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I'm reading The North Star: Canada & The Civil War Plots Against Lincoln by Julian Sher - I had no idea that the Montreal Gazette was unabashedly anti-Lincoln and pro-confederacy.

Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors is on now at the Musée des Beaux Arts. An incredible exhibition.

In authoritarian regimes, underlings signal loyalty to the ruler by publicly attesting to obviously false claims

mf think he Jean Guaideaux

If Canada was the 51st State this would be our Vichy Gov’s official statement:

He would’ve kidnapped Trudeau months ago

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I feel like NYC Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is really listening to me!

Magic Johnson was the grand marshal of the Rose Parade today, and as someone who remembers his November 1991 HIV announcement: if you had told anybody that day that he would be alive and healthy 34+ years later, I don't think they would have believed you. Medicine and research—they work.

What a speech. Nice to have some hope.

Bernie knows how to dress for winter

Happy 2026

Il y a 50 ans au Forum. Le prix du billet était considéré cher à l’époque . Je ne rappelle de ce match comme si c’était hier . Ah les années 70 . On avait eu aussi Led Zeppelin au Forum, mon premier concert . Le Centre Bell est beau; mais cher et pas autant d’émotions. Nombre de coupes? 0

NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American. Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/

Dave's the best. Here's proof:

I feel very lucky for having gotten to go to the 2025 World Series with my sis @amykmtl.bsky.social. And I'm grateful that @therovermedia.bsky.social gave me the space to write a big long essay about Game 7, as well as about forever missing my Montreal Expos. therover.ca/live-from-th...

J.D. Vance speaking to a mostly empty CPAC ballroom in 2032:

Alex Shephard from the New Republic what did I ever do to piss you off 😔

I loved this long read from Gare Joyce about a Kingston, Ontario goalie who allegedly replaced Georges Vezina and played one game for the Habs. substack.com/@garejoyce/n...

Remember when Robert Redford died and we were like “RIP to someone who’s ungodly levels of hot, but also an amazing person”? Yeah, today we won’t be saying that

My top books of 2025: This is our Life @thetragicallyhip.bsky.social You Dreamed of Empires- Enrigue Ppl's History of the USA- Zinn One Day Everyone Will Have Been Against This- el Akkad Revolutionary Yiddishland- Brossat/Klingberg Stupid TV Be More Funny @alansiegella.bsky.social If We Burn- Bevins

What’s not on 60 Minutes tonight?

Is smoking a cigarette with a fork part of how celebrities are making smoking cool?

Merry Christmas from me and Holly🎄

Once we change it to “Inside EPCOT”

Usually they only say these things when wearing a robe and a hood

That sense of who I am is challenged by bigotry, though. For one, it becomes harder to find affinity in a Canadian identity that in recent years has had enormous animosity toward me and people like me. Only slightly exaggerating when I ask: Why strive to “become Canadian” when one isn’t wanted?

The Donald J. Trump and Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good

From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...) Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.

He called William Howard Taft a what? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Oh wow how much did they donate?

That’s Indica for you

Trump-Ford's Theatre, Where we celebrate Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump, our second and first greatest Presidents, as many have been saying.

It's The 2036 Trump-Kennedy Center Honors, live from the Trump-Kennedy Center, in Trump-Washintgon, D.C. Here's your host, President Donald J. Trump (hologram)

It gets even more pathetic— x.com/RepBeatty/st...

Some Habs went to Ste-Justine Hospital to visit with the kids yesterday. Alexandre Carrier got them to sign his jersey. ❤️

Happy birthday, Keef. Long may your chimney smoke.

Full on neo-Nazi conspiracy theories from the president tonight — the very same invasion and replacement conspiracy theories that have fueled a cycle of deadly violence targeting so many communities including immigrants, Jews, Latinos, the Black community, Muslims, and more.

Simpler times

very weird feeling watching a seemingly coked out president yell at you for 20 minutes straight

I can't wait for NBC's hard pivot from the most powerful man in the world's angry hateful ramblings to 'Christmas in Nashville.'

credit: Dorothea Lange

The Montreal you used to know and love is back!

Lettuce wins again.