Congress set the 39% cap in a 2004 law. "Brendan Carr cannot undo the limit that Congress set just because he feels like it." - Free Press' @mattfieldwood.bsky.social via @cnn.com https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/15/media/fcc-carr-trump-broadcasters-sinclair-nexstar

A group of TO civil society leaders (in a sea of people who aren't saying a peep) have created TO Reality Check to oppose the Island Airport expansion. Give them some time + share where you can. They've made it easy to send a letter to Liberal MPs who could stop all this today. torealitycheck.ca

At ten years old Joe Fornasier suddenly went blind. Doctors told him he'd never play hockey again. Today he is one of the most recognizable names in accessible sports. This is how Fornasier became the face of Blind Hockey. Word for @theglobeandmail.com. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/8945558...

Me trying to calculate the risk/reward of taking walks and eating fresh produce -- all boringly good things for your health! -- vs the heat/smoke apocalypse and the prospect of explosive diarrhea. This is not how I wanted to expend my brain power.

Balint on Hegseth's obsession with testosterone and his attacks on women in combat: "I think it is indicative of the fact that there are so many people in this administration that have some weird, intense, homoerotic, feelings towards men while also being incredibly homophobic..."

In collaboration with the Munk School, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at @utoronto.ca this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Watch the first lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/new-lectur...

New & Notable: Woozy, jazzy, and just a little bit trip-hoppy, Vice beats and Rightkeysonly summon a laid-back vibe on their latest.

The fact that Carney is posting this today shows that he genuinely doesn't give a single solitary shit about the climate crisis that is BURNING SWATHS OF CANADA AS WE SPEAK

Pretrial held for MPP Chris Scott's assault case

What you've heard about Canada's trade dependence on the US, is probably wrong. www.linkedin.com/posts/jon-sh...

…And the Cons keep on grifting….

Canadian friends, please sign. This is a non-negotiable.

“…the single most subversive move available to a member of a collapsing civilization… They found the people who could not be bought.”

A new report by the UN reveals the administration’s caused the worst-ever setbacks in official development assistance www.jezebel.com/at-least-1-m...

I signed this public letter to spur on Alberta to adopt anti-SLAPP legislation. I encourage other individuals and organizations to do the same. antislappalberta.ca

“What towns ultimately wind up getting is a giant fenced-off campus that drives up local power rates (or worse) and can pollute or strain the local water supply.”

"Alas for this delightfully brief and tidy answer, it is far from universally accepted."

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

I feel like I just scream into the void, continuously, at this point.

The purchase of dozens of farm properties by two U.S. billionaires has prompted a small B.C. community to call for restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

Just finished my Waverly Jones reread and I kinda want to read them again. There are so many little things I miss (cuz I'm not an analytical reader, I'm here for the vibes) and each reread has given me new insights. Plus I just love Waverly. @skyladawn.ca has created an amazing and nuanced character

Are these lawyers high? “In the filing, a team of five federal lawyers denies First Nations have a distinctly Indigenous interest in drinking water, asserting that FNs’ interest in their own reserve land doesn't include water because ‘water is not attached to land, but flows under and around it’"

Had my first chemo treatment this week, and I’ve been feeling really rough - much more than anticipated. This blog entry helped. I’m still here, too, and that’s something. Maybe you need a reminder, too?

Charles de Lint is a scab, pass it on. Writers, we do not do this shit. We stand with our fellow creative laborers and we hold the fucking line.

"A safer Ontario is a Doug Ford free Ontario."

Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @theatlantic.com cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

From a 2017 article I wrote on Graham and Trump: "Graham may be remembered as the Republican who once saw the light -- and then decided to extinguish it." www.fastcompany.com/40507354/wit...

He is not wrong... "I want my younger generation and the generations down the road to not have to buy their blueberries from Panama or some foreign country that may not feed us. Are we always going to get fed by the United States? I don't think so." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Alberta Data Centre 🤬 More information about where the power is coming from FFS Dani Shitty bragged about reading DonOlds Book - he’s bankrupted every business he touches She’s no better failed healthcare failed Education failed disabled

Susan Collins is the reason women today have less rights than women twenty years ago. #NeverForget #MyBodyMyChoice #ProudBlue#Voices4Victory #OneV1 www.politico.com/live-updates...

If you saw someone getting groped on the train, would you step in? If you heard a man going on a racist tirade in a Costco, would you intervene? Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 ways you can safely de-escalate harassment in public spaces. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A media expert offered a grim diagnosis of CBS News' "turmoil" under Bari Weiss and noted it's hitting record lows.

“…Financial Times and AI safety group Alice easily tricked Google and Meta AI models into divulging how to carry out chlorine gas attacks, steal credit information, and describe stories of child sexual abuse.” I’m sorry, but is this a SURPRISE to anyone? …Anyone…?!

cognitive surrender, you can ban it www.reuters.com/technology/n...

The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . .

The Russian fairytale of Vasilisa the Beautiful (or Vasilisa the Brave) tells of her encounter with Baba Yaga, a terrifying witch who lives deep in the forest in a hut with chicken’s legs. Guided only by her trusty doll, the fearsome ordeal ends up changing her life forever. #IndigenousWisdom

If you care about saving what's left of Toronto's waterfront from Doug Ford's greasy, greedy plans to expand the island airport and add jets to the downtown core, please join this march and rally on Sunday, July 26. Event info here: act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/194959/event/1 #NoJetsTO

Poilievre campaigned on fixing Canada's finances. His party brought in $84.6M, spent nearly $100M, ended 2025 with a $14M deficit and almost $5M in net debt. CBC dug into the Elections Canada filings so Canadians could see the numbers, not just the convenient political slogans.

New research indicates that state voter registration lists — a common administration target — are actually accurate and up to date. And both blue and red states are largely doing a good job maintaining their lists. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

“I reject the idea that we have to be slaves to surveillance capitalism in order to participate in the modern economy,” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What if the law Canadians need to regulate surveillance pricing already exists? Writer Emily Osborne argues the Telecommunications Act already prohibits unjust discrimination, a principle that could be applied more broadly across the economy. https://thewalrus.ca/stop-surveillance-pricing/

Big shocker….

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBs_... Literary icon Margaret Atwood on why The Handmaid’s Tale no longer feels like fiction. In this interview with FRANCE 24’s Eve Jackson, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale reflects on US President Donald Trump, the expanding book bans in the United States,

Is Carney protecting both corporations & friends by ditching the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise? It's kinda outrageous. "Under Mark Carney's leadership, global investment firm Brookfield was accused of breaching Indigenous rights or harming the environment in at least 4 countries"

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person living through an Ontario summer must be in want of a dock on a lake

Canadian corporations violating human rights abroad is not a concern of a neoliberal like Carney. Even the UN's Human Rights Committee recommended that Canada "urgently appoint" a new watchdog after the role was vacant for over 1 year. #cdnpoli #canada www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“The extra energy trapped in the system seems to be the result of the planet reflecting less sunlight back to space. That’s partly the result of bright-white ice turning into darker, heat-absorbing sea water. But the bigger concern is that reflective, low-lying clouds may be going missing.”

As an added bonus we wouldn't have to crowd-fund to rebuild 24 Sussex Dr. Petition calls on federal government to end funding for Official Opposition leader’s Ottawa residence www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...