That forgotten Cole Porter standard, "The Moon Has Seen Better Days"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

That's a good innings. Rest well. 🙏🏾

Judy Trinh@judytrinh.bsky.social · 14h ago

Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92 www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

honestly, the fact that we have made it through the atomic age *without* another use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a miracle we don't fully appreciate

Rebecca R Helm@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 17h ago

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

This freak is privately telling religious leaders that he will ensure the US abortion ban is "permanent" in every state. That's just as bad as the slush fund. It's worse. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’

The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.

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If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.

Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away

Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away

OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...

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Also the case in Canada judging from my inbox

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is the play in every single industry at the moment. A massive bailout for mediocre white underachievers .

Jake_Vig@jakevig.bsky.social · 2d ago

After a middling WNBA career, blonde haired, blue eyed Sophie Cunningham has positioned herself for post-basketball success and riches as a conservative mouthpiece. This is the pattern that always works because conservatives are very very dumb and will latch onto anyone who promotes hate.

Happy long weekend, Canada! The pace of life is frenetic. The market will grind you into dust. The news is a churn of wretched comings and goings. Here's a short post and reminder that you deserve and have permission to read more books. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-long-w...

The Long Weekend Edition: Permission To Read More Books

Look, I'm a doctor. No, not that kind. But I'm still issuing this as a prescription. Put the phone down and go spend time with your To Read pile.

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The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

Donald Trump's war on Iran gets most of the headlines, but his economic terrorism against Cuba remains a humanitarian disaster. Canada, which has always defined American embargos on the island, ought to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Justin Ling: Trump’s White House is spinning a wild conspiracy tale about this country. Canada needs to step in to defend it

While Trump and Marco Rubio spin theories about Cuba, Canada needs to do what it can to protect Cuba’s residents

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A huge victory for the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry societies who were able to hold the government accountable for inhumane treatment of incarcerated women. In some cases, the temperature inside the prison was 40C!

Federal court orders Edmonton women's prison to address history of extreme heat complaints | CBC News

Correctional Service Canada has failed to put an effective solution in place at the Edmonton Institution for Women's secure unit, the federal court says, noting an affidavit showed one cell exceeded 4...

cbc.ca

Read my July 18 story for the original reporting that the New York Times didn’t link to... www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller

Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.

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Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · last wk.

GOP House member--and fmr Trump advance man--allegedly -threw boiling water on his then-wife -held a gun to her head -broke his daughter's collarbone. She's 2 -abused abuse a fmr Trump WHer too When a reporter asked him about it , he threatened to block their # www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

I talk to people all the time about this. We've memory-holed an unprecedented global threat. One that caused millions of deaths and long-term disabilities. And it's only been six years! I feel like a lot of the insanity of recent years stems from our inability to even recognize the trauma

The Rude Pundit@rudepundit.bsky.social · last wk.

It's amazing how quickly we've forgotten how shit-ourselves scared we all were in 2020. Covid-19 was new. We had no firm idea how bad it could get, how it spread, or how to treat for it. Now, these bastards on the right act like the whole thing was just a minor inconvenience blown out of proportion.

Democrats (rightly) got rid of Graham Platner. Republicans are standing by this congressman and Trump pal, accused of: burning his wife, holding a gun to her head, and breaking their daughter's collarbone.

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · last wk.

“According to court documents, their daughter at one point told Ms. Moreno, ‘Daddy kill you.’” {gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

Disturbing video of a woman being tasered and punched by Saskatchewan RCMP officers on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation sparks outrage. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

APTN News Brief: Outrage over video of Sask. RCMP tasering, punching woman on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation

Our lead story: disturbing video of a woman being tasered and punched by Saskatchewan RCMP officers on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation sparks outrage.

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Listen to the noise from this data centre. It's torture

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.

This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”

re: "fringe group" — the vast majority of GTA residents do not, and likely never will, fly out of Billy Bishop, this was always special pleading from a narrow interest group, they just happen to be extremely wealthy

Toronto Star@thestar.com · last wk.

Blasting the federal government for listening to “a small fringe group in Toronto,” provincial Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria insists the Billy Bishop expansion is not dead.

Since the National Post wants to continue to elevate residential school denialisms, I’d like to point out that in Ireland it took 50 years from evidence to desecration to happen. And that excavation happened for white children. I am not at clear why so many are so determined for desecration in 🇨🇦

A femicide in Etobicoke yesterday that happened in broad daylight.

Victim identified, suspected arrested after fatal shooting in Etobicoke: police | CBC News

Toronto police say they have arrested a man in connection to the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old woman in Etobicoke Friday morning.

cbc.ca

This is #TorontoDanforth Come and explore this weekend. Walk, Roll, Row and Ride through Biidaasige Park in Ookwemin Minising via @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social h/t @evergreencanada.bsky.social @dontmesswiththedon.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social #EastEndLove

Alex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 2w ago

“This is another step in the billion-dollar remaking of Toronto’s old port lands. And it is also a lesson in how governments can actually make good places.” My column: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and...

Good news! The survey wasn't useless after all. And it looks like Ottawa did the right thing.

Toronto Star@thestar.com · 2w ago

#Breaking: Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion

#Breaking: Federal government grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion

Federal governent grounds Billy Bishop airport expansion

The just-concluded public survey suggested strong public opposition to the project, according to a federal government official.

thestar.com

In a future nuclear crisis, the speed of AI may leave literally zero room for human judgment. John Mecklin (@meckdevil.bsky.social) and I just published our latest dispatch from Rome for @thebulletin.org, covering a historic warning from some of the world's top minds. 👇 1/6 🧵

The current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is the fastest ever. 2,000 cases and nearly 800 fatalities, and those are vast undercounts 80% of cases have no known contact. Fatality rates in the community are 60-70% The international response is woeful news.un.org/en/story/202...

‘This is a fire’: DRC Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing ever, warns WHO

Infections of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reached record highs and a majority of new cases are coming from “unknown chains of transmission”, the ...

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I wrote about the strike at Sistering drop-in centre in Toronto: the staff. like 4,000 other striking OPSEU workers, are fighting the one per cent cap Ford's government imposed. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

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

The Best of Toronto's Waterfront - And Why We Might Lose It

YouTube video by TO_RealityCheck

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"Expanding Billy Bishop will significantly increase local air pollutants — a toxic slurry of benzene, formaldehyde, soot, nitrogen oxides and ultrafine particles, which the wind carries to the downtown residential core" (gift link) www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

The fires have prompted evacuation orders for several communities, including Armstrong, Lac La Croix First Nation, Collins First Nation, Whitesand First Nation, Gull Bay First Nation and Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation.

Wildfires destroy homes in First Nation, prompt large evacuations

Wildfires in northwestern Ontario have devastated several communities, forcing widespread evacuations and destroying homes and buildings.

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I couldn't believe this was actually real so I went and listened to Whisky Pete. Yep, they're offering testosterone to soldiers. We're so far past satire that the light from satire will take 10,000 years to reach us

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting