the fact that our national broadcaster lets us watch every single damn Olympic event live *and* as on-demand replays... it rocks. my brain is melting out my ears from how many winter sports I have watched today. give the CBC more money, cowards

The secret about sports is that all of them are really good.

I have, obviously, been thinking about Dan a whole lot in the past week. Every story about him is the same, in a way: this guy cared So Much. About everything and everybody—he just cared. It won't be the same without him, but damn if I won't try to care a lot more now. Rest easy.

goddammit Dan's mom made me weepy all over again about how good my pal was and how stupid it is that he's gone.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Every day some loser ass little shit comes on here whining about how they can't draw or write and that's why they deserve to use the machine that steals from people who did the work to be able to draw and write. And it's tiring. Be a little bitch quietly.

I am certain that whenever someone posts about “gatekeeping art” or whatever, they’re talking about posting drawings online for clicks. They never mean arranging rocks in the back yard. They never mean whistling to yourself and finding a tune that makes you happy. They never mean napkin doodles.

"talent is a gatekeeping mechanism" literally a skill issue

Peterman & Gallant for prime ministers

some personal news

What we loved about Dan McQuade:

I am honestly struggling to come to terms with a world that doesn't have Dan in it. Like ... what the fuck. But I am glad to be able to help support his loved ones, and maybe you will be too

Oh hell yeah it's the CBC Olympics Theme 🗣🗣🗣BLAST THAT SHIT🗣🗣🗣

the Olympics are my most problematic fave. I fucking LOVE a Winter Olympics in particular. extremely hype

selling my guitar so please appreciate it with me thank you 🥲

January retro: thoughts on loss and grieving a friend; consistency; random other things. ruheedewji.com/2026/02/02/r...

What a beautiful face I have found in this place, living in an Amish paradise

Eglinton Crosstown is WHAT

January retro: thoughts on loss and grieving a friend; consistency; random other things. ruheedewji.com/2026/02/02/r...

I need them to go full dirtbag though. No sleeves underneath this time. C'mon, Shane Bieber and his fuckboy mustache would rock this

It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...

damn, that mask was doing way more work than I thought

I know everyone's watching the Grammys but damn this Scotties final rules

Kerri Einarson stealing one point on Kaitlyn Lawes in the Scotties final

not quite my ideal frequency (mobility work is around what I wanted, but I'd love to do ear training daily) ... but it used to be if I skipped something for 4 days in a row that habit was toast. being able to come back and keep going is a massive victory. also my ear is still stuck on some intervals

i think it’s beautiful that our society provides spaces for people to go out in public for the very first time in their lives. like in this grocery store

“Epstein plausibly responsible for /pol” is too much for me

a profound and righteous obituary for our friend dan mcquade www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

got a shoutout at all hands for shipping a feature that directly makes us more money. at that very moment, I was handling an incident I caused which took down our entire backend for a chunk of time, losing us money. ⚖️

I've been thinking lately about the idea of "cringe". Dan was the exact opposite of that.

Oh my god

I wrote about Dan open.substack.com/pub/tommcall...

As @jenniferkates.bsky.social reminds me, it was Dan McQuade who was at Hannibal Burress's October 2014 show at the Troc when he said “You rape women, Bill Cosby,” happened to be recording it, made it go viral, and from then on no one ever could forget or deny who Bill Cosby was.

One great writer's obituary for another. Brian Howard on Dan McQuade. "Nobody understood Philadelphia, and Philadelphians, like Dan." www.phillymag.com/news/2026/01...

Also remember this and have a laugh. I think it was Dan’s favorite thing that ever happened.

oh my absolute fuck, I just learned this news and I am devastated. Dan was the best. The few times we got to hang out are such fond memories. I'm going to miss him so much. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

also king shit

king shit

Little late on this week's retro... successful feature release at work, some snowstorm pictures, various fun links ruheedewji.com/2026/01/27/r...

I think that Toronto streetcars should be permitted to ram parked cars that are blocking the tracks. In fact, I they should have devices affixed to the front to better facilitate this.

Little late on this week's retro... successful feature release at work, some snowstorm pictures, various fun links ruheedewji.com/2026/01/27/r...

letter of appreciation: the secondary dominant in Hilary Duff's "Come Clean" 👌

😭 I had Scotties tickets for this afternoon but there is a huge snowstorm and I cannot get there 😭🥌

caught a glimpse of a salt stain on the cuff of my pants and was immediately catapulted 25 years back in time

feeling like myself at work again. whether this is a good thing for my coworkers is debatable

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

can't think of Cody Bellinger without thinking of the time my Ottawa-born friend was watching baseball with me, absolutely INCENSED at the announcers because he thought they were butchering the name "Bélanger"

Toronto!! This is next week! I'm really excited about this conversation, Parker is very smart and has lots of interesting things to say that you should come listen to.

one of my favourite albums came out TWENTY years ago this week, long live the Meligrove Band meligroveband.bandcamp.com/album/planet...