Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

A fairly effective #dataviz to get the point of comparative land use of Solar Power infrastructure in a variety of countries. www.linkedin.com/posts/josh-g...

And the winner is… Mustafa! The 2025 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize goes to Gaza is Calling — a track of profound honesty, resilience, and poetic power. Learn more: polarismusicprize.ca/song-prize/ #PolarisMusicPrize #Polaris2025 #PolarisSongPrize #Mustafa #GazaIsCalling

Saw @karenlmasters.bsky.social's book on the shelves of Book City in Toronto and just had to pick it up! I love the cover.

The thing about investing in public transit is that it *scales* — the more people use it, the better it gets. For everyone. Whereas the more cars there are, the *worse* everything about driving gets. Traffic. Parking. [Ever noticed that in just about every car ad it’s alone on the road? Yeah.]

@ethan-vishniac.bsky.social @augustfly.bsky.social do we have anyone here? Seems to be a lot of discussion about things we've been internally thinking about.

Even on days when I get to spend every waking hour (of his) with my son, there's just never enough time.

What's the state of Python in 2025? We partnered with @python.org for the annual Python Developers Survey, shaped by 30k+ Python devs. 🧑‍💻 Who’s using Python and why 📈 What tools are gaining ground 🌍 How the community is changing Check out the report for more: jb.gg/atwhyz

A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵 An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

Upon seeing a hippo at the zoo today, my two year old starts shouting "Booboobutt! Booboobutt!" Thanks, @bjnovak.bsky.social.

NEW: @davidemastracci.bsky.social spoke with 13 former Jewish-school students about the “brainwashing,” “indoctrination” and inculcation of anti-Arab racism they endured at the schools. They said the schools play a role in Canadians joining the Israeli military. www.readthemaple.com/youre-litera...

Can't speak highly enough for the EarlyON centres! Been a fantastic place for our family.

Looks like we're affected by the widespread #bellinternet outage in Midtown #toronto

This has taken way too long. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

I love mango season in #Toronto

Major power outage in Midtown #toronto around Yonge and Eglinton. Goes as far down as Merton apparently.

GOOD NEWS! Moderna’s combination COVID/influenza vaccine candidate mRNA-1083 has OUTPERFORMED the current standalone vaccines for BOTH viruses in a large (8000+) Phase III trial. A combination vaccine would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID and influenza at the same time. 🧪🧵⬇️

I'll take our Toronto racoons any day.

Get a library card and use it often

Leapfrogging the Global North in terms of energy technology is one of the only ways some of the renewable-laggards (like us in Canada) are ever going to get our acts together. Good on Pakistan!

Some facts about LPC performance under PM Mark Carney’s leadership: Largest vote total for any party ever Largest LPC share of popular vote since 1980 Largest seat count in QC since 1980 Largest seat count in BC ever Seats in every province

Go Bruce!!!

With all sincerity, Elections Canada is a national treasure. - Voting typically takes less than 15 minutes - We make it easy for citizens to vote, without cumbersome registration hurdles - We have every reason to trust that ballots will be counted fairly, and results reported swiftly

So, Canada won. Let's see if it's a clear victory...

Remember to thank your poll staff for their service while voting today. It's a thankless job and they do it quite well given its challenges. #cdnpoli

It’s long past time these platforms were reined in. They’re knowingly creating informative environments that facilitate the spread of conspiracy theories and false information that intentional warp people’s understanding of reality and the world around them.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security

SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me. This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.

Elections Canada sent people to the cancer ward to make sure people didn’t miss their opportunity to vote. I haven’t been this impressed with democracy in Canada since we kept the People’s Party of Canada out of the House of Commons. Twice.

Poilievre’s platform counts on a doubling of Canada’s GDP 🤣. While the world heads into recession. Economists are calling it “Hocus Pocus.” #cdnpoli

And some of our Muslim leaders instead endorse Donald Trump. How are we going to take responsibility for what we've done here to Allah???

It's important to note that Meta has already been directly implicated in aiding more than one genocide around the world in the past few decades due to its unwillingness to deal with its disinformation problems.

Sign destroyers out in full force in Toronto - St. Paul's overnight, targeting all Liberal signs in my neighbourhood #cdnpoli

How was I under the impression in the 90's that Chumbawamba was some random vapid band that primarily did fun, silly songs, rather than being dedicated to cutting political commentary, including this piece that is particularly relevant today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSqU...

It's important that we all realize that these things aren't distant history but living memory.

Brought my son and fulfilled my civic duty! #voted #cdnpoli

The Beaverton demands same debate invitation as The Rebel, even though we’re not as big a joke

Just your regular reminder is that all voting is strategic - it's just dependant on what your strategy (or lack thereof) is. #cdnpoli

Anyone with a US green card would be smart to have a talk with their families, however remote the possibility is, about what happens if the worst comes to pass about Green Card status. My wife and I had this conversation just before the 2016 election, and we were so grateful we did (I was on visa).

First the rumour was a 20% budget cut. Then, 50%. Now the president's NASA budget is out and it's a 68% cut to astrophysics ($1.5B to $487M). Even if this gets reversed in four years, we will *never* recover the missions, partners, people who will be gone. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Anyone else having issues with Bell internet in Toronto?

There's this on-going narrative in the Canadian election that between Trudeau leaving and Trump coming in, that's the whole story about the election. While I'm not disputing that those are major factors, I think it's misleading to chalk it all up to that... #cdnpoli

There's this on-going narrative in the Canadian election that between Trudeau leaving and Trump coming in, that's the whole story about the election. While I'm not disputing that those are major factors, I think it's misleading to chalk it all up to that... #cdnpoli

I will never forgive the world for making Palestinians broadcast their most horrific losses to be offered even the smallest semblance of humanity. I don't know how people aren't sobbing themselves to sleep every night.

Anyone else notice that Meta platforms are more aggressively directing (Canadian) conservative content to you as of this past weekend? I'm curious if this is more than anecdotal for me. #cdnpoli

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.