Spotted this great display of classic pocket books last month at Doug Miller Books on Bloor.

Canada is off to a quick start in 2026, but nobody seems to know where we’re going, @justinling.ca writes www.thestar.com/opinion/star... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

O’Hara & Candy, SCTV 1977. Brilliant. (They acted rings around their colleagues in this sketch…) youtu.be/KZBY4Z-qces

Trump negotiators don’t approach Russia-Ukraine talks as “if we can get Russia to stop attacking, then there will be peace.” They approach it as “if we can get Ukraine to surrender, then we can make a lot of money.”

There’s going to another round of billionaires saying they’re going to leave New York cuz of this

Read all about it! Cops arrested! Several guilty of past offences! …Good to remember it’s been almost 2 years since Chief ordered an OPP investigation into the 3 cops who apparently* lied & colluded to convict an innocent man (Umar Zander) of murder. Not a word since. *According to trial judge.

Every American needs to watch this:

Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Happy 45 anniversary of the Toronto bathhouse raids to all who celebrate. Our current police chief was one of the officers behind the 2000 "Pussy Palace" lesbian bathhouse raid. History is not so old.

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT heritage plaque unveiled.

Constant intimidation (from 2024)

Shakespeare: timeless, timely, prescient, brilliantly performed.

The long-winding saga for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT goes back further than you think... Check out this super fun and interactive timeline made by McKenna Hart with words from me! thestar.com/interactives... via @thestar.com

City of Toronto public statements: we care about cyclist safety and have a plan to plow bike lanes. City of Toronto at 1pm today:

“You Are the Worst Reporter.” — Trump vs. Kaitlan Collins Is Everything You’d Expect

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

This should be standard for every transit system. And they should have to do it twice a year, in July & January because the January trip will show the flaws in stark detail.

Thinking of Bezos's wedding that took over Venice last summer.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former leader, killed in Libya https://aje.news/d6y254

It's Elmo's birthday

holy shit

Additions in the comments.

People on bikes, it's time we "smash" the snow out of those bike lanes! Email [email protected] / send in a service request www.toronto.ca/311. Clear those bike lanes & sidewalks! Thanks #NotSafe4BikesTO for the inspiration, you love to see it: www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/letter-...

America the Beautiful, revised: “O beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. Kids tear-gassed at a bike ride protest…”

Yes!!! www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca...

“Extras” at the Iranian protest today in Toronto: appropriately placed messages to Trump, and a left over from the ant-vax glory days: the never-going-away F*ck Trudeau flag, with a “Full Send” flag. “They Lied” bike sticker, and a “King Reza Pahlavi” sign.

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.

Searing text in this judicial decision to release Liam Ramos “Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.“

We didn’t think the leopards would eat the resale value on our houses.

More from Toronto

“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”

It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.

And the Toronto ride…

Didn’t get great pics bc I can’t bike with one hand but the NYC ride for Alex Pretti was huge—this is the back! My favorite part was biking through another protest and all of us cheering for each other

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

The full run of SCTV for free. God bless and keep the Internet Archive.

Not a bad clip to surface today. A reminder of how relations across that border have been and could be

Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”

Dozens of bike rides around US, Canada & Europe today in memory of cyclist Alex Pretti & other ICE victims. Christie Pits to the US Consulate.

Winter biking #1 of 2:

It will forever be a mystery how Richard Branson came up with the name for his companies.

Enjoying everyone post their faves. I love @merriam-webster.com’s take on her Shitts verbiage Then there’s this! youtu.be/Uoatg0CJxtM

I love this interview with Catherine O'Hara from when she was 24 because it proves that she was always hilarious. www.youtube.com/shorts/thKbA...

Forget the Me***ia BS, the big news this weekend, is the late Fela Kuti getting a Lifetime Achievement Grammy! I put little credence into major award events, but this is terrific news. Take in one of his classic 15 minute jams, Pansa Pansa from 1978👇 Volume up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr8o...

Best thread here by @jhoffman.bsky.social braving a showing of MELANIA. Worth a look.

“To call Melania vapid would do a disservice to the plumes of florid vape smoke that linger around British teenagers.”

Who's he fighting? I would have thought more than 100,000 people would want to see him get his ass kicked.