Lois Brown

I love the Craig’s Cookie’s box

Postmedia—one of Canada’s largest media companies—is controlled by U.S. hedge fund Chatham Asset Management, putting much of Canadian news under foreign influence.

Foreign ownership means U.S. priorities shaping stories instead of Canadian values.

Sign & share: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Tell Carney: We don’t want Trump-style borders & surveillance state! Sign this petition to defend our human rights and privacy

Carney is trying to create Trump-style borders and surveillance with his Strong Borders Act. Demand he respect our rights & treat people with care and dignity. Withdraw Bill C-2! #stopbillC2 act.gp/40oxP2E

Credit where credit's due - a good photo essay on #NoKings from a NYC paper! Includes some non-Manhattan photos, too, which is cool.

The foil of the wedding

Disney tacos!

Tariffs are part of a trade agreement that takes months to negotiate. The way Prez T talks about the T’s … that doesn’t exist.

Assembling

Le premier ministre Mark Carney serre la main d'un travailleur lors d'une visite aux installations du groupe Walters à Hamilton, en Ontario. Une photo d'un titre d'article de La Presse est superposée à l'image. Le titre se lit comme suit : Carney veut prioriser l’acier canadien, 16 juillet 2025.

Nous bâtissons un Canada plus fort grâce aux travailleurs canadiens et à l’acier canadien.

this is a "financial decision" in the sense that CBS has decided to advance its financial interests by fully folding to Donald Trump

Comic by Hartley Lin
#NoKings

Today marks 346 days of writing with Thea Patterson using a practice called the 100s. One full
Year. I’m celebrating us.

The lace curtain shifts with the breeze. The shhh of the wind makes leaves shimmer and shift.

Prime Minister Carney: stop the American pipeline takeover Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT

Tell Prime Minister Carney to block Donald Trump’s billionaire donors from owning or building pipelines in Canada! #cdnpoli #PRGT www.dogwoodbc.ca/petitions/ca...

All of a sudden out of nowhere maybe you have to have trials

For those of us in America......that actually READ some of the books they want destroyed......

Lord Buffalo Drummer ‘Forcibly Removed’ From Plane and Detained by Border Patrol; Band Cancels European Tour Yamal Said, Lord Buffalo's drummer and a legal permanent U.S. resident, was removed from a plane by Border Patrol and has been detained for two days.

variety.com/2025/music/n...

Book Review: ‘Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves,’ by Sophie Gilbert In “Girl on Girl,” Sophie Gilbert makes a searing case that trends from the 1990s and 2000s, online and off, damaged young women in deep, dark ways.

Such a fantastic review of GIRL ON GIRL in the Times today! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

So many artists, actors, writers, etc earn their livelihood because of CBC. It’s offensive that defunding is bandied about without considering the employment they provide. No other industry.

Colour blocking

Working at Mile Zero Dance with Thea Patterson Peter Trosztmer Elinor Fueter also Rachel
Harris and IohanneWakal

Un-nevering The Patterson Elinor Fleutor, Rachel Harris at Mile Zero Dance 18 and 19 April

Fun fact: Trump is actually spending MORE money than Biden did.

Musk and DOGE are a FRAUD — their real role is shutting down parts of the government that regulate Musk’s businesses while redirecting govt contracts to Musk and other insiders.

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.

Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.

I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME? … that’s the title of this work.

Invited dress for “Everything has a hole…”