The idea of a Tory candidacy is eye-rolling, but creates some interesting scenarios. First, it’s instant death for guys like Bradford. Chow’s cautiousness, already a liability, might become toxic. All she has is a paltry record and a 2.5 year incumbency advantage. www.thestar.com/news/gta/joh...

I spent ten years attacking universities as illiberal and overly woke. Now that the Trump administration is using my rhetoric to destroy American science and higher education, I am horrified but not horrified enough to apologize.

The obsession with noisy students and campus encampments is allowing the real threat to come up the middle, largely uncontested.

Zuck’s AI friends play is the technology equivalent of breaking the yolk while cooking a sunny side up egg so you turn it into a scramble. This is plainly an effort to turn the dregs of a his failed metaverse into something new.

The year is 2033 and I’m crossing the channel from Cherry Beach on my way to Centre Island.

Is this a thing?

Softball season started last night! Pitched reasonably well, fielded well (despite playing a guy short who was hitting hard grounders all night—then cranked one over my head), and hit 4-5 including a 3-run homer. Not bad for a cold, very late game!!

Conspiracy theories thrive when a society feels particularly unable to affect their own outcomes. Concurrently (and not coincidentally), modern technocapitalism is trying to manifest a society where those willing to surrender autonomy won’t have to do anything for themselves.

Anybody else feel like it’s getting harder every day to keep a lid on the existential rage?

The AI scam bots on X aren’t even trying anymore. This looks more like @profgalloway.com than Howie Mandel.

She’s the MPP for somewhere, we’re just not quite sure where.

Pierre Poilievre seeks to regain a seat in Canadian Parliament by running in riding in the province wishing to separate from Canada and that's why this will be called Schrödinger's Byelection.

Wearing those stupid smart glasses in an interview is pure psycho behaviour. You shouldn't get within 100 feet of anyone who refuses to take that shit off when they're talking to you.

Singh shares blame, but if the NDP isn’t willing to clear out their front office with a bulldozer then the next leader’s prospects won’t be much better.

A commentator on CBC discussing Ruth Ellen Brosseau says, "Most Canadians would know her as 'Vegas Girl'..." Brosseau served with distinction, despite being dismissed by the media, and even so, CBC still won't give her any respect. Shameful.

I would like if CBC could show counts of leading vs elected, not both together

Verification was a strategic handout to journalists (a "prize", if you will) to deepen their investment in the platform and reinforce Twitter's position as the source for live, breaking news.

I can’t help but feel bad. That might have been Easton Lucas’ last pro start.

It’s a baseball play, as they say. Tellez has to spin to snag a bad throw, Roden has his head down and is clearly beaten by the throw so no obstruction. But Tellez doesn’t bother to ask if he’s OK, and that shit really bothers me.

It looks like Rebel found this "reporter" by standing on the sidewalk in front of the venue offering $20 to any kid who'd go in and read a prepared statement off their phone.

@meeshbeer.bsky.social I saw you on my TV! (After the first strike on the last Atlanta batter.)

California is beautiful and Los Angeles is one of my favourite cities on Earth, but there's no way Gavin can ensure you won't be detained (or worse) by ICE on your way in or out of the States. So...yeah, hard pass.

I'm currently working on a theme park project, and one of the hotels on the resort has a pretty darn good atrium.

Leaving Springer in, even if that’s what George wanted, is managerial malpractice by Schneider.

To think Morgan Wallen was in a rush to leave NYC. Little did he know…

What was the last cool movie?

I feel really bad for Richard Lovelady. He needed to go, but maybe he wasn’t ready in the first place? Or maybe he was and it just didn’t work when it needed to. Anyway, he must feel terrible and I do too. You work so hard to get somewhere and then boom…it’s done.

Hmmmm…

Yankees have hit 8 homers today and are threatening the Blue Jays all-time record for most HR in a single game (10), but they’ve have also committed 5 very Yankee errors.

Joshin’ around with a couple of monkeys @joshuahind.bsky.social

Had my daughter on my shoulders in the Outfield District, well away from the rail, and got approached by security. @bluejays.com security having an overzealous start to the season.

Surprise & delight us with a bridge or Amsterdam fast ferries. Not these electric nostalgia machines.

When you strip the GST from products, it’s a tax cut for rich and poor alike. A real leftie party would raise the basic personal amount to $50K, or higher if you live in a big city.

That’s a drop of 31 points for Singh since 2021.

Canada’s federal election matchup is set.

The carbon tax is still lurking. Be vigilant.

It sure seems like Jagmeet Singh has been quietly coup’d and Niki Ashton is now leader of the federal NDP.

This is a moment to reflect on how many cabinet positions, in practical terms, fall under the category of either Ministries of Giving An Ally A Gig, or Ministries of Appearing To Care.

Severance is losing me. Either the writers assume we haven’t seen Lost, they haven’t seen Lost themselves, or they have seen it and think it’s a model for storytelling.

I've found 5 current Conservative slogans so far. “Canada First” “Bring It Home” “Axe The Tax” “Common Sense for Canada” "United for Freedom"

Perfect post. No notes. Well, actually there is one little thing…

Alberta: Tax averse, but not fiscally conservative.

The streets have indeed been basically fine, and that makes sense because the City’s evident priority is to clear and maintain roadways. Sidewalks are a mess, but this isn’t new, and it’s the outcome of the City’s snow clearing procedures. Bad, inflexible bike lane design hasn’t helped.

Does anyone here have experience working with a lawyer on landlord tenant issues in Toronto? If so, would you recommend that lawyer? I’m a tenant looking to get a legal opinion.

To the French, the Dutch, the Belgians - whose people we fought with and died for to liberate, to the British who we fought arm in arm with, to the Germans who we liberated from fascism - if you don’t speak up for, and stand alongside Canada now, then what did Canadians fight for and die to protect?

A month before the 2021 election, Jagmeet Singh had a net favourability of +6 and was the only leader with a rating above 0. When year-end polling for 2024 came out, his rating had plummeted to -16, only 2 points better than Pierre Poilievre. Singh is cooked.

"Sure we've gone nowhere but south in the polls since I became leader of the party, and sure most Canadian Leftists have given up on the NDP entirely because of the inumerable poor decisions I've made as leader, but that's no reason for me to step aside!" #cdnpoli

Did NPR approach the CBC with the idea for this episode, or was it the other way around?