dani

not niche in Newfoundland, because it was subversive as hell and groundbreaking for our cultural identity, but profoundly niche outside of it (despite making huge impacts in Canadian media) - CODCO
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODCO

Exactly so.
I know a lot of folks in Newfoundland (and beyond, no doubt) would benefit from reading this, as well.

I am feeling the same way about fish farms on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, pushing expansion into new areas while existing farms have mass die-offs over and over and over.
Community pays for it whether it happens or not. There's no undoing the environmental or social mess, and for what?

dropout is definitely an unreasonable portion of what's keeping my faith in humanity running lately

holy shit that person can fuck allllllllllllllllllllllll the way off

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

sheesh, good thing no one elects too-emotional women, imagine what THAT would be like

Stop what you’re doing and watch this immediately.

Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived.

They are demanding action from Mark Carney.

Their testimony is our failure.

want to read this written up like a socratic dialogue (it's gotta, right? it's just gotta)

A handsome and menacing seagull, viewed through the windshield of a car as he stands directly on the hood glaring at the occupant photographer's onion rings (not pictured). A brown and orange fast food restaurant occupies the background.

read this as "hot water bottle trends", which I think tells you everything there is to know about my level of not-with-it

Newfoundland folklore of May snow: a cure for sore eyes and freckles This year, at least in the St. John’s area, the month of May started with snow. Not overly welcome this time of year, it did get people ...

www.dalejarvis.ca/2012/05/newf...

this takes a real surprise turn right at the end, we're not beating the unserious allegations

today'll be fruitful, I've reeeeally been finding some... joy? in clips of today's endurance challenge (with the sound off, I've been staunchly avoiding ever having to hear the other guy's voice since halfway through the first term)

a seagull standing on the hood of a car, staring with menace, viewed from inside. an A&W restaurant is in the background.

my phone has been on silent for a decade, but i think i just found the ringtone for me

in the voice, i hope

...i'm doing it in the voice

wow. wow wow wow

I thought about blocking them and then decided to leave it because every cent spent on showing me that fucking vapid ad was a cent fully wasted 💃🏼

SAME. Uggghhghhhh. Kid got a lot of infodumps about propaganda, I tell you what.

(boy did those ads fucking vanish the instant the carbon tax did, lmao)

I'm telling myself that it'll be a recount regardless, and I should just quit while I'm ahead, because I just considered a scenario for a millisecond that has left Seagulls (stop it now) stuck in my head for the forseeable and I am trying not to wake my spouse

maybe someone knocked a tin of pepsi over the ballot box (i am so very tired that is the least weird thing i'm considering at this point)

I am imagining some poor returning officer trying to get their reconciliation to add up right, trapped in purgatory turning out every garbage pail in a legion somewhere to find one missing ballot that slid off the table, just having the WORST night

i am huddled in bed with cbc on my phone and one earbud in and I'm mad about long range and I WANT TO SLEEP

truly. everyone needs to get in the ditches and get ahead of the mess coming with our own elections inevitably getting fucked by fascists, we're all choking together in the same sludge

I had a walk today and thought about the relationship between civility, discomfort, and abuse.

Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.

this is simply the price we pay for the superior toaster pastry, a delicacy

I truly adore dropout.

I'm really delighted! they're so often just glorified magnifying glasses.
(this one is the "Carson MicroFlip 100x-250x LED and UV Lighted Pocket Microscope with Flip Down Slide Base and Smartphone Digiscoping Clip Bundle Included with 24 Prepared Insect and Animal Slides" and it was about 35 bucks)

so far just the print on the box and my knee, before I hid it back away. but here is a hasty peek at my jeans using the included cellphone clip which is super handy (my phone camera is filthy, alas)

circling waaaaay back on this to report that I finally took it out to test it and tuck in a battery (takes 1 AA for led and uv lights), and it ruuuuuules, I want one for myself. It came bundled with a couple dozen prepared slides, too. goes up to 250x!