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The People You Meet: A No-Fly Journey Across the Ocean
What was I thinking? What was I thinking? This refrain began circulating in my brain like a tenacious earworm in September 2023, on the eve…
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I wrote a long thing about travel--why one does it, what the benefits are or are not, etc. No definitive answers, but I'm embarking on another such voyage soon. Perhaps I'll figure it out this time.
The People You Meet: A No-Fly Journey Across the Ocean medium.com/@klynes/the-...
The People You Meet: A No-Fly Journey Across the Ocean medium.com/@klynes/the-...
How can I have reached my monthly limit when I haven't read an article from Vulture in eons? 🤔
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
How can I have reached my monthly limit when I haven't read an article from Vulture in eons? 🤔
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Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Long but worth reading. (It thoughtfully raises the question of why the Palestinian movement did not experience its anti-tankie moment after October 7.)
k-larevue.com/en/the-octob...
k-larevue.com/en/the-octob...
The October 7th pogrom as a non-event on the Western left - Jews, Europe, the XXIst century
Since the 7th of October we are appalled by the continuous flow of reactions denouncing Israel and only Israel. We are especially appalled by those that come out of academic institutions, articulated ...
k-larevue.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Long but worth reading. (It thoughtfully raises the question of why the Palestinian movement did not experience its anti-tankie moment after October 7.)
k-larevue.com/en/the-octob...
k-larevue.com/en/the-octob...
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Last October 7th, I wrote about an imaginary antisemitism alert warning that wouldn’t stop buzzing. As we mark two years since the Hamas terror attacks, it sadly continues with relentless, open antisemitism manifesting in ways I never thought possible in Canada.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/10/refl...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/10/refl...
Reflecting on October 7th: The Antisemitism Red Alert Warning Won’t Stop Buzzing - Michael Geist
Late on Friday, October 6, 2023, I was dozing after a family Sabbath dinner meal when I was suddenly awoken by the continuous buzzing of the Tzofar red alert app on my phone and watch. I had installed...
www.michaelgeist.ca
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Last October 7th, I wrote about an imaginary antisemitism alert warning that wouldn’t stop buzzing. As we mark two years since the Hamas terror attacks, it sadly continues with relentless, open antisemitism manifesting in ways I never thought possible in Canada.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/10/refl...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/10/refl...
Idk, maybe for dessert. Not breakfast.
Brown butter and a hint of vanilla enhance the richness, giving this oatmeal a dessert-like quality.
Sticky Date and Brown Butter Oatmeal Recipe
This oatmeal relies entirely on the caramel-like flavor of medjool dates for sweetness Briefly cooking the dates first allows them to almost completely dissolve into the oatmeal, permeating every bite Brown butter and a hint of vanilla enhance the richness, giving the oatmeal a dessert-like quality
nyti.ms
October 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Idk, maybe for dessert. Not breakfast.
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Two people were killed outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday morning in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, the police said. Others were injured, including three who were in serious condition. nyti.ms/48JHyFO
October 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Two people were killed outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday morning in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, the police said. Others were injured, including three who were in serious condition. nyti.ms/48JHyFO
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Politics should not take up this much of your brain every day
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Politics should not take up this much of your brain every day
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Equinox d'automne
Jean Paul Lemieux
n.d.
Jean Paul Lemieux
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September 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Equinox d'automne
Jean Paul Lemieux
n.d.
Jean Paul Lemieux
n.d.
“I observe that the most vulnerable includes not only the homeless but also the elderly person and the child who want to use a sidewalk or a city park without tiptoeing through used needles and human faeces...”
This should be obvious but somehow is not.
This should be obvious but somehow is not.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“I observe that the most vulnerable includes not only the homeless but also the elderly person and the child who want to use a sidewalk or a city park without tiptoeing through used needles and human faeces...”
This should be obvious but somehow is not.
This should be obvious but somehow is not.
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
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Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12
Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12
KITCHENER – Local man Dalton Strickland, whose data entry job regularly requires him to read dates off a form and put them into a computer, literally never knows which date is the day and which is the...
www.thebeaverton.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Canadian man reading date never knows which is day and which is month unless day is above 12
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This is a great opportunity to purge any followers on here who are celebrating the murder. Bye, you ghouls, Godspeed on finding your humanity again
September 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is a great opportunity to purge any followers on here who are celebrating the murder. Bye, you ghouls, Godspeed on finding your humanity again
White squirrel in North Toronto.
September 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
White squirrel in North Toronto.
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Lake of Two Rivers
A.J. Casson
1943
A.J. Casson
1943
August 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Lake of Two Rivers
A.J. Casson
1943
A.J. Casson
1943
I want to visit a friend in East York and it will take a minimum of an hour and fifteen minutes to get there. (I live North of Bloor, but not in the suburbs!) Transit in this city is so bad! No wonder everyone drives. #TO
August 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I want to visit a friend in East York and it will take a minimum of an hour and fifteen minutes to get there. (I live North of Bloor, but not in the suburbs!) Transit in this city is so bad! No wonder everyone drives. #TO
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Notably, the "Cracker Barrel" brand of cheese is in NO WAY related to the restaurant of the same name. There was a lawsuit: law.justia.com/cases/federa...
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Notably, the "Cracker Barrel" brand of cheese is in NO WAY related to the restaurant of the same name. There was a lawsuit: law.justia.com/cases/federa...
I caught a hawk mid-pounce in the city last night. He's taking off from my neighbour's construction fence and aiming for the tiny birdies in a large bush.
August 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I caught a hawk mid-pounce in the city last night. He's taking off from my neighbour's construction fence and aiming for the tiny birdies in a large bush.
I'm assuming this is a response to the Hezbollah and Hamas supporting prof, which, fair enough, but I do think parents and students are going to think twice about McGill as an option for post-secondary studies, given the general climate there, of which this prof is merely one small symptom.
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm assuming this is a response to the Hezbollah and Hamas supporting prof, which, fair enough, but I do think parents and students are going to think twice about McGill as an option for post-secondary studies, given the general climate there, of which this prof is merely one small symptom.
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A horrifying and preventable death.
It's Ontario in 2025. Nobody should be dying from an abortion.
It's Ontario in 2025. Nobody should be dying from an abortion.
An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her
When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A horrifying and preventable death.
It's Ontario in 2025. Nobody should be dying from an abortion.
It's Ontario in 2025. Nobody should be dying from an abortion.
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The Israeli government is behaving in a way that is deserving of tons of very harsh criticism, and also that fact seems to have provided a permission structure for a lot of people to be a lot more vocally antisemitic in ways that have nothing directly to do with the state of Israel at all.
August 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Israeli government is behaving in a way that is deserving of tons of very harsh criticism, and also that fact seems to have provided a permission structure for a lot of people to be a lot more vocally antisemitic in ways that have nothing directly to do with the state of Israel at all.