My IRL friends call me Chris
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Gardener. Current: flower mixologist. Former: flack. Fluent in spin. I media scan, therefore I am. Mister Rogers/Mary Oliver stan. Born at 326 ppm. Old married broad. Mom. Dogs' person. I*Am*Canadian. Ferenge. she/her #BlackLivesMatter #LFC #ElbowsUp
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After having strangers show up in my mentions with racism, xenophobia, grammar policing & nitpicking a simple post about joy this past week, I'm moving my default to only comments from people I follow. There's been much more of this lately. My apologies but it makes this place healthier for me.
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so much clothing is marketed as "conversation starters" but as an introvert, i want "conversation enders." no more talking. let me go home.
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
so much clothing is marketed as "conversation starters" but as an introvert, i want "conversation enders." no more talking. let me go home.
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Amazing to see this story getting a lot of outrage and reach, as it should
February 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Amazing to see this story getting a lot of outrage and reach, as it should
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Study ties adult #RSV hospitalization to a higher risk of heart and lung problems in next 6 months
The most common event was arrhythmia, followed by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and congestive heart failure exacerbation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
The most common event was arrhythmia, followed by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and congestive heart failure exacerbation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
February 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Study ties adult #RSV hospitalization to a higher risk of heart and lung problems in next 6 months
The most common event was arrhythmia, followed by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and congestive heart failure exacerbation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
The most common event was arrhythmia, followed by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and congestive heart failure exacerbation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
How many provinces and territories will show us leadership on shunning the CSAM platform before the Carney government gets around to it?
February 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
How many provinces and territories will show us leadership on shunning the CSAM platform before the Carney government gets around to it?
So the Carney government has indeed cut $5 billion specifically earmarked for transit while not being transparent about it. This key message from the minister tries to get around that.
This would have been money to help get people out of their cars. This government is climate unfriendly.
#CdnPoli
This would have been money to help get people out of their cars. This government is climate unfriendly.
#CdnPoli
February 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
So the Carney government has indeed cut $5 billion specifically earmarked for transit while not being transparent about it. This key message from the minister tries to get around that.
This would have been money to help get people out of their cars. This government is climate unfriendly.
#CdnPoli
This would have been money to help get people out of their cars. This government is climate unfriendly.
#CdnPoli
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Being a chase producer is a hard, hard job. Most people have no idea.
It was easily one of the most stressful jobs I've ever had, and I was a server before. I'd get home and wonder how the hell I got through that day.
Then I'd be paralyzed with stress thinking "oh god, I have to do it again tomorrow."
That is how incompetent but always available men become famous~~
Then I'd be paralyzed with stress thinking "oh god, I have to do it again tomorrow."
That is how incompetent but always available men become famous~~
February 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Being a chase producer is a hard, hard job. Most people have no idea.
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When you're a 23-year-old making no money who finally got a foot in the door of your extremely competitive industry and really don't want to get screamed at or fired, your focus is on trying to get through the day.
The guy who is always available helps you do that.
But the new suffers for it.
The guy who is always available helps you do that.
But the new suffers for it.
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
When you're a 23-year-old making no money who finally got a foot in the door of your extremely competitive industry and really don't want to get screamed at or fired, your focus is on trying to get through the day.
The guy who is always available helps you do that.
But the new suffers for it.
The guy who is always available helps you do that.
But the new suffers for it.
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If you failed, you'd get yelled at. The stress was unbelievable. You quickly learn who is ALWAYS available.
Ian Lee, for example, was ALWAYS available. To the point that it was kind of a running joke.
Sylvain Charlebois? Constantly pitching himself in our inboxes, always ready to hop on camera.
Ian Lee, for example, was ALWAYS available. To the point that it was kind of a running joke.
Sylvain Charlebois? Constantly pitching himself in our inboxes, always ready to hop on camera.
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
If you failed, you'd get yelled at. The stress was unbelievable. You quickly learn who is ALWAYS available.
Ian Lee, for example, was ALWAYS available. To the point that it was kind of a running joke.
Sylvain Charlebois? Constantly pitching himself in our inboxes, always ready to hop on camera.
Ian Lee, for example, was ALWAYS available. To the point that it was kind of a running joke.
Sylvain Charlebois? Constantly pitching himself in our inboxes, always ready to hop on camera.
I used to tweet about this when people got frustrated seeing a physician who frequently and demonstrably got it wrong about Covid interviewed about Covid over and over and over again on broadcast news. It's because he picked up the phone for harried chase producers who are under incredible pressure.
I can tell you why, at least at CTV. I used to chase produce for Newschannel when Power Play was off air.
You'd show up for work, making (in my case) less than 50K a year, and you'd have like, two hours at a time to find someone to speak about XYZ, on national TV, with next to no notice.
You'd show up for work, making (in my case) less than 50K a year, and you'd have like, two hours at a time to find someone to speak about XYZ, on national TV, with next to no notice.
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I used to tweet about this when people got frustrated seeing a physician who frequently and demonstrably got it wrong about Covid interviewed about Covid over and over and over again on broadcast news. It's because he picked up the phone for harried chase producers who are under incredible pressure.
I ordered my son a pair of left-handed kitchen scissors. They were made in China and, on the packaging, one of the product features reads as follows:
"Beautiful shape, firm construction, defending the rust enduring."
It's lyrical, really.
"Beautiful shape, firm construction, defending the rust enduring."
It's lyrical, really.
February 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I ordered my son a pair of left-handed kitchen scissors. They were made in China and, on the packaging, one of the product features reads as follows:
"Beautiful shape, firm construction, defending the rust enduring."
It's lyrical, really.
"Beautiful shape, firm construction, defending the rust enduring."
It's lyrical, really.
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The Clash - JFK, New York (1981)
📷 by Allan Tannenbaum
📷 by Allan Tannenbaum
February 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The Clash - JFK, New York (1981)
📷 by Allan Tannenbaum
📷 by Allan Tannenbaum
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This voicemail prompts a number of questions, but one of the top ones for me is how does the Premier of Ontario not have anything better to do with his time than call people up at night and leave passive aggressive voicemails?
Here's Doug Ford's surprising voicemail message to a public servant who expressed concerns about the Ontario government's return to the office policy:
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
“You don’t like it, go get another job”
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This voicemail prompts a number of questions, but one of the top ones for me is how does the Premier of Ontario not have anything better to do with his time than call people up at night and leave passive aggressive voicemails?
"Jonathan English, the founding principal of Infrastory Insights, told the board that overhauling streetcar speeds and signal rules would be one of the cheapest and most effective ways to revolutionize transit in the city."
#ToPoli
#ToPoli
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"Jonathan English, the founding principal of Infrastory Insights, told the board that overhauling streetcar speeds and signal rules would be one of the cheapest and most effective ways to revolutionize transit in the city."
#ToPoli
#ToPoli
The Carney govt's rhetoric and actions here directly feed into anti-immigrant sentiment, xenophobia and, ultimately, white supremacy. The govt's implicit message helps drive some really ugly momentum.
Mark Carney must see courting Pierre Poilievre's young white male base as worth the trade-off.
Mark Carney must see courting Pierre Poilievre's young white male base as worth the trade-off.
breachmedia.ca/as-a-doctor-... ‘The cuts to this program are not happening within a vacuum. They are taking place in a broader context of heightened anti-immigration rhetoric and policies like Bill C-12 that will make it easier for people to lose their status and be deported.’
As a doctor, I know cutting health care for refugees hurts us all ⋆ The Breach
Targeting the most vulnerable is a slippery slope toward weakening public health for all
breachmedia.ca
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The Carney govt's rhetoric and actions here directly feed into anti-immigrant sentiment, xenophobia and, ultimately, white supremacy. The govt's implicit message helps drive some really ugly momentum.
Mark Carney must see courting Pierre Poilievre's young white male base as worth the trade-off.
Mark Carney must see courting Pierre Poilievre's young white male base as worth the trade-off.
This is only going to get louder and louder and be the source of more and more anger as people in the majority of Canada's provinces and territories realize that Canadians in 3 provinces and 1 territory now have free contraception and diabetes care and they don't.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
N.L. premier says 'fractured' federal approach to pharmacare creating…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
www.nationalnewswatch.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This is only going to get louder and louder and be the source of more and more anger as people in the majority of Canada's provinces and territories realize that Canadians in 3 provinces and 1 territory now have free contraception and diabetes care and they don't.
#CdnPoli
#CdnPoli
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Can you imagine Carney saying something like this? Not a chance. Brookfield was a major investor in Musk buying X when Carney was there.
This is what leadership looks like.
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Can you imagine Carney saying something like this? Not a chance. Brookfield was a major investor in Musk buying X when Carney was there.
"When it finally does open, the Crosstown will stand as an object lesson in how to do everything wrong. Spend the most money. Waste the most time. Snarl up a city. Wreck neighbourhoods. Ruin traffic. Bicker ceaselessly pointlessly..."
#GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli #ToPoli
www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
#GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli #ToPoli
www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
February 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM
"When it finally does open, the Crosstown will stand as an object lesson in how to do everything wrong. Spend the most money. Waste the most time. Snarl up a city. Wreck neighbourhoods. Ruin traffic. Bicker ceaselessly pointlessly..."
#GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli #ToPoli
www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
#GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli #ToPoli
www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...
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If Mark Carney won’t move decisively against X and Musk at their weakest — we’re talking standing up to CSAM, which up until Solomon’s Midnight Tweet I thought would be a no-brainer — he won’t asset Canadian sovereignty on any number of less clear-cut Canada-US issues.
February 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
If Mark Carney won’t move decisively against X and Musk at their weakest — we’re talking standing up to CSAM, which up until Solomon’s Midnight Tweet I thought would be a no-brainer — he won’t asset Canadian sovereignty on any number of less clear-cut Canada-US issues.
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The X/Grok CSAM-deepfake scandal is one of those morally clarifying events that reveal what leaders actually believe. It forces a choice. Here, it makes clear the Carney government’s hostility to effective digital regulation and its extreme reluctance to counteract processes of deep US integration.
February 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The X/Grok CSAM-deepfake scandal is one of those morally clarifying events that reveal what leaders actually believe. It forces a choice. Here, it makes clear the Carney government’s hostility to effective digital regulation and its extreme reluctance to counteract processes of deep US integration.
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In contrast to Europe, Canada’s response has been to leave X/Musk’s many, many inexcusable actions to the largely toothless Privacy Commissioner, with AI Promotion Minister Evan Solomon reassuring everyone via a Midnight Tweet (on X — classy) that Canada wouldn’t be banning X.
February 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
In contrast to Europe, Canada’s response has been to leave X/Musk’s many, many inexcusable actions to the largely toothless Privacy Commissioner, with AI Promotion Minister Evan Solomon reassuring everyone via a Midnight Tweet (on X — classy) that Canada wouldn’t be banning X.
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This is one reason I keep trying to remind people of the power that we have. That we have *always* had. Not because I’m in denial, but because I know history. I’m no sophisticated intellectual, but I do know we’re going to win even though the bad shit is really terrible right now.
Too many people on Bluesky think that relentless expressions of despair are a sign of intellectual sophistication.
February 4, 2026 at 10:33 PM
This is one reason I keep trying to remind people of the power that we have. That we have *always* had. Not because I’m in denial, but because I know history. I’m no sophisticated intellectual, but I do know we’re going to win even though the bad shit is really terrible right now.
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Starmer finding that place in a Venn Diagram where he manages to annoy allies without defeating enemies
Keir Starmer attacks the racism of Reform and Matt Goodwin but then adds that "Britain has also been let down by a mindset on the left of politics that is too slow to defend core British values"
February 5, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Starmer finding that place in a Venn Diagram where he manages to annoy allies without defeating enemies
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The pass Carney’s getting for the gap between what people think he’s doing and his actual policies reminds me of how progressives in the 90s were convinced that Paul Martin was on their side, even as he gutted the social programs they valued.
"The FCM says it has learned from officials that a vague reference in the budget to reallocating funds from the Canada Public Transit Fund will in fact mean a $5-billion cut over 10 years"
This is a very slippery government. Whether it's a budget or a high-profile speech, best to read the fine print
This is a very slippery government. Whether it's a budget or a high-profile speech, best to read the fine print
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The pass Carney’s getting for the gap between what people think he’s doing and his actual policies reminds me of how progressives in the 90s were convinced that Paul Martin was on their side, even as he gutted the social programs they valued.
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Small Mānuka bonsai
This is a pink flower variety.
🌱🇳🇿
This is a pink flower variety.
🌱🇳🇿
February 5, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Small Mānuka bonsai
This is a pink flower variety.
🌱🇳🇿
This is a pink flower variety.
🌱🇳🇿