Christa MacArthur

I heard what sounded like a dog’s squeaky toy in my back yard. It was two hawks (Cooper’s Hawks?) hanging out and eating a large rodent with a long tail. A first for me, but it seems they are fairly common in the Vancouver area.

d’Entremont seems to relish burning all his conservative bridges. I don’t mind the spectacle.

It’s a great episode!

Read some William Gibson for previews of future delights

haha!

I had one during childbirth. It was an amazing relief. Can’t recommend enough.

Wait, is this the same councillor who organized AGAINST the Heritage Conservation Area?

Are they architects? Planners? Heritage professionals? Oh, no? They have no expertise on the subject matter at all?! I see, several of them own homes in the area. That’s interesting…. Isn’t that sometimes considered a conflict of interest?

First they came for Venezuela, but I did nothing, because I am not Venezuelan…

Stop enjoying this rain then, seriously 😝

I concur. I hadn’t even heard of the book before the last week or two.

They drained the swamp to build this gilded palace. How exciting.

A functional and responsive government is actually what I happily pay taxes to support. Please invest in its maintenance

Also, Sarah McLachlan is much better than I realized at the time, but that’s a whole different thread of thoughts.

It gives us a yardstick for how much progress had been made over 30 years and a reference point for where we might be heading without ‘identity politics’. The scare quotes aren’t because identity politics aren’t real, but because they are not new. The difference is who leads the conversation. 2/2

I’m still thinking about the Lilith Fair doc. It presents a very clear story about identity politics from 30 years ago, when radio stations refused to play more than 1 woman artist in a rotation and the industry was much more racially segregated. 1/2

Donated! I’m very enthusiastic about independent local news, journalism is a critical part of a healthy democracy.

So kissable 😍

a man taking a selfie with a donkey in the background Alt: a man taking a selfie with a kissy donkey

I don’t think I boosted it enough the first time and the need has only grown. In addition to hill climbs, Donkeys are great for tourism and general good times!

If you’re not waking up thinking about how Fosse would have done it better do you really care about 20th century performance arts?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a fun romp, but also feels like a sanitized version of a Bob Fosse musical. Fosse would have dialled up the sleaze past 11

If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.

Emma Goldman

I miss the time of being only vaguely aware of events happening outside my immediate environment

I just watched the Lilith Fair doc on CBC. When the festival was running I was barely aware of it, living on the outer reaches of the continent without much news or internet. The doc is great. And despite Lilith Fair being from another century, it’s so relevant to today. Worth a watch

Sunday morning SOBBING. About to head to East Africa and will be bringing this incredible woman’s messages with me in full. I so sorry she had to die.

It seems like you’ve taken on a lot of the work for your family. It sounds really hard. I hope you can get some relief!

Having crazy neighbours with an unhinged military is not good, right? 🍁

Brothy? Do you mean buttery and umami?

Coastal Health has Urgent and Primary Care Centres (UPCC) that are triaged like emergency, but aren’t emergency

Honestly, I want the business license to put one in every station.