projects and community groups... Come see what the fuss is about at www.protoconbc.ca, and support indie designers! Maybe you'll find your next new game??

Yarr! We be sailing the Protocon Seas this November!

Apparently the Vancouver smoke today is primarily from Washington state. So, get on that America...

Air quality suddenly awful in Vancouver with wildfire smoke, reminding us the fires await us all. Squamish looks awful.

🎶 Don't go into politics, you'll end up dead... 🎶

My personal warrant canary: If you ever see an mdash in one of my posts - that's not me.

This is Parker, she was shot in the head in Los Angeles for protesting ICE kidnappings and ethnic cleansing. She recovered and is now back to protesting because in times of fascism nobody can afford to do nothing. “We need everybody” “I call for revolution, it starts here” #3E

I got this queued up for when the news drops.

I don't post too much these days. I think of myself as more a lurker. When I was younger, I posted more. I thought my ideas were always interesting, but in retrospect those posts had too much self importance. Today, I don't lurk, I listen.

I've enjoyed Jesse Welles on and off, extremely talented. The idea of protest music coming back in the 2020s gives a little hope on dark times. His latest release, Siddhartha, is a thing of beauty.

That.. may have been the worst episode of Star Trek ever. Not just Strange New Worlds. Just abysmal. Just skip it. Or prepare to give up on the show entirely after you've seen it. There's been exactly one good episode this season, and even that was a bit fan servicey. Missing the inspired episodes.

The reason Sinners is so good is that it’s not a horror movie. It is a film about the Black experience, and the immigrant experience in America. It tells the story of marginalized peoples and uses vampires as allegory to tell that story. It is SO much more than a “vampire movie.”