If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists. I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

When authoritarians tell you they like authoritarianism, over and over and over and over and over again, believe them

Belatedly reading about this and as always really important to remind people in *every breath* that when the right talks about “woke” and “DEI” they are talking about the cultural and political wins of the civil rights movement. This arrangement existed for 52 years because of historical activism.

Can we talk about an exciting fall visitor to the yard this week?: Purple Finch! #birds (1/7)

It’s such a bananas story. IO is the org behind Ontario place & the very very secret process of picking a rather shady spa company.

There must be some mistake, I read 50 Atlantic articles about how RFK Jr just wants to help Americans eat more vegetables

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

📌 Historic fascists with plenary authority: • Hitler • Mussolini • Stalin Plenary authority or plenary powers: Absolute and without limitations.

🚨Ontario’s Auditor General says Ford’s Skills Development Fund process was “not fair, transparent or accountable.” 800,000 Ontarians are looking for jobs—and Ford has turned the Skills Development Fund into a personal slush fund. #ONpoli

We’re watching the dismantling of our democracy by Ford’s Conservatives in real time. A poll released yesterday found that a majority of Ontario parents support keeping their trustees. Ford needs to listen to parents and stop this madness. #ONpoli #OntEd

🚨60% of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park's Beachfront lands is at risk. The Ford government is proposing to amend the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act to remove this land from Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. #ONpoli

Ford's gravy train ▶️Pace Law Donate $28,000 Receive $3.3M ▶️King animal hospital Donate $80,000 Receive $1.3M ▶️FGF Brands Donate $66,000 Receive $1.2M Ford is using the $2.5 billion Jobs Training Fund as a personal slush fund Auditor General is investigating www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Labour Minister David Piccini attended the Parisian wedding of a lobbyist after his office awarded the lobbyist’s clients millions of dollars through a training fund program the province’s auditor general described as “not fair, transparent or accountable” www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #onpoli

In May, Ontario proposed selling 650 acres, including 60% of the shoreline of #WasagaBeach Provincial Park. This threatened area is the nesting ground of the endangered #pipingplover, a bird that only recently returned to Ontario after being absent for more than 20 years.

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @vivekmjacob.bsky.social and I react to the Raptors' preseason opener against the Nuggets 🏀Brandon Ingram, he's good! 🏀Mamu's burgeoning 6th man campaign 🏀Finding Scottie's niche, STEALS and more! youtu.be/iHVMBcI7a34

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Marc Maron is the rare comedian who shows us how it should be done www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Dru Oja Jay breaks down how dismantling Canada Post fits into Mark Carney’s austerity agenda breachmedia.ca/why-mark-car...

Ontario labour minister Michael Rudderham attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients $8.5 million in training funds www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

NEW: David Piccini, the minister whose office picks Skills Development Fund recipients, was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients received millions from that fund. From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social. www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

The CBS takeover by Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss is the most foreboding move in a while, and I’m not saying that lightly. It will have an effect on the 2026 elections: CBS will now lie to people and normies will believe it.

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

To be clear those guys are all idiots and the fact that people get their news from comedians who are trying to get a laugh and don't care about a single fucking detail of anything beyond that is very bad

“The Ford government has taken a program, a good program, designed to train workers, and are turning it into a slush fund to reward people connected to the premier,” said Green Party leader Mike Schreiner in an interview." #OnPoli

Taylor Swift fans vs. Donald Trump’s granddaughter: This should be fun #musicnews

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

The Great Enshittening as we enter late stage enshittification www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Amazon - and social media as examples

Surprised to learn there is no such thing as Alberta oil and that it is actually Canada's oil. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As we have been saying for years, "Therme" is not real. It's a front for Leslie Noble and other ex-Ford staffers/insiders to build a casino the mob was promised. As per NYT, they don't have enough cash on hand to buy a semi, let alone build a "spa."

See what's possible with a little effort? Doug Ford is such a loser, a vision less dope who literally fulfills his own stupid prophecies. Electing conservatives is worse than wasting time. It's walking backwards. It's self harm. #onpoli bsky.app/profile/mich...

One path to a successful career as a columnist is to be repeatedly wrong. Not to have unique takes on matters of opinion, but confident declarations proven wrong by events. If you can condescend to people proven right no matter how often you are wrong, the most prominent media would like to pay you.

"This sorry episode demonstrates not just how Toronto forgets its past, but also how the city manages to forget how it forgets its past." @johnlorinc.bsky.social is rightly outraged at the way the new market building ignores the site's significant history spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

With Brad Bradford officially declaring his intention to run for mayor (after using his council position to unofficially campaign for the past two years), it’s important to remember even he doesn’t believe what he’s saying (his voting record shows), so we shouldn’t either. Pure, cynical opportunism.

Bill C-2 is a bad piece of legislation under consideration by the Canadian government. It doesn't reflect the platforms my PM @mark-carney.bsky.social or my MP Lena Diab ran on. It doesn't reflect my values as a voter. More Canadians need to talk about it. Why is C-2 so bad? (1/4)

periodic reminder that a) the TPA's land would return more to the city in tax revenue if its parking lots were redeveloped; b) it's "profits" are entirely the result of accounting fictions; c) it exists solely to subsidize car use and periodically give councillors a lever to placate NIMBYs

New Brunswick, Canada 'Scary' low water levels in N.B. are the new normal, says environmental scientist Low water levels a product of drought and lack of snow from winter, says Colin Forsythe, the executive director of the St. John River Society www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hunt said the situation sends the message that the government cannot be trusted to keep the protected designation on the park. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

INSIDE Toronto Raptors Training Camp 2025: Day Three https://www.lovenba.com/1640757/ INSIDE Toronto Raptors Training Camp 2025: Day Three Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick and Darko Rajakovic were the main topics of conversation during day 3 of Raptors training camp. CMB vs Mogbo Ja’Kobe vs Ochai …

Filled in for Blake on the Raptors Show at Media Day! Interviews with Sandro Mamukelashvili and Collin Murray-Boyles are on the podcast show feed. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

To fully appreciate what this past year has been like for Brandon Ingram, and why he's excited for his fresh start, you need to understand where his love of basketball came from. On the Raptors' soft-spoken star, who's beginning to open up: www.tsn.ca/nba/article/...

New: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies www.propublica.org/article/elon...

New @lockedonraptors.bsky.social where @chelsealeite.bsky.social joins me to try and rank the Raptors bench guys from most to least likely to play heavy rotation minutes. 🏀Gradey the clear 6th man? 🏀Where does Ochai fit in? 🏀Internal competition: it's really good to have! youtu.be/yQIaZF3OadQ

Inside Raptors training camp: day two

The Ford government continues to fail Ontario. I wonder how many of those lobbyists passed along a brown bag or two. #onpoli

Doug Ford’s ‘common-sense conservation’ is a fast track to extinction, experts warn. The #Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development. New from @xavierrichervis.bsky.social: ricochet.media/climate/doug... #onpoli

🤌🏼 Incendiary anti-immigration politics ends when there’s nobody to serve the Wagyu beef. Perfecto. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

JOHN CANDY: A LIFE IN COMEDY by Paul Myers (@pulmyears.bsky.social) is out NEXT WEEK! 🫢📖 ✨ “An insight into the man, John Candy was a revelation to be enjoyed." —Laraine Newman, original cast member of Saturday Night Live Out October 7th, order a copy here: houseofanansi.com/products/joh...

BREAKING Dr. Jane Goodall has died. She was 91. It is impossible to sum up the impact she has had on our world and on science in a social media post. She lived a long and incredible life but I am devastated. Full Story: bit.ly/4pPcNFH

With misinformation everywhere, Fallon’s got a megaphone to millions—and, as predicted, he ducks. “Keep my head down, hit both sides equally” = go soft on Trump and call it balance. 🖕🏻