A nice moment in my side career. I wrote a @thebeaverton.com article about the end of @marcmaron.bsky.social 's podcast, and he posted a screengrab to his Instagram with the caption "hilarious" - which is as gratifying as it gets in the satire/humour business.

I’ve been a listener for over a decade. I get that things should end on their own terms. This is my little tribute to @marcmaron.bsky.social

“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

Seeing some "political violence is always wrong" posts. But unless you think the internal German plots against Hitler's life were immoral and you're glad that they didn't work out, you don't actually think ALL political violence is wrong. You have a threshold, the current moment just hasn't met it.

Watching this video 10 times has significantly improved my mood.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

Well, I wrote another one, and it's dark. It's not me. It's the times we live in. I even included a tip of the cap to The Frantics.

My god! How many of him are there? Can he be stopped?

You know how Ukrainians are good at appearing Russian and infiltrating the bully country next door to wreak havoc on their infrastructure? Canadians are pretty good at passing as Americans.

I don’t want to keep writing these articles, but the CAQ keeps passing bills that essentially say this

I’m out of practice sharing my articles across all the platforms. Here’s my one from yesterday mocking three governments at the same time

With the new pope does that mean Trump has now lost three elections?

I assume at some point soon Kanye’s kid will release a perfume called North by North West

So the ICC CAN actually arrest people? More of this please.

Reframing exercise: You can say that guns are the biggest cause of death for American children. You can also say that the biggest cause of death for American children is Americans.

Even UK tabloids understand what is going on. (The headline about Gen Z is because the Daily Star is still a reactionary tabloid)

Why hasn’t my media feed been full of “Superbowl LIX” gags and memes? The internet is letting me down! #SuperbowlLIX #SuperbowlLicks

My heart goes out to anyone whose spouse packs their bags and reveals they are an undercover CIA agent and are taking the 8 months severance #DOGEcuts #CIA

The progression of gaslighting: 1 - "It wasn't a Nazi salute" 2 - "They aren't dragging children out of schools" 3 - "All your videos are AI produced" 4 - "Relocation centers are not concentration camps" 5 - "America was only founded for white Christians"