Jordan Ross
@jordanross.bsky.social
Winnipeg writer, photographer, and book reviewer. Former newspaper reporter. “Well I can tell you about the river, or we could just get in.” -Bill Callahan
Great op-ed by the CMHR CEO: Palestinian Canadian stories belong
Opinion: Palestinian Canadian stories belong
winnipegfreepress.com
Loved this piece. Great photos, and great insights on the creative process.
A Celebrity Photographer’s Hidden Stash of Polaroids
For two decades, Emily Shur, who shot for glossy magazines in the early 2000s, has been sitting on a trove of images from a bygone era of fame.
newyorker.com
A moving story, told well by @benwaldman.bsky.social. Tough to read about the ordeal Jacob went through. I enjoy his music and I’m looking forward to his new album and his Folk Fest performances.
Songwriter reckons with past, present on new album
Grab a kitchen scale and you’ll quickly see that Jacob Brodovsky’s newest LP is exactly the same weight as his last one, but Tell the Kids We Tried is still the heaviest music released by the singer-s...
winnipegfreepress.com
“A Snapchat strategy document referred to classroom phone use as ‘under the desk’ time.”
‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School
nytimes.com
“And just in case I don’t see ya—good afternoon, good evening, and good night.”
Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 2mo agoThe Truman Show was released in theaters on this day in 1998 📺
Dang. RIP Half Pints 🙁 Stir Stick Stout and Lil Scrapper got me into craft beer.
Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 3mo agoIn the mid-2010s, the Manitoba government reduced many of the prohibitive regulations around opening craft breweries in the province — and in the years that followed, waves of new breweries, brew pubs and contract brewers opened their doors.
Quite the birding anecdote in the New Yorker’s interview with a passenger on the hantavirus cruise.
Nice to see Jill Lepore win a Pulitzer. Here’s my favourite New Yorker piece from her, from 2019.
The Lingering of Loss
My best friend left her laptop to me in her will. Twenty years later, I turned it on and began my inquest.
newyorker.com
Great piece by @jennpelly.bsky.social (and finally, some justice Highway Companion, which lived in my first car’s CD player). All three advance singles from Little Wide Open point to it being the album Morby was born to make. Very excited for this one.
Life & Death in Kevin Morby’s Midwest
On the eve of fatherhood, Kevin Morby is celebrating a life less haunted. We visit the singer-songwriter at his home outside Kansas City to drink some beers, talk about his sprawlingly intimate new al...
pitchfork.com
For today’s Winnipeg Free Press Books section, I reviewed #LondonFalling, the new one from @praddenkeefe.bsky.social. I wrote 600 words but I really only needed five: He’s done it again, folks!
Late teen’s dealings with London’s criminal underworld unpacked in riveting, remarkable account
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
winnipegfreepress.com
Great thread here by The New Yorker’s Michael Schulman 👇
Michael Schulman@michaelschulman.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis is all reminding me of a conversation I had recently with an old friend who works in tech and extremely gung-ho about AI. When I told him about my process for writing a long New Yorker piece, he was absolutely sure that AI could make it more "efficient." / www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
Hun, come quick, the New York Times is writing about pluma moos
This Old-Fashioned Dish Deserves a Place on Your Easter Table
Pluma moos, a rich, jammy side made from dried fruit, has long accompanied holiday ham and potatoes for Mennonite families in Kansas.
cooking.nytimes.com
I’m a huge fan of Cass McCombs, one of the best Folk Fest sets I’ve ever seen. I recently made an Apple Music playlist of all my fav Cass cuts: music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...
Choice Cuts o’ Cass by Jordan Ross on Apple Music
Playlist · 21 Songs
music.apple.com
Scott Lapatine@scott.stereogum.com · 5mo ago“Cass McCombs is, in my opinion, the greatest singer/songwriter in the world,” said Adam Friedland, introducing the artist in NYC tonight. McCombs made a compelling case for the superlative at LPR, delivering a revelatory two-hour set of psych-folk and indie rock to kick off a North American tour.
Good piece that illuminates a few things.
Lay It Down | Hazlitt
People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.
hazlitt.net
Fantastic match between Sinner and Fonseca just now. Two nervy sets. Great tennis.
Only now noticing Hannah Cohen’s name in the 2026 @winnipegfolkfest.bsky.social lineup. She put out a great record last year called Earthstar Mountain. Light, airy chamber folk. Think Andy Shauf via Laurel Canyon.
Earthstar Mountain by Hannah Cohen on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 10 Songs
music.apple.com
Fun story about Stu Reid, who is at every concert I attend, and always with better seats.
‘A historical document of live music’: Winnipeg man makes mark with poster designs over the years
Stu Reid, a self-described “semi-professional music nerd,” turned his passion for graphic design and illustration into a career that allowed him to design posters for bands and artists coming through ...
ctvnews.ca
If anyone needs me I will be listening to this on repeat.
MUTINY AFTER MIDNIGHT
YouTube video by Johnny Blue Skies
youtu.be
Great column. I don’t like right-on-red as a driver, or as a pedestrian.
Brent Bellamy@brentbellamy.bsky.social · 5mo agoMy column today: If we want neighbourhoods to be walkable and vibrant, people need to feel safe walking and biking. The 1970’s law allowing right turns on red lights prioritizes vehicles over safety. Many cities are now considering banning it in urban areas. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
nytimes.com
First great album of the year has dropped. Long live indie rock ✌️ @ratboysband.bsky.social
Singin’ to an Empty Chair by Ratboys on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 11 Songs
music.apple.com
Great performance on Kimmel last night by Whitney feat. Madison Cunningham.
Whitney ft. Madison Cunningham - Evangeline
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtube.com
Thinking about this thread a lot today.
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 6mo agoI can say without any fear of contradiction that I know as much or more than anyone in modern American journalism about the absolute, no excuses necessity of operating in the black. In many cases much more since if you’re a big player there are lots of creative ways to operate ….
I am sure all of these clever names were the result of genuine wit and not generative AI…
CTV News Winnipeg@ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social · 6mo agoEmperor Plowpatine, Winnie the Plow among winners of Winnipeg’s snowplow name contest
Cheers, Stan! 🍻 A well-earned few small beers.
Cheers! Stan Wawrinka bids farewell at Australian Open with beers and gratitude
Stan Wawrinka bids farewell to the Australian Open after losing to Taylor Fritz. On Saturday, the 40-year-old shared beers with the tournament director and saluted the crowd.
apnews.com
Is anyone else thinking about the Jesse Armstrong movie MOUNTAINHEAD a lot these days