From what I could tell on my commute the roads were pretty good in Toronto despite the heavy snow. The sidewalks and bus stops I needed, however, were not clear. Getting on and off the bus was a dicey proposition. Glad I went early and drivers made space for us on the road.

This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.

This reflects a stunning (but unsurprising) ignorance. Prime Ministers and Presidents don’t just differ by historical fluke or semantics. They arise from different systems: Presidents are directly elected executives, PMs sit in the legislature. Basic civics, fundamental constitutional issues.

Gaelic meme du jour: "American whiskey."

They found a worm in this guy’s brain, he eats roadkill on the regular, abused opiates for years (and allegedly steroids &c. now), but he wants you to believe it was the flu shot that messed him up.

«Vivre dans le mensonge»: pourquoi Mark Carney a-t-il cité le dissident tchèque dans son discours au Forum de Davos?

Boycott harder, fellow hosers www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Ahman is an Akita Inu hero dog with a big face. An unofficial mascot of Akita Prefecture, his motto is "hot heart, calm head, loose body". He hits himself in the head with a plastic mallet.

They wanted to try to prosecute her corpse

This propaganda not only abuses its subject, but also exposes the creator’s sadism. To them, the actual image — and reality itself — is spoiled if the victim isn’t acutely suffering or retains too much dignity.

He could not be more effective at undermining solidarity among NATO partners if he had been vat-grown in a laboratory specifically for that purpose.

Yeah well he also told people to vacation in Michigan this summer (where has he been vacationing lately, eh?) so maybe I’ll give his advice a bit of scrutiny.

If this dude had a proper hat on he’d probably be sweating in that parka instead. Poor guy.

Here’s the really bad part: over time, this dynamic breeds bigger and bigger crises. Markets keep updating their beliefs about TACO, so it takes ever more extreme actions to convince them he might not TACO. Buckle up.

I love my profession deeply, but some of them are not covering themselves in glory these days. If a mob boss draws a sharp blade languidly across your palm and says it would be a real shame for you to lose your pinky, your headline isn't "Godfather rules out hacking off finger to settle debt."

After weeks out of service (or, I guess, somehow repeatedly being pulled?) the fire alarm in this GO station is now fixed and protected. This thing’s saga makes me wonder how much other safety infrastructure is waiting to be fixed.

Yeah like many boomers my parents are a hedge fund

They’re unhappy because they want everyone to smile and nod and keep everything running smoothly. No matter what.

I was on a city bus where the driver missed a single left turn and everyone immediately went wild shouting at them for it so I can hardly imagine the level of tension on this trip. I hope the explanation isn’t something scary for the driver.

In this video, I discuss Trump's obsession with owning Greenland, and what Europe can do about it.

Imagine how much money they will save.

Exactly this. He said not to believe that Norway controls the award because it’s from Norway. In other words, if it was for HIS country he would have corrupted the prize. He also said he deserved *eight* Nobel peace prizes: one for every war he claims to have ended.

“I like the Hells Angels, they voted for me… they protected me, believe it or not.” Donald Trump, January 20th 2026

Right, but the solution to this was… US occupation. Oh, history!

I am beginning to see it like this: the Democrats’ leadership may be warming to the that taking Greenland IS good, actually, but they don’t want too much of the stink on them. If they inherit a fait accomplit they don’t want to be on record saying they would give it back.

IQALUIT – As thousands marched Saturday in Greenland to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to take control of the island, about 825 kilometres away, dozens did the same in Nunavut’s capital.

But they‘ll love him even more, and blame Canada for it.

“Since you didn’t give me a peace prize I declare war on you” is the ultimate “you called me racist too many times, now I am racist”

Russia celebrates. “The Transatlantic alliance is over.” Trump has done his master’s work.

I would love to know what kind of fudged market research Facebook had (or maybe ignored?) before they got so deep into this dead-end that they even went and renamed themselves over it.

Stunning how TV people lack the agility to capitalize on bizarre statements. Respond to “don’t say his name” with: “ICE don’t wear name tags, they hide their faces, you’re insisting we not report the name of an officer who killed a woman. Is ICE now operating as an unaccountable secret police?”

This is a lie. I was on the Danforth Saturday night, 24 hours after blizzard, & bike lanes were full of snow & car lanes clear. Sidewalks meh. This man makes things up to rage his way into the mayoral office. Tell your not-online friends & fam.

If this freaks you out, I suggest you write to your MP and the Minister of Health to tell them why.

This is oddly evocative of the coloured tape used at times by soldiers in Ukraine to avoid friendly fire incidents.

Selon un rapport publié mardi, la maladie respiratoire est passée de la huitième à la sixième place des causes de décès en 2024. www.noovo.info/nouvelles/sa...

Earlier this week, several Wall Street desks suggested we were past “peak tariff uncertainty.” 🤡 @apnews.com apnews.com/article/denm...

*much of America will be punished with a 10% tax hike on European goods for Europe not giving us Greenland

Despite appearances, “because of angles, metes, and bounds” is likely less “cofeve” than “(w)hole milk”: someone explained something to him and he’s trying to show it off in a way that reveals he doesn’t actually understand. www.britannica.com/topic/metes-...

"We demand respect for international law and international legal principles. This is not only our struggle, it is a struggle that concerns the entire world."

So it seems 1/4 of Republicans will greedily devour literally any foul ideological slop that’s served to them.

It seems to me that many of these types are more motivated by disgust for the necessary compromises of democratic government (which they blame on Canada, and pretend they can just wish away) than any real vision for Alberta itself.

It’s getting to the point where you read something like this and might reasonably mistake it for a report that Trump has literally ordered an offshore wind farm to be literally torpedoed, literally.

When Trump called Somalis “garbage” the only rational analysis is: “this kind of extremely racist rhetoric is highly reminiscent of genocidal regimes”. Yet, unless Trump explicitly says “by the way, I am a huge racist” the most their big media will do is bemusedly ponder what it all might mean.

Bring back shame.

The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f

There’s a sucker born every millisecond

This is the account of the French Foreign Ministry

IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption