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This guy’s been hanging around the yard enough that he’s grown comfortable. Didn’t even hop away when I walked past on my way to the bus stop.

A brown rabbit, hanging out in the green grass next to my driveway.

I’ve started S2 of Running Point, and I love that they’ve made Toronto the villainous superteam of their fake NBA, but assuming they parallel the real NBA, the shots of Toronto as a grey, frozen snowscape during opening week — late October — are a bit much.

My 16yo is very chill and I appreciate that about him but this week we figured out he has been casually existing on 3 T-shirts and 2 pairs of shorts. Outgrew everything else and never mentioned it. Riding through the summer on pure vibes.

Ron Charles@roncharles.bsky.social · 2w ago

Extremely considerate of Colson Whitehead to release the final Harlem Trilogy book the week before my birthday. My family has been appropriately informed.

Few writers are as funny, ambitious, and unpredictable as Colson Whitehead. His new novel, "Cool Machine," brings the Harlem Trilogy to a deeply satisfying close. Here's my review. roncharles.substack.com/p/colson-whi...

Chad Lucas @chadgalucas.bsky.social · 3w ago

Took the whole family to see The Rise of Skywalker. When it was over, we walked to the van in a disappointed silence until my youngest kid, then 10, said, "That was doo-doo." The drive home with the kids dissecting all the ways it was doo-doo was much more fun than the movie.

Defector@defector.com · 3w ago

What's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...

Chad Lucas @chadgalucas.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wrote 2600 words this weekend, made myself laugh multiple times. Sometimes the work is pure fun.

Chad Lucas @chadgalucas.bsky.social · 4w ago

For the good of society, we need to rein in this dangerous and anti-social behaviour.

An enormous grey truck is parked with most of its bed sticking out of a parking space, blocking the lane.

Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · last mo.

THREADDD

Mo Ryan@moryan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

As I had to point out many times during post #metoo years, no one is owed a big Hollywood contract. No one owed a comedy special. Now: No one is owed a Senate seat. This dude was not murdered & he’s not in jail. He made poor decisions & his actions now are sus & so he doesn’t get the job. The end!

S R Jones @aegisimmemorial.bsky.social · last mo.

My ultimate “feedback is subjective” anecdote: When I was querying what is now Let The Monster Out, I got two rejections in the same week where one agent thought I left too much unsaid and another said I over-explained too often.

If you see this, please tell me the worst/most baffling bit of creative feedback you've ever recieved. Mine is still the time somebody told me my aliens had names that were too alien. Not that they were unpronounceable, just that they didn't sound enough like human names.

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · last mo.

Severe weather wiped out Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa too. Both national capitals, three days apart. I know it sounds wild, but it’s almost like we should pay attention to the changing climate or something.

So the Freedom 250 event is being evacuated due to severe weather. Thunderstorms are rolling in. Praise be.

John Hatch @johnhatch.bsky.social · last mo.

I dropped the youngest kid at work this morning and kept going. Everyone else in my family had places to be, so alas, it’s just me, George Saunders, and the Atlantic Ocean.

A copy of Vigil, by George Saunders, next to a water bottle, with the Atlantic Ocean in the background.

I don't think people understand the degree to which outlets like The Atlantic and The New York Times set back trans rights with second-rate reporting that doesn't stand up now, let alone in the future. They have failed at the most basic journalistic duties.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.

The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · last mo.

this whole story is great but the quote post with further context from the dad made me cackle I’m obsessed with this kid

Kathryn VanArendonk@kvanaren.bsky.social · last mo.

my husband is doing fantasy baseball for the first time. he does not follow baseball. his team is run entirely by our 10yo neighbor, who gets a split of his winnings if she helps my husband defeat the rest of the league. they’re in 1st place! but now, a problem: today she left for sleepaway camp

Dr Joanna McKenzie @jobob.bsky.social · last mo.

Neighbour stopped by for breakfast

A deer, caught in the act of munching on a hasta.

I have struggled to put into words how much I dislike the "ban kids from social media" policy. This thread catches some of it.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · last mo.

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/d... #Pluralistic 1/

Three early 20th C newsies in pageboy caps, surround by hovering, staring robots, flying on jets of flame.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · last mo.

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

nytimes.com

We set out for Taco Fest in Dartmouth, but Taco Fest turned out to be 2 vendors with lineups out the door, so we bailed and got crepes instead. Watched a Sail GP race on the waterfront, now I’m going to nap and then turn on the Jays game. Solid Father’s Day.

Ryan Nanni@celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Annual Dad Thread! This is always a delight. My most Dad Thing of the year was cooking 10 pounds of chicken wings for a houseful of teenage boys on my youngest kid’s 16th birthday

It is time once again to discuss the Most Dad Things we have done in the past year. A couple of reminders: - gender is a social construct, anyone can do Dad Things - you need not be a parent to do a Dad Thing - the definition of a Dad Thing is entirely subjective and maybe made up I’ll go first:

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Writing a book is such an adventure because I had no idea when I sat down today that I would spend an hour learning about the greater blue-ringed octopus. (Octopuses are awesome, and, and like most animals located near Australia, this particular octopus can kill you)

I do love that AI inadvertently confirms that our brains work like a muscle, too — use it or lose it. In this way relying on AI is like using a robot to lift weights, like running a marathon in a Honda Civic. You get nothing out of it.

Michael Nabert@sustainablesong.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Research confirms that the more skilled professionals like doctors and software engineers rely on AI, the more their skills degrade. www.nature.com/articles/d41...