I know this film is beloved. But I never liked it.

My 5-year-old tonight: "Dada, if you're asleep and I need to wake you up, what should I do instead of jumping on your stomach?" Me: "I'm glad we're having this conversation before instead of after."

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I think this is my favourite interview with Stephen Lewis. It's 12 yrs ago, & we spoke about Pres. John F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination, because Lewis had debated Kennedy at UofT, & JFK helped get Lewis elected: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqxX... #onpoli #uspoli

Mine, too. BTW, those are not stars. It's debris.

My 5-year-old was so excited for my sister's visit today. (He calls her "Fifi", even though that's not her name.) He was up late last night making this new agenda for their activities together.

Which prominent American would make the best President? Really hard to pick. My money is on Buttigieg, though he might be unelectable.

As I said before, my favourite episode of Thriller. A nice atmospheric ghost story. Lovely stuff. Until next time, adieu! #TheFilmCrowd

In the not-so-distant future, when the once-most-powerful-country-in-the-world is a middling power with the economic influence of Spain or Singapore, I hope those of you who voted for this shit stain remember that it was your hatred of immigrants, women, and minorities that did it.

So complicated trying to explain to my 5-year-old that Artemis is the name of the mission, Orion is the type of spaceship, but Integrity is the name of the capsule. Let's just call it all Apollo and be done with it.

Orion's trans-lunar insertion burn is so interesting to me. Its calculation can be done entirely using Newtonian mechanics --no relativity required. I don't know why that's an amazing thought to me.

It was a stupid fucking movie. Deep Impact, on the other hand, was sublime.

Where is this camera mounted?

Let's say Trump drops dead tonight. When the celebration stops, what do you think will happen? 1) Will the war in Iran continue? 2) Will Vance continue to build the Ballsack Room? 3) Will efforts to overturn 14th amendment continue? 4) Will ICE be reined in?

Start the clock.

You absolute nugget of fetid shit. I wish nothing but gastrointestinal agony for you.

I really enjoyed this movie. And the book. It didn't get the attention it deserved.

Got a name for a dating app for visually impaired gay men: Blindr.

Non zero chance Pam Bondi ends up on Only Fans.

Of course they are. Keep them away from populated areas. And if we put them in space? One step closer to Kessler Syndrome.

Perhaps one day Toronto will have a planetarium again. But it will never again be on prime downtown real estate, will never be its own beautiful standalone structure, will probably have an annoying gift shop and playground attached, and will just be a tiny, cheap ADHD hellhole.

I wonder how many new millionaires will be minted this week as a result of Trump's brazen market manipulation. Stocks tumbled today after his speech last night, and market bros are buying. He will turn policy on a dime in 48 hours, the market will rally, and the bros will log their capital gains.

Here are some more thoughts about the McLaughlin Planetarium: -it was LOVELY, a beautiful futuristic dome in the heart of Toronto -it was CALM. The lobby was large and quiet and people were respectful -It was SPECIAL. Everyone who entered knew the experience was valuable and to be respected

This was me. I defended her publicly. Man, do I feel stupid.

We immigrants are always required to earn our citizenship. And yet there is ongoing challenge to the validity of that citizenship. So here's an idea: let's require EVERYONE to take the citizenship test. Everyone. Let's see how many of you "old stock" folk pass.

We are entering an era of heavy-lift rockets. Let's rank their power in meganewtons: Starship - 75 MN SLS - 39 MN Saturn V - 35 MN (for comparison) New Glenn - 17 MN Long March 5 (Chinese) - 11 MN Upcoming: Long March 10 - 27 MN Long March 9 - 50 MN We're about to put a lot of stuff in space.

When I was 8 years old, my best friend was a Vietnamese refugee named Try Heng who, weirdly, was a huge US booster. He kept trying to convince me that the US won the war in Vietnam. Even at 8, I knew that was bullshit. Try should be a US congressman today.

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SpaceX is going public soon. NASA is expanding private contractor role in Artemis program. Melon Husk is going to get a lot richer in coming years. And he's going to continue to learn just how little that makes him happy.

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14th Amendment to the US Constitution grants citizenship to almost everyone born on US soil, regardless of parents’ status. Currently, about 90 million US citizens have at least one parent born elsewhere, while 60 million have both born elsewhere. (25-27%). That's a lot of pissed off voters.

Both of Marco Rubio’s parents were born in Cuba. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971, before they became US citizens. He is a US citizen because he was born in the US under birthright citizenship. #Hypocrites

I watched live with my 5-year old, very nervous that something bad would happen and I'd have to explain it. But it was a flawless launch that was unexpectedly on time. I was impressed by the leadership of Amit Kshatriya.

Oh man. Another local icon from my youth.

He’s fine. Everything’s fine.

It will be a port-a-potty on the side of a forgotten highway where truckers stop to relieve their burrito diarrhea and to get mysterious service through the rusted glory hole.

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Different times. The internet will remember.

Saw this in the theatres when it first came out. Found it quite disappointing.

Mashups can be magical youtu.be/_SUCkLL_igo?...

Many years ago, before I met my lovely wife, I was dating another lovely woman in Vermont, who was as big of a post punk fan as I was. I used to play her this Joy Division cover by Peter Murphy and Nine Inch Nails. It is perhaps the gothiest thing ever recorded. youtu.be/xpCyNQ80JoE?...

The accurate anology for Artemis II is not Apollo 11 or 17, it's Apollo 8, the first crewed flyby of the Moon. That was 1968. Nineteen sixty fucking eight.

Today my kid learned why Jesus died. His version: "Jesus helped someone on a Saturday and the priest didn't like it so they killed him." I look foward to his Gospel.

How much of a space geek was I? I used to carry around a small binder in which I kept the laminated details of all manned space flights up to that point. I had memorized them down to the finest detail. The shuttle age increased the data so much that I stopped trying to retain any of it.