I had this conversation with relatives at my first Canadian Thanksgiving get-together in 2012. They were talking about whether it was worth it to get pet insurance, or just save, or to risk it, and I sat in stunned silence remembering how many times I'd had to talk that way about people.

I'm not sure if it's Ontario specific, but Ontario is the only place in Canada I've lived to be able to speak to! I think it's at least an Eastern thing, though, because my spouse from NS uses it too.

I have now lived in Ontario long enough (13 years and change) to have used the word "duotang" in conversation automatically and without even noticing until it was pointed out, so there's that.

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

Nearly every media outlet is announcing they will refuse to sign the Pentagon’s new rule stating they cannot report information if it’s not government “authorized.”

Even Newsmax is refusing to sign.

a couple of people have criticized this "but what if you do bad things with all that power" but like. look around you. the right has already grasped the power at hand and is using it. "republicans use the state to advance their goals; democrats unilaterally disarm" is not a sustainable equilibrium!

Developing: per photographer Matthew Kaplan and others on scene, neighbors are currently facing dozens of Border Patrol agents on the east side. Feds have been all over the area, some kidnappings confirmed. Saw one gas canister deployed on FB live earlier.

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

There's plenty to call out without it being about people's bodies. Enough.

Yes this is brought to you by the Time magazine cover and no I will not be accepting arguments today or ever. Stop.

If I never again see anybody picking apart somebody's body as proxy for how evil they are it will be too soon.

Just stop it. It's pathetic.

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Having blackhawk helicopters constantly circling overhead when you're someone with PTSD is not great 🫠

The grocery store within the first hour it opens is a top-tier place to start your community-oriented week. AMA.

Also the construction site behind the store I went to this morning was looking shiny.

Surely you're aware this makes you an outlier.

Genuinely you should try to stop thinking of it as damage and instead think of it as normal use. It's not damage if your floors get dirty and dinged up, it's part of how they're used.

If like most you couldn't tell us anything about Alaska yesterday please don't pretend to be an expert today kthanks

Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska

People's houses are floating away WITH PEOPLE IN THEM

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