@susanadsett.bsky.social
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Very comfortable sharing a water & land border w this country.
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Very comfortable sharing a water & land border w this country.
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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Fuck a duck
Screw a pigeon
Go to hell and get religion
Appalachian boys’ playground chant from my childhood. I’ve come to imagine it meant they were wise to the preachers.
Screw a pigeon
Go to hell and get religion
Appalachian boys’ playground chant from my childhood. I’ve come to imagine it meant they were wise to the preachers.
September 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Fuck a duck
Screw a pigeon
Go to hell and get religion
Appalachian boys’ playground chant from my childhood. I’ve come to imagine it meant they were wise to the preachers.
Screw a pigeon
Go to hell and get religion
Appalachian boys’ playground chant from my childhood. I’ve come to imagine it meant they were wise to the preachers.
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‘Try to praise the mutilated world.’
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
‘Try to praise the mutilated world.’
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Zagajewski is wonderful. I smile often at how many of the same lines and poets @chowleen.bsky.social and I seem to love.
There are times when it is harder to praise, but that’s the poet’s thought: why he says ‘try.’ The need to remember, hold to, try to embody beauty and grace.
There are times when it is harder to praise, but that’s the poet’s thought: why he says ‘try.’ The need to remember, hold to, try to embody beauty and grace.
Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June’s long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.
-Adam Zagajewski
Resharing a favorite.
[trans. Clare Cavanagh, published in TheNewYorker’s Sept 2001 special issue]
#everynightapoem
Remember June’s long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.
-Adam Zagajewski
Resharing a favorite.
[trans. Clare Cavanagh, published in TheNewYorker’s Sept 2001 special issue]
#everynightapoem
September 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Zagajewski is wonderful. I smile often at how many of the same lines and poets @chowleen.bsky.social and I seem to love.
There are times when it is harder to praise, but that’s the poet’s thought: why he says ‘try.’ The need to remember, hold to, try to embody beauty and grace.
There are times when it is harder to praise, but that’s the poet’s thought: why he says ‘try.’ The need to remember, hold to, try to embody beauty and grace.
Forget the camera. Someone get a backhoe and start digging potholes throughout Parkside Drive. Traffic slows down, and it will take years for the city to fix them
There’s a very clear signal here that Toronto police do not care about this camera or this crime.
If this guy was vandalizing police cars, he would’ve been caught in a week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If this guy was vandalizing police cars, he would’ve been caught in a week
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Parkside Drive speed camera vandalized for 7th time in 10 months | CBC News
The Parkside Drive speed camera has once again been cut down by vandals — the seventh time in 10 months.
www.cbc.ca
September 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Forget the camera. Someone get a backhoe and start digging potholes throughout Parkside Drive. Traffic slows down, and it will take years for the city to fix them
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One of our greatest Canadians. Rest in peace.
Ken Dryden has died.
A Hockey Hall of Famer with the Montreal Canadiens, he won six Stanley Cups, the Conn Smythe, Calder and five Vezinas.
A best-selling author, he also served in Parliament from 2004 to 2011.
A Hockey Hall of Famer with the Montreal Canadiens, he won six Stanley Cups, the Conn Smythe, Calder and five Vezinas.
A best-selling author, he also served in Parliament from 2004 to 2011.
September 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
One of our greatest Canadians. Rest in peace.
I think ppl who grew up in Toronto wildly underestimate how much the rest of the province/country hates it. I’ve been told to my face it’s a dirty, evil place… by people who then proudly tell me they’ve never been here and will never go
The Ontario Voter does not seem to care how much time and money Doug Ford spends on Toronto. Parking garages to court costs.
"I cut one Ontario city council half during an ongoing election"
August 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I think ppl who grew up in Toronto wildly underestimate how much the rest of the province/country hates it. I’ve been told to my face it’s a dirty, evil place… by people who then proudly tell me they’ve never been here and will never go
I love this idea.
I want to yell about so many stupid comments from councillors but it would be a bit much for everyone. I wonder if a Mystery Science Theatre-style live-commentary on council meetings would be fun/valuable. Smart comments but a bit of snark too. Rotate the nerds who are commenting/snarking.
June 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I love this idea.
So, according to the Provincial gov’t, bike lanes slow down traffic, but delivery robots followed by a chase car do not. Right.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dri...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dri...
June 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
So, according to the Provincial gov’t, bike lanes slow down traffic, but delivery robots followed by a chase car do not. Right.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dri...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/dri...
This becomes even more important as driverless cars hit the road. Was this a driverless car? If not, it had a driver. And the public needs to know which it is.
In this article there is no mention whatsoever of any driver.
It's not acceptable and it's not slanderous to say "struck by driver operating a vehicle"
In no other context would you not mention an operator.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's not acceptable and it's not slanderous to say "struck by driver operating a vehicle"
In no other context would you not mention an operator.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Boy, 3, dies after being hit by vehicle in Bedford | CBC News
A 3-year-old boy is dead after being struck by a vehicle while crossing the street on Friday night.
www.cbc.ca
June 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This becomes even more important as driverless cars hit the road. Was this a driverless car? If not, it had a driver. And the public needs to know which it is.
Once again, a city of nearly 3 million people trying to pretend it’s 5 small towns in a trench coat 🙄
The battle over adding a pickleball court to a nearby park is really heating up. #topoli www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
June 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Once again, a city of nearly 3 million people trying to pretend it’s 5 small towns in a trench coat 🙄
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My @thestar.com column: Critics said multiplexes were madness. It turns out they provide cheaper and larger places to live. (No major parking problems, either!)
With the kind of data they've got, Toronto council should have no doubt: sixplexes are the sensible move.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
With the kind of data they've got, Toronto council should have no doubt: sixplexes are the sensible move.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Multiplexes in Toronto neighbourhoods were madness, said critics. Now the city should give in to the joy of six
The city’s planning committee is being asked this week to approve allowing sixplexes into Toronto neighbourhoods, removing a four-unit cap.
www.thestar.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My @thestar.com column: Critics said multiplexes were madness. It turns out they provide cheaper and larger places to live. (No major parking problems, either!)
With the kind of data they've got, Toronto council should have no doubt: sixplexes are the sensible move.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
With the kind of data they've got, Toronto council should have no doubt: sixplexes are the sensible move.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Under 30 years after @greatdismal.bsky.social's Idoru was published, we are finally here.
Timbaland's new artist is young, photogenic — and not human.
The legendary producer tells us why he's launching a new start-up with an AI-generated "artist" named TaTa
The legendary producer tells us why he's launching a new start-up with an AI-generated "artist" named TaTa
Timbaland's New Artist Is Young, Photogenic -- and Not Human
Timbaland talks about launching an AI start-up and an AI-generated singer, TaTa
rollingstone.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Under 30 years after @greatdismal.bsky.social's Idoru was published, we are finally here.
We talk a lot about might happen when computers become smarter than humans and not nearly enough about humans becoming stupider than machines.
Talked with a soon-to-be college grad about AI use for term papers.
“I could not have passed college without it”
“It’s too difficult to think through a thesis and write out a bunch of paragraphs about it”
“My field isn’t a writing field, it’s technical”
“I don’t understand why they need us to write”
“I could not have passed college without it”
“It’s too difficult to think through a thesis and write out a bunch of paragraphs about it”
“My field isn’t a writing field, it’s technical”
“I don’t understand why they need us to write”
May 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We talk a lot about might happen when computers become smarter than humans and not nearly enough about humans becoming stupider than machines.
I need to start doing these minis again 😁
May 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I need to start doing these minis again 😁
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I mean, fine, World Goth Day.
But does anyone think of the Visigoths?
Do THEY ever get a Day?
Nope.
But does anyone think of the Visigoths?
Do THEY ever get a Day?
Nope.
May 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I mean, fine, World Goth Day.
But does anyone think of the Visigoths?
Do THEY ever get a Day?
Nope.
But does anyone think of the Visigoths?
Do THEY ever get a Day?
Nope.
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Sometimes it just freaks me out. I was there. We were all there. It was a disease as contagious as the common cold. There weren’t effective treatments, and no vaccine. It was spreading like wildfire and it killed two percent of the people who got it.
all these retcons pretend that school closures were just something we did as a little experiment and not to prevent students and teachers from dying
Prominent left/liberal folks retconning the COVID school closure thing as some sort of gigantic mistake is one of the nuttiest examples of consent manufacturing I've ever seen.
May 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Sometimes it just freaks me out. I was there. We were all there. It was a disease as contagious as the common cold. There weren’t effective treatments, and no vaccine. It was spreading like wildfire and it killed two percent of the people who got it.
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I see once again I’m going to have to beg pundits who haven’t lived outside of Toronto in decades to stop opining on how useful Canada Post is.
I don’t care how little you personally get or send mail. A public postal service with a mandate to get mail to every address in Canada is a public good.
I don’t care how little you personally get or send mail. A public postal service with a mandate to get mail to every address in Canada is a public good.
May 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I see once again I’m going to have to beg pundits who haven’t lived outside of Toronto in decades to stop opining on how useful Canada Post is.
I don’t care how little you personally get or send mail. A public postal service with a mandate to get mail to every address in Canada is a public good.
I don’t care how little you personally get or send mail. A public postal service with a mandate to get mail to every address in Canada is a public good.
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Mom: Your sister went to see some concert, can't remember who. Some girl.
Me (checking social media feed): Ah, Pearl Jam
Me (checking social media feed): Ah, Pearl Jam
May 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Mom: Your sister went to see some concert, can't remember who. Some girl.
Me (checking social media feed): Ah, Pearl Jam
Me (checking social media feed): Ah, Pearl Jam
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If, my fellow Canadians, you need any further inspiration to continue to boycott all things American, and that includes actual America, it is vital that we, as a nation, collectively say “Fuck this guy.”
"It’s outrageous that you banned American products from your shelves": The U.S. Ambassador to Canada opened up about U.S.-Canada tensions and what he hopes to see from the new prime minister.
www.politico.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If, my fellow Canadians, you need any further inspiration to continue to boycott all things American, and that includes actual America, it is vital that we, as a nation, collectively say “Fuck this guy.”
Beginning to think the best way to get traffic moving on Dufferin would be to get rid of the single family homes on Dufferin
May 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Beginning to think the best way to get traffic moving on Dufferin would be to get rid of the single family homes on Dufferin
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This is quite the thread.
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is quite the thread.
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TCAF is a fun, free celebration of the coolest comics in the world. One of the best festivals of its kind anywhere. It's new venue (the Mattamy, aka Maple Leaf Gardens) is both very fun and a new expense.
PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING: www.torontocomics.com/support-tcaf
@torontocomics.bsky.social
PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING: www.torontocomics.com/support-tcaf
@torontocomics.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
TCAF is a fun, free celebration of the coolest comics in the world. One of the best festivals of its kind anywhere. It's new venue (the Mattamy, aka Maple Leaf Gardens) is both very fun and a new expense.
PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING: www.torontocomics.com/support-tcaf
@torontocomics.bsky.social
PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING: www.torontocomics.com/support-tcaf
@torontocomics.bsky.social