Look the mayor of Vaughan and the Premier of Ontario have said drivers are hard done by. Give them a break.

there are almost certainly more people — more blue collar laborers, specifically — involved in the cultivation and production of chardonnay grapes and wine than in coal

I love that there are millions of Americans over the age of forty who can be manipulated like 3rd graders in 1996 by deploying “that’s gay” in euphemism and that’s enough to make them think something is bad bsky.app/profile/atru...

what happens when private equity ruins some of the most profitable game franchises in existence? LET'S FIND OUT

oh, I'll help, I know character limits are a thing: AND being Autistic is pretty fucking rad. Do NOT let non-Autistic people tell you otherwise. HOW would they know? Being Autistic is a natural way of being & the only real threat is orange men who promote eugenics & genocide. We oppose cure.

We are watching a coordinated right-wing takeover of popular media and it won’t stop here. archive.today/bXzZd

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

tired of stealing from the fans, Oilers now stealing from charities too theijf.org/oilers-50-50...

Generals gathered in their masses/ to listen to this fucking jackass

It looks like Evan Solomon's digital asbestos task force is mostly comprised of people in the industry, and he's removed the focus on safety and security. We are so boned.

The author works for a residential school, climate change denying think tank? I am shocked!

It’s also dishonest to present these two issues, in the same breath, as some kind of zero sum prioritization. The beauty of the speed cameras is, once installed, the job is done! If anything, they free up police resources so more focus can be paid to violent crime. It’s foolish, bad logic.

Violent crime is more rare, shocking, headline-grabbing. We treat it as an intolerable aberration from the norm. And we should! But that suggests that road deaths and injuries are the norm and are therefore tolerable. No politician will say that out loud, but watch what they prioritize.

In a statement, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca pivoted from speed cameras to violent crime, suggesting we should spend more time focussing on the latter. That’s illuminating. Vehicles obviously present the bigger statistical threat, especially to children. But we accept those injuries and deaths.

"In some places, French postal workers now pick up prescriptions, return library books, and deliver flowers. Last year, only twenty eight per cent of La Poste’s revenue came from sending mail." Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.

The party of the boss's kid.

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

Wait a minute, WHAT THE FUCK DID SPORTSNET Just pull on me? Apparently I can't stream this Habs/Leafs preseason game with Sportsnet Premium because it's only available outside the Habs/Leafs region? Isn't the fucking point of the Premium plan is to watch any game available?

Not only does the military never have to have fundraise, they're also not having to spend every waking second justifying their cost, let alone existence. But they should! Because there are 1000s of public servants in Ottawa losing their livelihoods so Carney can pump up the military budget.

Man who meddles in the absolute minutia of municipal life has a thought about a higher level of gov't.

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network. This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Some people and governments have always had trouble recognizing that government assets are assets, not liabilities.

If we had a competent opposition there would already be YouTube ads screaming "Doug Ford wants YOU to pay and criminals to GET OFF"

The most infuriating part of the article is reading how Canada's Competition Bureau investigated TradeDesk, one of the main online scalping tools and ruled it didn't violate the law. Why bother having this agency? Every bad practice aside from maybe "we own 99.3% of an industry" is legal here.

revoking credentials for asking a question is definitely a sign you feel good about the controversial move you’re about to make

Seems like an appropriate time to remind people that Doug is a nepo baby who grew up rich because his family owns a sign company.

Heinlein or Rand - potato/potatoe (yes, that's a Dan Quayle reference)

on the contrary, these kind philanthropists have turned useless garbage into art... Tesla should pay them

They’re destroying our history!

Allyship, for the most part, only ever comes if it's convenient and comfortable for the person doing it. People were willing to cancel their Disney subscriptions because other than two shows that can be pirated, they don't watch it much. But boycott a chicken sandwich or boy wizard? Too much.

In the UK he would have lost his license within a month or two. In Canada he apparently gets infinite leeway to drive dangerously as long as he's rich enough to pay the fine, and apparently entitled enough to feel bullied.

That he feels he can say this, publicly, is 100% Doug Ford giving this behaviour his approval. This should be an embarrassing secret bro takes to his grave. The way these people drive & treat others will be related too. The sociopathic lid is off.

Obituary: Libertarianism, 13, Dies in Argentina Chainsaw Accident www.thenerdreich.com/libertariani...

When we say the games industry is broken, this is the shit we mean

phew, good thing keir starmer was licking his boots last week

Via Andrew Nikiforuk The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Women of America: a series of leathery, uncannily colored old men who look like they’re being propped up with a series of wires and two by fours are here to tell you how to be healthier

#GoldenAgeOfFraud #Crypto

This seems far too familiar a story after reading James O'Brien's How They Broke Britain. "Independent" journalists being connected at the hip to the Con establishment.

Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.

No particular reason

We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.

I hear it was the biggest clash since the Swiss Navy defeated the Latverian airship fleet.

"Trump's critics see a campaign to silence them." No, CBC. Your job is to report facts. The Trump regime is engaged in blatant censorship. This isn't about the 'perceptions' of the fascists' targets. www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...

Sorry I was late to your wedding, my flight was canceled because my pilot posted a Charlie Kirk quote verbatim in the comments of an Instagram Reel.

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

If you can’t afford groceries, don’t worry cause at least the price of cocaine is down

This headline is fucking awful. A driver struck a child with their vehicle and left them with serious, life-altering injuries. Twisting that into “youth cyclist hurt in crash” and not even mentioning the fact that a driver was involved at all is 🤬🤬🤬