Menu de Noël fait maison: mangue+prosciutto, pasta sauce gorgonzola, salade broccoli orange, tarte aux bleuets. Riesling-Gewürztraminer Ontario. Home-made Xmas menu: mango+prosciutto, pasta w. gorgonzola sauce, broccoli orange salad, blueberry pie. Ontario Riesling-Gewürztraminer. Falalalala!

The right-wing anti-vax pushers are aiding the health privatisation right-wing politicians by "proving" the system "doesn't work" as hospitals are overwhelmed by unvaccinated patients.

Fait maison #2: saumon fumé+chèvre sur endives, pâté en croûte finnois+sauce de crème sure, betteraves rôties, cornichons. Eclairs. Pinot Noir Ontario. Home-made #2: smoked salmon+goat cheese on endives, crusted Finnish meatloaf w. sour cream sauce, roast beets, pickles. Eclairs. Ontario Pinot Noir.

Sick of Epstein news, but this is fascinating. Staggering immorality in rich + powerful men. They don't care, they are immune, except to con artists like Epstein who got wealth and immense influence. This podcast lifts veil off the world of those who RULE us. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/p...

Dear PM: All I want for Xmas is for you, your government, your new Ambassador to the U.S. to maintain and strengthen food marketings boards in the face of the American will to destroy them. Protect our farmers and the quality of our food! *All* food products must have their origin clearly labeled!

Looks like we're not going to have a very White Xmas here. If you're missing one (or not) here's a very snowy video with some lovely accompanying music. youtu.be/JRUrBBrnsRI

A shout-out to all those wishing for a White Xmas in Southern Ontario. It could be 8 C and sunny here on Thurs., Xmas Day.

This is one scary parallel: U.S. and The Nazis www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

As Carney inexorably climbs toward a slim majority, it occurs to me that the defecting Conservative MPs would have been Progressive Conservatives before their party was eaten by Reform.

Some of the most useful insights into what’s happening to America are coming from political analysts outside the United States. Here’s a particularly lucid essay that I think you should read. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true-catastrophe-of-trump

The U.S. demanding access to 5 years of social network history from tourists is seen as stopping anyone from hurting little tRump's feelings. But it would also (mostly?) be a bonanza of DATA for the tech broligarchs that run the government there. And the media. And the business world. Etc etc etc.

I am dismayed that most children don't have the opportunity to engage in group singing and thus aren't interested when are adolescents or adults. William Byrd said it well in 1588.

Still think AI will be good for the world?

I just found out that medical offices do *not* leave phone messages anymore. Not even a short one asking you to call them back. So if you miss the single call, you miss the appointment!

Yep, he wrote that. Misogyny is "science". @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is right to be ticked!

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Researchers led from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) have found that pantoprazole—a proton pump inhibitor used to prevent stomach bleeding—provides not only clinical protection for mechanically ventilated ICU patients but also significant economic advantages.

"Until the entire country is just governed by an oil drum with a gun."

I chanced on this in my newsfeed. Take a minute to read some of just one article. www.bbc.com/pidgin

We've been waiting for years here in Hamilton for Metrolinx to build a LRT line. The brains atop that agency need to read this.

1. Many Canadians, including me, are questioning Carney’s commitment to #ClimateAction. 2. Max knows what he’s talking about. 3. Yes Carney should be communicating better. He may also be much more focussed on results than looking good. That’s how non-politician experts think. 4. Let’s keep watching.

Lots of people every year complain about the horrors of family celebrations. Yet only a tiny minority use the obvious solution: *don't do* the same thing every year!

I can attest to that. Even with curating my feed as well as I can and banning certina words, the relentless BS still gets through. So a break helps a lot, along with a news diet.

Something different. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN8s...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... B.C. sea wolves use line to pull up crab traps in first-observed possible tool use by species.

Power corrupts (or attracts the corruptible) but huge wealth removes morality and decency. Even Taylor Swift can be MAGAfied, now that she's a billionaire. She allows tRump to use her songs. Will she lead Swifties over the precipice of fascism? *She* has a parachute made of the money they gave her.

Another victory for the anti-vaxxers. "A new report found that cervical cancer rates have plateaued and are no longer declining, with one expert suggesting Canada may not reach its goal of eliminating the disease by 2040." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Eh oui! C'était vrai: le beurre noisette améliore les gâteaux. Turns out they were right about brown butter in baking goods.

Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action. “It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”

I've come to the conclusion that PP worked so hard to endear himself to the base trucknuts, anti-science, Maga types with his yappy dog persona, that he painted himself in a corner: decent Conservatives who look for pro-Canadian policy will abandon him. Not to mention he'll never attract Liberals!

𝚃𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙰 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗🤔🍁 "Religion is the biggest scam that man has ever created" "God Loves You" "𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆!"

@hamiltoncomposer.bsky.social Watch this. It was a mistake to end that show.

We watched a masterful streamed performance of the Rosenkavalier Suite, played by the Berlin Phil at the Waldebühne and experience some of the most beautiful music every written.

If you know, you know

For all the Blue Jays fans thanking the team, Rogers is thanking you for supporting the Jays enabling their $5 8000 000 000 profit in the 3rd quarter as a result of their acquisition of BCE's stake in MLSE. I hope y'all own shares of Rogers.

I took advantage of the time change to go to a local garage, when it wasn't dark, waiting for 2 hours but saving some money getting the snows put on.

Every time PP exclaims that he would do better than Carney with tRump or any other issue, he should be asked "How?" Because he has no plan, no forward thinking. Just negativity and lack of knowledge, not to mention no security clearance. But he won't be asked, because he doesn't talk to journalists.

I made a conscious effort to " enjoy without clinging to" games of sports franchises that interest me. I highly recommend it.

I suspect the issue this columnist addresses isn't just a local one. www.thespec.com/opinion/colu...

Regardless of the outcome, I've never been more grateful for Blue Jays in 30 on Sportsnet.

Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.

Frost on the rooftops this morning. 1st time this fall.

In response to The Conversation pieces on forest encroachment and warming of the Great Lakes I asked AI to make a graph comparing av. Jan. temps in Toronto in 1960 and 2020. You can do the comparision. Apparently, some folks can't or won't.

Blue Jays in 30 is the best thing ever.

Not the only way this could go off the rails. www.foreignaffairs.com/palestinian-...

Note to Mark Carney: Jokes are lost on insecure people with no sense of humour.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving weekend 🇨🇦🍁

Remarks by the Peace Nobel Prize committee. To explain why they gave the Prize to Machado (and, perhaps, why they wouldn't consider Orange Turd. Not to mention the nominations were closed by last January 31st...)