Columnist @Driving.ca, Motherlode columnist @thespec.com, novel A Face in the Window www.afaceinthewindow.com. I've won some stuff I write about cars, my kids (moved out), my cat (just one), my dead parents (can't argue) and whatever else I feel like.https://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mlc3qivit22uIt's beyond frustrating to have to google the name of anyone in charge of disease control in the U.S. to see if they used to be a game show host.07 May 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc3qivit22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3ml7aalwiac26"Republican Party of Alberta" FFS seriously?? https://globalnews.ca/news/11831942/dangerous-violation-jason-kenney-alleged-centurion-project-leak/06 May 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7aalwiac26https://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3ml6yi57pw22j"14 Spaniards ​will be transferred by plane ​to ⁠a hospital in Madrid to quarantine. Passengers from other countries will not ‌be required to quarantine in Spain, with the decision being up ​to officials in their respective countries." Lessons learned from COVID: 0 https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hondius-ship-hantavirus-andes-strain-9.718928106 May 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6yi57pw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mkok34fzos2yHonestly not sure which is worse: some sportsball bigshot boffing a woman young enough to be his granddaughter AND LETTING HER MAKE THE CALLS or the duo acting out their slowroll sexay bullshit with one naming her kid after the coach. I just don't know. I never thought football was interesting.30 Apr 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkok34fzos2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mkob2cvbes2yI just googled which is better cheesies or cashews so that's how my night is going29 Apr 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkob2cvbes2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mko7w3gr422yI see Hegseth and think, they'd do better asking for testimony from a jar of strawberry jam. *My autocorrect didn't recognize 'Hegseth'. I take that as a good sign. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko7w3gr422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mklx36c5vk24The night Americans made the second-worst decision of their lives (Nov 2106), this is what I was doing in Miami on a Smart Car launch. Can't remember what I was doing when they made the worst decision 8 years later. Probably wishing I was having a blast on a junket.29 Apr 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklx36c5vk24https://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mkjf537xz22mAn assassination attempt on the president of the USA and we all just shrug because it's all just an AI world now. You paved the way for this, you idiot, this is what you get. Remind me when to start caring about something real because you've already cashed in my credulity for clickbait attention.28 Apr 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjf537xz22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mkglf5invc23If only school shootings got this level of give-a-fuck. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkglf5invc23https://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mkdf3v5ups25"But his methods could prove damaging" What a droll way to describe the next thing this dangerous man is about to destroy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdf3v5ups25https://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mkbwdn6utc25Now?? Now we're gonna think about this? Now??? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbwdn6utc25https://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mk6t7yzcis2nHey, Kentucky! Welcome to Ontario, Canada! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6t7yzcis2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mk4jajtfa22q"claims to support measles " fixed it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4jajtfa22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjstv5hqhc2sAdvances of what, actually? [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjstv5hqhc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjq6akzfjc2sWhen LinkedIn suggests you add the person who made your life a living hell ten years ago...yeah no.18 Apr 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjq6akzfjc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjpana4ogs2yMarina remains a joy. Vance has hitched himself to this star: "Avoiding STDs in 1990s Manhattan, Trump memorably clarified, was “my personal Vietnam … I feel like a great and very brave soldier”. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/pope-leo-jd-vance-donald-trump-catholicism17 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpana4ogs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjnqbovlxs2yYOU HAVE TO RENEW YOUR CANADA DENTAL PLAN CARD DO IT BY JUNE 117 Apr 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnqbovlxs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjl7gxlh622yPakistan: "WE will be the ones who tame Donald Trump." Rest of the world: "Yeah, lemme know how that goes." [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl7gxlh622yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjinjgzx3s2yAt this point, it's all up to Darwin. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjinjgzx3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjig6irix22iCarney suspends gas tax until Labour Day. PP's reply is that is should be until year end. At this point, this is just your Mom saying you can go but only if you take your little brother with you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjig6irix22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjifmlrg2s2iNothing like getting a Google alert to your own obituary...RIP, Other Lorraine https://www.bloomeradvance.com/obituaries/article_92f47aad-e234-4954-9fa0-47dd04c7a969.html14 Apr 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjifmlrg2s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mji2v63vb22iHe's cosplayed as everything except a president.14 Apr 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji2v63vb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjg7xyzlac2iI don't want to lean in with her. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjg7xyzlac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjg7oapwec2iI know SNL started a Brit version. Didn't know they had a Canadian one. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjg7oapwec2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjg5pgenrk2iLet's not underestimate the influence former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as head of the IDU, has had in this regime and others like it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjg5pgenrk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mjg3qzi4fc2iThat new tone deaf TD ad with the robot delivering coffees? Using the lyrics 'are we human, or are we dancers?' So obviously we're dancers. Because we're sure as hell not humans anymore if a bot is delivering coffees.14 Apr 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjg3qzi4fc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mj6palrklc2cTwo for one Motherlode this week. If you squint. https://www.thespec.com/gift-redeem?t=a7efbe22-9470-4464-afca-f6ccff71d3ab11 Apr 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6palrklc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3mj3yn67hzk2pMelania: "I am not Epstein's victim." Yeah, I wasn't really that worried about you, you craven, calculating "victim". Epstein met you and knew he'd met his match. Can nobody in that family read the room?09 Apr 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3yn67hzk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3miwzpy3zts2p"sensitive military operations" That drunken head of the Pentagon probably put them on Facebook. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwzpy3zts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social/post/3miw7xmhyk22pI have scam charges on a credit card claiming to be Bell Media. It's not Bell Media. Check your statements!07 Apr 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:xnrtbcwoaz7aqulyn7a4cbnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw7xmhyk22p