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Queen of the Ampersands & my heart.

How does anyone spend all day being a white supremacist at work and then go home and look their family in the eyes?

Congratulations to Lorne Doerkson on a stunning endorsement from a man desperately trying to distract from horrific rape allegations.

Untitled (Goose in Flight) Benjamin Chee Chee ~ Ojibwe 1977

Which ring of hell for people who step into the train and stop there?

You won’t feel better if you watch that.

Q: when for Mr. Who? A:

"Remember when you lived in the city? The hustle and bustle infiltrated every cell in your body. You even had a MetroCard. Then you moved here. You gave up. I will not reward that kind of mediocrity. You’re lucky I even stay open." buff.ly/8tQYIFy

Bluesky has four kinds of users

Herman Melville’s journal , Oct 26, 1849. A gawky sea.

In Capitol Offense, Jessica Fletcher briefly becomes a member of Congress and solves a murder, echoing 1969’s classic Batman & Green Arrow team-up, The Senator’s Been Shot.

Halfway through the first season of Murder, She Wrote and WKRP cast members have just caught up to former Sweathogs for appearances. Happy Days and Taxi aren’t far behind.

Yes, Father, ha ha ha… yes!

This is one of the purest moments in television history.

It sounds like they’re going to push through an amendment to the party’s constitution that essentially says might makes right. Hard to imagine that motion failing, but the fact that Doerkson was installed by insiders who definitively lost the May 2026 leadership contest will eventually catch up.

Well then.

Ordway over Jurgens is magical.

Glad that everyone thought this guy was “normal.”

Doerkson’s first move should be to take advantage of the opposition in shambles and call a snap election.

One lesson I’m sure no one will learn is that if you continually lurch rightward, eventually voters will just elect the pros.

One of the best Canadians writing today

BC voters:

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He thought it would be easier to have a snap election than to govern well for two more years.

Looks like my local MLA is losing. He always responded thoughtfully to my questions about the moral cowardice of his government. I wish him well.

Not so much!

I understand Doerkson can’t run for leader. It’s going to get wild.

BC Conservative spokesperson on CBC saying SOGI is a priority for the new government.

jfc

We have some incredible books in the pipeline. One that I’m especially excited about is Pretty Joey Ross by @patricknevins.bsky.social. Have a look at the cover by @johnchrostek.com and preorder a signed copy while you’re at it! malarkeybooks.com/store/pretty...

I’m just a small town elevator repair consultant, but I don’t understand the public service in elected officials paying $30K of pocket to take potential political donors on lavish trips to Moosomin or w/e.

Welcome back to Seaway, Kamandi… where beautifully maintained train stations from the 1880s are surrounded by crumbling social housing from the 1980s!