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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen J. Geils Band Lyle Lovett and His Large Band Duran Duran The Flatliners Sinéad O'Connor

Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁

Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

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I am disappoint

Further study reveals that “Toronto Blue Jays” is an anagram for “joyous talent, bro.”

AAAAAAAHHH!

Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model #Housing #Toronto #Ontario Local hospitals saved $1.66 million after 48 residents moved into Dunn House, says doctor www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

BLUE JAYS!!!

Alejandro Kirk!

Please repost WIDELY

Had a pretty productive day but all I can think of is everything I didn't get done

Apparently I'm also now a person who writes to the prime minister

#JoyScrolling (for fucking morale)

In the Highlands area of Edmonton, Alberta Canada, Fiasco (‪ @premeemohamed.com 's cat) is still missing. His 'sister', Franca, is home safe. Here are more images of Fiasco. Fiasco is chipped but not collared. He is deeply loved and sorely missed. edmontonacccpets.shelterbuddy.com/animal/anima...

Large heron friend hanging out this morning

Canadian authors take note

I'm gobsmacked. So happy about this and especially that it's royalty free.

A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell. In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know? www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

Strong Thoughts Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk 2024

Let's get an Indigenous art share going too!! If you're an Indigenous/First Nations artist, vendor, beader, etc, share your work and links below!! #IndigenousPeoplesDay ❤️💛🤍🖤

A radio caller requested "Cat's in the Cradle" and said "It reminds me of my son" and the DJ said "Oh nice" but, um, not really?

by = ✍️ buy = 💵 bye = 👋 Bye Bye Bye = 💁🏼‍♂️💁🏻‍♂️💁🏼‍♂️💁🏻‍♂️💁🏻‍♂️

Congratulations to past me for having already put together a contact sheet for the illustrations in this manuscript

Vonnegut on books

"Why did you let that princess go?" one dragon asked another. "He told me he's a prince." "Fair enough. He's still dressed-" "He hasn't told his parents yet." "I see. Did you offer to vouch for him?" "Naturally, but I won't out him." "Of course not. Anyway, does he have any sisters?"

Happy pride month

Pope Hummus VII

Climbing the Giving Tree Leah Dorion ~ Métis c. 2009

Get out and vote today, Canada!

We had a long day working outside but it was cool to see these little buds sprouting. No idea what they are but they were very picturesque holding all the raindrops.

Done!

JUST VOTE

This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record) I don’t remember seeing anything like this before

I am now a person who writes to the premier

Get out and vote today, Ontario!

Reminder that when the Freedom Convoy began, Doug Ford went AWOL snowmobiling in the Muskokas, did little to nothing to support the City of Ottawa as the second biggest city in the province descended into anarchy for 3 weeks, then later refused to testify at the emergencies act inquiry

I will attempt to flesh out why the CBC's broadcast of Cross Country Checkup was so toxic today, since there are some people still expressing confusion or dismay at the criticisms, including my own, leveled at it. 1/? 🧵 #Canada #CBC

It is Black History Month and each day this month I am sharing stories from Canada's Black history. Today it is the story of Mary Ann Shadd, the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first female publisher in Canada! 🧵1/11

This #BlackHistoryMonth let’s celebrate trailblazing American #biochemist Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), 1st Black woman to earn a PhD in #chemistry in the US! 🧪🐡👩🏾‍🔬 #histsci She made important research contributions to the biochemisty of the cell nucleus & cardiovascular issues & our knowledge of 🧵

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery #photography

I love the pattern made as the water around this tree freezes up #OnlyBeautifulThings

The sound a 35mm camera makes when you take a picture, the feeling of forwarding the film, the shushing sensation while rewinding the spool when the roll is done, and the clicky opening of the back of the camera to pop the film out. Just all of it.