Mr. Self-Distract. IYK,YK. Living in Ontario. Southpaw. Mama's only son. Too sweet for my own good.
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“bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur-nuk!"
-James Joyce, Finnegan's Wake
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the first time i listened to john cage’s “4:33” my loud next-door neighbor starting playing “who let the dogs out” at the exact same time, so i thought that the cage piece was an ambient cover of the baha men
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Word of the day: IRUSU (Japanese) - Pretending not to be home when an unwanted visitor knocks at the door.
At a Walmart distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, workers have made history by winning the first-ever union contract with the logistics giant in North America.
Their fight has meant pay raises for the company’s workers across Canada. jacobin.com/2026/09/walmart-…
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A leading figure in Canadian contemporary art and Vancouver photo-conceptualism, Ken Lum has used the visual language of advertising and commercial photography to draw questions of identity, class, race, and gender.
🎉 Today we celebrate his 70th birthday.
ALT Portrait of Ken Lum, 2020, Image Courtesy of Misa Shin Gallery.
ALT Ken Lum, “Monument for East Vancouver,” 2010, Vancouver. Photo: Mike Howell.
ALT Ken Lum, “Melly Shum Hates Her Job,” 1989, installation view, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam.
ALT Ken Lum, Thanh Thuy Vu, Jänner, Gabi Petrikovic, Februar, Hamila De Souza, März, Manfred Klumpp, April, from the series “Schnitzel Company,” 2004–2023, installment view, courtesy of Magenta Plains Gallery, New York/Royale Projects, Los Angeles.
VIA Rail reverses decision, will keep service at Guildwood Station cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/…
This artist = this genre is quite a stance
What Some Folks Really Mean When They Claim to Have Never Heard ‘Choosin’ Texas’
Proclaiming you're unfamiliar with Ella Langley's record-setting song has a lot in common with saying "I listen to anything but country."
rollingstone.com/music/music…
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One might recall the popular moral panic (ca. 2021) holding that children were showing up to schools acting as dogs and cats and were being accommodated with litter boxes for bathroom breaks.
Senator Tuberville (R, Alabama) has moved on to furries in the airline industry.
Senator Tuberville Again Raises Alarm About ‘Club’ of Pilot Furries: 'Follow the Information' mediaite.com/politics/senato…
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Staggering staff losses at the CDC have left the agency "zombified'—and unable to address a series of escalating health crises motherjones.com/politics/202…
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"Canada’s purchase of American cars hits new low as Trump’s tariffs backfire on US automakers," per FORTUNE
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This is your daily reminder that Tim Pool was paid BY RUSSIA $400,000 per month, for posting literal Russian propaganda. For multiple years. Ergo, Tim Pool should go to jail.
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#BREAKING: New Boeing 737 Max software glitch could cut pilots off from flight guidance, per WSJ.
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A conversation with Palestinian-Canadian human rights lawyer #YafaJarrar, daughter of #KhalidaJarrar, about living as a Palestinian in the Israeli-occupied #WestBank podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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US lifts sanctions on Francesca Albanese, UN expert on Palestinians arab.news/pxhx2
