the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

RIP to the legendary Michael Silverblatt. Here he is talking to John Berger in 2002 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLiv...

Headline of the day; everyone go back to bed. www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/a...

Absolutely stoked to celebrate the release of @thedonpyle.bsky.social's sweet, smart, fascinating new book. If you're in Toronto, join us on May 28!

And yet the Ford government will take over multiple school boards on the premise that they have mismanaged their finances.

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

berger year

Instead of endlessly writing about the dangers of wokeness (ie not being an asshole), the media could spend that time talking about the crisis of elite depravity and impunity, as exhibited in the Epstein files. The latter is an actual threat to our culture and society.

So true. What a beloved, singular, goofball genius 💔

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

❤️❤️❤️

I wrote about the baudy, beautiful Kevin Killian—and his collected poems, out now on Nightboat—for The Poetry Foundation.This was a blast to write and I'd be thrilled if you read my essay on this snowy eve! See below for lovely original art by Stella Murphy poetryfoundation.org/articles/176...

I mean it’s true that there are “paid agitators” in Minneapolis. There are 3000 of them and they’ve assassinated two people.

"Canada simply cannot have a groundbreaking new strategy to deal with a ruptured world order, and lay off the very people whose job it is to deliver that agenda. The alliances don’t build themselves. The rights don’t protect themselves." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit. It's all white supremacy and greed.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

The AGO's such a fucking embarrassment www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...

If you're in Toronto on Feb 2, pls come to the Reference Library & hear me chat with Chris Kraus about her latest book, The Four Spent the Day Together. Deets & tix here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/chris-krau...

So many factors involved in the decline since '08 of reported narrative nonfiction, but the rise of AI in a saner world would herald a revival, since reporting--the kind where you put your body in places with other people--is something AI can't do. Mediocre fiction? No problem. Reportage? It can't.

Congestion pricing for all

Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies

Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation  talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

Worst news cycle in quite a while, please permit me to engage in a little hero worship, for a regular guy who stood and absolutely delivered. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury

Guess The Millions gave up the Year in Reading? 😥

One of the things I hope will be remembered re “gender critical” politics is that they were mostly good at forcing exclusion and basically nothing else. No serious investment into women’s charities or institutes, no desire to really partake in VAWG nor any effort to improve public toilets

Such sad news. Love his books so much

Another great—and infuriating—education story from @thelocal.to, this time from @wencyleung.bsky.social

Canadian edition: Tales from the Gimli Hospital Dead Ringers Speaking Parts The Decline of the American Empire

Someone send @robynurback.bsky.social a copy of @maggiehelwig.bsky.social's ENCAMPMENT asap. Maybe three or four copies. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Ah, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.

"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This @nickhunebrown.bsky.social piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...

The Consciousness Explorers Club needs your help cecmeditate.com/support-us/?...

"Seeing that Epstein wanted to read this book is like rolling over the dead body of the Grinch to find him clutching a copy of How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The great @danbrooks.bsky.social everybody nymag.com/intelligence...

I was at both a Loblaws & a No Frills last week & most things were still more expensive than @fiestafarms.bsky.social

Trading places with Elon would be like waking up as a cockroach and the worst part is that you would have traded away your knowledge of Kafka and the literary grounding to make sense of said experience.

John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.

While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response. It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?

How much shit will Ontario continue to eat?

just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters

The most maligned, ignored cohort is actually the foundation for the movement everyone is acting like they can’t find

stay tuned

Tonight just keeps getting better

One of the absolute best things you can do this month is take the @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch quiz. Such a joy from beginning to end & you'll end up with a list of fascinating books most of which will be entirely new to you secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo...

silver lining for the Blue Jays: 14 more seasons of Vlad Jr

Ernie Clement becomes the first player in MLB history with 30 hits in a single postseason

This is the best baseball game I’ve ever seen

This is the best baseball game I’ve ever seen

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.