Let's see how I feel at the end of the day. And the end of this week.

Praising JK Rowling when asked a question on trans rights is akin to praising Anita Bryant when asked a question gay rights. No money to Stonewall. No Stonewall at Pride. They are already experiencing a funding crisis, and this chairwoman appointment should be their last. Traitors.

👏 Canada 👏 Post 👏 is 👏 a 👏 public 👏 service 👏

Nothing proves how capitalism has brain rotted everyone than thinking the post office, hospitals, public transit, libraries, etc. need to turn a profit to be worthwhile.

If anyone's looking for me this evening, I'm probably sleeping.

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new toon!
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In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

It’s clumsy and invasive, critics say, about lawmakers’ proposal to restrict social media use by teens - The Boston Globe Proposals from on Beacon Hill aimed at curbing social media use among teens have run into a range of practical, constitutional, and security challenges.

This @bostonglobe.com piece highlighting substantive critiques of Massachusetts' "protect the kids" push for online ID checks is rock solid.

Many experts quoted along with parents and young people who would be directly impacted.

send this to yr MA legislators

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/19/m...

John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Flaherty | SCTV | Leave it to Beaver 25th Anniversary Party YouTube video by SCTV

New Avengers: Doomsday teaser just dropped. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9dK...

My world is smaller than it was a few years ago. I don't know how I really feel about it.

Why I will not stand for Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day siren A state that commits genocide cannot claim to honor the Holocaust. Each ceremony it holds in its name defiles the memory of the victims.

Deeply moved and unsettled (complimentary) by this essay from Iranian-Jewish Israeli Orly Noy, whom I've admired for years:

A bunch of people and bikes outside at the Halifax oval

A small pylon dressed up as a raccoon with a yellow safety vest and bow in its hair

Huge turnout for the #KidicalMassHFX Spring Social at the oval today. Lots of humans and a few raccones. It was really nice getting to see everyone. I think it's safe to say bike season has started

Cartoon image of a chef cutting Shawarma with the words“unknown pleasures” underneath

A banner hanging in San Francisco’s transgender district. It is in the trans pride colors, and reads, “thriving is resistance.”

Remember, kids!

Danielle Smith is a despicable person.

Tumbrel manufacturers gonna make BANK.

this is a serious article i want to call attention to but i'm a goofball so the intentionally incendiary post i'll use to get eyeballs on it is that northern virginia is the most evil place in america

i've lived in louisiana, arizona, oregon, new york, virginia, and dc. virginia should be abolished

Back when i worked in banking, most cases of financial elder abuse are adult children of elderly people. I am mad i didn't even think of this as an abuse vector.

The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman Check out The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman - <p><b>A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.</b></p><p> When Wilco's 2007 album <i>Sky Blue Sky</i> was infamously critic...

Next month is the one year anniversary of the release of my debut book, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, and to celebrate i would love to sell out the initial print run. It's a goal that's already close!

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I think I just use social media to remind people that I exist.

The reason *why* anti-work philosophy is pivotal to the world we have to build here is because a big part of the logic underpinning capitalism is that it's fine to force people to work, force people to conform, & stop them from being able to exist in regular society and the economy if they cannot...

you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of

Am I still awake? Still learning to let my brain rest

Asking the important questions. open.substack.com/pub/baldalie...

22 Short Films About Springfield first aired on 14th April 1996, making Steamed Hams thirty years old today.

When they call us “non biological women” they are calling us unhuman, unpeople, lesser scum undeserving of rights and dignity

Who else had a headache today?

Bald Alien Babe | Bronwyn Douwsma | Substack Periodic outbursts and brainfarts from a neurodivergent, nonbinary trans femme. Click to read Bald Alien Babe, by Bronwyn Douwsma, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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If JD Vance came to Canada to try to help Pierre Poilievre and Jamil Jivani, I have a feeling that there would be a hell of a lot more floor crossings.

no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend

#1 Canadian summer destination is getting away from Poilievre OTTAWA - Trendspotters have identified the hottest destination for Canadians this summer, and it is putting as much distance as possible between you and Pierre Poilievre.

#1 Canadian summer destination is getting away from Poilievre

April 11, 2026 – Colman Domingo / Anitta (S51 E17) bloodsnlreviews.com/2026/04/12/a... #SNL