DENVER: the first 200 people to find me this weekend at FAN EXPO Denver can have one of these snazzy bookmarks for free, courtesy of my calendar publisher Andrews McMeel. I’ll be at table P58 in the comics pro aisle around the outside of artist alley.

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch & share this news story. It’s pretty much perfect. Ford claims wrongly that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/1...

We now go live to Caroline Mulroney leaving Doug Ford's government.

The point should be that social media is a disease, but this app gives us the best chance of not dying so soon

A referendum on Canadian unity is divisive enough. Holding a referendum to have another referendum will divide us and will kill our economy. It is now more important than ever that all supporters of #ForeverCanadian sign up at Forever-Canadian.ca so we can stop this insanity.

I've been meaning to subscribe forever and finally did—the @westendphoenix.bsky.social does such great local reporting. Excited for our first issue!

It’s a great day to support journalism and subscribe to @westendphoenix.bsky.social Our new issue is coming in two weeks. I wrote an appreciation of trains and their tracks in the city, and there’s a ton of great stuff in it! www.westendphoenix.com

Add two factor authentication to your Bluesky accounts!

This week our weekly newsletter from WEP publisher @davebidini.bsky.social features a chance to win a copy of Jordan Himelfarb new book INTERREGNUM from House of Anansi Press. Click through, subscribe and take a trip to Dave's West End World! mailchi.mp/0d7ab5ac510c...

@westendphoenix.bsky.social is bringing the amazing Dan Bern and Orit Shimoni to Amelia’s Market!! June 12th. 30 tix only!

I did a deep-dive into US ambassador Pete Hoekstra's links to the Alberta separatists' voter ID app Hoekstra repeatedly promoted the app at 2024 Trump rallies Hoekstra helped them organize presentations, is connected with the app's founder and the founder's wealthy step-father was a past donor 👇

No words for this terrible, terrible loss. Cris was singular in her gifts. Love to her partner and family.

Of course this is also fouled by some get-rich-quick Kevin O Leary scam

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

In Creemore, Ontario

Reminder that @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is coming to Vancouver next week and will be in conversation with me, @vancolour.bsky.social and @harrisonmooney.bsky.social at this ticketed event. Details: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

It took a minute to find the ending, but my book about becoming a goaltender in my 50s, has been assuredly submitted! @ecwpress.bsky.social

Nice shout-out to @iandarragh.bsky.social's Spacing series on the Toronto Island airport, in the @westendphoenix.bsky.social newsletter by @davebidini.bsky.social mailchi.mp/c3f752cf96e8...

Althia Raj is doing some of the most important reporting out there right now, exposing how Carney is dismantling any semblance of Canada’s progressive values. Pharmacare, child care, now the environment… Please, pay attention. He’s eviscerating environmental laws worse than Harper. Than HARPER!!!

Man, @nationalobserver.com punches so far above its weight. Do what you can to make it chonkier.

We will be in Huntsville on July 3rd to perform our Great Lakes show. Tix available now www.huntsvillefestival.ca/rheostatics

Tickets are now on sale for our show at the national art centre in Ottawa! nac-cna.ca/en/event/41187

Jet Dreams on Toronto Island. Read ​Part 1 of ​my investigation in @spacing.bsky.social into what would it cost, who will pay, and who benefits? With a new custom-made​ graphic​ showing what the runway would look like. lnkd.in/e_wxVixc

HOLY FUCK

WEP publisher @davebidini.bsky.social talks all things Maple Leafs in today's newsletter. Click through, sign up and get Dave's West End World in your mailbox every Tuesday! mailchi.mp/b87de3a0679b...

Robots make people stupider not smarter

Doh!

What, and I repeat WHAT, the FUCK (it's Hantavirus)

Poppin lineup

NEWS: MAGA influencer Craig Long has been arrested in a human trafficking and prostitution sting in Florida, along with Ryan Yates, a Trump supporter who pleaded guilty in Feb 2024 for his involvement in January 6. Long posted this photo with Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. just a few weeks ago.

I am resisting getting emotionally invested due to body & mind fragility brought on by lingering blue jay trauma, but holy cow. 2019 Kawhi Leonard redux.

Buffalo is the tits

John Garrett RIP. Just last week we had a few great conversations about goaltending. He was generous with his time and so prescient when it came to the game.

Don’t forget to sign up for my fancy newsletter, delivered every Tuesday!! www.westendphoenix.com/newsletter

Exclusive footage shows the White House Correspondents Dinner security.

And S/O to the Boston fan who slammed her drink since it was time to go

"Sooner or later, everything turns into television." J.G. Ballard

After years wearing suits, now I love playing in a track suit

Our premier’s rape of the shoreline

Independent media is beautiful. Out this weekend

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Off-hand comment from the stage at a Rheostatics show (immortalized on 1997's Double Live album): "Toronto: The City Where You Can't."

@ruthkapelus.bsky.social this is a brutal signing! www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

The Inter county Maple Leafs just signed this guy. Let’s keep him out of Christie Pits thank you www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

The Summit 72 episode that I directed with some great music in it is airing right now on the CBC. The incredible story about when the team gets to Russia.

For those around tonight, our documentary “Summit 72” — all four episodes— is on CBC tv tonight. I co wrote and co directed it, and was the music producer, and it’s a compelling, historic tale. Produced by the brilliant folks at Mercury Films.

Summit '72 episodes 1 & 2 are on CBC tonight. Very good work by @davebidini.bsky.social and the team.

This needs to be taken seriously. Along with underfunding, Doug Ford is destroying the university system. And yes, this latest move is 100% in line with what we've seen happening by state-level MAGA-hats in the US.