Patrick Tarr

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.

bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy

Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).

The cast of SCTV

SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.

S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky

this insane walk from Best in Show is another tiny comedic thing she does that absolutely kills me every time

Back to zero days without responding to the words “Enjoy the show” with “You too.”

Looking forward to No Other Choice though.

Chicago only needs to change 1 letter.

It was a lifelong dream to work with Catherine O’Hara but just watching her work for my whole life was blessing enough.

There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.

Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦

How Big Tech Spearheads the US Threat to Canada | The Tyee American digital giants are deeply entrenched here, making the building of Carney’s ‘sovereign cloud’ near impossible.

As Canada finds its sovereignty threatened by the U.S., Trump plays the villain.

But it is #BigTech that rules the world and poses its own threat to Canadian sovereignty.

And nothing the Mark Carney government has proposed is likely to blunt its efforts.

Donald Gutstein writes. #uspoli #canpoli

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

I was there in November and wanted to go but couldn't make it. But it seems like it's ongoing and my kid is going to Halifax for school in the fall so I'll have another chance!

Loved this movie.

Well now I’m wishing I hadn’t followed up A Thousand Blows with Empathie.

Little Ghosts Books Workshop Space Little Ghosts Books horror bookstore & community hub is looking to expand its space by renovating our back garage into a studio to host our workshops, book clubs, and author events.

Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
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Congratulations on the publication of A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon! Congratulations on the publication of A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon - out now with House of Anansi Press. A refreshing look at the inevitability of uncertainty and how it can help

Congratulations on the publication of A Love Affair with the Unknown by Gillian Deacon - out now with House of Anansi Press.

Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/01/27/c...

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Billionaire CEOs Party With Trump and Melania After His Goons Kill Nurse Apple CEO Tim Cook traveled to the White House on the same day a Border Patrol agent shot a Veterans Affairs nurse dead in Minneapolis.

Apple’s Tim Cook is among a group of CEOs being eviscerated for traveling to the White House on the same day Border Patrol agents killed a Veterans Affairs nurse in Minneapolis.

www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-...

Reminder — if you're getting snowed in, and you're in a house—to check your outdoor vents from your dryer, furnace, fireplace, etc., that might be blocked by snow.

Is there a word in Canadian for that thing when you're shovelling, hit an uneven patch of sidewalk, and wind yourself with the shovel handle?

Today on GET LIT we speak with Su Chang about her novel The Immortal Woman! (exclamation point mine).

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca, on podcasts and here; tinyurl.com/2spbmj38

@houseofanansi.bsky.social

Per the r/Minnesota reddit, she's been detained by ICE.

My group chats are full of Minnesotans reacting to today’s murder by figuring out ways they can help.

We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today.

Let’s make a list of things that could help.

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

ATTENTION CANADIAN AUTHORS: if your book was stolen for slop, the cdn suit against anthropic is looking for the following to include in their filed material: your name, that you believe your work is in the dataset, no US copyright on your book(s). email opulleyblank@cfmlawyers.ca by Jan 29 #booksky

Hearts Strange and Dreadful NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

REVIEWERS: Hearts Strange & Dreadful by @timmcgregor.bsky.social is now available for review on Netgalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book.... If you'd like a physical copy contact us directly.

I cannot "Amen" this loudly enough. Congratulations to Will Tracy (Bugonia) and Robert Kaplow (Blue Moon) for bucking the trend.

As it’s David Lynch’s birthday…check out the second impression underneath as well.

Just finished it and couldn't agree more.

Readers keep on finding new and incredibly nice things to say about The Knave of Graves.

The full review from Quentin Lewis is well worth the read:
🔗 www.quentinlewis.com/books/curren...

Many thanks to Quentin for the thoughtful review.

Loved it. Tom Rooney must just collapse after every performance.