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Susan Brazier
@susanbrazier.bsky.social
Canadian, technical Brit, Environment Canada, mother of two, reader, runner, Spanish-learner, AVFC fan, hater of bios
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Sorry I know it’s an unpopular opinion but I don’t think Christmas starts until December and even then I think Christmas events should start after the first week. I like a short but magical Christmas season!!!
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

An absolutely bonkers evening of soccer that I will remember for a very long time 😀🎉
Canadian Premier League final: Atletico Ottawa's 'icicle kick' lights up blizzard-hit final
Atletico Ottawa win the North Star Cup with an
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Crazy. Sad.
Via Strong Towns Ottawa
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What a clown. The Daily episode on this yesterday was not much better.
JESUS CHRIST DUDE
October 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.
@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr
October 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This hurts
Thinking not for the first time about how the Clash song Spanish Bombs is closer chronologically to the Spanish Civil War than we now are to the song.
October 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Good piece - inspiring for the introverts among us 🙋‍♀️

www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Want more friends? A better social life? Be like my 85-year-old buddy Gerry
Friendship falters due to the belief it should just happen on its own. The solution: make a conscious effort to be social
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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This is very powerful. #MentalHealth
September 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Oh man, these guys absolutely lived up to my very high expectations. What a great evening.
September 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Love her. Also a shout out for one of her earlier films, which is not mentioned in the article - Last Night.
September 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Guardian's Thursday Quiz is back! Much rejoicing in the land!

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thursday news quiz: resignations, recriminations and a mysterious doorbell menace
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I watched the first half of the first episode and I can’t wait to watch more. Serious belly laughs. I think we all could use them about now.
For anyone who needs respite from the news, I highly recommend Taskmaster, an extremely silly long-running UK show in which five comedians compete at absurd tasks. Low-stress, high-pleasure, lots of laughs, utterly disconnected from reality. As your doctor, I hereby prescribe one episode minimum.
Series 1, Episode 1 - 'Melon buffet.' | Full Episode | Taskmaster
YouTube video by Taskmaster
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September 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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I don't want to talk to my laptop! I like using a mouse and keypad shortcuts. I don't want anything multi-modal or AI. I want something that's basically a fancy typewriter that also let's me watch movies and play The Sims. I wish Windows would leave me the fuck alone with all this extra shit.
August 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you

You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.
August 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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in this week's newsletter! a rant against this weird sex culture we seem to now live in: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/everything...
August 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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This is good (gift article).

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
11 Women, 9 Dogs, Not Much Drama (and No Guys)
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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BREAKING: “The Ford government’s plan to tear out dedicated bike-lanes from 3 Toronto routes has been deemed to be unconstitutional, according to a ruling by an Ontario court, halting a populist pledge driven by the premier.”

This is VERY good, life-saving news for Toronto, and for Ontario cities.
Ford government to appeal court ruling which deemed bike lane removal unconstitutional | Globalnews.ca
The Ford government's plans to tear out dedicated bike lanes from three Toronto routes has been deemed to be unconstitutional, halting a populist pledge driven by the premier.
globalnews.ca
July 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Your subjective sense of things going slowly, and then speeding up, is real, Arthur C. Brooks writes. But you can also control it:
The Psychological Secret to Longevity
Your subjective sense of things going slowly, and then speeding up, is real. But you can also control it.
bit.ly
July 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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On July 13, 1953, future Oscar winner Alec Guinness spoke the first words of the first play performed at the Stratford Festival.
"Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this son of York."
This is its story of how the Stratford Festival began.

🧵 1/15
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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CanCon not only allows us to punch above our weight creatively, it also is low key one of the best policies for social identity and cohesion we've had in the past half century.
What's your hottest take about Canada?
July 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I don't worry that defining our national identity is an open question and perhaps a never-ending process but I worry we might stop.
What's your hottest take about Canada?
July 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
It’s a real mindfuck when most ppl wanna post about their latest failures/successes, or weird shit they saw in the wild or cool stuff they made…but the country is a cesspool so cool/weird shit seems trite.
June 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM