Lori Cameron

The US Men's Hockey team response is a masterclass in how so many men would rather be quiet than push back against other men

Did they cheer for the Women's team? Probably

Will they defend the Women's team from misogyny? Not in public - because defending women is political but degrading them is not

quote from Haruki Murakami: “I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind. “But to hold to such repetition for so long—six months to a year—requires a good amount of mental and physical strength. In that sense, writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.”

Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc

like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine

If you are feeling anxious or burned-out because .. World Events, lean into repetition.

Read familiar books. Listen to the same albums over and over. Watch old favourite films. Knit or crochet.

You need your nervous system to heal and repetitive actions help.

Hi, Emma's daughter! When I was 12, I was the first in my class to get glasses and wow, did I hear about it. I learned 2 things: to ignore the opinions of turds trying to make me feel bad about myself AND that consistently wearing my glasses made it easier for the next kid to get them. Lead the way!

PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.

Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.

Finally!

Mine started yesterday. Like a spike being driven in above my right eyebrow and extending out to my ear. I hate sinuses.

We're all supposed to be 100% in tune with white men's feelings. We're supposed to care about them at the expense of our own. We are supposed to live in fear of them getting upset. Treating their feelings as grenades that can go off at any time. They on the other hand do not need to care about ours.

In winter lone shopping trolleys form groups for warmth and protection. The alpha trolley, seen at the centre with double child seats, will lead the group. A younger line trolley can be seen on the left, it can take days to be accepted by the group.

PSA dudes: if you genuinely want women to believe you when you claim to be “one of the good ones” you should probably be backing up your female colleagues when they ask a genuinely important question and get back “quiet piggy” in response

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

A rocky and pebbly riverbed with almost no water in it, and in the middle of the gravelly empty middle, grass is growing. Some reddish and green shrubs are visible on the left of the photo.

Nova Scotia - a province known for endless rainy days & many bountiful rivers & lakes - is into its 4th month of extreme drought. This is the French River, that provides Tatamagouche with water (or not). Climate crisis kicking in. But: let’s frack and clearcut anyway, says NS Premier Tim Houston.

To spell some shit out unambiguously: fascism requires domestic abuse to propagate itself. Demands it. There is no way to humanely teach your children that might makes right. There is no way to gently love a spouse you think is your genetic intellectual inferior.

These are inextricably linked.

A blue candle jar called, inexplicably, “Classic Man”

“Why does it smell like someone’s speaking over me in a meeting in here?”
“Oh that’ll be my candle”

As a baby, my 82 yo mother was always put down for her nap outdoors. Her pram was often gone when my grandmother went out to get her, but she “never worried”because she knew a passerby must have seen the baby fussing and took her for a little walk. 😬

Congratulations!

Woke: the radical notion that EVERYBODY deserves to be treated as well as a mediocre Christian straight white male.

People who are against universal basic income just want to make sure someone always has less than them, is 'beneath' them. It's the same mentality as those boomer FB replies of 'I had it hard, why shouldn't you'. When we alleviate poverty and struggle, everyone is better for it. It lifts us all.

No one hates white men, they hate entitlement, misogyny, homophobia, racism, a lack of anger management, petty grievances, gatekeeping and aggressive control. If white guys keep insisting on making those flaws *their very identity* there will be pushback from people defending themselves 🤷‍♂️

I'm so so so furious at the future creativity and artistry that AI is taking away from all of us by convincing kids nothing is worth doing on their own

Just spitballing here, but cryptobros throwing sex toys at WNBA players on the court and other cryptobros and male sports commentators calling it funny and telling the women and their coaches to 'lighten up' both explains the 'male loneliness epidemic' and why I don't care about it.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Substack doesn't just let Nazis turn a profit. Now, it’s promoting Nazi content, swastikas and all. That’s not just a shift in platform policy. It reflects a shift in our broader social landscape.

Oh yikes, I am SO relieved for you that this ended well.

Wodehouse is my absolute all-time favourite! I seem to like the series (Psmith, Blandings, Jeeves) slightly more than the standalones, but haven’t read a bad one yet. Thank goodness he was so prolific. (Also loved Miss Pettigrew and all the Barbara Pyms.)

The history of Canada in Heritage Minutes - YouTube Heritage Minutes in chronological order by event

I put all the Heritage Minutes in chronological order by event so you don't have to. 🇨🇦

(I was looking for this and couldn't find it, so it became a weird hobby. It genuinely may be of interest only to me.)

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Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?

i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!

It's Apple Blossom Weekend (parade, fireworks, family events) here in the Annapolis Valley and that always means either torrential rain or blazing, unbearable heat. This year, we're doing the rain, apparently. Plus thunder and lightning.