I was in Montreal for the weekend. It felt really different and has always had a more relaxed pace of life, but I mean in a sort of "less enshittified" sort of way. I am beginning to wonder whether the algorithm is only really effective in English. There didn't seem to be as much feedback.

Jsj banter, alone in house edition: *now six hours away from jean talon market geographically* Jsj: i shoulda bought that fresh thyme. Man, did that smell terrific.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Personally, I think a ham and cheese is a pretty pedestrian scramble.

Been going through a local forum for beer enthusiasts and I don't think anyone realized in 2014 how COOL craft beer was in Toronto at the time. There were like 10 cask festivals a year. Every one of those had new one offs. It was affordable! Oh well.

Well. We're 46 minutes from the rapture, I guess. Unless it doesn't happen. In which case we'll get a new estimate next week.

JSJ Banter, Elevator edition JSJ: That's a small dog. Is that a Golden/Spaniel cross? Dog Guy: Exactly. A Golden Cocker cross. JSJ: Sort of a Cockadoodle. DG: Really? JSJ: No, but I did know a drag queen named Annie Cockledoo. DG: Really? JSJ: Not really. *exits, dragging laundry bag.*

I suppose if you had a really chubby cherub who had eaten too much bread, he'd have a Pannus Angelicus.

Wooo yeah! Go Hildy!

I swear. If the next president doesn't personally take a sledgehammer to that ballroom, he'll have missed a trick.

Patel and Bongino is like the worst Point Break remake of all time. Valhalla? Ugh.

Having seen Russia violate Poland's airspace, Qatar get bombed by Israel, Charlie Kirk get shot, and Nasa quietly announce Life on Mars, I guess my main question is about whether Mars has rent control.

It's like Jim Rockford said, "I don't like guns, people tend to use them."

I'm a big enough man to apologize for calling him Isaiah Kinda-Whatever.

Well, who hasn't posed next to an international sex trafficker while holding a giant novelty cheque, ensuring that the occasion is commemorated with a paragraph of text on the back, telling you specifically what it's for?

You know, if I were the wedding planner for two extremely honest geniuses and someone tried to gift them a clock with a triangular summit with the figure of a small demon on it, I don't think I'd allow it on the gift table. Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit imp pediments. Sorry.

Someone asked a question about Cool Brewing, so I'm having a bit of a bash through the Ontario Brewery Spreadsheet. We're more or less up to date, although I can't be arsed to update the map. A lot of the time, I think people opening breweries shouldn't be able to tie their shoes. /1

I think that if Mordecai Richler had written a book about a 90's guitar prodigy who took on students later in his career when his popularity faltered, a good title would be the Mentorship of Lenny Kravitz

Apparently Los Lobos are now illegal. I hope they don't drone strike Steve Berlin's house.

Tonight's Late Great Movie is 1987's City on Fire, starring Chow Yun Fat as a gun wielding Ronin type. The first sound is saxophone. Gonna be good.

Placing a large bet on reality. COME ON YOU BEAUTY!

Well, there was no reason to adapt the novel that way. Now you have to rewrite any potential sequels. Just completely kills the vibe of the Thursday Murder Club.

Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.

They're clipping Trump responding to Taylor Swift's engagement announcement. "Gee, Adolf what do you think of Bertholt's new play? That Mack the Knife sure is something."

A somewhat disheveled lady in her early fifties with multicolored hair got on the streetcar for three stops with a freshly opened pint of @benandjerrys.bsky.social (lid missing) and proceeded to lick the top of the pint of ice cream as though it were a cone. If i had to guess, Netflix and chill'd.

If you had a plush action figure of an ECW pro wrestling legend that had suffered in ring injuries, that would be a Sabu boo-boo labubu. I blame the lack of coffee.

Kirk stole a base? Anything's possible, I guess. Maybe I'll aim higher.

*extremely Dave Letterman* 100% Labubu Fiber!

If the US government is going to used seized Bitcoin as a strategic bitcoin reserve, doesn't that just mean that owning Bitcoin means you're going to get arrested now that there is a profit motive to divest you of it?

Say what you will about Sarah Palin, but she probably wouldn't sell Alaska.

We got Buck back? Nothing in the 'verse can stop us.

Actual Candyland.

Work release, huh? It's so tragic that she escaped custody and fled to a non-extradition country 72 hours from now when the attention is on Putin in Alaska.

There's no covid if you don't test for it. There's no unemployment if you don't report it. There's no crime under Martial Law. Coffee is 20 bucks a pound. It's too hot.

Really enjoying Pokerface. Loved the first season. Like the serial format and special guest stars. Just quality all around.

Alligator Alcatraz could also be the opening line of that stomp clap Magnetic Zeros track.

Oh. AI is just the equivalent of 'future tech' in the civilization games. Massively resource intensive, doesn't do anything. They couldn't come up with anything so they put it there. Shit. Just one more turn.

I saw a lady today with a tattoo of a slow loris on her calf. I asked her, "Excuse me, is that a slow loris?" She looked taken aback and I said, "The tattoo on your calf." She said nothing. I said "The lemur." She said yes. I said "It's really cool." I'm going to get an Ibex and say it's a cat

I think at some point we've all experienced a warming Bernabel. Let the warmth of that Bernabel tickle your cockles.

So you're saying Trump has evidence that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton. Let's see how that goes for him.

Tonight's Late Great Movie is 1937's Nothing Sacred, starring Carole Lombard who so far has a terrific record on LGM. Funny lady!

It has everything: Free Range Wolves, Grizzled Prospector Bingo, The Rare Bongino Antelope, Beth Dutton Trivia.

They're going to nuke the moon. This is what happens when you replace the sign language chimp.

"stick to menswear"

Just checking the CNE bandshell lineup. There's an indie artist called Gavin McLeod. He's ... exciting and new?

Really looking forward to the fourth (fifth) heat warning of the summer breaking. I'm tired of showering and then walking a block and smelling like I didn't shower.

A good rule of thumb is that if you don't know about someone unless they're trending, then they don't matter. At no point during day to day life do I come into contact with Sydney Sweeney. And then I load up the internet. Well meaning people: Go effect any kind of meaningful change. Jesus.

SO they're a light type pokemon. So what?

Shows up to a walking tour booked this very morning as I still slumbered. Jsj banter: Oh you're from the Bay Area. I wondered what made someone from Toronto wake up to a 41 humidex and choose violence.

Woke up this morning with a Doobie Brothers song in my head. Can you imagine doobie in your funk?