Kim Ju-ae may or may not be the next ruler of North Korea, but she wears the Black Trenchcoat of Evil very well.

I mourn the loss of the mass-market paperback because you only have so much shelf space!

Big turnout at Rally for Ukraine at Nathan Phillips Square.

So are they going to lock Andrew up in the Tower of London? That's what it's for after all.

2026 basically

And Carney does it again! Is this a record number of floor-crossers? I'm can't quite decide if this make a snap election (bad idea IMHO) more or less likely. Carney might get his majority with the outstanding by-elections, or he might feel he had the wind at his back and go for it.

Hope no one needs to buy a hard drive this year.

There's still a few cars on my street that obviously haven't moved since the giant snow dump three weeks back.

Watching the Men's 10,000m speed skating. Whenever the skaters go around a particular corner, you can hear a coach bellowing inarticulately.

Live Jazz at the ROM member's night (It's jazz week here on Blue sky)

Fern Lindzon and friends playing at the Rez tonight.

Made it into Nerd Market at Hart House. Many vendors. Good crowd. Although everyone bulked up in winter coats makes moving around feel like bumper cars

At Hart House for Nerd Market 6. Long line to get in but it's moving well.

Snowplow clearing the Harbord bike lane #BikeTO.

Here's some good news for a change, the Don River is coming back to live following the construction of its new outlet (and Biidaasige Park).

There's a new diner open at the location of the late lamented Mars Diner.

This is my riding, and people on Blue sky I respect are saying she's first-rate on health care issues.

Here's a petition to force a review of foreign ownership of Canadian Media outlets like Post Media, which is majority owned by a US hedge fund. The link to sign is below.

And it's still coming down.

I'm having an oddly highly productive Monday morning.

The Zamboni cleaning the ice skating track on the Bentway under the Gardiner Expressway.

Just decisively won a game of STONE AGE with 183 points at board game night.

George Monbiot gets it right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jazz last night at Sellers and Newel, a used bookstore that hosts music events (I was sitting next to the Charles Dickens). I've been walking past there for years and always meaning to check one of their shows out, and finally did so. Good evening!

At the counter-demo against the anti-immigrant racists at Nathan Phillips Square this afternoon. Here's my favourite sign.

I like it here on Bluesky, but it still has this toxic habit that is everywhere else on social media: This obsessive need people have to hold others to account for having contrary opinions or analysis. You're not responsible for other people's opinions, and you can't shame them into changing them.

Hurrah! The 2026 cycling season kicks off this Friday with the Vuelta al Táchir, which is in ... Venezuela.

Had my brother over yesterday for our annual Xmas anime marathon. I made dinner, he bought the junk food, and we watched PANZER WORLD GALIANT, an 80s show about a medieval type society with giant robots with a dash of the Prime Directive thrown in. Great fun.

Big turnout at the Dragon Pearl this afternoon for the Anime North Staff Xmas Brunch.

Ice is in at Christie Put rink.

Not a stamp collector but I'm collecting these!

At Zine Dump, a new zine show at the Cecil Community Center

Excellent turnout at Bakka-Phoenix books today for the launch of YEARS BEST Canadian FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, VOL 3.

Hello darkness my old friend... I guess it must be 5 PM...

Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.

At the corner of Avenue and Bloor, the cops had closed the intersection and they escorted a bus through. One of the cops said it was the Dodgers.

Historian Serhii Plokhy at the Festival of Authors talking about his new book on the proliferation of nuclear weapons during the Cold War, which unfortunately seems topical again. His books on the Cuban Missile Crisis and Chernobyl are amazing.

At TYPE books last night to see Cory Doctorow talk about his book ENSHITTIFICATION, about why the internet and nearly everything else is now sh*t and what we can do about it. Something I'm doing is signing up as a supporter of OPENMEDIA.CA because Cory recommended it (there are worse reasons!)

Just got a COVID booster and the flu shot.

Attended the Christie Cross Cyclocross races at Christie Pits this afternoon. Perfect (if cool) weather. Besides the men's and woman's races there were amateur and fixie races, and even one on the city commuter bikes. Wish we had more races in Ontario but there's no sponsorship or gov support.

Attended the Anti-Hate protest opposing a Canada First rally this morning at the north end of Queen's Park. Missed the one at Christie Pits last month (I was out of town) and really wanted to make this one.

My friend Christine is a biochemist, and she was an early victim of the US science cuts, losing her research position in Boston. She's now gotten a position at U of Ottawa, researching using microbes to mine minerals. Good for her and this country.

Great day for a bike ride. It's the time of year when every long weekend ride might be my last until spring, as the weather might turn cold at any time.

Saw Bryan Adams Friday night (please excuse the crappy picture). He was in fine form, it was a great show. "Hi, I'm Bryan. I'm going to perform as many songs as I can remember."

Great article from THE INVISIBLE EVENT for mystery writers / readers on how to hide clues in plain sight.

Really good article about how the mainstreaming of fan culture has lead to increasing corporate control of it.

Tremendous story from THE LOCAL about the harassment Chinese students at Canadian universities are under from their own government.

Tis the season of the University of Toronto college book sales, at the Victoria College sale.

In Quebec City for the Grand Prix Cycle Race, 18 laps through the old city and the Plains of Abraham. Lots of big names here.

It would be nice if all those articles on Charlie Kirk would mention he was a racist and white supremacist instead of just saying he was a "free speech advocate".