Benjamin Wert

Please vote & tell your people to vote.

This is going to be so god damned good

Obligatory everyone-read-Goldsbie's-Olivia-Chow-profile post https://thelocal.to/olivia-chow-election-profile/ > As Torontonians weigh whether to give her a second term, the question on the minds of many is surely: Has Olivia Chow been an effective mayor? > > But after spending the summer […]

made by @/manuel_ish on the other place ❤️ #AEW 🤼

A third thing that could be true, we don't know yet: there's a scene in the movie where creating the trailer is a part of it, and there's some elaborate shenanigans where the copy editor is an actor who doesn't know how to copy-edit.

mmygod

Use it or lose it. Then teach a kid how to use it. Repeat.

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Willow Nightingale comments on her AEW All In gear. “Exploding confetti tits for Tim and Dolly.

Just saw a bumper sticker that said: I came. I saw. I had anxiety. I left. And now I must have one

My aunt got me the Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast original cast recording before my family had a CD player.

just walked past a child who was looking up at something that clearly scared them, and I followed their gaze to see what it was, and it was the cn tower.

Absolutely enormous respect to whoever understood that the necessary follow-up to “what if Reacher faced a larger man” is “what if Reacher held a tiny kitten”

Every time you check out a library book instead of ordering from Amazon, ask a friend instead of an LLM, cook a meal instead of ordering from an app, or go for a walk instead of scrolling social media, you interrupt the cash flows of insane CEOs. Do it! Ruin their day!

Just a nudge to get y'all down to Harbourfront tonight.

Gord Perks ends his speech with a three-word piece of advice that, in his view, distills everything there is to know: "Capitalism is trash."

Crushed by the Hansard news. A lesser known corner of Hansard‘s life was his close friendship with Eddie Vedder. The two were a beautiful example of how to support one another through grief. That story doesn’t fit into a social media post but this performance does youtu.be/S35d9KgruNs

YES! YES! YES!

they welcomed it in as a curiosity and it destroyed them

I just finished "on occasion: Poems for the people" An anthology edited by Sina Queyras and published by @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Highly recommended. I got it from the library but am planning on buying a copy so I can keep coming back to it as occasions warrant.

omg they released the first art for Kat Sandler's Yaga! (that new Hudson Williams and Noah Reid and Carrie-Anne Moss show! And Kat Sandler with a show based on her play!!!)

My review of The Odyssey follows. Originally, I wasn't going to review the Odyssey; I was just going to write something about my back-and-forth history with Nolan movies, with The Odyssey as either the Comedic or Tragic end to that story. open.substack.com/pub/robsecun...

This one is the comics crossover that had the biggest impact on my life. I read Tarot professionally every week, and have for over three years now. Never would have picked up a deck if I hadn't read these comics. When people ask "why did you start doing Tarot?" it's fun answering "x-men".

📍 Liberty Village #Toronto

If you are a kind, thoughtful, cis man who has sex with people who can get pregnant, live your values and get a vasectomy. Half the world carrying this burden alone is wrong. Do your part.

I'm sure it happens all the time, probably as frequently as people discovering Naomi Klein/Wolfe are different people - but until seeing this post, I thought the pod save america Jon Favreau and the Iron ManDalorian Jon Favreau were the same guy.

Trevor is the nicest man in the world and he deserves millions of dollars after so many years of people making unlicensed Siren Head merch

I lent my copy of this years ago and haven't gotten it back. Maybe it's time to accept its loss and buy a new one.

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Here is my Jane Yolen story, which I suspect is a pretty common one, or at least a variation thereon. I grew up on her books. One of my earliest memories is my dad reading Commander Toad books to me at the South Bend public library. Then I grew up and got a job in comics publishing. (1/)

@shawnmicallef.bsky.social a song for you: music.apple.com/ca/album/bru...

I love this song. Feels like a fun mix of emo style verse meeting Paul Simon chorus. I saw there was a new single and was like "oh, they're still making music?" and then I was like "oh, this is my favourite new song of the year and I'm listening to it constantly." Am I a Death Cab fan now?"

I haven't seen Moana 2 and enjoyed Beyond more than I thought I would - but it can't hold a candle to Little April Shower. Nostalgic memories of learning it on the piano, plus fun playful instrumentation makes this an easy vote.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live: Reel Big Fish Nine Inch Nails Buke and Gase CATL Bruce Peninsula Mitski Japanese House Lorde Deanna Petkoff @mike-eagle.bsky.social

paninis weren't a thing until the 1980s! they were invented in the '30s but only became popular in italy during a youth trend. cool trendy italian youth in the 80s were called paninaros and they were rebelling against eating mamma and nonna's home cooking by hanging out at the panini shop