Andrew.
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The vibes are out of joint— O cursèd site,
That ever I logged on to poast them right!
That ever I logged on to poast them right!
Bought a black sesame latte mix, and I can only describe the appearance of the final product as existing somewhere between concrete & the water after all the kids have finished washing their paint brush in art class.
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Bought a black sesame latte mix, and I can only describe the appearance of the final product as existing somewhere between concrete & the water after all the kids have finished washing their paint brush in art class.
Pirro has more L's than a Welsh village name
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Pirro has more L's than a Welsh village name
One of the fun things about travelling is finding out what the locals think foreign cuisine consists of.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I went to an "American style" restaurant in Istanbul - American crow mascot and everything - out of the sheer weirdness of anything even being American style, given the history of food here. A good memory, because man that was WEIRD pizza and I'll never have anything like it again lol
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
One of the fun things about travelling is finding out what the locals think foreign cuisine consists of.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
I had a taco at a Mexican restaurant in Japan with chickpeas & cabbage on it.
It's always fun to figure out when the stock photos the local papers use were taken.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
It's always fun to figure out when the stock photos the local papers use were taken.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
This one, I'd guess, was probably around early spring 2020.
Pasternak, who is so upset about the city losing federal housing money due to failing to meet their obligations, has of course opted Ward 6 into the plan to permit sixplexes, right?
...right?
...right?
Councillor Pasternak has FOUR motions. ("It was a late night," he says.)
1. Report on creating a "Major Gifts Office"
2. Accelerate design for Downsview Community Centre
3. Report on DVP/Gardiner negotiation status
4. "Vigorously" oppose $10 million cut to the federal Housing Accelerator Fund
1. Report on creating a "Major Gifts Office"
2. Accelerate design for Downsview Community Centre
3. Report on DVP/Gardiner negotiation status
4. "Vigorously" oppose $10 million cut to the federal Housing Accelerator Fund
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Pasternak, who is so upset about the city losing federal housing money due to failing to meet their obligations, has of course opted Ward 6 into the plan to permit sixplexes, right?
...right?
...right?
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On this day in 1977, the Toronto Eaton Centre opened! Designed by Zeidler Partnership and Bregman and Hamann, the huge light-filled complex opened in multiple stages, with phase 2 extending the mall to Queen Street a couple of years later.
From the Harvey R. Naylor fonds: https://ow.ly/ocv050YarBU
From the Harvey R. Naylor fonds: https://ow.ly/ocv050YarBU
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
On this day in 1977, the Toronto Eaton Centre opened! Designed by Zeidler Partnership and Bregman and Hamann, the huge light-filled complex opened in multiple stages, with phase 2 extending the mall to Queen Street a couple of years later.
From the Harvey R. Naylor fonds: https://ow.ly/ocv050YarBU
From the Harvey R. Naylor fonds: https://ow.ly/ocv050YarBU
This is basically someone day trading while trying to tell themselves that it's something that they consider to be more manly.
February 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
This is basically someone day trading while trying to tell themselves that it's something that they consider to be more manly.
As I've said before: Conservatives are really betting on "Carney & the Liberals become less popular" as their campaign strategy.
Because nothing they've done seems to be able to move voters' perceptions of Poilievre. (And with good reason: he's a known quantity at this point.)
Because nothing they've done seems to be able to move voters' perceptions of Poilievre. (And with good reason: he's a known quantity at this point.)
📊New polls released in the week following the Calgary convention show little movement toward the Conservatives and, in many cases, a widening Liberal lead.
🔵No Sign of a Post-Convention Bump for Poilievre ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/no-sign-of...
🔵No Sign of a Post-Convention Bump for Poilievre ↓ www.338canada.ca/p/no-sign-of...
No Sign of a Post-Convention Bump for Poilievre
New polls released in the week following the Calgary convention show little movement toward the Conservatives and, in many cases, a widening Liberal lead.
www.338canada.ca
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
As I've said before: Conservatives are really betting on "Carney & the Liberals become less popular" as their campaign strategy.
Because nothing they've done seems to be able to move voters' perceptions of Poilievre. (And with good reason: he's a known quantity at this point.)
Because nothing they've done seems to be able to move voters' perceptions of Poilievre. (And with good reason: he's a known quantity at this point.)
Running this joke into the ground.
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Running this joke into the ground.
Reposted by Andrew.
This is two different Zevon songs in one.
Keep him!
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This is two different Zevon songs in one.
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it's one of my favorite thin lizzy songs — what follows is not a burn — but you get the distinct impression that phil lynott was writing about cowboys in a similar way to how medieval artists would try to paint exotic animals they had never seen whenever you listen to "cowboy song"
March 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
it's one of my favorite thin lizzy songs — what follows is not a burn — but you get the distinct impression that phil lynott was writing about cowboys in a similar way to how medieval artists would try to paint exotic animals they had never seen whenever you listen to "cowboy song"
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Toronto Harbour is as frozen over as it will ever be short of The Day After Tomorrow scenario. X marks the spot for the island ferries criss-crossing in the middle.
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Toronto Harbour is as frozen over as it will ever be short of The Day After Tomorrow scenario. X marks the spot for the island ferries criss-crossing in the middle.
No longer content with just ruining the feed, I see Instagram has decided to start inserting weeks old content randomly into stories as "highlights."
Thanks, Meta, that Jan. 25 post by the city advising of closures due to the blizzard is really useful to resurface today.
Thanks, Meta, that Jan. 25 post by the city advising of closures due to the blizzard is really useful to resurface today.
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
No longer content with just ruining the feed, I see Instagram has decided to start inserting weeks old content randomly into stories as "highlights."
Thanks, Meta, that Jan. 25 post by the city advising of closures due to the blizzard is really useful to resurface today.
Thanks, Meta, that Jan. 25 post by the city advising of closures due to the blizzard is really useful to resurface today.
I'd bet that if someone did a close inspection of her reported sales numbers, you'd find a lot of freebies & other tactics at play to inflate them.
Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
February 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I'd bet that if someone did a close inspection of her reported sales numbers, you'd find a lot of freebies & other tactics at play to inflate them.
"Traffic enforcement doesn't work because nobody cares that they get a ticket" sitting uncomfortably next to "automated red light tickets cause more accidents than they're worth."
It can't be both, guys!
It can't be both, guys!
February 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
"Traffic enforcement doesn't work because nobody cares that they get a ticket" sitting uncomfortably next to "automated red light tickets cause more accidents than they're worth."
It can't be both, guys!
It can't be both, guys!
Reposted by Andrew.
I've noticed this too. Important point by @johnlorinc.bsky.social that City of Toronto transportation doesn't seem to coordinated with Parks or with the school boards when it comes to sidewalk plowing. Often see school sidewalks unplowed, and sidewalks beside parks. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course - Spacing Toronto
Does the City of Toronto see its network of sidewalks as transportation infrastructure? Officially, the answer is yes. Transportation services, the sprawling department tasked with planning, maintaini...
spacing.ca
February 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I've noticed this too. Important point by @johnlorinc.bsky.social that City of Toronto transportation doesn't seem to coordinated with Parks or with the school boards when it comes to sidewalk plowing. Often see school sidewalks unplowed, and sidewalks beside parks. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
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Better and better, man.
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Better and better, man.
Reposted by Andrew.
Everybody in Nebraska is dealing with a crisis, either in the past, present, or (maybe) the future, but the Open All Night guy, who‘s the normal analogue to the State Trooper guy, has a normal crisis.
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Everybody in Nebraska is dealing with a crisis, either in the past, present, or (maybe) the future, but the Open All Night guy, who‘s the normal analogue to the State Trooper guy, has a normal crisis.
Reposted by Andrew.
Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes wallet inspectors
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes wallet inspectors
For all I'm ragging on Line 5, it's good it's finally open.
The worry is that nobody learns anything from the 15 years it took to build. Ford's "shut up & be grateful it's open" response to calls for a public inquiry certainly suggests the provincial government doesn't want to learn what went wrong
The worry is that nobody learns anything from the 15 years it took to build. Ford's "shut up & be grateful it's open" response to calls for a public inquiry certainly suggests the provincial government doesn't want to learn what went wrong
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
For all I'm ragging on Line 5, it's good it's finally open.
The worry is that nobody learns anything from the 15 years it took to build. Ford's "shut up & be grateful it's open" response to calls for a public inquiry certainly suggests the provincial government doesn't want to learn what went wrong
The worry is that nobody learns anything from the 15 years it took to build. Ford's "shut up & be grateful it's open" response to calls for a public inquiry certainly suggests the provincial government doesn't want to learn what went wrong
Let's hear it for Toronto transit, everybody!
The inaugural train left from Kennedy Station at 7:29 a.m. — a minute early, and a contrast to the project's beleaguered timeline.
But as it left, it was immediately held at a red light, to the dismay of riders who waited hours in subzero temperatures and have pushed for transit signal priority.
But as it left, it was immediately held at a red light, to the dismay of riders who waited hours in subzero temperatures and have pushed for transit signal priority.
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens after 15 years of construction
Many transit fans braved the cold to be among the first to ride Line 5, which was originally set to open in 2020.
www.thestar.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Let's hear it for Toronto transit, everybody!
We salute a CanCon New Wave classic
February 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
We salute a CanCon New Wave classic
And we have the first Line 5 delay.
Line 5 Eglinton: Delays westbound at O'Connor station while we fix a mechanical problem.
February 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
And we have the first Line 5 delay.
Listening to the electric Nebraska sessions and yeah, I see why they shelved these ones.
Most of these versions just aren't working. Though Johnny 99 as a bar band rocker has got to be the peak of it so far.
Most of these versions just aren't working. Though Johnny 99 as a bar band rocker has got to be the peak of it so far.
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Listening to the electric Nebraska sessions and yeah, I see why they shelved these ones.
Most of these versions just aren't working. Though Johnny 99 as a bar band rocker has got to be the peak of it so far.
Most of these versions just aren't working. Though Johnny 99 as a bar band rocker has got to be the peak of it so far.