It's enough to make you crazy to watch our entire media-political apparatus ridicule all left of center opinion in the leadup to every major crisis in the last 30 years only to then shrug about how no one could've seen it coming

Okay pick a side watch.

Montreal Canadiens (2026)

FAKE NEWS

I’m biased but if I was a hockey team that lost a game seven while outshooting my opponent 29-9 I would be *very* embarrassed.

Good bit by Slafkovsky to not hit the net there. Funny stuff.

Well fucking well.

If the Habs win this one with 6 or 7 shots Tampa should have to move their team to Hamilton.

The year is 2027, the Montreal Canadiens are *this* close to a shot on goal.

The thing about winning hockey games is you really can’t go a period without a shot on net.

8 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... "Multiple large observational studies have found that routine adult vaccines are associated with a reduced risk of dementia, with some showing risk reductions of 25% to 40%." #VaccinesWork!

Bring back the ancient knowledge

Habs-Avs would be an all-timer Stanley Cup final for so many reasons.

NEW: Separatist group behind the petition drive distances itself from separatist group ordered by court to take a list of every Alberta voter from its activism website.

It's that time of year again, May Day! The good people at Jacobin are offering subscriptions to their print magazine for just $1 today! You can support their work with a few button clicks. jacobin.com/subscribe/?t...

Man, I love watching Bet MGM and Bet-365 commercials. Too bad the occasional period of hockey sneaks in.

Something i learned yesterday listening to post SEU commentary is how few people outside Alberta understand the impact of WTI on budgets including Ottawa. If they did, they would have seen this lower than forecast deficit coming www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Vassy Kapelos: What if [a windfall profits tax on big oil] deflates them? NDP leader Avi Lewis: Tell the family where 1 in 4 Canadians is skipping a meal .. to feed their kids, that an industry making $90B in profits this year can’t afford to pay a little bit more. I’m sorry I just don’t accept it.

Good evening: this is your semi-regular reminder that you can’t preserve or strengthen democracy without democratizing the economy and giving workers a greater share of wealth and control in the workplace.

A British king named Charles lecturing the Americans about checks on executive power. Pour one out for the historians and satirists.

“We need cultural and artistic sovereignty not just economic sovereignty,” Mayor Olivia Chow #toronto #arts #canada #torontoartsawards

📣 Hey Saskatoon! Looking forward to this event! We are in a midst of a knowledge crisis. What can we do about it? See ya soon! 🙏 Details: www.uregina.ca/events/2026/... via @uregina.bsky.social

Let's ban snitch pricing. Sign up for my newsletter today (link in article), and let's keep having important conversations. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/i-cant-bel...

UAE to leave Opec in blow to oil cartel ft.trib.al/xZSeej7

Banning surveillance pricing should be a no-brainer for governments. Companies shouldn't be allowed to spy on people so they can charge them more than the person standing next to them. Ban snitch pricing. Do it now. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/i-cant-bel...

Steve Kerr spot on as usual

The problem is it’s such a good matchup and games gets decided by bullshit penalty calls or a team taking a stupid but legit penalty.

Higher population density, and more populated big cities, are the magic wand vs the climate crisis. Above a certain density, population growth *reduces* carbon output, by making possible the transition to electric private and public transportation, non-emitting energy and heating, etc

Must read by @davidmoscrop.com! If your retirement plan is to die in the climate wars Doc—PUSH—w UN Special Rapporteur @leilanifarha.bsky.social explains housing "financialization." Housing is treated as a commodity—a vehicle for wealth & investment like oil & gold—rather than a human right. It is.

Sabastian Sawe is first person to win a marathon in under 2 hours ft.trib.al/nriXNp6

Trump removed from White House correspondents dinner as attendees take cover reut.rs/4tF6c2e

This is one of the best covers I've ever seen. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771482...

Sutcliffe’s approval is -2 and his biggest ticket priority is -34. The mayor’s race may be a real one this fall. #ottawa #ottcity

PWHL reffing is great because the rules, if applied at all, are applied at random.

Habemus e-reader! I bought myself a refurbished Kobo Libra 2 BW. Thanks for the help, all.

Wisdom of the crowd question: What say you about e-readers? I'm often traveling and I've got to carry so, so many devices. I don't want to haul a dozen physical books. I prefer high-contrast, black and white over colour, a big-ish screen, and buttons. Worth a Kobo?

Great review of Democracy’s Second Act by @petermacleod.bsky.social & Richard Johnson in the Literary Review of Canada. It is time for politicians to see the public as a resource not a risk!

The Canadian Press has a live stream of Toronto fire crews melting Drake's ice block 😭☠️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Ab...

“The power lie is a different kind of deception. People already know it’s not true, so there is no way to contradict it, to persuade people otherwise. The appeal is that, as a believer, you can be part of it, sharing the power by accepting the falsehood is true.” — @caroloff.bsky.social #UrbanTruth

"The decision to buy the jet during a cost-of-living crisis in which people are struggling to afford to gas up their vehicle or fill their grocery cart with staples was incomprehensible. I’d call it an own goal, but it was more akin to the team setting its stadium on fire." #OnPoli

Let’s talk about Doug Ford’s (for sale) gravy plane and the limits of what politicians need while the rest of us struggle to make it through the day. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/who-needs-...

Umm…It’s called watching hockey, look it up.

“Carol Off digs deep into six words whose meanings have been distorted and weaponized in recent years—including democracy, freedom and truth—and asks whether we can reclaim their value.” Sounds like an excellent and really important book. Would love to chat about @urbantruth.bsky.social, Carol.

For sale: private jet, never flown.

Attendance announced at 8,605. Largest (non-playoff) attendance at TD Place for @pwhlcharge.bsky.social so far! Just one reason I voted against #Lansdowne2.0

In fact, tackling all categories of fraud are easy wins for government. I’d love for them to go after health scams online too. Things that hurt our people and take advantage of their money. Seems logical.

Banning algorithmic pricing ought to be a no-brainer call for any government: people don’t like to be ripped off, surveilled, or treated differently from their peers. Algorithm pricing does all three of those things.

Polling Canada Federal Model Update: 🔴 LPC: 221 (+52) 🔵 CPC: 91 (-53) ⚜️ BQ: 22 (-) 🟠 NDP: 8 (+1) 🟢 GPC: 1 (-) (Seat Changes With 2025 Federal Election) - April 18, 2026 - Full model article here: open.substack.com/pub/canadian...

A friendly reminder that having house prices drop in one segment of one market doesn’t equate to affordability improving across the board. Few are building homes that target the needs of half of the population, or those whose income sits below the median.

I’ve long wanted a private jet so that when I say “I’ve gotta jet,” I can mean it literally.