I had a sister who died of pediatric brain cancer. In our family of six, this meant six destroyed lives. Permanent devastation.
California grown. Vancouver Island now. Writer. Only disconnect.
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I had a sister who died of pediatric brain cancer. In our family of six, this meant six destroyed lives. Permanent devastation.
You can make them VERY uncomfortable by sitting, standing or walking right beside them. Look right at them. Make it clear that you are listening to what should be an indoor, private conversation. An effective deterent, but the drawback is that the dialogue is always banal.
we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
Lisa Kudrow nailed it! This was the best Republican impersonation I have ever seen, I was even getting upset thinking this was real. Love it!
Me. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
August 8, 1984 for me!
Mostly minor things. Straight quotes instead of smart quotes (a typographical error). Repeated phrases. "haven been". I'll see if I can get some page numbers to you. Don't have the book in front of me right now. I love it though! Please forgive my former legislative editor pickiness.
@versobooks.bsky.social where were your proofreaders and editors for Everything Is Now? Fascinating reading, but so many editorial blunders. ☹️
Badlands Gothic 4 Joe Coffey 2020
Canadian?
‘V.S. Pritchett called sincerity “that quality which cannot be obtained by taking thought”. But Ocean Vuong’s sincerity is self-conscious and willed – he is constantly stoking it by shovelling on more and more words.’ Tom Crewe reads ‘The Emperor of Gladness’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Summer Day Tom Thomson 1915
Seen in Victoria, BC, Canada, on the cliffs above the Salish Sea, looking toward the Olympic Peninsula, Washington state, USA.
It is! Whole wheat but he lets the dough ferment in the fridge overnight so it has a sourdough quality.
This is what you get when you live with a pastry chef (my son).
I broke up with a man because he had this playing at his place when I arrived. This was 2009!
NORM! 😥
Correction: In 1993, I was in a private room in a hospital in Canada for 5 days after a difficult birth. I was asked to pay an additional fee: all of $10 per night. I said okay.
Pope Jane
Essential watching for these times: m.imdb.com/title/tt1288...
He might want to read "The Fisherman and His Wife" by the Brothers Grimm.
I am in an exclusive relationship with myself.
A French Village will break your heart over and over. In Canada, I watched it on Kanopy, a free streaming service through our public library.
Want.
The Frogs Sing Loudly in Spring Christi Belcourt ~ Métis 2021
I'm a dual citizen, 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦. I will never go back to the states.
Three c-sections plus surgery/chemo and radiation for breast cancer (23 years ago!) in Canada. I have NO MEDICAL DEBT. Plus, I'm alive and healthy at 65.
This happened to my dog. With dementia, he started wagging his tail at other dogs, instead of snarling.
Watching history being made on YouTube. In awe. Now he's reading Learned Hand. #corybooker
Is it rude to point out that Cory Booker has better grammar and diction after being awake and speaking for 24 hours than Trump Ever has. 😎
I'm in Victoria. So lucky to have LD close by. I have also bought a printer and various kitchen gadgets there. Security is an issue for them here, unfortunately. I'm downtown. But the people who work there are always friendly and helpful. To everyone.
I just came back from the London Drugs that is 2 blocks from me with TP ($12 off!), Stash tea ($3 off!) and Tylenol. I never buy TP anywhere else. I love being so close to LD.
"Hey buddy!" Especially if the owner/walker is staring at or talking on a phone.
Secretary Lutnick: You are a billionaire. Maybe your mother-in-law wouldn't complain if she didn't get her Social Security check, but tens of millions of seniors struggling to survive would. They're not fraudsters. They earned it. How out of touch are you not to realize that?
He's wrong, of course, but not in the way you think. The problem is not the presence of empathy but the lack of it. If we had empathy, there would be no homelessness. Refugees of all stripes would be welcomed. The greed of the oligarchy would be mocked and penalized. Instead, we reward it. #empathy
I use these all the time. Laundry detergent. Toilet bowl cleaner. Great products! Purchased from my local, independent grocer.
Signed.
I grew up in San Diego in the 60s. There were days when we were told not to go outside because of smog.
I received my "identity verification was successful" email, but I still have no ballot! Why won't you let me vote?
Same!
Anger is always fear. We project onto others what we cannot accept in ourselves. When we hurt others, we hurt ourselves. #empathy is everything.
William Carlos Williams in Spring and All: "Only the imagination is undeceived."
I am indeed convinced that creative imagination is the only primordial phenomenon accessible to us, the real Ground of the psyche, the only immediate reality.~CG Jung, 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘎 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘐
4.4 earthquake just after 5 am. Had me jumping out of bed. All seems to be well though. Phew. #earthquakevictoria
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
There is no greater happiness in the world than being able to say "my kid is a good person." Love to you all. And kindness.
You keep telling me I am not registered to vote in any current ballots! I had to install and reinstall the App twice before it verified my identity, and now I can't get a ballot. So frustrating! Please help.
JFC. I would renounce my citizenship, but the USA that I knew exists in name only now, and probably not even that for long.
Yes, I did that, and it worked, but now the LPC voting website says I'm not registered to vote. [Sigh]
So frustrating. My sympathies.
So I un-installed and reinstalled the App and rescanned everything successfully, but now the LPC voting website says "You are not registered to vote in any current ballots." Aaaargh.
So many problems with this! Please help those of us for whom the Canada Post app failed.
That App is a problem.
I have emailed them repeatedly. No response. I can't redo the App verification, and I can't switch in-person without help from them.
Identity verification failed the first time because I missed the step of scanning my DL address sticker. I rescanned my DL with the sticker, but there's no way in the App to resend to the Liberal Party. Right now, I'm unverified.
I would love to vote, but I experienced problems with the Canada Post app and have asked you repeatedly for help in switching to in-person identity verification without any response. Please help.
Done.
Calexit.
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
If you can get them, Covered Bridge are the best chips on earth. Made in New Brunswick!
Support Canadian alternatives!
My selfless contribution to the war effort is to immediately ramp up my all-too-meagre consumption of Canadian 🍺 and 🍷. Sorry distillers, I don't do the hard stuff but love to you too. I ❤️ 🇨🇦. #tradewar
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
The major media is utterly failing to simply state that Trump is a vicious racist, who blames everything on presumed racial or ethnic minorities. How hard can it be to just say “In shockingly racist remarks Trump refuses to accept responsibility and blames deadly plane crash on minorities”
Colombia: We're not taking shackled detainees returned on military flights. Transport them with dignity Trump: Trade war! Colombia: OK Trump: Fine, no more shackled detainees returned on military flights Colombia: Good. Was that so hard? Trump: They gave in!
Only disconnect.
I don't drive anymore because of LED headlights, but LED headlamps on runners & walkers are just as bad. It's as if they're sticking a huge flashlight right in your eyes.
Don't forget Get Out of My Life, Woman. The best!
Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever.
24 years ago I received superb, prompt treatment for breast cancer. In Canada. I was charged nothing. I'm still here. Still solvent.
Opinion: This is how Canada should deal with Donald Trump, irrational actor /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
This is from the CPC Party policy declaration, they are not pro-choice #NeverTrustConservatives #AbortionIsHealthcare /1
Let's not pretend that what is happening in the US can't or won't happen in Canada. 🇨🇦
Goodbye sleep. What little I was getting.
On Civil Disobedience.
Done. Thanks for the heads-up.
I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night. We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is. It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump. 🧵
#nevervotepoilievre
Same back at you! ❤️❤️❤️
Please count me in!
