"Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before.” William Goldman, who died on this day in 2018

It's still wild to me how much we've memory holed Occupy Wallstreet.

3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment. 2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.

Not #SpittingImage! Studio Canal is taking down their episodes! Satire under attack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUON...

Starbucks Workers are on strike! And their Downtown Disney locations are looking for allies to rally with them today on Red Cup Day! Join them at 4pm Disney Way and Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92802. Sign here, pledge to not cross any SB picket lines! tinyurl.com/nocoffeepledge

“I have to tell them not to run or Garmr will think they’re food.”

On this day in 1918, the First World War came to an end. Across Canada, people celebrated in the streets. Over 600,000 Canadians enlisted, with 60,000 killed and 172,000 wounded. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 canadaehx.com/2022/11/08/c...

How about we make sure to stay away from all American online sites this Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas? www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11...

Looks like there's an effort underway to issue a recall petition for Danielle Smith as well. Website: recalldaniellesmith.ca FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/41699... #Alberta #ableg #abpoli

Time for @schumer.senate.gov to go. Use this letter campaign to demand Senate Dems who opposed this terrible bill REMOVE Schumer as Senate Minority Leader. OR lose our donations and support.

"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us.” Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934

Social studies

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

Fuck #Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol who makes grotesque 6,666 times more than the average employee. @rbreich.bsky.social

The first rule as a socialist is that you will spend the rest of your life explaining socialism to people intent on misunderstanding it.

This is Lukas. It's his first time swimming. He's kinda nervous, but we think he's doing a great job. 13/10 (TT: lukassss707)

I love the well educated.

“To stir the masses, to appeal to their higher, better selves, to set them thinking for themselves, and to hold ever before them the ideal of mutual kindness and good will, based upon mutual interests, is to render real service to the cause of humanity.” Eugene V. Debs

“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.” Eugene V. Debs

"Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality, but by the higher duty I owe to myself." Eugene Debs

PM Carney on Poilievre’s economic plan: "We can retreat, slash the deficit, hope for the best—wait and see if the trickle-down ever comes. That will gut the support to the most vulnerable Canadians just when they need that support the most. And it won’t grow our economy." ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️

I'm watching your movie Vice, about Dick Cheney, on Fawsome, which is a free ad-supported streaming service. It is excellent and recommend everybody watch it. Remember, there is nothing wrong with using Cheney's death as an opportunity to promote your movie about him. fawesome.tv/movies/10503...

Sarah Bernhard in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 said it best:

Even Nice News is allowed to be a little bit naughty.

It can be disheartening for liberals to try to be the best versions of ourselves when conservatives can be the worst with impunity. But it’s good to have a soul.

We Need to Talk About Carney ~Kevin~ @mark-carney.bsky.social

The wonderful world of Conservativia.

STANDING ROOM ONLY! (Also not true, but there is, well, STAND-UP)

We’ve been open all night, and now the end is near. The con closes today at 5pm pacific, so be sure to check out the amazing indie creators in artist alley! virtualcreator.org

Counting down one minute until the clock falls back an hour because greedy golf course owners had lobbied to put us through this DST for an extra hour of tee time, and then blamed the farmers.

Reggie can celebrate, but we all love Archie.

Oh, come on, they are literally orchestrating this into an American sports movie trope.

All of these posts without upper case, punctuation or unabbreviated words makes me think it’s the new e e cummings bandwagon.

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE

Thoughts? #philosophy

On the eve of his second election — on October 31, 1936 — FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests. Today’s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.

No Halloween costume will top this one tonight. Weird, the walls are kinda melting…

🚨MESSAGE TO PATRIOTIC CANADIANS🚨 Sign the petition to remove Pete Hoekstra (United States Ambassador) from Canada. It is time to send a message and for him to kick rocks. Sign here: c.org/hSzWhFQsDT ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

I have too much respect to call you anything like that. Well, maybe except for Merriam Crane-The Devil and Miss Webster.

The ironic metaness of a game subversively critiquing crime whose company is subversively committing crime.

We didn’t start the fire. Or maybe we did. Vancouver is Awesome!

On Oct. 31, 1926, Charles Vance Millar died at his office desk in Toronto. Then things got weird. His will stipulated that the bulk of his fortune would go to the woman who had the most children in the next 10 years. This is the story of The Great Stork Derby. 🧵 1/12

Take care of him. Or he’ll take care of YOU.

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe did set a precedent.