I’m making a point of doing the exact opposite of what all the advice reels say (btw why do they all start, “People are always asking me …”), and I have never felt more fulfilled.

If one citizen is causing grief for the whole town, it’s not a bad idea to have on board the guy’s next-door neighbour. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Winners, Losers, and Playoffs Yes, in nature and in human life, there are winners and losers. But … www.jameskitson.net/winners-lose...

When the measure of winning is how badly the other guy loses. globalnews.ca/news/1182795...

It seems we need reporting on the chaos we missed because of chaos covering up the other chaos. And we’re depending on billionaire-controlled media for reality? Help. Cringe Report indeed. www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscom...

When you meet someone and ask where they’re from, are you asking at least something of who they are? Geographical connection is no doubt just one factor, but this story might indicate even distant origins as being important to our identity. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This brings to mind that bit of wisdom that says just because you can do something it doesn’t mean you should. Let’s not end the universe—at least not yet. www.sciencealert.com/physicists-s...

Worst world energy crisis ever. How does this happen? Because of a giant ego’s impulse? Distraction? Epstein-related blackmail by Israel? How? Why? It can’t be left to history to dissect, if indeed there is any civilized world left to dissect stuff. news.un.org/en/story/202...

The plea of Hegseth for spending on military resources appears to me as being like the drunk draining the last of the bottle while knowing a life-threatening withdrawal is coming. The bravado is just sad. More, with comment on an actual king > www.jameskitson.net/welcoming-an...

I graduated from both theological college and music school. The reality is I learned the most life lessons from music school. For instance: Practice doesn’t make perfect; it makes permanent.

Here’s a special gift for those who crave having something new to worry about. www.space.com/astronomy/mo...

Global real estate agency Knight Frank LLP is predicting there could be 4,000 billionaires in the world by 2031, up from 3,110 in 2026 (from the Financial Post). Here in Canada we’ll have, apparently, an increase from 49 to 63. (I won’t be one of them.) More: www.jameskitson.net/more-billion...

A certain someone claimed the United States doesn’t need anything from Canada. But: Crispers! www.allrecipes.com/crispers-us-...

Excerpt from comment on WHPC dinner fiasco: “There is one key element on which the designs and actions of oppressors and tyrants depends. That’s the buttons in us that can be pushed … Bottom line: Don’t let anybody push your buttons.” Full bit> www.jameskitson.net

Personal mental well-being thought for difficult times: Of all things you need to cut back on, do not deprive yourself of quality coffee.

There is something just fundamentally wrong about Hegseth having the same first name as Pete Buttigieg, or pretty much any Pete you know. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

It says something about someone’s upbringing, and (lack of) character if they think one bully sibling can kick another sibling out of the family. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Remember your 6-year old first playing hockey? The team moved around like a cloud after the puck. Aren’t we like that with what’s happening in the world? All Epstein files, then all Iran … Somehow people starving never gets to be the puck. Thank you, Al Jazeera. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

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You can get free of what you feel stuck in. people.com/zach-galifia...

The madman who has destroyed America is now threatening the planet. For real. But it’s all very profitable for the billion dollar pedo club, so let’s not over-react.

Goodness gracious, aren’t we being touchy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I like to watch American television commercials to get medical and pharmaceutical advice from actors wearing stethoscopes.

You have heard/said that we are witnessing behaviour so horrible we need new words to describe it. Well, related, the Japanese have a new word for extreme heat. All a nudge to us to live so as to need new words for *good* stuff. Maybe language will beget reality. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The premier who presents as champion against wasteful spending, well, sure, spends $21M tax dollars on private jet. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I moved to Alberta in the midst of the “Let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark” era. In Alberta, I had stopped to check my map. Guy in a truck pulled up and asked if I needed help. That is Canada. We bitch, but are here for one another. theconversation.com/danielle-smi...

My mind goes into uncontrollable Max Headroom type computer glitch conniptions trying to imagine Trump donning skates and getting on the ice with Carney and/or Stubb. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

To be pitched to MAGA folks as a great place to hold a rally. Then … dailygalaxy.com/2026/04/chry...

I would not want to have to do the explaining to the real deal about this. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-pos...

You know, I’m starting to think there is no couple on earth more deserving of each other than Mr. & Mrs. Trump. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Drop a couple of dark chocolate chips in your mug before single cup brewing. You’ll be a better person.

Apropos of zilch, have you noticed so many headlines have something “quietly” happening, like a new series dropping? Or something more puzzling. I mean (sub-headline below), how does a volcano “quietly” refill with magma? News people are quietly getting weird. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

How wonderful! News people have real good news to share, without resorting to some cutesy pet bit for a ‘lightener.’ This goes front and centre. It does, however, make all the madman insanity appear all the more mad. But this tells us, just maybe, we can do better. www.cp24.com/video/live/2...

Life is a current. It can bear you along or drag you under. So what’s the point of it all? Purpose is not from a book, a reel, or an autocrat. It’s to live in the current in anticipation of where you will go with it. music.youtube.com/watch?v=6PYs...

If President Sharpie wants to be truly useful, he would sign an executive order banning the use of the word “literally,” since its correct use is so rare. And 500 percent tariffs against any country that does not take similar action. I literally thank you for your attention to this matter.

The world is so screwed. My cereal is saying pop snap crackle.

You would think someone who lies all the time would be good at it.

Threatening desalination plants, let alone acting on it, is as illegal as illegal gets—and further evidence of utterly disgusting depravity. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...

Playoffs are upon us for basketball, hockey, and whatever else, and time to ask: Does anyone under—maybe sixty or so—get the reference to having a ticket punched?

Yes. An alternative to staring at the tiny glare of the screen: “Poems in Passage” reflects the city and “touches on grief, love, memory, belonging, and hope.” nowtoronto.com/culture/this...

Coming next: “Live with Porpoise,” mid-April Meanwhile, check out damage already done: open.spotify.com/artist/4YqN2...

“… affects people’s sense of agency” — The true prophets have always mixed warnings with a path of hope. Nothing but doom-saying becomes self-fulfilling (and just maybe profitable). www.dw.com/en/american-...

What would it mean to soar? Like a condor released from a crate, ungainly at first, but freed by the wind? Or maybe you’re more like a wounded songbird, surviving, struggling to fly. Which? Something else? youtu.be/PDLHlTPUnmM?...

Yes, Mayor Chow. www.cp24.com/local/toront...

I know you don’t need to know this, but I immediately turn off any interview in which the interviewer says, “Please explain for our viewers …” (with the conceit within the request, “I of course know”). I am drawn to an interviewer who shares with me a desire to understand.

Awkward? Not even close. Saying anything this offensively inappropriate would get you fired in any work environment, ostracized in a social one. Somebody call HR International. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

Cover for new tune coming in a couple of weeks. Dedicated to your need to soar, now. Other stuff: open.spotify.com/artist/4YqN2...

Canada says less Elon and company, thank you very much. ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...