I think my favorite scene in all of movie history is the part of King of Kong where Billy Mitchell is sort of wandering around the arcade behind Steve Wiebe for the first time in the movie they've both been in the same room, without saying anything, as Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows plays

how i’m watching the collapse of American empire

Bluntly, I'd be more willing to listen to the liberal hawks talk about American hegemony if those exact same people, when running an Actual Existing Liberal Hawk government, didn't say to my face "do not mention international humanitarian law to the Israelis" because it "shuts down the conversation"

This will kill people. Doug Ford is going to kill people. So we’re clear. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

[new Isaac Chotiner interview]

ok let’s gently apply the brake (cass sunstein doing 80mph at a brick wall)

It'll probably be OpenAI, but would be funnier if it's Tesla, Meta, or Amazon. Less likely.

So instead of the money coming from snitty drivers who cant stop speeding next to schools it'll be coming from everyone. Great politics, dumbass.

cartoonists handing the same 5 dollar bill around the Small Press Expo but it's the entire economy somehow

Mamdani seems to be pursuing a campaigning tactic of being everywhere, all the time. He's popped up on 3 podcasts I listen to, two of which are not about politics, is all over social media, seems to be pounding the pavement, and wants to be out there. Wonder if he doesn't need cable?

A Bar Rescue but for bakeries named Whisky Business

50k stuck between the pages of various trade paperbacks stuffed in a Perfect Books tote bag.

A doctor-organized bike ride in Québec city this Saturday morning. We were about 100 in a chilly but sunny weather. They want citizens to move more to increase their health and ask the city to build more bike lanes to support that.

The kindest interpretation is that supporting Israel is the pretext to conceal Canada flexing its Orange Protestant heritage once again.

Canada still allows military goods to be sold to Israel, has yet to even recognize the genocide in Gaza, though it “strongly condemns” what is going on over there (wow, chilling). But it’s definite hardline action barring an Irish musical group from the country because we don’t tolerate terrorists.

Charlie Kirk being buried inside his lifted F-150 that was too much car for him and which he couldn't park, like a sarcophagus

May as well get it over with. The CIJA and similar groups are going to throw a tantrum and call you antisemites, as they've implied for years, regardless of how you've accommodated them. They'd rather Poilievre be in charge.

Or worse, it turns out.

there’s no real point to “dems suck” posts anymore once they hit the point of voting for charlie kirk remembrance day. That’s the end of the game and now you start over with new game plus and everything unlocked. It’s 2007 and you’re about to tell politico Hillary Clinton had slaves

You don't need to be on any social media, even this one! Email / call your friends. Hang out in person. If someone's far away, see them when you can. Time is better spent doing just about anything else.*

Come on now let's not be assholes about this it's Flashdance.

well at least we can look forward to all of those pundits and media types identifying themselves and resigning in shame to salvage what little honor they ha[jaw falls off, dog runs away with it]

I tell this story to random people I meet in line at Shop Rite it's so good

It's actually because Protestants still control everything here and have never stopped being Orange order freaks.

Things Doug Ford has money for: - giant private spa - multiple highways, one of a Dr Seuss illustration design - tax cuts - skills training for strip clubs Things Ford has no money for: - public education from kindergarten through post-secondary - healthcare - transit

Carney should cut off all federal support for Alberta's oil and pause any federal reviews or approvals indefinitely till they withdraw these laws and if he doesn't, he's a coward.

The pimp by iceberg slim

No no, let's be very clear on what Carlson and Karl Rove are doing, which is the sequel to David Frum & Bill Kristol & whoever else: they're using Trump as their once in a lifetime reputation launderer, as he truly goes off the rails. John Yoo also making this play today.

Robert Redford on Richard Nixon's death. Not much changes, I guess.

Look we get it. Fascist tech bros read Abundance too. Just say you're taking their money, man.

Shoutout Ezra Klein

The gap between what the right thinks happens on college campuses and what actually happens is absurd. I had some great students and some awful ones; we talked about some difficult topics, from sexual violence to capitalism to exploitation; it was fine. Nobody lost their shit, because we're adults.

Many people say this movie is bad and sucks. To them I quote the great Ryan Gosling: "Y'wanna fight?"

hot damn, what a blog www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Lesbian ZZ Top cover band named SheShe Top

Alain Delon and now Robert Redford? The age of the hotties is ending. The time of the orcs is beginning.

Unfortunately because he isn't as charming to journalists, Klassen might not receive half the plaudits of his colleague Chrystia Freeland, whose last act in cabinet was to enthusiastically encouraging her caucus to stand to honour a bigot. Good on Klassen.

Good riddance

Robert Redford was the only trustworthy adult blonde man. Now there are none

You might say he's Trey good.

"Never have I felt so personally disrespected by TIFF, as both a Jew and a human being." for the newsletter, i wrapped up #TIFF25 with some words on the great Rose of Nevada, and a long rant about Cameron Bailey's shameful display in support of The Road Between Us

Mark about to permanently end the stereotype that people with glasses are intellectual nerds. Instead of "hey egghead, get back to the library!" it's gonna be "hey Brian De Palma character! shouldn't you be looking through someone's window blinds from a tree?"

horrified they weren’t quick enough to keep her from spreading this kind of vile hate speech on TV. for those who don’t know, “go birds” is a coded expression of support for the Philadelphia Eagles

Conservative pundits: We will not be silenced Everyone else: no shit

The wheels of justice grind on

"These are not bright people, and things got out of hand." -Burn After Reading, presumably talking about Bill Pulte

They could reduce emissions way more by not building another pipeline.