Dozens of empty Waymos invaded an Atlanta neighborhood and circled a cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

HUGE: Alberta judge quashes the separatists' referendum petition, in major victory for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Blackfoot confederation. Justice Shaina Leonard: "the Crown failed to meet its duty to consult"

Crave loves to stop your show every 3 minutes to tell you other shows you could be watching on Crave.

Motorcycle ledt dangling from traffic light after crash www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I break down the saga of separatists, voter list abuse and an ever-spiralling mess that's emerged on today's Front Burner pod. The FB team NAILED the episode's title. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

I haven’t engaged much with the Greatest Living US songwriters list, because these things are always bait. But I found it really interesting to hear what they were trying to do, and how they wrestled with all of the limits of an ultimately impossible task. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

it always blows my mind to think about how it took until 1918 for cities to agree what time it was

I went to Costco today and ordered a slice of pizza on the way out. I saw what I was pretty sure was my order coming, when a guy walked up and asked where his food was. The cook, who seemed very stressed, checked his ticket and said he ordered 90 minutes ago and his food was gone.

I stumbled upon this old article about how Cineplex paid their pre-show hosts in Scene points.

I’m currently working extended shifts Sunday to Wednesday and it’s really messing with my already-fragile sense of time. Anyway, happy Friday!

An anonymous Canadian claims that after he tweeted about the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Goode, DHS demanded Google hand over his information “including his name, address, location data, and credit card and bank account numbers.” He’s suing to stop them. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Canada's Department of National Defence is claiming it has *zero* records regarding NATO's 5% GDP military spending target.

Ashley MacIsaac claims Google’s AI overview falsely stated he’s a registered sex offender www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9...

Mike Isaac (AKA Rat King) came on Front Burner today to talk about the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial. Fun chat! www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Oh no, what are we gonna do

Name Your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only I Think You Should Leave Better Call Saul Patriot The Rehearsal Looney Tunes Kids in the Hall Bojack Horseman King of the Hill Doctor Who Star Trek (original series) The Simpsons Mad Men Twin Peaks Louie (sorry, it’s true) Barry

Weekend plans with the boys

Reminder

When they revive a TV show, the actors should swap characters for fun. No one remembers anyhow.

Oh. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Incredible sentence

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

I threw my hot academia take into the group chat, which is that you should be forced to defend your PhD to a panel of people you went to elementary school with. Now, there is an earnest, heated battle happening over whether or not this should apply to things like nuclear physics.

My least favourite Ghostbuster. This actually makes me mad. They couldn’t decide if she was a complete nerd or the coolest person on earth.

A mini-scoop included in my @theglobeandmail.com Report on Business cover story today: Sources inside Bell Media say that Crave’s HBO/Warner Bros. content is safely positioned in a deal lasting “well into the next decade,” no matter if Paramount acquires WBD or not.

There’s a crazy story with accusations of gerrymandering going on over in Alberta.

The world is full of treasures

"The government has introduced a bill to charge cryptocurrency operations and data centres up to 100 per cent higher rates for electricity... Finance Minister Adrien Sala has said the changes are needed because cryptocurrency mines provide low economic value while using substantial electricity."

One of my favourite things about record collecting is I end up listening to stuff I would never play on Spotify. I just got a haul from a neighbour that includes Queen II. It has zero of their hits, but it’s more psychedelic than I expected, and making me like Queen. Check out these song titles…

Oh: A 2022 study found that children in households that used voice commands with tools like Siri and Alexa became curt when speaking with humans, often calling out “Hey, do X” and expecting obedience, especially from anyone whose voice resembled the default-female electronic voices.

I find it weird how dismissive people are about the Wired Geese article. A PR firm used a bunch of fake accounts to get the band on the radar. That’s straight up deception. Yet I keep seeing takes like this. You don’t care that you’re being lied to? Okay, cool. exclaim.ca/music/articl...

I know it's early and these preliminary results don't mean anything, BUT it still feels like a weird omen that the Liberals and the Bloc are once again one vote apart in Terrebonne

Oof. Many of us are feeling this, but it’s hard to read from one of the best podcasters in the biz.

The great thing about working out at home is you don’t have to change into gym clothes. You can just take off your pants.

New Premier dropped. Here’s a good profile: montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...

Why did you include a picture of @pattonoswalt.bsky.social?

Oh god, is he dead??

The boycott of the Giller Prize is over, as all three demands have successfully been met Reporting from @rdassaly.bsky.social for @thegrindto.bsky.social here: www.thegrindmag.ca/organizers-e... Campaign statement here: www.canlitresponds.ca/boycott-succ...

You can read the whole thread or just this tweet. It’s great either way.

The Claude logo is just the Kurt Vonnegut butthole doodle

From a local cafe. I am both intrigued and disgusted.

“We guarantee our wigs aren’t made from hair off dead bodies.”

If you haven't heard of Angine de Poitrine, 1) I assume you live in English Canada, and 2) you should watch this. These guys from Saguenay are blowing up around the world. The costumes and this guitar could all be a gimmick if the music wasn't so infectious! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...

This is cool! Damian Abraham launched a production company which bills itself as “a home for stories that are raw, strange, and often overlooked.” That includes music documentaries and more surprisingly a comedy series Abraham cowrote with a guy from the Halluci-Nation. exclaim.ca/music/articl...

I’ve been having trouble getting into narrative podcasts lately. A rigid formula has developed. I know the music cues. I can see the story beats coming. And that slow, measured narration really bugs me. This show isn’t like that. It totally sucked me in. loveandradio.org/2026/02/bloo...

This story about tourism dropping in Niagara Falls (US) has a hilarious detail where the guy who runs the tourist bureau admits he used to help Canadian shoppers evade duties by changing into their new clothes. It’s not clear if he realized he was doing that. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Company Retreat is not nearly as funny as Jury Duty, and I think you can broadly chalk it up to weak characters, but specifially a lack of Edy Modica.

Pierre Poilievre sides with the IOC in banning trans athletes in women's Olympic sports.

Ottawa's mayor has stepped up his game since @defector.com wrote an article about his "grim" daily photos.