Karen K. Burrows
@karenkburrows.bsky.social
TV and stage producer, developer, occasional writer (Be With Zee, Corner Gas Animated, Jeremy & Jazzy, Governor General's Performing Arts Awards, Louise Lives Large). Fan of things. Lifts heavy shit. she/her 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Here it is read by Leonard Nimoy: archive.org/details/brad...
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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
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The only Elks game I've watched this season they lost, and last week when I turned the game on they immediately went from leading to behind and only caught up and won when I turned it off. I just turned tonight's on and I believe Saskatchewan are about to score.
looking at the headlines and reflecting once again on how all the smart, hard-working, honest people I know feel like they’re going at least a little insane in our era of total Stupid Immoral Asshole ascendancy
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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👇 "The vast majority of people who work in film and television are not studio executives, nor are they famous actors. They are, overwhelmingly, blue-collar workers, freelancers, and small businesses. And they are in free fall." Yes.
People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...
ME: I'm just really gonna focus on mobility this summer. ALSO ME: Why is my bench not going up fast enough 😡
Happiest of birthdays to the fabulous @gailsimone.bsky.social! May you have an unBEARably brilliant day!
While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screen
The actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zones
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Discussing The Odyssey at the gym this weekend. Me: It doesn't even have Nobody? My coach: That's just begging for an Abbott and Costello bit.
I'm here to ask the important #CanCon questions, like: to what extent is the new Shania Twain track "Stranger Things" in conversation with Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee"?
Living the dream. Can we bring this to the TTC next?
I'm on the train from Montréal to Toronto. There's just been a reminder that it is MANDATORY to use headphones when watching video. I can't believe this guys have resorted to legislation, rather than our system of having 75% of the carriage sit in murderous, futile rage.
The level of conservative freakout over @acoyne.bsky.social’s rather even-handed but ruthlessly fair column questioning Canadian patriotism tells me that he was right over the target. And it is a lot of freakout, man. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Canadian conservatives have a patriotism problem
If right-wingers flirt with Donald Trump or support secessionist movements, people will turn away from voting for them
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Forgot I had carbonated the water in the fridge and accidentally fizzed my collagen this morning. That was an unpleasant first mouthful.
I’m tired of having to text friends around the world to check on them after events like this.
Un incident impliquant une voiture en marge des festivités de la fierté à Berlin, samedi soir, a fait un mort et une quinzaine de blessés.
Our first teaser for Avatar: Seven Havens! Following the legend of Aang and Korra... Meet Pavi. So incredibly proud of this crew. It's going to be a wild journey. It begins OCTOBER 9TH. Earthbenders rock.
"As this work continues" means that the Ford government probably has no intention of giving up all that land it expropriated for the airport expansion. Is this part of the decision to look like the fight will be continued? #OnPoli
Doug Ford’s Minister of Transportation - Prabmeet Sarkaria - isn’t taking no for an answer. prabmeet.sarkaria@pc.ola.org Constituency Office Tel.: 905-796-8669 Ministry Office Tel.: 416-327-9200 #NoJetsTO #BillyBishop
SOME FUCKING GOOD NEWS FOR ONCE??? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Federal government says it won't support Ontario's Billy Bishop Airport expansion plans | CBC News
The federal government will not proceed with Ontario Premier Doug Ford's plan to expand Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto, Transport Minister Steve McKinnon says. More to come.
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Are we sure foam rolling is good for you and not just a conspiracy by Big Foam
#SDCC comic con: our daughter left her 3D printed black dragon in the restroom near E/Starbucks. She printed it herself and is devastated. We checked the restroom and lost and found which means someone picked it up. If you bring it to 5552 I will give you a signed comic as reward
If you don't think people would want to see this movie, get out of the entertainment business.
Coyote vs. ACME | Final Trailer
YouTube video by Coyote vs. Acme
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I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma advance ticket secured ☺️
I've been making DIY protein lattes (cold brew + protein powder + milk to taste) and generally this is going well, but I have to say, peanut butter protein powder is Not It