sherrynoik 🇨🇦 🎨🎵
@sherrynoik.bsky.social
Recovering journalist, budding artist.
Word nerd, info junkie, music fanatic.
Ex-CBC News, Postmedia/Sun Media, Q107, CFRB.
The answer is 42.
Word nerd, info junkie, music fanatic.
Ex-CBC News, Postmedia/Sun Media, Q107, CFRB.
The answer is 42.
I think less of people who use the word “less” to mean “fewer.”
August 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I think less of people who use the word “less” to mean “fewer.”
Those people are not to be trusted under any circumstances.
There are people in the world who don't like music. Not one specific genre but music as a whole.
That both blows my mind and disturbs me.
That both blows my mind and disturbs me.
July 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Those people are not to be trusted under any circumstances.
You know who also loves em-dashes, sets of three and parallel structures? ALL THE WRITERS WHO WROTE ALL THE ACTUAL PROSE THE LLMs STOLE.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You know who also loves em-dashes, sets of three and parallel structures? ALL THE WRITERS WHO WROTE ALL THE ACTUAL PROSE THE LLMs STOLE.
Follow-up question:
Then why would the White House be thinking of suspending it?
Then why would the White House be thinking of suspending it?
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Follow-up question:
Then why would the White House be thinking of suspending it?
Then why would the White House be thinking of suspending it?
The Who have been doing “farewell tours” since 1982. I guess this is the “farewell to farewell tours” tour.
The Who have announced dates for 'The Song Is Over North American Farewell Tour,' which they’re billing as their last-ever runs through the United States and Canada before calling it quits.
The Who Announce 'The Song Is Over' North American Farewell Tour
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are revving up the Who one last time for a tour they're naming after their 1971 deep cut "The Song Is Over."
www.rollingstone.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Who have been doing “farewell tours” since 1982. I guess this is the “farewell to farewell tours” tour.
Sometimes I think about how The Rolling Stones rhymed “monkey” with “junkies.”
Sometimes I think about how the first line of "Legs" is "she's got legs"
May 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Sometimes I think about how The Rolling Stones rhymed “monkey” with “junkies.”
This should be required reading for anyone who works in media or considers him/herself a journalist.
"When in doubt, draw a distinction." 🧵
In grad school one of my professors told me that. Some of the best advice I have ever received.
This is a thread about the key distinctions I use in my work.
I had a version of it posted at the other joint, which I revised a bit to make this one.
Ready? 1/
In grad school one of my professors told me that. Some of the best advice I have ever received.
This is a thread about the key distinctions I use in my work.
I had a version of it posted at the other joint, which I revised a bit to make this one.
Ready? 1/
April 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This should be required reading for anyone who works in media or considers him/herself a journalist.
$10 says he calls her “M’lady”
April 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
$10 says he calls her “M’lady”
Ageing gracefully but still looking like a cartoon dog.
Happy 10th birthday to my goofball, Bono.
Happy 10th birthday to my goofball, Bono.
April 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ageing gracefully but still looking like a cartoon dog.
Happy 10th birthday to my goofball, Bono.
Happy 10th birthday to my goofball, Bono.
It’s so funny that his name is Homan.
Like “oat mylk” or “chick’n fingers” — something approximating the real thing.
Like “oat mylk” or “chick’n fingers” — something approximating the real thing.
Tom Homan on ABC does not deny that the administration's position is they have a right to grab people off the street and deport them without a hearing
April 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It’s so funny that his name is Homan.
Like “oat mylk” or “chick’n fingers” — something approximating the real thing.
Like “oat mylk” or “chick’n fingers” — something approximating the real thing.
We can tell it’s you, @deesnider.bsky.social. No one else has mastered your unique mix of self-deprecating narcissism, conviviality and humour.
It's me. too lazy to get verified.
Is @deesnider.bsky.social here! I think we gotta use We’re Not Gonna Take It as our revolutions song! Now folks we gotta protest every weekend!
April 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We can tell it’s you, @deesnider.bsky.social. No one else has mastered your unique mix of self-deprecating narcissism, conviviality and humour.
April 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Reposted by sherrynoik 🇨🇦 🎨🎵
Nailed it.
It’s a Do-Over Glue Emergency, or DOGE. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle
Tesla said Thursday it is recalling nearly all Cybertrucks in the United States to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, the latest in a series of call-backs for the pickup truck.
www.reuters.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Nailed it.
Do you know how pissed off Canada has to be for @charlieangus104.bsky.social to agree with Doug Ford? This would be like @aoc.bsky.social high-fiving MTG.
Premier Ford is right. The only way to end this dark idiocy is to ramp it up.
Tiptoeing around a thug is a recipe for disaster.
This is elbows up tie.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/03/06/o...
Tiptoeing around a thug is a recipe for disaster.
This is elbows up tie.
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/03/06/o...
Ontario putting 25 per cent surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Do you know how pissed off Canada has to be for @charlieangus104.bsky.social to agree with Doug Ford? This would be like @aoc.bsky.social high-fiving MTG.
I’ve had that climactic scene from “About a Boy” in my head all day. RIP
Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88
Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88
Much-loved singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, had suffered a stroke in 2016
Roberta Flack, the US singer behind a string of hits including Killing Me…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I’ve had that climactic scene from “About a Boy” in my head all day. RIP
🇨🇦 should answer every threat from the U.S. with an even crazier one.
No more oil unless everyone in Kentucky leaves.
Need our lumber? We’re gonna need Kid Rock to legally change his name to “Untalented Turd.”
Want our potash? It’s now priced at a gazillionty dollars per tonne.
No more oil unless everyone in Kentucky leaves.
Need our lumber? We’re gonna need Kid Rock to legally change his name to “Untalented Turd.”
Want our potash? It’s now priced at a gazillionty dollars per tonne.
February 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
🇨🇦 should answer every threat from the U.S. with an even crazier one.
No more oil unless everyone in Kentucky leaves.
Need our lumber? We’re gonna need Kid Rock to legally change his name to “Untalented Turd.”
Want our potash? It’s now priced at a gazillionty dollars per tonne.
No more oil unless everyone in Kentucky leaves.
Need our lumber? We’re gonna need Kid Rock to legally change his name to “Untalented Turd.”
Want our potash? It’s now priced at a gazillionty dollars per tonne.
The brilliant Sir Bob Geldof with some thoughts today at the Toronto premiere of the Live Aid musical Just For One Day.
February 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The brilliant Sir Bob Geldof with some thoughts today at the Toronto premiere of the Live Aid musical Just For One Day.
Oddly, the article doesn’t provide a link to the EMA’s account, so here it is: @ema.europa.eu
January 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oddly, the article doesn’t provide a link to the EMA’s account, so here it is: @ema.europa.eu
Sparing a thought for all the guys named Alan/Allan/Allen — aka “Al”.
January 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sparing a thought for all the guys named Alan/Allan/Allen — aka “Al”.
This piece is like a punch in the gut that also makes your stomach hurt from laughing.
“A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins.”
“A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins.”
"Is there a formula for being a good writer, you might ask? Yes, and it’s simple: Writing is 40 percent talent, 70 percent luck, and 50 percent determination. To become a writer, you do not need to be good at math."
How to Become a Professional Writer
Do you enjoy writing? Do you like the idea of taking the thing you love doing the most in the world and turning it into work? So that your access t...
buff.ly
January 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This piece is like a punch in the gut that also makes your stomach hurt from laughing.
“A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins.”
“A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins.”
We need a moratorium on the word “trump.” No playing of “trump cards,” nothing “trumps” anything else, no “trumped up” charges, nothing “coming up trumps.” Are we all agreed?
January 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We need a moratorium on the word “trump.” No playing of “trump cards,” nothing “trumps” anything else, no “trumped up” charges, nothing “coming up trumps.” Are we all agreed?
BRB. Printing this and posting it in all the bathrooms in the house.
January 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BRB. Printing this and posting it in all the bathrooms in the house.
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