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@BertDalziel Hornby is superb at writing characters (and working class ones at that)

Alright so this is not a very high brow answer but the only one I can think of where I thought yeah I buy that - is Nick Hornby.

@AdamasNemesis @VeryBadLlama They didn’t say never eat out, but not to pay a large surcharge to have the food delivered and claim there’s no alternative.

@VeryBadLlama Probably all lies anyway; my grandparents grew up in the Great Depression and they'd look at you like you had two heads if you suggested a regular person should never eat out.

people from the wealthiest country on the planet are out here bragging that they subsist on diets that you would not be allowed to feed to inmates in a Scandinavian prison

@emzanotti Did you have these in the US? They were great, very easy and good sizes for families. amazon.ca/Looneyspoons-L…

Actually, there’s not very much that teaches people HOW to do these things. Cooking, sure, but there’s a lack of foundational knowledge that is creating a skill gap. Going on TikTok or on Food Network is useless because it’s collections of specialty recipes or high-end competition. You won’t succeed, in the kitchen or financially, if you pick 5 TikTok recipes, all of which use specialty ingredients, and try to do that as a week of cooking. It’s expensive, and you do waste a lot. What’s lacking is (1) knowing how to shop and stock a pantry, (2) knowing the Alton Brown-style scientific basics of how to cook food, even without a recipe, and (3) how to plan a weeks worth of meals so that you’re shopping efficient and not burning out. If you try to cook based on television shows, Instagram influence accounts, and Sur-La-Table retail cooking classes, you will fail. You’ll burn out. This actually isn’t as simple as you think.

@emzanotti I’ve been telling my kids since toddlers that they need to learn to cook because when I went to uni there were people who couldn’t feed themselves. Then we laugh at the idea. Let’s bring that energy back. What do you MEAN you can’t scramble an egg at 19?

Every few months it becomes clear that I should probably teach the internet how to make food and run a household, because it’s clearly a massive need, but I just don’t know how to get started.

@BradfemlyWalsh They also think it’s living in poverty to eat the same food two days in a row? My 10 and 8 year old made dinner the other day (meatballs, rice, maple carrots). They can make basic meals because I told them it’s the most important skill I can teach them! Maybe Alpha will save us.

I do find the angry insistence of Gen Z that they cannot possibly learn to cook very baffling. Like, do they think all the older generations were born with some miracle innate set of cooking skills that they've missed out on? Does it not occur to them that we had to learn too?

@emzanotti I like this! I also strongly support weekly meal plans. You don’t need to eat chili every Monday, but if you know that Mon will use ground beef/turkey you can pick from a small set of meals (chili, bolognese, tacos etc). Tuesday is eggs, Wed beans etc. Cook 2x and freeze.

I teach home ec! I even have a handy dandy graphic for how to stock a pantry so that you can make meals on the fly (Substack at link in bio).

@JeremiahDJohns @TheArgumentMag Me, watching all this with elementary aged kids (alphas?) and hoping all the social media burns down in the next few years

Boomers think Gen Z is screwed because of fancy lunches. Online doomers think Gen Z is screwed because the Boomers ruined everything. I'm in @TheArgumentMag arguing for a secret third option: Gen Z is doing fine, but social media is driving us insane. theargumentmag.com/p/young-people…

@dmacpher The bathroom? The kitchen cupboards? That corningware everyone’s mom got in the 70s?

Me?

@CraigBaird It’s so great, especially the huge sloping hall right inside that looks out at parliament. I’m not crazy about the spider statue out front, but I guess she’s iconic by now.

On this day in 1988, the new National Gallery of Canada building opened. Designed by Moshe Safdie, construction began in 1985. The building has a floor area of 46,621 square metres and cost $162 million to build. It houses 93,625 works. 📸 Wikicommons (Taxiarchos228)

@paulvieira Yes, put buses from Barrhaven/kanata back on Slater. We were right to get rid of the parking lot that it was but there’s room to bring back east-west options to ease the train and make the commute work.

Senior Canadian officials worried that the city of Ottawa's scandal-plagued public transit system is unable to transport federal employees to the office. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/05/21/fed…

@_celia_bedelia_ Scrambled eggs and toast. Fried egg sandwiches. Tuna melts. Fucking pasta. All ready in less time than scrolling an app and waiting for delivery. This is insane, and we’re insane for indulging it.

She’s at it again

@JillFilipovic My 10yo can make a stir fry with rice noodles, peppers, teriyaki sauce. It takes little time, money or equipment. One could add frozen shrimp/ground turkey/canned tuna etc. 8yo made maple glazed carrots and rice the other day to go with meatballs I made. Teach kids to cook!

Every aspect of this debate is making me want to hurl myself off a cliff. No, you do not need to eat PB&J and chips for lunch every single day to save money. There is in fact an enormous universe of food that is simple to prepare, healthier than DoorDash, and way more affordable than DoorDash.

@MarkBourrie Didn’t we go through this discourse in roughly 1995?

I can see why this guy has no chance of adding to Canada's white population.

@dmacpher @TheChaosWeeber Holy shit, lol

@TheChaosWeeber 🤔

If BC is not Canadian California than why is it California shaped?

Lily of the Valley Fairy by Lavera Grace

@MadelaineLucyH Is there an explanation for why I can read long, multi-generational sagas with many names but not thrillers where everyone is referred to by last name only? Rose, Bianca, Adele is fine; Harrison, Martineau and Slopanski I’ll never keep straight.

Everyone has a different threshold of abstraction when reading. I can handle one character being called Thenape for example but remembering 20+ called Xlayadon and Xlandor is a no. Similarly, I’m absolutely a-okay with ghosts and baffled by and skeptical about self-aware robots. PLEASE bare that in mind when reading beta feedback!

Happy May 2-4(Long Weekend, Victoria Day Weekend, May Run) to all who celebrate! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

@mchkzn Metcalfe?

All gone.

@_celia_bedelia_ I no longer care about personal style, I just want something that fits and isn’t made out of see through polyester or horrible linen that creases as soon as I sit down!

I’ve been thinking a lot about this “what is professional for work” conversation too much (k*ll me) and I really think your ideas of what you *should* and *should not* wear to work absolutely evolves as you get older & enter into different leadership positions. I’ve managed to keep my personal style through the years but I definitely dress more “conservatively” than I did in my 20s & 30s & even more conservatively than I did 2 years ago.

@thehipofficial @CBC Can’t wait! I missed part of the last one singing my baby back to sleep. Guess she can stay up and watch now that she’s 10!

This year is the 10th anniversary of the MMP tour. To mark the occasion, the @CBC will broadcast our final show worldwide on Aug 22, 7pm local time (7:30pm NT), commercial-free. Check your local area for watch parties near you, or host one of your own!