"The ultrawealthy are wielding their growing fortunes to glide through a rarefied realm unencumbered by the inconveniences of ordinary life. They don’t wait in lines. They don’t jostle with airport crowds or idle unnecessarily in traffic." www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

Of all the teams vying for 1 of the 48 spots in the expanded '26 WC field, it is not an exaggeration to say that San Marino is literally the worst, ranking 210th out of 210 teams in FIFA's men's world rankings

Man takes city bus for a joy ride, makes several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off at bus stops, no damage to the vehicle. "He even went as far as to deny someone looking to board with an expired bus pass" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Barely a month has gone by in the past year or two when a Dutch-born player with an Indonesian grandparent has not headed to the nearest embassy to be given a passport" www.theguardian.com/football/202...

It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”

The Ontario government is using a rarely deployed ministerial power on behalf of Sanofi Pasteur to block plans for a new apartment complex. Sanofi said a tall building raised national security risks if it overlooked its manufacturing plant. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c0f8440... gift link

Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut. Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect! 2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse... #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Canada has been stripped of its measles elimination status – an accomplishment it held for 27 years – after failing to interrupt transmission within one year of an outbreak that continues to spread in parts of the country. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

An Enslaved Man (David Drake) Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

It's like being back at a Canadian University Press national conference plenary. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Lucien Bouchard, who was supposed to be Quebec's chief negotiator against Ottawa had the Yes side won the 1995 referendum, is now the chief negotiator for the Quebec medical specialists in their current confrontation against the Legault government.

This is why you don't follow those "animal pic every hour" "old historical photos" "on this day" "earth pics" accounts. Scrapers, bots, bad faith actors, misinformation hose.

Fearing fraud, Canada rejects most Indian study permit applicants reut.rs/4qKyh7g

Le moment parfait n’existe pas. (Vu devant le Palais de justice de Montréal en ce lendemain d’élection municipale.)

In 1956, Miles Davis recorded 4 albums to conclude his contract with Prestige Records before moving to Colombia -- Workin', Relaxin', Steamin' and Cookin'. They could have been just throwaway sessions. Instead, they're amazingly good tracks... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShfN...

A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...

A final baseball post. The Dodgers were touched by a little gesture of solidarity from the Jays' relief pitchers. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/video...

The AGO might be a safer place.

An Air Canada flight right now

Here's a gift link to the interactive map of @margaretatwood.bsky.social #Toronto We had several authors read from her books and talk about Atwood's significance to them. #booksky #reading #margaretatwood www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/129d895...

Speaking of worthy Canadian stuff ... “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative” is a long-running joke as journalism's most boring headline ... and yet look it up, it's quite relevant today ... It's a 1986 New York Times column about Canada's efforts to convince the US of the merits of free trade.

Little-known worthy Canadian contribution. Alfa, Bravo, Charlie. The phonetic spelling familiar to fliers, soldiers and reporters listening to police scanners. Implemented Nov. 1, 1951, it was developed by ICAO with University of Montreal linguist Jean-Paul Vinay. web.archive.org/web/20190212...

"Mountbatten Windsor is in line to receive a large one-off payment and an annual stipend designed to prevent him overspending in his new life as a commoner"

Sweden’s Saab AB and Bombardier Inc. are in discussions to build the Saab Gripen fighter-jet in Canada. "... would not say who the buyers of any Canadian-made Gripens would be. The two known possible clients are the Royal Canadian Air Force ... and Ukraine’s military"

My bit: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Canadá, inundada por el logo de los Blue Jays, un dibujo con raíces españolas efesportbusiness.com/noticias/can...

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

@danhaugen.bsky.social killed it with this Halloween costume.

Nifty Blue Jays item from @pippanorman.bsky.social: A decade ago, Sid Berliner walked out of a playoff game with a fly ball that Ben Revere threw into the crowd. But Berliner, now 17, didn’t catch it. Peter Hwang did, and when he saw 7-year-old Berliner, he gave it up to the wide-eyed youngster...

Just remembering when I changed my Facebook name to Andrea Boo 👻 for Halloween without realizing it only lets you change it once every 60 days and was stuck messaging sources like that until Christmas

of all the trutherisms moon landing trutherism is the one I think I'm most irrationally angry about?

An amazing obituary with an unexpected appearance by the Raelian movement, a cult known for UFO belief and sexual libertinism.

A “ding-dong-ditch” prank in South Florida devolved into a confrontation involving a gun, a homeowner under arrest, and questions about whether teens are taking the prank dangerously too far.

What I learned from this piece: the New York Times' corresponding headline that day was ... “Ford, Castigating City, Asserts He’d Veto Federal Bailout; Offers Bankruptcy Bill”

Back in 2020, I profiled a random Long Island dad named Bill DeBlasio, who constantly received vicious hate mail intended for Bill de Blasio. This is the same guy who just pranked The Times of London into publishing anti-Zohran quotes from Mayor de Blasio. God, I miss MEL Magazine.

Revisiting some of my favourite Moe-dern Art pieces this month! Only a couple left! This is Edward Moe-pper.

Jays' catcher Tyler Heineman shares a video of Trey Yesavage fulfilling rookie duties... after striking out 12 in the World Series. 🤣🍻 (🎥: IG/theineman13)

«Appelez le 1-800-DOUG», a lancé le premier ministre de l’Ontario, Doug Ford, en s’adressant aux médecins du Québec qui envisagent de déplacer leur pratique dans sa province. #onpoli #AssNat #PolQc www.ledroit.com/actualites/2...

Delighted to wake up and see in @theglobeandmail.com photos taken at World Series games less than 24 hours apart by an old student paper friend, the very talented Barbara Davidson, aka @photospice.bsky.social. On the website, the thrill of victory. In print edition, the agony of defeat. #BlueJays

Roomba should have been a warning.

#Moon Gift link to a very nice photo-essay on our glorious Moon. (Multi-media, I viewed on iPad) ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

«votre média n’était absolument pas inclus dans notre liste à exclure»

OpenAI’s Sora: When Seeing Should Not Be Believing New text-to-video tool from the leading AI company generates convincing videos advancing false claims 80 percent of the time when prompted to do so, a NewsGuard analysis found www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo...

Second prize went to Canada's Kevin Chen.

Job opening. The Globe and Mail is seeking a Quebec-based reporter to team up with Eric Andrew-Gee. jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/theglo...