Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

No more, no more.

The truth appears so naked on my side That any purblind eye may find it out.

That is now 2 statements from Carney that have legitimized Trump's violent, extrajudicial overthrow & kidnapping of another country's leader. Our prime minister looks more Neville Chamberlain than elbows up rn. (He has also failed to speak directly to Canadians who might be feeling unsettled.)

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels, that action, hence borne out, May waste the memory of the former days

Just back from seeing a loved one in hospital. Despite being vaxxed, she caught the super flu that's been in the headlines. It turned into pneumonia. Be careful out there. Consider masking in crowded spaces & FFS stay home if you're unwell. This bug is SERIOUS.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

Finally, a workable plan.

I get a thrill out of seeing this sequence in Arthur Christmas. I have to believe a Torontonian was on the team that made it, but it's a British movie. youtu.be/Eqd7R83xWjs?...

A thread on obscenity. I'll get back to these cars. But first: tonight I took my 12yrold to see Nuremberg. He's a pretty serious movie watcher. Thought Zone of Interest was genius. I knew he could handle this. But this isn't a movie review. It's about IRL... 1/

In the corrupted currents of this world Offense’s gilded hand may shove by justice

Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.

Take over threats. Tariffs. Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.

A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:

In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.

Yesterday I was up on that pipeline route and a First Nation land guardian was explaining to me the riskiness of shipping oil on those waterways and I kept thinking: how f-ing broke is Canada that it’s thinking of doing this? This is ‘selling your kidney’ level of desperation.

Trump is forcing Hollywood to make a new Rush Hour. Now it’s time for Mark Carney to demand The Sweet Hereafter II.

Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!

Really sad that I missed the @ronsexsmith.bsky.social show in Toronto on Friday. Watching this terrific video of him and the kids from Doane Music School makes for a good consolation prize.

Three guys across the street from me have been running leaf blowers for over an hour. The job would've taken about 20 mins if they'd just used rakes.

‘Primary care should be unhurried &personal.That vision doesn’t require $4k membership fees’ Dr Danyaal Raza of St Michael’s Hospital Canadians 🇨🇦have never wavered on their support of this vision,our vision, our right. &the facts have never wavered either www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Seeing a glorious mix of Halloween costumes & Blue Jays paraphernalia on the streets of Toronto tonight. #GoJays

Orlando Bloom Spotted At Dinner With Angela Merkel

This column is well worth your time. (And if you need a gift link, you can find one in @justinling.ca's feed.)

an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny

Sometimes you see good news here. It's rare, but it DOES happen. Congratulations @mychal3ts.bsky.social!

Never mind

Bertrand Russell, at 89 years old, to Sir Oswald Mosley, a man most famous for founding, in 1932, the British Union of Fascists. I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to. Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.

This is why public broadcasting is crucially important to the health of a democracy.

This made me so happy.

You need to watch this. You'll thank me later.

Damn.

An extraordinarily gifted actor. What a loss.

They hate it when you make fun of them.

There’s a lesson here for Canada, if the good people at the CBC want to learn it.

Great thread

'Sorry our business model doesn't work if we don't steal your property'. Ok then go ahead sorry to trouble you.

READ. THE. SUBHEAD.

It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts

Every now and then you read about someone whose inherent goodness & wisdom restore your faith in humanity.

Huh

If you're planning on taking the Canadian citizenship test you need to add this vital resource to your study materials.

The Conservative Party of Canada’s closing argument, everyone. Vancouver police said the driver who attacked the Filipino festival had a history of mental health issues.

The typical Canadian lives better (and 3 yrs longer!) than the typical American. Higher per capita GDP there means nothing to most Americans. The weaponization of this statistic is an attempt to undermine the policy interventions Canada takes to enhance genuine living standards.

The MPA is pushing the U.S. govt to dismantle Canadian film & TV policies during upcoming trade talks.These policies protect our jobs, our stories, & our sovereignty. They shouldn’t be on the negotiating table. www.actra.ca/federal-elec...

Maybe the Liberals shouldn't have passed the law that resulted in Facebook blocking news links, a law that literally gave Meta a choice between paying a tax for links directing people to Canadian news sites or blocking the links entirely.

To all candidates, all parties, everywhere: I do NOT want my taxes reduced. Stop insisting that I do. You’re jeopardizing support. Focus on what those dollars do.

Yeah no.

It was good to see Jean Chrétien on my TV today. I've missed le p'tit gars de Shawinigan.