Jason McBride
@jasonmcbride.bsky.social
Writer, Toronto. Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker (Simon & Schuster, 2022) https://www.jason-mcbride.com/
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So many factors involved in the decline since '08 of reported narrative nonfiction, but the rise of AI in a saner world would herald a revival, since reporting--the kind where you put your body in places with other people--is something AI can't do. Mediocre fiction? No problem. Reportage? It can't.
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
So many factors involved in the decline since '08 of reported narrative nonfiction, but the rise of AI in a saner world would herald a revival, since reporting--the kind where you put your body in places with other people--is something AI can't do. Mediocre fiction? No problem. Reportage? It can't.
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Congestion pricing for all
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Congestion pricing for all
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Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
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Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...
Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation
At his clinic, John Sirabella is a hard man to talk to. ...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...
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Worst news cycle in quite a while, please permit me to engage in a little hero worship, for a regular guy who stood and absolutely delivered.
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‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter
Family say al-Ahmed ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attack
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Worst news cycle in quite a while, please permit me to engage in a little hero worship, for a regular guy who stood and absolutely delivered.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
Guess The Millions gave up the Year in Reading? 😥
December 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Guess The Millions gave up the Year in Reading? 😥
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One of the things I hope will be remembered re “gender critical” politics is that they were mostly good at forcing exclusion and basically nothing else. No serious investment into women’s charities or institutes, no desire to really partake in VAWG nor any effort to improve public toilets
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One of the things I hope will be remembered re “gender critical” politics is that they were mostly good at forcing exclusion and basically nothing else. No serious investment into women’s charities or institutes, no desire to really partake in VAWG nor any effort to improve public toilets
Such sad news. Love his books so much
Gutted to hear about the death of Daniel Woodrell, one of *the* all-time great noir writers. WINTER’S BONE, TOMATO RED, and so many more — but also, not nearly enough — books.
Daniel Woodrell, ‘Country Noir’ Novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ Dies at 72
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Such sad news. Love his books so much
Another great—and infuriating—education story from @thelocal.to, this time from @wencyleung.bsky.social
“Why bother? I’m talking to these people. They’re not going to change anything.” Disability advocates express exasperation over their struggle for accountability and transparency at a TDSB under provincial supervision. thelocal.to/tdsb-special...
Special Education Policy Vs. Practice at the TDSB | The Local
For years, the TDSB's special education advisory committee has pressed for accountability from the board. Since the province's takeover, that's become harder than ever.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Another great—and infuriating—education story from @thelocal.to, this time from @wencyleung.bsky.social
Canadian edition:
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Dead Ringers
Speaking Parts
The Decline of the American Empire
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Dead Ringers
Speaking Parts
The Decline of the American Empire
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Canadian edition:
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Dead Ringers
Speaking Parts
The Decline of the American Empire
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Dead Ringers
Speaking Parts
The Decline of the American Empire
Someone send @robynurback.bsky.social a copy of @maggiehelwig.bsky.social's ENCAMPMENT asap. Maybe three or four copies. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We have normalized delinquent, disorderly behaviour in our cities for too long
There is nothing normal about an encampment forcing toddlers in the daycare next door to stay inside
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Someone send @robynurback.bsky.social a copy of @maggiehelwig.bsky.social's ENCAMPMENT asap. Maybe three or four copies. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Ah, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.
"The longer visible signs of social decay are allowed to fester, the more inclined those with means will be to simply check out ... leaving those without the ability to relocate to deal with playgrounds littered with drug paraphernalia." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We have normalized delinquent, disorderly behaviour in our cities for too long
There is nothing normal about an encampment forcing toddlers in the daycare next door to stay inside
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ah, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.
"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
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"Seeing that Epstein wanted to read this book is like rolling over the dead body of the Grinch to find him clutching a copy of How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The great @danbrooks.bsky.social everybody nymag.com/intelligence...
Jeffrey Epstein, King of the Dweebs
Why did so many powerful nerds see the pedophile financier as cool?
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November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Seeing that Epstein wanted to read this book is like rolling over the dead body of the Grinch to find him clutching a copy of How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The great @danbrooks.bsky.social everybody nymag.com/intelligence...
I was at both a Loblaws & a No Frills last week & most things were still more expensive than @fiestafarms.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I was at both a Loblaws & a No Frills last week & most things were still more expensive than @fiestafarms.bsky.social
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Trading places with Elon would be like waking up as a cockroach and the worst part is that you would have traded away your knowledge of Kafka and the literary grounding to make sense of said experience.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Trading places with Elon would be like waking up as a cockroach and the worst part is that you would have traded away your knowledge of Kafka and the literary grounding to make sense of said experience.
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John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.
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While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
While researching my current column, I had trouble finding something PM Carney said in a speech in either Factiva or Google, so I tried asking ChatGPT-5 to search for it. This was its internal response.
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
It hallucinates in basic searches. It can't write truth. It can't copyedit. What is it good for?
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How much shit will Ontario continue to eat?
"Despite Ford stating speed cameras are ineffective, regional data shows that since launching its program in February (following a pilot program that had been in place since 2021), average speeds in school zones have decreased by 15 km/h."
Waterloo Region forges ahead with speed cameras despite looming ban
The Region of Waterloo will go ahead with turning on six speed cameras despite Doug Ford’s scathing condemnation
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
How much shit will Ontario continue to eat?
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just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters
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The most maligned, ignored cohort is actually the foundation for the movement everyone is acting like they can’t find
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The most maligned, ignored cohort is actually the foundation for the movement everyone is acting like they can’t find
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