Dave Chappelle has got a chance to do the funniest thing. Tell jokes about Saudi Arabia at the Riyadh comedy festival until they drag him off stage and behead him. Alas, today he only knows how to tell jokes his hosts will love.

So there’s a well-reviewed $150m movie from Paul Thomas Anderson that I really want to see and I’m saying to myself “I hope it’s still in theatres next weekend, I don’t want to watch it on my phone.” What, as a species, have we come to?

This, but for your bookshelf after you make sure all your friends borrow your favourite books.

“Don‘t take Tylenol!” was advice last heard back in 1982. More evidence that Trump is stuck in that decade.

Huh. I suspect (with zero evidence) someone is doing the same (for a lot less money) with campsite reservations in Ontario. Also: they caught these dudes, but conspire very publicly to steal an election (signed statements!) and be met with shrugs. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Current mood.

“.. Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)” (via @yarotrof.bsky.social)

Mark Carney celebrates Labour Day by ordering labourers back to work

“Canadian Hero Uses Bike Share For Triathlon” #biketo #bikeshare

I love this. cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...

How long has it been since someone fact checked Trump in real time? At least a few years. And the latest and best fact check is by... the chairman of the Federal Reserve. This video is hilarious, an SNL sketch for serious nerds. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Just got back from a visit with relatives in Saskatchewan. The topic of AI came up in conversation, as it does these days. At least half the time the acronym was referring to “artificial insemination” for cattle. I had to pause, then chuckle each time.

Oh no! mamdanitimes.com

I love “28 Days Later”, it’s in my top ten most days. I hear 28 Years Later is just as scary. The zombies are addicted to their phones this time.

Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.

Toronto had a day that only iguanas and tomato plants can appreciate.

Toronto had a day that only iguanas and tomato plants can appreciate.

Alright some decision maker at the TTC deserves the Order of Canada for this.

It has always been a matter of when, not if, the US military gets involved in domestic politics. The sound of Fort Bragg soldiers booing elected leaders this week was the most chilling thing I have heard in years. How much longer for the American experiment?

I love this for Toronto. We can’t afford single family homes built above subway lines.

Google, Home Depot, Nissan, Adidas and Clorox have announced their plans to abandon funding for Pride Toronto. “These are American companies and they are showing their true colours,” says Pride head Kojo Modeste. Hey, it’s their money but they won’t be getting mine and I have a *long* memory 👎🏼

Cool things that happen in NYC eventually make their way to Toronto. Are you ready, Danforth? (No, you’re not. But some day…)

I find that all advice I receive on form in athletics Engage your core! Don’t arch your back! You’re swinging late! Makes about as much sense to me as “Relax your spleen and lead with your hippocampus!” I need the steps broken down for me as if I were a 6 year old tee baller.

“I am sorry I don’t have a plane to give you”

Best Gen X account name goes to [email protected]

If stuff like this keeps surfacing, he’s definitely going to be known as “Pope Bob”

Collab effort with my partner & kids to the tune of #PinkPonyClub God, what have you done? You’re a #WokeMarxistPope & you preach to the nuns, o Mama He’s just havin’ fun, in his robes & his heels While he roots for the Sox ‘cause he’s a:

any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...

The new White House influencer briefings are a terrible look | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/e1d13300-c7b6-48c3-9d84-1ed8f3a7b2fe

I can tell you exactly how feasible a tunnel under the 401 will be, for the bargain price of $500,000…

This is my new walk up music and vibe.

I have only read halfway through this and it’s already one of the best articles of the year. It’s about: - The housing crisis - Why you know the name “Tren de Aragua” - The depravity of some landlords - How MAGA was convinced the US is being invaded by Venezuela prospect.org/justice/2025...

Amazing thread (w gift link!) thanks to everyone working on this story of Ontario Place / Therme. Strong “Fyre Festival” vibes.

The 9yo watches me type an email, and spots the AI offer to “Polish this email” “Why is it offering help with an email in Polish?” I love it. And probably more useful. “Mam nadzieję, że ten e-mail zastanie Cię w dobrym zdrowiu.“

Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.

Okay lots going on, but this tidbit about how Toronto spent the snow clearing budget is nuts.

Wasn’t all bad news this week.

News this week got me like…

I’m old enough to remember getting threatening emails from my ISP when I pirated ‘Game of Thrones’

You can’t sue a rainbow 🌈 No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎 #WeWillNotBeSilenced

Bestselling nonfiction books in Canada last week. Nerds have long dreamt of this day.

Self-styled “Christian” : “I have been relegated to a ‘negative world’ because of my beliefs!” Us “That’s horrible! What’s the problem w the sermon on the mount and ‘least of my brothers you do unto me’? Evangelical “Ha ha, no not those beliefs!”

“Tariffs on Mexico and Canada” is going to be the “Infrastructure Week” of this Administration. Always just around the corner….

Flags at half mast on UofT campus on the weekend. What’s up? Gene Hackman? Ontario losing the election? USA surrendering to Russia? So hard to keep up these days.

Weirdly, reading this article about the Klan might help make you feel a bit better….

Now you’re really gonna disappoint @shawnmicallef.bsky.social

a CBS white lotus knock off should just go to different great wolf lodges

It’s funny (and endearing) to me to see Americans on this site vowing to “buy Canadian!” and saying they’ll buy more… maple syrup….warm winter socks ….NHL jerseys… Meanwhile “I’m gonna drive EVERYWHERE and crank the thermostat!” is the correct answer.