Donna Fox
@donnamatrix.bsky.social
No seriously, if you don’t already know me I’m not interesting enough to follow.
Why were some women dubbed 'spinsters'?
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November 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Physiotherapist about to tape my back: “Are you sensitive to adhesives?”
“Oh yeah, very, I get rashes pretty consistently from almost all adhesives and also I don’t give a single fuck, if it’ll help the back pain even a tiny bit I do not care one whit about a fucking rash.”
“Oh yeah, very, I get rashes pretty consistently from almost all adhesives and also I don’t give a single fuck, if it’ll help the back pain even a tiny bit I do not care one whit about a fucking rash.”
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Physiotherapist about to tape my back: “Are you sensitive to adhesives?”
“Oh yeah, very, I get rashes pretty consistently from almost all adhesives and also I don’t give a single fuck, if it’ll help the back pain even a tiny bit I do not care one whit about a fucking rash.”
“Oh yeah, very, I get rashes pretty consistently from almost all adhesives and also I don’t give a single fuck, if it’ll help the back pain even a tiny bit I do not care one whit about a fucking rash.”
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Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
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Crime: Man steals bus with passengers on board.
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Man arrested after Ontario transit bus stolen with passengers on board, police say | Globalnews.ca
Hamilton police say a suspect is facing charges after a transit bus was stolen with passengers on board when the driver had exited for a short break.
globalnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Crime: Man steals bus with passengers on board.
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Canadian Crime: He still makes the scheduled stops to let passengers on and off.
Canadian Crime Bonus: He denies boarding to one passenger because his bus pass had expired.
globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
The Internet is wild. With some details off my great grandfathers WW1 medals, I was able to find the house my grandmother lived in when she was 4 in 1918.
What a world.
What a world.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Internet is wild. With some details off my great grandfathers WW1 medals, I was able to find the house my grandmother lived in when she was 4 in 1918.
What a world.
What a world.
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Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
Watching a documentary on Pompeii and I’m like AHHH THATS WHERE I WAS.
Anyhoo there I was!
Anyhoo there I was!
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Watching a documentary on Pompeii and I’m like AHHH THATS WHERE I WAS.
Anyhoo there I was!
Anyhoo there I was!
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Folks, MATH FOR KNITTERS is listed as a pre-order at @microcosm.bsky.social because the reprint is making its way to their warehouses. They sold out of the first batch of books I sent them. A good challenge to face, and more books are on the move as I type this. Thanks for your patience!
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Folks, MATH FOR KNITTERS is listed as a pre-order at @microcosm.bsky.social because the reprint is making its way to their warehouses. They sold out of the first batch of books I sent them. A good challenge to face, and more books are on the move as I type this. Thanks for your patience!
Home sick with a migraine while my spouse is in the office and he’s STILL taking care of me by ordering me lunch so I don’t have to make any more decisions today. (I worked a half day due to deadlines and I’ve used up all my thinky for the day.)
Ok maybe marriage is pretty cool.
Ok maybe marriage is pretty cool.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Home sick with a migraine while my spouse is in the office and he’s STILL taking care of me by ordering me lunch so I don’t have to make any more decisions today. (I worked a half day due to deadlines and I’ve used up all my thinky for the day.)
Ok maybe marriage is pretty cool.
Ok maybe marriage is pretty cool.
Oh my trip to the Mediterranean, I bought French, Spanish AND Italian honey. Two from Spain in fact, one from Ibiza and one from Barcelona.
Why am I like this.
Why am I like this.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Oh my trip to the Mediterranean, I bought French, Spanish AND Italian honey. Two from Spain in fact, one from Ibiza and one from Barcelona.
Why am I like this.
Why am I like this.
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And also because you'd be disappointed if I hadn't.... 🧶
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
And also because you'd be disappointed if I hadn't.... 🧶
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Last three days of auction bidding! Grab yourself a few goodies and help us raise! those! funds!
The silent auction for Andrea's Adventurers is now live!
Running until Sunday, November 9th - find your next favourite thing and help us raise funds for cancer research!
feat. @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social, @logomancy.bsky.social, @9thlevelgames.bsky.social, @terminalcitycon.ca and more!
Running until Sunday, November 9th - find your next favourite thing and help us raise funds for cancer research!
feat. @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social, @logomancy.bsky.social, @9thlevelgames.bsky.social, @terminalcitycon.ca and more!
Andrea's Adventurers 2025
Silent auction 'Andrea's Adventurers 2025' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Last three days of auction bidding! Grab yourself a few goodies and help us raise! those! funds!
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Notes:
- The speed limit on the bike route is 30 km/h. I was doing the speed limit.
- Motorists in BC are *required* to give people on bikes at least 1m (3.3 ft) passing distance.
- All safe cycling instruction will tell you not to weave in and out of the travel lane, stay out of the door zone
- The speed limit on the bike route is 30 km/h. I was doing the speed limit.
- Motorists in BC are *required* to give people on bikes at least 1m (3.3 ft) passing distance.
- All safe cycling instruction will tell you not to weave in and out of the travel lane, stay out of the door zone
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Notes:
- The speed limit on the bike route is 30 km/h. I was doing the speed limit.
- Motorists in BC are *required* to give people on bikes at least 1m (3.3 ft) passing distance.
- All safe cycling instruction will tell you not to weave in and out of the travel lane, stay out of the door zone
- The speed limit on the bike route is 30 km/h. I was doing the speed limit.
- Motorists in BC are *required* to give people on bikes at least 1m (3.3 ft) passing distance.
- All safe cycling instruction will tell you not to weave in and out of the travel lane, stay out of the door zone
Love watching the leaf blowers blow the leaves directly into the bike lane. For fucks sake.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Love watching the leaf blowers blow the leaves directly into the bike lane. For fucks sake.
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Vancouver's proposed 2026 budget has been released.
It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.
Full report here.
It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.
Full report here.
council.vancouver.ca
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Vancouver's proposed 2026 budget has been released.
It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.
Full report here.
It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.
Full report here.
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My column today, on how police departments' car-first attitude makes them say the darnedest things. Like "leave your e-bike at home."
The scariest part of Halloween is drivers — yet police departments blame bikes and kids
For pedestrians, the message is common-sense — wear bright and reflective clothing, don’t dart into traffic, watch where you’re going — but in its tunnel vision, the overall impression veers into vict...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My column today, on how police departments' car-first attitude makes them say the darnedest things. Like "leave your e-bike at home."
3:02pm in front of my kids school. Around 500 students go here.
School pickup doesn’t have to be a traffic nightmare.
(Yes, some parents drive, but they tend to park nearby and walk in, you generally see one or two cars go by every 30 seconds or so.)
School pickup doesn’t have to be a traffic nightmare.
(Yes, some parents drive, but they tend to park nearby and walk in, you generally see one or two cars go by every 30 seconds or so.)
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
3:02pm in front of my kids school. Around 500 students go here.
School pickup doesn’t have to be a traffic nightmare.
(Yes, some parents drive, but they tend to park nearby and walk in, you generally see one or two cars go by every 30 seconds or so.)
School pickup doesn’t have to be a traffic nightmare.
(Yes, some parents drive, but they tend to park nearby and walk in, you generally see one or two cars go by every 30 seconds or so.)
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
Back to work after two weeks off: 882 unread emails. I can delete… 39 of them without glancing. Probably just need to skim 800 of them. The remaining may need attention.
Oh and 19 company bulletins, one of which would have been nice to have in advance since there’s a detour to get INTO the office.
Oh and 19 company bulletins, one of which would have been nice to have in advance since there’s a detour to get INTO the office.
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Back to work after two weeks off: 882 unread emails. I can delete… 39 of them without glancing. Probably just need to skim 800 of them. The remaining may need attention.
Oh and 19 company bulletins, one of which would have been nice to have in advance since there’s a detour to get INTO the office.
Oh and 19 company bulletins, one of which would have been nice to have in advance since there’s a detour to get INTO the office.
Do I know anyone who uses a laundry service? If so: which one, what do you like about it, how much do you spend on average?
November 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Do I know anyone who uses a laundry service? If so: which one, what do you like about it, how much do you spend on average?
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(and melatonin production)
Daylight savings is ableist capitalist bullshit pass it on. It is genuinely wild to me how A SINGLE HOUR will fuck up my life for the next month.
Daylight savings is ableist capitalist bullshit pass it on. It is genuinely wild to me how A SINGLE HOUR will fuck up my life for the next month.
November 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
(and melatonin production)
Daylight savings is ableist capitalist bullshit pass it on. It is genuinely wild to me how A SINGLE HOUR will fuck up my life for the next month.
Daylight savings is ableist capitalist bullshit pass it on. It is genuinely wild to me how A SINGLE HOUR will fuck up my life for the next month.
My hands are cold. I’ve never been so excited to have cold hands. #perimenopause
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My hands are cold. I’ve never been so excited to have cold hands. #perimenopause
It might be too early plan for next year, but anybody have any ideas for how to do a beheaded costume without altering the dress? My 2025 costume was a “slightly before French Revolution aristocrat” and I’d love to move her forward a few years for next year, but I ain’t cutting a hole in this!
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It might be too early plan for next year, but anybody have any ideas for how to do a beheaded costume without altering the dress? My 2025 costume was a “slightly before French Revolution aristocrat” and I’d love to move her forward a few years for next year, but I ain’t cutting a hole in this!
Y’all I haven’t paid attention to sports since the last time the jays won the World Series and: dude, wtf was that?
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Y’all I haven’t paid attention to sports since the last time the jays won the World Series and: dude, wtf was that?
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The silent auction for Andrea's Adventurers is now live!
Running until Sunday, November 9th - find your next favourite thing and help us raise funds for cancer research!
feat. @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social, @logomancy.bsky.social, @9thlevelgames.bsky.social, @terminalcitycon.ca and more!
Running until Sunday, November 9th - find your next favourite thing and help us raise funds for cancer research!
feat. @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social, @logomancy.bsky.social, @9thlevelgames.bsky.social, @terminalcitycon.ca and more!
Andrea's Adventurers 2025
Silent auction 'Andrea's Adventurers 2025' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The silent auction for Andrea's Adventurers is now live!
Running until Sunday, November 9th - find your next favourite thing and help us raise funds for cancer research!
feat. @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social, @logomancy.bsky.social, @9thlevelgames.bsky.social, @terminalcitycon.ca and more!
Running until Sunday, November 9th - find your next favourite thing and help us raise funds for cancer research!
feat. @arcdreampublishing.bsky.social, @logomancy.bsky.social, @9thlevelgames.bsky.social, @terminalcitycon.ca and more!