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Today in weather app news: it is “mostly sunny” in New Delhi. Cough. Cough. No, it is not.

During the day I thought I had beaten jet lag. I associate with exhaustion. Now that I am awake at 4 am, I see it was just too easy. Today will be a killer.

Note to self: don’t drink decaf cappuccino at 10:30 pm. Will most likely mess up fight against jet lag.

Not sure what was going on with the weather app today? It described the weather in New Delhi as “dreary” - and it is.

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

Solar provided 59% of electricity in the Australian national (east coast) grid between 9am and 6pm over the past week. It was 30% of total generation. Life moves pretty fast etc. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

McMaster researchers are looking for South Asian women living in Canada who've received gynecological care to share their experiences in this survey study: gynecologiccaresurvey.mcmaster.ca/surveys/?s=E... #ParticipateInResearch

And finally, the Margaret Meehan Super-Cut. Her facial expressions alone are a master-class, and then we had 40-45 years of brilliant comedy (and occasional drama) after that.

Yesterday, I clicked on a tiny blue box that appeared in my Word doc and then my characters changed to Bengali for the entire computer! Made it hard to send work emails! Eventually fixed it with a little help. How I don’t click on phishing emails is beyond me! 😂

My song of resistance for the people of Minneapolis - St Paul is now available to stream on these platforms bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes

Sigh. Water is leaking into the house because of the snow pack on the roof. The inside wall is warping. Had to call snow removal folks.

Hello fellow eastenders!

As if anyone can believe what Bessant says.

Timeline cleanse in Toronto.

Stepped out on to the street to take this photo and the snow was up to my knees. And I'm 6 feet tall.

I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out. For the record, the small example I chose: My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

Ok, I really did laugh out loud. But then I thought about the wind chill.

Groundhog Day, but Bill Murray's character keeps waking up to discover that he's once again interim leader of the Ontario Liberal party. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Is he the Manchurian candidate?

In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.

I have no idea how I would handle living in Minneapolis right now. Would I be cowering at home? Worrying about my friends? Glued to media and socials? It is unbelievable.

#UofT space company launches largest Canadian satellite fleet 🛰️ uoft.me/c6k

Skint Montreal to discontinue popular 'welcome box' for babies montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...

I'll add that with a cap this low, Chinese automakers will have strong incentives to bring their higher-end models to Canada, not the cheapest ones. When the US restricted Japanese auto import volumes, Toyota developed the Lexus.

"If you want to investigate fraud, bring an accountant,” Stancil, a Democratic activist and education policy adviser told me as we drove around ... The ICE agents in Minnesota don’t look like accountants. They look like soldiers. And you don’t bring soldiers unless you want to fight a war."

Oh just call it SnowTO.

Been waiting for something like this.

Weird that we lost our recycling bin in all this snow. It didn’t have the new sticker. Where did it go?

From ever-brilliant @rubenbolling.bsky.social another great cartoon. See original here bsky.app/profile/rube... And reminder that a certain SCOTUS member will be immortalized for something other than "I like beer!" We should use his name in every account of these skin-color-based roundups.

Was just talking about this last night.

Shouldn’t that ICE officer been on “desk duty” for PTSD?

Gander residents drop everything to drive stranded air passengers to hotels #Newfoundland #Labrador 'I really think that if you went in any small community in Newfoundland, this is what would happen' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/....

"The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that Mississauga’s tall-grass by-law violates the Charter right to freedom of expression, setting an important precedent for environmental stewardship and municipal accountability" wolfruck.com/ontario-cour...

Listened to a politics podcast where the hosts called Venezuela a “narco-terrorist state.”

"You’ve lived through several waves of feminism, and they’ve culminated in two women who were among the most qualified candidates in US presidential history losing to the same misogynistic con artist." #McSweeneysTop25of2025

No posts from the DC pizza account?

Is he thinking federal politics?

Kid went through a Mandarin-only birthday dinner phase.

The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something

So much chatter about Mamdani but once again I had to turn to actual media to get the real story: that Brampton rapper (and actor!) Babbulicious closed out the inauguration. www.thestar.com/news/gta/new...

Happy to share this profile of the inimitable Ravi Jain, winner of the 2025 Siminovitch Prize and, relatedly, a relentlessly impressive human being. On @theglobeandmail.com's website today: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...

I just introduced my 13 yo niece and 11 yo nephew to Hamilton (my brother was talking about it) and they are floored!

Just want to say that I LOVE the Globe and Mail’s annual account of tales of travel idiocy. Look forward to reading them every year at this time. This year is full of influencer antics.

Please please PLEASE let 2026 be the year Canadians finally see through grifting rage-clowns like Jamil Jivani and Brad Bradford. PLEASE.

Happy "Final Chance to Get Your 2025 Tax Receipt" day to all whose inboxes celebrate.

My takeaway from Frum’s piece is that land acknowledgments are doing their job, the conversation about true reconciliation is under way. Keep it up.

Blankets and scattered toy cars surround the four-year-old. His mother sits by his side at all hours of the day. What initially started as the flu has turned into pneumonia, keeping Mateo and several other kids with similar symptoms at The Hospital for Sick Children. www.thestar.com/news/gta/one...