In somewhat bitter irony, my annual mental health crisis coincides with World Mental Health Day.

sherman, for the love of god!

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

many of you would fall prey to this,

This is a really cool story about how Toronto's Don River restoration meant that plants, etc. buried for 150 years came searing back to life. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

I met my wife @ethanquinsey.bsky.social via social media (if Tumblr/A03 count as it)

My confederate neighbor told me the submarine keeps drowning his sailors so I asked how many sailors he has and he said he just goes to the navy and gets new sailors afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding sailors to the ocean and then his commanding officer started crying

OKAY BLUE JAYS LET'S PLAY BALL!

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Happy Yankees Elimination Day to all who celebrate!

The sounds of Torontonians outside my window, whooping, celebrating taking down the Yankees.

The Yankees backstop saying "ok maybe next year" as the last batter is about the strike out is just perfection.

this is very very funny, but I think my favorite part is the implication that Keanu Reeves got suckered into saying yes to a bad play

If you’re trying to divest yourself from using Amazon and its affiliates as much as possible, I really recommend @libro.fm. The monthly membership model is the same, you keep what you buy, and a portion of each sale goes to an indie bookstore of your choice.

I've been pushing "my kindergartener walks to school every day in a neighbourhood full of kids who bike on the street and play street hockey" angle in my angry letters.

Trauma anniversary five years out & I keep thinking "this year it's going to be different, this year I'm going to be fine" like Lucy with the football.

Huge PSA: framed art cat beds are a thing, and you can just swap out the art to make it into the best wedding photo display of all time

#LGBTQWriteAThon "The Lion's Paw" is a novel about an immortal woman whose past (and previous lovers, alive and dead) catch up with her all at once. Dark Shadows meets Orlando meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. Spiritualism, messy artists and messier bisexuals.

The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE

tfw you've been married long enough that your wedding presents start breaking 13 years was a pretty good run for a coffee maker, right?

People like to pretend advertising doesn't work. But a whole generation of conservatives are pining for a era the only existed in 1950s advertising.

let the gourd times roll

kinda expected this to be about a mouse in a waistcoat

M's requested birthday cake this year: a jam sandwich cake. (He is *eight*, HOW)

Sending my kids off for Orange Shirt Day is hitting even harder this year.

Must read!

the law of the short underpass is, at least, immediately self-enforcing

Actually this particular sign is one you probably should obey in advance.

I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log. This tells me two things: 1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day. (212) 486-4430

If you're uncomfortable thinking about the historical intersection of queerness and sex work, maybe you should switch to contemporary romance. If your focus on respectability and monogamy makes you sound like Benny from Rent, maybe switch to straight romance.

If you're cis, trans people are your coalmine canary for a collection of civil liberties. BODILY AUTONOMY: does your body belong to you, or to your parents/husband/state? PRIVACY: do you owe everyone you meet a full medical history? EXPRESSION: to what extent is your clothing a legal matter?

I want queer historical romance that doesn't feel like it was written by a SWERF.

I had a lengthy dream about running a victorious campaign to defend speed cameras. I am annoyed that Ontario is taking up this much space in my subconscious.

The only man I want to hear talk about warriors:

For those who wonder what a modern postal service could look like, one example is in France, where letter carriers provide check-ins on the elderly for very affordable rates, while completing their routes. I encourage everyone to read the whole thing #CanadaPost www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Morning walk

If you are going to refer to chambermaids as "unnecessary" in your historical novel, you have to explain how the chamberpots are getting emptied.

this archetype remains undefeated

Today is the feast day of St Robert of Knaresborough, who died today (September 24th) in 1218. He's my favourite saint, and I visit the cave where he lived whenever I can. Here's a thread of some poems I wrote about / for him.

heh

the perfect wall clock doesn't ex......

We just paid $9k for electrical work at our house, even though my spouse is a journeyman electrician, simply because he didn't feel confident in his skills for the *type* of electrical work required. He will DIY everything except complicated electrical/plumbing work.

[new Isaac Chotiner interview]

What a king. May all the people in ford-voting areas w pathetic “slow down” signs on their lawns make no connections between what they see & voting preferences. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

the US if Tylenol actually caused autism

Anemic girlie breakfast: Steel cut oats, brown sugar, nutmeg, splash of almond milk + a tiny tangerine Oats have iron, vitamin c aids absorption

it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like "A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act." fuck yeah

the rapture is a hilarious idea that the american protestants made up in the mid 19th century as a way for chickenshit losers to spare themselves the miserable horrors they liked imagining for other people skipping suffering??? NOT VERY CATHOLIC TBH