Seems like every few months there’s a new study showing giving homeless people a small amount of money (instead of stealing their stuff and putting them in jail) results in them finding jobs and homes. We keep spending money on these studies rather than doing what they indicate will work.

Wordsworth and Coleridge at the Coldplay gig

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Won't. Stop. With. Immigrants.
It. Will. Move. On. To. The. Next. Group. He. Hates.

Been rereading Andrea's books today. What an incredible human. What an incredible life.

(From You Better Be Lightning).

In Europe, you can drive for one hour and pass through three countries. In Canada, you can drive for over 24 hours and still be in Ontario.

🇨🇦 Morning Laugh 🇨🇦

A crowd of people around an energetic Simple Plan stage. People are bouncing oversized beach balls overhead.

The cloud above the crowd looks a bit like Canada (or at least the right side looks like Quebec)

Lots of smoke and confetti for the Simple Plan finale with fierce magenta lighting.

I was at the Simple Plan concert for #CanadaDay with my siblings and their friends in Pierrefonds-Roxboro. Band's originally from the West Island like I am. Mayor gave them the keys to the city.

It'd been raining and a rainbow was touching the stage. Later, a cloud that looks like Canada showed up.

Bernie.....🎯

“In the Hills, The Cities” by Clive Barker (1984) In which people in a village form two colossi locked in mortal combat

Here's my take on Clive Barker's "In the Hills, the Cities," one of my most popular #WeirdFictionChallenge posts:

Big kaiju energy.

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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

@matthewrettino.bsky.social

😡😡😡😡

king.

World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.

World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...

Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.

LGBTQ Catholics, you are welcome at Holy Week liturgies - Outreach Holy Week is a sacred drama in which we are called to enter with our whole selves—our stories, wounds, hopes and identities.

A beautiful piece by the Rev. Michael Trail of the Archdiocese of Chicago on why, above all times in the liturgical year, LGBTQ Catholics should feel at home at the Easter Triduum. outreach.faith/2025/04/lgbt...

This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.

Positively breathtaking. ❤️

Did you know we were never told the story of the birds and the bees? Myndstate on IG

When you sit with a griever, your work is to be with them where they are, not drag them out where you are more comfortable.

Ukranian children killed within the last 10 days...

Great work Matthew! Good luck!

Yup.

Incredibly satisfying to work over a story, and it tells you something you didn’t know yourself about the characters.

And because you didn’t know, it looks like you’re weaving in such subtle subtext…