Hello friends. It’s cover reveal time for BITTERSWEET, the memoir I’ve been working on for nearly half a decade. I’m so excited for this to be out in the world come next April. Pre-order from East Vancouver’s Iron Dog Books or whatever local bookstore you support. irondogbooks.com/item/AS48k97...
Come listen to myself and @harrisonmooney.bsky.social laugh possibly too much about Vancouver politics.
In East Vancouver at Killarney Secondary, Sol Diana has outfitted his classroom ‘like how a typical Filipino grandma would decorate their house.’ It’s an effort to help his students feel welcome, he tells @harrisonmooney.bsky.social. A Tyee Q&A. 📝
My cat left a severed rat head in front of the back door and I stepped on it with bare feet while taking out the trash, happy spoooooky season
Snap elections should happen even faster. Call the election for tomorrow, you cowards
Second! I'll be judging on the nonfiction side of things for the Yukon Words writing contest, alongside my pal @harrisonmooney.bsky.social. Yukoners and Atlinites, please consider submitting your work! There's a poetry category too.
The latest episode of The Tyee Podcast is coming in hot!
Host @harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews senior editor @tyolsen.bsky.social on what it was like to climb into a Bell 407 helicopter with wildfire fighters battling the Ainslie Creek wildfire in August. 🚁
This is no Substack, friend. Do my eyes detect a new home for Daniel Wagner's Canucks coverage? ..... 👀👀👀👀
Gotta get down (to the polls) on FryDay
Allen and Azaroff out. And with that, it is officially FryDay in Vancouver municipal progressive politics
Best thing about the @thetyee.ca is they let me be reeeeeal nerdy. Like yesterday, when I wrote about the letter Q and the Canadian English Dictionary. How would you define quilt? thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
Have the Indians stolen your house yet?
Me neither.
I had so much fun talking with The One And Only @harrisonmooney.bsky.social about the mass hysteria triggered by the Cowichan decision, and why First Nations regaining land & power is fucking great for everyone.
www.thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
Cigarettes are having a cultural resurgence. Why? Nihilism, nostalgia, unchecked subliminal advertising… it’s all very troubling, especially because I’m trying to quit. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
The hottest new lifestyle trend is cooking and eating the food you have at home. It’s called fridgemaxxing
