I know this one! What is “saudade,” Alex. Nice little tribute to the Portuguese community hidden on the Dufferin Station platform I only just noticed.

Ghosting on dating apps is no big deal, and I don’t take it personally. But I’ve had multiple people go so far as to make plans, I clear my plans, and then they ghost. Obviously a waste of my time, but they wasted theirs too. Very odd behaviour.

Just walked past the Good Friday procession, which gives me an excuse to post my favourite photo from the Rob Ford era

I’m no Columbo, but I think I’ve cracked the case.

Can we talk about this intersection of Dufferin, Hallam, and Millicent? I’ve been standing here for 15 minutes, waiting for my laundry to bake, and I’ve already seen two screaming dust-ups. No one knows how this works.

The Ford government has proven they couldn’t run a bake sale, let alone the province. But they keep gobbling up other jurisdictions. It’s like the Borg if the Borg were the most incompetent cronies in the galaxy.

I’ve seen a lot of media figure heel turns, but Jesse Brown’s might be the cringiest. Real weird time to go full, mask-off Zionist. Especially in the wake of a new apartheid-style death penalty, and while your media outlet is in shambles. But go off, king.

So no Mayor Mikey Ford, eh?

I think anyone who has so thoroughly eroded every aspect of credibility on their reporting has also earned skepticism of their claims. Jesse also told me he doesn't know who's behind the CLTipster account. That's his position. My position is that his claim is not truthful.

Whoo, boy

Jesse Brown insists he’s done nothing wrong Banned from Reddit and accused of phishing critics, Canadaland’s founder is leading a chaotic 'investigation' into an army of sockpuppet accounts

A while ago, I made an executive decision to stop italicizing Indigenous place names in a publication I edit, now they’ve become so commonplace. It looks odd. A pal of mine said his newsroom made the same call about a year ago. But I’m interested to hear other editors’ thoughts. Italicize or no?

Mayor Chow seems to have embraced the powerlessness of the office in the face of an overbearing provincial government and a renegade police service as some sort of virtue of conciliation and compromise.

Israel is set to establish a death penalty which applies only to Palestinians. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

A long-awaited LRT to serve Toronto’s booming eastern waterfront is finally getting funding www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-l...

Do I have any Ethiopian followers? Send me DM, I have a story idea and id love to hear from you. Let’s talk about injera.

Explosion at Richmond and John. Be safe everyone

I bought a candle today I thought would make my room smell cool, but now that it’s lit it smells like Thai green curry. And, don’t get me wrong, that’s a good smell. But now I want Thai green curry and I don’t have. This is a torture candle.

Every time I go to the grocery store I’m stuck behind Mork from Ork just absolutely blindsiding some teenage cashier with the most bewildering questions. What I value most in my fellow city dwellers is the capacity to keep it moving. Every store is the same, whats with the interview?

Imane Khelif is a woman. Full stop. I heard her described as either trans or a man on two separate radio segments this morning. This Protect Women in Sports thing was never “feminist,” it’s just frightened, bigoted, and ultimately about policing women and their bodies like every other damn thing.

For some weekend listening, I’m on the latest ep of @spacingradio.bsky.social reviewing my Eglinton LRT experience with @glynbowerman.bsky.social and Tricia Wood. Hear about my initial reaction, my bone to pick with the Golden Mile, and the lessons learned along the way. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

I have voiced a lot of correct criticisms of the NDP at all levels of government 😉, but I do wonder if the current crisis for a progressive party right now is people have no hope in a “better world a-comin.” Everyone is in pure survival mode.

Happy Marcelo Bielsa day #lufc

This is an epic Ford failure and he should lose the GTA over it., Over to you, Ontario voter.

But don’t talk about that here, it’s impolite: news.sky.com/video/gaza-t...

😭😭😭😭😭 this is frying me so bad

Anyone else getting absolutely blasted with spam texts from Altea? I don’t know what list I got on, but it’s relentless. Multiple texts from different numbers every day.

Cops parked in the bike lane directly in front of a Tim Hortons truck parked in the bike lane is the chef's kiss of policing in Toronto. Spoiler - the cops were not ticketing the doughnut & coffee supply truck. #BikeTO

57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.

Honestly, that’s way, way more yeas than I would have guessed. Well done, most of you.

Elizabeth Banks

Honestly, fuck off.

ICYMI: here’s the new @spacingradio.bsky.social episode. We talk about the Crosstown LRT with @graphicmatt.com and Tricia Wood, and @drcherylt.bsky.social tells us about the reimagining of Scarborough’s Golden Mile: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Councillor Josh Matlow says the city's message to bad landlords should be, "If you're not willing to be a real human being, and care about the other human beings who you have the responsibility to care for, we're gonna damn well go in there and fix things — and bill you afterwards."

There’s no world where this doesn’t end with people of colour, people in mental health crisis, and the unhoused being unjustly harassed. Happens every time: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

No explanation from Jesse Brown about the phishing scandal, but he did manage to drop a piece in The Atlantic that’s straight up racist.

Councillor Mike Colle rises to ask to have a moment of silence for the pilots killed in the LaGuardia crash. "We did, at the beginning of the meeting," Nunziata says. "I didn't hear it. I'm sorry," says Colle, re: the moment of silence.

LBJ's Humpday Podcast Picks for Mar 25th Transit lessons, the state of Canadian podcasting, and the hidden power of 311. h/t @glynbowerman.bsky.social @spacingradio.bsky.social @podthenorth.bsky.social @jordanhr.bsky.social @99pi.org @spacing.bsky.social medium.com/@lanrickbenn...

We already know he’s corrupt, but good lord, whatever’s on that phone must be a doozy: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

The biggest riot in Toronto history saw tens of thousands of people attacking Greek businesses, falsely believing Greece was on the other side of WWI. It's just one of the stories we'll cover in A HISTORY OF RIOTS IN TORONTO. Starts Thurs! Pay what you like! adambunch.com/riotsregistr...

Something I fixate on is radio ad spots. They usually fit into three categories, but the most bizarre are these kind of skits. They’re too short to set a scene or even say much about the product, and they’re deeply unfunny, so they just end up being kind of surreal.

NEW: Doug Ford is brazenly going after transparency because he can’t be bothered to use a government cellphone. @justinling.ca joins the pod to talk about the long death of FOI/ATIP systems and how we actually have solutions… just not the will. #cdnpoli #onpoli

On the latest @spacingradio.bsky.social, we bring back the transit panel with @graphicmatt.com and Prof. Tricia Wood to celebrate the Crosstown. And @drcherylt.bsky.social tells us about Scarborough’s Golden Mile and it’s generational transformation: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

A delivery robot crashed through a bus shelter in Chicago, shattering glass all over the sidewalk. The crash comes amid a protest against delivery robots in the city and a few weeks after a politician said he would not allow the robots into his district. Read now: www.404media.co/delivery-rob...

Hit and killed a crossing guard (who wear high visibility gear and carry a stop sign) and took off. Months after the provincial government forced municipalities to remove their speed enforcement cameras in school zones.

New from me at TVO, on Doug Ford's war on the car. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

You know, maybe we need a cheeky constitutional crisis. Crack it all open and give it an overhaul. Conventions are being abused everywhere, discriminatory laws are being rammed through, and cities have no legal power: www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

On the latest @spacingradio.bsky.social, we bring back the transit panel with @graphicmatt.com and Prof. Tricia Wood to celebrate the Crosstown. And @drcherylt.bsky.social tells us about Scarborough’s Golden Mile and it’s generational transformation: spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

Ooohhh! They had the Limited Edition Spam with Lilo & Stitch, I've been looking for this everywhere. 🙄

Well this is getting interesting.