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Did you really say “If someone shares a fake sexualized image of you or your kids online…” as you invite tech companies to build AI data centres in Canada that enable the creation of CSAM without regulating & fining them? If you really want to protect kids, you also wouldn’t abandon climate targets.

Norway pay their female international players the same amount as their male players and have done since 2017.

Reminder that tickets are now on sale for our Toronto show! paradiseonbloor.com/special_even...

When the weather gets hot, please take special care for the goths in your life. With their floor-length coats, platform shoes, and velvet capes, it’s hard for them to thermoregulate as we do.

Early 90s TO was home to great indie rock bands like Rheostatics, Look People and Frank's Adventure, and the Rheos are still creating beautiful music today. Enjoy some solo Rheo & then get to the Paradise Theatre on Sep. 12th for the GLS! 🇨🇦 @davebidini.bsky.social #DakotaTavern #LiveForLiveMusic

Come see us play our Great Lakes Suite w projections by Mercury Films Nick n Jenn. Only 200 seats paradiseonbloor.com/purchase/588...

He is *so bad* at this. It's frustrating because the caricature of a conservative represented by Poilievre provides cover for the truly destructive conservativism of Carney.

If you've ever been to a @westendphoenix.bsky.social Annual Gala, you'll know they are buckets of fun! This year's edition is fast approaching, Sept. 25th at the Palais Royale. Enjoy a little of the '24 edition. 🇨🇦 #SupportLocalJournalism @davebidini.bsky.social #LiveForLiveMusic

ORIGIN STORY. In case you missed it, in this week's newsletter WEP's @davebidini.bsky.social talks about his lifelong love of newspapers, from writing imaginary news stories on his fathers typewriter as a child, to writing for the Toronto Star in the 90s and beyond. mailchi.mp/4fe86d2f60f1...

On Canada Day, we revel in the musical magic that helps make Canada strong. Btw, Rheostatics bring the Great Lakes Suite to Huntsville this Friday! 🇨🇦 @davebidini.bsky.social #LiveForLiveMusic

Happy Canada Day! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Jamil Jivani longing for the days of casual homophobia.

Canada being among the final 16 teams in contention for the actual honest-to-god World Cup is a lot more insane if you remember the days when this team was just Craig Forrest and ten plumbers from Woodbridge being featured in grainy footage at the end of the TSN highlights losing to Guadeloupe

Monster

Some NYC news: Mamdani just won his rent freeze--one of his biggest campaign promises!

Canadian: 🇨🇦 @davebidini.bsky.social

Tough choice but immediate reaction is Whale Music by the Rheostatics. @davebidini.bsky.social and cruë brought banger after banger to that album. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Between this and the stellar WSJ story about Polymarket's fake bettors, it really feels like we have completely given up on requiring influencers to disclose paid partnerships. It only hurts consumers.

All the countries playing in the World Cup have universal healthcare. Except the United States 🇺🇸

Cheers. Taxi. Frasier. Will & Grace. The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The Bob Newhart Show. Directed over 50 pilot episodes. He was THE guy to get if you were doing multi-cam.

Good for the PM here

A beautiful piece of sports writing

My story on Rogers and Hockey Night: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

RIP

WEP publisher @davebidini.bsky.social reflections on being at the Canada vs Bosnia World Cup match last Friday. Click through and sign up to our newsletter for weekly news and events from the West End Phoenix. mailchi.mp/0b3f754f964e...

33 years ago today Krissy and I went on our first date. Here she is on our most recent date, which was tonight. I still feel like I felt on that first date, which was, basically, "Holy cow, she's totally amazing, whatever you do, don't mess this up." So far, so good!

Carney appears to feel AI has more right to safe drinking water than First Nations

@graphicmatt.com matt dave here. Can I get a follow so I can send you a message?

Sign up to get my story on Canada’s World Cup opener here. Delivered today or maybe tomorrow! www.westendphoenix.com/newsletter

Ukrainian drones have hit the Moscow oil refinery. It’s burning. This is a big one - the refinery provides 40% of fuel for Moscow and the wider oblast. #explodey

In Goes they have these signs on entrances to the historic city centre showing what vehicles can enter. At the moment it's bikes only, with motor vehicles and mopeds prohibited

Meanwhile at the White Trash White House last night the main event wasn’t even in the ring. Fights were breaking out on the lawn everywhere under the light of fireworks. Not since the White House burned down in 1814 have we seen so many battles. Sign! 🤡

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

Absolutely no bottom with these people.

Thunderstorms, 34 mph winds, and massive swarms of mosquitoes are currently forecasted during Trump’s birthday UFC fight today.

it's almost like young politicians with radical ideas like "support people" and "target oligarchs" makes the world better

Let’s goooooo

Kudos to @davebidini.bsky.social for this. I love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWRw...

Dang @davebidini.bsky.social making me cry on this Friday morning. ⚽️⚽️🇨🇦🇨🇦

Making good use of what are usually overlooked spaces … the Farmers Market at Underpass Park (Toronto).

The opening I wrote for Kiefer Sutherland for the World Cup on @tsnofficial.bsky.social www.tsn.ca/soccer/fifa-...

Reminder that Rheostatics will be bringing our Great Lakes Suite show to Huntsville on July 3rd with the brilliant Paul Linklater on guitar. Tix on sale here. www.algonquintheatre.ca

@joshmatlow.bsky.social and @chrismoise.ca bring forward a motion for a Pedestrian Streets Program for Toronto!

New newsletter today from WEP publisher @davebidini.bsky.social talking World Cup, DoWestFest and the summer city coming to life. Click through, sign up and get news, events and musings in your inbox every Tuesday! mailchi.mp/67be26b8739b...

Trump takes a long blink during the NBA Finals

this is the way