"You just wanted to steal, so you stole. You wanted to take things without permission, so you did. It’s wrong. It’s so enragingly wrong. I hope everyone in the world stops using your service. Because a business built on theft is not a business, it’s a scam. "
"I would like to throw the concept of low stakes and high stakes into the nearest volcano and never speak of these concepts again. Rather, I would like to talk about stakes that are near or far."
Here's my latest newsletter! buttondown.com/charliejane/...
The world will try to convince you that art is luxury. It is not. Art is medicine. It heals in ways that cannot be measured or explained. It reaches places therapy cannot touch. What you do is not optional. It is essential.
I’m not a big curling guy, but I get the significance of this, and WOW it’s mind-blowing. Some are calling it the best shot in curling history! #TeamCanada at the #ParalympicGames.
The CBC running a puff piece on microdramas calling them job creators and burying the fact that they undercut almost 60 years of union work and livable wages is certainly something.
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Serious question: how does Ryan Murphy keep getting away with defamation and violating life rights? Is the answer really "because he has too much money?"
This happened. The print interview was edited in ways that feel very jumpy, but I got to say some things. Like: Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war. [and then there's a crazy jump-cut w/out transition.]
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Nova Scotia - like every province in the country - should be reinforcing our cultural programs right now, not cutting them.
But, also, can you imagine how much Reid's going to be paying in income tax for 2025 and 2026? www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
"Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is refusing to explain why and how he came to falsely and publicly accuse a rival politician of handing out illegal drugs last Christmas.
Instead, the mayor issued a surreal and baffling series of non-answers when confronted by reporters."
Excellent questions from journalists. A smug apology is not enough. Sim needs to explain why he made these comments to Orr or resign.
This is one of the worst things I’ve seen in Vancouver politics.
Vancouver councillor outrageously lies to Chinese audience that fellow councillor is a drug addict & dealer. Gets caught, forced to “apologize” for lying, mayor commends him for admitting fault.
Then turns out the mayor did it first.
Hillary Clinton’s fire and fury opening statement to the House Oversight Committee.
"The notion of making a living with A.I.-generated books appears to be based on the belief algorithms will be serving up book slop the same way we are force-fed other kinds of slop"
I'm still not over losing my job as a book reviewer. Here's why we need book critics:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.
A whiteboard leaned against a shelf with many trinkets. On the whiteboard, it says “When you look at a blank page, think of who you love”
In his acceptance speech for award for best screenplay, Ryan Coogler said “when you look at a blank page, think of who you love” and I dunno, that really moved me so I wrote it down and sat it on my desk to look at while I work
The time to prevent the thing from happening is *early*, as it is gaining steam. These things always start small, with efforts to weaken the norms against discrimination, with casual, unreflective slurs. They start with wedge policies (not gays, just gay adoption! not trans, just sports!).
This is a phenomenal piece. We all must work together to stop this.
My latest video on Ford's "basket weaving" OSAP comment has reached the "Study whatever you want but don't expect the gov to pay you for it" crowd, and I don't think they grasp how desolate their lives would be if there was no art, no culture, no history. We can't have a society of only STEM majors.
I don't follow figure skating, so I couldn't figure out why I started sobbing while watching Alysa Liu's gold medal-winning performance.
Then it dawned on me: I was watching a young woman be free.
An image of flowers and lit candles in honour of Tumbler Ridge along with text that reads: "Share your condolences with the people of Tumbler Ridge."
Those wishing to share a message of condolence and support with the people of Tumbler Ridge can sign the online book of condolences: gov.bc.ca/MessagesForTumblerRidge.
Supports are available for anyone who needs them at gov.bc.ca/TumblerRidge
"I was detained for writing a op-ed about Gaza as a student at Tufts," writes Rümeysa Öztürk. "My experience has only made me feel more connected to others facing oppression."
Huge congratulations!!
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
Within hours, we already had an elected official—B.C. MLA Tara Armstrong—blaming the Tumbler Ridge school shooting on gender-affirming care.
The response to the #TumblerRidgeShooting from far-right media, online commentators and even an elected official in Canada is another dark example of how pervasive anti-trans misinformation has become, even in Canada.
Mel Woods writes. #bcpoli #bced
Contact information for Gary Anandasangree. Email: gary.anand@parl.gc.ca
Absolutely disgusting that BC MLA Tara Armstrong used a horrific tragedy to push an anti‑trans (and anti-science) narrative.
Please contact the Minister of Public Safety @gary_srp to express your concerns about hateful rhetoric about a vulnerable protected class being spread by Canadian politicians.
