Piali Roy
@pialiroy.bsky.social
Let’s see. Toronto. South Asia. Bengali. Human. Home and the World. Once made radio documentaries. Last one re-aired: Madame Helena Blavatsky.
Definitely no Aptos.
Everything is The Onion now ... "U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken’s decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move," www.huffpost.com/entry/rubio-...
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Definitely no Aptos.
My 30th wedding anniversary is coming up next year. Thought about taking the train from Toronto to Vancouver to celebrate but looks like the nice rooms are all booked up. Not sure bunk beds are the way to go! 😂🤣😂
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My 30th wedding anniversary is coming up next year. Thought about taking the train from Toronto to Vancouver to celebrate but looks like the nice rooms are all booked up. Not sure bunk beds are the way to go! 😂🤣😂
I hope there is momentum to turn the Vancouver Whitecaps into Canada’s team and forego complaints of a Toronto bias.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I hope there is momentum to turn the Vancouver Whitecaps into Canada’s team and forego complaints of a Toronto bias.
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Apparently the Ford government is removing the law that prevented Air Miles from expiring. A popular and sensible law, removed to accommodate a business at the expense of regular people.
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Apparently the Ford government is removing the law that prevented Air Miles from expiring. A popular and sensible law, removed to accommodate a business at the expense of regular people.
Wirecutter is a consumerist trap.
Irrationally angry that Wirecutter’s “best Black Friday deals” roundup includes insulting shit like $5 off a $30 Tupperware set and $5 off $43 plain glass vases. Fuck you.
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wirecutter is a consumerist trap.
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Yeah this has become the utter pain of what we once had. Used to be you'd run to Google for a trusted and quick search and now I try to avoid it when I can
Legit ruined their own product to the point of being unrecognizable
Yeah this has become the utter pain of what we once had. Used to be you'd run to Google for a trusted and quick search and now I try to avoid it when I can
Legit ruined their own product to the point of being unrecognizable
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Yeah this has become the utter pain of what we once had. Used to be you'd run to Google for a trusted and quick search and now I try to avoid it when I can
Legit ruined their own product to the point of being unrecognizable
Yeah this has become the utter pain of what we once had. Used to be you'd run to Google for a trusted and quick search and now I try to avoid it when I can
Legit ruined their own product to the point of being unrecognizable
Ok. Pretty much haven’t posted anything since baseball ended. Does that mean I have to post up the Grey Cup? Is there a bandwagon to join?
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ok. Pretty much haven’t posted anything since baseball ended. Does that mean I have to post up the Grey Cup? Is there a bandwagon to join?
The browns are freaking out over the Nehru quote.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The browns are freaking out over the Nehru quote.
Whoa. Mamdani quotes Nehru.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Whoa. Mamdani quotes Nehru.
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I get that some heartbroken Jays fans what there to be ONE REASON to explain the loss, one mistake to blame it all on. But what happened was baseball being baseball to an exceptionally great degree, a dozen or a hundred tiny fractions of a second or an inch determining success or failure
For real though: no game in history had more plays that moved the championship WPA needle more than the Game 7 we just saw. It's either the biggest nailbiter of a game ever, or at least pretty high in the conversation.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I get that some heartbroken Jays fans what there to be ONE REASON to explain the loss, one mistake to blame it all on. But what happened was baseball being baseball to an exceptionally great degree, a dozen or a hundred tiny fractions of a second or an inch determining success or failure
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A quick explainer on Montreal’s election:
The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.
Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.
The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.
Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A quick explainer on Montreal’s election:
The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.
Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.
The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.
Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.
Wait. There’s no 11 pm baseball anymore?
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Wait. There’s no 11 pm baseball anymore?
I wonder if there are doctors who forbid some patients from watching playoffs???
November 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I wonder if there are doctors who forbid some patients from watching playoffs???
I guess I could post about the Great Canadian Baking Show but I am behind by a couple of episodes because of the Jays. Sigh.
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I guess I could post about the Great Canadian Baking Show but I am behind by a couple of episodes because of the Jays. Sigh.
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But his work changed dramatically during the civil rights movement…(3)
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
But his work changed dramatically during the civil rights movement…(3)
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On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
www.usatoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
So how’s the moping coming along?
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
So how’s the moping coming along?
For the next bandwagon playoffs.
And now my major league sports run is over. See you in the spring perchance?
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
For the next bandwagon playoffs.
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Well, the White Caps advanced in the MLS Cup so there’s that
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Well, the White Caps advanced in the MLS Cup so there’s that
Bluesky now.
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Bluesky now.
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It is very fun to have a functional social media site for live things again
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
It is very fun to have a functional social media site for live things again
And now my major league sports run is over. See you in the spring perchance?
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
And now my major league sports run is over. See you in the spring perchance?
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Attachment leads to suffering.
Go Team!
Go Team!
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Attachment leads to suffering.
Go Team!
Go Team!
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watched the end of game 7 from canada and at the end of game canadian tv cut to a literal child crying in blue jays swag
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
watched the end of game 7 from canada and at the end of game canadian tv cut to a literal child crying in blue jays swag
And we shouldn’t get extra tariffs. The Jays did us a favour.
Well at least Carney won’t have to apologize again
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
And we shouldn’t get extra tariffs. The Jays did us a favour.