@dreid63
@dreid63.bsky.social
She/her, settler. Writer @washingtonpost @Eater @GlobeandMail. Represented by Aevitas Creative Management.
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I sometimes despair that the camera can never really capture just how amazing the natural world can be. But sometimes, just sometimes, the winter light hits those reeds and all those reflections pop... #birds #birdphotography #birding #photooftheday #photography #NatureIsAmazing
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM
I sometimes despair that the camera can never really capture just how amazing the natural world can be. But sometimes, just sometimes, the winter light hits those reeds and all those reflections pop... #birds #birdphotography #birding #photooftheday #photography #NatureIsAmazing
Reminded of this brilliant song this week
The Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
YouTube video by ChemicalBrothersVEVO
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January 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Reminded of this brilliant song this week
Love + Kindness + Ethiopian food
Rendez-Vous, Toronto
Rendez-Vous, Toronto
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Love + Kindness + Ethiopian food
Rendez-Vous, Toronto
Rendez-Vous, Toronto
I think of all the lawyers propping this up. The men and women working behind the scenes to silence independent voices.
January 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I think of all the lawyers propping this up. The men and women working behind the scenes to silence independent voices.
The loss of Catherine O'Hara is great. And she has left us so much. Some of her very best work — Schitt's Creek and The Studio — was done in the last decade. What a brilliant career. Rest in peace. Thanks for all the laughs.
January 30, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The loss of Catherine O'Hara is great. And she has left us so much. Some of her very best work — Schitt's Creek and The Studio — was done in the last decade. What a brilliant career. Rest in peace. Thanks for all the laughs.
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The King Oak - Sevenoaks, the Kingdom of Kent
The only one of the original ‘seven oaks’ to survive the hurricane of 1987.
The other six have since been replaced, so no longer the town of ‘Oneoak’
The only one of the original ‘seven oaks’ to survive the hurricane of 1987.
The other six have since been replaced, so no longer the town of ‘Oneoak’
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 AM
The King Oak - Sevenoaks, the Kingdom of Kent
The only one of the original ‘seven oaks’ to survive the hurricane of 1987.
The other six have since been replaced, so no longer the town of ‘Oneoak’
The only one of the original ‘seven oaks’ to survive the hurricane of 1987.
The other six have since been replaced, so no longer the town of ‘Oneoak’
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Moon Walk
Wilf Perreault
2020
Wilf Perreault
2020
January 30, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Moon Walk
Wilf Perreault
2020
Wilf Perreault
2020
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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the Senate rejected the DHS Appropriations bill! the people's momentum is its own kind of power.
here it is: some tips and scripts. (I may add more later.) if you have trouble accessing the Doc, let me know!
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
the Senate rejected the DHS Appropriations bill! the people's momentum is its own kind of power.
Still messing about and dreaming of June strawberries.
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Still messing about and dreaming of June strawberries.
It is wild watching the Washington Post be dismantled. I'm so proud of the freelance work I did with them. I learned so much from the exemplary team at Food and Voraciously. There are so many beloved recipes in my folder, many by Daniela Galarza. 1/
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
It is wild watching the Washington Post be dismantled. I'm so proud of the freelance work I did with them. I learned so much from the exemplary team at Food and Voraciously. There are so many beloved recipes in my folder, many by Daniela Galarza. 1/
Reminded of this beautiful song listening to a Derrick Gee interview with Fred Again.
Phosphorescent - Song For Zula
YouTube video by PhosphorescentVEVO
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Reminded of this beautiful song listening to a Derrick Gee interview with Fred Again.
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Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
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I wrote a thing about short stories, why they get rejected, and what you can apply to your own work.
clhellisen.beehiiv.com/p/a-view-fro...
clhellisen.beehiiv.com/p/a-view-fro...
A View from the Slush
clhellisen.beehiiv.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I wrote a thing about short stories, why they get rejected, and what you can apply to your own work.
clhellisen.beehiiv.com/p/a-view-fro...
clhellisen.beehiiv.com/p/a-view-fro...
Stay for the comments. 😂
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Stay for the comments. 😂
May 68
The civil unrest brought France to its knees. It began with students. Surprise! It basically shut down everything — schools, factories, transportation. It's interesting history, and it reflects the fierce French spirit.
The civil unrest brought France to its knees. It began with students. Surprise! It basically shut down everything — schools, factories, transportation. It's interesting history, and it reflects the fierce French spirit.
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
May 68
The civil unrest brought France to its knees. It began with students. Surprise! It basically shut down everything — schools, factories, transportation. It's interesting history, and it reflects the fierce French spirit.
The civil unrest brought France to its knees. It began with students. Surprise! It basically shut down everything — schools, factories, transportation. It's interesting history, and it reflects the fierce French spirit.
Thank you, Bruce Springsteen. We need a lot more people using their privilege and position to speak out for the resistance.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Thank you, Bruce Springsteen. We need a lot more people using their privilege and position to speak out for the resistance.
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Don't be like Tim Cook.
January 28, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Don't be like Tim Cook.
I'd like to see the honorific naming of public institutions stopped. We have seen incredible abuses this year.
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'd like to see the honorific naming of public institutions stopped. We have seen incredible abuses this year.
A story needs to be written about the Art Gallery of Ontario and the curatorial resignations and patronage. Along with her stance on Gaza, Goldin staged effective protests linking the Sackler family wealth and art patronage to the Oxycontin crisis.
www.frieze.com/article/gree...
www.frieze.com/article/gree...
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A story needs to be written about the Art Gallery of Ontario and the curatorial resignations and patronage. Along with her stance on Gaza, Goldin staged effective protests linking the Sackler family wealth and art patronage to the Oxycontin crisis.
www.frieze.com/article/gree...
www.frieze.com/article/gree...
"Goldin, who is Jewish, took to the podium to “amplify [her] position of moral outrage at the genocide in Gaza, in Lebanon,” and to criticize Germany's conflation of antisemitism and anti-Zionism."
Three curators resign in two years. This is a crisis for the @agotoronto.bsky.social.
Three curators resign in two years. This is a crisis for the @agotoronto.bsky.social.
Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Art Gallery of Ontario’s Halted Acquisition
“It’s chilling that this censorship plays out especially regarding Palestine, the great exception to free speech,” Goldin told Hyperallergic.
hyperallergic.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"Goldin, who is Jewish, took to the podium to “amplify [her] position of moral outrage at the genocide in Gaza, in Lebanon,” and to criticize Germany's conflation of antisemitism and anti-Zionism."
Three curators resign in two years. This is a crisis for the @agotoronto.bsky.social.
Three curators resign in two years. This is a crisis for the @agotoronto.bsky.social.
It was a six Yahtzee game for me.
January 27, 2026 at 11:25 PM
It was a six Yahtzee game for me.
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Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.