Jess Merber

Always up for a good hard laugh. Forever fan of Toronto's microfinance org, ACCESS Community Capital Fund. Be great: donate! Be the best: invest!

[Amanda @Pandamoanimum]

Jeff Goldblum as fish.

A thread.

[ACCESS Community Capital Fund @accessCCF]

October is #SmallBusinessMonth and the perfect time to shop local and support small business entrepreneurs!

Check out our ACCESS Client Business Directory to discover something new:

https://t.co/OuGlgpSD73

[Latif Nasser @latifnasser]

My takeaway from all of this? Dream dreams. Email the people you admire. And don't let rejection get to you, because if you love something, you'll put up with initially sucking at it before you get good.

[Foo Fighters @foofighters]

Ok @Nandi_Bushell....Round 2! Every superhero needs a theme song. Here’s one for you! Mad props to The Grohlettes for the background vocals.

[(((Jew))) @JoshMalina]

This morning my wife asked me whether I had any dark stuff, and I admitted that between the pandemic and the Trump administration I’ve been feeling a paralyzing mix of anxiety and depression.

Then she said “No, I’m putting a load of laundry in.”

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

@cmclymer You're a gifted storyteller, Charlotte. I learn from you. Thank you for your Twitter presence and please please please continue.

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

@KerryReads @doubledayca Look forward to reading it, Kerry. Congratulations on yet another publication!

[Jeffrey Toobin @JeffreyToobin]

Please note that the words "nasty," "shrill," and "strident" are never used to describe male politicians.

[Amber Spry, Ph.D. @amber_spry]

Every year when I teach identity politics I ask the same question on the first day of class. Rather than the usual icebreakers, I ask: “How does your family / your culture cook rice?” 1/

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

@lyzl There's no way to prepare yourself for the bomb that goes off in your life with kids. All we can do is look at the photos, marvel at the cuteness, and be amazed at our own stamina. Good on you, Mama.

[Alterna Savings @alternasavings]

On the 20th anniversary of our Microfinance program, we need to acknowledge that this work is only achievable with true Community Loan Fund partners. This is your anniversary too! @accessCCF @bitsto @csito @oclf_feco @wholeplanet @causewaywork @csedottawa @parocentre @OttCommFdn

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

inflected by Shakespeare and Tennyson and King James but also by agricultural gazetteers and frilly old Christian pamphlets, by archaic dictionaries of phrase and fable, by the voices of mule drivers and lady newspaper poets and hanging judges and hellfire preachers."

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

Donna Tartt on the Singular Voice, and Pungent Humor, of Charles Portis https://t.co/Br92fbyQgs

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

mannered and quaint, old-fashioned and highly constructed but also blunt, roughshod, lawless,

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

How do you top this? "This was a tremendous gift, as Portis caught better than any writer then alive the complex and highly inflected regional vernacular I heard spoken as a child —

[John Tory @JohnTory]

Today I proclaimed #MenstrualHygieneDay in the @CityofToronto in an effort to help break the silence around menstruation. Proud to support @ThePeriodPurse and their continued work to end the stigma surrounding periods. #MHDay2020

[ACCESS Community Capital Fund @accessCCF]

How can you help the economy recover? Shop local and support small businesses!

We've made it easy with our ACCESS Client Directory. Why not treat yourself to some tea, book a car wash or plan a gardening project?

https://t.co/00KUVN4d6N

#BuyGood #DoGood #shoplocal

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

@taffyakner @mcastimovies If you do, and if you haven't, I recommend The Good Place. I know, late to the party. Twas ever thus.

[Jess Merber @jessmerber]

Dont forget the pickles...

[brynn🕳️ @brynnposting]

you all laughed at hipsters for getting really into old world shit like, making bread, distilling gin, hand washing clothes, & hydroponic rooftop gardening in 2010. look at you now. fucking sober, dirty, breadless, weedless amateurs