Lovely clear January day today in The Hammer.

SNL UK is absolutely putting its American counterpart to shame dear lord

Steve Paikin on Hamilton's mayoral race: www.tvo.org/article/anal... #yhmvote #HamOnt

Abuser-led Opus Dei is influential in Project 2025 and other anti-democracy power brokers in the tRump WH, which might be why JD Vance has converted to Catholicism, like Newt Gingrich did. Can Pope Leo undo what John-Paul II hard-right policies did to the church? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Antidote to current news cycle.

There's survey from Transport Canada you can do.

700,000 trees comprise one of the largest cherry blossom gardens in the world: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Yet another step through the MAGA handbook. How easy it is for right-wingers to elect corrupt country-busting politicians.

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

A Giant Sea Spider (genus Colossendeis), also known as a pycnogonid, found on the deep seafloor at depths between 2,200 and 4,000 meters. 🌊🦀 While some species are small, those in the deep ocean can grow over 50 cm (20 inches) across due to deep-sea gigantism. #ocean #deepsea #nature #wildlife

Reasons for being less likely to travel to the US Political climate between Canada-US (67%) Trade relations (61%) No longer feeling safe to travel to the US (59% Don't feel welcome in the US (48%) Weak exchange rate (39%) Among others, from Leger

I put on long underwear to walk in the breezy 2° C yesterday. Today's forecast high is 21°C. Should I get out my shorts?

Cartoon by Michael de Adder

He holds Cdn citizenship (and the extreme views of his dad) but Elon Musk should refrain from commenting on things about which he knows nothing. globalnews.ca/news/1175288...

Det er visst funny tweet-tid. Her er noen jeg har lagret.

I listen this morning to the opening choruses of the St. John and St. Matthew Passions and was reminded that J.S. Bach is the greatest composer who every lived. These are a little long for the growing ADHD crowd but suck it up and listen to magnificence. music.youtube.com/watch?v=gnsr...

Carl Tétreault, Klimt Eastwood, 2016

Not to mention their own "Buy Murrican" policy...

I usually don't mind having a King, since he has no power and cost little to Canadians. But this humiliating visit to the Orange Turd is making me rethink my position. Perhaps we should do like Barbados, keep the same parliamentary system, continue to name a Governor General but call her President.

There were thunderstorms here last night and at 8:45 the power went out. It'd been a long time since the last outage and my first impression was ... I gets awfully dark. I called Alectra and the "voice" told me I needed internet to communicate with them. On my flip phone?

You don’t have to be a Jeopardy champ to know that a lot more housing, and in particular affordable housing, needs to be build. But it doesn’t hurt to be a Jeopardy champ.

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

Many commented at end of Justin's era it was time for alternance of governing parties. Carney is the hoped-for conservative leader. I don't like many of his policies, but he (reasonable, calm statesman, ably representing us on world stage) saved us from Rogan-loving Poilièvre and trucknuts MAGAs.

Destruction goes on. Ex.: LCBO not producing as much $ for the people of Ontario, losing good unionised jobs. www.cbc.ca/player/play/... Ford systematically cut programs that raise public revenue (LCBO, speed cameras, licence fees) so increase income and city taxes. Excuse to cut health, education!

Something in a different musical genre, my composition to accompany an interesting ambient video. Enjoy on your biggest screen with decent speakers or headphones. youtu.be/zhCGzabagMw

Most honest reporting in the past few weeks.

What would be their reaction of the shoe was on the other foot? A foreign company making money, doing online business in the U.S., but not paying any taxes? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

"A platform that has to accommodate an internal combustion engine, a plug-in hybrid and a battery electric car is not optimised to anything – it’s the worst of all worlds.” Excellent article on just how badly the U.S. is destroying its auto industry. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

History shows: as soon as a bit secure economically and politically, people demand freedom from feudal regimes, some decision power. So dictators must keep people preoccupied with mere survival. But if pushed too far down, people revolt. So first, authoritarians establish repressive police force.

"Mr. Ford, why are you trying to keep government communications hidden from taxpayers?" "GO DRIVE IN THE HOV LANES, FOLKS!" It's like Epstein Files/Iran war but with training wheels.

Never forget who is really winning this war. www.ft.com/content/37d4...

I listen to most of the Oscar winning best song and the competition must have been pretty feeble.

Trump projected his plans onto Obama. As far back as fifteen years...

Les grosses épaules reviennent. On aime ou pas? Big shoulders are back. Do we like that?

That's funny, I could have sworn he said something about not needing Royal Navy vessels because the war was already won. You broke it Don, you fix it.

Stop trying to figure out tRump. How historical perspective of U.S. foreign wars can predicts what will happen now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

When public libraries have to supply front-line interventions for the homeless and drug-addicted. All because #DougFord hates 1. anything that helps poor people 2. anything named "public": health care, education, green spaces...

'Cyber criminals have secretly hijacked more than 14,000 devices worldwide in order to carry out attacks that are almost impossible to protect against security' www.the-independent.com/tech/securit...

Another short video; original music to accompany beautiful computer generated images. youtu.be/SUdwxEDbG_o

Wednesday Thoughts🤔🍁 'Evil vs Evil'

Usual Doug Ford bungling: fewer Beer Stores=fewer places to get bottle deposits returned. Grocery stores pushing for dumping bottles in blue boxes. Way to spend public money to wreck what worked well. I bet his cronies will install store boxes that give out coins for bottles returned but take a CUT.

Interesting how tRump is pressuring countries who don't want to participate in *his* war after spending years pushing them away by removing the U.S. support from treaties and alliances. He threatens to leave NATO, but now he tries to force NATO countries to give him support?!?

@mark-carney.bsky.social MUST NOT even *think* of embroiling Canada in this apocalyptic war. International inhumane horrors, economic destruction, and the cerry on the sundae: Poilièvre will seem palatable.

Exactly. At least, year-round standard daylight time would keep us a little closer to the natural reality.

And they wonder why we don't wanna be the 51st state?