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anne t. donahue

@annetdonahue.bsky.social
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
every time ai fails i grow stronger
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
i think about gloria steinem's dedication in "my life on the road" all the time. she was an astronaut.
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Yukon Twitcher @yukonbirder.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
5/ "The older I get, the more everything feels a little less permanent. And in an attempt to feel anchored to my former selves, I've begun reaching for what I can actually hold onto" - @annetdonahue.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/arts/listeni...
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Why I started listening to CDs again in the age of streaming | CBC Arts
Anne T. Donahue's treasured childhood CD collection was replaced first by iPods and then by streaming services — but she's started to rebuild it for $1.99 a pop.
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
i wrote my first piece for @macleans.bsky.social about fake shopping sites! and yes obvi the sims make an appearance macleans.ca/society/tech...
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The Strange Allure of Fake Shopping Sites - Macleans.ca
Dopamine websites let us shop, check out, spend nothing and receive nothing
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
if i were an athlete and my team traded me i would be hurt in ways you can't possibly imagine
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Alice “Big Al” Moran @alicemoran.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The energy of everyone who says “sportsball”:
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
kawhi leonard has returned to toronto because he would like to be my friend
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Sophie Hall @sophlouisehall.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Why does returning a package always feel so embarrassing? Like 'ooh sorry I didn't like my package': what a loser
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
this month for cbc arts, @peterknegt.bsky.social and i tried to answer the question: should we still be rooting for madonna? www.cbc.ca/arts/madonna...
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Should we be rooting for Madonna? | CBC Arts
Peter Knegt and Anne T. Donahue contemplate the Queen of Pop in honour of her latest resurrection.
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Mel Stefaniuk @melstefaniuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
You either die recruiting Carl Reiner at a sporting event or you live long enough to become Carl Reiner at a sporting event
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
new newsletter! WHAT IS HISTORY AND WHY SHOULD ANY OF US CARE?? (or: i don't know shit about battles, please don't ask me) annetdonahue.substack.com/p/everything...
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Everything is History
The 90s are history! I don't know anything about battles!
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
when i see footage of a tornado that just can't seem to touch the ground i feel so embarrassed for it
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
new yorkers en masse have expressed their enthusiasm for democratic socialism. but these forty men surveyed in the waiting room of the coeur d’alene family court have a different perspective
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
k all the love in the world but i don't need to see posts about your husbands today i want to see your young hot dads circa 1982
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
i do not wish harm upon the bros who drive obnoxiously loud cars, trucks, and bikes but i do hope they embarrass themselves terribly in front of someone they're desperate to impress
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NEW NEWSLETTER can you even handle it annetdonahue.substack.com/p/a-letter-o...
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A Letter of Praise
POSITIVITY or: things I've been obsessed with so far this summer
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
father's day is this weekend so remember to look out for me commenting "would" on photos of your dads in the 70s
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 15/06/2026
Is it carbon monoxide
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
logging in to share that olivia rodrigo's new album is the defining one of the summer thank you very much
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
one week from today in 1995, my nine-year-old self would misconstrue "cross i bear" with "cross-eyed bear" and proceed to sing the wrong lyrics to "you oughta know" for six to seven years.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“James Corden is back after midnight” sounds like something you warn a child
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Cadence Weapon @cadenceweapon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
gonna start approaching men who drive obnoxiously loud cars and asking if they're okay; what they're looking for and/or what is it they need from us
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waldokanto.bsky.social @waldokanto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/06/2026
There's a certain kind of teen girl, usually dismissed as "insolent," who knows from jump that the way her world is treating her is more the world's problem than hers. I'll always appreciate Marjane Satrapi for giving that girl a strong voice. www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie...
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Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56
The French-Iranian artist and film director 'died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,' people close to her said.
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Ariel Fisher @arielfisher.com · 04/06/2026
The brilliant Iranian artist, filmmaker, and activist Marjane Satrapi has died at 56. We had coffee together in Toronto when "The Voices" was at TIFF in 2014 — it's how she wanted to do the interview. She was remarkable, fearless, and so devoted to art and revolution. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at 56
Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights, has died at 56, the French presidency said Thursday. “Her passing marks the loss of a leadi...
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I've never had the benefits of a salary. I've quite literally never had paid vacation time in my 40 years of being on Earth. I'm assuming that explains why I find this so shocking. Take your vacation time! Your boss would replace you in 24hrs if you dropped dead from stress! Capitalism hates you!
theglobeandmail.com
Canadians aren’t taking their paid vacation days. Can burnout be far behind?
Workplace optics, guilt and fears of work piling up dissuade some workers from taking time off
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
was outside in the sun for far too long today (12 minutes)
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
TWENTY FIVE YRS SINCE SHREK obviously i wrote about it with @peterknegt.bsky.social!!! www.cbc.ca/arts/holding...
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Why is everyone still so obsessed with Shrek? | CBC Arts
Peter Knegt and Anne T. Donahue consider how, 25 years later, the green ogre continues to have a hold on our culture.
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
TWENTY FIVE YRS SINCE SHREK obviously i wrote about it with @peterknegt.bsky.social!!! www.cbc.ca/arts/holding...
cbc.ca
Why is everyone still so obsessed with Shrek? | CBC Arts
Peter Knegt and Anne T. Donahue consider how, 25 years later, the green ogre continues to have a hold on our culture.
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
yikes
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 28/05/2026
idk why everyone is complaining, i think it's cool that they are building the ship from CONTACT (1997) on the white house lawn. the liberal media says it won't work again but they are IGNORING that approximately 18 hours of static was recorded on that fateful day. explain THAT
the stupid ufc thing on the stupid lawn of the stupid white house
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Cadence Weapon @cadenceweapon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
My new book Ways of Listening is out today!!! Come see me chat about it in person: May 26 - Toronto - Type Books Junction with @elamin.bsky.social May 28 - Hamilton - Epic Books with @stuberman.bsky.social June 2 - Montreal - Librairie Drawn & Quarterly with @hualihuali.bsky.social
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Norm Wilner @handle.invalid · 23/05/2026
They're spending millions of dollars on this campaign. Imagine what social services could do with that money.
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The Margin @themargin.news · 20/05/2026
Smoking is having a moment, but while celebs are currently making it look cool on red carpets and in slick music videos, the reality is still very different (and very expensive) for the rest of us Canadian plebs. Read @annetdonahue.bsky.social 's new story:
themargin.news
Smoking is back, baby (and it'll cost you $9,000)
The smoking revival is aesthetic for some and costly for everyone else.
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
wow i have a name
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Orson Welles: I worked with Grogu. Not in film you see but on the stage. Brilliant performer but a cruel disgusting wretch of a soul. Interviewer: Pourrions-nous parler de Citizen Kane à la place, s'il vous plaît ? Welles: yes he did sell out his friends to HUAC, I will never forgive him for that
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
the women & songs compilation cds
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
richard kind
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
"how long have these chicken wings been sitting out?" - me on hot ones
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
i want 120 minutes of baby yoda completing basic and mundane tasks!!!
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
the baby yoda movie only needs to be baby yoda wandering around reacting to things for 90 minutes why doesn't anybody understand this
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
SAM ALTMAN COULD FUCKING NEVER
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Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Okay, just wanted to jump on quickly and do a Q&A about hantavirus. I know there's a lot of speculation out there but hopefully I can clarify a few details and maybe put people's minds at ease
Q: What is hantavirus?
A: I don't know yet. I only heard about it an hour ago so I haven't had time to look it up.

Q: How is it spread?
A: Again, no idea. 

Q: Could it turn into a pandemic?
A: Not too sure.

Q: What symptoms should I be looking out for?
A: I don't know what the symptoms are but please be vigilant for all of them, whatever they may be.

Q: What is the incubation period for hantavirus?
A: I don't know what that is.

Q: Is there a vaccine?
A: Not that I've heard but I haven't asked anyone. I could try asking my dad but he wouldn't know either.

Q: Should I be worried?
A: Maybe. It's hard to say for sure.
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The Margin @themargin.news · 30/04/2026
In 1993, a million bucks could change your life. In 2026, it won't even cover the mortgage. @annetdonahue.bsky.social rewatched the erotic thriller Indecent Proposal (for “research”), and did the math on what such an offer would have to be in today’s numbers:
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An Indecent Proposal? In this economy? We did the math
In 1993, a million bucks could change your life. In 2026, it won't even cover the mortgage.
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anne t. donahue @annetdonahue.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to eat egg mcmuffins in the car
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Obviously one’s first instinct is to point out that Bill the Butcher is the villain but let’s not forget the detail that he is literally in a cuck chair in this scene
A Meghan McCain tweet depicting Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York in the chair with the American flag draped around him with the text "Me and everyone I know after this weekend"
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Ygrene @handle.invalid · 25/04/2026
Stabbing Guy Meme

the pic is done in a somewhat realistic cartoon/animated style

on the left is a man with brown hair, brown mustache, and orange shirt. he has both arms raised out in front of him as if to ward off or defend against an attacker. this man has text over his head that reads "Me trying not to eat a bunch of cheese"

on the right is another man and he looks like a straight up bad apple. he is wearing blue jeans and a lighter blue 3/4 zip (i am estimating here). he has blonde hair and a blonde goatee but he has the traditional male pattern baldness. he looks to be advancing towards the defending man and in his right hand, he is holding a knife threateningly. this man also has text laid over him that reads "A bunch of cheese"
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Look for the helpers
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