"I have some books I would like to sell"
- vague
- unimposing
- could mean anything
"I am burdened with glorious purpose"
- wow who is this suave gentleperson
- what they offer me will surely be worth the price
- this confidence seems trustworthy
Canadians are crystal clear about what they want post pandemic - 92% want a promise not to cut funding for key social programs like healthcare to manage the deficit & recovery. P2 of our latest poll on Tax Fairness conducted by @abacusdataca is here: https://t.co/TN30sEwvZP
A brilliant application of the Meissner effect: levitating along a Möbius strip [video: https://t.co/WapMOTKJsq] [what is the Meissner effect: https://t.co/o9UiftEM1s]
⏳🦋⌛️Chinese Cat Goddess Li Shou, tasked with running the world, preferred to lie in the sun or chase butterflies. She suggested Humans would be better suited to the job, so the Gods took speech from Cats and gave it to us - but Cats are the Keepers of Time.
#MythologyMonday
Waiting for even one @UCPCaucus member to stand up to Kenney's lie about Alberta being ignored re Trudeau's childcare deal.
Alberta turned it down because the conditions were that it be run as not-for-profit.
Are you all corrupt?
@rebeccakschulz , this is yours to correct.
This is going to feel stark when you hear it, but we know what needs to be done and how to do it. It’s a question of focus and will. The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. #climatecrisis
It was very still & the sky was the dull silver of a mermaid's mirror. The swifts who nested in the thatch were leaving that night, flying to Madrid, then south, south, south across the Sahara, carrying tales of Old Fox’s cottage, tales of love, of sickness, of fear, of hope.
@sunlorrie Canada's success? Perhaps you are unaware that Canada is the largest per capita emitter of GHGs in the world. We were never as dependent on coal as most countries were given our large hydro/elec resources.
Where was the first theatre on Bankside? (It's not us!) What's remarkable about the stone built into the side of a Greek restaurant? Why is there a street called Bear Gardens?
Discover the answers to these and more on our Shakespeare's Southwark Tour! ⭕
https://t.co/T1HEegcJBY
You haven't lived until you've watched two 21st century children, faced with a rotary phone for the first time, trying to figure out how to use it.
"ooooooHHH" they said, when I picked up the handset.
In 1947, a then-19-year-old Alex Toth had one of his first major gigs - drawing for National Comics (now DC). Unfortunately, he got sick and worried he'd be fired for missing deadlines. Toth's mom Mary called his boss Sheldon Mayer, and here's what happened next...