Dave Carey
@dc-comics.bsky.social
In @thebentway recovery
Urbanism, etymology, geekery, fashion, sneakers, and queer joy always
Toronto is home
Urbanism, etymology, geekery, fashion, sneakers, and queer joy always
Toronto is home
Still the best. 80s childhood trauma done right.
For a truly “wicked” take on Oz, this deeply strange ’85 sequel is beloved by the gays - buff.ly/B0sYuoX
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Still the best. 80s childhood trauma done right.
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Found my Met Gala outfit
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Found my Met Gala outfit
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Good morning! May your actions today be guided by kindness and empathy, and may you find a way to contribute to a world that lifts everyone up. Let's make some good trouble!
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Good morning! May your actions today be guided by kindness and empathy, and may you find a way to contribute to a world that lifts everyone up. Let's make some good trouble!
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Words are magic
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Words are magic
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this is what beit hanoun looked like (from arabi21.com/story/155862...)
July 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
this is what beit hanoun looked like (from arabi21.com/story/155862...)
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From the courthouse district of lower Manhattan.
June 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
From the courthouse district of lower Manhattan.
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“You can't walk along the Bentway and not go back to your own neighbourhood … and start looking at everything differently — suddenly everything looks like opportunity; everything looks like something that can be reimagined.”
storeys.com/gardiner-cor...
storeys.com/gardiner-cor...
Gardiner Corridor Alliance Launches, Championing New Public Realm Vision
"Suddenly everything looks like opportunity; everything looks like something that can be reimagined.”
storeys.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“You can't walk along the Bentway and not go back to your own neighbourhood … and start looking at everything differently — suddenly everything looks like opportunity; everything looks like something that can be reimagined.”
storeys.com/gardiner-cor...
storeys.com/gardiner-cor...
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OF COURSE cars suck, but so many white anti-car urbanists are folks with no concept of how existing public transit infrastructure makes it all but impossible to navigate the city safely with kids UNLESS you have a car.
ESPECIALLY if you aren't in a wealthy neighborhood.
And guess who that impacts.
ESPECIALLY if you aren't in a wealthy neighborhood.
And guess who that impacts.
May 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
OF COURSE cars suck, but so many white anti-car urbanists are folks with no concept of how existing public transit infrastructure makes it all but impossible to navigate the city safely with kids UNLESS you have a car.
ESPECIALLY if you aren't in a wealthy neighborhood.
And guess who that impacts.
ESPECIALLY if you aren't in a wealthy neighborhood.
And guess who that impacts.
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I just received the first copy of Copaganda! It will be sold anywhere books are sold. I try to explain the role of the media, the police, and academia in how we got to this authoritarian moment.
February 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I just received the first copy of Copaganda! It will be sold anywhere books are sold. I try to explain the role of the media, the police, and academia in how we got to this authoritarian moment.
If the Obama-era White House had posted a picture of that President imagined as the Pope, there would have been a culture (if not civil) war.
Where the f*ck are the Republicans?
Where the f*ck are the Republicans?
May 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If the Obama-era White House had posted a picture of that President imagined as the Pope, there would have been a culture (if not civil) war.
Where the f*ck are the Republicans?
Where the f*ck are the Republicans?
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"You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language."
—Joseph Brodsky
—Joseph Brodsky
May 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language."
—Joseph Brodsky
—Joseph Brodsky
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Under RFK Jr., ‘Make America Healthy Again’ means junk science like ‘survival of the fittest.’
Read more from @laurenleffer.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more from @laurenleffer.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
May 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Under RFK Jr., ‘Make America Healthy Again’ means junk science like ‘survival of the fittest.’
Read more from @laurenleffer.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more from @laurenleffer.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
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The phrase ‘just deserts’ has only one S.
It has nothing to do with desserts 🧁or deserts 🏜️.
The word ‘desert’ is spelled like🏜️ and pronounced like🧁.
It's related to ‘deserve’ and means “reward or punishment deserved or earned by one’s qualities or acts.”
It has nothing to do with desserts 🧁or deserts 🏜️.
The word ‘desert’ is spelled like🏜️ and pronounced like🧁.
It's related to ‘deserve’ and means “reward or punishment deserved or earned by one’s qualities or acts.”
April 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The phrase ‘just deserts’ has only one S.
It has nothing to do with desserts 🧁or deserts 🏜️.
The word ‘desert’ is spelled like🏜️ and pronounced like🧁.
It's related to ‘deserve’ and means “reward or punishment deserved or earned by one’s qualities or acts.”
It has nothing to do with desserts 🧁or deserts 🏜️.
The word ‘desert’ is spelled like🏜️ and pronounced like🧁.
It's related to ‘deserve’ and means “reward or punishment deserved or earned by one’s qualities or acts.”
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
This is tragic. I walk to the Canoe every week to overlook the tides of the Gardiner. The piece was a silly gesture but really worked fie the space.
Saw this picture of what's left of the red canoe from Canoe Landing Park 😭
April 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is tragic. I walk to the Canoe every week to overlook the tides of the Gardiner. The piece was a silly gesture but really worked fie the space.
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"Increasingly worried the Trump administration will implement the policy agenda they ran on instead of the made up one I ascribed to them" – The entire business community for some reason
March 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"Increasingly worried the Trump administration will implement the policy agenda they ran on instead of the made up one I ascribed to them" – The entire business community for some reason
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“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
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Sage advice
February 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sage advice
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“Transgender people need champions and voices and not people voting against people because they’re afraid—they need somebody willing to take it on the chin, and I’m willing to do that,” Iowa State Sen. Tony Bisignano told me.
www.advocate.com/politics/ton...
www.advocate.com/politics/ton...
Iowa senator condemns GOP in fiery speech over trans civil rights repeal: ‘Shame on all of you Christians’ (exclusive)
State Sen. Tony Bisignano doubled down on calling out Republican lawmakers for stripping away civil rights protections for transgender people in an interview with The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“Transgender people need champions and voices and not people voting against people because they’re afraid—they need somebody willing to take it on the chin, and I’m willing to do that,” Iowa State Sen. Tony Bisignano told me.
www.advocate.com/politics/ton...
www.advocate.com/politics/ton...
WE NEED PHYSICALITY.
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
WE NEED PHYSICALITY.