From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.

inspired by a post I saw on here and have since lost, I've started reading "AI companies" as "cigarette manufacturers," so something like this becomes "maker of Newports backs bill to fund smoking literacy in schools"

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 3mo ago

the biggest tech companies in the world are endorsing a new bill that would shove AI onto kids in school www.404media.co/literacy-in-...

You too can drop out of community college, be gifted your dad’s company, abuse your dysfunctional brother and ride his popularity to squeak in to become premier of Ontario and then get an honorary doctorate from a third rate US university!

Via @theguardian.com @sulliview.bsky.social “But that can’t take away the stain of what’s already happened: Trump’s…insults to reporters (especially women and journalists of color)…his favorable treatment to media outlets that pull their punches for him. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why are White House journalists partying with Trump? | Margaret Sullivan

The White House correspondents’ dinner has always been a questionable affair. It’s even more worrying under an anti-press administration

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#topoli New from me in @torontostar-rss.bsky.social: With the feds doling out infrastructure mega-$$, a question: why don’t we just give cities the legal authority to raise funds for local projects on their own? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

John Lorinc: Mark Carney’s numbers are big. But shouldn’t the cities and provinces be ponying up?

Why is so much federal money funding projects that are traditionally the purview of local or regional authorities?

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"Few of us will admit to loving coyotes"?? SPEAK FOR YOURSELF I *****LOVE**** Coyotes

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 5mo ago

For the coyote fans, this is a really thoughtful and beautiful piece of photojournalism.

For a full breakdown on how futures market speculation and oil company profits caused the last outbreak of inflation, high interest rates, and economic slowdown after 2022, see our 'Counting the Costs' report: falseprofits.ca. The whole painful cycle will now be repeated.

404 Media is doing some of the most important journalism in the country right now bsky.app/profile/404m...

404 Media@404media.co · 5mo ago

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

As a professor of it, I once had to describe — in a single sentence — where authority originates in journalism. Goes like this: "I'm there, you're not, let me tell you about it." In times of war it applies most www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7e3... I elaborated here: pressthink.org/2012/03/im-t... 1/2

Gambling is being rebranded as “prediction markets” or “gaming." There are clear losers in the explosion of micro-gambling: Young men and boys, whose health is being harmed by having gambling dens on their phones, by @lizrenzetti.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com

Elizabeth Renzetti: We’re gambling with men’s health. Here’s why that’s bad for all of us

The percentage of men reporting “very good” or “excellent” mental health has fallen from 70 per cent 52 per cent in a decade

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You know you wrote a good column when ...

Simon Houpt@simonhoupt.bsky.social · 5mo ago

US Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, requests an apology from The Globe and Mail for a column by Cathal Kelly about the US men’s Olympic hockey team at the State of the Union. www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/artic...

The key to getting mainstream media on board with an illegal war is making them feel like an important part of it.

Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 5mo ago

so far i think in the last 48 hours trump has called - michael scherer at the atlantic - jonathan karl, abc - jake tapper, cnn - axios - bret baier, fox news - the new york times - the washington post just noting that when he wants to sell a war, suddenly theyre not "fake news" anymore

Forget the drawings. This is a flawed project being sold with false claims. My column: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Ontario Science Centre’s new home is smaller, worse and probably pricier

None of the Ford government’s main claims about this new facility at Ontario Place appear to be true

theglobeandmail.com

While Epstein’s victims endure the fallout of their photos and names being exposed in the Department of Justice’s latest tranche of files, investigators redacted the identity of the most famous portrait in the world.

The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files

While Epstein’s victims endure the fallout of their photos and names being exposed in the Department of Justice’s latest tranche of files, investigators redacted the identity of the most famous portrait...

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Far from groundbreaking news but for the first time in my life I have the beef bourguignon in the oven in time for tonight's dinner. & yes I know it is better the next day. That has been my story for decades.

And the search for a country he can actually win in is on!

Aaron Wherry@aaronwherry.bsky.social · 6mo ago

87.4% for Poilievre. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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genna@genna.bsky.social · 7mo ago

no yeah something is happening

Carney's speech is brilliant. Here is a transcript. I suspect we will be feeling some serious pain in Canada shortly from the reaction open.substack.com/pub/paulwell...

The Carney doctrine

Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

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Worth reading in full.

Roland Paris@rolandparis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is one of the sharpest analyses of international affairs that I've heard from a Canadian leader - or any national leader - in a long time. And I suspect he wrote the main bits himself. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...

Legacy Canadian newspapers are so dumb. Run the transcript of Mark Carney's Davos speech on your website. It's free (publishers light up). Explain what he's doing and why. You can't afford to add value early in the day even if you had value to add so just do it.Join the news world. #cdnpoli #carney

counterpoint: refusing to engage will stop it

Undark Magazine @undark.org · 7mo ago

AI sits in billions of phones. Refusing to engage won't stop it, just leaves vulnerable people without knowledge. Demand ownership and control, not abstinence.

For a 2026 timeline cleanse (and because every day is #Caturday), I intend to delve into a niche but very relevant historical subject – cats & Canada's Prime Ministers. 🍁 Felines have been recorded as cohabitating with (read: been owners of) a few Canadian political families. 🧵 #cdnpoli #historysky

Here's an example of a Toronto startup @thelocal.to doing wonderful work visually even as news photos are long gone in mainstream journalism. Note that none of the photos are strictly posed. They offer artistry, a personal view. The political candidate standing in the dirty snowbank is a classic.

The Local Magazine@thelocal.to · 8mo ago

Which photo gained meme status in the Local newsroom? What story had a photojournalist napping in their car in the middle of a rural Ontario field? Extraordinary moments and visuals from The Local’s year in publishing:

Everyone gather 'round the fireplace, Bluesky. It's Christmas story time! Let me tell you of a heartwarming incident while I was in my heyday journalist years. It'll guarantee a laugh.

Genuinely spend more time than is productive imagining what Sorkin's The Newsroom would have been like had they managed to cast Marissa Tomei. And whether, had they done so, they'd now be making a 14th season.

Some real "First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence" energy here.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo ago

this shit is just beyond parody, man

There is a book club organization out there emailing authors telling them the club will feature their work for a "modest fee" for "branded materials" etc. Do not fall for this nonsense. You should never, as a writer, have to pay for such things.

It's November, & you know what that means! Yup. Time to start thinking about ordering your holiday eels! Henry III knew. In November of 1256 the king ordered up 5,000 small eels from Ely, to be sent to him for the Jan. 6 feast of St. Edward. Only the best for the Confessor. 🗃️🧪