Instant endorphin rush: husband and I just bought toys our childhood selves would have enjoyed and then dropped them off at the “Stuff the Bus” event jointly organized by Toronto Police Services and Toronto Transit Commission

A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:

last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')

Louis Armstrong and Lotte Lenya, 1955 Lenya was in the studio when Armstrong recorded "Mack the Knife," which is why he improvised the line "and Miss Lotte Lenya!"

This is wonderful, and a great argument for the importance of print media.

This is true. It is the best email I got this year.

From all appearances, there is now public/traffic access to the Augusta Ave extension, from Dundas W. down to Queen W. #TO

I worked on a film w/ Udo Kier in it--Guy Maddin's KEYHOLE--and was surprised to see him at the TIFF after-party (he must've been in town shooting something else). I was tempted to introduce myself, but was super intimidated and didn't want to make an ass of myself.

I finally figured out how to design my radiator cover because of Nicole Kidman's monologue in Eyes Wide Shut.

Good explainer on the precariousness of the AI industry (gift link)

I mean, sure, we'll take your scientists and researchers, but I can also get behind this a whole bunch.

Same goes with instrumental jazz

This is amazing!

Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop. It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!). I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?

The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson

During a downtown protest calling out Trump's plan for a Gaza "stabilization force," a snowplow operator drove through the crowd and gave attendees the finger. Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."

"Ashton may pose a particular risk to the other parties because his explicit class politics speak directly to the precarity so many Canadians feel. At the very least, this suggests the NDP’s future, and electoral success, may run through unapologetic class politics."

Ask for more bikeshare glam shots and you shall receive

OTD 1969 James Brown drags his road-weary band into King Studios in Cincinnati to record. Drummer Clyde Stubblefield bangs out a drum pattern Brown crafts into "Funky Drummer." Minor hit but it forms a foundational beat in Hip-Hop. The bldg remains vacant & standing but King left in 1971.

Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck

Congrats to Curaçao on their first World Cup qualification, as well as being the smallest nation to qualify by population (185,000 citizens) #jamcur

Congrats to Curaçao on their first World Cup qualification, as well as being the smallest nation to qualify by population (185,000 citizens) #jamcur

A therapeutic brand for every human nook and cranny is the profession chasing its own tail. Rather than collecting tools for every situation, we should focus on fundamentals that work in most situations. www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-age-of...

People regularly park ACROSS THE STREET from White Squirrel Coffee Shop, blocking an entire lane of Queen West during morning rush hour, so that they can spend five minutes getting a latte.

Somehow suspect Troy Parrott won't be at AZ Alkmaar for long... #hunire

My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul

It's not actually about supply and demand, at heart. It's about 3 years of severe drought in the west that made it impossible to feed cattle, which was quite likely exacerbated by global climate change. But that's never mentioned. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

This evening's vinyl: Wildcat Tamer 1951-1962, Tarheel Slim & Little Ann. Come for the rockabilly, stay for the B-side gospel harmonizing.

Just once, it would be nice if a footballer pointed down after scoring a goal, to dedicate it to a departed loved one they know is in hell.

We're going to the bookstore!

Me pulling up in a car with Ed Asner and @lectio.bsky.social: Get in, loser.

Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...

The magical thing about documentaries is their ability to capture a moment, often by accident. This interview about a doc about Kensington Market illustrates how being at the right place and time--even if it takes nearly a decade--can result in something more literary than narrative films.

We lasted 45 minutes of Frankenstein before turning it off. Bloated twaddle.

Dozens of Canadian photographers and curators announced today they are boycotting the Scotiabank Photography Award to protest the bank’s continued investment in Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.

finally found the difference between truth and beauty

Either every CPL final should be played in a blizzard or none of them should

Nice job, Eagles #gaefey

Reminder that there are nearly 150 episodes of the WHAT HAPPENED NEXT podcast out there. In-depth + fun interviews with Canadian authors about their weird careers and what happens long before and long after a book comes out. thewalrus.ca/podcasts/wha...

First snowfall

I for one will welcome our Chinese overlords #Beerjacket #China #Tsingtao

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

the first person who cut an umbilical cord was wild

All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.

Hahahahahah well played, Chia Pet team.