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Jonathan Goldsbie
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Mastodon didn't feel right, and hanging out on Twitter felt like trying to enjoy a beach vacation in a country with an increasingly spotty rights record.
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If I had the time and resources to go anywhere and do anything, I too would hang out at U.S. Supreme Court hearings:
Screenshot from a NYT live-blog: 53 minutes ago Aishvarya Kavi Inside the Supreme Court, the courtroom was crowded — members of President Trump’s cabinet in attendance included Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer. They were seated in the front row of the public gallery, along with Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ed Markey, as well as Republican Senator Mike Lee. Also in attendance was the chairman of the House’s chief tax-writing committee and a top officer at Meta. Seated in the back of the courtroom was the comedian John Mulaney, who is apparently friends with the lawyer Neal Katyal.
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Real "Christmastime for the Jews"–type vibe on the streets of Toronto tonight, as those less invested in the cultural master narrative take advantage of the free rein.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Like the end of Roger Ebert's review of Last Night:
Note: On a talk show in Toronto, I was asked to define the difference between American and Canadian films, and said I could not. Another guest was Wayne Clarkson, the former director of the Toronto Film Festival. He said he could, and cited this film. “Sandra Oh goes into a grocery story to find a bottle of wine for dinner,” he said. “The store has been looted, but she finds two bottles still on the shelf. She takes them down, evaluates them, chooses one, and puts the other one politely back on the shelf. That’s how you know it’s a Canadian film.”
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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The lower third reads as though written by an innumerate Mario:
A photo of a TV showing CBC News Network. A reporter, perhaps in Washington somewhere, is looking seriously at the camera. The lower third reads: U.S. president Trump: Administration will cut drug prices by a 100% or more
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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In light of Canada's recognition, The Canadian Press has revised its guidance on the use of "Palestine":
Palestine—Canada has joined more than 145 other countries that recognize Palestine as a state. However it is not a fully independent, unified state. At the United Nations, Palestine is a “non-member observer state," giving it the right to participate in debates but not to vote. Palestine and the Palestinian state are acceptable for use in the context of the discussion around international recognition, as well as activities involving international organizations to which Palestine has been admitted, such as the Olympics. Otherwise, refer specifically to the West Bank and Gaza, or the Palestinian territories to include both.
September 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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There's been a predictably vicious right-wing backlash to a U of T professor's tweet about Charlie Kirk — except evidence suggests she wasn't talking about Kirk at all: pressprogress.ca/university-o...
University of Toronto building shut down, police investigating threat, amid backlash to professor’s X post
While Ruth Marshall's comments were widely characterized as having concerned Charlie Kirk, evidence suggests a different context
pressprogress.ca
September 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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During the post-screening Q&A at The Road Between Us, the crowd drowned out moderator Lisa Laflamme with boos when she mentioned 64,000 Palestinian deaths. Avrich says it's not a political film, but that response says all you need. #tiff50
September 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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I don't know exactly what is happening here, and maybe the site is experiencing a really unfortunate error, but this subheading could use some revision.
NBC NEWS - 20 minutes ago — Kirk, the right-wing activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was giving a presentation at Utah Valley University. Something went wrong!
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Linda Schuyler, the co-creator of ‘Degrassi,’ is suing to stop the TIFF world premiere of the documentary ‘Degrassi: Whatever It Takes.’ She has denied allegations in the film about child actors not being paid fairly.
Degrassi’s Co-Creator Doesn’t Want Us to See the Degrassi Documentary
Linda Schuyler, the co-creator of ‘Degrassi,’ is suing to stop the TIFF world premiere of the documentary ‘Degrassi: Whatever It Takes.’ She has denied allegations in the film about child actors not being paid fairly.
www.vulture.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I have to say, I was not expecting a relatively candid admission that the film “just didn’t make the cut” in the first instance and that
Avrich was able to demand a second look, explicitly resulting in the CEO overriding the programming staff.
September 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Cameron Bailey is finally asked whether the Barry Avrich doc got into the festival on its merits or because of Avrich's connections, and his answer amounts to "Ehhh…" www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/ti...
TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey says reversals around Oct. 7 documentary ‘caused a lot of pain’
Barry Avrich’s film The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue will premiere Wednesday at the Toronto festival
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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"Wasps Everywhere"
A photo of a TV showing CBC News Network. Natasha Fatah is anchoring. The lower third says, "Wasps Everywhere" It also says, "Wasps are highly sensitivity to alcohol in the rotting fruits of late summer"
September 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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To commemorate a legendary comedian who died of a heart attack, a burger with deep-fried bacon: www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
A screencap from the Star's TIFF live blog. This entry carries the headline "A larger-than-life burger fit for John Candy" There's a photo of a kind of monstrous burger with a giant deep-fried slab on it. The caption reads: "RUDY’s Canadian bacon burger, an homage to the late actor John Candy."
September 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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An annual highlight of the Queen's Park summer lull is that CP's Liam Casey gets to return to the Marineland beat: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/ano...
Another beluga and a seal have died at Marineland. The deaths caught Doug Ford's attention
Another beluga whale and a harbour seal have died at Marineland, and those deaths have caught the attention of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, The Canadian Press has learned.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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On the eve of TIFF, this functions as the best explanation I've seen for why it sucks now: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...
Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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As an efficient alternative to Yondr pouches, I'll take it:
A sign on a tiled wall that admonishes: NO CELL PHONE USAGE BEFORE OR DURING THE SHOW INSIDE THE PERFORMANCE AREA - ASK STAFF TO DIRECT YOU TO APPROVED PHONE USE AREAS The following actions on your cell phone are prohibited before or during the show: -TEXTING -TALKING ON YOUR PHONE -TAKING PHOTOS -TAKING VIDEOS -SOCIAL MEDIA OF ANY KIND NO WARNINGS NO REFUNDS YOU WILL BE EJECTED A small corner of the rear lobby area at Massey Hall that's been cordoned off with stanchions. A small sign taped to the retractable belt marks it as the "DESIGNATED PHONE USE AREA"
September 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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For too long have Chinatown's late-night options been dominated by independent Chinese restaurants.
The west side of Spadina Avenue, looking north from just above Dundas. Covering the windows of a large storefront is a yellow vinyl sign with the McDonald's "M" logo and the words "Coming Soon."
August 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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"Co-creator Jean-François Asselin has moved the action to Toronto from Montreal for the English version, but not adapted it sufficiently. So 15-year-old kids still drink with their parents at restaurants, and a major plot point hinges on circus school."

www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...
CBC/Radio-Canada could double its value to Canadians, if only it stopped resisting
Rather than burning money remaking shows like Plan B in both French and English, why doesn’t the national public broadcaster embrace subtitles and dubbing like Netflix?
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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CAJ condemns targeted killing of journalists in Gaza.

Read full statement on CAJ website:
https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Today's Globe includes a Q&A with a Palestinian cookbook author who's been calling "atten­tion to the dev­ast­a­tion in Gaza, par­tic­u­larly the forced star­va­tion."

Online, the mention of "forced starvation" has been removed and a correction issued: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-an...
Excerpt from a pdf of today's print Globe: After the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas that triggered a nearly two-year siege on Gaza by Israel, Tamimi wondered whether he should change the nar­rat­ive for the book, to make it more polit­ical. He stuck with the ori­ginal plan – to fill it with dishes inspired by the pro­duce of his grand­par­ents’ West Bank garden – and has used his other plat­forms to call atten­tion to the dev­ast­a­tion in Gaza, par­tic­u­larly the forced star­va­tion. Screencap of the same passage as it appears in the online version of the story. The second sentence now reads: "He stuck with the original plan – to fill it with dishes inspired by the produce of his grandparents’ West Bank garden – and has used his other platforms to call attention to the devastation in Gaza." Screencap of text that appears at the bottom of the article online: Editor’s note: A previous version of this article included an inaccurate description of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The restriction of aid to the region and other factors have caused widespread famine.
August 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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An actual movie forthcoming from the co-director of Uncut Gems:
A screencap from a trailer, showing Timothée Chalamet with glasses and a thin moustache, in a period piece of some sort. He's talking to a man in the foreground. A title card from the trailer: Academy Award® Nominee TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET The reverse angle of the earlier shot, showing that the man Chalamet's character was talking to is played by Kevin O'Leary, in glasses and suspenders. Another title card from the trailer: KEVIN O'LEARY
August 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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What are we putting as the over/under for the lineups? Five hours?
Next Stop: The Criterion Mobile Closet at the Toronto International Film Festival
After wildly successful stops in multiple cities across the U.S., we’re taking the Mobile Closet outside the country for the first time this September.
www.criterion.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Being exactly 40 years old at the Scissor Sisters and Kesha show means I don't know which act I'm supposed to be a fan of and which I am supposed to find just pleasantly amusing.
July 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Announced today, this is almost certainly the first Palestinian film to play in the Galas section at TIFF: www.tiff.net/films/palest...
Palestine 36
TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film.
www.tiff.net
July 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM