This hero image of guys in various stages of glasses and facial hair... a compelling triptych, no doubt www.cbc.ca/books/albert...

<3!

Vince Gasparro, the Parliamentary Secretary for "Combatting Crime," just announced that the Irish band Kneecap are banned from entering Canada, 3 days after he met with Israel lobbyists.

This week, Joslin's at-home gym workouts paid off, ASICS gives us a good one, so does Swim Skateboard Co., caring about your community is cool, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/bent-hangers...

Oh

Something just feels right about this

The book is officially in print!!! And what a beauty! So happy and grateful 🤩

One of the things I keep coming back to with this story is the SBA sharing an "excerpt" from what is obviously a fabricated article purporting to be from the Sports Business Journal on their Instagram. The lack of effort put into the public-facing side of this project is genuinely surprising.

There’s a guy at my gym who always grunts uncomfortably loud when working out and never cleans or puts his equipment away. Just saw him leave the gym and get into an Uber while shirtless… a life can be lived in so many ways, and that’s beautiful, really

Natalie Porter talks about her new book, “Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders” on this week’s Mostly Skateboarding Podcast with @mmunzenrider.bsky.social and I. Listen on iTunes, Spotify, and at the link below. www.mostlyskateboarding.net/2025/09/nata...

“It’s a beautifully written work of fiction, but don’t be fooled. ‘The Hunger We Pass Down’ is hardly a beach read — unless you’re Wednesday Addams.”

For the afternoon crowd

always nice to see questions asked from inside skateboarding by writers well aware of the history of money men trying to professionalize this thing of ours, rather than the immediately credulous mainstream sports reporters who cover these things from outside

What is the Skate Board Association, why is Gary Payton II involved, and is it "the evolution skateboarding deserves"? www.simplemagic.ca/relax-and-wa...

Nothing like a little narrative interplay between song and clip.

I talked to Ryan Lay about video parts that vibe and video parts that punish for Quartersnacks. Here's Ryan on the former via Kenny Reed in New Deal's '7 Year Glitch'. 🎥 — quartersnacks.com/2025/09/five...

Every AI company's pitch to consumers is basically this

The great @natalieporter.bsky.social is back in the 'sletter, this time with an excerpt from her forthcoming book "Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides," which is out September 16 with @ecwpress.bsky.social www.simplemagic.ca/shes-a-small...

For the afternoon crowd

This week, Dime champions Hanging Out With Your Buds, a reverse RVCA, Kento Urano... JFC, Limo and Nike SB execute a tush push, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/look-at-this...

NEW: Remember the documents former MP Chris Alexander submitted to parliament that he claimed show @davidpugliese.bsky.social is a Russian spy? Experts in typology and graphology say they're fabricated. www.readtheorchard.org/p/former-mp-...

Behold: Authentic Brands Group, which owns both RVCA and Muhammad Ali's IP, naming, and likeness rights, has greenlighted the creation of what may be the Most Uninspired Collaboration Of All Time.

Fit watch: Saw a guy wearing an RDS t-shirt and an ankle monitor yesterday

having fun over at Simple Magic 👨🏽‍💻 thanks @colenowicki.com & @kigongo.bsky.social for the help on this one!

This week, @vadiparty.bsky.social offers some forward-looking music supervision, Gustav Tønnesen is up to his new tricks, more skateboarders discover how much their dignity is worth, an ode to a mouse, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/when-you-fin...

Butlerian Jihad now: defector.com/butlerian-ji...

Endless Beauty and private equity got @frozenincarbonite.bsky.social, @colenowicki.com, and I talking on this week’s Mostly Skateboarding Podcast. Listen at the link in below, or at iTunes, and Spotify. www.mostlyskateboarding.net/2025/08/endl...

There it is youtu.be/48n4QWq_wls

This week, Sci-Fi's fantasy becomes big enough to believe in, Vans hires a new artistic director, FUCT's artistic director should get a social media handler, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/sci-fis-fant...

Sure looks like the VPD purposefully and illegally ignored FOI requests, withheld data, and stoked fear around violent crime during an election year to help the mayoral candidate they endorsed win. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Sitting on a park bench and reading a book while dogs play in the distance… that’s the good stuff

reminded of last fall when Ken Sim refused to accept the facts in a report produced by his own city staff on natural gas heating & building costs, because they contradicted his beliefs. thenarwhal.ca/vancouver-mi...

Walker Ryan is in this week’s podcast to talk about his new book, then join @frozenincarbonite.bsky.social & @mmunzenrider.bsky.social to talk about our the Anonymous Brand Survey on @quartersnacks.bsky.social Listen on iTunes, Spotify, or this link. www.mostlyskateboarding.net/2025/08/walk...

This week, we get a look at Tyshawn Jones' Supreme contract, Rob Dyrdek opens a library(?), hang with P-Rod for $206 CAD, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/this-one-is-...

Time Intelligence: The Optimization Curse

Behold the latest state of skate survey from me on QS: quartersnacks.com/2025/08/the-...

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

For the 3 AM crowd:

For the afternoon crowd ✨

This week: I talked to @ryanlay.bsky.social about Sci-Fi Fantasy's debut feature "Endless Beauty" and their premiere tour, TJ Rogers is also going on tour, a blog about rolling my ankle a bunch of times, and more. www.simplemagic.ca/endless-fant...

Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.

Had a nice day skating

Today, the ills of poor marketing wreak pain upon Stevie, Koston, Jiro, and Disorder. Also, a brief book review and some other stuff. www.simplemagic.ca/beef-drama-s...

Re: Stevie and Koston

This is wild but I went on my fav podcast QAA Pod to harp on about the phoney baloney NatSec social science of Disinfo Studies. Big thanks to @travisview.bsky.social and Julian! www.patreon.com/posts/135278...

Nathan's collection is something special. Stoked and honoured that we were fortunate enough to publish it. Check it out if you wanna: www.fineperiodpress.com/product/the-...

NEW: A report released today from grassroots researchers found that Canada has sent about 400 arms shipments to Israel since October 2023, with many of these exports sent on commercial passenger planes. www.readtheorchard.org/p/grassroots...

i made a chapbook of poems. it's really quite lovely, my friend designed it. i love that i love it, and you can too. www.kristinlueke.com/store/p/here...

The poetry event of the summer is going down tomorrow! 3 pm in Woodland Park, Vancouver. Free and open to all!

Starting a bar argument that produces several casualties by asserting that "Joy Behar is Dan Bejar's mom."