Abigail Gamble

Writer. Content/editorial director. Curious person. Mixed-race Khmer-Canadian from Toronto. Slow traveller (mostly long term stays, these days).

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

When you tell @AirCanada before taking off that your bag is not onboard and they say “too bad” — ftr, I’ve been on hundreds of flights with airlines from around the world and the only one that’s ever lost my bag (on more than one occasion) is #aircanada #aircanadafail

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@ronienazario LOL, losers like you make me laugh. Do you feel like a big boy now? Trolling people on the internet cause you don’t have a real life in the real world? 😂

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

Italian taxi driver: “your bag is little, but very heavy. What do you have in there?”

Me: “ok so, compression sacks…”

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

Me in a busy crowd: “ugh, people are the worst.”

Cute dog in said crowd: “I LOVE YOU.”

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

One of the best things about southern Europe is you can be at a burger joint and still get a pretty darn good glass (or bottle) of wine.

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

Hilarious that the logo has changed to X, but so many other elements of this app still refer to Twitter #rebrandfail

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

Pro tip when flying internationally from #YYZ: if even the priority line is long, you can go through the Nexus/trusted traveller line at the domestic gates (D) and then just pop back over to international gates (E) ✈️ #travel

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

Fascinating piece on how DNA travels

[WIRED @WIRED]

Lukis Anderson, a homeless alcoholic, was charged with murder based on the presence of his DNA on the victim's fingernails, a person he had never even met. (From 2018) https://t.co/udoUmzL3FY

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#Opinion: Housing is an area where city hall can and must do better.

But where are the fully formed policy proposals to end homelessness or reform planning from the mayoral candidates? https://t.co/X2xBSzPR46

[Lakyn Thee Stylist @OgLakyn]

This is how jeans get distressed. You see the mask, the goggles, and yet, this worker is probably still breathing in enough of those tiny fibers to permanently damage their lungs.

If only there was a way to get holes in jeans without harming someone in the process…

[Mackay Taggart @mackaytaggart]

This is sad news. The Science Centre was designed by celebrated Japanese-Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama who, after spending time in an internment camp as a child, went on to build some of Canada's most important buildings (Cdn War Museum, Science North, Bata Shoe Museum).

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

@ABrichto @Aeromexico Yea as if you’ll ever fly with them again…

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

Fun new airline incompetence experience: @Aeromexico sent me an email saying my flight was delayed, showed as delayed on the airport screens — where I’d already been waiting for 2 hours — never *posted* the boarding gate … and then took off without me. #aeromexico

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

@ABrichto @Aeromexico Gah! Were you reunited with your bag?

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

@ABrichto @Aeromexico Just the worst airline, I’m so sorry!!!

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

Maps twist our perception of the world
Here are 20 to rethink it:

1. Countries closer to the equator (~poorer) seem smaller than they are

(map by @neilrkaye)

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

@CansecoPaulino @AM_Escucha @Aeromexico Oh yea, nothing happened

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

@kitten_arms @Aeromexico I doubt it’s just me! There had to be a lot of people also just wandering around waiting for the boarding gate to get posted (checking online and via the airport monitors). And I went to information and asked too.

[Abigail Gamble @abigailgamble]

@kitten_arms @Aeromexico 😭😭😭

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@AM_Escucha I reached out via DM