MaryAnne Oh!

Um. Ann Coulter’s endorsement of Pierre Poilievre is another good reason to vote for Mark Carney 🍁

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.

Transformers had apt questions for the current reigning oligarchs.

"hey bby, u up? thinking about bombing yemen"

I am still wrapping my head around the fact that the Navajo Code Talkers, who, y'know, SUCCESSFULLY KEPT WAR SECRETS Secret apparently needed to be memory-holed to make room for the true glory of sharing war plans with a journalist you *invited* into the group chat

I follow @hcrichardson.bsky.social closely. She has told us time and again that throughout US history the only thing that's ever worked is the general public making lots of noise. She tells us to take up oxygen in the room, protest in the streets, contact congress, letters to editors, run 4 office.

So, what's this about former kgb spies mentioning that Trump was recruited by Moscow back in mid 1980s as a gullible stooge and is still beholden to the fucking kremlin?

Mike Myers at SNL closing tonight with “Canada is not for sale” t-shirt.

Mike Myers, Canadian legend, on SNL tonight.

A reminder for these times.

Heritage Minister proposes almost doubling public CBC funding, ending advertising and subscriptions Pascale St-Onge calls for new mandate for the public broadcaster to legally enshrine funding on a per capita basis

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge proposes almost doubling public CBC funding, ending advertising and subscriptions. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com #cdnmedia #journalism

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Yes! Malicious compliance or intentionally ignorant beauracracy.

I know. I think about my American friends, and I'm scared for you and everyone.

I am really unnerved by the US.

At the property, the front porch was a sheet of thick slick sheet ice from water expelled by the heat pump. Oscar used the strongest of his stick collection to chip away at it.

Photo of the Cowichan River swollen with winter volume, banks with remaining snow and bare trees.

Grim and wet winter day, but the river was lovely. I like seeing how its course shifts over time, its banks moving and changing. I bathed here as a baby before we had plumbing.

I'm not sure why I spent the past two posts talking about rescheduling 100+ accommodated exams except to note how the practical implementation of equity and inclusion aren't necessarily met, even though the need is very real. There is a lot of talk, but my team is not getting the resources it needs.

2/2 when I say 100+ accommodated exams needed to be rescheduled, I mean I needed to find space, staff, equipment, and tech for each unique student legal requirement. Do we have these things? Not enough to try to squeeze one week into the full next week. Double full. I'm exhausted.

I've just had a bonkers fortnight, dealing with the fallout from the three days of snow closure ten days ago. I look after accommodated exams at a university and over a hundred were cancelled during peak midterms. I've somehow fit them into an equally overfull week with insufficient resources. 1/2

'if you oppose DEI you should use the full phrase instead of the letters. be brave and say, 'I oppose diversity, equity and inclusion.' bonus points if you admit which part of that you font like. making it an acronym turns it into a thought terminating cliche. from now on be proud of your opinions but be specific. let everyone know if it's diversity you don't like, or if it's equity or inclusion.'

I posted this yesterday on my FB account and got pushback from people I used to work with when I was teaching abroad. One is middle aged white Canadian in Mexico and the other American in Vietnam. Both read it as propaganda and told me I needed to read Orwell and Chomsky. I don't know how to reply.

I'm just sick of this shit.

Aside from putting in a 9 hour work day, I made a nice boule of bread.🫓🥖

Snow day spent in cold back room, working for 9 hours without break to reschedule all the students whose accommodated exams were cancelled due to the campus closures. This is what I saw of it, through the window.

Also, drove to work in a blizzard only to be sent home three hours later in a heavier blizzard when they finally decided to close the campus. Couldn't see the road. Should have stayed in bed.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

Tonight, we took son to see Dogman movie at the finally reopened lone cinema in town. It snowed heavily on our walk there. When we emerged afterwards into the dark evening, it was clear and cold, and there was sheet ice on the streets and sidewalks. Walked like a penguin all the way home.

The snowing has begun. I'm making Chili and Pumpkin soup for the week. Child wants to go to Dogman matinée in an hour, which is walkable. I don't want to go outside.