Me: “Time to work. Time to focus and finish this rewrite. Let’s go.” My brain: “Coolant. Australopithecus. Summer nights. You dead yet? Nah, King already wrote that. Interstellar. Bog bodies. Magnets. Beach. Canada Dry? Why? I don’t drink that. Orchards. Angel hair for lunch!”

From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.

wait mitch mcconnell mysteriously disappears and this count binface with a bin for a face just appears

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch.

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum we can accept from a democratic nominee. We need tribunals, prison time and beyond.

Toronto's largest dirty snowbank STILL hanging in there

also: concepts of second chances and personal growth etc. first require the person to recognize and admit what they did wrong and make amends for it and do the work to become a better person. you can’t talk of second chances & forgiveness & growth while denying everything & calling women liars

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Solid watch party turnout despite the rain, at U of T

"shows no sign of understanding the assignment"

😮 💃

1. I will spare you the details of the rightwing reaction to the Supreme Court's decision this week to uphold birthright citizenship. I will spare you because they are disgusting, especially on America's 250th anniversary.

Me coming to steal your man

The difficulty with writing anything about anything is that any given thing, on closer inspection, appears to be connected to every thing, and now you’ve gone from writing about anything to writing about everything 😅

Just a reminder that you can help researchers keep tabs on the tick population in Canada by uploading photos of any ticks you are unlucky enough to encounter to eTick.ca.

Happy Canada Day!

7 local democracy hacks to not feel totally helpless in Doug Ford (& cipher-like Liberal MP caucus) Toronto. Finished on the throne of representative democracy for the people. My weekend @thestar.com column.

Silly daylight clock, because I keep forgetting when sunset is

Can we be candid and say this has been an insanely scary authoritarian week in America? Obscene SCOTUS rulings, activists sentenced to a century in jail, a blank check for the ICE regime. How’s it that so many in the US still haven’t grasped how to respond to these conditions? A few thoughts 🧵🧵🧵

tbh probably the single bleakest thing about 21st century politics is how "voters' obvious delusions must not only be coddled but affirmed" became elite consensus

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

This is going to be good! They have a full house of vendors -- lots to look at!

throw your arms around me - hunters & collectors open.spotify.com/track/1oJNFf...

Even as the US threatens tariffs against Canada for forced labour in its supply chains, the US itself supplies Canada with goods made using forced labour in US prisons. We are taking action against Canadian companies who profit from this forced labour. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

A thoughtful and glowing review of Ghosts of Ortona by Ian Cosh. Ian will be discussing this book at a free event at Caversham on Tuesday, June 30. Come by! /1

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING IMMEDIATELY AND LOOK AT THIS DOG

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

"They are loaded on a trailer and ready to be delivered to you."

we’re so desperate for good news we've accepted the scaffolding as our wire mother

Things found written in used books: a new favourite

"We’re publishing this blog post to explain our decision to refer to Delaney Hall as a “concentration camp” and clarify the term’s meaning." This is incredibly important. jerseybee.org/2026/06/11/w...

TORONTO! Make your voices heard! Say NO to the reckless expansion of Billy Bishop Airport!! tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot

AMERICAN COMEDY: It’s funny because they “tell it like it is” but also there’s always an underlying optimism BRITISH COMEDY: It’s funny because it’s sardonic and pessimistic, but self-deprecating CANADIAN COMEDY: I have no fucking idea why this is funny but it’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen

Ted Chiang on AI: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

Some fun news: Caversham will be attending our first-ever Books and Brews at Left Field Brewery! We're excited to hang out with our friends @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and meet a bunch of new readers and small press/indie bookstore folks. Come say hi, pick up a book and have a pint!

I LOVE this channel. Everytime somebody tries to make my neighborhood sound like a war zone.

Streetcars on fruit trucks. This truck has all the icon of the city; CN Tower, SkyDome and the old CLRV streetcars. The questionable inclusion of the HWY401 sign is a negative. That road is not an icon of TO but a blight on the city. #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Scarborough

website that picks the Rothko closest to how the weather feels in your location (by Joonas Virtanen) rothko.joonas.wtf

Found a sweet potato that looks like the Eraserhead baby

There's a beaver dam in northern Canada that's twice as wide as the Hoover Dam, and was discovered from satellite photos because it's so remote, and forms a wetland delta despite there not being any distinct creeks or rivers feeding into it.

urban -> rural -> astral

This will be a Canadian long weekend—known as the 24th of May or the May Two-Four Weekend. It’s intended to mark Queen Victoria’s birthday. Careful observers may note that the actual 24th day of May occurs not this weekend but next. We don’t talk about this. Or why Victoria’ birthday is a thing.

This is not a "controversy" or a "dispute" about casting. It's a racist position being echoed and amplified by other racists. Journalists need to learn to use the word "racist" much more freely; right now, too many publications treat it as unprovable unless self-reported.

and I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more and I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more and I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more and I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more and I would walk 500 miles just to be the man who walked 4,500 miles

Why should I stop using em dashes? Why should I stop listing things in threes? They’re the ones who suck

Me at the reception following the caterer with the bacon wrapped scallops around: