My family forced me to watch Wicked, and I have to say, Ariana Grande is a really good comedic actor. I was not expecting that!

It's weird that this had to be a formal agreement, no? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/a...

Very complete, pretty much.

I’m helping clean out my parents’ basement, so if anyone wants one hundred 80-year old screwdrivers, I can hook you up.

Wild graphic

Both can be true!

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies. n.pr/4sig14N

As the US midterms approach, states get to work invalidating IDs. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Canada supports the attack on Iran. www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...

Canada’s immediate support for the Iran attack, and the surprise with which I think many are responding to it, is kind of a reminder that despite our Prime Minister’s oratory prowess, the philosophy behind our foreign policy is still rather hard to pinpoint.

“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Trump, 11/1/24 “I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” - Trump, 11/5/24

Very strange reply to my request for comment from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

This Tyler Ballgame fellow has an incredible voice — and an interesting sense of melody youtu.be/rfThtEqd1cc?...

When he said, when they said repent I wonder what they meant, I wonder what he meant

The best part of this story is the note at the end that TMZ reached out to Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers, I guess to comment on whether it’s true that she stinks. www.tmz.com/2026/02/24/g...

”In November, Brende denied having any contact with Epstein – but has since admitted to knowing him after their relationship came to light following the release of documents by the US DOJ.” It’s striking how many people will just outright lie until there’s proof www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I was an extra for a romance movie in the fall and learned that the extras all mime conversations to keep the set quiet. Now I’m SO distracted any time I see two extras flapping their lips on TV

In the season finale of Tubby, Alan‘s ex-wife questions him on whether this entire project — this podcast — is hurting him. She also tells some great stories about how his obsession with weight affected their lives together. Alan remembers things differently. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Oh.

I don’t much trust these kinds of rankings, but I do really like Little Victories! It’s in a great old building, the coffee is solid, and so are the pastries. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

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If Bluesky really did have the juice, my feed wouldn’t be full of people losing their minds every time someone insults it.

There are stretches of Ottawa‘s Centretown you could drop in Toronto and they would be some people‘s favourite part of the city. But those same people will say Ottawa sucks.

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The IOC is taking the TC Tuggers approach to future Olympic Games: www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...

What comes after the US's Supreme Court's tariff ruling? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

The thing that shocks me about this story is there was a table read of The Interview and people thought it was funny. www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...

Incredible. That Brad Pitt and Tim Cruise AI fight video that Hollywood was losing their minds over appears to just be a reskinned fight scene. www.avclub.com/tom-cruise-b...

Travels in Quebec healthcare: my ear has been blocked for a few days. It’s uncomfortable, but also kind of interferes with my work editing podcasts. I tried some home solutions, with no success. I called my doctor’s clinic to get it looked at. They told me to call a CLSC or pharmacy.

Some quick math. Adding Matt Jeneroux brings the Liberals to 169 MPs and the opposition down to 171 MPs. There are three vacancies: University-Rosedale, Scarborough Southwest and Terrebonne. Winning all three would give the Liberals a majority.

Scoop: Ring's CEO told staff Search Party is not going to be just for dogs, according to a leaked email I obtained. Said it is "first for finding dogs" before suggesting it would be expanded to be used for crime: www.404media.co/leaked-email...

My Beginning of the End. Navigating a complex health crisis in a dysfunctional Canadian medical system. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Paul Watson on his battle with polycystic kidney disease. paulrwatson.substack.com/p/my-beginni... via @dmrider.bsky.social #PKD

The Great Faceplant of Bari Weiss continues

Heard my cat crying downstairs, which she does when anyone leaves the house. So I called her. She came up to my office, tried to jump on my lap, and just bounced off the side of my chair and wiped out on the floor. She stared at me for a moment, and now she’s downstairs crying again.

Do we file this under “nepotism” or “inter-generational trauma”? www.msn.com/en-us/movies...

I don’t like how negative this guy is being about his incredible shoes that I’m jealous of www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...

Good stuff here

I do though. Everyone hates me 364 days of the year. Let me have this.

At least one Meta employee thinks it's a good time to add facial recognition technology to glasses because we're too distracted by fascism to effectively protest www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

This is not the type of thing I normally say, but you really oughta watch this incredible ice dance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYq2...

I might get back into the Black Keys now that they look like a local lawyer band

CALLED IT www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...

“We see a continuous flow of these weapons from the United States and Europe. They know these weapons do not distinguish between a fighter and a child, yet they continue to send them.” www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Who among us hasn’t lunched with a sex offender when we’re passing through the neighbourhood ? ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-told-p...

I don’t want to see men wearing toques inside. Why do I keep getting fed videos of men wearing toques inside?

I just watched Scorsese’s After Hours, which is like a screwball comedy with the pace and atmosphere of Taxi Driver. It‘s not perfect, but I’ve never seen another movie quite like it.

Trump's mad that Canada built a bridge to America. globalnews.ca/news/1166021...

A man in rural Kentucky opens his computer. A tear rolls down his cheek. "Thank you Mr. President," he says aloud. "I won't be a Panican." He takes a bite of his $97 omelette.

Bodies are terrifying. I had some symptoms of sleep apnea, so I did a sleep test. It turns out on average I stop breathing for 20 seconds every 6 minutes as I sleep. Often my body sorts it out without waking me. Our bodies are basically just trying not to die all the time.