drew brown

@drewfoundland.bsky.social

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writer. intern therapist. recovering journalist. ex academic. prodigal poster. i'se the bi.

VOCM headline: "Premier Must Call Provincial Election Today" above photos of NDP leader Jim Dinn, Liberal leader John Hogan, and PC leader Tony Wakeham.
a list of questions from a textbook about logic, one of which reads: "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks suspiciously like former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Trudeau's parents travelled to Cuba many times and met with Castro, and there are pictures of Trudeau's mother looking fondly at Castro. Is it too far-fetched to believe that Fidel Castro is Justin Trudeau's real father?"
Horizontal comic panel announcing [MEANWHILE, KING SATN FACES CAPTAIN NEWFOUNDLAND!]. Satn points at the Captain and says "It is said you have the unity state of consciousness! Let us see if you maintain that state in *my* domain!" to which the Captain retorts: "Unity is unity in whatever dimension, Evil One! Try your best to make me think that ANYTHING is separate from the SELF!"
November 23, 2019 headline from satirical Marxist blog Worker's Spatula that reads "Anxious Maoists Unsure How Much More Excellent the Situation Can Get"
Epigraph that reads: "Work harder. Work longer hours. Work more days in the week and weeks in the year. Eat less. Wear less. Practice more abstemiousness. Live lower on the hog and produce more. - SMALLWOOD."
NL Premier Joey Smallwood standing on a podium in a giant coat, pointing authoritatively at something out of frame. Caption: "My purpose: the good of Newfoundland."
a stack of newfoundland history books piled up on my coffee table
"...Catholic School on Station Road and a petition was signed and sent to the Commission Government requesting the Act of Incorporation be repealed and Windsor have its original name restored. The people wished to be part of Grand Falls and popular feeling ran high against the present board of management and its dictatorial tactics. The general feeling of the people was that the Act of Incorporation gave the Board of Management too many powers and the people did not want to separate from the town (Grand Falls). The government replied and asked for a more extensive report." General unrest manifested itself through letters to The Advertiser to the extent that three commissioners came to Windsor to investigate the situation. The night of Dec. 9, 1938, is described as Demonstration Night at Windsor as dissenters gathered near the railway waving banners and shouting, "We don't want taxation. We don't want taxation." Commissioner Emerson took this opportunity to speak to the people and is quoted as saying, "The act was carefully drafted to serve the people of this community and if it was misrepresented to you as you claim, then this is your own responsibility and not of the government of this country." The act was to remain as the basis of the Town of....
A pair of black cats—Smith (L) and Siouxsie (R)—sit together on a pair of grey joggers left lying on my bed.
Screenshot of an email from Indeed that reads "Hi Drew, We saw your profile on Indeed and thought you would be a great match for the B412 Helicopter Pilot opportunity. Please submit a quick application if you have any interest."
Patricia Lockwood's novel No One Is Talking About This.
a copy of Miriam Toews' novel A Complicated Kindness.
holding a copy of Zoe Whittall's novel The Fake (2023)