We're all mourning these kids. Thinking of the young brothers and sisters in particular trying to understand what's happened. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

industry hive assemble for @noelransome.bsky.social's great profile of the man behind the music

A union job covering climate disasters:

"Certain critics, such as John Leonard and Elizabeth Hardwick, were usually better stylists than the writers they were reviewing." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — FAA says it has lifted temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights to resume.

here is our el paso airspace closure coverage and yes, we are as confused as you are (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Absolutely heartbreaking news out of British Columbia. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

For every one of these Kafkaesque stories of inhumane cruelty i am guessing you can multiply by twenty the number of similar cases we don't hear about because the victim is not white, or fluent in English, or doesn't have advocates able and willing to go public www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

For @torontolifemag.bsky.social, I wrote about the city’s vicious tow-truck wars—a world of violence, arson, shifting allegiances, and paranoia. torontolife.com/deep-dives/t...

Not only is snow not cleared nearly two weeks after the storm, the city’s plough map is lying to residents. Contractors are claiming to have done work that isn’t happening Either the mayor and councillors know this and don’t care or they’re ignorant of what is actually going on

In a move destined to infuriate copy editors (among other accomplishments), Warner Bros. is insisting that critics use quotations marks when citing the title of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” This is not a joke.

Scoop w/ @nataliekorach.bsky.social: Washington Post leadership spiked a story that had been prepared by the newspaper's media desk, covering the historic layoffs at the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper. Details in @status.news: link.status.news/4ai6W4C

We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Shutting down (the stellar) books coverage at WaPo is a real telling move when your owner is literally Jeff Bezos

No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society

Everything about the Washington Post news is depressing, but to lose what was once one of the best book sections in the English-language world is a gut punch.

Here's my chat this afternoon with @markmedley.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of the Globe's Opinion section and author of the new book Live to See the Day. www.torontomike.com/2026/02/mark...

Tomorrow @theglobeandmail.com's @markmedley.bsky.social makes his Toronto Mike'd debut

Something incredible is happening. Passenger rail, the most sustainable form of long-distance travel, is coming back to #Canada. We have 49,000 kms of tracks. But many of the 6.6M Canadians living in remote, rural settings have few transport options. More in my @theglobeandmail.com feature:

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

A great profile of Rachel Reid: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

This week on Chatter on Books, @markmedley.bsky.social joins us to talk Live to See the Day, a wide ranging, deeply human look at what keeps people going against impossible odds. Thoughtful, hopeful, and a great conversation. 📚💙 Link in bio or ▶️ www.chatteronbooks.com

the nba postponed a game because the united states government is killing its citizens

The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."

I'll admit it's very weird to see my book discussed in @theglobeandmail.com, but I'm extremely grateful for the review. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

This fall, I had the pleasure of re-reading Karl Ove Knausgaard’s work for the New York Times. I’m grateful for the assignment, the brilliant editing, and Knausgaard, for giving me so much to think about, as always: www.nytimes.com/article/karl...

Journalist @markmedley.bsky.social traces Liz White’s lifelong pursuit of “improbable change”—and uses it to explore a larger question: why do humans commit to dreams they know may never come true? thewalrus.ca/why-people-set-o...

An excerpt from Live to See the Day!

Liz White wasn’t chasing power. She was chasing change. For decades, the Animal Protection Party leader ran knowing victory wouldn’t come—because some fights aren’t about winning, but about refusing to quit. thewalrus.ca/why-people-set-o...

This is delightful and you should read it and then go buy Mark’s book

Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for running an excerpt from my new book Live to See the Day: thewalrus.ca/why-people-s...

The Minneapolis woman shot and killed by an ICE agent Wednesday was a mother of three who was new to the city. Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37, had just dropped off her 6-year-old son at school and was driving home w/ her partner when they encountered the agents www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Hey it’s me!

Star-Tribune: The mother of the driver who was shot and killed by ICE identified the woman as Renee Nicole Good

1054! Mark Medley hear Kreative Kontrol ⬇️ 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e... 💰: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-105... ☁️: overcast.fm/+AA3_nt8rsNM vk: bit.ly/44S4dgG 🌲: linktr.ee/vishkhanna @markmedley.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

My book Live to See the Day is out today. I hope you read it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645965...

A quasi-preview of Live to See the Day in Saturday’s @theglobeandmail.com but online now: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

My book Live to See the Day is out one week from today. I think you should order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/645965...

Almost-last-minute stocking stuffer idea: a copy of Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters that Supercharged the World (@GrandCentralPub). You just might need a bigger stocking. Links to buy: linktr.ee/barryhertz

Not allowing the plagiarism machine to plagiarise would kill the plagiarism machine

So, @hertzbarry.bsky.social is up in arms. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

This looks fantastic.

Welcome to the Family is out today. This is NOS in book form. Congrats to @hertzbarry.bsky.social for publishing the book he was born to write.