This applies to dictatorial regimes as well as chatbots. Part of what keeps you sane is other people’s perspectives. Silencing all opposition leads to crazy thoughts and actions. Including violence.

Pfizer "secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals" and in return will "sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx" looks like state capitalism to me www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Maybe the Crosstown is ... turning the corner? (Apologies.) No opening date yet but Metrolinx's CEO tells our Laura Stone that Toronto's long-delayed Eglinton LRT could enter its final month-long testing phase this week: #ONpoli #TOpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

"Two of the most senior purchasing officials at Alberta Health Services in 2022 were also briefly directors of a numbered company with ties to a supplier that has been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in business by the health agency, The Globe and Mail has found." #abpoli #ableg

Confessing right out in the open, as always

It’s not lost on me that the only profession mentioned in the Constitution (the press) is a constant target by those who profess their love for the founding document, who loudly say that we can only have a society based on rules set 250 yrs ago.

Not just a crisis for journalism but for civil-military relations: can't have civilian oversight if you don't have a free press (especially with this Pentagon).

“After years and years illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.” January 20, 2025.

A group training workers for “Rob Ford’s favourite nightclub owner” Zlatko Starkovski got $6.5 million in skills development funding from the Ford government. Starkovski is launching a burlesque-themed nightclub “for those where discretion is a must” 🤔 www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #onpoli

Doug Ford: “The only thing proven is that they take money out of taxpayers’ pockets." Ontario police chiefs: “The evidence shows that if (automated speed enforcement) cameras are removed, speeds will increase in community safety zones and more pedestrians will be at risk." #OnPoli

This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."

Trump: "When you have a network, and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump... They're not allowed to do that."

Disney has Tron: Ares, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Rental Family, Zootopia 2, Ella McCay, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and Is This Thing On? opening this year. I hope the talent involved in these movies curtails all planned publicity until the company reverses its decision about Kimmel.

I’m sorry, “Didn’t participate in a moment of silence”? What in the authoritarian state is happening.

this is why you never suck up

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

It’s proving to be a real challenge these days to make light of any of this.

I saw this earlier and I scoffed, “dream on.” Silly naive me.

Just sat through a session where it was suggested that one potentially effective use of AI is to have students feed their illegal, non-consensual, undisclosed recordings of my lectures into the giant plagiarism machine to provide summaries of class sessions, & I am going to become The Joker 🤷‍♂️

(AP) — Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war. apnews.com/article/charlie-ki...

This from @theglobeandmail.com is also true for #OttCity: majority of stations outside DT are orphaned in highway off-ramps, in grassy fields or otherwise planned with no thought for meaningful density. We designed to entrench housing poverty. 1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Ford believes Carney will share his tunnel vision, ride down his tunnel of love, see the light at the end of the tunnel. Ok sorry I am done now. #Onpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

In Nova Scotia, Tim Houston has confirmed he won't follow the Ford government by introducing strong mayor powers, despite an effort by Halifax's mayor. halifax.citynews.ca/2025/09/16/t... A report in Ontario found deep concerns from some civil servants. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1135456...

Major Streets officially approved and in effect!

Our Laura Stone on Crombie's exit: #Onpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

#RIP to a true legend.

I have no words for this.

Crombie speaks to delegates today, vote is tallied tomorrow. She spoke with our Laura Stone: #Onpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

LPC MP @beynate.bsky.social drops a 3-minute video on the eve of the OLP's review of Bonnie Crombie's leadership with some challenges -- if you listen closely -- to Crombie, to Mark Carney and, most of all, Doug Ford. "What do we want from our politics?" ino.to/gLw0I76 #onpoli #cdnpoli

Our editorial board was not impressed by the Premier's Crown Royal stunt #ONPoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

This story was a lot of fun to report and write. It also had me sending wild requests to Toronto's mayor and a former premier of British Columbia to see if they too had eschewed "deadbeds" and wanted to sing the praises of flopping onto fluid furniture www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

There are many versions of this kind of image out there. The best ones illustrate why “better cars” will never be more than part of the answer, and actually help “lock in” the #CarDependency that’s the real problem. They also show why status-quo interests usually want to focus on the vehicles.

Reports: USTA asks U.S. Open broadcasters to censor crowd reactions to Trump reut.rs/3V4rCpO

The latest from Liam Casey on Marineland: A critic of the park texted Doug Ford after the latest deaths. The pair then talked on the phone for 25 mins as Ford returned from Ottawa. Ford "peppered" the advocate with questions about the park. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1139238...

👇🎯💯 Learn to write. Learn to read. Learn to think. Learn to work with data. Learn a foreign language. Major in whatever you want. Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is stronger than ever.

The lazy charlatans who don't want to do the work but want to make billions want to convince college students that it is fine if they use the work-avoiding plagiarism machines to avoid doing the work, & then everyone wonders why these skills are the scarcest resource in the labor market.

👇🎯 The case for more, not less, liberal arts education, remains as strong as ever. No matter what crypto bros, AI paladins, or CEOs regurgitating right-wing talking points about skills & higher education tell you, the ability to read & write well are the two scarcest resources in the labor market.

Doug Ford is barking up the wrong tree with a ban on animal research. Nobody likes the idea of cute little puppies being killed. But populist pandering to emotion is anti-science rhetoric that serves no one, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @theglobeandmail.com

Ontario moving toward allowing underground carbon storage on a large scale -- but some are wary #ONPoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

The appearance of Olympic Stadium in the Major Projects Office's graphics is a good reminder that the ultimate nation-building project would be bringing back the Expos.

“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.” Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size. It’s about space & safety.

“I think that it’s just a recognition that that was land our ancestors had preserved for our people,” [Saugeen First Nation Chief Conrad] Ritchie said in an interview."

The ruling declaring that their 1854 treaty entitles Saugeen First Nation to an additional stretch of popular Sauble Beach will stand. A second legal process will now begin to determine what is owed to a handful of private landowners caught in the middle. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Openly telling us that the goal is to completely politicize the Federal Reserve and monetary policy.