I miss the way we collectively viewed the world before fucking assholes amplified lies and disinformation and fragmented our consensus reality

I lost a dear friend of many years.

Halloween is coming up. In Canada, there are some risks that parents will NOT have

After the whole"Gulf of America" thing, you had to know this day would come:

Sharp cheddar and apple go well together, so I could certainly imagine a fruit pizza:

Is this worth next year's Medicine Nobel?

On a day when President DJT tanked markets, a bit of positive news

I like this guy's message: youtu.be/bmLE9BT76Pc

Democritization of technology does not mean that creativity and skills like community outreach and organization become obsolete. In fact, quite the opposite:

No more losing! However -- "Poilievre's letter didn't say what he would do differently from Carney and his negotiation team to try and secure an agreement with Trump."

Time to climb on the bandwagon?

Day of Truth and Reconciliation, 2025 youtu.be/ieCG1fLYsLc

Who we choose to hang around with matters -- both to us and to them. youtu.be/CYlon2tvywA

My alter ego woke up from his stupor 😍

The Gary Whitehouse review of THE FOLDED SKY in File770, perfectly captures my feelings: "Sunya is such a bundle of neuroses at the beginning that she was hard to like. But by the end, I was rooting for her not only to survive, but to start to like and trust herself."

Bolsonaro convicted and sentenced. What will this do to White House imposed US tariffs on Brazil, and will those tariffs have downstream effects on Brazil-China trade?

Unfortunately, the prospects for the Mars Sample Return mission seems to be dire.

Well, this is not good....

Wow

This year's fine crop of mysteries!

My boycott of things American has a few exceptions. Weeks ago, I picked up my pre-ordered copy of THE FOLDED SKY almost the day it was available from @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social. This is a fabulous read even if it doesn't have the grab-by-the-throat intensity of either ANCESTRAL NIGHT or MACHINE.

A tool for analyzing the troubled politics of our time:

R I P Graham Greene

I would read the heck out of this 😍

Do the work. Doesn't mean you will succeed, but ya gotta do the work.

Names are important. grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...

Latest comic!

Great news! The presence of infrastructure makes possible additional options. Additional options allow flexibility and resilience.

Terence Stamp died. But Neil Young is still alive. I was told "Neil before Zod" but I guess not... (you can blame Patton Oswalt for originating this observation)

Many more distractions to come...

My photo of Toronto-based SF author Peter Watts was published today in Peter's interview with Forbes Magazine (website only, sadly not the print edition). The interview was mainly driven by Peter's story for the "Armored Core" segment in "Secret Level".

Deutsche Welle talks about the state of the world

They are not wrong...

Happy First Contact Day!

Warren Buffett speaks:

Rachel @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Gilmore's Fact Check Friday -- at the behest of Canada's National Observer, instead of the piece of crap TV network that turfed her last week

“This book is about how Canada made its own version of Donald Trump, albeit with fewer guns and less rioting, but with lots of trucks and lies,” writes historian and journalist Mark Bourrie. Michael Harris reviews “Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre.” #cdnpoli #CdnElxn2025

New column from me at Loonie Politics: Danielle Smith's crybaby separatism is profoundly undemocratic #cdnpoli

Donald Trump’s tariffs have pushed America into its golden age of stupid. Now is a chance for Canada to be smart. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

FACT: poiLIEvre was the Housing Minister in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, which allowed 800,000 affordable rental units to be sold off to corporate landlords and developers. Also during that time the average home price in Canada went up 70% worse than the 45% increase under the Liberals

Signal boost!

This, while true, is a pretty low bar. There are lots of GREAT reasons to visit Canada.....

Show some gratitude to the financial geniuses in the White House, America!

Rachel discusses Day 12 -- the first full business day since yesterday's "Liberation Day" (in Trump-speak). Liberation Day was the largest stock market decline since 2020.

Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.

Go Rachel @rachelgilmore.bsky.social ! Day 11

Current polling - Day 11

Premier Wab Kinew and I are both focused on supporting Manitobans through this trade crisis and building an economy that works for everybody. We can do so much more when we are united. So we’ll keep it up.

Political commentary from south of the border

Mexico, the rest of Latin America and South America, Asia, Europe, Africa - expansion of trade with reliable partners is the direction in which we must move in order to ensure continued growth and strength of our economy.