I’ve emerged from my long coffee-less break commonly referred to as “Ramadan” to say that life’s too short to give up the greatest joys earth has to offer 🤷🏻‍♀️ thank you for listening

screenshot of an email preview that reads “What’s New Preparing for the next pandemic February 10, 2026 view in browser NEWS”

need the McGill comms intern to explain to me the decision behind using this subject for their newsletter today

one thing I struggle with as someone who—according to many—needs to take a break more often is: how do people motivate themselves to do anything after the break? I’ve been staring at nothing for two weeks and now I have to be functional again? it’s hard to even put on boots at the moment.

Brands Using AI in Ads

I started an excel sheet to document brands using AI in ads as they pop on my feeds: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

disclaimer: this isn't to attack anyone, just gathering data tickles my brain the right way and people are free to do with this data whatever they please.

Goddam why does 1918 go so hard

shocking turn of events 🥖

welcome to the clair obscur show everyone!

happy national “let’s see if my winter coat still fits from last season” day to everyone who celebrates 🎉

and of course it’s the most crowded it’s ever been because it’s the last metro

raw dogging the last metro pre-strike (I dropped my mask in a puddle of rain while running after the last bus)

it was somehow deactivated for me by default.

why am I crying over two wasps right now? they’re notoriously known to be assholes

Does the trapped wasp grieve her sister’s lifeless body which had been moving like hers just a few minutes ago? Does she keep trying to escape after seeing her sister fail or does she see her future ahead of her now?

photo of the box of the Kindle Colorsoft depicting an e-reader and stating its color, capacity and model

girlie pop’s “I passed comps” treat

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I’m so sorry! truly wish I could help in any way

thanks rf kuang for dropping your book about grad school the week after I submitted my doctoral exam 😘

huge fan of the fact that everyone and their mom are reading Katabasis right now. it’s the perfect post-comps submission novel

Love summers on a rooftop terrace? We're teaming up with @havenstudios.bsky.social to host our ✦ Summer Soirée ✦ event -- an outdoor, non-alcoholic mixer!

📅 Save the date: Aug 20th
🎟️ Tickets open up next week
🔗 Watch this space for the link

is that august 3 or august 10? I might have missed it

Media Inquiries/Demandes des médias CGSA is an organization made up of researchers, educators, and practitioners who possess expertise in a wide array of topics, including many that make their way to national and international headli…

The Canadian Game Studies Association @cgsaacej.bsky.social is an org made up of game researchers, educators, and practitioners with expertise in a wide array of topics. We've published a list of experts related to Steam/itch to help journalists connect with members.

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post brought to you by the fact that they’re organising one of those early 2000s Arab pop parties in Montreal and the last time I went to one of those was November 2019 and I’ve been wanting to go again since then!!!

I really want to figure out a safe way to go dancing because I don’t want to be the only masked person at a party but I also don’t want to be somewhere this crowded without a mask, you know? 🥲

“Fish’s distinctive non-anthropomorphic body shape, appearance and behaviour set them apart from mammals such as bears for example who can stand on hind legs, and aid the players, pushing the fish into a more background role, passive and distant, only activated once caught.”

“I attribute this omission to the vast differences between fish and human anatomy compared to boars and dogs. Addressing these differences may remind humans of their own shortcomings/deficits, making the game less enjoyable.”

PLEASE I legit wrote this week 1 of comps

photo of a page in a book that reads “My stepmother did not enjoy this part—her diet is, with the exception of fish, vegetarian and she does not like to be confronted with evidence that fish are animals, with eyes as intelligent-looking as any mammal’s.”

I love when authors make my point for me… my entire COMPS for the past 5 weeks has revolved around this: people for some reason do not view fish as animals and fishing in games falls outside the human-animal relationship dichotomy… and now, on page 82, this fine author gave it to me for free.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

noooo omg why are people not considerate like this

ah in the cover image! yeah I would have never noticed tbh but still awful