David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

OK I've listened to Showgirl and the turn-her-head-all-the-way-around-crazy song on this album is Father Figure. And, of course, it's the best fucking one.

One thing about AI is that it allows people to bypass the emotional discomfort of not knowing what tf you're doing, even as you're trying to figure it out. That space between knowing and understanding is confusing and frustrating and students don't know how to cope with lingering there.

Sometimes dumb feelings make good art. I don't know what to tell you.

That tattoo could have been a fridge magnet.

Before I listen, does the new Taylor Swift album have a song about her being turn-the-head-all-the-way-around insane?Because I would like to start with that one. Those ones are the good ones.

These massive ass trucks are just another reason why turning right on red is so fucking dangerous for pedestrians.

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

I just want someone innovative and disruptive to invent something I actually want. Like food that never gets cold.

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

I feel like it would have been both easy and anti-inflammatory to put the word "Incorrectly" after our Glorious Conservative Leader's name in the title, given the data present in the article, but what do I know www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

CBC's editorial board is compromised. I just wrote this to them.

Take a moment. You've earned this.

I don't really miss American products that much. The only part that's hard is reading books by Canadians, Brits or Europeans that are published though U.S publishers. And that pisses me off for other reasons too. Mainly, I hate American spelling and I never want to measure something in cups again.

Driving is dangerous. Drivers get away with murder. What other slogans can we shout at Queen's Park?

Something that I really like about rugby: I've been paying attention to it on and off since university, and I honestly don't really know the rules. But it doesn't matter! It's still fun to watch!

It is kind of amazing that we made it to the World Cup final. Canadians, if you aren't watching rugby, check it out. It's the only thing that compares to hockey in terms of speed and dramatic twists. Also, we can win.

Would anyone want to read an extremely long essay about how the movie 300 is the cultural cannon from which the Alt-Right sprung?? Because I am itching. ITCHING.

One of my favourite parts of a historical epic is Blonde Solider Who Represents Male Innocence. He believes in things he doesn't understand. His blue eyes go wide when he sees death. At some point a Boobly Tart takes his hand and he stumbles to a backroom with her so it's less sad when he dies.

It's a bit funny that "conservative voices" has just become synonymous with "losers lying". Like when a threatening letter arrives at Google saying "reinstate every law-breaking moron you banned for saying that masks cause autism" Google responded "we're sorry for censoring Conservative Thought"

OH GOOD.

Excellent deputation by @michaelhoffman.bsky.social regarding the Bathurst Bus priority project. He brings up the anti side's use of AI but also drops a little bomb: the petition they submitted was signed by one person 25 times for each property he owns in the area! More astroturf than in SkyDome!

this is the kind of thing that makes you feel something needs to be done about the notwithstanding clause

From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards." www.wired.com/story/uncann...

Actually the end of an era though. One of my first articles was about him. In 2011. Fuck.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Must be Wednesday.

This is all he said.

And in news related to my rant...

I really think we need to talk about how bad the internet has become when we talk about... almost anything. The norm now is that unless you curate your social media, Reddit and YouTube careful, you WILL be shown Alt-Right content in your feed. Try not signing into YouTube on a public computer...

Also, shame on any democrat politician who thought for one moment this was a radicalized progressive. We don’t radicalize toward weaponry and murder. We generally radicalize toward justice, protest, mutual aid, and community action.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: TALK TO YOUR DADS.

Shit's bleak.

Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today. In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others. The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

For just one day. ONE. I would like to feel like we have smart people in charge of our largest problems. JUST ONCE!!

I just send the most "won't someone think of the children" message to the Premier's office and a small part of me felt weird and Karen-y but a much larger part of me wondered... why were weren't thinking of the children? I mean, for fuck's sake. ...

In Ontario, criminal vigilantism works and will influence gov't policy. Keep that in mind.

Some reviews have accused The Roses of holding back and not going as dark as the 1989 film. These people lack imagination. I would much rather have my Danny Devito shoot me in the face than have Benedict Cumberbatch love me, but correctly identify my faults and never let me forget it. Great movie.

Danielle Smith is MAGA in 2025 - that is to say, she is fascist. She went to the Trump inauguration, she repeats his fascist talking points, but now that people are noticing her pass fascist laws... she's been misunderstood? This bitch has been in politics since 2009. We know who she is.

Adulthood is learning that you can't just be "good on your flavours", you also have to win at least one technical. #justbakeoffthings #gbbo #bakeoff

We simply do not hold premiers to account in this country. All attention and blame gets directed to the federal government regardless. A big chunk of this is the media's fault, but opposition parties, federally and provincially, also own a share of this problem because they go along with it.

This is bad journalism. (1/3) e.g. "Trump made false claims and belittling comments" This would be a good place for an actual quote of what Trump has said, which is that he intends for Canada to become part of the United States. That's not belittling, that's a threat.

Since we're in a trade war and all can we please stop getting American cookbooks with imperial measurements because seriously, what the fuck is an ounce.

I'm not on the "Trump is dead" train, but I am on the "Elon is fucking Gronk" train because at least they have provided EVIDENCE.

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

Guys, he's not super alive looking generally, you know?

All I saw was "AI tool, Evan Solomon" on first read but apparently that's just correct.

I've been trying to not comment on Alberta politics, because I'm from Ontario, and the Doug Ford government sure as fuck doesn't represent me. But book banning is a crime against humanity. It's a violation of our right to think, and not a goddamn person in our country should look away.