rhubarb and sassafras
@mothpockets.bsky.social
science & history nerd, public health fan, acute care nurse, nature enjoyer, library patron, public transit user, unlikely Appalachian in Canada
Despite everything, Toronto lives:
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Despite everything, Toronto lives:
RIP Glad Day. Was the oldest surviving queer bookstore in North America, until it closed recently.
Sad to see an important LGBTQ space and another independent bookstore bite the dust. But I appreciate the people who spent years trying to keep it going.
Sad to see an important LGBTQ space and another independent bookstore bite the dust. But I appreciate the people who spent years trying to keep it going.
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
RIP Glad Day. Was the oldest surviving queer bookstore in North America, until it closed recently.
Sad to see an important LGBTQ space and another independent bookstore bite the dust. But I appreciate the people who spent years trying to keep it going.
Sad to see an important LGBTQ space and another independent bookstore bite the dust. But I appreciate the people who spent years trying to keep it going.
Yep, I'm definitely glad I left.
June 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Yep, I'm definitely glad I left.
May 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A relative just told me about neighbors seeing flying squirrels, and I honestly didn't believe them at first.
But they... were always there.
Somehow growing up, I never knew I was sharing habitat with these guys!
But they... were always there.
Somehow growing up, I never knew I was sharing habitat with these guys!
May 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A relative just told me about neighbors seeing flying squirrels, and I honestly didn't believe them at first.
But they... were always there.
Somehow growing up, I never knew I was sharing habitat with these guys!
But they... were always there.
Somehow growing up, I never knew I was sharing habitat with these guys!
Americans: Canada must be a communist hellscape!
Me: No way. It's actually pretty nice here.
Canadians:
Me: No way. It's actually pretty nice here.
Canadians:
May 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Americans: Canada must be a communist hellscape!
Me: No way. It's actually pretty nice here.
Canadians:
Me: No way. It's actually pretty nice here.
Canadians:
Update:
Alberta is a horribly beautiful province. Just look at this. Completely terrible.
People in Ontario would wait in line to see a rock that fell off one of these mountains.
Alberta is a horribly beautiful province. Just look at this. Completely terrible.
People in Ontario would wait in line to see a rock that fell off one of these mountains.
May 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Update:
Alberta is a horribly beautiful province. Just look at this. Completely terrible.
People in Ontario would wait in line to see a rock that fell off one of these mountains.
Alberta is a horribly beautiful province. Just look at this. Completely terrible.
People in Ontario would wait in line to see a rock that fell off one of these mountains.
Been waiting years for this satire:
May 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Been waiting years for this satire:
Impressed by whoever knitted this onto a TTC platform:
May 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Impressed by whoever knitted this onto a TTC platform:
Looked up Careless People on my local public library system.
965 holds for 247 copies.
Hope this means more people ditching Facebook products.
965 holds for 247 copies.
Hope this means more people ditching Facebook products.
May 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Looked up Careless People on my local public library system.
965 holds for 247 copies.
Hope this means more people ditching Facebook products.
965 holds for 247 copies.
Hope this means more people ditching Facebook products.
"Self Portrait as Chair, after a Bunch of Night Shifts"
mixed media installation
2025
gift of the artist
mixed media installation
2025
gift of the artist
May 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Self Portrait as Chair, after a Bunch of Night Shifts"
mixed media installation
2025
gift of the artist
mixed media installation
2025
gift of the artist
This really feels like one of those graphs where you can point to a specific point things started getting a lot worse, and say, "Oh look, it's Reagan. Dammit "
May 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This really feels like one of those graphs where you can point to a specific point things started getting a lot worse, and say, "Oh look, it's Reagan. Dammit "
Zuck: the average American has three friends
May 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Zuck: the average American has three friends
Not enough people know he grew up rich, riding horses, with parents who owned car dealerships.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Rock
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Rock
April 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Not enough people know he grew up rich, riding horses, with parents who owned car dealerships.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Rock
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_Rock
They're just pandering to older people afraid of leaving their small towns and all white suburban neighborhoods, who will never stop believing NYC looks like this:
Also pushing paranoid racism.
Selling ghost stories to this demographic is the whole business model.
Also pushing paranoid racism.
Selling ghost stories to this demographic is the whole business model.
April 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
They're just pandering to older people afraid of leaving their small towns and all white suburban neighborhoods, who will never stop believing NYC looks like this:
Also pushing paranoid racism.
Selling ghost stories to this demographic is the whole business model.
Also pushing paranoid racism.
Selling ghost stories to this demographic is the whole business model.
history rhyming again
April 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
history rhyming again
Tap Phong remains an undefeated institution.
April 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Tap Phong remains an undefeated institution.