Melanie Baker
@melle.ca
Reader, writer, editor, baker, sock zoologist, universal aunt, wayward. Tell your dog I said hi. (she/they) 🐾🖋🍪🇨🇦🏴☠️ | melle most places | linktr.ee/melledotca
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Cartoon: Loch Nessman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Cartoon: Loch Nessman.
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Nobody tell him about sledding on farms, where the risk at the bottom was often fence posts and either barbed wire or electric. 😂
Though our place was flat, so we towed the toboggan with an ATV. If you could hang on while being whipped THROUGH snowbanks with my brother driving? Invincible. 💪
Though our place was flat, so we towed the toboggan with an ATV. If you could hang on while being whipped THROUGH snowbanks with my brother driving? Invincible. 💪
I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing, yeah we would sled down hills in the winter with whatever we had on hand, toboggans, crazy carpets, tubes 😂 someone always got injured because of jumps on the hills or wipeouts #Canada
Credit to momodoulk
Credit to momodoulk
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Nobody tell him about sledding on farms, where the risk at the bottom was often fence posts and either barbed wire or electric. 😂
Though our place was flat, so we towed the toboggan with an ATV. If you could hang on while being whipped THROUGH snowbanks with my brother driving? Invincible. 💪
Though our place was flat, so we towed the toboggan with an ATV. If you could hang on while being whipped THROUGH snowbanks with my brother driving? Invincible. 💪
Upon burning my finger while making dinner, I could hear my mother in my head saying I needed to run it under cold water or put ice on it to "get the heat out."
Although, per folk science, it's winter, so our blood gets thicker to keep us warm. Would that prevent drawing the heat out? 😂
Although, per folk science, it's winter, so our blood gets thicker to keep us warm. Would that prevent drawing the heat out? 😂
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Upon burning my finger while making dinner, I could hear my mother in my head saying I needed to run it under cold water or put ice on it to "get the heat out."
Although, per folk science, it's winter, so our blood gets thicker to keep us warm. Would that prevent drawing the heat out? 😂
Although, per folk science, it's winter, so our blood gets thicker to keep us warm. Would that prevent drawing the heat out? 😂
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This thread is a GIFT.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This thread is a GIFT.
Everything will be carcinized. Including pedestrians.
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Everything will be carcinized. Including pedestrians.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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If you're a Canadian citizen or resident and you haven't already, please consider signing Petition E-6864! The goal is to enable 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals to seek asylum in Canada on the basis of gender/sexual discrimination. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6864 - Petitions
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
www.ourcommons.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If you're a Canadian citizen or resident and you haven't already, please consider signing Petition E-6864! The goal is to enable 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals to seek asylum in Canada on the basis of gender/sexual discrimination. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
This stuff is awesome. Smells amazing and my skin slurps it down like a hen party into margaritas.
Can’t remember where I saw the reco, so if it was here, THANK YOU.
Can’t remember where I saw the reco, so if it was here, THANK YOU.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This stuff is awesome. Smells amazing and my skin slurps it down like a hen party into margaritas.
Can’t remember where I saw the reco, so if it was here, THANK YOU.
Can’t remember where I saw the reco, so if it was here, THANK YOU.
My Mom (grandma) asked the kids what they want for Christmas, and my niece said she wants three Edible Arrangements.
I got her a big one for her Grade 8 graduation (which was mid-pandemic, so kinda sucky) and apparently it’s lived rent-free in her head ever since. 😂
I got her a big one for her Grade 8 graduation (which was mid-pandemic, so kinda sucky) and apparently it’s lived rent-free in her head ever since. 😂
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My Mom (grandma) asked the kids what they want for Christmas, and my niece said she wants three Edible Arrangements.
I got her a big one for her Grade 8 graduation (which was mid-pandemic, so kinda sucky) and apparently it’s lived rent-free in her head ever since. 😂
I got her a big one for her Grade 8 graduation (which was mid-pandemic, so kinda sucky) and apparently it’s lived rent-free in her head ever since. 😂
Today I spoke with genuine human young people and learned that they have email addresses AND carry wallets.
Striking a blow against social media misinformation. 💪
Striking a blow against social media misinformation. 💪
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Today I spoke with genuine human young people and learned that they have email addresses AND carry wallets.
Striking a blow against social media misinformation. 💪
Striking a blow against social media misinformation. 💪
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I have bought a ton of little low tech things over the course of the last couple years and I have made a few purchases that were very small but life changing for a middle aged lady:
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I have bought a ton of little low tech things over the course of the last couple years and I have made a few purchases that were very small but life changing for a middle aged lady:
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but a day spent reading Agatha Christie in a Scottish Highlands Cottage in front of a crackling fireplace whilst indulging in a plate of emotional support scones will indeed fix you.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but a day spent reading Agatha Christie in a Scottish Highlands Cottage in front of a crackling fireplace whilst indulging in a plate of emotional support scones will indeed fix you.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
There are two kinds of elderly ladies I tend to encounter with the dog: those who want nothing to do with us and those who would probably steal her from me.
I don’t fancy my chances fighting them off; those dames grew up on farms.
I don’t fancy my chances fighting them off; those dames grew up on farms.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There are two kinds of elderly ladies I tend to encounter with the dog: those who want nothing to do with us and those who would probably steal her from me.
I don’t fancy my chances fighting them off; those dames grew up on farms.
I don’t fancy my chances fighting them off; those dames grew up on farms.
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Sneak Peek | Heated Rivalry (Crave Original)
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November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
He looks like the love child of Fidel Castro and Matt LeBlanc.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
He looks like the love child of Fidel Castro and Matt LeBlanc.
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Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
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This is why you have to love the work. When publishing and fortune kick you in the face, the page will still be there for you. When all you get are nos, the story will be your yes. You can't count on sales or marketing money, but you can count on the feeling of flow, of creation, the joy of art.
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is why you have to love the work. When publishing and fortune kick you in the face, the page will still be there for you. When all you get are nos, the story will be your yes. You can't count on sales or marketing money, but you can count on the feeling of flow, of creation, the joy of art.
I have a hot date — taking my friend with me to Costco. She’s never been.
Where do I even start???
Where do I even start???
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I have a hot date — taking my friend with me to Costco. She’s never been.
Where do I even start???
Where do I even start???
Here, please.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Here, please.
That cheese noshed its way to the top via every charcuterie board in Hollywood.
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
That cheese noshed its way to the top via every charcuterie board in Hollywood.