Not sure why the local outlets missed out on this but the NY Times has a delightful story about Torontoceros, the "subway deer" fossil discovered during the excavation of Islington Station in the 70s. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...

The 4-1 Bills playing Monday Night Football at the same time the Blue Jays are playing ALCS Game 2 is the most First World Problem I've had this year (beating out attending the Saints game and having to listen to the Jays clinch on the radio).

What if I told you that the actual story was the @bluejays.com winning, not the Yankees losing?

Kevin Gausman does not give a bleep about the censors.

This is why we fight.

Last year, the Yankees' season ended in the World Series. This year, it ends in the ALDS.

‏ברוך השם 🕊️

I ask people to ponder- what would me saying "That guy who cut me off in traffic is spiritually Chinese" communicate about what I believe about that state and the ethnicities that make it up?

"If you’re Jewish and choosing to live elsewhere, shouldn’t anti-Zionists be congratulating you on your choice?"

A MOMENT IN BLUE JAYS HISTORY. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the first Blue Jays player ever to hit a postseason grand slam! 🔥

Needs the Curb Your Enthusiasm music.

This is something you just don't see every day, folks.

Ready to get this thing started. #wewantitall

On Yom Kippur— the holiest day for Jews— a synagogue in Manchester became a crime scene. Two murdered, more injured. This is what happens when hate is normalised, when Jew-haters are allowed to roam free. It has to stop.

As a Buffalo Bills fan facing a Sunday night game this week while holding tickets for ALDS game 2, I'm ok with this day game silliness. But MLB better not make them close the damned roof for playoff games anymore.

#BuffaloBills victory + #Bluejays clinch = good sports day!

Sure was. I'm not one to belive in any kind of conspiracy but that's second utterly inexplicable replay call by New York in week.

A great creator's essay from the great Michael Chabon on one of the best books I've ever read (and one of the most fun books to work on I've yet worked on).

It could be worse. You could be the Sportsnet suit who made a deal to make sure they could air this #Bluejays game, Paul Walker and all.

Always interesting: the antisemitism discourse here on the "No Nazis!" platform

I enjoy the way the broadcast crew deftly pivots from knowing it didn't look right, the fan reached over and that Lukes had a play on the ball to "they split the difference!" as if giving TB a 3-run HR was some Solomonic distribution of justice.

Interesting watching the end of the Yankees game. The broadcast team mentioned it was a big win because it helps them separate from the Red Sox. Didn't say a word about trying to keep pace or catch up to the Blue Jays for the division.

Inspired by my first visit to Toronto I wrote about a film that seemingly all Canadians know and many revere. Americans like me, however, are another story. Read about Donald Shebib's GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD at The Reveal:

Via @mehr.nz, a beautiful and devastating portrait of Robert Munsch and his days with progressive Parkinson's and dementia; which not long ago stole the voice and pen of the likewise brilliant, prolific and profound storyteller Terry Pratchett. (NYT gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Insane that the Electric Nebraska actually exists and they're actually releasing it and doing it mere months after dropping 7 LPS of unreleased material. youtu.be/kmCkvpy6rIU?...

The Beaches & Kathleen Edwards both released records last week, each with songs (Last Girls at the Party & Little Red Ranger, respectfully) deploying Wayne Gretzky's "you miss the shots you don't take" aphorism. Say what you will about The Great One circa 2025, he's still got some zeitgeist going.

A much needed article. The fact that @theglobeandmail.com can't /won't allow comments because of an inevitable tide of hate/justification of the attack says A LOT in relation to this final paragraph about where Canada is at on fighting antisemitism.

More people need to care that being Jewish in 2025 can still be a matter of life and death.

The Jewish community... and hardly anyone else.

If this is the "No Nazis!" platform it sure is weird how no one is talking about the elderly Jewish lady stabbed in the kosher section of her Ottawa grocery store by a guy with a history of posting antisemitic rants. 🤷 ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

In case you missed it: The Spring/Summer issue of Y Magazine is available! This edition features a range of insightful articles and analyses focused on the future of mobility and transportation in Ontario. Read the issue and learn more about Y Magazine: ow.ly/WL9050WCjQl

Perfect.

"We were spoken to as though if we only declared ourselves Team Palestine with sufficient gusto, hostilities would cease, and a placid multiethnic federation of Israel-Palestine would materialize" @phoebebovy.bsky.social for @thecjn.bsky.social on the peace movement thecjn.ca/opinion/too-...

In a major coup, it turns out my Philadelphia hotel room has a perfect view of the rooftop of the museum where DePalma shot the finale of BLOW OUT v

Jews in Canada are 25x more likely to be victims of hate crime than all other Canadians, according to a new report. "The daily reality is families wondering if it’s safe to walk to synagogue, school buses being checked for explosives, and students being bullied and harassed for being Jewish."

Had a great music week, seeing Ron Sexsmith at the insanely intimate Harmony Hall and then Beck with the TSO.

I remedied a longstanding and baffling omission last night, seeing Weird Al in concert. It was everything you could ask, folks.

First time seeing Ontario Place this year.

Straight-up antisemitism being posted by John Cusack. What the hell?

Markham, Ontario is working on really big, complex city-changing TOD opportunities and challenges around GO Train stations, with a huge responsibility to get it right! Kudos to leaders for seeing the special opportunity to learn from other places like Metro Vancouver. More cities should do that.

The roof opening never really gets old.

Just noticed someone beat me to Harold Weir so I'm awarding myself a second post, from a show not exactly bursting with great father figures.

"You know who used to cut class? Jimi Hendrix. You know what happened to him? He died! Choking on his own vomit."

Aw, damn. As Paul McCartney once said, God Only Knows is one of the most sublime pop melodies ever composed but You Still Believe in Me is right up there too. And before he started doing symphonies Brian Wilson wrote this bit of pure, unassailable genius. youtu.be/BchXkabxn4A?...

Are there any #Canadian non-Jews on this platform who are even aware that the national Holocaust memorial in #Ottawa was vandalized last night? If so, have you checked in with your Jewish friends and colleagues today? If you’re Canadian and following me and you are silent, go ahead and unfollow.

It's interesting (again) how despite this allegedly being the "anti-Nazi" app, how relatively few people here are talking about this (and some who are, only to defend/contextualize it).

I wrote about the recent spate of anti-Zionist violence against American Jews and how such assaults just make Zionism's argument for it. "The unwitting agents of Zionism throughout history have been those unwilling to tolerate Jews in their own countries." Gift link to the full piece:

"The war didn't start on 10/7" always means two things: 1) Hamas was justified in mass murdering Jews, 2) The very existence of the Jewish state is a crime that must be avenged. Antisemitism, in its purest form.