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This is very helter-skelter stuff, I’m afraid. But what can you expect from an aged inhabitant of the Inferno? (she/her)
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Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
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A new reading list is up today! (with thanks to
@memilies.bsky.social & @scandalabras.bsky.social & @archivefeverdream.bsky.social for theme ideas).
The World Looks Back: A Reading List for Haunted Paths and Places: www.patreon.com/posts/world-...
@memilies.bsky.social & @scandalabras.bsky.social & @archivefeverdream.bsky.social for theme ideas).
The World Looks Back: A Reading List for Haunted Paths and Places: www.patreon.com/posts/world-...
May 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A new reading list is up today! (with thanks to
@memilies.bsky.social & @scandalabras.bsky.social & @archivefeverdream.bsky.social for theme ideas).
The World Looks Back: A Reading List for Haunted Paths and Places: www.patreon.com/posts/world-...
@memilies.bsky.social & @scandalabras.bsky.social & @archivefeverdream.bsky.social for theme ideas).
The World Looks Back: A Reading List for Haunted Paths and Places: www.patreon.com/posts/world-...
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RIP Robert McGinnis. One of the very best. A giant of illustration.
April 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
RIP Robert McGinnis. One of the very best. A giant of illustration.
anyways i suppose i’m trying to be over here again
November 17, 2024 at 12:46 PM
anyways i suppose i’m trying to be over here again
decided to finally play the hidden books game with my coffee this morning. relaxing! i thought. sitting here absolutely incandescent with fury at how long i took to get each of these
November 17, 2024 at 12:44 PM
decided to finally play the hidden books game with my coffee this morning. relaxing! i thought. sitting here absolutely incandescent with fury at how long i took to get each of these
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enjoying HST's obituary of Nixon in celebration. "If the right people had been in charge of Nixon's funeral, his casket would have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
'He Was a Crook'
Hunter S. Thompson's scathing obituary of Nixon
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2023 at 3:07 AM
enjoying HST's obituary of Nixon in celebration. "If the right people had been in charge of Nixon's funeral, his casket would have been launched into one of those open-sewage canals that empty into the ocean just south of Los Angeles." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Time to move this tweet to a site that deserves it. RIP Peter Jennings.
November 30, 2023 at 3:05 AM
Time to move this tweet to a site that deserves it. RIP Peter Jennings.
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Mom, can you come pick me up? The best lack all conviction and the worst are filled with passionate intensity
November 20, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Mom, can you come pick me up? The best lack all conviction and the worst are filled with passionate intensity
Oh, I did NOT realize this was happening this year, and I DO need to acquire it immediately amp.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...
The Letters of Seamus Heaney review – amazing grace | Seamus Heaney | The Guardian
Generosity, warmth and joie de vivre characterise this collection of the great poet’s letters
amp.theguardian.com
November 17, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Oh, I did NOT realize this was happening this year, and I DO need to acquire it immediately amp.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...
For me, there’s one (TV theme song/opening credits) that tops any other youtu.be/EL-D9LrFJd4?...
Westworld
Ripper Street
MASH
Shrinking
Justified (not a big fan of hip hop, like bluegrass a bit more, but put them together and apparently I love it 🤷🏻♀️)
Ripper Street
MASH
Shrinking
Justified (not a big fan of hip hop, like bluegrass a bit more, but put them together and apparently I love it 🤷🏻♀️)
What are the best TV theme songs (opening credits) of all time? Not the best shows but the best opening songs that immediately get you pumped when you hear the first few notes.
My top 5 (not in order)
- Westworld
- Charmed
- The X-Files
- What We Do in the Shadows
- TrueBlood
My top 5 (not in order)
- Westworld
- Charmed
- The X-Files
- What We Do in the Shadows
- TrueBlood
November 10, 2023 at 9:18 PM
For me, there’s one (TV theme song/opening credits) that tops any other youtu.be/EL-D9LrFJd4?...
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Feels like the huge cyberattacks on the British Library should be bigger news, it's causing absolute havoc www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
British Library targeted by hackers as website and services down in cyber-attack
Hackers have launched a cyber attack on the British Library that has caused a "major technology outage" with the NCSC and cyber specialists now carrying out an investigation
www.mirror.co.uk
November 8, 2023 at 9:58 PM
Feels like the huge cyberattacks on the British Library should be bigger news, it's causing absolute havoc www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Adania Shibli: “I was always afraid that one day I would wake up and I wouldn’t have language, this is my fear. And in the last four weeks language has deserted me, it was like it was not there. Whenever I tried, I failed.” www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...
‘In the last four weeks language has deserted me’: Adania Shibli on being shut down
Speaking out for the first time since the cancellation of her award ceremony at the Frankfurt book fair, the Palestinian author sheds light on her work and the power of linguistics and erasure
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Adania Shibli: “I was always afraid that one day I would wake up and I wouldn’t have language, this is my fear. And in the last four weeks language has deserted me, it was like it was not there. Whenever I tried, I failed.” www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...
Oh ho ho I just remembered that my darling pal Emily isn’t on Here so I can actually show someone the absolutely beautiful mug that’s on its way to her for her birthday. I am sooo in love with it!
November 10, 2023 at 8:53 PM
Oh ho ho I just remembered that my darling pal Emily isn’t on Here so I can actually show someone the absolutely beautiful mug that’s on its way to her for her birthday. I am sooo in love with it!
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Folklore holds that all that the tide touches belongs to the King-Under-the-Sea. Most fisher-folk talk of paying the tidal tithe in libation. In some harbours this is known as 'sweetening the salt', others have it as 'giving The Deeps their due'. – C.L. Nolan
November 10, 2023 at 6:05 PM
Folklore holds that all that the tide touches belongs to the King-Under-the-Sea. Most fisher-folk talk of paying the tidal tithe in libation. In some harbours this is known as 'sweetening the salt', others have it as 'giving The Deeps their due'. – C.L. Nolan
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...this seems to fit the aesthetic of many of my friends, so here:
October 31, 2023 at 10:46 AM
...this seems to fit the aesthetic of many of my friends, so here:
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one of the funnier book to screen transformations is frankenstein's monster being a silent, lurching creature when in the books he just cannot stop giving melodramatic monologues? he talks SO MUCH about like the ineffable human spirit & poetry and the movie monster is like "gruhhhhhhh"
October 31, 2023 at 2:02 AM
one of the funnier book to screen transformations is frankenstein's monster being a silent, lurching creature when in the books he just cannot stop giving melodramatic monologues? he talks SO MUCH about like the ineffable human spirit & poetry and the movie monster is like "gruhhhhhhh"
Also literally who cares, as long as they’re not being jerks or making things scary/unsafe for the little ones. You got that candy to give away
Because I have already had to defend "adults" trick or treating today.
Here it is for everyone.
NO ONE can reliably tell age. What you may think is a 20 year old might be a tall 11 year old who got hit hard by puberty and just wants to trick or treat with her cousins.
Give everyone candy!
Here it is for everyone.
NO ONE can reliably tell age. What you may think is a 20 year old might be a tall 11 year old who got hit hard by puberty and just wants to trick or treat with her cousins.
Give everyone candy!
October 31, 2023 at 11:47 AM
Also literally who cares, as long as they’re not being jerks or making things scary/unsafe for the little ones. You got that candy to give away
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Also I get why people don't think adults deserve candy but you know what it means when an old person shows up on your doorstep asking for hospitality on a sacred night, right? We all know that, right? This is a story that is almost universal in its provenance?
Because I have already had to defend "adults" trick or treating today.
Here it is for everyone.
NO ONE can reliably tell age. What you may think is a 20 year old might be a tall 11 year old who got hit hard by puberty and just wants to trick or treat with her cousins.
Give everyone candy!
Here it is for everyone.
NO ONE can reliably tell age. What you may think is a 20 year old might be a tall 11 year old who got hit hard by puberty and just wants to trick or treat with her cousins.
Give everyone candy!
October 30, 2023 at 10:47 PM
Also I get why people don't think adults deserve candy but you know what it means when an old person shows up on your doorstep asking for hospitality on a sacred night, right? We all know that, right? This is a story that is almost universal in its provenance?
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Going to see this on Friday, and I am so, so excited about it! www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre...
October 1, 2023 at 11:28 PM
Going to see this on Friday, and I am so, so excited about it! www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre...
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I am absolutely over the damn moon to have gotten to review Elizabeth Hand's A Haunting on the Hill for the New York Times!!!!! www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/b...
A Fitting — and Frightening — Homage to ‘The Haunting of Hill House’
Apparitions, black hares and time warps festoon the pages of Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill,” set in the same moldering mansion as Shirley Jackson’s classic horror novel.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2023 at 2:31 PM
I am absolutely over the damn moon to have gotten to review Elizabeth Hand's A Haunting on the Hill for the New York Times!!!!! www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/b...
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twitter is like the internet version of when they make public benches really uncomfortable so people can't sleep on them
September 12, 2023 at 3:28 AM
twitter is like the internet version of when they make public benches really uncomfortable so people can't sleep on them