Amit Parghi
@amitparghi.bsky.social
“If you remind me of my dog, we’ll probably get along.”
I have (to the benefit of my mental health) not been following the case, nor have I thought about Johnson in a long while, but this table of contents from the motion to show cause for contempt (filing 115) is something!
January 11, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I have (to the benefit of my mental health) not been following the case, nor have I thought about Johnson in a long while, but this table of contents from the motion to show cause for contempt (filing 115) is something!
Great find! My mom still has hers in her kitchen, going strong after so many years.
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Great find! My mom still has hers in her kitchen, going strong after so many years.
In the real case that inspired the show, one of the kids was Canadian-born. The Canadian government stripped his citizenship, but he later got it back after a Supreme Court ruling.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Son of Russian spies relieved to keep Canadian citizenship | CBC News
The son of a Russian spy couple who lived clandestine lives in Canada and the United States said Friday that he wants a future in Canada after the country's Supreme Court ruled he can keep his Canadia...
www.cbc.ca
December 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
In the real case that inspired the show, one of the kids was Canadian-born. The Canadian government stripped his citizenship, but he later got it back after a Supreme Court ruling.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
They’ll all be called Google Meet.
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
They’ll all be called Google Meet.
Would pay 500 Riels for a good Winnipeg-focused explainer. I enjoyed it, but I was pretty sure there was more going on than I picked up.
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Would pay 500 Riels for a good Winnipeg-focused explainer. I enjoyed it, but I was pretty sure there was more going on than I picked up.
Truly a case of “Ford to City (pedestrians): Drop Dead”
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Truly a case of “Ford to City (pedestrians): Drop Dead”
Legault’s party is tanking in the polls, so he’s flailing and (as a writer for La Presse put it) going back to the old hits that his base loved: « laïcité »… cultural nationalism with a sprinkling of Islamophobia. (His base is primarily white francophones from suburban and rural areas.)
August 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Legault’s party is tanking in the polls, so he’s flailing and (as a writer for La Presse put it) going back to the old hits that his base loved: « laïcité »… cultural nationalism with a sprinkling of Islamophobia. (His base is primarily white francophones from suburban and rural areas.)
So if ZATHURA (2005) had been more successful, maybe none of this would have happened? Damn.
August 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
So if ZATHURA (2005) had been more successful, maybe none of this would have happened? Damn.
You also didn’t notice the author has auto deletion on his posts and claimed he has “no apparent Bluesky presence”…
July 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You also didn’t notice the author has auto deletion on his posts and claimed he has “no apparent Bluesky presence”…
re-upping this since my newsletter platform pricing chart is making the rounds again. indie media is hard but it's easier when we're in it together! 💕
btw i’m happy to be a resource for anyone considering making the switch from substack, as someone who’s been through it and has ~a year of experience since switching citationneeded.news to ghost. always happy to share my experience, including as someone for whom this is their primary income.
July 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Rusty Foster moved Today in Tabs to beehiiv and wrote about it (quoted post). I know Molly White has looked into this as well (to guide other folks).
bsky.app/profile/rust...
bsky.app/profile/rust...
I switched from substack to beehiiv and wrote a post about it: www.todayintabs.com/p/migration-...
Tabs Migration Report
How it started / How it's going
www.todayintabs.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Rusty Foster moved Today in Tabs to beehiiv and wrote about it (quoted post). I know Molly White has looked into this as well (to guide other folks).
bsky.app/profile/rust...
bsky.app/profile/rust...
Reposted by Amit Parghi
Would anyone be offended if Charlize Theron identified as being from Africa
July 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Would anyone be offended if Charlize Theron identified as being from Africa
We had Ismaili family friends growing up—they spoke Gujarati like us, but when someone asked where they were from? Their answer was, “from Uganda.”
July 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We had Ismaili family friends growing up—they spoke Gujarati like us, but when someone asked where they were from? Their answer was, “from Uganda.”
Recommended! I did this several years ago with my son, and he had as much of a blast riding the AMT train as he did in the museum.
July 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Recommended! I did this several years ago with my son, and he had as much of a blast riding the AMT train as he did in the museum.
Reposted by Amit Parghi
Bluesky is never beating the “we don’t understand jokes” allegations
June 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Bluesky is never beating the “we don’t understand jokes” allegations
Omg
“Every Day is Halloween” would like a word.
“Every Day is Halloween” would like a word.
June 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Omg
“Every Day is Halloween” would like a word.
“Every Day is Halloween” would like a word.