Ow, right in the Canada 😭

Fine, I’ll watch Heated Rivalry. 😅

Firearms belong to liberals now.

One nice thing about these trying times is that we get to pull ‘quisling’ out of the ol’ vocabulary storage trunk and put it into regular rotation. The reason we can do that sucks, obviously. I just appreciate a word that’s fun to say and gives my q key more exercise.

Has anyone seen Remi’s neck? He lost it somewhere. 😩

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Perhaps the surest sign of AI not being super intelligent is the amount of tailored scams targeting the finances of authors, which is as rewarding as trying to mug a seagull.

Finally remembered my password after ? months. Did I miss anything?

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

I voted! Didn’t get a sticker, but I voted! (And got to take my older kid to vote for the first time 🥹)

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

The horrors persist, but so do (Canadian indie) authors who offer us a wee vacation to refresh us before we face the horrors again. Backed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/kri...

1984 is even scarier than the last time I read it. Weird.

Just the headline PP hoped to see in the NYT. Who me Trumpian?

I wonder what Martha Stewart would say about all the insider trading going on at the White House.

Excited to see a new season of Black Mirror is available but can’t imagine it’s any more surreal than the real world at this point.

Gone reading. Byeeee!

Is there an app like Pinterest that doesn’t allow AI images? I like it for recipes, but pretty soon I won’t trust them, either. I’m 100% not interested in using fake images to inspire any part of my life (or in supporting further AI generation)

How does she know when I’m about to get up? Never fails. Now she’s purring and I’m stuck. 🥰

These are the same people that were willing to let their grandparents die so they could eat at Arby's again without a mask

Drake also stepped back from his beef with Kendrick after “Not Like Us” dropped. Did that stop Kendrick? No, he took his hating all the way to the Super Bowl. Don’t be fooled. Be like Kendrick.

Four neighbourhood outdoor cats have decided my deck is their hangout spot. I love cats, but these ones are here because they want to eat my bird friends. Feline delinquents! Fluffians! 😫

This VLog brought me to tears. "Ashlee Shingoose." Say her name. Yes, Tod, "this is what leadership looks like." Thank you, Manitoba Premier, Canadian leader, Wab Kinew. Rest in peace, Ashlee. Rest in peace. www.youtube.com/shorts/LVmdu...

This suggested alt text is downright disrespectful.

One of these days I’m going to learn to not look at work emails before I’m at my desk. Today was not that day.

“Don’t paint real wood” they said. Fine, I won’t. But this is now my THIRD attempt at finding a paint colour that makes the cupboards look “not horribly dated and gross.” (In a shocking turn of events, CSP-760 is a strong contender.)

This aged badly

i’m losing it

One day off this week. Time to do some home maintenance!

I watched this on CBC Gem and it’s INCREDIBLE. Funny and smart and warm and GORGEOUS.

*checks the TL* Oh, I see we're doing "authors are landlords" again. Because *checks notes* one of the world's biggest companies is profiting off torrented work. 🤦🏻

A pox on Meta. On all days, but especially on this day.

Book mail! I’ll have a few copies of Princes and Pawns (and everything else) at ‘SciFi on the Rock’ next weekend!

Guess the musical: 🍞⛓️‍💥🍴🙏🏭💇‍♀️💀👮‍♂️🏃👧🏰☁️💃🕺💙💗💔😮🗓️🇫🇷🤺🤺🤺💥💀🍻🤺🤺🤺💀💀💀🪑👰🤵💃🕺👻 (Shhhh, I’m being productive)

Posts that make a good point and then order me to “read that again” make me irrationally pissy.

I kept waiting for an “okay, so in some ways he’s not following the dictator playbook” and all I got was “thank god he’s not taking his shirt off” youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?...

I love a used book with notes. This one only has the start and end date of someone’s read-through (CHALLENGE ACCEPTED), but also the pages smell really nice. I hope this stranger is doing okay in these troubled times. 🥰

Y’all how long is mercury in Renesmee

If you’re unable to find understanding and empathy for those different than you, you’re weak. If you can’t see how we’re better off when we take care of our neighbors, you’re foolish. Love *always* wins in the end.

Ozymandias

Great Italian idiom for you: specchietto per le allodole. "A mirror for skylarks." Literally, people would hunt larks w/a mirror to attract them into nets. Figuratively, it means using flashy promises/actions to fool gullible people from focusing on real issues. Good thing that's not a problem now!

I'm only one book sale away from getting my Kobo royalty payout! 👀 If you're a fan of urban/paranormal fantasy stories set in Canada, consider mine? (Only $2.99!) Books2read.com/FortunesShadow

"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say

“Y’all need to get your shit together.” -me to my chess pieces