Sue Gawley
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Curious Canadian catching concise clever conversations. *not guaranteeing contributions are of a similar nature.
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.
If I were writing a character whose first language isn't English (or was pretending to be such) I would SO use these!
A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
December 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If I were writing a character whose first language isn't English (or was pretending to be such) I would SO use these!
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
The whole thread is fun!
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The whole thread is fun!
Saving this list!
📚Hey lovely people, since we're coming into the silly season, I thought it might be an idea to share my go-to cosy/comedy fantasy authors for a good, sanity-inducing laugh. If you're looking for an awesome read, you can't go wrong with the following:
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Saving this list!
I admit, it got me.
nobody:
absolutely nobody:
me: it’s the creature from the black legume
absolutely nobody:
me: it’s the creature from the black legume
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I admit, it got me.
Thread...
Back in the 1920s, when flying still felt like climbing onto a lawnmower with wings, Canada had a rule — unwritten but ironclad:
“Aviation is for men.”
But one nineteen-year-old textile worker from Hamilton never gave a damn about that.
“Aviation is for men.”
But one nineteen-year-old textile worker from Hamilton never gave a damn about that.
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thread...
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
Agreed. It isn't long to wait, but especially now, it's important to remember, and to honour what they were fighting for. And maybe remember to stand up for what's right, hopefully before it gets to such dire consequences.
Just a gentle reminder that its November 2nd. If you arent doing it already, everyone should be wearing poppies until noon on November 11th. Then Christmas your faces off.
A little etiquette for the observance of veterans who sacrificed so much for our freedom isnt asking too much. Is it?
A little etiquette for the observance of veterans who sacrificed so much for our freedom isnt asking too much. Is it?
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Agreed. It isn't long to wait, but especially now, it's important to remember, and to honour what they were fighting for. And maybe remember to stand up for what's right, hopefully before it gets to such dire consequences.
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Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Toronto Blue Jays for the win!!
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Toronto Blue Jays for the win!!
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Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
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I am so embarrassed to having to do this but I need 600 for a surgery to happen on 10/31 for my severe carpal tunnel on my left wrist as well as a ganglion cyst that's gotten too close to my artery
So I am selling some pieces!
I know everyone is tight right now but reposting is love
So I am selling some pieces!
I know everyone is tight right now but reposting is love
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I am so embarrassed to having to do this but I need 600 for a surgery to happen on 10/31 for my severe carpal tunnel on my left wrist as well as a ganglion cyst that's gotten too close to my artery
So I am selling some pieces!
I know everyone is tight right now but reposting is love
So I am selling some pieces!
I know everyone is tight right now but reposting is love
This thread is exactly what I love to find. Thanks on behalf of lurkers everywhere, for brightening up the doomscrolling!
October 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This thread is exactly what I love to find. Thanks on behalf of lurkers everywhere, for brightening up the doomscrolling!
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I really think it's worth getting your car detailed sometime
Before I got my car detailed, it was just a red car.
Afterward, it was a cherry-red 2017 Ford Fiesta with power steering, beaded seat covers, a pair of skull dice hanging from the rear-view, and slightly dented hubcaps.
Before I got my car detailed, it was just a red car.
Afterward, it was a cherry-red 2017 Ford Fiesta with power steering, beaded seat covers, a pair of skull dice hanging from the rear-view, and slightly dented hubcaps.
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I really think it's worth getting your car detailed sometime
Before I got my car detailed, it was just a red car.
Afterward, it was a cherry-red 2017 Ford Fiesta with power steering, beaded seat covers, a pair of skull dice hanging from the rear-view, and slightly dented hubcaps.
Before I got my car detailed, it was just a red car.
Afterward, it was a cherry-red 2017 Ford Fiesta with power steering, beaded seat covers, a pair of skull dice hanging from the rear-view, and slightly dented hubcaps.
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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In a society
that profits
from your
self doubt,
liking yourself
is a
rebellious
act.
#LifeLessons
#YouGotThis
that profits
from your
self doubt,
liking yourself
is a
rebellious
act.
#LifeLessons
#YouGotThis
September 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In a society
that profits
from your
self doubt,
liking yourself
is a
rebellious
act.
#LifeLessons
#YouGotThis
that profits
from your
self doubt,
liking yourself
is a
rebellious
act.
#LifeLessons
#YouGotThis
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“why some people be mad at me sometimes”
they ask me to remember
but they want me to remember
their memories
and i keep remembering
mine
- Lucille Clifton [writing the most Black woman poem of all time]
they ask me to remember
but they want me to remember
their memories
and i keep remembering
mine
- Lucille Clifton [writing the most Black woman poem of all time]
September 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“why some people be mad at me sometimes”
they ask me to remember
but they want me to remember
their memories
and i keep remembering
mine
- Lucille Clifton [writing the most Black woman poem of all time]
they ask me to remember
but they want me to remember
their memories
and i keep remembering
mine
- Lucille Clifton [writing the most Black woman poem of all time]