Mary di Michele
@few-words.bsky.social
Italian born, Canadian grown. Poet now living a “storyless life.” Feels very Canadian when paddling a canoe. Believes in being kind.
45th anniversary of Terry Fox run — this is my tenth year participating. In Westmount Quebec this time.
September 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
45th anniversary of Terry Fox run — this is my tenth year participating. In Westmount Quebec this time.
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Join us on Tuesday, September 23, at World Animal Protection presents The Walrus Talks The Power of Animals to discuss how transforming Canada’s food system can create benefits for animals, humans, and the planet. In Toronto and online. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
September 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Join us on Tuesday, September 23, at World Animal Protection presents The Walrus Talks The Power of Animals to discuss how transforming Canada’s food system can create benefits for animals, humans, and the planet. In Toronto and online. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
And they are both Canadians
Nobody talks about it but Keanu Reeves has a Shatneresque cadence. It’s all about stalling ahead of certain words for emphasis. Shatner also clips off the ends of phrases whereas Reeves is more sticky. Anyway these are the things I think about
September 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And they are both Canadians
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Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"
September 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"
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![Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidj2tdqhkgoamiqf5reqt7kvbpt26x3cgjxsp4rtwwb46qumcltdq@jpeg)
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
And Parmesan cheese, no?
I had 2 eggs, 2 pieces of bacon, and half a bag of spaghetti, so I made carbonara
September 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
And Parmesan cheese, no?
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RFK Jr looks like that one guy in every zombie movie who gets bitten but refuses to disclose it out of stubborn egotistical idiot selfishness, all while getting progressively clammier and more unhinged, until he finally goes full monster and gets spectacularly killed
September 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
RFK Jr looks like that one guy in every zombie movie who gets bitten but refuses to disclose it out of stubborn egotistical idiot selfishness, all while getting progressively clammier and more unhinged, until he finally goes full monster and gets spectacularly killed
My father bought the Oxford Concise English dictionary for me when I was 7 — best gift ever!
September 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My father bought the Oxford Concise English dictionary for me when I was 7 — best gift ever!
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The state of America: Cyndi Lauper changes the lyrics to Girls Just Want to Have Fun to Girls Just Want Fundamental Rights.....
September 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The state of America: Cyndi Lauper changes the lyrics to Girls Just Want to Have Fun to Girls Just Want Fundamental Rights.....
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With regard to focus and prioritizing at this moment in history:
I'm pretty sure that nothing any of us could post in a thread on Bluesky dot com tonight is going to affect global geopolitics. And it's OK to keep posting about many things.
Also here's a picture of a mama hen, chicks, and a rooster.
I'm pretty sure that nothing any of us could post in a thread on Bluesky dot com tonight is going to affect global geopolitics. And it's OK to keep posting about many things.
Also here's a picture of a mama hen, chicks, and a rooster.
June 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
With regard to focus and prioritizing at this moment in history:
I'm pretty sure that nothing any of us could post in a thread on Bluesky dot com tonight is going to affect global geopolitics. And it's OK to keep posting about many things.
Also here's a picture of a mama hen, chicks, and a rooster.
I'm pretty sure that nothing any of us could post in a thread on Bluesky dot com tonight is going to affect global geopolitics. And it's OK to keep posting about many things.
Also here's a picture of a mama hen, chicks, and a rooster.
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Bluesky you deserve some fireflies in a cornfield. Not pictured-the young hawk chased away by robins, the enormous kale after the rain, the smell of the tomato plant leaves.
June 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Bluesky you deserve some fireflies in a cornfield. Not pictured-the young hawk chased away by robins, the enormous kale after the rain, the smell of the tomato plant leaves.
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As our nation girds for possible Iranian terrorist attacks, this is the person Trump put in charge of terrorism prevention.
22 years old. Recent work experience: landscaping/grocery clerk.
Never worked a day in counter-terrorism. But he’s a BIG Trump fan. So he got the job.
22 years old. Recent work experience: landscaping/grocery clerk.
Never worked a day in counter-terrorism. But he’s a BIG Trump fan. So he got the job.
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As our nation girds for possible Iranian terrorist attacks, this is the person Trump put in charge of terrorism prevention.
22 years old. Recent work experience: landscaping/grocery clerk.
Never worked a day in counter-terrorism. But he’s a BIG Trump fan. So he got the job.
22 years old. Recent work experience: landscaping/grocery clerk.
Never worked a day in counter-terrorism. But he’s a BIG Trump fan. So he got the job.
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I will do anything—ANYTHING—not to be in a crowd, and I...
I...
...am making plans to go to a No Kings rally this weekend.
I...
...am making plans to go to a No Kings rally this weekend.
June 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I will do anything—ANYTHING—not to be in a crowd, and I...
I...
...am making plans to go to a No Kings rally this weekend.
I...
...am making plans to go to a No Kings rally this weekend.
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Newsom: This Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Newsom: This Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
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It’s refreshing for once to read a news story saying that there’s still some good shit going on somewhere.
www.npr.org/2025/05/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/30/n...
Penguins in Antarctica could actually be helping cool the climate… with their poop
In places like Antarctica, small things can make a difference. Scientists are finding that penguin waste is helping form clouds, which could be offsetting the effects of climate change.
www.npr.org
June 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It’s refreshing for once to read a news story saying that there’s still some good shit going on somewhere.
www.npr.org/2025/05/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/30/n...
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Really? Because we neutralized the ICE tip line using Bluesky. We also flooded the “gender identity” snitch email with over 54,000 useless submissions. But go on…
June 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Really? Because we neutralized the ICE tip line using Bluesky. We also flooded the “gender identity” snitch email with over 54,000 useless submissions. But go on…
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My editor finally getting me to focus on my book deadline....
Ed, the pet zebra that broke free and was running loose in Tennessee, has been captured and air-lifted to safety. Oh buddy, how you enjoyed it while you could.
June 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My editor finally getting me to focus on my book deadline....
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My essay about the brilliant, pioneering & shockingly forgotten showrunner-pioneer Gertrude Berg, who invented the family sitcom (pre-Lucy!), then got eaten by the blacklist in the 1950s — a story with disturbing modern parallels
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Forgotten Inventor of the Sitcom
Gertrude Berg’s “The Goldbergs” was a bold, beloved portrait of a Jewish family. Then the blacklist obliterated her legacy.
www.newyorker.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My essay about the brilliant, pioneering & shockingly forgotten showrunner-pioneer Gertrude Berg, who invented the family sitcom (pre-Lucy!), then got eaten by the blacklist in the 1950s — a story with disturbing modern parallels
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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I find it incredible that this article on the Wall—the Vietnam Veterans Memorial—and its enduring power fails to mention its designer, Maya Lin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
50 Years After Saigon’s Fall, ‘the Wall’ Reflects and Collects a Nation’s Trauma
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I find it incredible that this article on the Wall—the Vietnam Veterans Memorial—and its enduring power fails to mention its designer, Maya Lin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
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American dipper doin' the little dance they do... Columbia Gorge today.
May 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
American dipper doin' the little dance they do... Columbia Gorge today.
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May 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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