I think the Canadian federation will be unable to survive if we decide that federal-provincial politics will be conducted by governments walking around sticking shotguns in their mouths.

This world is brutal, and only moreso every day. And maybe we are entering an age of evil. But the sun still shines warm and bright, and trees still have leaves. There is still a beautiful person you are going to meet, and there are slumbers at the end of long days deeper than sea-trenches.

Pope Leo will give a moral grammar Americans can use to stand up to the AI data centers swallowing their communities. He’ll give a course of action to those who fear a future being designed without them. And it will re-center this revolution on what it should have been about: the human person.

Thomas Massie: “I would have come out sooner but I had to call my opponent to concede and it took a while to find him in Tel Aviv.” video courtesy @acyn.bsky.social

“After analyzing crash data over a 13-year period in areas with separated bike lanes on city streets, researchers estimated that having a protected bike facility in a city would result in 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serous injuries than an average city.” Safer for ALL. Via @usa.streetsblog.org

Y'all loved it when he fucked over Toronto while we warned you he wouldn't stop here. You gave him permission to do this. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Wow the drake fireworks are actually pretty good. He just announced 3 albums dropping at midnight.

Doug’s Denuded Damp Den

Their shared view comes back to variations of they want to hear from the community. What does this mean? Why aren’t you opposing Ford’s new act that would snuff out Toronto? Why are you being cagey with your constituents (“the community”)? It isn’t just downtown either. Across Toronto.

“The response shouldn't be to…doubly punish victims who are already victimized by the harassment…,by then forcing them to make themselves smaller” @rachelgilmore.bsky.social “Nearly 1/2of female journalists &media wrkrs said they self-censor on soc media due to online violence—an ⬆️from 30%in 2020”🧪

Heading out to see if I can score one of those Dungeon Crawler Carl comics for free comic book day. Also to see if my local bookshops have put A Parade of Horribles out early.

The whole house is sick so we are having a Murder She wrote marathon. The current episode has both Linda Hamilton and Bryan Cranston. Seeing great actors before they were lauded for their greatness in old shows is part of the fun of watching really old shows.

What's up with the Hells Angels rolling through Toronto. They are going up Woodbine now.

I didn't even know this was a thing.

Already paying $22 not $10 in Toronto. Still better than anything nothing but this sucks if prices increase or stalls others from joining the program. As it is it took 2+ years on a waitlist to get our daughter into a program and even than it is a 30 minute TTC ride away(13 on the bike).

Here’s St Stephen in the Fields church this morning. Last evening its rector, @maggiehelwig.bsky.social, won the @writerstrust.bsky.social Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for her Encampment book. Her churchyard still barricaded. Local councillor & city do not shine in this book.

Gavin Newsome has said his son is a fan of Charlie Kirk Andrew Tate and now Clavicular. You should probably stop running for office and spend time with your son

Perplexity’s CEO is just the latest tech leader to tell the public their jobs will be sacrificed on the altar of the glorious AI future. It’s a compelling narrative, but it distracts us from the real impact of AI: not to take the human out of the loop, but to take away their power and cut their pay

new free money scam unlocked

Nothing says "America is Back Baby!" like "Allbirds became an AI hardware middleman because they wanted to pump their stock instead of going into bankruptcy, so they said they will find some computer chips somewhere, but can no longer sell shoes."

Today was supposed to be the first day of day care for my daughter. We had it all planned out, we got a new cargo bike, put e-assist on it, new brakes, gears and got my daughters first helmet. Second daughter had different plans and has decided to jin the world 3 weeks earlier than expected. Yippee!

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America. Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

The President is openly threatening genocide. A crime against humanity. He must be removed from office. The 25th Amendment must be invoked. If not, Congress has to do our damn job. Speaker Johnson, call us into session. War powers & impeachment. Remove this man from office.

This Wednesday, join us LIVE online as special guest Starlotte Satine helps us record a brand-new episode of the Toronto Mike'd Podcast: “A History of Burlesque in Toronto.” ⏰ 11:00 a.m. — Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Livestream link: live.torontomike.com/tmds/d2689ca... #TorontoHistory #jeremyhopkin

"Israel’s Latest Genocide Is Against the Shias of Lebanon. Why Is the World Silent?" Lebanon’s Christians are being told by the Israeli military to get rid of any displaced Shias hiding in their homes or villages. Haven’t we seen this story before, and don’t we all know how it ends? My latest:

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

Decency is underrated.

Less cos play more carrying

Haven't read this yet but posting it as a reminder to read it.

A Poisoned Woman Demanded Justice. The Prime Minister Made her the Punchline by Brandi Morrin indigenousinsider.substack.com/p/a-poisoned...

These aircrafts are built solely for providing close air support to ground troops

Footage captured from passengers on an airliner above Florida, showing the exact moment the Artemis II mission lifts off.

Canada has only ever had three Jewish leaders of federal political parties. One is Avi Lewis. Another was (briefly) Annamie Paul of the Green Party. The third was David Lewis, Avi's grandfather, who helped to create the NDP along with Tommy Douglas. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

95% of the people executed under apartheid South Africa were Black

You can see pretty clearly when the President decided to reassure a worried nation.

"Nothing to see here, we are winning"

That’s one hell of a cover…..

He's been leader for 5 minutes and polling pundits are already doing their part to ensure we never get anything except conservative policies.

Yeah, that was a fucking great speech. The new NDP leader, folks. Avi Lewis.

Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership

Great story at @thelocal.to -- these folks are the real front line against everyday driver rage and asshole behavior and their poorly paid or protected. We do not care though. There has been no popular blowback to standard behavoir. Only the occasional high profile drunk gets people upset.

A great breakdown on what lies ahead for the NDP and Canadian progressives. One thing it brought up in me was that political associations are not a substitute for community, and unfortunately the NDP do not create communities once folks are done trying to get elected.

Yes yes yes. Toronto will lose most proceadural gambits because the province is all powerful. They need to provide the vision to win hearts and minds. There is so little vision. The port lands had vision & why people were able to defeat Ford's mall deal there. Vision is how you fight, as I wrote...

Toronto Council meets today! It's been a while, so the agenda is JAM-PACKED. There are now 194 items on the agenda. We're staring into the abyss. Let's jump in together. I'll have live coverage starting at 9:30 a.m. If you want, you can also watch the meeting here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVZI...

It's hard to believe that an article like this needs to be written in 2026 but here we are. The Car Brain is thick and impenetrable. The Ford political legacy was built on a War on the Car platform. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

Oh hell yes, someone is doing proper accountability on Doug Ford. #ONPoli www.dougfordclownshow.ca

Two year olds are alot.

The Ontario Voter has tremendous capacity to keep their eye on the prize: creating a handful of mega projects on the Toronto waterfront.

Valero's Port Arthur refinery has a nameplate capacity of 424 kbpd and is among the 10 largest refineries in the US. Was importing ~150 kbpd of heavy crude, mostly from Mexico, and is a natural historic buyer of Venezuelan heavy crude. Summary graphic I've been building for US refineries:

EXCITING NEWS! On Apr 13, 14 & 15 we're giving away 500 FREE delivery bags to app-based delivery riders who attend our Safe Cycling Session (rules of the road, what to do in a crash and how to deal with police ticketing). Collab w Bike Brigade @cycletoronto.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social