I'm a vicar in a small rural village. I could never say this to my flock because of the outcry, but Reform are blatantly opposed to genuine Christian values and it's clear that anyone considering voting for them has not been listening to a single word I say each week

My petition to the Government of #Canada about #Gaelic publisher funding is open to sign by Canadian citizens & residents until 11am EST, 5 Dec 2025! 🇨🇦 Please sign & share to all the Canadians you know TODAY! 🙏

My Christmas at the Forum thread from my company account! Haligonians, if you're planning to come do your holiday shopping, check out my advice!

when they said there'd be bread and circuses, they should have specified that the bread would cost 200% more than it did four years ago and the circuses are only available on your least favourite streaming network for $19.99/month

ahh another beautiful day in the glorious age of technology, sure hope my doorbell doesn’t stop working because an online bookstore took over and then broke the entire internet

5pm on November 1: let’s go for a walk, it’s still light out! 5pm on November 2: an early darkness blankets the land. Fallow fields lay bone-bleached by moonlight. The last memories of summer fade into oblivion. The last echoes of hope lapse into baleful silence.

me watching for the first leaf to fall so I can switch to a seasonal diet of hearty soups and rich stews

Our Nova Scotia #Gaelic flag sales to the USA🇺🇸 and UK🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧 have reopened for a very short window! All orders must be in by THU 4 SEP 2025. US orders go out Fri Sep 5 by USPS. UK Sep 15 Royal Mail. Due to the unfortunate tariff nonsense, we don't forsee having another chance to ship to the USA in 2025.

Tha sinn a' reic na brataich againn dha na Stàitean Aonaichte agus an Rìoghachd Aonaichte a-rithist fad greiseag! Cuir an òrdugh agad a-steach ro DHIARDAOIN an 4mh dhen t-Sultain, an t-seachdain seo fhèin! Mòran taing! #gàidhlig

Happy weekend! From c. 3,600 years ago, here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙 Blue faience, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c... 📷 by me #Archaeology

[optimistic for the future of human life on earth] it's good that we're getting a hurricane soon, it might put out some of the uncontrollable wildfires

me as a kid: wow I can't wait until we have robots and computers for everything me now: if this toaster makes me download an app I am slipping out into the night to start a new life as a mysterious figure occasionally glimpsed in the fog

obsessed with this vague notice from the government of Nova Scotia. Like it’s definitely about the new fire restrictions, but it also looks like a poster you’d find yellowed and curled on the bulletin board of a diner in a town where locals won’t talk about their missing kids

It was lovely to be back on "Naoi du Deich" this morning with Cathy Bhàn NicDhòmhnaill talking about translated Gaelic children's books, including our brand-new 𝗕𝗶𝗱𝗵 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗹, the translation of Teddy Is Ready by Cape Breton author/illustrator Joanne MacDonald! 1/🧵

It's the 5-year anniversary of the ANNA RUADH book launch!

Facebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).

the ability of AI to "understand" satire

OK this actually clears up a lot for me. Also reminds me of what our standard poodles look like when they stand up on 2 legs. We call them “person in a poodle suit”…

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Thank you to the Nova Scotia Journal of Sustainable Community Development for the interview and cover photo focusing on my work with Bradan Press! A lovely focus for Mìos nan Gàidheal / #Gaelic Month in #NovaScotia! sustainablens.ca/2025/04/gael-force-keeping-scottish-roots-alive-in-nova-scotia/

“It’s a living document” is my favorite way of saying I have not had time to edit this

Here's a handy gif summary of today: imgflip.com/gif/9t327a

Whenever it comes across your timeline, it must be shared. I don’t make the rules. This is the way. (Also appropriate for the weather in Halifax today)

Here's a handy gif summary of today: imgflip.com/gif/9t327a

If you want to know how to say #elbowsup in #Gaelic, here it is: Uilleannan suas! I've just reprinted this sticker and all the others in the original thread are still available too! (Translations are in alt text on the thread.)

Mayflower = neòinean-chùbhraidh #gaelic #gàidhlig 🌸

In advance of World Press Freedom Day tomorrow, ELP and @fpcc.ca are excited to launch a new #journalism resource: “Say it With Respect: A Journalists’ Guide to Reporting on Indigenous & Minoritized Languages, Language Endangerment, and Language Revitalization" 🗞️ ⅙ #langsky 🐦🐦

Mòran taing Speakers Nova Scotia!

The average American has 3 friends

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About 20 years ago I paid USD $40,000 for 4 years of daycare & preschool. I was a professor & it was ~17% of my gross salary. No grandparent support; nobody’s fault, life happened. I literally couldn’t afford to have a 2nd kid.

Heather Rankin says it best: CBC is a lifeline for Canadian artists. No CBC = fewer voices, fewer stories, less Canada. Vote strategically. Save the CBC. #SaveTheCBC #CdnPoli #PublicBroadcasting

Driving home over the MacKay Bridge. A view of Tufts Cover power station, the Narrows, and the MacDonald Bridge. Nice evening. (I usually don't get to take videos like this since I'm usually the one driving!) #halifax #novascotia

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Me in the 2nd national security group chat

Gave a quote to Scot. poli editor at The Times re Vance’s fake “Scots-Irish” identity claim. My full criticism was more scathing ofc but we need to help chip away at the racist nonsense anyway. Told them I was informed & inspired by Terra Vance & @brianhalpin.bsky.social. Listen to Appalachians!

It is super windy in Dartmouth tonight and somewhere outside my window is an uncapped chain link fence post that is catching the wind just right and howling & whistling 😳😣

Selling my late mother-in-law’s Kraft peanut butter teddy bear jar in HRM. Classic Canadiana out of a Nova Scotian kitchen 💚🧸

Several of the business leaders and tech CEOs behind the Build Canada lobbying effort are interested in a “DOGE” for Canada, and have even created a website that looks kinda like Doge.gov. My story today for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

I had many emotions today. Tomorrow I would like fewer emotions

Mine is individually part of my livelihood. 🤬🤬🤬

Sin e. All women have testosterone as well. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Listen to trans people. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

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 annexation threat hasn’t changed, of course, and we know that T isn’t mentioning it right now because he was asked not to until after April 28. And we know why 🫠

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Today I learned (#CanCon)

Iongantach 🤣

Overheard on the train in DC today: Person #1: I don't want to talk about that. You know I don't do politics. Person #2: Yeah, but politics is doing you right now so we are going to talk about it. . Y'all. If you can be anyone, be Person #2: my new hero. 🫶🏼