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BTW, how do *you* pronounce prefixes like "anti-" or "multi-"? Do you say "antee" or "antai"? "Multee" or "multai"?

submitted 19 hours ago • 5 comments

ICE is a white-supremacist terrorist organization.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Tomorrow Vancouver looks to do something they haven’t done in modern history — officially rename a street Here’s a look at why Trutch Street is being renamed to šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm, and how the city is dealing with the language complications that presents

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

Would you like to like to cycle more than you currently do? Or are you happy with your current level of cycling aspirations?

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Earlier this evening I found myself getting impatient because the Maserati in front of me was going more slowly than I wanted to. (This is not a frequent occurrence, given that my own ride is an omafiets.)

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

🇩🇪🏙🤸🏼‍♀️🪽🖤 (1987) 👑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚔🇫🇷💍 (1989) 👶🏼👮🏻‍♀️😎💰🏍 (1987) 🇫🇮🎸🚗🇺🇸⚰ (1989)

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Oh hey, they were just talking about chiasmus on my radio this morning! (See www.cbc.ca/radio/kris-s...)

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The report that the murderer is dressed as a cop is grimly reminiscent of the horrible shootings here in Nova Scotia five years ago. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

I dig the quotation, but the misattribution is a real disservice.

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Today’s writing tips: • If you’re going to do cataphoric ellipsis, try not to have a honking big parenthetical between the gap and the filler. • If you’re using “the former” and “the latter” to refer back to stuff, maybe consider using them *in that order*? #AmEditing

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Nova Scotia has a bit more land area than the Netherlands, but it’s roughly comparable. Nova Scotia would have about the same population as the Netherlands if everyone in the other three Atlantic provinces moved here… and also everyone in Ontario.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

ICE is a white-supremacist terrorist organization. It must be eradicated, and everyone who has ordered, committed, or abetted murder, assault, or kidnapping in its name should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments