Editorial Red Pencil of Doom
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Editor. Word person. Bookstore aficionado and occasional bookseller. You say I’m a nerd like it’s a bad thing. Worried Canadian.
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Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
Days in a row spilling food on my shirt at breakfast: 3
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Days in a row spilling food on my shirt at breakfast: 3
Recent experiences have reminded me, forcefully, of the importance of personal networks (close and weak ties, both) during periods of long illness, regardless of ultimate outcome. This story does as well, in a powerful way.
As the cost of living in Toronto continues to rise, and newer, more expensive cancer treatments become available, how will this city cope with the thousands of new cancer cases that are diagnosed each year? thelocal.to/cost-of-canc...
Saving Rhea Seegobin | The Local
For the growing number of Canadians who will get cancer in their lifetimes, the financial stress can be profound. But despite her terminal diagnosis, with the support of her community, Rhea is determi...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Recent experiences have reminded me, forcefully, of the importance of personal networks (close and weak ties, both) during periods of long illness, regardless of ultimate outcome. This story does as well, in a powerful way.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
At least 50 cm of snow has fallen in my neighbourhood today, and it’s not done yet. We have three extra kids staying at our house tonight, because snowstorms don’t stop Magic games from happening, but they do stop players from going home afterwards. I think I have enough storm chips.
January 26, 2026 at 3:10 AM
At least 50 cm of snow has fallen in my neighbourhood today, and it’s not done yet. We have three extra kids staying at our house tonight, because snowstorms don’t stop Magic games from happening, but they do stop players from going home afterwards. I think I have enough storm chips.
This gave me chills. Respect.
Dave Matthews and Tim Ryenolds playing Neil Young’s Ohio last night and ends with some Rage Against the Machine.
January 25, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This gave me chills. Respect.
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
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Not to sound irreverent, rather, holding onto faith and hope in our fellow average human...
Any other PTerry fans that can't stop thinking about The Glorious People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road?
Any other PTerry fans that can't stop thinking about The Glorious People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road?
People are definitely setting up a barricade of trash cans and this couch, in the middle of the street where ICE is.
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
January 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Not to sound irreverent, rather, holding onto faith and hope in our fellow average human...
Any other PTerry fans that can't stop thinking about The Glorious People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road?
Any other PTerry fans that can't stop thinking about The Glorious People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road?
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My local bookshop understands their audience.
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
My local bookshop understands their audience.
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Friends, I’d like to show @ucalgary.bsky.social that @bsky.app is where the cool kids hang out and that they should start posting here more and less/none at TheBadPlace™️. Show them some love by reskeeting this 100000000x. 🧪
January 22, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Friends, I’d like to show @ucalgary.bsky.social that @bsky.app is where the cool kids hang out and that they should start posting here more and less/none at TheBadPlace™️. Show them some love by reskeeting this 100000000x. 🧪
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Smooth current hurries
Slick glass ripples skim the stones
Speed without tumult
(Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles)
Slick glass ripples skim the stones
Speed without tumult
(Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles)
January 22, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Smooth current hurries
Slick glass ripples skim the stones
Speed without tumult
(Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles)
Slick glass ripples skim the stones
Speed without tumult
(Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles)
Found the script for *Casablanca* online, and have been reading it in little bits over the course of the morning. Honestly, it's keeping me sane. Even the script is glorious.
January 21, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Found the script for *Casablanca* online, and have been reading it in little bits over the course of the morning. Honestly, it's keeping me sane. Even the script is glorious.
Jesus Christ.
January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Jesus Christ.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Just a headline spanning the page above the fold of a business-focused national newspaper, all five columns, no image. No biggie. No worries. Fine, fine, everything is fine.
January 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Just a headline spanning the page above the fold of a business-focused national newspaper, all five columns, no image. No biggie. No worries. Fine, fine, everything is fine.
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Very weird to be reminded many people think the worth of social media is how large their engagement numbers are when for me worth is measured in how much nonsense I can post at friends or to the void and how funny/entertaining/informative other people's posts are.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Very weird to be reminded many people think the worth of social media is how large their engagement numbers are when for me worth is measured in how much nonsense I can post at friends or to the void and how funny/entertaining/informative other people's posts are.
No new pictures.
Where are you at mentally?
Where are you at mentally?
January 19, 2026 at 7:08 PM
No new pictures.
Where are you at mentally?
Where are you at mentally?
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the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
This whole thread brings joy. This cat is as smug as the cat who tricked my husband, who has severe cat allergies, into feeding him on the back porch every day with salmon that had been warmed up in the microwave for exactly 7 seconds.
Just imagine - you’re a cat, with presumably a house, but you ignore that house and come instead to *my* house, and you walk in like you own the place, and come and go as you please and do whatever you like whenever you like. Just imagine how smug you’d be. Pretty smug? Not as smug as this bastard.
January 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This whole thread brings joy. This cat is as smug as the cat who tricked my husband, who has severe cat allergies, into feeding him on the back porch every day with salmon that had been warmed up in the microwave for exactly 7 seconds.
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
If the US could not invade Greenland and invoke a NATO reponse, putting my country at war with its closest neighbour, that would be great, thanks. Signed, A Very Stressed Canadian
January 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If the US could not invade Greenland and invoke a NATO reponse, putting my country at war with its closest neighbour, that would be great, thanks. Signed, A Very Stressed Canadian
No words to describe this beauty.
January 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
No words to describe this beauty.
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
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this is the funniest thing i’ve ever read. isaac chotiner interviews a resident of the town from the lottery.
archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
this is the funniest thing i’ve ever read. isaac chotiner interviews a resident of the town from the lottery.
archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
archiveofourown.org/works/73396436