Nevermind actual footage, the IOC had a twitter account that yelled at big accounts that used the official hashtags without paying them, including the Pope:

Congratulations on an unbelievable career to one of the best to ever do it.

Friday 5x5:

The Globe reports that lawful access coming back yet again. Last version included expansive warrantless access rules. Piece notably cites to internal CSIS emails celebrating the inclusion of lawful access in Bill C-2 days before the bill introduced. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

A nice thing about being in my mid-30s is that nostalgia tours are pandering to me specifically

The fact that both are quite experienced—8 years and 12 years with CBP—is yet more evidence that CBP should be abolished and all of its agents fired. There's no way to "reform" or "retrain" that, it's just a violent gang with badges.

2010 Gary Anandasangaree: a human rights lawyer who showed up in Esquimalt to assist the refugees on the MV Sun Sea. 2020 Gary Anandasangaree, already an MP: 'CBSA and the RCMP dehumanized, harassed, and broke migrants while deporting a refugee to his death' 2026 Gary Anandasangaree, as a Minister:

2026 Albums Thread If it's not on here on the first of the month, I haven't listened to it - feel free to suggest albums from this year you think I'd enjoy.

Congratulations to Mark Carney on his reelection, I guess

Tucker Poolman now knows what ended his NHL career. He has been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. For the first time, he tells the whole story - from the onset of symptoms to his acceptance that he'll forever live with the disease. Read it here: www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-h...

Friday 5x5: started to go back and listen to the big albums of 2016 for their 10th anniversary because that's the year I listened to the least music from ~2003-2025 (I was sick for most of it/not listening to anything)

I can't make it to Prince George today for the early listening/release event but I don't think I can come up with a theoretical album more made for me than "Ratboys' Narrow Stairs"

This is the GM firing an assistant coach and hoping that will be the end of the questions, except with fascism.

a guy currently on a nuclear submarine was playing crusader kings 3, bragged about it on the subreddit for the game, and leaked his location. it may not match the war thunder forums in quantity but it’s up there in quality

This album was originally sold to me as sounding 'somewhere between John K Samson and Wild Pink', would recommend if that is anywhere close to as big a selling point for you

Friday 5x5: finished up the 40 albums from 2006, was sent a top 10 list of Quebecois albums, and bought my first concert tickets of the year

Saw this and got kind of worried we're either at or near a Waxahatchee saturation point. Having listened I can say I'm not there yet

A problem with the @pitchfork.com subscription that was not a problem for @stereogum.com - the free account is better: "But to … see the reader scores, and comment yourself or read the comments of others, you’ll have to smash subscribe." pitchfork.com/news/a-new-e...

Friday 5x5: 8 2026 albums, 8 2006 albums, 9 anything else

I would pay at least double the standard fees for an option during leadership elections to 'join this party but not our mailing list'

If this is as good as the singles + premature premature evaluations suggest it is, I may have my #1 album of 2026 locked up in February

Friday 5x5: restarted the 1001 albums generator

Lawyers getting in trouble for using hallucinating AI in submissions isn't new anymore, but I've never seen one with a 100% error rate. It's honestly impressive how bad Grok was at this. [10] Not a single proposition of law in any of the applicant’s materials is supported by a reliable authority.

Switched fully over to Tidal this week. I missed the audio control but there are definitely still some kinks to fix

This is quite an important point; if you are a UK citizen with Twitter on your phone, opening it up is like playing Russian roulette that the algorithm might commit a strict liability offence on your behalf.

Oh and Friday 5x5 has a few honourable mentions that missed the cut, everything after the first album only has one play

Some general thoughts on the year: - There were a bunch of new or new-to-me artists who put out albums good enough to make up for releases by some musicians I would have expected to be locks for the list before the year started. I'd call them disappointing over bad, but some unexpected steps back.

Of the 651 albums I listened to, here's my top 50 albums of 2025:

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 🧵

The Hoosiers are the only team that can save us from a 16 team playoff (if the bye is a problem they should go to 8)

Listened to 651 albums this year (+68 from last year), mapped out 298: 🇺🇸 100: 🇨🇦 71: 🇬🇧 50: 🇦🇺 10: 🇸🇪 9: 🇮🇪 8: 🇳🇿 7: 🇯🇵 6: 🇳🇬 5: 🇧🇷🇩🇪 4: 🇨🇱🇩🇰🇸🇬🇺🇦 3: 🇨🇴🇬🇭🇬🇹🇮🇹🇳🇪🇰🇷🇪🇸 2: 🇦🇷🇲🇱🇲🇽🇳🇴🇵🇱🇵🇹🇵🇷🇷🇺🇺🇳 1: 🇦🇴🇧🇪🇨🇩🇪🇬🇸🇻🇪🇹🇬🇷🇭🇳🇮🇸🇮🇩🇮🇷🇰🇿🇳🇱🇵🇦🇵🇪🇸🇳🇸🇮🇿🇦🇹🇿🇹🇭🇹🇳🇻🇪

Knew I hit a high for newly released albums this year (651 > 623 in 2023) but turns out I also listened to the most music (since 2014 when I started regularly using lastfm again) by a couple thousand plays Would not have guessed it was higher than 2023 (my last full year of WFH)

Home Is Where - Hunting Season (2025)

What did Blackwood promise the team for getting Binnington pulled in the first?

Remembering when Corrine Schroeder played her way onto team Canada for the 2024 rivalry series ahead of Kristen Campbell despite Campbell being the starting goalie for Canada's GM and Head Coach's PWHL team today for some reason or another

2022 🤞

This new format is better and much easier to use but it ends the era of tracking how much faith Stereogum had in Masochism actually coming out (#5 most anticipated in 2021, #4 in 2022, #3 in 2023, #9 in 2024). RIP.

Friday 5x5: mostly to avoid breaking the streak, nothing new or unexpected on here

Every list season I find an album I'd missed that would have made my personal list had I heard it earlier in the year & an acclaimed album I don't understand the hype for at all. Have now figured out 2025's editions of both. This Ben Kweller album's good enough I'll keep it in consideration anyways

Strangely, this understates the significance of the stat. It makes it seem like it's since 2018 (when Air Canada's 20-year naming rights expired and Scotiabank took over) but per hockeydb it's the lowest non-pandemic Leafs home attendance in the history of the building, not just the name.

Friday 5x5: catching up on 2025 albums I missed

These get less believable every year but Barack's indie staffer still has good taste

BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Friday 5x5: three albums from last week, twenty-two from the rest of this year

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Admittedly did not see this tweet making its way into music writing but here we are

The combination Horseshoe Tavern Beths show/Kawhi news dropping night is a core Toronto memory for a specific group of people

Friday 5x5: some new last week but also starting to catch up on albums I missed this year

We are now two team names/brand identities past the time travelling suburban soccer robot who had an Eastern European last name and looked like he was wearing tefillin

Preseason PWHL standings prediction: Vancouver Montreal Toronto Seattle New York Ottawa Minnesota Boston